Chapter Text
The amber haze of the setting sun streams in through the cracks in the blinds of Kaz’s window. The air is heavy with evening heat. It lies still around the two men. Kaz sinks onto the bed under his commander. He smiles.
Snake is straddling the younger man. He runs his eye slowly over the body beneath him. Pressing his weight gently into Kaz’s hips, he traces Kaz’s graceful figure. Strong forearms showcased perfectly by the rolled up sleeves of his olive green shirt; broad shoulders pressed delicately into the mattress beneath him; neck long and elegant, framed perfectly by his yellow scarf. Snake draws a fingernail along Kaz’s Adam’s apple. Kaz swallows.
Snake turns his attention to Kaz’s face, which is tinted with a growing blush under Snake’s penetrating gaze. Snake’s wide lips curl up in the beginnings of a mischievous smile.
‘Boss,’ Kaz moans softly beneath him. Snake’s smile broadens. ‘Boss, what is it?’
Snake lets out a small chuckle as, leaning on his elbows, he brings his hands to Kaz’s face. He runs a gentle thumb over the high arch of Kaz’s cheekbones and down the sharp lines of his jaw. He rests his forefinger over Kaz’s mouth, caressing and tugging at his lip. Kaz bites his finger gently. Seeing that Kaz is relatively at ease, Snake slowly works his hand upwards, pulling lightly at the blonde curls splayed on the pillow. He begins to nudge the sides of Kaz’s glasses up over his ear and he sees Kaz’s contended expression tighten to a frown.
‘Boss, don’t,’ Kaz protests, half laughing and bringing up his hand to stop the older man. Their hands push against each other, intertwining as Snake tries to remove his subcommander’s beloved aviators. Kaz soon relents. Either he lets Snake take his glasses or the glasses will snap under Snake’s grip. Instead, Kaz brings his forearm up to cover his eyes and lets out a small embarrassed laugh.
‘Cut it out, Snake.’ He laughs nervously. He shields his eyes.
Snake grins playfully, bringing an arm up to grab Kaz’s wrists and pinning his arms down. Kaz once again tries to resist the older man’s strength, jostling his arms and refusing to move them away from his eyes. Without much difficulty on Snake’s part, Kaz’s eyes lose their cover. He scrunches his eyes shut.
‘Boss, no.’
‘Look at me.’ Snake presses his weight into his subcommander. Kaz turns his head, his eyes wrinkled shut.
‘Snake, stop it,’ Kaz replies, ‘please, I-I‘. He stutters to a silence.
‘Look at me.’
Kaz frowns. He inhales deeply and his eyes soften at the sides. Relaxing his face, his eyes flutter open. He is met by a clear, frozen stare from Snake. Kaz’s eyes dart downwards and to the sides to avoid Snake’s glare. Snake brings a hand to Kaz’s jaw and tilts his head forward, staring directly into the oceans of Kaz’s unguarded eyes.
Kaz’s heart races. He sighs.
‘Kaz,’ Snake whispers softly. His breath ghosts Kaz’s neck, its warmth coiling over his skin like smoke. Snake’s gaze hypnotises the younger man; all traces of fear in his eyes melt away at the distant sound of Snake calling his name. Snake brings his forehead down and leans it on Kaz’s head. Kaz is transfixed.
‘Snake,’Kaz whimpers in reply.
The world hazes around them and their eyes flicker shut. Snake runs a large hand over Kaz’s chest, collarbone, shoulder, to the nape of his neck. Kaz sinks into his lover’s touch.
And they kiss and they kiss and they kiss and they kiss.
