#candlestudy

I Didn’t Know the World Could be so Warm

[jason todd x you]

author’s note: heya, thank you for requesting!! since you didn’t send along a character, and from all the absolutely wonderful comments you’ve left on my one jason thing, I hope choosing him was okay!! please stay safe and warm too :)

word count: 254

february prompts

“I never knew the stars had a flavor until you kissed me.”

It was something he said so effortlessly, so carefully, almost as if he thought this were a dream, and there would be no consequence for his words. You wondered if it was, for a moment, because you swore a dream like this had visited you, once, too.

You didn’t know what to say – he had stolen every word you had ever learned – so you met his effortless candor with a soft, effortless smile, and kissed him again.

“Jason Todd, flawless charmer,” you murmured against his lips before stepping away from his warmth.

His silhouette was all severe angles and soft eyes in the candlelight. Rosy cheeks and tousled hair from the cold, from the wind that didn’t know it’s embrace was brisk enough to send you scurrying back inside after a mere ten minutes of stargazing.

Jason met your smile, eventually; unguarded, and a little unhinged. These moment were rare, they were fleeting, and you had learned to immortalize every single one in case you never saw one again.

“Our little secret,” Jason teased back. He pulled a laugh from your lungs, the sound echoing loud and adored in a space so silent and dark.

“I told you a power outage could be fun.”

Jason rolled his eyes. You laughed a little harder.

“Jay?”

“Yeah?”

“Wanna build a blanket fort?”

Flames flickered from the cool draft slipping in through the windows. You both shivered, then huddled back together.