Sweet Little Birds (BxB Romance, Completed)

Halloween Bonus Chapter: Bigfoot Princess and Purple Stegosaurus

This is another bonus chapter set about 10 years after the events of SLB, at which point Robin and Tyler are married and have two boys, Alex and Owen, together. It's not very dramatic, but it's cozy and fluffy. And I enjoy getting to write some domestic fluff of Robin and Tyler just being happy and established as a couple. I hope you enjoy reading it as well!

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"You're not peaking, are you, Daddy?" Alex's squeaky voice echoed from upstairs.

"I think he may be cheating!" Owen tuned in, even squeakier.

Robin swiftly put his hands over his eyes again, as he may have been disobeying commands in favor of reading a work email. Upon arriving home, he'd been ordered by two bossy five-year-olds to sit down in the living room and wait with his eyes covered. Tyler and the boys had together been working intensely on their Halloween costumes all week and had spoken in hushed tones every time Robin came close. Apparently, the costumes were classified as top secret.

And today, just before the annual Halloween party at Donna and Kevin's house, it was time for the big reveal. The boys would soon make dramatic entrances in their respective inventive costumes.

"I'm covering my eyes, I promise!" Robin yelled back.

"Are we sure we believe him..." Tyler's voice whispered conspiratorially from the landing. There was an all-to-familiar tune to his husband's voice that told Robin that he may have a mischievous plan brewing. Tyler often did.

"I don't believe him!" Owen immediately piped up, always keen to agree with his Dada.

"Me neither," Alex agreed, always keen to one-up his brother. "He's a liar!"

"Maybe we need to blindfold him to be sure," Tyler suggested. The boys responded to the idea with a resounding cavalcade of cheers. Robin supposed he had no choice but to be blindfolded. Even if he tried to protest, he was outnumbered.

Still covering his eyes, to prove that he was in fact not lying—even if he had been lying a little bit—Robin awaited his destiny. A pitter-patter of steps signaled someone coming down the stairs. Judging by the heaviness of the thumps, it was probably Tyler.

"I wasn't looking," Robin mumbled.

"I don't care if you were, cutie," Tyler replied, placing a kiss on Robin's forehead as he came close. "But the boys weren't convinced, so blindfold it is! No peaking allowed!"

Soft velvety fabric was placed over Robin's face. As he opened his eyes, blackness obscured the room around him.

"Is this... the naughty blindfold?" Robin asked, the blush rising on his face hidden by the fabric. If he wasn't mistaken, this particular blindfold had been part of a set that also included handcuffs and various feathers. It was made for a very different kind of playtime.

"It's the only blindfold we have," Tyler countered. "It can double as a costume reveal blindfold."

"Couldn't you just have used a towel?"

"You would have been able to see through that! And this one is easier to tie."

Robin couldn't really dispute those arguments. Hopefully, the kids would be too busy showcasing their costumes to question the blindfold's origin story. "It smells like lube," he mumbled grumpily.

"Well, you only have to wear it for a few minutes," Tyler countered, leaning in for a kiss. "The kids will tell you when you can take it off. We only got a few finishing touches to do and then we'll be down."

Hurried steps got fainter as Tyler skipped out of the room and up the stairs, although it appeared that he paused for a moment to grab a handful of jelly pumpkins for the giant cauldron on the living room table. Robin sank back onto the couch. With the blindfold turning the world black, there was nothing else to do. All he could do was listen to the noises from his family upstairs.