#such as her in bathena's house or asking bobby what gift to get buck

[momowoah]

I posted about this before but Taylor Kelly and the other TK are not the same

Leaving and coming back vs leaving and having to be chased after

Joining in on his stuff vs not bothering

Celebrating him vs "Enjoy it while it lasts"

Acknowledging what the 118 means to him vs dismissing it

Being welcome in the 118 vs .....

[queerdiaz]

Bathena 7 and 82

Florist AU and Secon Love AU. Ooo I love this so much yes!

Okay so Bobby moves to LA for a fresh start sometime after his family dies and opens up a shop that's a mix between a flower shop on one part and a store that sells organic produce that's all grown in the big garden behind the shop.

The first time Athena enters the store is on official police business. The law practice two doors down in the same block calls in for a noise complaint. Turns out, all of Bobby's chickens in the back that he has for fresh eggs ran out and was running all over the place causing chaos. Athena arrives and Bobby quickly hands her one of the chickens he caught so he can quickly get another. Let's just say their first meeting doesn't go quite well. Especially since Athena was already annoyed just got handed her divorce papers from Michael that day. But before she leaves, feeling bad, Bobby decides to give her a bouquet of flowers free of charge for thanking her to help. At first she refuses but then accepts when he gives Athena her favorite flowers with her having to tell him. "It's a gift." He says.

The next time she visits the shop, is after her best friend Hen has her new doctor's office next door after Athena had saw that the space was for lease the first time she was at the flower shop. She comes with May before visiting Hen so she can buy her flowers for her new office space. When May is delighted to see the natural flirtation between her mom and the florist as they banter back and forth about what would be the best flowers for an office building (her mom would debate with a florist about flowers) she decides to do some matchmaking. So she interrupts their conversation as May asks if they can hire Bobby to the flower arrangements for sweet sixteen that was coming up in about a month. "I didn't even know you wanted flower arrangements." Athena says, eyeing her daughter suspiciously. May shrugs. "Now I do."

Once they both accept, May then adds that she wants to make it really elaborate so she'd want to come over a lot to go over the different designs. When they agree, she then asks Athena that since she'd be busy with school if Athena could go over the designs with Bobby. She's suspicious of her daughter and is about to protest when Bobby adds that he wouldn't mind so she accepts. His employee, Buck, then quickly asks where is the party being held. "At my house." Athena answers rarely. "Perfect!" He exclaims but then clears his throat and explains that maybe Bobby should visit her house "for research purposes" to help him decide on which flowers would be the best "you know, for the aesthetic." Bobby gives him a looks that roughly translates to "cut it off" but Athena just smirks and agrees.

"You should exchange numbers to decide a date." May suggests with a bright smile. Athena rolls her eyes bc her daughter is many things but subtly is not one of them.

After they exchange numbers and make their plans, a few days later Bobby arrives to "survey the house's aesthetic". What Athena didn't know was that May had ordered food from her favorite restaurant which not only conveniently arrived just shortly after Bobby did, but had his favorite meal as well as Athena's. They both then admit that they knew were being set up and laugh about it both apologize for their kids obviously working together for trying to make it happen. Athena is honest and tells him that she's just gotten off from a divorce and tried a few dates but just wasn't ready. To which he tells her that he completely understands and feels the same way. "Divorce?" She asks. "No." He looks away. "Widowerer."

He gets a far away look in his eyes and after she says her condolences Athena tries to soothe the mood and offers for them to still eat the meal since it was there and their favorite meals. She offers for them to just have a nice, professional meal without having it to be anything.

They end up making out on the couch like a couple of teenagers. (After the delicious meal and a few glasses of wine).

But they then decide that they shouldn't go any further because they weren't ready and to just leave it at that.

The next time Bobby is at her house (after asking to drop by to see if the arrangements he had in mind would look good) they sleep together.

And so became the routine of saying that was just a one time thing and more bc they weren't ready and then coming up with an excuse to see each other again and hooking up like couple of horny teenagers.

A few days before May's party, Bobby tells Athena that he's not one of those people who can just continue to hook up with someone without any feelings attached. She tells him that she's sorry but she's just not ready for jump into a relationship again so soon, to which he understands but is heartbroken all the same.

But ever since then, Athena feels an ache in her chest but tries to ignore it. When May's birthday comes along and they're getting ready for the party, Buck arrives with all of the flowers. Athena feel an ache in her chest that she hadn't ever felt with Michael at Bobby's absence. Noticing her mood shift, Michael talks to her and tells Athena that May told her about Bobby (who May had also seen quite a few times since they first met). He tells her that she is allowed to try to find happiness for herself, which help makes Athena decide that she's gonna give it a shot with Bobby, if it's not too late.

Noticing this, May tells her that they have time before the party so she expects her to "go your man" and come back with Bobby in tow because she really wants him to be there.

And so, with pure determination, Athena asks Buck to take her back to the flower shop, to which he happily complies.

When they arrive at the shop, Bobby is surprised to see Athena there but she tells him that she wants to give it a real try, if he'll have her. After he asks if she's sure, not wanting to rush her into anything she wasn't ready for. She smiles and says yes, asking if he's ready as well. As an answer, he proceeds to rush in to kiss her like there's no tomorrow.

Afterwards, both Bobby and Buck go to May's party and Athena and Bobby officially start the beginning of their second shot at a happily ever after.

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Did not mean for this to be so long. Lol oops. But if I ever wrote this as a fic I'd def have more details and show more of the firefam still being close even in this au, but yeah here you go.

Thank you so much Kate!!

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