hobovampire:

Jaal makes the first move. It is entirely accidental (not realizing what he has done until much much later when he has a greater grasp of Human anthropology).

It’s during one of the Human Liam’s movie nights. A drama this time and one Jaal deeply understands and finds himself responding to with great effect.
It is a war piece; loss and despair but discovery and redemption. He has to hold himself stiffly and fight the emotions in his chest, this was not the place to enter sadness. And he was fine until the scent of salt touches his nose and he turns to discover the human Liam with bright eyes and damp cheeks.

This is distressing, the tears telling Jaal the human is in great pain and he reaches out automatically to pull him in for a comforting hug. A perfectly natural thing whenever a person is exceedingly sorrowful and he hums deep in his theist the way you do to children. He does not feel the human stiffen for it is a reaction he is unfamiliar with. He does not feel the body relax until they part with the human, when Liam, moves away with a smile. “Thanks…” His cheeks are very dark -interesting color reaction!- but he is smiling so Jaal feels satisfied he handled the situation well. “It was my pleasure.”

—-

Liam makes the second move. Angara were touchy right? And man, he is looking really rough. Each time they fought the Kett, freed a few more of his people, he just had gotten quieter and sadder, talking less and less in a way that made Liam frown and itch.

So he imitates the touching first. It’s during movie night, their one constant, and he doesn’t hesitate. He opens his arms and pats the couch beside him, smiling bright and eager. “Come in for one, yeah? Makes ya feel better.” When Jaal doesn’t move for a time, his frown fades, worried that maybe he hadn’t earned it yet as he already forms his apology when the huge cat sits down and pulls him in instead.

“I prefer this, if I may be allowed such.” And the man, that look on his face? Liam can’t say no so he nods “Sure sure” and leans against him, nervous all of a sudden.

—–

They watch two vids like this. During the third, they share a kiss. This time it’s both of them in a way. Jaal is laughing at something Liam thought was rather tragic but he smiles and laughs too just to play along. They laugh until Jaal goes on for too long and reaches over to pull him close to whisper the joke once more while Liam bumps up to get another beer.

Their lips meet briefly, and break in a fit of surprise. But when neither rebuffs, one afraid of some cultural taboo, the other afraid he was taking advantage, they meet each other in the middle to share a soft, exploratory kiss. It’s not very long but it’s enough and when they break, it’s with a small smile and a little more understanding.

moghedien:

You could go on a mission with Vetra and be like “man I’m really craving some pringles” and the girl will pull out seven different cans of pringles and give you whatever flavor option you want and she can’t even eat pringles because she’ll die, but she got you