lovers | dorbyn

seven

"you're a bitch, you know that?"

corbyn chuckled, nalia asleep in his arms as he held his phone in front of his face.

"i love you too."

"whatever. if daniel hates me, it's your fault."

"andrew, you're being over dramatic. we can ask him.. now actually." corbyn said smiling over at daniel who was just walking into the kitchen.

"ask me what?" daniel asked, setting his keys down and taking nalia in his arms. he looked at the screen and smirked when he saw andrew. "i don't hate you, idiot."

andrew simply huffed. "anyway. how are my favorite children doing?"

"good. alex decided to start soccer. nalia is being a two year old, and morgan is currently getting shit at school because she has two dads." daniel rolled his eyes. andrew frowned.

"not my little baby." he whined with a pout.

corbyn hummed, sighing softly. he made eye contact with daniel. the younger boy knew, and nodded his head. "tell him." he whispered, kissing nalia's head.

"tell me what?"

"um.. on top of the bullying, we just figured out a few days ago that jackson's time was up." corbyn said quietly, setting his phone down against a bowl of fruit. he was leaning on his elbows on the counter.

daniel set nalia down on her high chair when she woke up. he got a light yellow sippy cup from the fridge that was filled with milk, giving it to the girl. he also got out bread, peanut butter and jelly.

"no.." he muttered, covering his mouth. daniel stayed silent while he made the sandwich for nalia. he knew that if he were to talk, he would end up breaking down.

"yeah. we think he showed up at our house and left a note for daniel." corbyn said, watching his husband break the bread into small pieces for the baby.

"da! da!" nalia giggled, the cup falling on her lap. it didn't make a mess since the cup prevented spillage if it were to tip over.

daniel grinned, setting the food down in front of her and setting her cup down.

"...yeah, anyway, morgan's been really sad, recently." corbyn groaned, picking at his nails. "i want her to be happy again."

"well what if you guys as a band surprise her at school? i mean, you guys have done that before, right?" andrew suggested.

daniel actually like that idea, very much. "that's not a bad idea, actually."

daniel ran his fingers through nalia's hair before heading over to the door when the doorbell rang. he opened the door, blinking once at the bouquet of flowers laying on the porch.

he gulped, bending down to pick the daisy's up. he read the little tag on it. your eyes are still as beautiful as i remember.

"who was it?" corbyn asked, going up next to daniel with nalia in his arms. daniel guessed she finished eating. and he must have finished talking to andrew.

daniel shut the door, feeling like eyes were on them. "he must have dropped these off." he muttered, holding the flowers up. corbyn's eyes softened. "it's whatever. let's get the boys over here." daniel smiled, which corbyn could see right through.

daniel went to the kitchen to throw the flowers away.

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"why are there flowers in the trash?" zach asked, staring down at the flowers. they were about to go to the school to surprise morgan, and alex. (they had to include their son so he wouldn't feel left out.) nalia was with corbyn's family.

"oh.. um. well, jackson got out of jail? and now he's kind of.. well, everywhere." daniel said. jack choked on his water, jonah literally spazzed, and zach gasped loudly.

"you're fucking kidding!" jack regained himself.

"i'm unfortunately not." he mumbled, tuning his guitar.

"are you okay?" jonah asked, his voice small.

"when am i ever okay?" daniel chuckled bitterly. "let's go." he whispered, setting his guitar down.

"no- daniel!" jonah called out. daniel turned to look at him. "talk to us, man. we're all here for you."

he smiled slightly at that. "later. i promise."

so, the boys left to the school. the trip was quick, corbyn driving with his hand on daniel's thigh. they called the school, making sure that it was okay first. and when they said yes, they told them to preform during their lunch.

and that's what they were going to do.

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the boys looked over the students in the cafeteria. although there was a large number of kids, daniel will always be able to find his kids.

and when he couldn't, he started to panic.

he found alex, the boy with his friend, matty (they've been friends since alex has been going to school.), the boy not noticing that they were there.

but he couldn't find morgan. jonah was quietly talking to the principle, zach and jack with tessa.

"corbyn, i can't find her." daniel mumbled, feeling panic begin to rise.

"relax, baby." corbyn kissed his shoulder. "she's okay. she's right over there." he pointed to morgan, the girl quietly sitting on her own, her phone in her hands.

daniel blinked his tears away, taking in shaky breaths. "sorry." he apologized.

"don't apologize, d." corbyn reassuringly whispered, squeezing his hand. daniel smiled shyly.

the principal soon began to speak. "good afternoon friends! we have some special surprise guests visiting us today, in surprise of their daughter and son that attend this school. of course, their child tessa herron and siblings go here. some of you may know them, some may not. but it has come to my attention that some of you are bullying a sweet soul. and we do not tolerate bullying. seeing as i just learned about this today, i will be taking this very seriously. but enough of my rambling, here is why don't we!"

loud gasps were heard. no one really paid attention to the principal ramble, but once 'why don't we' was mentioned, a majority of the kids began to scream loudly.

the boys had few security guards, just below the stage.

"uh.. hi." jonah said softly into the microphone. "we're going to sing in a few minutes, we don't have much time. but we just wanted to say that we've all been bullied. all five of us. it isn't the best feeling, at all. actions and words hurt more than you think."

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"i love you." morgan cried into daniel's neck once they were home. she just did the same to corbyn, however, alex soon dragged him into his room so he could help him with his homework.

"i love you too, monkey." daniel said gently, his arms wrapped securely around her waist. "i'm sorry you have to go through that, morgan, i really am."

"yeah well.." she sniffed, not breaking the hug, "maybe they'll stop now."

(spoiler alert, they didn't stop. cyber bullying is a thing.)

"hopefully." he sighed, kissing her shoulder. "we're going out for dinner tonight. go rest, yeah?"

"yeah." she smiled, kissing his cheek before scurrying off to her room.

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[a/n]
i wrote a majority of this at school i'm scared, also sorry i didn't write the singing part i got lazy 😗✌🏼