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Caritas, Saturday - After 3MD

Well, Tino was all set up, thinking he was going to get some numbers out of the dating event for reasons that Jane couldn't quite suss out.

So she was just going to be at her end of the bar to help out anyone who needed a drink. Tino could deal with the disappointment when people just wanted a drink and to be left alone over on his part of the bar.

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Summer was looking extra cute. Not that Stark was biased, of course.

"Hello, Summer," he said (and no he didn't sound relieved), walking up once he'd spotted her.

Well, if he thought she looked cute on approach, just wait until Summer turned to give him a soft, sweet smile, although something far less innocent was there brightening her eyes.

"Hello, Stark," she said. "Did you have a good time on your dates?"

Oh, Stark always melted a little inside when Summer smiled at him like that.

"They were...fine, I suppose," Stark said. "But I'm glad they're over with now. Very glad."

"Do you want a shot?" Summer asked, with a gesture toward the little vodka shots lined up on the table. "I had Jane pour a few in case anyone really needed one...once they were over with."

"Thank you," Stark said as he reached for one. "I don't know that I need it...it wasn't terrible. But I missed you."

"It is kind of wild, isn't it?" Summer mused, her eyes still steadily watching Stark as he moved in for the shot. "That we didn't get paired up together, like, at all?"

"I wish we had," Stark said, lifting his glass to her before tipping it back. "Who did you talk to?"

It didn't matter, of course. He hoped. Probably.

"Jaye, Arthur, Beaker, that new Gonzo guy, and a big racist bird," Summer dutifully reported, so, you know, that should probably help assuage any concerns or worries that he totally didn't have. "You?"

"Amaya and Gladio and Hannibal and Boc and Ignis," Stark told her.

"I'm glad it's over now," he said, stepping a little closer to her. Because he hadn't been worried. At all. Of course.

"Mmm," Summer hummed thoughtfully, noting that step closer, of course, and wondering if that was it, or if there were more subtle steps closer still to come. "You got much better ones than I did."

No offense to Jaye, Arthur, Beaker, and Gonzo.

ALL the offense to Sam.

"I didn't get the best option," Stark told her, taking another step closer. "But they were pleasant enough conversations."

And honestly everyone had been nice to look at. Especially, in Stark's opinion, Amaya and her arms and Gladio and his everything.

"Oh, yeah? What would have been the best option?" Summer asked. As if she didn't know.

Stark leaned in so his mouth was by her ear. "There's a woman here I'm very fond of," he whispered. "You might know her. Perhaps I could point her out for you."

Summer tried, and failed, to hold back a faint grin, looking over at Stark. "Please do," she said, watching him intently.sche "I'd love to know who she is."

Stark grinned back, clearly feeling pleased with himself.

"Oh, she's right over..." he said. He let his voice trail off, raised a hand to brush his thumb across her cheek.

"Here."

And he was going to be bold now and test his limits and try to kiss her in the middle of a crowded bar.

Well, with a build-up like that, how could Summer even think of refusing? She leaned into it easily, but she was more than happy to keep letting Stark take the lead on this. He was doing so well, she certainly wasn't going do anything to crap his style.

Stark really was living his best life the past few weeks. Aside from the nightmares but those had gotten better!

"The very best option," he said slowly when he pulled back. "Of all of them."

Pfft. What totally normal, well-rounded person didn't have the occasional heart-stopping, cold-sweat inducing night terrors, anyway?

"I think," said Summer, "that the best option right now is for you and me to get the hell out of here and you can show me more about how great you think this woman you're so fond of is."

"She's wonderful," Stark said, sliding an arm around her waist. "You're right. It's best explained in private. Very thoroughly. It may take a long time."

"Well, wouldn't you know?" said Summer with a grin and an eager glint in her eyes. "I just so happen to have all night."

"Good," Stark said, grinning back. "So do I. And I want to be thorough."

He tightened his arm around her, trying to pull her closer. He was tempted to kiss her again and was looking at her carefully to see if that was the correct move or not. He thought it was but maybe once in a crowded bar was meant to be enough.

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