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♡ reggie . 

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   if there was anyone he trusted with his most prized possession, it was elizabeth cooper. but he was still reluctant to hand over the keys, bottom lip between perfect, white teeth as he debated with himself. it could get stolen. or trashed. you have to let her drive it. plus, you didn’t argue with cooper women when they were looking at you like that. reggie sighed, digging out his keys from his pocket. it still took him a long moment to hand them over, curling her fingers around them and holding on maybe a little longer than necessary in his reluctance.  ❝   you get one scratch on my car and it’s over for you, cooper. one. my baby’s life is in your hands.   ❞   

the heating did not, in fact, turn on in the cooper family car, which meant he shivered in his wet clothes all the way back to town. luckily, alice cooper was a merciful woman, who invited him in to dry off and warm up with a cup of over-sweetened tea once he explained things to her. reggie settled himself on the coopers’ stoop to wait for betty, inexplicably fascinated by a loose thread on his jeans. 

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         “ I’ll try not to crash, Reg, ” Betty said with a goodnatured eye roll. The keys jingled cheerfully, thunder determined to drown it out with its sky-yelling.  

It was miserable out there once he’d left. With oil drip…drip…dripping onto her face, and rainwater onto her jeans, she was doused on both ends. But by the end, Reggie’s car was purring once more. Inside, she perched on the edge of the seat, wringing out as much water from her clothes as she could. She didn’t need Reggie blowing a GSKET on her for getting ‘his baby’ wet. 

Back at home, she parked the car cleanly and legged it straight to her doorstep, kicking off her shoes to dry, shaking herself free like a dog. So damn attractive, that Betty Cooper. Inside, was a picture Betty would remember for years to come. She’d never seen Reggie so awkward in his life. Her dad was eyeing him unsubtly over the day’s paper. The happy whistle of the kettle came singing from the kitchen, but Betty gestured for Reggie to join her by the stairs. “ You looked like you were DYING in that seat. ” 

posted on 9/18 at 21:03 with 11 notes
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