week two | dates

[showhost]

You worked up your courage and asked someone out on a date! Good job!





Now you have to hope the producers are kind re: where they send you.

Comments

[newlugers]

Woah, woah, watch where you're touching.

[ that is dangerously close to his butt, buddy, and he does not need that, especially seeing as they're already just plopping hands all over each other. Incorrectly, in fact. The instructor comes over and gently reminds them that one pair of hands need to be joined and held in front rather than both of them holding onto each other. The tips of his ears turn red, and he immediately lets go of Will's waist. ]

Uh, sorry. Here.

[willandaway]

[oh my god. Will ducks his head, also flushing a bit in embarrassment as he, too, lets go of Steve's waist]

[. . . only to reach up and grab his now free hand, lacing their fingers together in what he thinks?? is the proper form???]

More like this. . .?

[newlugers]

[ now they're both embarrassed!! He continues to hate that Will is so cute - especially when he's blushing. Steve would absolutely use this as a chance to flirt with him if he was a girl... Oh well. That probably doesn't mean anything!

He very gingerly puts one hand back on Will's hip (barely) and laces his fingers together with Will's with the other. ]

I... think?

[ off to a swimming start. ]

[willandaway]

[yeah Steve, it means nothing!!]

[but here they are, now in the proper (ish) form, and Will gives a firm nod]

Okay. Step one, conquered. Step two is. . .

[he looks over at the instructor, who lifts their arms and mimes the steps the two are expected to take together. a simple, four-step waltz, to start]

Am I going backwards. . . or forwards?

[newlugers]

[ IT MEANS NOTHING!! ]

Backwards, I think?

[ This is the most uncertain he's been all competition!! Steve tries to copy what the instructor is doing - carefully, so as not to step on Will's feet. Fortunately, he's fairly coordinated, despite his blustery attitude, and this isn't all that complicated, so Will's feet remain uncrushed as Steve moves forward. ]

[willandaway]

[hilariously, despite being completely new at this, Will is. . . also pretty coordinated! and though he moves slowly, he does so with gaze up, unlike most beginners. Steve's feet also remain blessedly safe]

Oh, I see. . .!

[one two three one two three. . .]

It's like making a little box with your feet.