Canon: Late 7th Season.

St. Valentine’s Day. Or simply Valentines Day. Honestly, he sort of used to despise the day. In school, any of the girls he would give a Valentine to would shove it back in his face.

But school was long over and so to were the scoffs and laughter of the dating scene. He at least hadn’t had a similar experience lately.

All right, so he had struck out a lot back then. He wouldn’t admit it out loud, but he was still kind of nerdy and could be a bit over the top when he really got into something.

That’s mainly why he was surprised that Jennifer still hung around. Thinking back, his mind conjured all of the vacations that went awry or the plans that blew up in his face, which they often did.

He shook his head, while still gazing down into the sink. He was supposed to be getting ready to go out. Essentially he was ready: he wore slacks with a dress shirt and tie. His jacket was slung over the back of the couch waiting for him.

He half expected a knock at the door and a “Cousin?” to follow it, except he had insisted that Balki take Mary Anne out for a nice evening so that, for once, he could do this himself.

He took a deep breath and let it out slowly. Finally, he lifted his head and looked at his reflection. Well, he squinted at his reflection. He kept getting told he should wear his glasses, but he hardly ever did. So what if the up close stuff was a little blurry? His distance vision was perfect and didn’t need glasses for driving.

Besides, the glasses made him feel old. Not that he actually was by any stretch of the imagination. But still…

He ended up sticking his tongue out at his reflection. Then his eyebrows creased in amusement. He was being silly.

He straightened his tie and left the bathroom. He paused at the top of the stairs and found Jennifer sitting on the couch. She seemed a little annoyed with waiting for him, especially when he watched her look at the time.

He knew he was cutting it close with the reservation time, but… He moved carefully and quietly down the stairs and came up behind her. He wrapped his arms around her.

And Jennifer pulled him over the back of the couch and he landed with his head in her lap. He gave her that typical bug eyed look of his in embarrassment, but she just laughed and leaned down to kiss him.

Larry could not have asked for a better Valentines Day.

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