Chapter Text
A Proposition
Leaving the kitchen, Snake entered the softly lit hallway and looked towards the open doorway towards the end. Sat in the dark save for the small desk lamp, Kaz sat hunched over some papers, aviators balanced on the tip of his nose while he scribbled something down.
Snake walked towards their shared office, or more like Kaz's office as Snake hardly used the room, keeping his footsteps quiet as he approached. Standing in the doorway, Snake watched Kaz for a moment, taking in the low light casting shadows across his face and playing against his golden hair. Kaz didn't move or even acknowledge that Snake was there, far too engrossed in whatever he was writing - something about poisonous flora?
His voice deep yet soft as not to startle Kaz, Snake stated, "Kaz, we're going out tomorrow."
Kaz poised his pen over the piece of paper as he stopped writing, looking up at Snake with a raised eyebrow. He pushed his glasses up the bridge of nose.
"Oh? Where are you taking us?" he asked, the corners of his lips lifted slightly in amusement.
Snake shuffled his feet a little, trying to be subtle as he crossed his arms.
"Without the kids," he replied, voice gruff.
He leant against the doorframe and swallowed the lump in his throat. Subtle, of course.
Kaz put the pen down and leaned back in his chair, damaged blue eyes looking at Snake behind his glasses. His eyes roamed over Snake's body, taking in the stiffness of his shoulders and arms despite the relaxed pose against the doorframe. His face was passive, his single blue eye looking back at him.
Kaz blinked once, "Well, who's going to look after them? Where are we going?" he asked. It wasn't often he and Snake went out without David or Eli. Usually, the twins would accompany them wherever they went.
Snake fidgeted against the doorframe, eye darting away from Kaz. Despite the dim lighting, a blush settled across Snake's cheeks and the bridge of his nose.
Kaz blinked again at Snake's sudden shyness. He was not a man who easily blushed.
The blond's eyebrows furrowed in confusion at the display and then with sudden realisation, Kaz's mouth widened into a grin.
"You're taking me on a date, aren't you?" Kaz smirked, an eyebrow raised smugly.
Snake blanched and snapped, "I never said that!"
Although he clearly looked uncomfortable, Kaz laughed at Snake, eyes crinkling at the corners in mirth.
"You're totally taking me on a date." Kaz's voice held that young, enthusiastic tone that had charmed Snake all those years ago. It was nice to hear it again, although Snake didn't particularly appreciate that Kaz was laughing at him.
Looking away from Kaz, Snake stuck his bottom lip out slightly. Snake was also a man who did not pout.
He heard Kaz's chair scrape across the carpet, footfalls soft against the plushness of the material as Kaz walked towards him.
Snake pushed off the doorframe when Kaz stood in front of him, close enough that he could feel his body heat. His single eye looked into the brown lenses of Kaz's aviators, just barely seeing the blue of his eyes, the corners crinkled with affection. He looked down at the plush set of lips smiling gently at him.
Kaz placed his hand on Snake's bicep, fingers wrapping around the muscle there. His other hand rested on his shoulder then slowly caressed its way to the crook of Snake's neck, and then around the back where long fingers rested in his brown hair at the nape.
Kaz closed the distance, his nose bumping Snake's, lips hovering over the other's.
"Well, whatever it is, I'm looking forward to it..." Kaz murmured, voice husky.
Closing the distance between them, Kaz pressed his lips against Snake's and felt as the other man unwound his crossed arms to wrap them around Kaz's waist, pressing their bodies flush against each other.
They stayed there for some time, trading pecks and murmurs of nothing's nobody else would ever hear them say, until a disgusted "ew, gross!" was exclaimed behind them.