WHO: Elijah and Hayley WHAT: Drinks WHEN: After meeting his parents WHERE: Random bar STATUS: In progress RATING: Low, will revise if needed
Elijah fumed as he led Hayley away from his parents' table, one hand at the small of her back to lend some sort of comfort. Though whether that comfort was meant for her or for him, even Elijah couldn't quite say. He'd known that introducing them to her would not go at all smoothly but he'd hoped, however irrationally, that they would at least have been able to maintain some semblance of politeness.
Instead, his mother had set the tone when she disdainfully sniffed about Hayley's yoga studio. They'd barely lasted through the main course before making excuses to leave without dessert and coffee.
He chose a bar down the block, feeling that both could use a drink at the moment and found two stools together at the end of the bar.