Short chapter, sorry!
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Two months later Halloween rolls around. Dave decides to finally talk to Joel about giving up actively trying for kids. They have been for 8 months, and it's taking a toll on both of their health.
Dave smiles, handing out sweets to a group of toddlers and their mums, who thank him kindly.
"Hair touch?" One boy asks brightly.
"What's the magic word?" His mother asks.
"Pwease?" Dave's heart melts, the tiny tot is so adorable.
"Is he allowed to?" She asks, smiling.
"Sure. Be gentle with it though." Dave sits in his hall and the little boy grabs his hair, trying to be careful. Soon the four other toddlers are also messing with it.
"It's so long!" One little boy dressed as a skeleton exclaims. He's around four, a year or two older than the others.
"It is, isn't it?" Dave laughs softly.
"Are you a princess?" A small girl dressed as Belle asks.
"He's a boy Ruby." Her mum laughs.
"Yeah, but boys can be princesses too." Dave smiles, and the little girl takes off her tiara, plonking it on his hand.
"Princess boy!" She giggles.
"Aww, thank you. But you're the real princess here Ruby." He carefully recrowns her.
"How do you know my name?" She gasps. "Magic princess powers?"
"Yes. but shh, it's a secret." Ruby puts her finger to her lips and runs to her mum.
"Mummy, he's a magic princess! But shh, it's secret!" Her mum laughs, waving at Dave. He waves back. The other mothers take back their children and move on. Dave closes the door and jumps because Joel is standing there.
"That was the cutest thing I've ever seen baby." He kisses him gently. "Princess Dave."
"Prince Joel." He giggles softly.
"I'm a right Prince Charming, aren't I?"
"No. I'm the fairest in the land. Now c'mon dork, there's horror movies to binge."
Later the knocks slow and they become surprised when there's new people. They hear a knock later, and Dave detangles himself from his place cuddled into Joel. When he answers the door there's a few short teenagers dressed as vampires and video game characters.
"Hello!" Dave greets them happily. "How are you all?"
"Who is it baby?" Joel yells.
"Just more trick or treaters darling. Bring me the sweets please."
"B-but, you're- ?" The boy in front with long-ish sandy hair stutters. "You're Dave!" He exclaims, and Dave knows he's fucked up.
"Who's Dave?" One kid whispers to another.
"Not a clue mate."
"Yeah, I'm Dave, uh, what's your name?" He fumbles uncomfortably.
"I'm Marsh, Marshall." Joel comes to the door at this moment.
"Hey guys, you're probably our last, take what you want. You alright love, you look a little pale, could say ghostly." Joel giggles, but Dave ignores his terrible joke.
"He knows who we are, he heard us." He hisses.
"Holy shit- Joel I- Are you okay?" Marsh is practically vibrating with excitement now, but stops when he sees his idols distress.
"Hey Marsh, you seem like a great kid. Could you do me and Joel a massive favour, and not tell anyone? We're not ready to be out online yet." Dave smiles kindly.
"Oh, yeah. Of course. I wouldn't out you like that." Marsh smiles, still very starstruck.
"Thanks. Hey, uh, want a hug? Photos? Emotional support?" Joel asks, mildly scared he's going to spontaneously combust. He opens his arms and the boy falls into them. His friends watch, completely confused, and eating sweets. Marsh pulls away reluctantly to hug Dave, looking like he's going to cry.
"You alright?" Dave asks, hugging him back a little awkwardly.
"Yeah, I just- I've watched you guys since I was six and like- do you even know how many lives you've saved? How many friends have been made through you?" You- agh!" Dave and Joel smile at each other softly.
"We have amazing fanbases." Dave admits.
"Because you're amazing people." Marsh grins.
They take pictures with Marsh and chat for a while before his friends get impatient and he has to leave.
"He was sweet." Dave says, closing the door.
"Yeah. I just hope he doesn't say anything. I'm not ready yet." Joel bites his lip nervously, and his boyfriend cradles him against his chest.
"I know sweetheart. I'm sure he won't. I'm sure everything will be fine." Dave kisses his head, as gentle as a feather.
A few movies lter Dave finally decides to speak up.
"Hey Joel? Can I talk to you about something?" Joel pauses Annabelle.
"Yeah sure. You okay?"
"Yeah, yeah." Dave wriggles slightly in his boyfriend's lap. "Well, actually no. But neither are you. We're both stressed and sad. And that's not good. So I was wondering... Should we stop trying so hard to have kids?"
"Are you sure you're okay with that? We both really want kids..." Joel mumbles quietly.
"Yeah, I spoke to Marzia and Jaiden about it. We won't stop completely. But we can go back to our normal diets, routines, our normal lives. We just won't use condoms and stuff. Last time it happened we were both happy, relaxed and completely normal. Y'know? It's affecting us both, mentally and physically." Dave cuddles into Joel. "I just want me, you, us back, happy and just normal."
"Okay." He kisses his head. "We'll stop. You're right, we need to look after ourselves more."
"Really?" Dave lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding. "Awesome. I love you."
"I love you too baby."
sorry this was shit, i wanted an excuse to put Marsh in, show how scared Joel is of being outed and also show that they have stopped actively trying.
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Edit: had to edit the last chapter as i said Mykies dogs name was phantom but it's creature aha
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