DPS oneshots

Telling the Others

My mental health has been really bad lately but I wanted to write another oneshot to show I'm still updating this. Feel free to request anything because I enjoy writing but when my mental health goes down the drain I can't think of good ideas.

Also in this oneshot Cameron just doesn't exist because I hate him and didn't want him in it. I also added a little bit of Chox for those who ship it!

*Todd's POV*

Today me and Neil decided to tell the others about us. Of course Charlie already knows because he's Charlie. We had to tell him. But we haven't told anyone else. To be honest I don't really want to tell them. I think they will be supportive but you never know. But I feel like it'll be better if we don't have to hide around them so we should tell them. Plus it'll be a huge weight off my chest. I hate having to jump apart when one of them barges into our room.

Neil turned to me and gave me a soft smile. He knows I've been stressed about the meeting today. Today's a Saturday so I didn't have classes to distract me so me and Neil have been doing homework all day. We were sitting on my bed doing math when Neil finally spoke up.

"Todd," Neil said while staring at me.

"Huh," I mutter without looking up from my math book.

"Todd look at me." I met his eyes and then he continued. "It's gonna be alright. Even if they don't agree with us being together they won't tell anyone. If they told anyone we can tell the principal that they've been sneaking out to the cave at night."

"But won't that get us in trouble too?"

"I think we'd be in a lot more trouble if the principal finds out we're gay," he said with a slight smile. I know he's being serious but I'm glad he said it in a joking way. I don't want to think about the reality of our situation.

"Neil?"

"Yeah?"

"What if they stop being friends with us?"

"We'll still have each other and you're all I need. And we can still talk to Charlie. He'd probably beat them if they were mean to us," he said with a giggle.

I finally cracked a smile for the first time today. "Yeah he probably would."

"So let's stop worrying about this until tonight. Ok?"

"Ok," I said as I leaned onto his chest. "I'm gonna take a quick nap if that's ok with you."

"You've been up stressing about today for the past three days. I think you've earned a nap."

I laid my head down on his chest so I could hear his heartbeat. The calming rhythm lulled me to sleep within a few minutes.

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I woke up to Neil brushing his fingers through my hair. I gently lifted my head to see Neil with his reading glasses on, holding a book of poems. I loved when he had his glasses on. He always looks so cute in them.

"Morning sunshine," Neil said with a wide grin.

"It's...," I start to say as I look at the clock. "It's 9 pm."

"Close enough," he said with a chuckle. He took off his reading glasses and set them on the table. "We still have a few hours until the meeting. What do you want to do?"

"I just want to lay here with you."

"Ok," he whispered as he smiled down at me. He moved the books off the bed and slid down from his seated position so that he could lay next to me. "Hey Todd?"