For the requests would you write little!Eth//an and daddy!Tyl//er going trick or treating and Eth//an getting scared? Please and thanks!
Heyyyyyyyyyyyy sorry this took so long! It’s past Halloween but it’s never too late for some seasonal adorableness!
Ethan peered into his plastic bucket. He could still see thebottom! That surely had to change! He looked back up as he felt a hand on hisshoulder, relaxing when he saw it was Tyler.
“Are you ready for the next house?” Tyler asked.
Ethan nodded eagerly. Before they’d started he’d been prettynervous, but seeing that the first block of houses were nothing but smiles, hisuncertainty had drained away. He felt as light as a feather! He was Batmanafter all, he could do anything!
He put his bucket back to his side, letting it swing fromhis hand as he used his other to hold Tyler’s hand. Together, they walked up tothe next house.
“Trick or treat!” Ethan grinned behind his mask as he stuckout his bucket. The woman sitting on the porch gave him a gentle smile as shedropped the prizes into his bucket. The pair turned and walked back to thestreet.
“Get anything good?” Tyler smiled down at the boy.
“Uhhhh…” Ethan peered into his bucket in search of the newtreats. “Goooootttttt… a smarties an a lollipop!”
“Ooh, those do sound good! I might have to steal some!”Tyler teased.
“No! They’re mines! I worked for ‘em! You didn!” Ethan heldhis bucket safely out of Tyler’s reach.
The tall man chuckled. “Don’t worry, they’re all yours,baby. I wouldn’t dream of stealing from Batman.”
“Yeah!” Ethan said. “Robin helps Batman, not steals.”
“Of course.” Tyler itched at the velcro of the cape he worearound his neck. His costume consisted of that and a mask; it was as much ofthe costume that Ethan had been able to convince him to wear.
They approached the next house, this one more extravagantlydecorated than any other on the block, full with gravestones and skeletonslittered across the yard. The person at the end of the walkway looked friendlyenough as the pair approached.
They were almostthere when there was a burst of movement from the bushes, accompanied by ashriek as a werewolf popped out. Well, a person dressed like a werewolf.
Ethan jumped, instantly latching onto Tyler, who had steppedin front of him as an instinct to protect. The person moved back into theirplace, as their goal had been accomplished, leaving the startled pair to takethe final steps to their destination. Ethan silently held out his bucket,letting the man drop in the candy without a word. They walked back down thepathway silently.
Once they’d made it back to the street, they stopped. “Ethan?”Tyler put his arm on his shoulder. “Are you okay?”
Ethan didn’t respond, the only noise coming from him weresniffles. Upon closer inspection, Tyler could see the tears falling behind hismask.
“Shh, it’s okay, baby, you’re okay.” Tyler rubbed soothingcircles into his back. “Are you done for tonight?”
Ethan’s sniffled kicked up a notch as he nodded, burying hisface in Tyler’s chest. He was obviously disappointed. The taller man put a reassuring hand on Ethan’shead. “Okay, that’s okay. Let’s just go home.”
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They made it home quickly, Ethan plopping down on the couchthe minute they were inside. He curled in on himself and threw his mask to thefloor. “Didn get lotsa candy,” he sniffled.
“Well I have a little secret for you, Batman,” Tyler said,peeking in from the kitchen. He seemed to have caught Ethan’s interest. “I justmight have bought us a looot of candy!” He emerged holding a bowl filled withsweets (all peanut free, of course), hefting it high like a trophy.
Ethan’s eyes lit up. “You did?”
Tyler nodded as he sat down next to him. “Sure did! Just foryou. Well, us.”
“Tank you, Daddy,” Ethan mumbled, wiping his face.
Tyler wrapped an arm around Ethan’s shoulders. “Anything foryou.”
And thus they spent the next few hours cuddling and consumingsweets, watching animated Halloween specials, a grand distraction from thespooks they’d encountered earlier that night.