All the air seems to deflate out of Eddie, like he's relieved, or maybe just giving in. If she's not going to fight it too hard...if they're both feeling the same things...then he's going to let it happen, and fuck the consequences. Fuck the guilt he'll feel about it later on. Kissing her feels so good after a year of being starved for physical attention. Kissing her feels better than it has any right to.

He lets out a very similar noise as she closes the gap between them, his hand staying right where it is, cupping her jaw. The other slides around her waist. Eddie's heart feels like it's beating double-time in his chest, his gills twitching restlessly as he kisses her with reckless abandon.