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“Clancy, you in?” Clancy looked up from staring into the warm glow of the flames in front of him to the bandito looking at him quizzically.
“In for?” He felt a ping of embarrassment realising he hadn’t been paying attention.
The bandito just giggled. “We’re playing never have I ever, basically you hold up 10 fingers, you say something you’ve never done and you put a finger down if you’ve done it” Clancy nodded. “Yeah, I’m in”
“Alright, I’ll start, hmm, never have I ever had someone walk into my tent by accident” A few people put their fingers down, the camp brewed beer making them let out a couple giggles. Clancy looked over at Torch who was sitting to the left of him, quickly looking away when he realised Torch was looking at him first.
They kept going around in a circle until it got to Clancy, he couldn’t think of anything and stuttered out “Never have I ever kissed someone” He mentally beat himself up for the question.
He realised a few of the banditos were whispering and giggling, he looked around at the group noticing no one had put their fingers down well non aside from him and....Torchbearer? Oh god.
“You both haven’t kissed anyone?” Asked a bandito to the right of him causing more embarrassment to fill him along with anxiety making his cheeks burnt red and his body start to hyperventilate. “Hey, you good?” Torchbearer had his hand resting on Clancy’s arm, Clancy nodded his head. “Yeah, uh just need some air I think” Clancy got up walking away from the group, Torch bit the inside of his cheek.
“Go after him” He heard a guy whisper to him, maybe he should.
“I’m just gonna quickly grab another drink” He sat up, following the direction Clancy went, knowing exactly where Clancy headed.
He reached the edge of the water where Clancy was sat.
“Hey...” He settled on the grass next to him, gently placing his hand on his shoulder.
“Hi” His head was resting on his knees facing away from Torch, his voice came out shaky and strained.
“Are you...crying? Clancy nodded, barely noticeable but Torch picked up on everything Clancy let slip.
“Wanna talk about it?” He heard Clancy take a deep breath.
“I hate embarrassing myself, I didn’t even mean to say that and it’s even worse it was just you and me and I don’t even know why I’m crying this is so stupid” He was rambling, tears streaming down his face.
Torch frowned. “C’mere” He opened his arms as an invitation, Clancy took it, wrapping his arms around Torch’s clothed chest, leaning his head just above them.
Torch laced his fingers into Clancy’s cotton candy hair.
After about an hour Clancy calm down fully.
“So...” Torch started, Clancy looked up with a questioning look in his eye.
“Uhm, how come you were thinking about kissing?” Torch looked away from his eyes as he muttered out the sentence, a flush climbing up his neck to his cheeks.
Clancy went completely red again, this time he didn’t feel like crying.
“Oh, uhm, well” Clancy stuttered trying to come up with a lie.
“Cus, you were looking at me” He turned his eyes back to Clancy, biting his lip while looking down at Clancy’s.
Clancy felt incredibly vulnerable, he took his arms from around Torch and placed one on the grass as he placed the other on Torch’s thigh,
“What do you think?” Clancy didn’t want to say it.
Torch almost doubted himself till he felt Clancy’s hand on his thigh. “I think...well..hope you wanted to kiss me” Torch felt his face grown hotter.
“Wanted?” He questioned. “Maybe I still do, Torchie” He smiled up at him.
Torch swallowed, saliva feeling like glue.
“You want to kiss me?” Torch questioned.
“Maybe, why? Do you want to kiss me?” Clancy questioned back, teasing him.
“Yeah, yes, I really fuckin do” Torch could hear his breathing, it was sharp and fast as if he wasn’t getting enough oxygen.
Clancy reached his hand up to Torch’s face to cup his jaw, locking their eyes, a thousand words being exchanged by their glance. “I love you”’s in every language.
Torch leaned down to close the short separation between their lips.
When their lips touched Torch knew he didn’t want anything but this for the rest of his life, his head filled with fireworks, not that he knew what those were.
Clancy’s lips were gentle, testing and soft yet also rough from him biting them, a slight metallic taste from the dried blood that bloomed across them from the dry skin he had chewed off.
Torch’s were the opposite, completely smooth like they were woven from silk, the juxtaposition made his head spin.
Clancy pulled away, “I guess I can’t use that answer again in never have I ever” He giggled.
Torch let out a small laugh before grabbing Clancy’s collar and pulling him into another kiss, falling back into the grass making Clancy lean over him.
Torch parted his lips just enough to nip at Clancy’s bottom lip, drawing a chuckle from the man above him who pressed against him harder, intensifying the kiss.
Torch opened his mouth in response to the intensity Clancy was giving him, allowing their lips to move against each other easier.
Clancy let his hand slip from Torch’s face and down to the hem of his hoodie, finding it way underneath and placing itself on Torch’s hip, his cold hand causing Torch to jump slightly.
He let his tongue slip into the gap in Touch’s mouth, pulling a small whimper of submission from the body under him.
He let his hand drift up to Torch’s ribcage, letting his thumb gently praise over the warm skin.
He could feel his heartbeat under his fingertips and could how shaky his breath was, apart from his own breath it was the only sounds around them.
Until Clancy bit Torch’s lip as revenge causing a loud moan to escape his mouth, a flush of embarrassment caused him to pull away, reach his hands up to his face covering it.
“Holy shit, why did I do that? Please ignore that” Clancy laughed at him, Torch moved his fingers to show his eyes burning daggers into Clancy.
“Sorry, sorry” He got out between laughs “I thought it was cute” He smiled down at him.
“Shut upppp” Torch took his hands off his face and crossed them over his middle “Now that was embarrassing” He tapped Clancy’s nose with his finger.
Clancy rolled his eyes and smiled at him “Idiot” he leaned down and placed another kiss to Torchbearers lips.