...What, you liked girls in high school here like recently? [ they're not far enough out of high school that's weird but it is massively discouraging. ]
I took out stupid shit on people, yes. I flipped out on Nat when I remembered about my dad and I jerked you around for a while and both of those sucked.
John. Listen to me for a second, will you? [ his thumbs trace idly over john's cheeks, soothing. ] Yeah, that sucked. But for the part about me, you...you were really worth the wait. And the jerking around. It's okay.
[He's holding his breath but he's also leaning into Dave's touch.]
...you know you're always worth waiting for too, don't you? I made my decision about you even knowing that you weren't telling me everything and that there were problems you didn't want to address yet.
[Needy cat..but it's sweet and he doesn't actually care about exerting the effort.] We've been dating for a few months now and every time you grin you still make my heart freak out. [So okay, not nice but like ???] And I like seeing the world through your eyes so your photography's my favorite. And I want to be around for more important things like holidays and stuff and lately I've actually been really proud to claim you as mine. You're kind of incredible.
[Look don't ask for sappy things if you don't want them, Strider. He's easily shifting onto his back though and pulling Dave with him, hands wrapping around the small of Dave's back to trap him there.]
Not remotely. [ he's supposed to be thinking about the marks maybe but instead he's leaning down to kiss john again so this is going excellently. at least dave's happy even if they keep getting majorly sidetracked. ]
[They're A+ at distracting themselves because John would have to be a huge idiot to say no? So he's cool with kissing back even if he keeps an eye open briefly to check on Dave's marks. He's hoping maybe they're a little less blatant, but at the same time it's important Dave's happy.
[ they're so faint they're barely there but still existent. dave should check john's marks but instead he's parting his lips and kind of laughing into the kiss again. it's stupid but it's happening. ]
[It's progress and there's relief and he's relaxed because it's still kind of his favorite sound in the world? He's 100% aware he's a sappy idiot for his best friend but like. Whatever x2, everybody can fuck off and let them be happy together. He doesn't do anything beyond encourage it given he's also parting his lips and slipping his tongue over Dave's bottom lip instead to deepen said-kiss. He's just pleased with the benefits of having their own house tbh.]
[ is there any progress whatsoever on john's marks...
the benefits of their own house are that dave thinks nothing of deepening the kiss. john adds tongue and you know what dave is incredibly down with that. he's running his hands up john's sides again, touching just to touch, and he thinks he could probably waste a day like this. multiple days. ]
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