#kls2

(also i need something to fill my soul bc i wanted to see them on tour but literally none of my friends wanna go so im highk sad abt it)

DISCLAIMER also js as an add in, in this kls verse Eileen is like Kevin’s girl bsf. Like they tried dating but were better off as friends. bc i lowk hate when ppl js subvert to cheating or making a woman the bad guy js to accomadate their gay ship. like shes there, she’s sweetie pie and her life’s great but shes js not gonna be mentioned much if at all.

Kevin and Aaron were each others long standing sneaky links/ one night stand/ friends with benefits???

it originally started as a one night stand but then it became a long term engagement of casual sex. They didn’t properly meet until Denny introduced them like 6 months later for Kevin’s channel. THATS when they became more of sneaky links? idk they js didn’t tell anyone bc it felt unnecessary and kinds awk

this is also part of the reason why it took so long for aaron to become a regular bc he didn’t want to make things weird with them messing around and then working together.

they end up working everything out after kevin calls aaron to let off some steam bc he’s stressed with the channel and they talk it all through. the next week aaron returns and joins as a regular.

they continue to mess around even after that, if anything it makes it easier THEN it is complicates things because they start to catch feelings.

this is also why they seem to be the closest physically in the vids/ warm up to each other so fast

aaron takes the brunt of the “gay” jokes even though kevin does stuff that’s js as bad bc he knows that if it gets flipped it makes kevin insecure

(i personally headcanon that kevin doesn’t necessarily have internalized homophobia but he’s super insecure abt a lot of his mannerisms bc of the stigmatization of certain perceived actions as having relation to queerness, esp with men. so it subsequently makes him feel shame or “dirty” for things people generally didn’t usually bat an eye at)

(also js as another disclaimer im not too well versed on perception of queerness and homophobia in europe. like i know generalizations but nothing too nitty gritty. so for ex. i’m taking how americans perceive kisses on the cheek as a form of intimacy vs how it’s a way of greeting in france. (i also know it’s not usually an actual kiss for everyone but a cheek to cheek moment but that’s not the point of this) also how generally kevin will not get/ be late to the perceived innuendo of a lot of things he says esp in the earlier episodes)

everyone knew aaron was bisexual before they started dating/ told everyone but no one knew abt kevin.

though denny knew aaron was bisexual for years and was aware he was messing around with someone long term (but not serious) he never knew it was kevin. the only person who did was zane and that bc he caught them after hours.

they’re not keeping a secret for any other reason than that it’s no one’s business.

what happened in orlando was actually js them actually officially getting together and starting to date.

they actually don’t act any different off screen bc they kept their sex lives v separate from their work lives originally and they caught feelings after becoming friends once they started working together.

kevin sometimes has a hard time saying it, so he shows his appreciation through actions. aaron is the one who can verbally show appreciation better.

generally the only clothes they take from one another are lounge or sleep clothes. so no one generally see it esp bc it would be so noticeable on camera.

kevin tries to go to almost every one of aaron’s shows that he can

they both actually really hate pda. like it’s not bc of anyone being around its js bc they feel like it feels like putting on a performance for anyone watching them.

they will lean or lay on top of ea other before, during or after shoots.

denny gave kevin the shovel talk… then denny’s mom gave kevin the shovel talk.

aaron’s hips and tits are v well loved in this household. esp if they’ve been made fun of during the episode.

aaron does directions no matter where they go bc kevin is severely directionally challenged

i def have more but i can’t think of any rn, but if yall want more pls lmk 😝

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(it doesn’t matter i’m gonna do it anyways bc now i can’t stop thinking about them and it’s kls eve so im allows to be annoying abt kls shit)

aaron mainly compliments kevin with attributes that aren’t physical bc he doesn’t want any partner he has to feel like their worth is indicative to their perceived attractiveness

though when he does compliment kevin on his attractiveness he ALWAYS makes sure to tell him how pretty he is/ his smile is (am i projecting bc i think kevin is so pretty and has the cutes smile that doesn’t get enough recognition? yes, yes i am. do i care? no. no i don’t.)

and what if i said kev’s inverse to this is body worship 😛 (esp bc i already said kev is better with actions matched to aaron being better with words)

aaron loves when kevin speaks french, like so much that it’s a turn on atp. ESP bc kevin does that thing where if he gets really pissed off he’ll switch to french and start cussing/ going off. mainly bc it’s like his default setting and partially bc if he wants to be mad in peace generally no one can understand him

he does start to slowly teach aaron french though. he sucks at it. kevin thinks it’s cute anyways.

aaron is the assertive one. like if they’re at a restaurant and someone is getting kevin’s order wrong aaron says something abt it. or if someone’s being particularly rude to kevin (like a guest on the show or a contestant) he shuts that shit down immediately

kevin, though he is the shyer of the two, is the flirt. like he flusters tf out of aaron OFTEN

they match ea others freak. like freak freak and nerd freak shit. it’s glorious.

though aaron is treated like the youngest brother by the group (bc he is the youngest) kevin is actually the one who acts like the youngest. aaron acts like the affronted middle child most of the time. kevin hears some version of “you can js tell you’re the youngest” every shoot

okay so we all know how kev mentioned working out more (i believe in the tour doc so this was a min ago) well one time on set aaron was like physically in his way. he wasn’t being obnoxious and it wasn’t on purpose and he didn’t even know he was in the way. but he was like on his phone standing by the table they usually sit at and instead of asking aaron to move kevin just picks him up like he weighs nothing and moves him himself.

he wasn’t even trying to like make it a thing or start something. he was js on autopilot and aaron was in the way and he moved him. simple. no, not simple. aaron’s brain rewires in that exact moment. he was NEVER the same. and let’s js say it was HEAVILY discussed after work (bc aaron is too much of a professional to distract kevin 1. at work and 2. while he’s in that mode) and aaron gets picked up regularly now

kev didn’t get the appeal until aaron fireman carried him one time bc he was pissing him off (still talking to the guys in the parking lot even though aaron had already said he was ready to go)

kevin’s brain literally short-cutted. like he stopped talking mid sentence, his pupils got huge and he highk slumped over aaron’s shoulder.

he also didn’t know aaron was that strong so… yeah he def gets it and he’s lifted his fair share of times too.

aaron doesn’t get why kevin’s so surprised. he still has that muscle and dexterity from wrestling and he’s LITERALLY been in the gym working out with kevin

the jokes that get cut the most from the vids are ones abt how kev can’t fire aaron bc they’re fucking/dating (esp if kev makes a “ur fired” joke)

the only reason they’re cut is bc they genuinely don’t want ppl in their business and it would change the trajectory of their careers and they js aren’t ready for that

but it is by no means a secret. js very private and it also helps to keep that sense of intimacy and realness they enjoy.

aaron has an apartment but more often than not he ends up at kevin’s house.

they work together but in complete silence.

kevin cooks bc the last time aaron tried the fire department had to actually put out a fire in kevin’s kitchen.

kevin was so scared about making everyone uncomfy with their relationship that he called a company wide hr meeting. he is hr… well him and zane are like the head of hr. aaron was exasperated. zane spent 20 mins trying to explain to kevin that 1. this could have been an email 2. they’re all completely fine with it 3. they all trust the two of them to keep their relationship and work separate and handle whatever they have going on like adults and 4. he’s grown… he didn’t have to tattle on himself

herm fell asleep halfway though. katherine and kiki were playing roblox while zane exasperatedly lectured kevin. denny made jokes abt this for like 3 weeks after

kevin and aaron aren’t allowed to sit next to ea other during kls2 shoots. not bc they’re super couply or touchy. simply bc they really are friends first. so the closer they sit the more they argue over the game. and it goes from verbal to them play fighting. and they’ve fucked up 1 too many mics (read their play fighting sparked a play brawl and they all had broken the table and four mics by the end of it)

the only reason uno was half as successful as it was, was bc zane said that if they broke anything else the full price was coming out of everyone’s pay separately. (no one plays with their money so they disengaged as much as possible)

denny is AGGRESSIVELY protective over aaron. like that’s his baby brother. that being said if it’s a play argument, he takes kevin’s side EVERY TIME even if he agrees with aaron

but if it’s a real problem they 1. try to never involve their friends but 2. if they do they both go to herm separately bc denny will try to put out a hit on kevin. even if aaron’s in the wrong. and zane can’t stay neutral even with the party that’s in the wrong. but he doesn’t pre pick side in the sense that if he thinks you’re in the wrong he sides with the other person almost immediately

they have full convos without speaking a word all the time

they joke that it’s bc together they’re the couple that can’t “talk for shit” bc of aaron’s stutter and kevin fucking up words on a regular basis

they’re that couple that can always read each other/ feel ea others presence even if the other person doesn’t announce themselves. it’s freaks the absolute fuck out of zane. they love it.

kk that’s all for nowwwwwww happy kls eve yall 😛

tagging:

@branchnation

anyways, so this is set in the BNU but like after Aaron and Kevin are 1. already together and 2. have told everyone. enjoyyyyyyy and pls lmk what y’all think/ if anyone has anymore ideas

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SNAP!

The resounding sound of the plastic table breaking under the weight of four grown men, stops all surrounding movement. On the camera screen you can see a tangle of limbs- all freezing their ministrations at the sound. Four heads turn with faces varying from exasperation to a strange mix of apprehension, dulled amusement and complete astonishment.

Kevin mumbles, “well at least we didn’t fuck up the mics.”

Everything is still. Well that is until Aaron’s grip slips on his spilled C4 and he plops into Kevin’s chest, causing Kevin to fall back with a small thud at the unexpected weight. A resulting cracking sound and the subtle cutting off of the staticky feedback, informs everyone that the mic packs- or at least Kevin’s for that matter- are in fact NOT okay.

“Fuuuuuuuucking hell.”

A loud irritated groan can be heard from Kevin as he covers his face with one of his hands, the other comes down to cradle the back of Aaron’s head in effort to self soothe. Aaron does a resulting soft kiss on his covered chest. Kevin releases a breath of air he didn't know he was holding.

Fuck, that sounded expensive. But in his future defense for his bank account, he’s TOTALLY still blaming all of this on Aaron.

An hour and a half earlier.

Zane is walking behind the camera when he turns to look at Kevin in front of the screen.

“Hey Kevin, which game do you want to start with?”

Kevin glances up from the table he’s currently setting up for the KLS2 video.

“Umm… I honestly can’t remember which games I brought today.”

“You brought cards Against Humanity and some word guessing game?! It has some inflatable thing with it. I don’t know but it was in the car, so i brought it in.” Aaron yells from the couch, while still intently looking at his phone.

“Thanks! Uhh I would say we can start with the guessing game Zane. It should take the least amount of time.”

“Alright nice.”

In leu of responding, Kevin just nods his head and focuses back on trying to get this damn table open. He swears it wasn’t this difficult to lock last week. Maybe someone broke it and didn’t tell him. Maybe he broke it. Doesn’t matter, this damn thing needs to lock so they can get a move on with shooting. Kevin moves to pull the inside leg, again, in hopes that it’ll actually lock this time. The middle of the table straightens but it doesn’t click. Maybe if he ju-

“Looks stable enough to me.”

“Hmm?” Kevin turns at the unexpected comment, met with his boyfriend standing a few feet away from him staring at the table.

“I said that it looks good enough to me. kev, you’ve literally been fighting with the table for like 10 minutes. I’m sure it’s fine.”

“It won’t click though.”

“it’s not like anyones gonna really be putting weight on the table. It'll be fine for today and we can figure out why it’s being so difficult later.”

Kevin glances back at the table then at his boyfriend again, squinting his eyes.

“C’mon dawg, we got shit to shoot or whatever.”

Kevin glances at the table one more time before following Aaron to change for the videos. “Isn't the saying shoot the shit?”

“Ehh, doesn’t really matter.”

“And stop calling me dawg, bro.”

“Stop calling me bro, dawg.”

Kevin moves to playfully shove Aaron when he moves to the side giggling.

“Oh that’s how we’re playing?” Kevin proceeds to chase Aaron into the back of the stage set.

Fifteen minutes later.

“Kevin, can you look up for me? I need to focus the camera.”

As Kevin looks up, Denny sits to the left of him at the table.

“Aye man, you’ ve GOT to stop feeding into his problem!”

“Which one? He’s got a slew of ‘em. Pretty sure he’s got a medical record longer than my grocery list-

Aaron yells for Kevin to “Shut up” as Herm simultaneously interrupts without looking up from his phone; he sit’s on the far right of Kevin- closer to the camera. “What’s on the list? The world’s biggest supply of tissues?”

“Nah, I think it’s at home remedies for forehead reduction,” Denny adds in.

“Or maybe post op supplies for nose reduction surgery?” Zane slyly comments as he slides into the chair next to Denny.

"Pretty sure his forehead covers over half of his issues,” Kevin mumbles.

The table errupts into a fit of laughter.

Aaron walks in behind him with a C4 energy drink in his right hand and smacking Kevin upside the head with the other.

“Ow?” Kevin lightly rubs the back of his head for dramatic effect as he follows Aaron move to sit next to him with his eyes.

“I heard you, jackass.”

Kevin just returns the gesture with a wide smile.

Denny makes a disgusted face before commenting, “you’re not as cute as you think, Uglies boyfriend.”

“Really? Your baby brother sure as hell seems to think so. Especially when-“

Aaron gives Kevin an amused side-eye before interrupting, “ What addiction are you accusing me of this time Denzel?”

“That.” He points to the energy drink in his hand. “And maybe that.” Denny points then, to Kevin.

Herm starts to chuckle as he says, “Man you’re out of control.”

“It’s the truth man! He’s getting away with nefarious things because they’re bumping tips.”

Everyone pauses for a second before Herm and Zane burst into full laughter.

“Bumping tips?!” Aaron exclaims.

“Aye yo!!” Kevin yells between giggles.

“I’m serious!! Kevin never used to buy that many energy drinks before they announced they were hunching-“

“He likes to drink them! And plus they had a sale,” Kevin weakly defends.

“-Especially because they make Aaron act like a little chaos demon, and Kevin KNOWS it.”

Aaron shrugs, “Dick sucking privileges.”

They all turn and look at Aaron for a moment, in a mix of horror and bubbling amusement as he takes a long sip of his drink, before the table erupts in laughter.

Denny points and yells “see!” though a fit of laughter as Kevin looks dead at the camera and tells Ayo to cut that… but legitimately.

Fifty minutes later.

The guys are nearing the end of Cards Against Humanity. They had to play this first as Kevin forgot his pump for the inflatable at home. (Or maybe it’s at Aaron’s because they technically slept over there last night since it’s closer to the studio.) Regardless he didn’t have it and they wasted 10 minutes looking for it before they could officially start the game. So, they decided to divert that to after this video.

Aaron just gave an answer that not only earned him a void but has everyone looking at him like he has grown a second head in front of them.

Herm sighs deeply, “Aaron, c’mon man.”

Denny still looks at him in bewilderment as he says, “you’ve got to be mentally deficient.”

“And you look like a crack baby.”

Everyone pauses.

“Aaron Branch!”

“I told y’all it’s those damn energy drinks!!”

Aaron starts to evilly giggle as he goes to take another drink. Herm lightly chuckles as he shakes his head and Kevin puts his head in his hands as his shoulders shake in suppressed laughter.

Twenty minutes later.

The game is deviling into chaos and Kevin can’t tell if this will be youtube gold or if they’re gonna have to film an extra video next week to make up for it. Though it will definitely go down as one of the funnest shoot days by far he has a feeling it’s about to all go to shit. He also has a feeling that the amount of footage that’s usable is considerably less than he thought.

Aaron has made at least 4 jokes that will surely get them demonetized by Youtube if aired, Zane and Herm collectively have made about 6 comments that are deemed cancelable on the spot and Kevin is about 90% sure that Denny might just jump over the table to strangle Aaron. All in all Kevin’s having a great time.

Also it’s probably good to mention that Kevin and Aaron are one wrong (right) move away from a bout of playful wrestling. Which is normally what happens when they sit next to one another during games. (Which is also why they usually are separated during KLS2 shoot days.) Denny would say (jokingly) this is another thing Aaron is getting away with- even though technically Denny picked seats first today.

Aaron is literally shaking with excess energy that needs to be expelled. They could stop shooting to burn some of it off- shit Kevin would stop the shoot if Aaron really wanted him to but Aaron would never ask. Kevin probably should though because when Aaron gets like this he’ll push until someone becomes reactive, just so he can burn off the energy. And today it seems like that person must be Kevin. Aaron keeps hitting and nudging him in a manner that he knows means that if Aaron works himself up anymore, he’s liable to start a play fight. And Kevin’s liable to engage.

Kevin is dragged out of his thoughts by feeling the firm but lightweight end of the inflatable smacking the top of his head.

“Ow?”

Aaron flashes him a mischievous slightly chaotic smile. “Your turn.”

Kevin fondly huffs and rolls his eyes as he picks up a card. “If you continue-“

Aaron smacks him again for the two syllable word even though Kevin hasn’t started his turn yet.

Kevin stops for a second and squints his eyes at Aaron before he continues, “to hit me like that. I will hit you back at least twice as hard.”

Aaron proceeds to hit him four times for every word he said that had more than one syllable.

Kevin stands up, “Aaron-"

Aaron follows his lead and whacks him in the chest.

“You little-“

Aaron tucks his shoulder into Kevin’s chest and tackles him t the grounds.

Denny huffs, “Here we fucking go man.”

Zane gets up as he speaks, “I’m gonna pee while they get their energy out. They should be done by the time I get back.” He says the last past pointedly at the two men still playfully grappling for dominance on the ground. Both are too enthralled in wrestling to pay much of what anyone’s saying any mind.

After a moment or two Denny moves to separate the two so they can continue when Zane gets back. All hell breaks loose. Denny gets kicked on accident causing him to join in to get his ones in. Herm only gets involved because Kevin kicks his chair by accident and he falls into the mess.

By the time Zane gets back, they’re all wrestling but they have somehow switched off and standing up. He moves to intervene when Herm and Aaron get dangerously close to the camera. But before he can all he sees is Aaron going flying across the room and air tackling Kevin into the table; subsequently breaking it and accidentally bringing Herm and Denny down with them all in it’s wake.

One week later at the HR meeting.

“In total you guys broke over $800 worth of equipment- specifically mics. And not to mention how much we lost because of the footage we can no longer use and the time we lost cleaning everything up.”

No one says anything. Kevin just knocks his glasses as he moves to rub his temples. Aaron massages his knee as a sign of comfort.

“Sooooooo, to prevent any more damages or company money lost, I have set some ground rules.”

Everyone, including Kevin, looks up in surprise.

Zane swivels to face Kevin and Aaron, “You two can no longer sit next to one another during KLS2 shoots. No exceptions. Kevin’s the most susceptible to reacting to Aaron’s antics so you need a buffer.”

Aaron shrugs, “Fair enough.”

Zane turns to Denny, “No sicking Aaron on Kevin when you’re loosing a physical fight to him.”

Denny rolls his eyes.

Zane turns to Herm, “ Just please don’t engage-“

“i quite literally fell into the bullshit.”

“You’re too tall and you’re limbs are the most likely to hit the equipment and break it accidentally.”

Herm nods, “okay fair.”

Zane then turns back to Kevin, “And you, stop buying the energy drinks for the love of god.”

“Hey!”

Zane ignores Aaron’s protests and bullies on through, “any more big money costing play squabbles like this and the total cost is coming. out of everyones paychecks… INDIVIDUALLY. Not a percentage but the total! That way we can add everyone’s contribution to the collateral fund to ensure we have enough company money to pay for it. We all got it?”

Everyone nods their heads.

“Great, meeting over. Shoot starts in 30.”

Yeah… this is soooooooooo Aaron’s fault. And maybe a little bit of Kevin’s because he didn’t help the case at all.

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well i hope yall liked this!!! it’s my first longer fic that’s a bit more tradtional

I was trying to get this out yesterday on kls eve but it js wasn’t working. so i guess the miracle of kls morning prevails with this one

but anyways again pls do lmk what yall think!!!

(also these prompts are free real estate so if you wanna use one feel free, js tag/ mention me pls i would love to read them!!)

First prompt is Denny being touch starved/ touch adverse and like a small journey of learning how to be more comfortable with touch from the guys. i was thinking a 4 + 1 type of best lowk?? and ending it somehow with a group cuddle. (this is inspired by how i’ve noticed denny being a bit more touchy than before esp in the kls2 vids)

send prompt is a kls2 prank video with a side of kevron. kevin’s so cutie pie and i was rewatching some of his old videos and i came across the one where he’s only speaking french all day. and i thought it would funny if its like he ran it back but as a prank video on the guys and him pretending he’s not doing it. this would be mainly fluff esp with how all the guys handle it.

the last prompt comes from my headcanons abt aaron and kevin being able to pick one another up. it would essentially be those two instances being played out. nothing smutty (as i’ve never written smut and i don’t believe i wanna try now) but maybe a bit suggestive esp at the end

anyways i do wanna finsh it before this KLS saturday and i have a feeling that it will probs be done sometime tmr (hopefully) here’s a little snippet though of Herm’s section of the 4 +1

let me know what yall think, byeeeeeee!

sooooo (btw I was gonna have this posted like 5 hrs ago but got sidetracked) I'm gonna post this little ficlet situation on like a possible tipping point? reason? wtv the phrase is for why it's such a long hiatus

anyways this is basically me writing abt Kev's menty b that was briefly talked abt in the Impostors KLS2 video bc I need to write the fics that I wanna see in this world or wtv

This isn't depression. Kevin knows depression, he's more than well accustomed to the conflicting feelings of being utterly alone with nothing to live for and simultaneously disappointing everyone counting on you. He know's what it feels like to be tired just for the sake of being tired. Forcing himself to get up out of bed to get dressed. Not forcing himself at all. Seeing texts and choosing to ignore them. Declining calls. He know's what it's like to be so tired and depressed that even his emotions are too much to handle. He cuts them off. Being numb is better than feeling anything at that point.

So yes, Kevin knows depression. And yes, Kevin knows when he's depressed. Know's the difference between a mild case of seasonal depression that can be fixed with a short sunny (even though he can't really enjoy the sun) vacation and some human interaction. And the beginning of being dropped into the emotional throws of a long term depressive episode that will leave him feeling worthless, alone, numb, and angry.

Kevin knows his depression because it's the only time he ever really gets angry. And despite Eileen's opinions (though he does love her and truly appreciates her concern), Kevin knows he's not depressed because he's not angry. Though he sure as hell is gonna be pissed if she keeps looking at him like he's fucking- fucking fragile or some shit. Like there's something wrong with him. He's fine. Fucking fantastic really. And her concern is endearing but if she looks at him with those sad eyes again and holds him like he'll break he might actually break something. He loves her, he really does but he needs to get out of this god damn house.

But first he has to get out of bed first. If he can force himself to get out of bed, that is. It's only 8:30 and he's already an hour behind. Which is insane for the hour but they're filming today. He's filming today. Has shit to do after filming too, for this godforsaken channel. And he loves it, he really does, but he truly would much rather watch paint dry than move. But he has to get up, so he does. Or he will. Just give him five more minutes.

Kevin stares at the wall, curled into a ball drowning in the millions of covers Eileen insists on sleeping with. He complains about it but he can't sleep any other way so he truly doesn't mind much. Especially with how comfy they make the bed. Really comfy. Truly it's hindering his productivity. He'll have to inform Eileen about it later and negotiate a lesser number of covers.

Kevin is disrupted out of his train of thought by his phone ringing. It's on the nightstand on the other side of the bed. His fiancees side of the bed. She had taken it to put it on the charger before she left because he forgot to charge it last night. Didn't even know where he put it in all truthfulness. After a while, usually around 2am, the words on his screen start to blur together and he can't really remember what happens. Eileen usually wakes up because she can't feel him in bed and makes him go to sleep. Last night wasn't any different. He must of left it then. Doesn't really matter, he should get it. It might be important. He hopes it's important if it's making him get up before his five minutes is up.

When Kevin finally has the wherewithal to get up to get his phone, it stops ringing. He considers laying back down- he almost does. It rings again. With a little less gusto and an agitated sigh Kevin gets up to retrieve the phone. Guess this is as good as any reason to cut his bedwetting short? No five minutes for him.

Kevin picks up the phone and answers without really looking to see who's calling. "Yes?"

"Well good morning to you too Mr. Langue. I'm doing great, thanks for asking." Zane's sarcastic voice is heard from the other side of the phone.

Zane? "Zane? What's up man?"

"You sound delighted."

Kevin rolls his eyes while moving to the bathroom to start getting ready. "Mmm. No I'm just surprised is all."

"Surprised? Do you not have my number saved or something?"

"No I do, I just kinda picked up without looking to see who was calling."

"And you answered with that tone?" Zane's clearly joking but he sounds a bit suspicious if not concerned.

"Does it matter?" Kevin turns on the shower. God he wants to just lay down.

"No, not really I guess."

"So, what's up man?"

"Just checking on you. You usually beat me here and I was a bit concerned when I didn't see your car. You're usually here no later than 10-"

Huh? What time is it? "Zane, what time is it?"

"Huh? Um- it's 11:08."

What the fuck? Where did the time go? What happened to Kevin's five minutes that it turned into almost three hours?? And how did he not notice. Shit he has work to finish up or at least he was supposed to finish the work he didn't finish last night before they filmed. And they start filming at 12:30 today and have a hard out at 6 because of the leasing company. And he has to shower, get dressed, pack his shit, eat something (or he really will kill someone), and get across town in California traffic in... an hour and seventeen minutes. You've got to be fuck-

"Kevin!"

Kevin jumps. "What?! Shit, what Zane? What?"

"You weren't responding and all I could hear was what sounded like something dropping and the shower going. Excuse me if I'm a bit concerned for a friend that's already acting weird."

"I'm not acting weird."

"Yeah, sure man. You good?"

"Yea- yeah. Just lost track of time with... working is all. Must have knocked something over in the process of thinking of all I have to do before I get to the studio. Don't worry about it man, I'll be there no later than 12." Before Zane can respond, Kevin promptly hangs up the phone. Yeah it's rude but Kevin's gotta fucking hustle. And he's already pissed at himself for loosing track of so much time and wasting it doing nothing. When he could have been working on shit for the channel like he's supposed to.

Kevin makes it to the studio in record time at 12:18. And he's fucking pissed. Like shaking with rage pissed.

After he hung up on Zane he proceeded to take the fastest shower of his life just to realize that he was out of razors. He didn't have a beard but he also wasn't clean shaven either. He supposes the five o'clock shadow will do for today. He looks in the mirror and hates it. It only gets worse from there. He has't done any of his laundry because he's been so enthralled in work the past two weeks and he refuses to let Eileen do it for him like she's some subordinate housekeeper. He's a grown man that can do his own damn laundry. Right about then he really wishes he would have taken her up on her offer to help instead of being a stubborn dick because he only has one clean shirt and pair of jeans. Both of which are his least favorite of both... fucking fantastic. He miss places his keys. Twice. His phone drops in between his seat as he's ordering himself food online to pick up on the way. They forget his fries and his sandwich is cold. He gets stopped at every. single. FUCKING. light. But he made it and that's all that matters.

Unbeknownst to Kevin, standing a few feet away at Denny's car are Zane, Denny of course, Aaron and Herm watching Kevin. Zane had caught them all up on his weird behavior this morning, while Denny had informed them Eileen called to ask him to check in on (read as smack some sense into and reason with) Kevin. Told him how Kev was acting the past few weeks at home. How he's been working himself to the bone and won't let her help him or relieve the stress. So he needs Denny to help her help Kev chill the fuck out. Denny was asking the boys for extra back up when Aaron pointed out how Kevin hadn't moved or put his car into park. Now they're all looking at him with differing degrees of worry wondering what the fuck he's doing.

Kevin finally works himself down from whatever edge he was just on with a few calming breaths. It's fine. He's fine. And he still has time to do a bit of work as it's only... 12:24. The crew arrives at 1:30 and they're only filming like 2 KLS2 videos today because of the time restraints. It's fine. He can do this. And then he can go back home, start a load, order dinner and flowers for Eileen to say sorry for how much of a dick he's been and lay in bed and be numb think of nothing.

Kevin takes his foot off the brake and hist the push start button to turn the car off. The car starts rolling into the thankfully empty spot in front of him while it starts to beep. Quickly Kevin puts his foot back on the break of the car and restarts it. He then puts it into part and moves to turn off the car to only accidentally hit the volume button turn the music on to the max volume. Kevin reflexively turns it down on instinct and turns off the car. He looks out into space.

"Damn. Today is just not his-" Herm is cut off by the sound of screaming. All four of the men jump and turn to the sound.

Kevin proceeds to scream at the top of his lungs in rage in the car. Some would say full on looses his shit even. Kevin would call it a healthy release. It is not. Out of frustration of being confined to the car Kevin opens his door and gets out of his car. He appears to be a little more settled until he trips on his shoelace and almost falls face first into the concrete. All the guys can tell that's his last straw before he looses it.

Kevin would now say he looses his shit even. Because he does.

"You've got to be FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!" Kevin starts throwing papers out of his car onto the ground. "Fuck me. Fuck this stupid ass show. Fuck this channel. Fuck every fucking thing. I'm sick of this shit. I'm done. This channel is fucking over!"

Kevin looks at all the papers littering the outside of his car and doesn't move for a while. He moves to put his back against the side of his car. "God damn it Kevin." He says too loudly to himself. Kevin starts to slowly slide down the car as he sniffles. The sniffles devolve into full fledge tears the more he looks at the papers. "Fuck you Kevin. And fuck this fucking channel."

All the guys look around at one another stilted. Unaware if they should intervene now or let Kevin get it all out before doing something. Before they can truly decide they hear a soft banging sound that starts to get subtly louder. They all turn to look at Kevin who's hitting his head against the side of his car as he silently sobs. His knees to his chest and papers in his hand covering his face. But his shoulders shaking are a dead give away. Now. Now is the time to intervene before the guys gives himself a concussion.

"Kev! Hey man, stop that!" Denny says jogging over to Kevin.

Kevin doesn't seem to hear him nonetheless every one else coming to surround them. As Denny comes to sit next to Kevin, Aaron and Herm slowly start to pick up and organize the papers. Zane goes to make a call to production to hold for an hour. Meanwhile Denny softly puts his hand behind Kevin's head and leans it on his shoulder to rest on. Kevin continues to sob into Denny's shoulder.

By the time that Zane comes back Kevin has stopped crying but is looking off into space with his head on Denny's shoulder. Denny is doing something on his phone, probably texting Eileen, Herm is on the other side of Kevin with his arm resting on his shoulder and hand up in case he decides his head needs to collide with a metal tin can again. All while Aaron is rambling with some of his weight leaning into Kevin's knees.

Zane's the first to speak, "Kev?"

Kevin hums in response.

"You good buddy? Seemed to have a little break down there buddy."

"Yeah.. sorry about that guys. Sorry you had to see that."

Aaron pipes up, "Don't apologize man. If you gotta let it out, you gotta let it out."

Herm nods in agreence.

"Yeah, okay. If I need to let it out, just let it out."

"Exactly Kev," Denny looks at everyone else before continuing, "but you also shouldn't like try to do everything yourself man or overwork yourself. We'll help you. Just ask. We wanna help."

Kevin nods. "Right yeah, I know. I guess I just got so caught up in trying to pull my weight I guess? Doing what I could to make the channel great. But I forgot that of that to work I have to take care of myself." There's hums of agreement that's followed by a long pause.

"Thanks guys. Like really. I needed to let that all out without someone intervening or coddling me. And I needed someone there to help pick up the pieces, literally," they all chuckle at that, " when I was done."

"Anytime Kev. Seriously man." Herm squeezes his shoulder after in support.

"So do you wanna call it a wrap for today? I already pushed shooting back an hour to give you time to decide and sort of collect yourself. But if you wanna cancel, it won't be too hard to call everyone back-"

Kevin interrupts Zane before he can finish his sentence. "Are you kidding me? Like hell I'm canceling after I went through hell just to get here." They're all silent in response, worried Kevin may spaz again.

"Plus I paid for this shit. I'm damn well getting my moneys worth." There's a short silence before-

"I think that's the blackest thing I've heard you say." Aaron replies. All the guys burst into laughter as they get up to walk into the studio.

Okay so maybe Kevin is a little emotional, and temperamental. And maybe he does need a break. But his friends and his wife have his back regardless. They love him enough- care enough- to look past it and still help him. Truly what more could he ask for.

And so what if he is fucking depressed?

Okay so tell me what y'all think pls!!! This came out way fucking longer than I had intended but I'm not mad. See u cuties laterrrrrrr!!!!

Also clearly not edited like 99% of my shit on this blog but I tried a bit trust