Only 1 can have his heart
Keith walked up behind James, wrapping his arms around his waist. James chuckled. "Hi Keith." "Hey James. How you doing?" Keith asks, breath brushing against his neck. "Better now. You?" Keith chuckled. "Same."
Nadia elbowed Lance lightly. "Look at them." She whispered. "Wait, I thought Griffin and Ryan were dating?" Lance says. "No. Well, Ryan has a crush on him." Nadia admits. "And Keith has a crush on him.." Lance trails off. "Uh-oh. This isn't going to end well, is it?" Nadia asks. Lance shakes his head. "Nope." "Are we going to do anything?" She asks. "Nope. Don't want to get involved."
Keith and James kept talking in hushed tones, smiling and laughing softly.
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Ryan walked over to James, throwing an arm over his shoulders. James stiffened and shot his elbow back, smashing it into his ribs. "Ow! James what the fuck?" Ryan asked. "Kinkade! I'm so sorry." James said, turning to him. "Why?" He groaned, holding his side. "Normally when people walk up behind me, they're trying to attack me." James mutters. "Are you sure you're okay?" He asks. Ryan nods. "Yeah. So, how you doing?" James shrugged. "Good. You?" "I've been better. Normally my friends don't try to break my ribs." "I wasn't trying to break your ribs! I was just startled is all." James protests.
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James walked into the hangar, and Nadia wolf-whistled. "Damn Griffin. Where you going?" James chuckled and walked over to her and the others, heels clicking on the floor. He has small light brown boots, dark blue jeans, a white tshirt, and a light blue denim jacket. There's also a slim sliver chain around his neck, with a small purple gemstone.
"What, you got a hot date or something?" Pidge jokes. "Actually, I do." James says, a smile and light blush on his cheeks. "Shut up! Since when?" Nadia asks. "He asked me out a few weeks ago actually. I think we're official now." James tells them. "Really? That's great. It's about time too. Watching him pine was getting boring." Lance says.
James raises an eyebrow. "Really?" Nadia nods. "Yeah. Staring at you, getting this weird smile that only shows up when you're around. Lots of stuff." James flushes, rubbing the back of his neck with one hand. "Why didn't you tell us you had a boyfriend? Wee could've been teasing you guys for so long." Pidge says with a smirk. "Because you would be teasing us. It's bad enough that you tease me about regular stuff, but about my relationship? It'd be too much."
"James!" Hunk calls, coming over. "Hey Hunk. What's up?" He asks. "You guys have your date tonight, right?" He asks. "Yeah. Why?" James asks, quirking an eyebrow. "Remember, when you're in the halls, people can see you. Save the making out for when you have a room." James flushes and the others laugh. "Dang Griffin. Just a few weeks and you're already getting down and dirty. Before you know it, you're gonna have a home run." Nadia jokes.
"Nadia!" James hisses. "Shut up." "Make me." "Ah aha ha, the only person James should be kissing is his boyfriend." Pidge tuts. "Isn't that him now?" Hunk asks.
James turns, and a dopey smile appears on his face.
Keith returns the smile, eyes shining. He has a dark red v-neck, dark blue jeans, and his hands are shoved in the pockets of the black leather jacket that matches his black combat boots. "Hey." He says somewhat breathlessly.
"Hey." James replies, equally as soft.
"You ready to go?" Keith asks, extending a hand. "Of course." James says, taking it. He waves to the others as Keith intertwines their fingers, holding James's hand in his own.
The climb onto Keith's hoverbike, and James wraps his arms around the other's waist before they speed off.
"Finally. You know I've seen them go from death stares in the halls to heart eyes all the time?" Hunk asks. "It's been crazy."
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Ryan walks down the halls, humming to himself as he enters the hangar door. He has to run a few last minute diagnostics on his ship before he heads to bed. Thank god for the weekends. he finally gets to sleep in.
He passes the rovers and is about to pass the hoverbikes when he hears something. He proceeds cautiously, stepping lightly and grabbing the flashlight from his belt. The light from the hall doesn't reach this far. so he'll need it if he doesn't want the perpetrators to get away.
It's probably just some cadets fooling around, but he wants to make sure.
He hears another noise and turns, flipping on the flashlight.
His heart sinks at the sight.
James is sitting on Keith's hoverbike, legs, which are spread a bit to accommodate Keith's hips, bracketed by Keith's hands. His own hands are holding Keith's shirt in fistfulls. Both men have identical blushes on their face, and kiss swollen lips.
"Um, hey Ryan." James greets.
"Hey." He says stiffly. "So, what you doing?" He asks. James blushes even more. "Uh-" "We were just doing something." Keith answers.
'Yeah, getting on your way to doing each other' Ryan thinks.
"Mhmm."
James coughs, standing. "Well, uh, it was nice seeing you, I guess. We'll be going now. Night Ryan!" He chirped, grabbing Keith's hand and pulling him away.
"Goodnight." Ryan says, long after they're left.
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James doesn't come to the room that night, and Nadia waggles her eyebrows. "I take it their date is going well." Ina rolls her eyes, but there's a soft smile on her face. "Goodnight Nadia." She sings, turning off the lights.
But Ryan can't sleep. He's too busy thinking about how tomorrow, everyone will know about James and Keith. About how he'll never be able to avoid them. ow he'll never have a chance with James. But he never had one in the first place, did he?
The next morning, Nadia spots James in one of the meeting rooms, tapping away on his tablet. "So.." She says, sliding into the seat next to him. "I take it the date went well last night. You didn't come back to the room." James blushes a bit, a smile working its way onto his face. "Yeah, it did."
Lance slides into the other chair, smirk on his face. "So, Mullet was in an unusually good mood this morning. I wonder why." "I think you know why." Nadia muses. "I know. but I want to hear him say it." Lance says. "And this shirt has a higher collar than normal.." He trails off, hooking finger into James's black undershirt collar.
He gasps and James blushes, pushing his hand away and covering his neck with one hand. "Damn Griffin. You guys must like it rough." He jokes. "Shut up. It's not my fault he has literal fangs." Nadia chuckles. "It might be. They only come out when he's, uh, excited." "Nadia!" James hisses, glancing around. "Be quiet! Someone might hear you."
Keith came up behind James, placing his hands on his hips and spinning him around. James smiles when he sees him, but it disappears for a moment when Keith leans down to kiss him.
It's just a soft brush of the lips, but it has the whole bridge hooting and whistling. Keith backs away and James grabs his collar, bringing him in for more. This causes even more cheering and whistles.
"Alright guys, that's enough." Shiro says warm-heartedly.
Keith flips him off over James's shoulder, continuing to kiss him. Before pulling away again, he licks into James's mouth briefly, which leaves them both pink faced. "Alright alright, settle down." Shiro says to the crew. "Obviously, we're very happy for you two. Just remember, we have an image to project, so no making out in public."
"And remember, no glove, no love!" Matt calls. The bridge laughs as James and Keith flip the other man off. "Back to work! You can all make fun of them later. Right now, we have ship to run." Iverson says, but there's a smile on his face.