The waves merged with the sand and filled the air with their gentle crashing sounds as they swayed into each other. Even if it was just a dream, everything felt as real as any beach.
Cronus and Eridan had been chatting continuously about well... themselves. The things they knew most about. "So tell me, how is quadrant-life for you?" Cronus asked, curious. Eridan shrugged, "Oh you knoww, just fine. I'm doing great". He peered at Cronus under his new fringe. Cronus looked at him with a blank face. "Fine, I admit, things could be better but I'm quite successful" Eridan corrected, "I'vve had moirails and I'm getting vvery black-signs from a certain troll". "But no red-rom?" Cronus pressed. Eridan opened his mouth to speak but no words were present. He just sighed instead, "I thought I wwould once, but my efforts wwere to no avvail".
Cronus understood this feeling and felt a little sorry for his dancestor. He gently clasped Eridan's hand and gave him a warm smile, "Don't you vworry doll-face, Cron the don is here now". Eridan just stared for a moment but then smiled a little. His ancestor was certainly sweet to his surprise. He grinned cheekily, "wwell then, you obvviously think yourself quite the dashing troll to assume you're my perfect match". Cronus grinned back, "oh I'm sure I'm perfect enough". "Really? Are you quite sure? It takes a lot to impress me" Eridan retaliated. "Like I said, chickadee, I'm too much of a cool cat for you to resist me" Cronus spoke quieter and deeper, seduction overlapping his tone. Eridan snapped to attention and realised how close their faces now were. He also spoke quieter and slower, "now wwhere did you get that idea? I'm sure I could resist you ea-si...".
He was broken off by a gentle kiss from the bard, his hand cupping his blushing cheek. For someone who talked like a heart-breaker, Cronus was incredibly soft and passionate with Eridan, like he would break him. Eridan put a bit more force into his returning kiss and put his hands on Cronus' waist. They closed the gap between them and embraced fully, their dark lips locked together in their own embrace. Eridan's mind began to unravel and melt in his skull. Heat rose to his fins and made them twitch a little and flap. He opened his eyes slightly to look at the troll who was making his heart beat fast and noticed Cronus' fins. They were flapping more than his own, in a happy movement. It made his heart beat even harder.
Eridan pulled away to draw breath and Cronus slowly opened his eyes. His gaze into Eridan's own eyes was almost sad, like he wasn't ready to end their kiss there. The younger Ampora felt a shot in his heart. He looked kind of pained so Eridan tried to humour him. "Kissing on the first date huh?" He chuckled slowly. "Vwas that a bad movwe?" Cronus smiled wryly. Eridan smiled wryly back, "no". "Hey, you vwanna vwatch the vwavwes together?" Cronus asked. Eridan nodded.
They sat down on the warm sand, one hand behind each other's backs. "Looking at seas like these makes you proud to be the trolls of vwavwes, you knovw vwhat I mean?" Cronus breathed deeply. Eridan agreed and closed his eyes, taking it in and just chilling out for a moment. All this fighting and such had been a wild ride, sitting down and taking it easy for once was nice. Cronus watched him and admired his features. The way his chin was so perfectly pointed and his shoulders were nice and rounded. Almost on impulse he just spoke out, "Hey Eridan...". Eridan opened his eyes and looked straight at him. This was the first time he actually called him by his proper name. "Vwill...vwill you vwear my ring?".
Eridan just stared, taken by surprise. "I...err...I don't knoww wwhat to say" He responded. "Say yes" Cronus laughed. "Yes" Eridan smiled. He looked down at his hands and then realised he already had a ring on every single finger. "Oh..." he frowned. Cronus frowned too, "ah...". They both let the silence linger for a moment, feeling awkward. There goes a perfectly good and corny romantic moment.
Then Eridan had an idea. He hesitated but put a hand to his face and removed his glasses. He crawled up to Cronus on all fours and gently put the glasses on his face. "You can wwear these instead" He finished, and started biting his lip again. He never let anyone wear those. Cronus looked at him surprised for a second but was soon grinning happily. He glanced down to his mouth and laughed, "Quit biting that lip, or I'll havwe to bite it for you and I can't gaurentee I'll stay up there".
(I was gonna write a smut thing but it turned into a fluff. Yes that's a grease reference up there btw, I'm sorry, I just keep thinking of his greaser side. Hope you guys liked it anyway.)
