@nastyfck -> "so... when ya finally gonna kiss me?"
How often had they just done nothing at all aboard a starship? If Peter could relate it to anything on earth he'd picture a frat house. After all they were once just two young men figuring out their lives among the cosmos. Fighting wars, bleeding together, dying together, comrades in arms, best friends, his other half. He could wax poetic about all the things Richard made him feel even to this day, but Peter was not a poet. Nothing he could say, recite or write down could possibly amass everything that Richard meant to him. Which was why he was STARSTRUCK his friend decided to suck the air out of lungs with just a simple inquiry, breaking the immersion of their relaxing lounging session within his ship. His body stiffens, his heart rate accelerates and an uncomfortable cross between hope and nausea fills him. Richard was a teaser, he teased, he wasn't cruel, his Richie wouldn't lead him on . . . would he?
Peter couldn't hide the pained expression he felt as he finally glances over at him. Gauging Richard's expression while the silence ticked on and on. If he was being completely honest he didn't know how to react. Any suave response he'd have for any hook up he brought aboard his ship didn't exist now. Not here, not in this moment, not with him. " Don't. " He finally croaks out rawly, a warning, and to the surprise of even himself, his eyes were wet. Emotions were a real bitch when dealing with such an open wound. Feelings he knew he felt since their first adventure together, feelings he brushed aside because there were more pressing matters, death, war, complications, Gamora. He'd never want to hurt her, a sentiment he knew both of them shared.
But neither of them were attached now, and there he was, handsome- no, beautiful as he always had been and something snaps in Peter. His blood boils and he stomps forward, fingers gripping at the lapels of Richard's jacket, shoving him against the wall. " You do not get to say that when I've been waiting half our lives for you, fucker. " Satisfied that he said his peace, Peter surges inward, lips meeting Richard's harshly and he kisses him eagerly, throwing all his emotions and affection towards his best friend in one simple embrace, his first real taste, a feeling he had dreamt of for so many lonely years.
The kiss didn't last nearly as long as he wanted, he could and wished to spend hours exploring Richard's mouth, memorizing the feeling of their stubbled jaws scratching together, but there was too much to say so he pulls away yet remains close. Noses, bushing together and his tone is softer when he finally speaks, no longer angry yet still cautious. " I'm yours, Rich. Don't you know that? I've always been yours. You and me, only us. " Nova & Star-Lord, a partnership etched in stone in an entire memorial.
How in all the stardust & starlight did it take so long for Richard to realize?











