[Niko watches Boone, wondering if that choice is already made. It sounds like it. But then he nudges his nose, and once again he doesn't know.]
[So he tips his head, leans in to press their lips together, and he feels as though his face is on fire.]
[The hair on the back of his neck tingles and his stomach flips and his chest tightens, and he suspects this is what getting to kiss Kate would have been like (just with a gentler jawline to hold). He makes a noise against Boone's mouth he doesn't expect, one of surprise, because even if he wanted it he didn't expect it to feel like that.]
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[So he tips his head, leans in to press their lips together, and he feels as though his face is on fire.]
[The hair on the back of his neck tingles and his stomach flips and his chest tightens, and he suspects this is what getting to kiss Kate would have been like (just with a gentler jawline to hold). He makes a noise against Boone's mouth he doesn't expect, one of surprise, because even if he wanted it he didn't expect it to feel like that.]