#princessdevy03

When momma has to smack some sense into you. @princessdevy03

I wanted to submit something, but I was clueless until Mitch’s birthday, then I was even more clueless as to how I was going to make it all work.

Thank God for insomnia and an overactive imagination!

I Fucking Hate Dean: Birthday Bliss

It had been a few weeks since Dean grounded Jonas and banned Mitch from the house. 

Like Mitch would ever want to come back.

But according to the kid who apparently hated silverware, apparently Mitch was around, but only late at night. 

He only told Jonas this factoid, though, because only Jonas seemed to care.

Sue was always busy and Dean was just too mean to talk to about most anything. And there was no way in HECK he was telling Dean that Mitch was still coming around.

Sidney seemed worried since the last time Mitch came over and he was always more concerned about calming her down with cuddles than letting her know that Mitch was still kinda sorta coming around. 

But he knew that Jonas would want to know and care.

Jonas tried to keep the panic off his face as he drilled the kid for answers.

What time of day was he showing up and how did he see him?

Was he SURE it was Mitch?

What was he wearing?

How did he look?

Was he SCOOPING the house out or just LOOKING?

Apparently Mitch had been by every night since Dean caught them. 

Always at dusk, always hidden away in the trees and between people’s houses, but the kid would know Mitch anywhere.

Most people would because of his height and intimidating presence.

Also his ratty clothes.

But there was something else the kid was sensing.

Like Mitch needed a cuddle like Sydney would when she was worried. 

Only he couldn’t help Mitch.

“Maybe you can, Joey!,” the kid said brightly as he scampered back with the stick Jonas had tossed him in the backyard.

“Maybe,“ Jonas sighed, not wanting to think about the situation that had gotten him grounded, extra dish duty for a month, Mitch banned from the house, and his interactions with the misunderstood boy limited to their shared classes and even those were tense.

Assured by Sidney that they were assigned to be partners for their science project and that nothing more was happening because why would there be, Jonas was limited to seeing Mitch at school and the town’s library afterwards, in full view of the library’s main check out desk to keep Mitch in check of course. 

But it was all so superficial.

Notes would be exchanged, Jonas would explain a few concepts that Mitch only barely understood, Jonas would assign them both the work they needed to do before their next meeting and then Mitch would be gone before Sue came to pick Jonas up.

To go from being the honing beacon on the tall bad boy’s radar to barely a blip on the map was a bit disconcerting. 

But now…

**********

When Mitch’s birthday came, Dean was gone for a full twenty four hour shift. 

In preparation, Jonas tagged along with Sue on her weekly trip to Walgreen’s to pick up any emergency essentials they would need in case they got another foster out of the blue.

He went off by himself to look around and then met Sue at the door, hoping his backpack didn’t look bulkier than normal, went home, hid his purchases, and waited.

But at 6PM, he looked out his window.

He didn’t see a thing.

Then a tree moved.

And smiled.

He quickly yanked the curtains closed, and hid on the floor below the window for a few minutes, his eyes squeezed closed tight to hide the swirls of yellow and pink floating about the room.

**********

The day of Mitch’s birthday, he sent him a text to meet up for pizza.

Mitch readily accepted, but the look on his face when Jonas walked in told of his concern.

"So, what’s the occasion, Spots?,” he grinned, all teeth and unneeded bravado that Jonas wanted to not be taken in by, but failed at doing so.

“Your birthday, you idiot,” Jonas sighed as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. 

When he opened up his eyes to see Mitch giving him a knowing smirk, he rolled his eyes and said, “I got those print outs of the old park you asked for, too.”

“There it is!,” Mitch snorted as he picked up a menu and wrinkled his nose at everything. 

“Well, you asked,” Jonas snarked and Mitch bit back a bit of a chuckle. 

“Yeah, yeah. I just want to check a few things out,” he shrugged as he put his menu down and he looked warily about the room before ducking his head a bit and whispering, “Your old man ain’t -”

“Twenty four hour shift,” Jonas shrugged as he made his choices for lunch. “Won’t be home til tomorrow and then he passes out for like another twenty four hours, so we’re good.”

Mitch stared at him blankly before a silly grin crossed his face.

“Happy birthday to me.”

“Uh huh,” Jonas muttered as a few pink swirls laced themselves between the fingers he was drumming on the table as he waited for the waiter to come take their order.

**********

“It isn’t much, but I think it’ll help you when you go to the park,” Jonas told him as he gawked into the Walgreen’s bag on the table.

It was full of D sized batteries, a flashlight, couple bottles of water, notebook, package of pens, and the biggest hard hat that Jonas could find.

“Wow. Thanks, Joey,” Mitch sighed as he realized that he had only thought about what he was going to do when he got to the park, not how he should go about doing it and getting the results he needed to do what he needed to get done for his part of their project this week.

“No problem,” Jonas smiled. “I need you back alive if we’re both going to pass this thing.”

Mitch cocked a brow at him as he asked, “They won’t give you an easy A for me dying on ya?”

“Not with my luck,” Jonas smirked at him. “But you’d get your diploma.”

“Yeah, it’ll help me get a job in Hell," Mitch snorted.

"I thought this was Hell?”

Mitch stared at him for a brief moment before a deep laugh came out him that had Jonas feeling some kind of way, but he hid it behind an incredulous face as he packed up their lunch and then handed Mitch his leftover pizza.

“Take it,” Mitch said firmly as he shoved the pizza box full of a medium sized pizza he barely touched back across the table to Jonas. “Maybe the kids will like it or something.”

“Yeah,” Jonas said as the thought of the kids getting a rare treat crossed his mind.

But he could only think of one person who would appreciate it

“I’ll just tell Sue this was leftovers from hanging with Lewis,” he said as he stood, pocketing the change the waiter brought them from his paying the tab, and left the few dollar bills on the table for a tip as he headed to the door.

Mitch tossed one more dollar down before jogging to catch up with him.

**********

A swirl of yellow anxiety whipped around Jonas’ shoulders as they made their way to his street, but Mitch hung back when they got about three houses down. The shade of the trees hid them pretty well, but Jonas knew he couldn’t risk being seen.

Even with Dean gone fore the day, phone calls to the hardened police officer from nosy, but well meaning neighbors was a risk neither wanted to take.

“Chill, Spots,” Mitch said as he stopped walking. “You’re glowing.”

Jonas stiffened for a brief moment as thick yellow swirl enveloped him before he let out a deep breath and it disappeared.

“There ya go,” Mitch said lowly and the smile in his tone made Jonas blush a bit. “I’ll see ya at school.”

And a swirl of pink laced itself into a curl of Jonas’ hair as he walked away.

**********

Jonas found him cuddled up with Sidney watching The Emperor’s New Groove.

“Hey, Joey!,” the boy said brightly and he out right squealed when Jonas handed him the pizza box. “Wanna watch movies with us?,” he asked as he tore into a pineapple and pepperoni topped slice. “Shrek is up next!”

“Yeah, we’re doing the whole series,” Sidney grinned as she grabbed a slice of her own.

“Naw,” Jonas said as he turned to leave but not before giving his sister a smile as the worry seeped out of her eyes because their pizza loving cuddle bug laid his head in her lap. “I’ve got some homework to do. I’ll catch ya later.”

**********

It was around ten that night that Mitch took another walk before heading to the park to meet up with his friends for a birthday bonfire.

And for once the tension he got when he came in front of certain house was eased as he saw one bedroom glow a pretty blissful shade of blue instead of it’s omnipresent yellow.

Like he did every night when he came to this place, he pulled out his phone and brought up his text messages.

And this time, he actually sent something.

Mitch: Hedded out. Dnt cal da cops

And the window his eyes were addicted to glowed pink as he got a text back.

Spots: Wouldn’t dream of it. Be careful and happy birthday.

Author's Note: Check the Tumblr tag every great once in a while and your friends will give you gems for your seeking heart's needs. 

For @anybodihearme 

((Also on fanfic!))

They were tiny. Just a splatter across his nose and underneath his eyes. 

Kevin never really noticed them til the day he went off on Troy at lunch for calling him a fag. 

Edd's tempered flared and his cheeks went red as he gave the boys soccer team captain a read down on the slur and his whole entire life and that's when he saw them. 

Tiny brown spots. 

When contrasted with his red cheeks and lightly tanned, olive toned skin, Edd looks like a cheetah and he's tearing Kevin's heart out with the cute as he shreds what's left of Troy's and suddenly, the redhead is crushing. 

He drug Edd away with a snicker and got Eddy to calm him down while he went to tell Troy to watch his back. Edd was a neighbor and a friend. No one fucked with either. 

Troy was too shaken to argue. 

Getting Edd to see him as an ally wasn't too hard after that and teasing from the other athletes went down a bit as the teasing for Kevin went UP. 

Was the jock crushing on the dork? 

No one believed it, but soon Edd saw it, too. He was just too smart not to. 

And the pink in his cheeks when he figured it out made his freckles looked so kissable. 

But Kevin just didn't feel worthy to mar them like that. 

And he was never so jealous of the sun herself in his life for getting to do just that. 

The day Kevin worked up the courage to do what the sun had been doing their entire lives, though, after yet another study hall stolen away in the library, so Edd could get ahead and help the dumb jock with his English paper, Kevin saw that they tasted as good as they look, and he couldn't wait to kiss them again. 

And now he does. 

Every day. 

I’m gonna let him initiate everything though. If he really just wants to be friends then that’s cool, but if he wants more, he’s gonna have to work for it.

I plan on having an honest conversation with him about how I feel, just so he knows that I’m afraid of hurting him and taking advantage of his feelings for me. ‘Cause I kinda did it to someone before. And again, that’s IF it goes that far.

I talked to him for a bit today, but he had to sleep before he went in to work so, nbd. Just basically wanted to say, “hey, yeah we had a sorta deep confession yesterday, but I will still talk to you the next day because we’re still good.” So yeah, I’m just gonna let him initiate anything as far as making plans to hang out. I’m not trying to actively seek anything out, I think I’m just gonna let the pieces fall as they may.

So, we shall see! I’ll keep y'all in the loop.

Thank you guys for listening! @princessdevy03 @mickey197769 @amelody-ariverssong

If you’re crying, I’m fucking bawling man! And I’m working on the epilogue now! Grab your tissues! I’m going in!

Again.