#fearlingcontrolled

“You know, I’m so surprised you actually agreed to come out with me, let alone to the carnival,” Chris told him, all the bright lights flashing in their faces. “You haven’t come out with me in a while.”

The fire burned cheerily in the fireplace, filling the room with warmth that seemed to curl into every possible nook and cranny. A slight draft made its way through the room every now and then, however with the couch parked as close to the fireplace as it was, the inhabitants of the room didn’t notice a thing.

Well, maybe Tooth snuggled a little bit closer to Pitch as he stretched out along the entire length of the couch, but really, who was paying attention?  The two Guardians, content to be in each other's arms, just let the heat seep into them. No words were needed, just the other’s presence was enough to calm them from the day’s rigors.

That day had been particularly dreadful for the two of them. For tooth, a new candy had come out called Jawbreakers that kids were told they had to lick or suck on in order to ge the maximum enjoyment out of it. However, thirty seven kids had chosen to instead bite into these hard candies and at least twenty of them had cracked a tooth. Thankfully they were all baby teeth, but Tooth had to do extra preparations for cracked or broken baby teeth. They were more fragile, and needed special care before being put into a tooth box. 

Pitch, on the other hand, had been doing his duty to protect the children of the world from the scarier monsters out there. He ended up helping release an entire warehouse of kidnapped children, trapping the traffickers inside their minds and letting the Fearlings loose to ensure these monsters would never touch another child again. With the first escaped child, the police were called over and the rest were quickly gathered up and taken somewhere safe. Emotionally, it had been harrowing, what little that was left of his heart going out to these kids who’s innocence had been forcibly stripped from them in more ways than one.

Before leaving, he ended up marking each one of them to let Sanderson know to give them particularly sweet dreams in the months to come.

But now the two were together again at last, deriving comfort from the other, having set aside this night as a work-free, stress-free time together.

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