xxxi didn't mean to fall in love tonight
xxxyou're looking like you fell in love tonight
xxxcan we pretend that we're in love?
xxx
He caught Alex's eye and grinned, making his way over to him. He blushed a little as Alex complimented his work and said that his abuela was proud and that she'd be in later. The protection talisman stunned him for a moment. "Thank you, Alex. Hopefully we won't need it," he said, tying it above the coffee machine. The arrival of a ginormous cart of flowers, and its wielder, made Alex's grin widen.
"Aurora! Oh my god, these are amazing! I love them!" The slightly overboard floral displays mightn't have quite fitted in with the vaguely understated style Phoenix had gone for, but he didn't care. Plants always had a place in his home, in his heart. "Thank you so much!"
"So, come on, what can I get you guys? It's all good, I promise. And you'd better agree with me because I was up at 4AM prepping the dough for those croissants," he laughed.