✽ ﹒CHAPTER ONE

“i’m just going out for a little bit, i’ll be back in a little bit i promise.”

sycamore smiled at hir brothers, reassuring them softly and promising to be back before too long, promising to text them if anything happens and the likes. 

“and you’re not gonna hang around those weird guys... right?”

sycamore gave a slightly strained smile, but nodded. 

“i won’t, don’t worry.”

“ok...” sans still looked worried, but didn’t press on about it as much as before, instead just putting his hands in his pockets and nodding.

sycamore waved to them, stepping out of the doorway and into the snow. the snow crunched beneath hir boots softly, the sound comforting hir as shi traversed the terrain towards the familiar portal.

zhey honestly hadn’t entirely been planning to visit zheir partners today when zhey left the house, but now that zhey were thinking about it, it was definitely a tempting thought. zhey hadn’t seen them for a while, since zhey had been at home reassuring zheir brothers that zhey were safe, so surely just a small visit couldn’t hurt, right?

when zhey stopped in front of the portal, zhey readjusted zheir purse and stood up straighter. time to visit the loves. 

as fae walked up to the mansion, fae felt a rush of joy and excitement flood through faen. it had been a hot minute since fae had seen faer partners and fae were excited to see them all again. 

fae didn’t even need to knock, as the big menacing doors opened immediately, as if sensing that fae were there. fae smiled, walking inside and immediately taking off faer shoes. 

“i’m back!” shi yelled out. 

shi heard a crash, which would have worried hir under normal circumstances, but the quick footsteps that followed reassured hir that whoever that was, was ok. 

killer came rocketing down the main stairs, giggling like a madman the whole way as zhey shot into hir arms. 

“mora!!”

“hehe- hello my love.”

“hey mora.” 

shi jumped in surprise, spinning around with killer in hir arms still to see dust standing right behind hir. hir taller lover never made any sounds when he moved, it was always unnerving-

nonetheless, shi smiled. 

“hello dearest. is horror asleep?”

“mhm. and nightmare’s doing a meeting right now, so we’re the only ones to greet you right now,” dust explained. 

“that’s ok! i’m happy to see any of you whenever. how have you been?” 

killer bounced in zheir spot, trying to get hir attention again. 

“i made food all by myself!!” zhey said proudly. 

“oooo! good job! what did you make?” 

“uhmmm... oatmeal! it was pretty gross actually but i did it!”

“pffft- i’m proud of you!” shi laughed, pressing a kiss to hir lover’s cheek in pride. 

killer grinned and whooped with confidence. dust simply gave a small smile. 

“i’ve just been reading that book you suggest me. it’s a pretty good read. cringe as fuck though.” 

“HAH-! yeah, princess bride is pretty dated. but it has its charm! i’m glad you enjoy it.” 

the two led sycamore into the living room while they talked with faer, and the three situated themselves on the largest couch, huddled up together with sycamore in the middle of the two taller skeletons. 

sycamore leaned faer head back on the couch, looking up at the high rise ceiling and appreciating the intricate detailing. 

“my brothers asked about you guys again. i wanted to tell them this time.”

killer tensed in faer lap, looking over at dust who was looking down at zhem. 

“you know what boss would say, dollface-”

“i know, i’m not gonna say anything. i just wish it was safe enough that i could, you know? it’s not fair that this multiverse is so unsafe that i have to hide who i love from even my brothers for their safety and yours.” 

killer scoffed. 

“believe me when i say we’re more than capable of keeping ourselves safe. not telling your family about our relationship is more for YOUR safety than ours, princess.” 

sycamore smiled, brushing hir fingers through the fur of killer’s hood. 

“my heroes.” shi said fondly. 

“damn right,” dust said haughtily.