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Jimmy didnt like being here, he found himself in a suit, not your average Swamp empire clothing but lizzie said that it was “too informal”. Lizzie was the only reason he was here anyways, she dragged him to Katherine's valentines day party because he was “lonely and sad” but Lizzie didnt understand, no one made him feel “It”, Jimmy constantly questioned his sister on this feeling she seemed to feel, she had talked about it ever since she met Joel when they were little. He saw them grow up together, they had a connection that Jimmy had never had with anyone, sure people made him feel happy, with assitance of his happy pills as he called them. Desvenlafaxine was too much for him to even think and anti-depressants really made him think about how well, depressing he was. But despite all his protests, his sister was a very stubborn and persuasive woman. Him and Lizzie had arrived around 15 minutes earlier, Jimmy’s only non-negotiable was that if he were to leave without his codhead, it would be dark. When they arrived, Lizzie made a quick run to the dance floor to dance with her husband, leaving Jimmy all alone.
After a duo moved away from the table, Jimmy made his way to the non-alcoholic punch bowl, his happy pills reacted WAY too bad to even think about drinking, especially with his half fish tolerance. He grabbed a cup and wrote his name on it, sipping his kind of weird tasting drink, he shrugged off the taste to it being from the overgrown, he's in a different empire, now's not the time to be picky, not after Katherine had spent all this time planning and setting up. A voice suddenly popped up in front of him.
“What's a handsome man like yourself doing by the drinks all alone?” His voice made Jimmy’s heart skip a beat, sweet as honey and warm as home, Jimmy flushed slightly pink. No, he must be talking to somebody else, he looked up from his drink slightly to see a pair of dazzling blue eyes staring at him.
“o-oh, are you t-talking to me?” Jimmy asked, slightly stumbling over his words in embarrassment.
“I dont see any other insanely cute guys around~” COD this man was so charismatic and flirty, Jimmy blushed even harder looking down.
“Says you” Jimmy mumbled as a pathetic attempt to flirt back. This made the man chuckle, his laugh sounded prettier than church bells, his elven accent a cherry on top. Taking another quick glance at this man, he was clearly a wealthier elven, his clothing was extravagant, golden jewelry perfectly accenting his elegant white and teal outfit. White wings that slowly turn a light blue the farther the feathers. He didnt even realize he was staring until he heard the mans melodic voice speak again.
“Could I have the pleasure of a dance?” He lent his pale hand out to the fish hybrid. Jimmy couldnt help but be astonished, this GLORIOUS man, wants to dance with him?? Impossible!! Suddenly Jimmy felt a felt a slight shove, pushing him into the man's arms. He quickly got up and responded to him.
“Oh, I 'm really no good with dancing..” he pleaded, he really wanted to gracefully sway across the dance floor, but between his two left feet and sudden stupidity he gained during this conversation, he did not trust himself with not stumbling over both of their feet, still, he didnt object to ditching his almost empty drink and letting the guy lead him unto the dance floor.
As the man lead him over to the floor, he didnt focus on anything else, not the huge crowd, not his uncovered face, only the man, who was spinning him and pulling him close. His elegant outfit, perfectly complimenting his stunning eyes and gorgeous cyan hair. After slightly stumbling a lot, probably messing up the cyanettes perfect moves. As he took a small step, he somehow tripped over his own tail. Pushing him unto the other man, his head on his chest, staring eachother in the eyes, as he felt it. An unfamilier tug on his heart. His face felt hot, his pulse rushing, was this the feeling Lizzie always gushed about? He thought it would be all in his head, but the feeling in his heart felt too sharp and painful to be fake. Is love supposed to hurt like this?
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Scott was having the time of his life, his dearest friend and alliance Katherine of the Overgrown was hosting a valentines party. He didnt think he was going to dance with anyone besides his friends, this was before he saw the stunning face of the Cod man, he had scales dotting his cheeks like ethereal freckles that illuminated in the faint light of the lanterns. He was just his type, dirty blonde hair, slightly shorter than him, and hazel eyes Scott wouldve loved to get lost in. He walked up to him and before he knew it they were hand in hand on the dance floor. The fish hybrid was cute and clumsy, he wasnt lying when he said he was bad at dancing but Scott didnt care. Suddenly the man tripped, unexpectedly falling into his chest, as they looked into each other's eyes, he felt his heartbeat, quick. At first, he thought he was nervous or flustered, Scott had to admit, he was quite the work of art. But it was different, irregular pulses that seemed to beat out his chest. Just as Scott went to ask if he needed a break, he suddenly dropped, not a small stumble, but zero control of his body. Before he could comprehend what happened, he started to convulse.