[ the flowers do smell nice: they're the kind that give out a fresh burst of scent every time they're tagged, and derek can scent the result of that all over his shirt, though he knows to ordinary human noses he probably doesn't smell too floral. ]
[ derek helps her into her coat pretty much on autopilot. ]
Not since the fireworks.
[ and gets the door. it's not even some weird sense of chivalry — he was raised in an intensely matriarchal household, it's not like he thinks women need his help — but something in him hums warm when he does nice things for her. ]
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[ derek helps her into her coat pretty much on autopilot. ]
Not since the fireworks.
[ and gets the door. it's not even some weird sense of chivalry — he was raised in an intensely matriarchal household, it's not like he thinks women need his help — but something in him hums warm when he does nice things for her. ]
I think he's ignoring me. Why?