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"Hey, shall I call you starlight now and then?"
Hero asks casually like they're asking their lover what's for dinner, not even batting an eyelash at the cheesiness.
But their lover seems to do enough of that for them, and hero watches as villain’s nose scrunches up adorably at that statement, the moonlight from the tiny window overlooking the busy streets illuminating their face just right.
"Um, I don't know, but that sounds way too cheesy." Villain says politely, not wanting to sound rude or anything.
Hero laughs like they've heard the funniest joke, eyes shut and head bobbing slightly, so they miss the way villain’s entire face lights up at the sound of their laughter, maybe even brighter than the moon for that one moment.
"Hmm yeah, you're right. Part of me thought that as well. " Hero says easily, snaking their arm around villain’s neck to bring them closer. They're dancing to some old record that's always there in villain’s apartment, a familiar tune. Villain doesn't even bother to resist, moving their hand from where it rested on hero’s shoulder around their hip, to pull them closer.
Hero chuckles at that and the words fall out from villain’s lips before they can stop them-
"Do that again."
Hero quirks their head shyly, as if thinking.
"Do what?"
"Laugh."
And hero does just that, not because they're trained to laugh on command or anything, they're no actor- it's just who they are. Hero always had a habit of laughing at almost anything, even if it's not even that funny and it's one of the things villain loves about their lover so much- their laughter.
Hero gasps a little, all that laughing making them tremble in villain's arms. The tempo of their dance is all off but the couple doesn't care one bit as they hold each other in the comfort of the darkness, a pair of matching smiles on their faces- hero’s is bright and shy, and villain’s is raw but sweet all the same, just like their personalities; they're opposites one second and the same person the next. There's no middle ground.
Hero looks up at villain’s face after their little laughing spree with so much love in their eyes, their face and their whole body, the way hero’s fingers gently brush villain’s cheek and they move just a little bit more closer, as if even the tiniest molecule of space somehow doesn't sit well with them and villain swoons with this bubbly and warm feeling in their chest-
"I love you."
They don't know who said it, and that really doesn't matter. All that matters is that they both said it.
Villain wants to run and hide away but they have nowhere to go, their heart pinning them in place. Defeated, they bend down and rest their forehead on hero’s shoulders and they can immediately feel a hand, hero’s hand, caressing their head. Villain just smiles into hero’s sweater.
"Just what are you doing to me?" Villain whines.
"Hmm?" Hero hums, trying to move in circles with villain leaning on them.
"I never knew I could be this cheesy." , Villain lazily mumbles and hero chuckles again.
Villain feels their cheeks heating up at the sound and they can't decide whether to be embarrassed or just drown in it.
"Well if it makes you feel better," Hero begins, "my heart goes crazy when you do cute things too."
Villain peeks up their head a little to catch a glimpse of hero’s face, the soft smile on their lips makes them weak. Hero was just too powerful.
"Let's just... dance." Villain manages with a shuddering breath, afraid that they'll melt into some cheesy goo if they keep this talk up any longer.
"Anything you want baby." Hero says in that cute voice like it's the most natural thing in the world.
Villain groans, smiling and looks like the happiest person on the planet.