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worth the wait

Summary:

filling in the blank spaces of that season finale kiss we didn’t see. drabble, ej x gina, one shot.

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When it came down to it, Gina didn’t have the slightest clue how a proper first kiss was meant to work.

Sure, she’d seen them in films and TV. Seen them in real life, too.

But the idea of her actually kissing someone -- and of them kissing her back -- was so alien to her that she’d never bothered to think it through. To... well, to walk through the choreography, if you will. (Sigh.)

Which is why she’s grateful that E.J. had the foresight to slow down just enough to take the impact of her running into his arms before she leans in. 

Gina doesn’t think about how to do it, really. 

No, for once in her life, she just does it .

This kiss itself -- it’s sweet and eager and outrageously chaste.  Just her mouth pressed firmly against his, faintly registering the feeling of his lips on hers. The fact that even that sends butterflies down her spine is telling on its own.

But nothing could have prepared her for the sensation that would overcome her when he takes her face in his hands, gently tips her mouth back, just the slightest bit, and then -- oh . So that’s how it goes.

It’s all she can do to stay upright as he kisses her , again and again and again . Like he can’t possibly get enough.

Eventually, she manages to pull away, breathless and aching and also grinning with delight. When she opens her eyes, he’s got that look that she’s only ever seen when they’re alone together, something sweet and joyous and completely uninhibited. Multiplied by a hundred, roughly.

God. He’s handsome and talented and just so wonderful . And he’d just given her the first kiss of her dreams, better than anything she could have ever imagined.

She doesn’t even know where to begin. She tries, anyways.

“I... that was ...”

“I know ,” he agrees, and then, a small confession, tinged with something new, something oh-so -vulnerable -- “I’ve wanted to do that for so long.”

Gina knows this -- Ashlyn’s account of things revealed as much. But hearing the revelation from him still manages to knock the air out of her lungs.

“Me too, actually.” she murmurs. Another truth, but one that she knows is safe with him. 

He leans down then, presses his forehead against hers. The look he gives her is earnest, and she can tell he’s building his courage for something else.

(It’s a look that makes her want to pull him close again, all else be damned.)

“ Can I ... can I be your second kiss, too?” he rasps, and she can’t help herself from grinning, again . 

Her face hurts from it. It’s a kind of pain she’d happily get used to.

(Also, technically, this wouldn’t be the second kiss, but she’d lost track. Again, she’s new to all this.)

“ Yes, ” she whispers, arms wrapping around his neck to pull him close. “Yes, yes, yes !”

Then the last thing she remembers before her mind is wiped blank again is the feeling of his arm wrapping around her waist, his smile against her lips.


(Yes, she thinks later, E.J. was definitely worth the wait.)

Notes:

A/N: Hey HSMTMTS folks. I don’t even really go here. I never write for teenagers, ever.
But like, I love EJ x Gina, they’re precious. My dorky kids <3 Leave a comment if you enjoyed!

A fun little warm up exercise, basically. Now back to my other fics.