<div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/09/4d/5b/094d5b142474cf8e2ccb68f67d7c4034.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Mark Watson (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=308599.msg15011290#msg15011290)<br/><strong>Age:</strong>26<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Hetero<br/><strong>Hometown:</strong>Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>2 July, 2019, evening<br/><strong>Location:</strong>At the aforementioned very exquisite restaurant<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Suit As Pictured</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbeardresource.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F07%2Fbeards-and-suit.jpg&amp;f=1)</div></div>Jacket, vest and tie are off (thanks to Elsa and her attentive fingers)<br/><br/><strong>Coupled with:</strong>No one as yet<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Elsa<br/><br/><br/><hr/><br/>She was smiling at him and she even gave him a wink at the end but he felt like the tone of the date had taken a hard pivot.  He absolutely did not want this date to end in a similar way his first date did.  She was saying things that he very much disagreed with but he needed to do it in a way that didn't turn into an argument or hurt her more than he wanted...which...he didn't want to hurt Elsa at all.<br/><br/>He was silent a moment after she gave him a wink.  That wink was a wall.  He knew walls when he encountered one.  He was pretty good at walls.  So...he did what he hoped someone would do with him some time.<br/><br/>He slipped off the stool and approached her once more, taking a moment to gently pry the beer bottle out of her small hand as well as the fork from her other before gently holding both her hands as he stood in front of her.  Even seated on a bar stool she was still shorter than him although not quite as much when on her feet.<br/><br/><em>"Hey."</em>, he spoke in a low, warm tone.  He forgot all about the cameras and boom mics around them and was wholly focused on her.  He squeezed her fingers gently as he started talking.<em> "I know the power dynamic here is messed up right now and it gives all the control to the guys.  I'm not super comfortable with it either but it's been what; two or three hours?  We just met, Elsa.  I would hope that after one date, you would also want time to process everything we talked about and did.  You're at a disadvantage right now because you're not in a couple and that's not fair to you but what I can say right now is that no matter who I meet between now and the time to make our choices, I'm not going to make any promise to anyone.  You are really...really great."</em>