#griffiation

But do you REALLY want the K?

3: Firm Kiss

        Things had become...... different between them. Growing up brought about new personalities and changes from the pair who grinded each others gears back as young teenagers. Respect was mutual between them now, and had given way to something much better than an antagonistic rivalry.

        Glances had been tense in weeks past, quickly averted as if they hadn’t been there in the first place despite getting caught red-handed. Neither were particularly good at speaking their mind, nor had they been two weeks ago when a very terse kiss had been exchanged. Far from romantic, but the one take-away Keith had gotten was that kissing his former rival hadn’t disturbed him or turned him off from doing it again. What Keith did with it afterward was up to him. Neither were jumping up to do it again, but they hadn’t been avoiding each other in the least either.

        Lights out at the Garrison was soon, and given they were still the same rank now, Keith and James had rooms in the same hall, just at opposite ends. Keith had to walk past James’ room to get to his own, and this night he rounded the corner right as James had pushed the button to slide open the door to his sleeping quarters, but stopped hearing the footsteps and turned enough to see who it was.