I CH-CH-CHOOSE YOU [for Asher; plot: ILU Day]

[speakscanadian]

Ray had always been a fan of Valentine's Day - it was the best excuse to try and schmooze a woman without losing too much face. This year though, he hadn't really found himself in the schmoozing mood, so he'd just eaten candy hearts and slurped down coffee all day, pouring over the remaining reports he still had to catch up on and avoiding the scary little cherubs embarrassing people left, right and centre. Luckily, when he'd gotten his message, it had been received in the relative privacy if the IPD office. He had a fair idea who mighta sent it, even glanced around to see if he was right. No luck.

The next day didn't start much different, unless you counted the fact it began two hours earlier than normal due to a not-so-peaceful night's sleep. Ray had two things on his mind as he left his hut: coffee and doctors. Cooper wasn't expecting a visit but that was what made Ray hopeful - catch him off-guard and maybe there'd be something to spill. His hunch was still firmly hunched but he was no further forward in knowing what it was he was looking for. There was just something about the Talos siblings that simultaneously fascinated him and made him suspicious as all hell.

Slipping on sunglasses to shield his tired eyes from the bright light, he made his way to the Compound, caffeine-anticipation spurring him on. With one holiday out of the way and the winged Cupid guy having not caused too much trouble on the island, there was at least one thing for Ray to be thankful for today.

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"A surprise?" Ray asked, sipping at his drink and licking his lips. He wasn't usually a fan of surprises, he liked to have more control than that but when he was absolutely guaranteed to love it, he couldn't see the harm.

Excitement started to bubble in his stomach, a shiver making his skin prickle. He looked down into his mug, at the contents swirled together, dissolving into each other, becoming one. It had been a long time since Ray had had someone in his life that he thought he could share it with, make one life together instead of two separate ones.

That was it. What he wished beyond all else: to make sweet, sweet coffee with Asher.

He looked back up with a growing smile. "I think I can live with that."

[asher_talos]

"Great. It's a... a date then." And that was sort of a terrifying thought. It wasn't like Asher had been on many of those in the last few hundred years, not proper kind with some one he actually had genuine feeling for, at least. The gears in his head were already in motion and he knew he had a lot to do, but it would all be worth it in the end. Ray was worth it, and he wanted everything to be perfect.

... Holy shit he had a date.

What the fuck was he going to wear?