Jily oneshots

Kissing Strangers

by bea writes

"How important is cosplaying if people don't even know who you're cosplaying?" Lily Evans complained to her best friend, trying to fix the dress she was wearing, while she carried a backpack and tried not to lose Marlene in the crowd.

"Lily, what did you expect? We are cosplaying literary characters in the middle of the biggest movie and series convention I know. It's very difficult for anyone to recognize who we really are," Marlene McKinnon replied, shoving past the people who tried to herd her along. " I know you were hoping to do a series of The Selection, but that dress itches."

Lily stopped walking and turned to face Marlene, who was wearing a pink tulle dress and had her blond hair in an intricate hairstyle. Lily couldn't help admire her friend for having embarked on an eleven-hours trip to be able to participate in the Comic Con of San Diego and still cosplay with her. Then, ignoring the crowd that seemed to be throwing daggers at her, Lily walked over to Marlene and hugged her with all her strength.

"What is it? Why are you hugging me? You're scaring me, Lily," Marlene said, returning the hug grudgingly. "Lils, you know I'm not much of a hugger and stuff, and people are starting to stare at us.""

"I don't care, I'm grateful that you're my friend, and you took this journey with me and are cosplaying with me," Lily said, kissing Marlene's cheek. "I love you, Marlee."

"Okay, okay… I love you too America," Marlene said, patting Lily on the back, but she couldn't get the smile off her face. Despite everything, Marlene was having fun and Lily was her best friend after all. "Now, let's try to get into that panel before we end up locked out."

Lily just laughed at Marlene and kept walking, trying to dodge people, but that was getting harder and harder. Although Lily was wearing all-stars — after all, she wasn't crazy about wearing heels among all those people — the white dress she had chosen still kept her from walking faster than she would have liked, which made her pant. But Marlene could still see that her friend was close to her.

At one point, she bumped into someone dressed as Spiderman, in a costume that looked like something straight out of the movie studio. Lily was impressed by the quality of the costumes that fans were willing to create for the convention, and she couldn't help but smile in the direction of the Spiderman, who looked like he was looking her up and down.

Lily didn't think anything about the interaction; after all, people had been staring at her since she and Marlene had stepped out of the cab in front of the pavilion, but the SpiderMan had to be the most indiscreet in the way he was looking at her. Of course, Lily figured it was just because she was a redhead and the Spiderman probably thought she was dressed up as Mary Jane.

Apparently, the interaction did not go unnoticed by everyone around them, because soon, a crowd formed around them, and before she realized, people were asking them to recreate the iconic kiss scene from the Spiderman movie, thinking that she was the Mary Jane to his Peter Parker. Marlene took out her camera, and Lily knew she had no option but to kiss the stranger in the mask.

"I don't think we have any other option, do we?" Lily said, laughing awkwardly. "Do you mind?"

"Not at all, unless you object," the muffled voice came from behind the mask, and Lily had the impression that she had heard that voice somewhere before, but she just couldn't pinpoint where.

"Nah, that's the fun of attending conventions... I think, at least," Lily said, blushing a little, not knowing exactly why. "I just don't know how they expect us to recreate that iconic scene — there's no way you can hang upside down, can you?"

"Don't worry about it, just worry about getting ready for the photo," Spiderman said, and Lily tried to find out where she had heard his voice before, but she failed to figure it out.