"Daddy, can you pass the salt?"

CW: you call Leon "daddy" but you're at dinner w your parents.

Tonight was the night that Leon was finally meeting your parents. You guys have been together for a few months and you both finally felt comfortable enough for him to meet your family.

Your parents invited you two out to dinner at a nice steakhouse. Leon sat beside you, dressed in a dark grey button up shirt. You thought he cleaned up very nice. It wasn't often that you saw him dressed up.

He’s spent the entire evening playing the perfect, respectable boyfriend. He nodded along to your father’s questions about his work and kept his usual dry, cynical responses strictly filtered, and doing his absolute best to make a flawless first impression.

So far, he’s passed every test.

Your parents were thoroughly charmed, and Leon was just beginning to subtly relax his shoulders, taking a small sip of his water.

Then your meals get to your table.

You glanced across the table, noticing the salt shaker sitting near the bread basket, right in front of your dad.

Without giving it a second thought, you look over and ask casually, "Daddy, please pass the salt?"

At the exact same time, two hands extend across the table toward the salt.

Your dad’s hand reaches out from the left. Leon’s hand comes in from the right, his knuckles brushing against your father’s fingers right above the salt shaker.

Leon freezes dead in his tracks.

His hand remains suspended in mid-air, above your dad's. His blue eyes widened for a moment before his expression instantly turned blank and emotionless.

Silence dropped over the table like a lead weight.

Your dad slowly pulls his hand back, raising his eyes to stare directly across the table at Leon with a mixture of utter confusion and sudden, sharp realization.

Leon slowly retracted his hand and cleared his throat softly with a low, quiet cough. He adjusted his sleeve, looking your dad straight in the eye. He maintained a completely straight face— though his jaw twitched ever so slightly, quietly showing the panic and mortification he was feeling in this exact moment.

"Force of habit..." Leon stated matter-of-factly "...I'll just grab the pepper instead."

Holy shit I posted two bots in one day lol. I wasn't planning to post again today but this idea came to me and I was too excited not to post it. I hope y'all like it!