atelophobia 🖤 lawrusso

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"No mercy!" Daniel mocked, leaping onto Johnny's back and attempting to drag him down. Johnny staggered, mildly amused at the other boy's little joke. He decided to let him have his fun as playful punches were landed on his shoulders and head, falling to his knees to give Daniel the upper hand.

The brunette seized the opportunity, practically pouncing around him and shoving him back into the grass of Mr. Miyagi's back yard. He grinned down at Johnny, poking his cheek mischievously.

"That's not what you've been taught, if I remember correctly." Johnny made a pouty face up at the other boy, lifting his hands to push at his chest, but Daniel caught them halfway and laced their fingers together before pressing them back into the ground.

"Shut up, Johnny. Mr. Miyagi says that I'm like a bonsai tree. I can grow and stylize my karate how I want. He's the roots, but I can choose who I want to be in the end." Daniel leaned down, bumping his nose against Johnny's. "You're lucky I'm nice." Johnny made a face at him, stealing a kiss and failing yet another attempt to turn them over.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever you say. Wise-guy." Daniel laughed at Johnny's attempt to get back at him with the Jersey slang, and the sound made the blonde's heart flutter. He stared up at Daniel with wide eyes. The sun was behind his head, so he didn't have to squint too much, and he had the perfect view of that perfect smile and that perfect face. Beautiful eyes, glimmering with happiness looked down at him and he felt unworthy of this human's presence. It must have showed, because Daniel tilted his head a little, and his hair flopped with the movement which just made him even more adorable. 

"I'm not the wise-guy. You're the wise-guy." Daniel shifted so he was more or less hovering over Johnny now, but he slowly got closer until his face was barely an inch away.

"You're beautiful." It came out before Johnny could stop it, and he flushed a deep red color, finally managing to slither out from beneath Daniel and hurry around the front of the house. Daniel caught up before he could make it to the front, and Johnny was suddenly trapped up against the side of the house like some teenage girl would be trapped against the lockers between classes. Only the roles were reversed. Daniel, being the absolute girl that he was, strode up to Johnny and bit his lip to contain his smile, glancing up at him through his lashes. Johnny swallowed hard, and his blush deepened a few shades.

"So you think I'm beautiful, huh, Goldilocks? You aren't so bad yourself." Daniel's hands crept their way up Johnny's chest. Johnny's found their way to his belt loops and he pulled Daniel closer until they were flush, Daniel lifting his chin and standing on his tiptoes.

"We haven't got anywhere to be today, right?" Johnny asked, mild annoyance as Daniel nodded his head and closed the gap briefly.

"Jessica wants to bring in a prototype for the pots tonight. We've gotta go soon," he mumbled against Johnny's lips before falling silent once more and sliding his hands up to cup the blonde's cheeks.

Jessica was the girl who worked at the pottery store just across the street who Johnny was definitely not jealous of. He just didn't particularly enjoy her company as much as Daniel seemed to.

Speaking of Daniel...

The brunette grunted as he was flipped around and pressed back against the wall instead, strong fingers pressing into his hips and keeping him there. The heat of it all, the intensity, it was all so different. It was foreign. So unlike kissing a girl, unlike kissing Ali.

With Ali, everything had been gentle. Girls were soft, and Ali tended to be delicate like a flower.

With Johnny, it was like lightning was coursing through his veins, and every second was more intense than the last. Kissing a boy was so much better and so much more raw and real. He could feel Johnny's hands on his waist, the sensation of his fingers pressing into the sliver of skin between the hem of his shirt and his pants and he wanted more, he needed more.