[ their first kiss is over so quickly that he can almost convince himself it didn't actually happen—that the food he ate in this place is making him hallucinate, or maybe even that this whole thing has been a dream all along, and now that Erwin has kissed him it's time for him to wake up alone in the real world.
their second kiss is something much, much harder to dismiss as a bittersweet mind trick. it isn't until then that he finally closes his eyes rather than stare wide-eyed in bewilderment, finally finds Erwin's face with his hands and kisses him back with everything he has. it's 100% enthusiasm and 0% skill, but that's fine.
hopefully.
by the time it's over, his eyes burn with tears he's too stubborn to shed. he lets out a breath that sounds somewhere between a laugh and a sigh of relief, and drops his head forward into Erwin's shoulder. ]
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their second kiss is something much, much harder to dismiss as a bittersweet mind trick. it isn't until then that he finally closes his eyes rather than stare wide-eyed in bewilderment, finally finds Erwin's face with his hands and kisses him back with everything he has. it's 100% enthusiasm and 0% skill, but that's fine.
hopefully.
by the time it's over, his eyes burn with tears he's too stubborn to shed. he lets out a breath that sounds somewhere between a laugh and a sigh of relief, and drops his head forward into Erwin's shoulder. ]
I've loved you for as long as I can remember.
[ no one could tell, surely. ]