Smile. It's Important.

Tommy just smiled at him and kissed his cheek, letting the topic drop there. He gave Pete’s hand a gentle squeeze and ran his thumb along the back of his boyfriend’s hand, wanting to offer whatever reassurances he could that he was here and that he wasn’t going anywhere. He snorted at the question, shaking his head fondly. “I guess it’s not. But hey, all those relationship experts had to be right about one of those things. I mean, there’s so many of them, chances were they were right about one thing,” he joked along. He smirked, having a pretty good idea of where Pete was going with this. “A few ways, huh?” he asked, raising an eyebrow.

Tommy smiled at the sound of Pete’s laughter, pleased that at least some of his boyfriend’s bad mood seemed to pass by. He understood Pete’s concerns about their relationship given their past, but Tommy wasn’t worried. They were different now and they wouldn’t make those same mistakes. Not when they’d finally gotten what they’d both spent so long hoping for. “I’ll let you know right away,” he answered. Tommy grinned. “It is good. Nice to know where we both stand.” He held on to Pete’s hand, giving it a gentle squeeze. “Deeply wounded? Is there anyway I can ever get you to forgive me?” Tommy teased, smirking at Pete.

Tommy leaned into Pete, just wanting to make sure that his boyfriend was happy or at least feeling a little better about everything. “I do know that. You do a pretty good job makin’ sure you tell me,” he answered, pulling back to look at him. He returned Pete’s smile with one of his own and leaned down, kissing him back. “I know just what you mean,” he said quietly. He felt the same way about Pete. He fell more in love every day and nothing made him happier than just spending time with his boyfriend. “I guess I can be okay with that,” he joked, smirking a little.

“You don’t really think that, do you? That I’d be just fine without you? ‘Cause it’s not true. I already know what life is like when I don’t have you and it’s miserable and it sucks.”

“Damn right you better stick around. What would I do without my boo?”

“My life would be so boring without you, you know that?” || peterznelson ||

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1. Pete was notorious for sleeping around. He wasn’t particularly proud of it, but he just didn’t want to be tied down. Of course, being from a town as small as theirs, people talked. It looked bad that the high school principal’s son was gay, let alone a slut. So, being the good son that he was, despite his father insisting that all he needed to worry about was being happy and safe, Pete calmed down with it all. He stopped hooking up with guys, especially ones from town. When he saw Tommy standing there in that pink tux, he couldn’t help but flirt a little. Tommy was gorgeous without being all dressed up and Pete had been doomed. So he pulled him into a kiss and then a little more and it was only the beginning.