Nate Bennett

“Yeah, exactly. Can’t be bad if he gets that guy to fall in love with him.” Zach chuckled softly and pressed another kiss to Nate’s lips. “Well…that’s true. But I’m not too tired to celebrate with you,” they said. “We can have a drink and then nap.”

They smiled at that, “Oh that’s sweet. I hope it works out for you two.” Zach chuckled, “As if there was any doubt.”

They raised their eyebrows, “Really? Are you really asking me if I wanna celebrate my engagement with I amazing fiancé?”

“You did say he was nice so I’m giving him a chance,” he chuckled, “How bad can he be if Des is in love with him?” he teased.

Zach chuckled at that, “Oh I see…I guess he would be stressed out wouldn’t he?” Zach grinned widely, “I can imagine. I’m going to have to tell both of them ‘thank you’ really soon.”

Zach combed his fingers through Nate’s hair, “I could say the same to you….I’m really really glad we found each other.”

“Besides I decided to listen to you and try to be friends with Jackson so,” he shrugged. “I think they both are gonna be excited to her I finally popped the question and that you said yes.”

Zach wrapped their legs around Nate’s waist. “Jackson? Wow…and you’re mom. That’s really sweet of them. Though I’m still surprised you asked Jackson and not Desmond.”

They leaned in and pressed a deep kiss to Nate’s lips. “I love you babe…you know that?”

“Well I didn’t want to stress Desmond with it. I think he would have been as nervous as I was but I have the feeling he helped Jackson help me so it worked. You have no idea how excited my mom was,” he chuckled

They grinned at the little kisses and leaned back further against Nate. “You flatter me too much, y’know that.” They nodded and felt kind of giddy about the fact that Nate kept calling them his fiancé.

When Nate pulled away Zach frowned, they turned around and noticed him falling to one knee. “Oh?” They smiled, “Anything can be romantic between us.” When they saw the ring Zach’s eyes widened. “Babe…yes, yes, of course I will! Where did you buy this from?”

“I call it honesty,” he insisted loving how giddy they got . He loved making Zach smile and feel loved. He had been so lucky to have met them

Zach hummed at all of the little kisses to their neck. “Hm…well I can wear a bun for you. Buns are pretty cute anyways.” They nodded with a small grin on their face.

They shook their head, “It’s not your fault. It’s just life…and everything else going on, honestly. “Yeah? We can take a nap together…if you’re not busy. If you are we can wait, y’know?”

“And you’re already cute so just imagine that. Cuteness overload form my gorgeous fiancé” he grinned and pressed another kiss on Zach’s shoulder. 

“I know it’s not but still. I just want to give you the world,” he grinned, “I want to make you happy. always,” he assured. “I’m not that busy. Never too busy to have a nap with my fiancé,” he grinned as he noticed he had been overusing the word.

They hummed again, “Maybe so,” they said softly. They giggled softly as Nate nuzzled their neck. “No I meant, do you have a favorite hair style. Something that I can wear for you,” they said. “Hm, I’ll look at some stuff and maybe I’ll have you cut my hair later.”

Zach nodded, “Yeah, I guess we can order something, we can look at some things.” Zach turned around and pressed a kiss to Nate’s cheek. “Thank you. But I can tell, these circles under my eyes are getting more and more noticeable. The stress is getting to me.”

“Well I really don’t” he smiled and peppered kisses on his lover’s neck, “but I think you look hot with a man bum,” he smirked through the mirror. “That sounds like a plan. We have all the time of the world,” he agreed.

“Mhm…” they mused. “That’s very nice of you to say so.” They glanced up at his hair in the mirror. “Oh really? You always do a good job with it so I’m sure I’ll be in good hands.” They shrugged. “I don’t remember honestly. But it was bad. Oh, is there a way you’d like to see me style my hair?”

They grinned a bit at that. “Hm…that could be good. Really super charge my skin care routine. But…even if we order stuff now I don’t think it would get here in time for my next stream. Maybe…maybe in the meantime I should buy drug store makeup.”

Nate smiled “It’s also pure honesty. I’m sure your fans think the same way I do” he said quite sure of his words.  “Then maybe I can do something without messing with your lovely hair. He nuzzled at Zach’s neck, “Not really. I mean I’ve seen you with shorter hair and how it has grown until now and I’ve loved every single look,” he murmured into his head.

Zach leaned back against him when Nate wrapped his arms around them and sighed. They smiled a bit when Nate kissed their neck. “You don’t think it’s too long,” they asked. “And…unless you’d cut it for me I’m not touching a pair of scissors. You should have seen me in high school. It was a mess.”

They brought their hands up to their cheeks and sighed. “Ugh…I’m gonna have to like…get something for my face soon. I’m looking rough…”

He smiled and nosed Zach’s neck, “I think it’s perfect... you always look perfect,” he assured “and if you do need me to cut your hair I would be happy to help. I usually cut mine so I might have some practice,” he looked at his partner through the mirror, “Why would you even cut your own hair back then?”

Zach stood in the bathroom mirror as they took in their appearance. They thought they looked tired. They thought things in the state was getting better but unfortunately they’re stuck on indefinite lock down. The medical scare they had with Nate made things feel even more stressful. Their streams were doing fine still, thankfully, but everything else was really weighing on them.

Plus their hair was getting long, it was getting down near their chin and the back of their neck. Zach didn’t mind the look honestly, their audience didn’t seem to mind either. And Zach wasn’t too keen on home hair cuts, the last time they tried it they were a teen and it looked horrible.

Zach sighed. “Hey babe,” they called. “What do you think I should do with my hair?”

@nathanielbennett

Everything had been so stressful in the last couple of months. Between the lockdowns, the virus and his pacemaker messing up with their lives, Nate was feeling a little down, but he tried his best to keep the chin up and make things work the best for him and Zach. His fiancé was the most amazing person he could ever asked for.

Zach nodded and pulled out their phone, ready to call Nate’s mom again to explain the situation more fully. “Um…” they mulled over it for a moment. It would probably be a good thing, so they can see what Nate has to go through exactly and so they’d know what’s up. “Yeah…okay. Let me just call your mom and stuff.”

They smiled at him, “I love you too.” They nodded, “Okay, I will, don’t worry. I’ll see you soon babe, okay?”

Zach smiled a bit and pressed a quick kiss to Nate’s lips. “Okay…I’ll be here as soon as you’re done. Then we can go home.”

Zach felt a little better after listening to the doctor. They looked over at Nate and gave him a small smile. “You don’t have to say, sorry. It’s not your fault. But…knowing that it’s routine makes me feel a bit better.” After the doctor left Zach raised an eyebrow. “Is that really allowed?” They stilled leaned in for a quick kiss, pulling their mask down a bit.

Zach smiled at him, they wanted to kiss him but they were sure they weren’t allowed in the hospital. They looked back toward the doctor, they eyes full of hope and worry. “Well…that doesn’t sound so bad.”

Zach nodded slowly, “Yeah…a warm place would be nice. And our honeymoon will be amazing.” Zach wanted to kiss him but knew that that probably wasn’t a good idea, with everything in the world going on and them being in the hospital. “Okay…I’ll be right by your side helping you where I can.” Zach looked between Nate and the doctor. “Oh I see…well I hope…things will be fine.”

Zach smiled a bit when Nate squeezed their hand. “Yeah,” they said softly, “I want us to have a nice big wedding and you have to help me with it. So you’ll have to work hard on getting better.” When the doctor came back into the room and talked about an echogram Zach felt sort of anxious. They weren’t very used all of this medical stuff so everything sort of sounded scary. “That…that’ll tell us if something’s wrong or not?”