Matt had kept his eyes fully on the road throughout everything Trixie had said, struggling to fit the level of alcohol in with his reaction time to well..everything. Including stopping at the traffic light-something he failed to do. He bit his inner lip as he passed the clearly red light, and glanced at Trixie, offering a fake smile. "I don't have too much of an answer right now. Like I said in the future, at some point then maybe i'd settle down, just not right now" he said, keeping his tone soft though he was getting increasingly nervous with the questions, statements or otherwise related to that topic. He looked up from the dashboard at her last comment, narrowing his eyes a little. "Well, maybe sometime me too. If you desperately need an answer, staying friends with benefits is..fine for now." He concluded, twisting the steering wheel onto the road near his house.

Trixie watched quietly as they ran the red light, nodding when he spoke. She waited until he was completely finished to speak, letting out a small sigh of relief. "Alright then. Friends and benefits it is. Now it doesn't have to come up again." She nodded, gently reaching over to brush her fingers through his hair in an attempt to lighten the slightly awkward tension.

"Exactly" Matt agreed, keeping himself quiet for the short duration of the car ride. Eventually he pulled into his driveway, and after he had parked, albeit rather treacherously, turned to Trixie with a smile. "Last chance to confirm you wanna come inside with me, I can't say the first hours gonna be too interesting" He said with a smile, his tone a lot more cheery now the serious conversation was actually over. Plus, the drink was most definitely settled now, meaning the patchy euphoria was gone, and he was finally calm.

Trixie returned the smile he offered her. "Oh, definitely. I'm more excited for what happens after the first hour, just to see what'll happen." She shrugged innocently, drawing her hand from his hair and hopping out of the car and waiting for him.

"Unless you come up with something, not much" Matt smiled, getting out right after he'd finished speaking. He waited at the front door until Trixie had followed, then shut the door behind her. "Dumb question seeing as it's late, are you planning on staying the night?" he asked, setting the keys down on the counter along with his phone, glancing at a couple messages quickly before looking back at Trixie.

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i was thinking to avoid not knowing what to write, whilst he's doing his data work or whatever, we could somehow add in a liiitle drama? i'm not sure what, though)

Yeah- maybe Trixie and Layla can get into a fight, or Will can have followed her home or something?))

"Well, I have an hour to think something up." Trixie said playfully, smiling at him. She raised her eyebrows at his question and nodded. "You're right, that is a dumb question. I'm staying the night, yeah, unless you don't want me to." She shrugged, walking up to him and pulling him down for a rough kiss as she wrapped her arms around him.

man i forgot ab layla for a second, the first one sounds good? to be honest the will stalking her thing could also work for another night, they're both good ideas)

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"I'm fine with it, just checking" Matt smiled, though the rest of his sentence was promptly cut off by a rather rough kiss. He didn't complain, and instead complied with her actions, pressing his lips back against hers with slight passion. He pulled away after a couple more seconds, looking Trixie in the eye. "As much as you might think that'll tempt me into not doing the work, i should get it done. Then you'll have my full attention" he smiled.

True- The Layla idea is good lol))

Trixie gave a little huff at his words, pressing against him somewhat playfully. "I don't think; I know I can. Should and must are also two very different things, so if I want your full attention now, that's not too bad, is it?" She teased, pressing her lips to his cheek gently.

I'll add that in then)

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"I never said it was a bad thing, but i'm not budging. I'm sure you can stand to wait for an hour huh?" Matt asked, tilting his head with a smile. He stood himself up properly and grabbed his keys and phone, gesturing towards the stairs. "We can sit down here if you like, i usually do. I'll just have to go and get stuff" he said, stuffing his phone is his pocket. He looked up anxiously at the footsteps above them, biting his lip. He could only pray Laila didn't make an appearance at all,really.

"What a shame." Trixie said playfully, pressing a shirt kiss to his lips as he started to move. "Yeah. Don't be too long, I'll be waiting." She teased, walking off to the living room and settling on the couch, figuring he could work there.