#otp: refresh restart new love | beth x dan

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DIFFERENT WAYS TO SAY “I LOVE YOU” MEME |DAN&BETH @engeljjk​​

Beth notices that Dan’s been busier than usual. He works hard every day, and then, right after, he goes to volunteer at the local food bank with her grandmother, Slyvie. Slyvie shows him off to all of her friends there, telling them that this here is her grandson-in-law and that her grandbaby has found quite a catch. The women, men, and people of other gender laugh and roll their eyes at her and Dan humbly brushes Slyvie off and continues to go on working to bring others food.

Beth thinks it’s cute and thinks it’s really kind of him to help, even though it exausts him by the time he gets home to her. She doesn’t know how to show him that she thinks that it’s kind of him or that it’s incredibly important that he spends time with her gram. Nor does she have any idea of what to do about it, or even if he wants her to do anything about it

But since today is his birthday, she decides to make the world’s best tasting -- yet most awfully looking -- cake imaginable. And when he sees it, he looks at and laughs. Not in a way that makes her heart cry in upset. No. A laugh that shows that he thinks it’s generally funny that she’d make something like this for him, even though he knows she’s busy and that she’s the worst at decorating and doing art of any kind. 

“Bethy,” he says, shaking his head before he walks over to hug her. “Did I ever tell you how much I love you?” There a kiss to her cheek when he pulls away, causing Beth to laugh, too. So much that tears roll down her eyes and her stomach hurts. She is lucky to have him and hopes her cake is enough to show that she cares and thinks he’s a hardworker. 

“You tell me that all tha’ time, Danny-boy,” she teases, giving him a kiss on the lips this time. “It does taste a lot better than it looks, baby. Like, erhm, I promise ey’m not trying to kill you or anything.” 

Dan makes a croaking sound, which has her laughing again, and covering her mouth. “Shut up, Dan!” She wants to say more, but then he walks over to the cake and takes a piece with his fork. Quickly after that, he takes a bite and grins. Beth thinks he’s going to swallow, but then he starts to dramatically pretend to die, which leaves her in tears yet again. “For real, Dan. Stop being a cunt. I made that cake out of my own blood, sweat, and tears. It needs to be respected.” Beth poked her tongue out to show she was kidding. 

Dan twirled his fork around as though he were on the disney channel or some shit, and then smiled and took another bite. This time, he made a happy eating noise. “Delicious. And I very much do respect it. I’ll it Sir and Ma’am and everything.” 

Beth rolls her eyes. “Alright, smart arse.” She walks over to him and gives him a kiss. He kisses her in return, quick. And then he grabs a piece of her ugly cakes and stuffs some in her mouth. She tackles him to the ground after that and places some of the cake that’s on her face on his. “I love you but this means war!” she shouts, kissing him until her lips are swollen.

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@engeljjk​ beth when dan doesn’t something ridiculous or tries to act macho LOL

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Curly brown hair tumbles down her shoulders, framing her face and curtaining her shoulders. It took her a while to get her hair this nice, and even longer for her to get dressed in the fancy arse, over-the-top white and light pink lingerie she's wearing now.  She's had to hold her breath and suck in her tum to get into the goddamn chemise because the size she bought was a smidge too small. She was too lazy to take it back though, so she decides to wear it either way, hoping it doesn't look unflattering because it's a little too tight. It probably won't look too bad, since tight is sexy or whatever, but she really hopes it looks good either way. 

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Beth wants Dan to be surprised this Valentine's Day with something sexy, after all. Something that keeps him awake during those nights where he's away at those teaching conferences he occasionally goes to. She wants him to remember her looking this good when they're both old and grey together -  or rather, when he's old and grey and she still looks slamming while she rocks on a vintage porch swing with him. And as she thinks this over, she adds some blush to her cheeks and then proceeds to put on some velvet lipstick. 

Dan's asleep, so she isn't worried he'd walk in on her...until he does walk in on her. The door to her closet is open and he pauses for a while. She guesses he doesn't have his contacts on because there is no Dan reaction from him and he squints. Beth sighs because she's a bit disappointed that he isn't giving her the reaction she wants. Or, uhm, he wasn't until he covers his mouth in a very dramatic way and says, "Wow, you're really blurry, but you look really sexy from here." He unsquints his eyes and then squints once again, making Beth let out a very unladylike,  yet downright cute laugh. 

"Where's your glasses, ya idjit?" she teases him, walking over towards him to yank on his shit to bring him closer to her. His eyes go wide when its apparent he can see her, and he goes silent, looking at her like she's Galinda the good witch floating down from a bubble.

"I was going to ask you that very question, but then I walked in on you looking like a four course meal and almost forgot," he says once he catches control of his words. He looks at her again after that, tilting her head down just a little to face him. Beth looks right back at him, eyes focused as she studies the thoughtful way he looks at her - as though he taking in every detail of her face. 

She's about to tell him that she thinks she knows where his glasses are, but then he leans to kiss her promptly on the lips, making her think solely of matching the pace of Dan's lips against hers. Her skin tickles with excitement too and there's a warmth in her belly. She's pretty sure she could kiss him all night, but of course he has to pull back. Ov course. "They're here," she tells him as she pulls away, scurrying to the kitchen table where Dan's glasses are. 

With a proud grin, she playfully places them on his nose and then opens her arms out, spins, and says, "Tada!" 

Dan's mouth opens wide, and he just takes a moment to sit down, causing Beth to laugh so hard that she's thankful her makeup is waterproof. "You look better in HD than in LQ, babe," he smiles at her before winking and sitting back and hiding himself against the sofa cushions.  "Crazy good. I have no idea how you managed to...I mean you always look good, but wow, seriously, you're lucky I didn't faint." He fans himself and wolf whistles, making Beth blush some before she walks over to him to sit on his lap. His eyes glaze over just a bit and he gives her another kiss, only this one is a lot quicker than earlier's.

"Happy Valentine's Day," Beth says before kissing his chin and leaving a mark. "Are we gonna play naked twister or what?" She bites the air between the, laughs, and then kisses him, again

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beth was incredibly nervous and was surprised she hadn’t thrown up due to how nervous she was. she planned on proposing to dan today and wasn’t exactly sure how it would work out. she knew that he loved her deeply, and had since they were very young, but she wasn’t sure if he’d be open to marriage after his divorce. she assumed he would be open somewhat since he hadn’t shot down her random comments about marriage whenever they watched holiday movies, but wasn’t 100%. she would say something about how cute it would be to get married like the couple on screen, or maybe, how amazing it would be to get married since she never got married because her fiance had ditched her at the altar. he would tell her how nice the weddings looked and how it would be great to have a wedding like that. however, he never mentioned that he pictured the two of them getting married or if he wanted to get married at all. 

beth had prepared an engagement plan though. she didn’t want to sit around and wait any longer. she loved dan with her whole entire being, and she felt like he needed to know that with something permanent, something that said she was in it one-hundred percent. so she took him all around their old neighborhood as part of the plan. they visited their old school where she and dan exchanged candied necklaces and bracelets; where dan would cheer her on during track meets and hugged her when she sprained her knee. then she took him to her old house, where his was beside her and she used to throw shoes at his window to get him to open up so that they could talk and eat candy. then, finally, she took him to the park they would go to every day, when hayden wasn’t around, for a walk. this place was special to her, just like dan was special to her, so she thought it would be the perfect place to propose to him. 

he must’ve thought it was a special place too, because he grinned widely at her and made a comment about how he missed walking through this park with her. amused beth ended up on one knee, and then she reached for the ring in her pocket. dan looked down at her wide-eyed, then shook his head to double-take in disbelief. then, he covered her mouth and his body began to shake just a bit as he bent his knees a bit and then stood back up. “will you marry me, danny boy?” she asked him, a big toothy grin on her face. he nodded his head immediately, and then she put the ring on him. 

she then staood up, and is surprised when dan kneels down too and brings out a ring of his own.  this shocks beth, making her mouth open and close, no words coming to mind. “i was planning to propose, too. but after we left the park,” he told her, his excitement heard in his voice. “so will you?”

beth laughed. tears then begin to fall down her cheek, leading her to wipe them away. “of course, you goof. why would i propose to you if i didn’t want to.” she gently pushed his shoulders. his hand then reached for hers and he slowly put the ring on. then he stood up and grabbed her, kissing her hard, like an old hollywood movie where the woman is tilted back. it’s romantic and it’s powerful and it made beth’s head spin. and when he pulled away from it, she could see tears in his eyes too. “we’re a bunch of saps aren’t we?” she teased. “but we’re the best. so i can’t wait to be your wife.” she rested her hand on the side of his face, and kissed him on his cheek. “it’ll be amazing.”