Oneshots and Short Stories

Doorway Kiss (KotLC Keefitz Part 1)

A/N: Sooooo I decided I'd do some fanfic short story uh things because why not? So yea this is Keeper of the Lost Cities Keefe x Fitz, and I'll probably post part two soon even though it's hella cringey. This is just some stupid fluff I wrote at like three in the morning so have fun lmao.

Fitz's POV

"Fitzroy Avery Vacker you are the most annoying brother in the world!" My sister's voice echoed through the hallway as she chased me. I smiled to myself. Was I a bit old to be sneaking into my sister's room and reading her diary? Maybe, but eh, did I really care? Nope.

"'Hair like gold, eyes like shimmering raindrops, and the most gorgeous face you'll ever see.' Wow, like that's not obvious. I'm physically cringing right now, you know that, right? This Keefe obsession is getting way out of hand." I teased and waved the diary over her head, where she jumped, trying desperately to reach it.

"How do you know I'm talking about Keefe?" She asked while glaring at me.

"Oh please, I know you've had a crush on him since you were 11, plus, 'hair like gold'? Could you scream 'Keefe' any louder than that?" Biana always used to make fun of me about Sophie, this is just my payback, though she actually hasn't mentioned anything about me and Sophie in a while. I snickered as she finally grabbed the blue sparkled diary and stuck her tongue out at me, but then I heard the doorbell ring. We both looked at each other for a split second before racing down the hall towards the front door. I won and she huffed as I opened the door. Keefe stood in front of me, smiling kind of nervously. That was weird, right?

"Oh, hey, Kee-" My eyes widened as he grabbed the back of my head, tangled his fingers in my hair, and shoved my lips against his, all in one quick motion. Then, I was surprised by how my body reacted to this. I closed my eyes and slowly melted into the kiss, forgetting everything around me, including Biana. But all too soon the kiss was over as Keefe hesitantly pulled away and rubbed the back of his neck, looking anywhere but my eyes. I stood there staring at him for a moment, catching my breath.

"S-so...?" He finally said, breaking the silence. What was he asking? Was he asking if I liked it? Did I like it? Why did he do it in the first place?

"So..." Was all I could think to say, my brain wasn't quite working properly yet. He met my eyes and his lips parted, as if to say something, but no words left his mouth...

Keefe's POV

My words were stolen from me as I stared at his gorgeous eyes. I just kissed Fitz Vacker. YOU JUST KISSED FITZ VACKER! My mind screamed at me. What do I say now?

"Sorry-" I heard someone say, and it took me a minute to realize it was my voice that had said it. Why was I apologizing? Because I should've asked before I kissed him?

"N-no, don't be, I- I liked it." He stuttered and his cheeks flamed pink. I blinked.

"You did?" I said slightly breathlessly and he let out a small laugh as he nodded.

"Yeah, I did." I didn't know if I was caught up in the moment or what, but I flung my arms around his neck and smiled into his chest. I felt him stiffen for a moment, obviously startled, then wrap his arms around me too. Then I heard another voice from behind us.

"Wow, that was really hard to watch, but also very romantic. I mean, I've shipped it for a while, but I didn't think I'd get to witness THIS! The birth of Keefitz." Biana fizzled into view. She was there the entire time?! Fitz's jaw dropped and I let go him.

"What?! I thought you liked Keefe! Aren't you upset? And thinking it's weird that we're both boys, cuz even I'm thinking that! No offense, Keefe," He grabbed my hand. "And you shipped us?" Fitz exclaimed. Biana smiled.

"Okay, A), no, I don't like Keefe. Not like that at least. B), Pft, no I don't think it's weird, humans do this all the time, they even have a word for it. And C), heck yeah! I've shipped you since... well... I guess since Dex was out of the picture. The more I thought about it, you two seemed kinda perfect for each other." She seemed almost proud of herself for predicting this. Fitz raised an eyebrow at her.

"Then what was that poem in your diary about, what was it, 'hair like gold, eyes like shimmering raindrops, and the most gorgeous face you'll ever see'? If it's not about Keefe, who's it about?" I had to hold back a laugh, that was a very sappy poem, and though I'd be flattered if it was about me, I was glad it wasn't. Biana crossed her arms.

"Well, if you must know, it's about Sophie." She stated, and me and Fitz both stood jaw dropped.

"Wait, so, you have a crush on Sophie?" I asked, and she nodded.

"Yeah, you got a problem with that?" She narrowed her eyes at me and I quickly shook my head.

"No, ma'am." I said at the same time Fitz asked,

"About the whole love triangle thing... what's up with that, Keefe?" I sighed, knowing I'd have to explain everything now. Slightly embarrassing...

"I'm only gonna explain this once, so listen carefully. Last night I was lying in bed staring at a picture I painted of me, you, Sophie, and Biana, when I realized I painted you and me next to each other and Biana and Sophie by each other. Then I realized in the picture you were looking at me, and I wondered why I did that. First I thought it was because I didn't want you looking at Sophie, but then I thought some more. This is the complicated part... I started to think about how when I was around you and Sophie I was always kind of annoyed with you, and I always thought it was because I was jealous of you because Sophie liked you better, but then I realized it was because I was angry that you liked Sophie better than me. We used to hang out all the time, and now you just liked to be around Sophie. Slowly I began to understand that it wasn't Sophie I liked, it was you. And the reason I didn't want Sophie to like you? It wasn't because I wanted her to like me, it was because I didn't want you two to end up together. I wanted you to myself..." I finished, and Fitz's eyes were watery. Why was he crying? Did I do something wrong? Was he upset with me now because of my jealously?

"No no no why are you crying, you weren't supposed to be upset-" I started, but then he kissed me on the cheek, and then blushed a bit.

"That's so sweet I don't even know how to react. Now I'm starting to wonder if I ever liked Sophie or if I just thought she was cool and thought it was cool that I found her and she wanted to be my friend because sometimes I got jealous of her and who gets jealous of their crush, isn't that a bit weird?" Fitz spit a million words out at once and my brain seemed confused by the lack of punctuation, but I mostly understood what he was saying, and it made me happy. The love triangle was finally over. No more wrong and confusing feelings, just me and Fitz. I smiled at him and he smiled back, and I felt on top of the world.