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Summary; dating Rafe throughout the seasons
Content warning; Rafe being Rafe, lot of talk about clothes and lifestyle (appearances and whatnot
A/n; each scenario is a different variation of pogue.
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S1 Rafe
Rafe was opposed to labeling you as his girlfriend for the first few weeks of your relationship, for various reasons, but the biggest?
You were a pogue, and in more ways than one it showed.
From the way you talked, slipping a bro or dude into an otherwise classy conversation to how you dressed.
When he finally accepted you were dating, it seemed to open him a little more.
Of course he still questioned why you repeated outfits and lived in an appropriately sized one bedroom for just you, but he wasn't prepared for when you asked back why he still lives with his dad.
His hobbies consisted of golf, drinking, partying, and biking while yours were pretty basic, you enjoyed a variety of arts, gardening, and fashion.
And not the expensive kind, the destructive kind. Tearing holes in jeans, cutting up sleeves, bleaching a faded tee, donating what you didn't feel you needed.
All in all he liked you, (even if he didn't show it as much as he should), despite your (obvious) differences
And dates were usually in private places where he could allow you to be as cheap as you'd like.
Otherwise he'd never hear the end of it and at some point he'd be inclined to agree.
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S2 Rafe
This was really the time where he wanted to help his dad as much as he wanted to piss him off.
What better way to do that than to date a pogue?
He felt obligated to upgrade you since you started dating
Buying expensive jewelry and clothes.
If he was gonna risk his reputation, he'd do it right.
Now, you accepted some of his gifts, a lot of them costing what you could probably achieve in 10 years, but not all of them
On dates he frequently ordered for you the priciest thing on the menu, but in your preferred palate, took you out to high end places, spent a couple thousands.
Once he was satisfied with the result of burying you in his riches he'd get right back to work.
You did like his taste, but some of the other things you donated to charity or even gave to friends
Rafe was passionate about his gifting, not because it was genuine, but because he needed to be able to show you off and proudly.
So, he instead of bombarding you with gifts you could give away, he bought YOU a house on figure eight
Try selling that
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S3 Rafe
He was different.
All the rumors revolving him, all the gossip, it didn't fit the guy you were dating.
Nothing about the way he sweet talked you or pampered you suggested he was anything like what they said he was.
This was a very important time in his life, where he was semi rehabiliting and learning to think and act for himself
He was a rich boy at heart, but tame in comparison.
He bought you gifts that you've suggested an interest in (this time with your blessing), but his love language was really acts of service.
Now, focusing on your relationship he had to take the time to know you and how to be at your service.
For you he shelfed his rich boy tendencies and learned how to meet you half way.
You taught each other new things
For example, years ago he wouldn't be caught dead anywhere near a washing machine, but you sometimes found him outside, putting the dry clothes into a hamper and/or folding them.
A memorable moment was a power outage at your place due to construction, Rafe instinctively wanted to maybe bribe a worker to repower your neighborhood in particular, but he didn't.
Instead, he helped you finish washing clothes out back that were mid cycle when they stopped, hung them on the clothesline, and lounged around the house between shifts.
You did wake the next morning to a fully a/c conditioned house and working lights.