I have headcanons for these two (and their kids) but I can't keep them inside my head. There's more but this is as far as I can get with organising them at the moment. Buckle up.
Mortimer grew up in your run-of-the-mill wealthy household, coupled with the family being one of the biggest influences of the town. If something happened to one of them, the whole town knew and would be talking about it for weeks. So they painted the picture of a perfect family.
Truth be told, they weren't. Mortimer's mother was an alcoholic, his father was having an affair with his secretary, and his older brother was getting caught up in a cult from Forgotten Hollow.
Mortimer, being the youngest, was often ignored. That was until his older brother made a permanent move to Forgotten Hollow and dropped contact with the family.
Suddenly poor ol' Mortimer was centre of his parents' world, and all the expectations that came with it piled on top of him. Do what they say or risk going the way of his older sister - wherever she is.
The stars always facinated Mortimer though. He'd find himself sneaking onto the first floor balcony just to gaze at them until sunrise.
Then came along Bela - beautiful, otherworldly, indescribable Bela.
It's his father's coworker from the lab's dinner party, and he's been dragged along to show his face as the next generation of Goths. His parents are boasting about his achievements, but skip the parts where they sneer at his eccentricity.
He slips away to use the bathroom and on his way back he bumps into him, though it seems more like Bela was waiting to corner him.
He's significantly shorter than Mortimer, but there's something about his man-eating smile that makes his heart thunder against his chest.
Mortimer takes Bela everywhere with him after that night, and Bela enthusiastically obliges. Restaurants, business trips (well, his father's business trips he forces onto him), parties - you name it and Bela is his plus one, whether he's given one or not.
It was a no-brainer for Mortimer to decide whether to propose or not. The hardest decision was where.
Mortimer's friends have never heard of Bela before, and neither had his father's coworkers until that night at the dinner party. Mortimer doesn't care, but his friends are suspicious as to how Bela had been invited if no one knew him.
Strange things happen in Strangerville, that's Mortimer's answer. It must've been fate.
They marry and move to Willow Creek, much to Bela's upset, but he notices how much happiness being away from his parents brings Mortimer and he can't argue. It's not like they can't find him in Willow Creek. - Bela's friends, that is.
Mortimer hasn't met Bela's friends before, but that's fine by him. Bela deserves a life outside of their relationship, and he doesn't want to intrude unless he's invited.
Cassandra is born not long after they marry, and Mortimer is terrified. He doesn't tell his parents. He hasn't spoken to them since the day they moved.
Bela is less scared. It's just a smaller version of himself, it's no big deal. He's survived this far so he's confident he can help Cassandra survive too.
The first time Mortimer gets even an inkling that something isn't quite right with Bela is when he notices he's not aging the same way he is. Then he brings it up, and the next morning Bela looks slightly different. He assumes he's just blinded by his beauty and doesn't notice him aging.
Mortimer is Cassandra's favourite as a child. He's trying so hard to be the opposite of what his parents were he becomes a bit of a push over, and what child doesn't like a push over?
Alexander comes along and that's when Bela gets nervous. He's getting way too deep into this and he's feeling suffocated, but he loves his kids too much to just leave.
He likes Mortimer too, of course... Okay, maybe he loves him. Who knows.
Mortimer is ecstatic! Honestly, because of his upbringing and the money they have, he'd have as many kids as Bela is comfortable having. Adoption is an option too, if Bela wanted more without carrying them.
Toddler Cassandra isn't too keen on the new baby.
Days after Cassandra's 16th birthday, Bela goes missing. Mortimer swears he was abducted, but no one believes him. After all, maybe he just can't come to terms with the fact that Bela had been suspicious from the beginning.
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