Water On Fire [MileApo | mxm]

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If they've got a scene together, Mile and Apo like to fool around and tease each other. Apo, in particular, is manic when he's had too much coffee. They're quite a sight, holding hands before a scene, one of them perfectly calm and still, the other appearing to have ants in his pants.

"You just want attention," Mile smiles lovingly. "I know what you need... Come here." He spreads his arms. "Come here." Apo takes a running leap and jumps into his arms.

"Oof," Mile grins breathlessly, cinching his arms around the younger man.

He gives Apo a piggyback ride, which Apo seems thrilled about. Mile doubts there's anyone else that can carry him this way.

As soon as he sets Apo down, several others have lined up for a piggyback.

"Sorry, but I'm not breaking my back for you lot."

When given the choice, Mile elects to kiss Apo for real, tongue and all, zero hesitation. Apo looks at him trustingly and nods in affirmation. It is decided.

"You're nervous," Mile surmises over the phone. It is the night before they are to kiss on set for the first time, and Apo has called him to discuss it. "Lucky for you, I'm a great kisser."

"I noticed that," Apo mutters. "You really got into character during rehearsal. Audition, too." This is implicitly understood by both men to mean, you really shot your shot during auditions, left me shook.

The directors said the kiss was supposed to be soft and romantic, but Mile couldn't control himself during the rehearsal. Apo was too enticing. Mile thought: fuck the script, fuck the directors, and fuck the slow, romantic build-up too. He surrendered to the urge to kiss Apo with reckless abandon, and it turned out hot and intense instead.

Mile lets Apo believe that he's a good actor. Apo doesn't know, of course he doesn't, that the only acting involved is at the end, when Mile has to act unaffected. Mile is afraid to admit - to Apo and to himself - that he's not a good actor. He's a musician first, a businessman second, and an actor third. If Apo wasn't his partner, he wouldn't be able to go through with a single kiss. No, if Apo hadn't gotten the part, Mile would've lost the will to act in KinnPorsche altogether. But, then again, fate has always favored them.

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Shooting the teaser takes three days. During the bathroom stall kiss scene, Kinn kisses Porsche while Porsche remains reticent and wary. Mile has waited a long time to put his hands on Apo again; he's breathless with the heady rush of excitement.

Mile noses into Apo's neck, where he's learning the man is highly sensitive, and flutters his lips over the man's pulse point. Apo turns away stiffly, fighting it. But when Mile grips the collar of his shirt and kisses the erogenous area of his throat, he can feel Apo go pliant in his arms. He's in the middle of sucking on that neck when he feels it. Mile grabs Apo's chin with his hand and tilts the younger man's face towards him. He can only afford a brief, questioning glance before the instruction comes to resume the neck kissing. Mile happily obeys, fitting his hand beneath Apo's shirt collar and kissing the gorgeous man's neck, jaw, and then chin.

Apo is kissing him back now. Mile grips a thick crop of his hair and pushes him harder against the black brick wall, their lips and tongues duelling passionately. Mile angles his face so that their mouths slot together like puzzle pieces, lips vacuum-sealed with the punishing pressure of the kiss.

A thrill courses through Mile when Apo's hand comes up to cradle the back of his head, drawing him impossibly closer. The hand curls into a fist, tugging at the strands of his hair in a way that makes Mile's jaw clench. He swallows thickly, releasing Apo's lips. The beautiful man lets his head fall back while Mile continues worshiping his soft, golden neck with rapacity. Mile's hunger is insatiable. His lips trail down to Apo's clavicle, sucking on it through the man's thin t-shirt. Apo's hand moves as if to push him away; roughly, Mile pins it to the wall and claims his lips once more. Apo surrenders to the kiss with their hands entwined over his head.