And you decided whether you saw beauty or destruction

Promise to, try to, stay with me

(Famous music star and person who doesn't know them)

This one's for "Beccathebestest"     

Dating a famous person was a whole thing, there weren't many places they could go without Connor being swarmed, and he feared Evan would eventually get tired of hiding.

It wasn't that Connor didn't want to be open with his relationship, he'd love to show Evan off, he was so amazing, and Connor was so enamored with him. The problem was that he knew exactly what kind of attention that would give Evan, not only from the press, who would dig until they found even the tiniest speck of dirt to turn into a headline for the drama, but of the fans who would do the exact same with the intention of destroying Evan completely, who would threaten and curse at Evan, who might actually hurt him.

Evan wasn't perfect, no one could possibly be, but he was everything Connor needed in his life, and he made Connor stupidly happy; and Connor could only hope he'd be as understanding about this particular issue, as he had been about Connor not wanting to say he was famous back when they first met.

One of the places they frequented most often was an old abandoned orchard, it gave them privacy and freedom, and Evan loved it there, Connor liked seeing him that happy, it warmed his heart like nothing else. It was there that they shared most of their secrets, traded stories of scars that had yet to fade, and the ones that did but only in their skin; it was here that Connor decided to tell Evan.

"Look, there's something I should tell you, a warning really, if we're gonna keep this going"

Evan nods, Connor had strung the words quickly, because he didn't want him to get the wrong idea, Evan smiled at him reassuringly, appreciative, because of course he knew.

"If this moves forward, I'm going to have to tell the world, and the reaction will only be pretty at first"

Connor grabs Evan's hands, intertwines their fingers, Evan lets him talk.

"And I don't want them to hurt you like I know they will"

Evan smiles then, something settling in his expression, and he squeezes their joined hands.

"I want to try anyways, if that's ok with you"
And Connor could cry, so he just nods, words failing him as he pulls Evan into a hug, he feels so glad.