Prompt: Kiss in the Rain + Sally.
"I told you we should've brought an umbrella."
Querl grumbled underneath his breath, hair plastered to his face, clothes plastered to his skin, arms folded resolutely across his chest. It wasn't cold rain, so he shouldn't have been cold, but the fact that he was shivering made Sally-
Oh. This was probably the first time he had been in the rain since his… accident.
It was still really hard for him to talk about it.
Pushing that thought aside, to focus on the here and now, Sally gave the other a grin, slipping just a little closer to him so that she could tuck at his arm, grin turning a bit smug when he still refused to answer her, but gave in, releasing his posture so that she could pull his arm away, down to where their hands could twine together.
She was nowhere near as observant as he was, but she could definitely see the way it made him relax, every so slightly.
What she didn't anticipate, though, was in a sudden flurry of movement, for him to pull her close in a half-embrace, pressure applied to her head in what she could barely tell were a pair of lips, Querl was kissing the top of her head, and a murmur. "Sorry. Now we're all wet."
For a moment, she stayed still, almost frozen underneath him, before the girl made up her mind, pulling back to give him a smile. "It's okay."
With that, she released his hand, taking a few steps away to promptly stop in a puddle with her absolutely soaked sneakers, kicking out and splashing water at him, before turning to beeline it towards home. "Catch me if you can!"
Her smile didn't dissipate for one moment, even as she heard him charging after her. "This is ridiculous!"
He didn't stop, though.
A/N: Post-Dark Victory, in case you couldn't tell. Sally is an OC written by a friend of mine, and I ship Sally/Querl hard. I love 'em.