Duncan x Scarlett - first kiss
...there she was looking up at him again. But this time, they were alone, not even Egg in sight, and better still, in earshot. His heart was loping like it did when he caught Thunder's rhythm on a fresh-aired, sunlit day with a clear road laid out before him, his responsibilities forgotten for a time. That's funny, Dunk thought. This close to, and her gaze inviting me in, I shouldn't feel this calm. Like I’m exactly where I'm meant to be. I should be...
Scarlett crooked her finger as way of begging him closer. How pert she looked and set on something he couldn't quite read! But he obeyed on account of her lower gravity pulling him in, declining his face nearer to hers, beginning to ask what she wanted. The question died on his lips when he understood. Her sure hands on his shoulders gave her the boost she'd been needing. There was the soft pant of her breath on his skin, and Dunk closed his eyes, realizing he needn't have worried at all.
Her kiss was warm and warming, slow but not tentative. She plumped her bottom lip against his until he parted his lips just slightly. Her initiative was as intoxicating as it was unexpected, a slow-motion answer to all the fretting he had done. Does she like me in that way? Gods, yes! Scarlett had nestled his lower lip between hers, pressing her tongue lightly against it before releasing his lip. A thrum of joy ran through his body, leaving him speechless and awed.
"Forgive me please, Ser Duncan, if I've read the want in your eyes wrong, or am uncomely forward with a kiss," she panted. "But I've been wanting to do that since I had you hold the twine to your chin, and I needed to know for sure if you liked me the same."
With that, his arm was around her waist, lifting her effortlessly to him. "Oh, my sweet lass, I've been won'dring the same, wanting the same, and more if it's proper to say." His lips hovered above hers just long enough for him to add, "And I'm Dunk. Just...just call me Dunk. Please." This time, he led the way, and the taste of her pretty mouth put him in mind of the first ripe peaches of summertime. Refreshing and sweet, and purely for him.
Aaahhh, good things come to those who wait. right? It'll be a couple chapters more until they get here, but I've always loved fashioning first kisses, and it just couldn't wait.













