Warnings: -References, though no direct descriptions, of child abuse -Primarily takes place in a non-specific time between "Party Crashers" and "Mister Mischief" -Season 1 finale spoilers (Story insert TBD) ~~~ Deacon always knew his parents were overbearing. While studying for medical school, he looked into psychology from time to time, too. But he'd never confront them about it. His parents only wanted the best for him, right? They never hit him or abused him in any way, shape, or form, so he didn't deserve to feel bad. Deacon didn't had the right to dislike his childhood when others were suffering much worse than him. So when him and Chase enter a book that leads to the heroine's mother acting like a carbon-copy of Deacon's, he finally snaps. He could deal with the pain, but no way in hell would he allow anybody to make his cousin feel the same way.

"As... Entertaining as that sounds, not much for you." Deacon flapped the pages absentmindedly. "I looked through it, it's pretty simple. Nothing changes much for you, you get cursed as a baby, find out you're the long-lost princess, run into the forest to get hypnotized by the evil fairy, and prick your finger. Boom, you get to sleep for the rest of the book until the wedding. The only thing that really changes is there's no dragon like in the Disney version, it's just a fight." Chase nods. "And... Buddy'll be the evil fairy, Maleficent, whatever she's called in this version, right?" "Like in all the twenty other versions we've done of Sleeping Beauty, most likely." "And you?" "No clue. I've been a lot of stuff in this story; from one of your fairy caretakers to the prince's companion. I guess don't be surprised if you don't see me," Deacon said with a half-hearted shrug. "Alrighty!" Chase scurried up the ladder to their book-diving hideout, smiling at Silver. "You ready, girlie-pop?" "Girl... Ie pop?" ~~~ Chase and Deacon go into yet another rendition of Sleeping Beauty; doesn't seem too different. Chase pricks his finger, sleeps, the prince fights the evil fairy, rescues Chase... Except he doesn't. The kiss - the magical true love's kiss - isn't so magical. Chase is still asleep, and everybody's freaking out. The prince, Deacon, even Nox, surprisingly. There's only one thing that they can possibly think of. Chase needs an actual true love's kiss to wake him, and obviously the prince - basically an NPC - isn't his true love. But who is his true love? And how will they get that person into the book? *** The cover consists of many stock photos aswell as art from Punko, the creator of Cinderella Boy! Please go read the comic is you haven't to show your love <3 ***

[ART NOT MINE!!!!] (Credits to Punko for art and character obviously!!) After Deacon finds out about how Buddy and Chase saved everyone from the damaged book, he tries to prove a point by choosing a sapphic enemies to lovers story. Unfortunately, the point does not land the way he hoped, and just causes tons of drama.