#alchohol

You had been fond of stickers since you were a child. Your parents often had to hide Band-Aids and confiscate sticker sheets from you growing up. All your notebooks from kindergarten through college were covered in stickers of whatever you were interested in at the time. Holo foil and anything glittery were always a favorite no matter your age. Now that you were an adult, that didn't change. There were less things you owned that could be covered in them without it causing damage, but any paper product, notebook, or folder still sparkled with shiny stickers.

Leon knew this about you and had always found it adorable. He'd first noticed before you were dating, when you had handed him a report from a folder in your hand. The folder itself was covered in flower stickers, some with glitter, some matte, all photo realistic blooming flowers in a rainbow of colors.

"I like your folder," he had said.

Your face had burst into various shades of red as you stammered a thank you. Your hobby was seen as childish at best, so you had been absolutely stunned when the handsome new rookie had complemented it.

Now that you had been dating for some time, Leon not only knew about it but fed into your obsession. Sometimes after a shift, Leon would come home with a sheet of brand new stickers.

"I saw these and thought you would like them," he would say.

And you did, every single time.

Your recent favorite had been self-adhesive gemstones. You'd come home practically bouncing the first time you had found some.

"How cool!" Leon said, "I like those the best." He pointed to the oval sapphires.

"They match your eyes," you said. You then carefully peel one off the plastic and placed it on the mole on the right side of his nose. His eyes widened slightly then he laughed.

"I guess it's definitely a beauty mark now," he said. You'd laughed as well. He had kept on the gem sticker until his shower that evening. It was then that you knew you loved Leon Kennedy.

It was a Saturday evening, maybe a week later. Leon walks into the bathroom.

"You think this is too fancy for getting drinks with Chris and everyone?" he says. He spins around to show off his outfit. You rake your eyes over his form, not bothering to hide your desire. Leon sees your small smirk and roaming gaze. His cheeks grow slightly pink but he quips out,

"Like what you see?"

"Always," you say, placing a light kiss on his cheek. You trail little kisses down his neck. You feel him shiver under your lips. When you reach the mole on his neck, you pull back then plop a little gem sticker on it.

"Perfect!" you say.

Leon blinks at you, stunned from the now lack of closeness. He glances in the mirror to see what you have placed on him. He laughs.

"Making me more beautiful?" he asks.

"Like I need to," you say.

He doesn't take it off. Throughout the evening, it peeks just under the collar of his leather jacket, a gentle blue gleam that matches his eyes in the dim, smokey bar.

Jill notices first, staring at it a full ten seconds before glancing at you. She smiles and tips her glass at you. Claire notices a short time later. She leans in close to the two of you and says,

"Quite the beauty mark you got there, pretty boy."

At this Chris turns and laughs into his drink.

"Thank you, it matches my eyes," Leon says, raising his chin. The gem gleams as much as his smile. You feel that your heart may just burst from the overwhelm of joy and love you feel.

You all stay at the bar a few more hours, getting steadily more buzzed. It's around midnight when Jill stands and says,

"Time to wrap it up, kids."

"I am literally older than you," Chris slurs as the rest of you mutter out a defeated, 'awwwwww'.

"And yet, I still act the most mature," she says as she helps him out of his seat.

While everyone is pleasantly tipsy, you are definitely drunk. The edges of your vision are a bit bleary and slightly askew. You are very aware that you are drunk, but have reached that point where you don't really care and your filter is loosened. Leon supports you as the group walks out of the bar. You are staring up at him, your face hurting from how much you're smiling.

"You're so pretty, Leon. I love your eyes. And your chin," you poke him there as you say this.

"So are you, gorgeous," he says.

"I got something for you," you say and lurch forward. Leon stops you from tumbling onto the ground as you rummage through your shoulder bag. You pop back up, making the world spin, but it's fine. You take a gem sticker from the paper and loudly say, "BOOP!" as you put it on his chin.

"Thank you, I love it," he says with a soft smile, like all he sees in the world is you.

You start to tear up, your feelings are so palpable.

"You're the best boyfriend ever you deserve them all!"

You continue to peel and stick gemstones all over his cheeks, forehead, chin, and neck listing off how wonderful each part of him is. You barely notice that you are walking, you are so caught up in your all important task of covering your boyfriend with every sticker you currently have (which is four sheets). Leon is grinning the entire time as he steadily grows more and more shiny. Claire steals a few and puts them on herself and her brother, who is too busy debating Jill about something work related to notice. Jill gently takes a sheet and places some on her cheeks, like dimples, before joining Claire in bedazzling Chris, unbeknownst to him.

You all stop at an intersection in downtown, waiting for the pedestrian light to turn green. At the same moment a single car rolls up, blasting annoyingly loud music. A man is in the driver's seat, nearest you all, with a woman in the passenger seat. He glances over before giving a loud guffaw.

"Look at these pussies!" he yells. The woman whacks him across the chest.

"It looks cute! I think its fun!" she yells the last part as she leans across him out the window. Leon glances down at you and takes one of the full sheets of stickers from your hand before running over to the car.

"I was told only the best boyfriends wear them!" he hollers as he hands them to the woman. She's laughing now with a gleam in her eye. The light turns green and you can hear arguing over the loud music as they speed away. Jill and Claire high-five Leon. Chris is now realizing how covered he is in gemstones. You hold out your hands to Leon. He comes over and places his head in your hands.