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Noelle loves horror movies. This has been true ever since she was little. Regardless of how intense or bloody the movie gets, she takes solace in the fact they can’t ever actually hurt her. And if it gets bad enough, she can just get up and turn it off. That sort of control goes a long way for someone who usually feels like she doesn’t have enough control over her life.
Of course, her current situation compounds her love of these types of movies tenfold. It all began with a simple invite to her girlfriend. A movie and hang out date at the Holiday mansion doesn’t sound like a grand date but for them, it’s perfect. After settling in with snacks and drinks, the couple settled on one of Noelle’s favorite movies. Susie said she’d have no problems watching a movie with “totally fake violence” and “hilariously bad acting”. Noelle had just smiled and pulled the movie up before settling next to her girlfriend. As the movie progressed, however, Susie’s normal tough girl façade began to slip more and more. This of course led to the situation that Noelle found herself in.
After a particular bad scare, Susie had outright picked up her smaller girlfriend and was currently holding onto her for deer life. Both arms wrapped around her middle and her head tucked in between her antlers, Susie was transfixed on the screen and unable to look away. Noelle, on the other hand, had long since stopped paying attention to anything that wasn’t her girlfriend’s big, strong arms wrapped around her so tightly oh my god I bet if she squeezed hard enough I’d just pop like a grape-
Noelle was shaken from these thoughts by Susie jumping an entire foot in the air with her and letting out a particularly terrified shriek as an unlucky monster met a sudden and bloody end on the TV. The hold around her middle tightened to the point it was just before being uncomfortable. However, a new development arose as Susie began to shake in fright. While Noelle would normally find this adorable and would move in to console her girlfriend, she was currently immobilized and being shaken like the can of soda you hand someone you don’t like.
Noelle placed her hands over Susie’s and began gently rubbing them. This had the desired effect as Susie loosened her grip and stopped shaking. The larger girl looked down at her fluffy hostage.
“Sorry,” Susie muttered, looking guilty.
“It’s okay. I’m not going to complain about you holding me.” Noelle said as she shyly looked down, her nose faintly glowing.
Susie smiled before jumping at another loud jump scare. She tried to put on a brave face but it lasted about as long as the first teenager did after splitting from the group.
“I don’t understand how you can enjoy watching these dumb movies,” Susie grumbled.
“Well, I used to watch them with Dess all the time. Don’t get me wrong, I was pretty much the same way you are right now. After a while though, they stopped being so bad. They still scare me but in a good way,” Noelle said. “And besides. N-now I end up being used as a l-living plushy for the h-hottest girl I know.”
Noelle’s attempt at being smooth were hindered by her nervous stuttering but it still caused Susie to throw her head back and laugh. She squeezed her smol girlfriend and turned her attention back to the TV. Unbeknownst to either of them, the movie had ended. Noelle grabbed the remote and backed out to her watch list before the next movie could begin playing.
“Well, we watched one of my favorite movies. Do you have something you’d like to watch?” she asked.
Susie looked away briefly, a light blush coloring her cheeks.
“Promise not to laugh?” she said. Noelle nodded and squeezed her hand, signaling her to continue. “Well, I really liked rom-coms when I was younger. I always used to imagine what it would be like to fall in love with some cute girl. I never really thought it would happen though. Now whenever I watch one, I spend the whole time thinking of you.”
Noelle’s nose lit up and she buried her face in her hands. She could not handle how much she absolutely loved this girl. After a brief moment, she lifted her head and smiled up at Susie. She leaned up and Susie met her halfway to exchange a quick kiss.
“I think that’s really sweet. Much sweeter than me loving scary movies more now just because you’ll end up holding me when you get scared.”
“Nah, I think that’s equally cute. Just, uh, not as good for my tough girl image, ya know?”
Both girls laughed at this and pulled up one of Susie’s favorite movies, Noelle still seated comfortably in Susie’s arms. Both found a new side to love about their favorite movies as well as each other.