Nice Work Dork: Duncan x Male OC

Phobia Factor

Zane sat across from Duncan at the table in the main hall. Duncan felt Zane push his legs with his foot and soon they were pushing each other's legs playfully. Small chuckles left both teens as they continued. "Will you two stop it! I'm trying to enjoy my breakfast in peace," Cortney huffed. Zane looked at the girl next to Duncan and then at him and winked. That was his cue. "So sorry princess. We can stop so you can enjoy your fine dining," Duncan teased. "This is so not fine dining," She grimaced as her breakfast twitched on its own. "You're fine though," Duncan said with a wink at her.

"Ew!" she scoffed and scooched away flustered. Zane chuckled at the interaction.

Chris enters with a camera guy following behind. "What the heck? I thought filming challenges were every three days?" Zane said confused. "That's how it was, but the producers said that if we had challenges everyday things would be more interesting," Chris said with a sadistic smirk. The contestants gave a "Wtf" kind of face. "Rolling in 3...2...1," the cameraman said.

~Time Skip~

Well, we're fucked. One after another the contestants faced their phobias and now they stood looking at a cardboard cutout.

"She's pretty, she's nice," Courtney said laying a comforting hand on Duncan's shoulder. "Come on juvie, you got this. Just imagine her as someone else, someone you actually wanna hug," Zane said with a soft genuine smile. "Someone like Courtney," he playfully added with a devious smirk. All according to their plan the brunette girl's face flushed and she looked away.

"That looks really real man," Duncan shivered looking at the standee. Tyler yelled something but Duncan wasn't listening. He glanced down at the boy he's grown to like to see him looking back. "You got this, I believe in you," Zane whispered to him where Courtney couldn't hear. Duncan nodded at his word and ran to the cutout and hugged it.

The team cheered and Courtney ran to Duncan and hugged him cheering. "Duncan, you're awesome!" she giggled. Duncan gave her a smile and looked at the one person he wanted to be congratulated by. He saw Zane with a bright smile clapping for him.

As everyone scatters off to watch the next person suffer Duncan walked next to his shorter male friend with a smile. "I did it," he said happily. "You did, I'm proud of you," Zane said with a soft smile patting the green-haired teen's back softly. Duncan couldn't help himself, he pulled the shorter male into a hug. "Oh, well someone's happy," Zane chuckled accepting the surprising embrace. "I am," Duncan sighed contently pulling Zane closer.

~Time Skip~

The cast stood in the kitchen of the main lodge in front of a small closet.

"Zane, your up!" Chris cheered. "I don't wanna!" Zane whined trying to walk away before Chris grabbed his shirt and pulled him back. "All you gotta do is stand in the closet with a contestant of my choice for an hour," Chris stated with an evil smirk. "Who?" Zane huffed crossing his arms. He hoped it wasn't Owen, as much as Zane loved his bubbly energy he was gassy and wasn't the best at hygiene.

"Well, the producers say that you and this other contestant spending time together boost ratings through the roof, so I hope you enjoy this as much as the fans do," Chris says opening the door and pushing Zane inside, "You'll be sharing the space with Duncan!" he laughed evilly, shoving Duncan in before shutting the door.

"Well this is fun," Duncan smirked. "Well maybe for you! I can't see shit, watch it!" Zane huffed as Duncan grabbed his arms in the dark space, effectively spooking him. "Chill I'm not going to do anything, unless you ask me to," Duncan said smirking at the end. "You have one hour!" Chris called walking away from the door.