«3! 2! 1! Happy new year!» Everyone screams excitedly all around them.
Then, as they tend to do, all the couples kiss. And for a stupid second, it feels like the whole world consists of only couples. It makes Eddie feel like there’s a giant spotlight on him, pointing him out in the crowd. Look, there’s the single guy. The virgin, with no one to kiss.
He looks at Steve, who’s right next to him. Steve’s got his arms around Robin, she’s got her arms around his neck, and they’re just done giving each other a kiss too, a big ol’ smack of puckered lips. Eddie wonders if he should look away, but then they release each other and Steve turns to look at Eddie, catching him looking.
So Eddie just hovers, awkwardly frozen in place by Steve’s gaze.
“You alright, Eddie?” Steve prompts, reaching out a hand to place it comfortingly on Eddie’s lower back. It feels so warm, makes Eddie feel all fuzzy. Or maybe that’s the champagne.
“I don’t have anyone to kiss,” he blurts, tongue loosened by alcohol and way more honest than what is good for him. “I’ve never kissed anyone before,” he adds lamely, because his drunk self apparently thought that was an important amendment to be making.
“Uhh..” Steve stares at him, confused. Like his gears are grinding away ever so slowly. He’s had plenty of the champagne too, Eddie knows.
“You could kiss me? I don’t mind,” Steve offers, and it suddenly feels simple. Yeah, why shouldn’t he? Steve’s just offering to help, it doesn’t have to mean anything. He kissed Robin too, so it’s no big deal, right?
He lets Steve’s hand on his lower back pull him in gently. They’re the same height, no need for Eddie to bend his neck at an awkward angle or anything. He just steps right into Steve’s space, their lips suddenly just an inch away from touching, their breath suddenly mingling.
I don’t know how, Eddie is about to say, but he doesn’t have time to before Steve closes the rest of the gap. His lips are soft and warm and plush as he puckers them against Eddie’s. It’s nice. And Eddie thinks that’s going to be it: just a sweet, chaste, innocent kiss among friends, before Steve will pull away again. He’d be okay with that.
But instead of pulling away, Steve presses his lips harder to Eddie’s. In surprise, Eddie parts his lips, to draw a breath, to say something maybe, and again Steve surprises him by catching Eddie’s bottom lip in his. Eddie’s breath stutters and he forgets everything about everything. He forgets that people are watching, he forgets that this wasn’t going to mean anything. He forgets how to stand on his own two legs, so he sinks into Steve’s arms, holding on to him desperately as he lets Steve deepen the kiss.
It's like fireworks are going off, not just in the sky all around them, but inside Eddie, too.
When Steve finally breaks the kiss and lets him go, Eddie feels like a changed person. New year, new Eddie. Now that he’s tried it, he never wants to stop kissing Steve.
And Steve, King Steve, he’s gotta know, the way he’s looking at Eddie grinning all smugly. It must be written clearly all over Eddie’s face.
“Maybe you can return the favor next year,” Steve says, and Eddie can only nod.
“Uh huh. I will.”
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Day 33 of sometimeshypnotizd!
Hey guys! Last Hypno of the year! Plus some of my favorite Hermits!
I haven't posting in this blog a lot, because I am going through a honestly burnout, but I though "Hey, I should make my last drawing of the year be a Hypno for funzies." So I got excited and drew False, Wels and Jevin too!
Anyway Happy new year everyone! May 2024 be a better and happier year!
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Okay but Bakugo glancing at the clock every few minutes to see when Midnight was while also keeping an eye on you, the person he has been crushing embarrassingly hard on for years and he refused to say anything, that was until Kiri told him sometime in January that he either make a move within the year or he spills the beans to you.
Of course Bakugo chickened out until literally the last night of the year, beyond afraid of rejection, and he knew if he wanted to have a say in how it goes down then he had the party that your guys friends were throwing for the New Year.
He meticulously kept you in a near enough vicinity that when the clock struck midnight it wouldn’t be crazy to be the first person you saw and ultimately kissed to ring in the New Year. This would hopefully at least give him an idea of if you did truly like him or not.
As the countdown of the last minute of the year started he slid closer to you, mumbling along with the group as he glared down Denki who had been getting closer to you in hope of a smooch but ended up smirking at Bakugo before he left, looking for another lonely patron.
“3,2,-” The crowd yelled as you looked up just in time to see Bakugo near you, one of his hands awkwardly grabbing the back of his neck as the other grabbed your arm gently.
“Tell me no if you don’ wan’ this.” He whispered, giving you an out as everyone screamed ‘happy new year’ to each other.
Bakugo couldn’t believe the smile that erupted on your face as you stepped closer to him and not only allowed him to kiss you, but also placed your arms around his neck to deepen the kiss and make him stay in place.
The years of worrying he would be rejected were washed away with that one kiss.
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