Deckerd is.. a bit indifferent to holidays, but he is a big fan of Halloween. Why? Well, there are several reasons why, but the main one is because he gets to see people of all ages dress up and enjoy this day together as a family, it brings him great joy and pride to know his work is keeping the world safe enough to do such things. (However, he's incredibly partial to the cute little kiddos all dressed up as they waddle up to him and yell trick or treat, he's especially glad that they get to enjoy themselves without worry, he'd hate to see them suffer. He also loves to hand out candy to them, their little joyous smiles warm his heart. He hopes to maybe have kids of his own one day.. that would be wonderful. Hint hint, he'll keep softly implying such until you pick up on it.)
Autumn is nice... for the most part. The pollen from the fallen leaves kind of gets on his nerves, it gets all over his windshield, it makes him feel all dusty, blaughg! He's also not the biggest fan of the smell of crisp leaves, either. It makes him sad to think they're all dead.. how depressing. He knows they'll come back out, but still! However, he does adore how it looks when the leaves are changing and the way they feel beneath his feet when they finally begin to pile up. He also loves the smell of candy apples and chocolate covered pretzels... so really it's a mixed bag. He likes it, but also dislikes it, overall he'd rate it a good 8/10 simply because it makes you happy and he loves to see you all dressed up, smile gleeming up at him as you show off your cute little outfit. He cherishes the small, quiet moments he gets to have with you during autumn too, like gently plucking leaves from your hair, protecting you from the chilly wind during particularly cool nights, and driving fast through a bunch of leaves mid freefall whenever you two pass suburban areas... To Deckerd, it's the small things that matter the most.
His favorite activity to do with you is to make piles of leaves practically everywhere, it calms him to have something tedious and repetitive to do while he's off duty, it helps ease his mind. And he just adores when you jump into them and pop out all adorable looking, like a weasel. You bet your ass he has sooo many pictures of that very thing within his database. Come on! These picture worthy moments are too good to pass up on, even for the workaholic himself.
He tries his best to make every season as fun as he possibly can, he knows his work schedule is a bit... infuriating, if he's putting it lightly. Going out and fighting anywhere from the ass crack of dawn to perhaps even the middle of the night is incredibly exhausting, it even gets on his nerves, so he can't imagine how tired you are from worrying about him constantly. So, to try to make up for this, he does a lot to make these times worth every moment of waiting for him.
One of his favorite things to do is make little treat baggies for you. And before you point it out to him, yeah, he knows the tradition is to give the treats and little gifts on the day of the holiday... But he loves you so much, one day just isn't enough to express his boundless adoration for you! So he makes many of them, and he gives them to you so often (even during the later parts of September) that you get kind of accustomed to the treats and expect them from him after a while.. Not that he minds, that means he's doing it right, in his opinion.
The little mesh draw-string bags have a special place in your heart. Sometimes they're orange, sometimes black, sometimes a mixture of orange and black, and sometimes they're just your favorite color, but each one you treasure just as much as the last. They all have their own little goodies inside, anything from delicate, hard to find candies like expensive chocolates or taffies, to cute little trinkets he found that are themed technically but barely that he got just because they reminded him of you, to sometimes even wonderful quality snacks like pretzels, barks, and little fruits that he cut out to resemble mummies and witches... That one's one of your favorites ever. None of them are ever quite the same, and each time he sees your face light up with certain things, he takes note to get things like them in the future. So they may never be 'the same', but they're always tailored just for you. He just wants to satisfy you thoroughly.
Movie nights aren't usually his forte, but nevertheless, if you ask, he's more than willing to participate.. even if they usually end up more akin to that of a nap fest, than anything. If that does happen to happen, he'll be sure to remind you to eat every six hours or so, he'll even bother to wake himself up in order to care for you... So don't worry about missing anything important, he's on it!
He doesn't mind decorations, they seem to be a nice change of scenery that's more than welcomed by his fellow brave police members.. so just to make everyone smile, maybe he'll put out a few of his own, just to participate, just to do something with you, just to make you happy. There's Halloween trees like Christmas ones, right? He'd love to decorate one with you.
Another personal favorite of his is to paint silly faces on you at least once or twice a week during the month of October, he enjoys being connected to you, and to see you smile up at him like he's the light of your life every time the paintbrush tickles your cheeks.... He yearns for that.
Halloween day goes swimmingly, as expected with Mr. 'head of the brave police force other than their boss' alongside you. What could go wrong with him there? Who would possibly be stupid enough to prank you with a giant 20 foot robot behind you, looming ominously in his silly vampire cape? No one, that's who! You had a pleasant little celebration with the team, partook in snacks, games, movies.. there was everything! Then you two snuck off to have some quality time alone where you both ran around doing a few bucket list activities like pranking the commissioner and enjoying some nice halloween themed cookies. Then for the rest of the night you two just relaxed and enjoyed one another's company.
Ah yes.. nothing like kicking back with a nice big milk mustache and cookie crumbs sprinkled all across your stomach and chest as you laze next to your giant robot boyfriend, all covered in a comfy blanket, watchin' some law and order and barnyard... Neither of which are festive, but you know, the heart wants what it wants.. and your giant boyfriend wants to watch barnyard.
