Lander Oneshots <3

Costumes🎃

Genre: Fluff💗

Zander's POV🎹:
A repetition of knocks arrive from outside my bedroom door, the person opening the door a smidge and peeking in. "Are you almost finished, Zander? The club will be here soon." The possessor of the questioning voice appears to be Hailey, her witches hat squeezing its way through the gap of the open door. "Yeah, I'm just adding the final touches." I mumble my reply, my focus wrapped around my actions as I flip up my shirt's collar, rushing to grab another accessory that would go well with my outfit. Hailey sighs, straightening her dress as she places herself on my bed, sitting at a slant to face me. "How much more could you possibly need to put on? You look perfectly fine." I roll my eyes, "Patience, Hailey, I just have my fangs to attach." Automatically, I flick my gaze to my nails, which have been painted black to match numerous other things on my costume. "Do my nails look okay?" I stick my hand out in her direction, displaying my neat nail polish. She nods, turning her attention to her phone as a notification pings. I glance back to my mirror, grasping my fake fangs and latching them onto my upper set of teeth, flicking a strand of stubborn hair out of my eyes while I search myself for any mistakes in my outfit. Suddenly, Hailey rises from her position when we pick up on a knock on the front door downstairs, putting a hand on her hip. "I'll go open the door, please don't spend forever up here." She begins her route to exit the door from my room, the tapping of her boots fading as she descends down the stairs. I inhale a gulp of air, proudly staring at my vampire costume, admiring my chosen clothing and accessories. Deciding now would be the appropriate time to greet my friends, I make my way to my door, closing it behind me and calmly walking down the stairs, fixing my hair into place out of habit.

Entering the living room of my household, I take in everyone's appearance. Firstly, some scarlet shaded horns emerge out of Milly's vibrant pink hair, not needing to stare at the rest of her costume to come to the obvious conclusion that she's a devil. Beside her, Sean leans on his prop clutched in his hand, which seems to be a scythe, informing me that he's dressed as the grim reaper, a dark cloak draped over him with the baggy hood casted over his eyes. A few feet away from them, Hailey's pointy witches hat towers above her head, her selection of clothes being a puffy dress with tights and jet black, leather boots. Lastly, her companion's auburn hair conveys me the information that it's Luke, looking more scruffy than usual from the tears in one of his sacrificed pristine white shirts, blood splattered in multiple different places. His trousers are also ripped at the bottom, his whole outfit put together equaling to a zombie. Hailey notices me and smiles in relief that I've made an appearance, waving cheerfully at me. Luke snaps his head around to see who she's acknowledging, his grin when he spots me completely separating him from the whole scary aspect of his costume, copying Hailey and waving rather hastily to me. I mirror both of their smiles on my expression, starting to wave but freezing when the front door bursts open and a familiar voice speaks soon after. "Uh, guys? A little help here?" I spin around and blink at the sight in front of me, Jake has finally arrived, however he's stuck in the doorway from his inflatable pumpkin costume pressing up against both sides, his face clearly stating that he has experienced this exact thing countless times. I snort, smirking at him whilst Milly's hysterical laughter echos around the room. Hailey facepalms, "Oh my god Jake, you idiot. Did you not stop to think if this would happen?!" He chokes out a nervous laugh from her scolding tone, "Well, uh... no..." Despite her irritated body language, she hurriedly runs over to him, beginning to assist him in getting out of his predicament. In the background, I can overhear Sean attempting to calm Milly down from her nonstop laughing incase she lacks proper breathing and suffocates, along with soft footsteps approaching me from behind. I register those footsteps to belong to Luke as he walks to my side, both of us keeping our eyes on Hailey and Jake as he stumbles in through the door. "We're only ten minutes into the gathering and the chaos has begun, I can't imagine how much it's going to escalate throughout the evening..." I sarcastically mutter, making Luke chuckle. "I mean, every time we all meet up something like this happens, so I'm not surprised." I cross my arms in agreement, smiling as Jake approaches Milly and Sean, starting to shout at Milly out of embarrassment while she continues to cackle, Hailey tagging along beside him. "True, I can already make plenty of guesses on what's going to go down tonight." Luke twists his head to look at me, smiling warmly and coiling his arm around my shoulder, resulting in my face lightly heating up from the contact. "You look amazing by the way, you're honestly an expert at Halloween costumes." He compliments, keeping our eye contact locked in place, gentle butterscotch against piercing periwinkle. My smile resurfaces, "Thanks, but let's not give me all the credit here, you're the one who literally tore your clothes for your outfit." He shrugs, "What's the point in dressing up if you're not going to take it seriously?" For a moment, we just stare at each other and enjoy the company, before he plants a kiss on my cheek, with me resting my head on his shoulder to return the affection afterwards.

All of a sudden, Milly charges past us, swinging the front door open and running down the street to the next unfortunate house she sets her eyes on. I lift my head off Luke's shoulder, confused. Sean hurries after her, obviously he's been put on duty to watch her for the night. Jake tries to maintain the same pace as them, but he traps himself in the doorway again, releasing a disappointed sigh. However, Hailey swiftly pushes him out, making him yelp a random surprised noise. She turns to me and Luke, beckoning for us to follow, grabbing Jake's wrist to stop him from running off without us near by. Luke's eyes sparkle with pure excitement to go trick or treating, removing his arm from around me to connect our hands. He gives me a look for consent, asking if I want to come with, so I simply nod, playfully rolling my eyes at his thrill. He intertwines our hands, tugging me out the door and rushing to join Milly and Sean in their hunt for sweets as Hailey shuts and locks the door after us, Jake linking his arm with hers once she lets go of his wrist, the both of them being the only ones to sensibly walk to catch up with us. I can't suppress my heavy laughter as I observe Milly stealing a handful of sweets from the bowl being handed out by the owner of the house we're at, blocking out their shouts for her to put them back as she hands a few out to everyone, dropping the rest in the little black bucket she brought, which is barley noticeable as it blends in with the moonlit sky. Collecting myself from my giggle fit, we all resume walking in pairs on the path to the next house, Milly and Sean in front, followed by me and Luke, with Jake and Hailey trailing behind. Luke squeezes my hand as he enthusiastically rambles on about what events took place during last year's trick or treating, making me smile as I watch his face, taking note of his expressions. I tug my cape from my costume further around me, protecting myself from the crisp autumn breeze, Luke's hand being a little heater for mine. I contently sigh, preparing myself for the night's adventures.

A/N: For me, I'm publishing this Halloween special two days too late, so I apologise for anyone else who's Halloween has already passed and this is late for them too. I was expecting to finish this for my Halloween but I got really busy that day and lost all motivation. Let's just pretend it's Halloween and I published this on the deadline I was planning to!! (Don't worry, other specials won't be late, this is a one time thing.)

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