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Crossed Wires (Soft Hockey Bros AU scene)

Continues on for the piece I wrote for Flash Fiction Friday, which can be found here.

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When Brandon drew back from the kiss, Noah was staring at him with an unreadable expression on his face. Brandon immediately began to prepare an apology in his head, though he wasn’t quite sure how to apologize for the kiss–or if he even wanted to. Apologizing would be like lying, and he was a terrible liar.

“You kissed me.” Noah’s tone was flat, his eyes wide, pupils blown and voice shaking slightly.

“Yeah….” Brandon braced himself for what was coming. He’s gonna punch me, I know it, he thought.

“I….wow. I can’t believe you kissed me.”  Noah’s tone was still flat, but his voice was no longer shaking, and his lips quirked with what Brandon hoped was a smile. Maybe even a smirk? 

“I did.” Brandon straightened his posture and met Noah’s eyes. “Bad move?” 

“No, definitely not.” Noah grinned, and Brandon blew out a breath of relief. “I just didn’t think you had it in you.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Defensive probably wasn’t necessary in this situation, but Brandon still felt a bit nervous.

“It means that I’ve been waiting for you to kiss me for months now.”

“Dude! Then why didn’t you kiss me first?” Brandon asked, incredulously. He threw his hands up in the air.

“Because I didn’t know if you wanted me to or not,” Noah explained. 

Brandon chuckled.

“Looks like we got our wires crossed, huh?”

Noah laughed, big and beautiful.

“That’s an understatement.”