C4
"what is that?" Jay asked, staring horrified at the bubbling lump on orton's plate
"hmm... I think they're called s'mores." randy speculates
"no... This" Jay holds up his own sweet, cooked to a golden brown "this is a s'more, that is a lump of coal. Or bear poop."
"... It's not bear poop." randy defended, already glaring at his disaster of a dessert.
"haven't you ever made s'mores before?" Jay asked, scootin closer to randy
"hmm." there was that one time when he had set fire to the local barn... But Jay didn't need to know that. It had only been one time anyway. "I'm out of practice"
"okay, here, give me those marshmallows" Jay takes away randy's stick for the benefit of humans and s'mores everywhere and sticks a few marshmallows on the end, "it's easier than cooking eggs, a three year old could do it"
"thank god I'm not three then am I?"
Jay grinned, "yeah, maybe" he held the stick above the fire, "see- you're not suppose to burn the marshmallow, just enough to brown it- itll still be sticky" he draws back the stick as soon as the mallows are singed a light toasty brown, "hand me the chocolate"
Randy obediently fishes out a few broken chunks and passes them to Jay who easily sandwiches the mallows on biscuits and smacks the chocolate in the middle.
"the heat from the mallows will melt the chocolate" Jay explains, "here, try it."
Randy takes the treat and bites into it- winces at the hot temperature as the sticky mallow burns his Tongue- it takes a while before he can properly taste again and he chews experimentally, deciding that it's too over the top sweet- flashes a pained smile and Jay can't help but laugh at him
"you're like, the Scrooge of desserts or something" Jay points out, roasting another set of mallows
"I don't really like sweets. You ingest sugar enough for the both of us- which reminds me- where the hell do those extra calories go?" he pokes Jay who laughs and swats his hand away- he seemed busy building a s'mores tower.
"the drainage. Like everything else." Jay replied nonchalantly, decidin his tower was high enough to be sweet but low enough to stuff into his mouth- he raised it to orton and bit into it- sugary marshmallow leaked in globs and randy watched with a perverse fascination as Jay licked his fingers clean
"what?"
"hmm..." randy carefully grasped jays chin and tilted it to him
Jay licked his lips habitually, taking in the taste of sugar
And randy kissed him- carefully running his Tongue against sweet lips- and when Jay kisses back randy has to grin as he delves into that familiar mouth-
"not bad" he says, breaking away, Jay blinks dazedly at him
"huh?"
Randy smirks, "the s'mores- they aren't so bad."
Jay shakes his head at him, "well yeah- but you're not really supposed to eat it from another person's mouth"
Randy laughs, "you got me- I'll take you over s'mores any day."
"I'm less the calories too" Jay adds cheekily
Randy grins and kisses him again- daring to brush his fingers against bare skin covered by layers of clothing- Jay shudders at the touch but doesn't protest and practically climbs onto randy's lap- he has to chalk that one up as progress-
When they break away again Jay looks confusedly at randy then at his current perch- as he moves to get off randy draws him back to a tender kiss, "I love you"
Jay hesitates, tilts his head a bit in thought, "really?"
"yes, really" randy chuckles, amused, stroking a bony hip.
Jay fiddles with he zipper of his coat undecidedly, hesitant to reply- it has only been a week after all and several failed relationships plus a divorce really doesn't make you jump on the first romantic opportunity at hand
"I love how you smile- like everything is alright- and you'll keep smiling even when nothing is- I love how your eyes widen or shine like gems when you're excited about something- I love how you laugh- I love when you bite your lip when you're thinking- or when you look at me that way- It makes me love you more than I already do"
"how do I look at you?" Jay mumbled,feeling his cheeks heat up from randy's litany
"sweeter than anything you've ever eaten- when you look at me like that- my heart hurts so much I think... Because it can't hold in how much I love you."
"is this real?" Jay can't help feeling like he's about to cry- nobody has ever told him that before- and even if it was the sappiest piece he'd ever heard out of orton's mouth, he couldn't help but feel touched by it
"I'm real. I'm here." randy carefully brushed crystal tears away from that face he adores, "and I will always be with you."
"forever right?" Jay whispered softly
"forever."
"don't ever let it end?" Jay asked, not wanting to think about not being on the receiving end of spontaneous kisses- warm touches- it was almost too quiet to pick up- but randy wasn't focused on anything but those blue eyes right now and nothing could tear his attention away
"promise" randy nodded, pressing another tender kiss, "don't say anything- I can wait. We have forever after all"
Jay nodded, feeling choked up as he settled against randy who seemed content to be holding him, he closed his eyes, listened for that beat- their hearts almost in sync and he sighed, he'd be able to say it someday- with as much love as randy was showing- maybe even more. For now, they were happy- and Jay could wait- see forever in that promise.
"I've got to hand it to the kid" hunter shook his head, "I thought he'd jump Jay the first chance he got"
"well snakes do like lying in wait-" shawn started and hunter shook his head, knowing the nat geo narration, "when they inject their venom into their prey-"
Kiss
Stare
"well what dyou know, it works!"