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𝟒: 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 (joel miller) [M]

happy (late) halloween :)
I really wanted to post this yesterday,
but I completely forgot, so sorry!

in which: Joel hooks up with Sarah's teacher

tags: soft!joel, joel has a crush, sarah's a matchmaker,
pre-outbreak, alcohol consumption, smut

come through - the weeknd

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            With a huge grin on her face, Sarah dragged her father from house to house. She was in a pink princess dress, a crown on the top of her head.

"Dad, look!" she exclaimed excitedly and pointed to the house that was decorated with 'spooky' halloween stuff.

Joel sighed, he was tired and exhausted. Only an hour ago he came back from the construction site. But he promised his daughter to go out for trick or treat. And since Sarah's mother left him a few years ago, he had to do that all on his own.

His 12 year old daughter grinned at him, making him smile, too. "I bet they have a lot of chocolate for you."

Sarah nodded excitedly and ran over to the door to knock. "Trick or Treat!" she exclaimed happily when the door opened in front of her.

But then Sarah stopped, "Ms. Donovan?"

Joel immediately recognized the woman in front of him. Ms. Donovan (he didn't even know her first name) was Sarah's middle school teacher. And she was the only reason why Joel did not hate parent-teacher meetings.

He refused to admit that he has a crush on her. He's 34, too old to have a crush in his opinion.

But the way her face lit up when she saw Sarah, made him doubt that. Maybe you can't be too old to have a crush.

"Sarah! What a surprise!" Ms. Donovan replied.

But that grin on his daughter's face made him suspect that Sarah knew exactly where her teacher lived.

"Do you have chocolate? I don't want anymore healthy snacks," Sarah said with a pout, which made Ms. Donovan chuckle.

"Yeah, sure. Take as many as you want."

And while Sarah was occupied with the huge bowl of sweets, the woman turnend to Joel, "Hi, Mr. Miller."

He knew he stared at her, but he couldn't help himself, she was way too beautiful not to. And her witch-costume made her look even more stunning. He cleared his throat, "Oh, Joel's fine."

The women nodded, "Okay Joel, then uhm, call me Hayden outside of school."

Joel knew she only was being polite. But still, talking to her made his whole day. And he wanted to say something back, but Sarah was faster, "Ms. Donovan? May I use your toilet?" she asked politely.

The woman chuckled softly, "Yeah of course, it's right down the hall," she explained and stepped to the side. "You wanna come in for a moment, Joel?"

"Sure, thank you," Joel and replied and noticed how Sarah grinned at him after she walked past Hayden.

Immediately, he frowned. She did that on purpose.

While Sarah was in the bathroom, Joel and Hayden stood in her living room, an awkward silence surrounding them. He thought about what to say way too long and he didn't come up with anything good, so he went with her costume.

"Soo, you're a fan of Halloween?" he asked her, staring at her witch-costume.

Hayden chuckled, "Yeah, we're going to this new pub on 5th street. They're doing a Halloween night. Free drinks when you're in costume."