look we all know kaz loves inej’s laugh
we do too okay inej ghafa deserves all the happiness in the world and i will fight literally anyone on that
but i raise you this prospect: kaz laughing for the first time in front of her and actually breaking her
it would be from the stupidest, shittiest joke
kaz brekker is the type of dude who could watch hours of try not to laugh compilations and just sit there stone-faced without even flinching
jesper can make an entire room break down into tears from laughter, and kaz has never given more than a slightly louder-than-usual exhale to his jokes
maybe he’ll even pop a half-smile if it’s really funny
but no one has ever really heard a full-on, true laugh from him
until one day, jesper and nina just have a vine/tiktok moment where something so stupid happens so quickly that it just completely takes him off guard and makes him fucking explode into laughter
it’s like expecting a bear to maul you only for it to sit down on its hind legs in front of you and then pat your head
matthias was deadass considering speaking a prayer because it was so unnatural and wrong
not to say his laugh is ugly though
in fact, it’s far from it
you would think kaz’s laugh would be smooth like whiskey or some shit because of how gravelly and rough his voice is, but he just... sounds like a normal teenage boy
and it’s not obnoxious or exaggerated or anything, it’s just pure and simple laughter
it’s the only time the dregs ever heard him and felt like he actually sounds like he’s 17
he was smiling widely and his eyes were crinkled and he finally didn’t have any armor on even for just a second
her heart actually melted
she wanted to hear him giddy and happy like that all the time, wanted to bottle his laugh and get drunk on it even
after laughing, he simply cleared his throat, adjusted his tie, and said “that was funny” with his expression just as neutral as ever
wylan was staring as he laid two fingers over his wrist to check his pulse, and jesper seemed absolutely certain that the world itself would collapse any minute now
nina, ever the member with something to say, loudly and with pride at that, stared stunned in speechlessness at the cosmic anamoly she had just witnessed
none had ever thought it possible for matthias to grow paler than he already was, but he somehow managed it
inej, however, was going to learn every possible joke she could ever pull off to hear that laugh again
she would dismantle his armor, piece by piece, inch by inch, until what was left was that beautiful, happy boy she had witnessed for a second
yes, it would be a boy with dark, painful gaps in between the shining rows of teeth he had, and there would be ever-remaining armor fused onto him that she would leave peacefully, but it would be a boy that she could trust without a net and never worry about falling with
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