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nonsexual acts of intimacy

♢: Forehead or cheek kisses

It’s nearly midnight at the park, and the only thing lighting his path are the miniature lanterns adorning either side of the main walkway. His eyes strain in the dark, searching for a familiar face. As a kid, Jeremy wasn’t much into celebrating the 4th– most kids loved the firetrucks, he thought they were too loud; most kids loved getting candy at the parade, and he had that one year where they got stuck next to asshole teens who stole his bag when he wasn’t looking. Even without the small things that didn’t really matter in the grand scheme of things, there was something about the day that just brought melancholy down upon him. But Katherine had asked, and if there’s one thing that’s always been consistent in his life, it’s his inability to say no to her. Usually, that gets him in trouble, but his parents are somewhere around here– which, for once, put him in the clear for breaking curfew.

She never saw him approach, her eyes fixating on the sky above– and she only reacts when his silly expression broke her eye line to the fireworks. “You’re late,” she accuses with her signature pout. “I thought you stood me up.” On his tongue is the explanation– he had been held up by Tyler Lockwood– but Jeremy thinks better of it. Nothing would ruin tonight for her; this year’s been hard enough as it is, and his bus ticket out of this town has already been bought. He owes her this much. From behind his back, the boy reveals a single rose– the only one that survived his detour. Reflecting on it, arriving with one instead of a dozen probably sends a safer message; she doesn’t need to know otherwise.

“I hope this makes up for it,” he grins, waiting for her to take his offering before joining her on the flannel blanket. His lips brush against the hollow of her cheek, intentionally not lingering in his touch as he pulls back quickly. Jeremy’s grateful the veil of darkness cast by this summer’s night, but even in the pale moon light, he can feel the expression radiating off her. “Happy friendaversary, Kat.”

  1. kxboom reblogged this from tetheredtoelena
  2. ninetyfivelines said: i dont know why im crying in the club rn
  3. ninetyfivelines said: do u think they have celebrated their friendaversary every year since they met because like i do
  4. tetheredtoelena posted this
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