a/n: so much for christmas fic exchange. i apologize deeply to opal, who i was assigned this task for! i know now is a little late (cough, three days, cough) but maybe it can be a new years thing? anyways, i wanted to do a little college au so here is adore wanting to kiss courtney for around a good 1.1k words.
Courtney coughed, her lungs burning as she looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair was pulled away from her face in a ponytail that tickled her neck, she wore a sweatshirt of emerald color, and her glasses were perched on the bridge of her nose. She rolled her eyes, grabbing her phone off of her bed and texting Adore, who had basically begged her for some extra studying before finals.
courtney: hey, are you leaving?
Adore’s reply took a few minutes, but Courtney used that time to gather up her books and notebooks, shoving a few pencils into the side pocket of her bag.
adore: yeah, see you at the library in 10?
Courtney slipped the backpack on, coughing yet again as she reached to leave her dorm room. She tossed her head back, groaned and then sighed. Fuck this cold, she thought. She slumped outside, locking her door and beginning her commute to her car. She ran into several people along the way, waving politely and saying her hellos.
When she reached the library, she selected a table far off from the other clumps of study groups, setting her books down and getting out her phone.
courtney: here. where are you?
Adore answered her question with appearing from behind a bookshelf, two coffees in her hand. Courtney smiled, not realizing how she had been longing for caffeine since she had awoken.
“I hope you like salted caramel!” Adore said as she sat down the two plastic cups, slipping her backpack off of her shoulders and onto the table. She took out her books, titles like Essentials to Music Composition and A Guide to Music Theory. Courtney took off her glasses, pinching her nose. Fuckin’ headaches, she thought.
“Oh!” Courtney looked up at Adore, who was staring at the glasses she was presently holding. “I didn’t know you wore glasses?” Adore seemed perplexed.
“Didn’t you notice them when you came in?” Courtney asked, pulling out her chair and seating herself.
“No, I wasn’t paying attention.” Courtney put her glasses back on, her face turning just a slight pink at Adore’s staring.
“I’m sick and didn’t wanna fuck with contacts.” Courtney said, pulling at the books Adore had sat down to flip through the pages. Adore slowly sat, her elbow resting on the table and her hand holding up her face.
“If you had told me you were sick I would’ve studied by myself…” Adore trailed off, her eyes still staring at the glasses Courtney wore.
“No! No, no, no, it’s fine!” Courtney didn’t miss how Adore’s eyes trailed to her lips but snapped back to her eyes when she began talking.
Courtney fumbled with the pencils stuck in her bag’s pocket, throwing them on the table along with a few highlighters. “Uh…” She gave a slight cough. “Let’s talk music theory!”
“Do you think you have it?” Courtney asked, causing Adore to snap out of her thoughts. She knew all of the material, but couldn’t help herself from texting Courtney for some more “study time”. All she really wanted was to be in the same room as the blonde, just to admire her. She always raised her brows slightly when she began explaining something in depth, and the glasses she had on would slightly dip down her nose when she leaned forward to run her finger along a line of text in the book that Adore had been assigned. She would play with the fabric of her sweatshirt as Adore wrote notes she had written at least a million times before.
“Yep! Want to head out?” Adore asked, already putting away her stuff, grabbing the two empty cups and throwing them in the trash that was placed conveniently behind the table. The two stood up, noticing the almost empty library. Courtney smiled at Adore, throwing her backpack on and gesturing to the door. Adore smiled back, slinging her own bag on.
They walked past the library doors together, Courtney reassuring Adore that she would do fine on her test and to not work herself up over it. When it was time for them to walk to their separate vehicles, they lingered for a silent moment. Courtney pushed her glasses up on the bridge of her nose, a soft smile playing on her lips. The way she looked at her from under her eyelashes like that- God, it was so damn cute. Adore broke.
She threw herself at Courtney, smashing their lips together in a kiss that warmed the two from the deathly cold wind that was blowing. They stayed like that for a few seconds, Adore pulling back first, a blush spreading across her already-red cheeks.
“You seriously have no idea how long I’ve wanted to do that.” Adore giggled, brushing away a piece of her hair. Courtney adjusted her glasses and looked down at the ground.
“Honestly, I feel the same way.” She smirked, causing Adore’s heart to burst out of her chest. She pulled Courtney into a hug, burying her face in Courtney’s neck. She smelled softly of cinnamon, and Adore wanted the scent burned in her memory. Adore took a step back, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
“I- uh, go? See you in class!” Adore turned to basically sprint to her car, but called over her shoulder a quick “TEXT ME!” at the last minute.
Courtney stood, in the dust. She smiled to no one. She walked slowly back to her own car, looking to her side as Adore pulled out of the parking lot. She laughed, waving as Adore honked. Courtney slowed, pulling her bag off her shoulder to grab her phone.
courtney: you’re gonna get a speeding ticket, you goof.
Courtney would be lying if she said she didn’t get in her car and squeal.
Courtney woke up the next morning to a few texts from Adore, all from a few minutes ago.
adore: guess who has bronchitis
adore: i totally forgot you were sick
adore: definitely not the best time to kiss you, i guess
Courtney laughed, running a hand through her hair as she replied.
courtney: you are such an idiot
courtney: and i love that about you
Courtney would also be lying if she said she didn’t love Adore. She loved that idiot. Her idiot.
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