The thing is that kissing has always accompanied sex for them, so when hollanov are finally in a position where they have actual time that first summer at the cottage, they discover they really fucking love making out. I mean, sure they obviously love kissing each other; Shane thinks Ilya is the best kisser on the planet and Ilya gets weak in the knees for how Shane gives himself over to his mouth—but the opportunities for lazy makeouts have been few and far between.
And it’s funny, because they’d both been a little anxious about what to do with so much uninterrupted time, but it turns out that they can absolutely lose a couple hours while happily sucking face and cuddling on the couch. Not fucking—crucially, and strangely, sometimes they don’t have sex. They just… kiss. A lot. And then they cuddle and kiss some more. And then they talk and there’s more kissing. And then they tease and wrestle and yeah more kissing again and sure, things start getting hot and heavy but it’s kind of amazing not to have to rush, so they venture into heavy petting territory before settling down into yet more kisses.
They kiss fucking everywhere: in bed, on the couch, in the kitchen, against the counter, at the fire pit, on the dock, in the water, in the home gym, on the home rink, in the shower, seated at the table outside, rolling around on the grass.
There is, of course, fucking. So much fucking, so many different ways, but god the kissing is just… Shane sometimes almost looks forward to the kissing more than anything else. They do it so much he’s honestly kind of sore at points, which is embarrassing and really fucking hot all at once.
They don’t know how to be chaste about it, either. It’s like they’re making up for lost time and whenever one of them will give the other a peck, he is immediately pulled in for more. They’re greedy and unashamed and it’s fucking ridiculous. And amazing. But mostly ridiculous.
“We should get up. We should—I’m hungry. You’re hungry. We should. Mmph.”
“We keep saying one more.”
“But one more, I promise.”
“Okay, yeah… fuck, wait, last one last one.”