Orphanage AU: Lams

Chapter 60: For Forever Reprise

So as we needed a little more Lams fluff...

---Alex's POV---

Yesterday John and I messed around before sundown, promptly resolving to become a couple. It was only a couple days ago that we discovered our feelings were mutual(!) and we were clearly not taking it as slowly as we agreed.

I wouldn't have it any other way.

"I'll see you at lunch?" John's eyes sparkled like dewy grass, his hair up in a ponytail as always.

I couldn't help but smile. "Undoubtedly. Would you enjoy a quick escape to the orchard?"

People occasionally say that a genuine smile will reach your eyes, but John smiled in a way that reached his whole body. His smile miraculously met his feet. "I would love that."

I smirked, fully warm without a trace of malice. "As you wish."

John blushed down the all too high collar of his shirt, the adorable freckles that I'd kissed one by one drowning in deep pink.

How could I possibly resist? I caught his hands as he swung them, gently backing him up against the wall. He pulled one hand out, my fingers already missing the warmth, and settled it on the back of my neck, pulling me closer, bridging the gap between our lips impatiently. His lips, soft and smooth, met mine gently, but he soon slipped his tongue across my bottom lip.

Often, gentle beginnings fail to remain gentle for long, and I was less than eager to attempt to maintain the gentle nature of our kiss.

He tasted slightly like eggs that he'd cooked for us this morning, under the fresh mint of toothpaste. John had turned out to be a naturally gifted chef, something I'd prophesied might be the case an instant after I'd tried his chicken and bread salad. The faintest traces of coffee, too, I could detect as our tongues twisted eagerly.

I was kissing John. He was kissing me back. John with his freckles and his warm, swelling laugh and a soul as pure as sunlight.

"Uhhh... guys?" came a flat voice, tinted with amused sarcasm. Jared.

Another voice popped in, one that I never expected. "Shut up. Jeez. Let them kiss." Connor!?

I had not intentions of uttering a complaint.

---John's POV---

"We should teach," I murmured reluctantly against Alex's mildly chapped lips, letting my hand drop from where it had been twisting his hair at the nape of his neck. He tasted like coffee.

Alex's hands slipped reluctantly from my waist and chest, his heavy breathing tickled my neck as he ducked his head. "That'll be fun." His face hinted at a wry smile as he looked at the door that stood behind him.

Somehow, Connor had managed to usher them all to their seats. Probably by intimidating them. He was pretty scary.

"Lunch," Alex agreed softly, placing a kiss on my neck.

I shivered as he stepped away. "See you then."

I ducked into the classroom, his longing gaze tickling between my shoulder blades, warming me from the inside out.

~ ~ ~

I shot Alex a hopeful glance as we walked out to the car, the electric blue seeming to almost shimmer under the sun.

He laughed. "Yes, you can drive. I must get an additional set of keys so you can have your own."

I beamed in response, sliding into the driver's seat, and laughed.