Sharp Dressed Men

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Silk suit, Black tie

Even though he had lived in New York City for a couple months. Things were still hard to find, luckily bars and restaurants were never the problem. With the surprise wedding though, Damon wasn't exactly positive that he could find the shop that Zeus needed him to go to. 'Dammit, why didn't I just go with him when he offered me a ride? Cursing himself in thought, he turned a corner, finding the name that he had been looking for. Honestly, he could not imagine how much was going into this sort of thing. The wedding was last minute, like Christmas eve last minute. Hell, Lenny had no clue and she was supposed to be the bride. Damon knew though that Zeus would do anything and spend any amount of money for this though. Zeus had spoiled all of them, not Damon so much because he was making his own money, well being a manager and playing. To make his little family happy, Zeus was willing to do most anything, and spend any amount of money if need be. That's why Damon knew that Zeus was excited for everything, no matter how much he had to spend on the food, the venue, and everything to be delivered on time, on Christmas eve. It made him realize that he wasn't doing this just for himself, to make sure Lenny was in his life. But for their little family unit they had created. At this point, lenny was like a sister to him, and Zeus a brother. Seeing them happy again made him feel all that much better. Things had been odd after she left, it felt like there was a massive hole. Zeus though, he wasn't even the same person. As much as he had tried to get Zeus to go out to do anything, it was like he was talking to a board. Atty and himself had kept a close eye on him though. Fearing that he might go back to his old ways, and that was not the road that Damon wanted to see him go down again.

So obviously this was the much better path. Damon would much rather wear a suit for a good occasion like Zeus and Lennon's wedding then anything else. Most of the time even if it was something that required a suit, he would wear whatever he wanted. Who would really say anything to him? Most people that knew him would admit that they had never even seen him in a suit. Obviously it could very well be a first. 'they better appreciate this.' Damon would really do anything for them, and he couldn't really think of anyone else he would. Opening the door to the shop, he realized it was the type of place that Zeus and himself really wouldn't fit in on a normal basis. He couldn't even imagine what the older woman behind the counter type area was thinking. Although he knew what it would be along the lines of. 'Oh, look at this, riff raff. Tattooed from head to toe I'm sure, a facial piercing, and those clothes.' Walking up towards her, he put on a casual smile. "Hello, I'm actually looking for my friend. We're supposed to be here getting fitted for the suits, or getting them. I'm not totally sure." The woman's face lit up, like oh shit. He's with the guy that spending double for these to be ready in less then a week. Her attitude and glances seemed to change quickly as she pulled him towards the back of the shop.

"Mr. Marinos, your friend has arrived." The woman said loudly. Damon kind of glanced around for Zeus. Actually surprised that he didn't pop out as soon as he heard himself being called. He was probably getting changed, or who knew what. Damon watched as the woman walked away, not positive that she was coming back. "Hey Zeus, come on out. the Calvary has arrived." Damon leaned against the wall, waiting for Zeus to make some awkward entrance. Realizing that is something that his friend would definitely do. If it was up to Damon though he'd keep a bell on him. Zeus and him were almost always up to something, so having the upper hand of knowing where he was was the key. Damon tapped his foot on the ground, waiting for some kind of response. After looking for Zeus for another moment, he peeked towards the front of the store. Spotting the woman who was coming back for him it seemed. Although she had measurement tape this time. Was this what Zeus was waiting for? To embarrass Damon? Not a surprising move though. "Come on Zeus. Show me what we're going to be wearing. If it looks ridiculous i'll just wear whatever's in my closet to this wedding." That would make him show himself. Zeus had been serious about everything being perfect for his wedding day. Down to every tiny detail. So Damon saying he wasn't going to wear a suit, that would be like blasphemy. He waited with a slight smile on his face waiting for the explosion of angry Zeus.

874 words, tag: zeus argyris marinos

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i love you like crazy girl

having watched his own parents marriage fall a part it probably wouldn't have been too far fetched if he had stopped believing in marriage all together. but in all honesty, he had never stopped believing that someone out there, namely lenny, would be his one true love. had he known he was going to marry lenny the day that he met her? no but then they were just in middle school. marriage was still a far fetched idea at that point. yet here they were, eleven years later and that little british girl was still the one and only love of his life. he remembered the day he proposed to her, mostly because in the days since she'd left they had been the only memories that he could stand without crying. it had been one of the few things that could have changed his life. if she had said no that day, he didn't think he could have made himself okay with any arrangement where lenny was anything but his fiancé. it would have killed him a little bit everyday. not that it mattered, because in the end, lenny had said yes. she'd agreed to marry him and he'd gone and screwed it up because of a little fame. she'd left and he never thought that he might have gotten a second chance, except he had one. he was gonna have a second chance with her. and this time everything was going to be perfect. he'd marry her, he'd do it again and again if such a thing would have kept her by his side. which was exactly why zeus had thought of a surprise wedding. he had to admit that it wasn't exactly conventional to keep the wedding a secret from the bride, but then again, what about what he and lenny had could have ever been considered conventional. in other words, a surprise wedding was exactly perfect.

though in the days since, he'd begun to realize exactly why lenny hadn't wanted to plan the whole thing on her own. there was a lot to do and he only had a month to throw it all together, where as most people had months, years even. the hardest part though, was proving to be keeping the secret from lenny herself. as it turned out, as much as he wanted it to be a surprise, he also wanted to tell her. he hoped she would forgive him for all the lies and half truths he'd told. in all the eleven years they'd been together, he'd almost never lied to her and it made him feel guilty in a way that he never had before. there was still about another week before the wedding now, another week of lies and another week before he would most likely be married to the love of his life. and it was that last detail that made everything worth it, including getting dressed into a tux. he was sure lenny wouldn't have minded a casual wedding, with her wearing jeans and her favorite jack daniel's shirt. he also knew that to some extent it was his wedding. and that he wanted the whole suit and tie and her in a white dress deal. that had probably been the only sort of wedding planning thing that he'd done with lenny before she left. back in greece, the wedding would have at least consisted of her family, her father walking her down the aisle. and in all truth, he probably could have flown her family in. but whenever he pictured their wedding, it was just him and lenny, athena and damon. and with a week to the wedding, he knew it was far too late. and this wedding was starting to get a little on the expensive side, even for him. all the details had been planned, taken care off. now it was just a tux fitting.

all in all, it was probably damon's least favorite part of the wedding. he, like lenny, probably wouldn't have minded it being a casual affair with clothes out of their closet. but of course, zeus was also forcing him into a monkey suit. he turned his head as he heard the door opening. and then the secretary called out to him, saying his friend was here. zeus couldn't help the grin on his face, it hadn't managed to fade since the day that lenny came back into his life. come on, get your butt back here and get into your monkey suit. he called back to damon. he himself was dressed into his tux, but the woman kept tugging and pulling at it, like it might somehow fit better if she continued nagging at it. he rolled his eyes irritatedly. the secretary of the tuxedo shop had approached damon with a measuring tape and it was all he could do to not burst into laughter. he could practically see damon's eyes get huge. finally the woman fitting him into his tux seemed to be content. any other time he might have flashed her a grateful smile but most she was just looking at him and blushing anyways ( a fan maybe? ) but he decided not to push it. he went out to greet damon. did you get lost or something? zeus teased we were starting to think you weren't gonna show. yes, as one might imagine there was a huge smirk on his face. though at damon's next set of words, his smirk vanished and his eyes narrowed a little. no, you aren't. i swear by the gods, wearing a tux for one day, especially this day, isn't going to kill you. there was an unspoken 'i'd do the same for you' at end of it. he rarely ever got angry nowadays, but you'd have to be a fool not to hear the edge in his voice. he turned to one of the girls, gesturing at damon. you think you can handle it? even he wasn't sure whether or not he was talking to damon or the girls. not that it mattered. not really.

1017 words for damon sonada

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Silk suit, Black tie

Damon tilted his head, following the voice, the small woman almost dragging along with him. This poor woman probably wanted to be as far from him as she possibly could. Of course Damon had been used to the glances, but they had never really bothered him. He smirked at Zeus referring to the tuxedo as a monkey suit. That's exactly what he thought it would be like. Damon was always the kind to dress comfortably. After all, he played music and managed Zeus' music stuff for a living. So tee shirts and jeans were always okay with him. Although for Zeus' wedding he was obviously going to wear a suit. Now who was he not to act like he wasn't going to wear one. Damon just liked to try to be funny. Sometimes his humor was a hit or miss. Zeus was like a brother to him, he wasn't going to diss him by wearing a band shirt and some ripped up jeans to his wedding. This was the most important day of his life to date. Although it might be the most important, because knowing Zeus for so long meant that he knew he didn't like the idea of children. Which was a shame, Lenny being the motherly type, hell she filled in as a mother for Atty, and also played mother while the boys were on tour. Damon knew though that Lenny was obviously okay with the thought of not having any children, she was going to marry Zeus. After eleven years of waiting, and a split between them. 'Oh, wait, shit. She still doesn't know about the wedding. She doesn't know she's going to marry him finally.' After all of the things that they had been through, honestly Damon could not see two people more perfect for each other. He'd seen it on the first day that he had saw Lennon. Sure it had been middle school, and Damon was just staring at her. Zeus though, had decided to make his move on the lonely new girl. Not that it was a bad thing, as odd as love was to Damon, he knew that these two truly loved each other.

So suiting up for this wedding was his only option. Of course he would joke around, but that was just who he was. Zeus should have known that, but it seemed to Damon that he was taking things about the wedding to heart. He just shrugged it off though, it was probably going to be his first and only. Who knew if they would have a wedding for her family? Damon was out of that loop, he knew about the trip they were going to take and he was jealous. Knowing Lenny's family, and of course Zeus', he knew that obviously it would just be her family if they were to go back to Greece for an extra wedding. Zeus' family was messed up, worse than most. He felt horrible for Zeus that he had been stuck with such a shitty family. Looking up as he approached Zeus, he saw the smirk on his face. Knowing that the older woman was starting to work on fitting him for his suit. Zeus was already in his, a much younger, attractive girl was fitting him, funny how that worked. It was only because he hadn't shown up maybe. He was the single one, Zeus was about to get married, and he was getting fitted by an older woman. Damon seemed to think that sometimes the gods conspired against him. Shrugging it off, he stood still. Trying to avoid getting stabbed by the small needle. Which seemed kind of funny as he looked down at his tattooed arms. "Oh come on, you act like i'm used to looking for a store like this. Look at me man, do I look like I constantly wear suits?" A small smile danced on his lips, knowing damn well that the woman was probably thinking what he was saying.

Damon's smile disappeared though when Zeus' voice seemed a bit edgy. He would never dream of dressing in his normal clothes to his best friend's wedding. That would just be wrong. Damon wasn't stupid, as much as he liked to be comfortable, for one day he could dress up for Zeus and Lenny. Lennon though would probably not be amused by the dress. He couldn't honestly remember the last time he'd seen Lennon in a dress. Maybe prom? Who knew, he kind of honestly didn't care. All he would want to see is how Zeus and Atty would react to Lennon in that dress. He saw how Zeus looked at Lennon on a normal basis, after all, he lived with them in the same apartment oddly enough. "So what do you think she'll do when she sees it all?" Damon felt the need to try to calm the waters, not wanting to make Zeus moody. Although his mood had been much better since Lennon had literally run back into his life. Suits were a touchy subject. Now he knew he couldn't cross the line of saying that he wouldn't wear a suit. Crossing that off his list in his mind.

874 words, tag: zeus argyris marinos

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