♡ cedric . 

THIS HAD NEVER BEEN HIS INTENTION. _{granted , it had always felt to him as though the mere thought was to wade into dangerous waters , to test boundaries he had no place to test , no experience to allude to that would settle his nerves and secure his inclinations. it isn’t that he doesn’t love betty because he does , but his idea of her did not be—nor would it end— in such a light.}

_{he’d met her at a time when he was NOT comfortable in his skin much less comfortable with unveiling it in the presence of another , but over time, he had noticed her grow right alongside him. and he wasn’t blind. she was beautiful in every a way a girl could be. that certainly wasn’t about to change when he was COURSING with hormones and fully confident in his physicality. if anything , it’s all SO MUCH WORSE.}

_{still, it is an odd sensation , to feel himself harden under the press and pull of her body against his , the sounds emanating from parted lips above him , the growing need to create more like a child before the keys of a grand piano. and it is with that childish wonder that his gaze roves over her , drinking in the sight of her in a way he had never allowed himself before. that he can never unsee , that he will NEVER FORGET.}

_{she offers her consent , and he abandons consideration , peeling her shorts down her legs and dropping them off the side of the bed. for a moment , he is suspended somewhere beyond reality , in his wildest dreams , unable to believe this is ACTUALLY HAPPENING. but he continues , a bashful smile offered to her as he ducks his head , lips pressing into her inner thigh with all the curious indecision of a newborn deer. he’s new to this , only knows what he knows by chance , but he is going to try his best to please her , or so help him.}

              _{Her lip has not left the stinging comfort of her teeth. Betty’s thighs are parted like rivers on either side of him, and she is} exposed _{in the only way she’s yet to be before him. Somehow, she wishes she’d worn something sexier beneath –– but this is} CEDRIC_{, of all people. She doubts he} cares_{, but a part of her wants him to. Betty wants him to look at her and see more than} ‘best-friend’ _{and more than} ‘girlfriend’ _{––– something new and wholly} theirs_{. She wants to know she can make him feel and forget and remember all at once. But by the look on his face, something tells her she’s already doing that.} 

_{She giggles nervously, the full of his lips tickling the untouched skin on the inside of her thighs, and it feels} strange _and new _and so pleasant _{and god all she can think of is how much time was wasted leading up to} this_. 

_{Wait. Waitwaitwait. Something occurs to her and it holds her hand on his neck, gently lifting it so his eyes are on her and not the thick expanse of Betty’s tanned thighs.} “ _{I–– Kiss me.} ” _{Her eyes dilate, focusing on his. She can almost feel his lips now, before they’ve touched hers. The moment she’s imagined a hundred times over imprinted in her head like a dream} so vivid _{it could be reality, it could be} real_. “ _{I just want you to} kiss me _{before –– I ––} ” _{Fumbling, flustered, she stops talking completely. Maybe she doesn’t need him to kiss her after all.} 

_{She leans up, over, meeting his lips with hers.} 

_{Maybe Betty can do it for him.} 

_{Their mouths move in sync, and before she knows it, her tongue is parting his lips, pressing to his and she’s holding him with her hands, with her legs around his waist, with her heart in her throat and in his hands, and its his, its his,} its all his.