It had started out with the gentle hand on his shoulder as Harry was wishing Eggsy luck, or telling him it was good to have him back from a mission. Gradually it became Harry slipping his hand around Eggsy's waist as they walked through HQ, or the slight brushing of their hands as they walked down the street, barely a foot between them.
Then once when Eggsy had gone through a nasty scrape before backup could come and give him a hand with a job that had gone sour, and he woke up in the HQ's medical facilities with a day lost to him. He had woken to the warm sensation of a hand placed on his and then suddenly Harry was running a hand through his hair and pressing his lips to Eggsy's temple before Eggsy could get so much as a word in. He'd just chalked it up to Harry being a worry-wart and still feeling responsible for Eggsy even though he was now a Kingsman knight.
But then later Eggsy began to notice Harry would hug him after he returned from a mission, pressing his face to Eggsy's ear, the touches on the shoulder were getting nearer to Eggsy's neck and when in the medical ward for any reason a hand through his hair or a knuckle brush of his cheek was to be expected.
And so one night when Eggsy had joined Harry at his place for a drink and was on his way out but before Harry could reach his hand out to Eggsy's shoulder, the boy had slipped on his jacket and swiftly gave Harry a kiss right on the lips.
"G'night Harry," he'd said, still close enough for their glasses to clink against each other. Harry had sighed before diving in to give Eggsy a chaste but passionate kiss before they broke again for good.
"Good night Eggsy. Be safe getting home."
As Eggsy strolled out the door and onto the street with a smile on his face, Harry watched him go from his front door. Perhaps he hadn't been as subtle as he thought he'd been.
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