Nick and Jeff had been married for about 10 years. They had met in college while Nick was studying to be a dentist and Jeff was studying to be a school teacher. They had a few bumps in the road then, but that didn't affect their love for each other.

Once they had both graduated, they decided to get married; of that was after Jeff agreed to it after Nick proposed to him.

Then about a year or so they decided they wanted to start a family, especially since their careers were on the right path. They decided to adopt and after waiting a little while, they got a call and adopted their son, Liam. He was around 3 years old. He may have been a little older than intended, but they knew that he was perfect for them.

Liam was very close with both his father, but more so to Jeff, they had a few more things in common than he did with Nick; and one of those things Jeff wish he didn't have himself.

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One morning, Nick and Jeff were in the kitchen. It was a weekend, so neither of them had work. Nick was cooking breakfast, while Jeff was at the table looking at a NEWS article on his phone. Then their 13 year old son, Liam came down and sat at the table.

"Morning Liam." Jeff greeted his son. He glanced at him and noticed something wasn't right with him. "Is everything alright?" Liam looked up at him and nodded. Jeff still wondered because something seemed off with him.

"I'm just tired, I guess." Liam said. Jeff believed, until he glanced up at him again and saw him grasping the right side of his mouth.

Jeff got up from the table as Liam put his hand down. Jeff walked over to his husband, who then turned the stove off and put food on the table. "Is something wrong?" Nick whispered, he could notice by Jeff's expression.

"I saw Liam holding his jaw." Jeff whispered, but Liam heard it and looked at the food, pretending that he didn't. Nick then looked at his son, wondering what he should say next.

"Liam, is there something you want to tell us?" Nick asked and Liam shook his head. Nick looked at Jeff and then back at their teenage son. "Do you have a toothache?" Liam shook his head once again.

"Liam, I saw you holding that side of your mouth." Jeff said, sitting down in front of him, pointing to the side Liam was holding before.

"I'm fine." Liam insisted, but then Nick got an idea.

"Then eat something." Nick said. "If your tooth is fine, then you should have no problem with eating some of the bacon I made." Liam gulped as he slowly picked up a piece of bacon; it was crispy so Liam knew that he was probably going to lose this. He took a small bite and then almost instantly yelped in pain and grasped his jaw again. "That's what I thought." Nick mumbled to himself. Jeff then went back over to his husband who was now looking at him.

"So what now?" Jeff asked.

"I guess it's time for a trip to the—" Nick said as they both then turned around to find that Liam was no longer there. "Where did he go?" They then left the kitchen and went looking for their son. Nick would look downstairs and Jeff would look upstairs. Soon enough Jeff found him in his room, he was looking the other way, trying to avoid looking at his father.

"Liam." Jeff said, calmly. Liam sighed as he knew it was Jeff and he turned to him and Jeff knew the look his son was giving him very well. He sat on the bed next to him and put his arm around him. "Are you okay?"

"I don't want to go." Liam said in a whisper and Jeff sighed. He knew what his son was feeling; he knew it very well.

"I'm going to talk to your father—"

"No!" Liam pleaded. "He'll make me go no matter what. I don't want to."

"I will try and talk to him." Jeff said, getting up and heading downstairs. He found Nick as he went down the stairs.

"Did you find him?" Nick asked and Jeff nodded. "Where?"

"In his bedroom." Jeff said and Nick was about to run up there, but Jeff stopped him. "Wait Nick. We need to talk first."

"Is this about Liam?" Jeff nodded.

"He's scared." Jeff said. "That's why he didn't tell us."

"I kind of figured that, but that doesn't change anything, Jeff. He has to have a dentist see what's bothering him or things will get worse." Nick said and Jeff sighed. He knew that Liam would have to, but he wondered if there was something that would make it easier; he knew where Liam was coming from with his fear. Jeff followed Nick was walking into Liam's room and Nick sighed when he saw the terrified look on his son's face.

"Liam, you have to get that tooth looked at." Nick said, but Liam shook his head in protest.

"No, I don't want to!"

"You'll feel much better after it's fixed—"

"No! It will hurt!" Liam cried and that was when Jeff stepped in, sitting next to him and hugging his son. Jeff wished that he hadn't passed on his dentist phobia to his son, but somehow he had and now Liam was terrified.

"Everything will be alright." Jeff comforted. "I'll be there with you the whole time." That really didn't make a difference. "Would it make you feel a little bit better if dad fixed your tooth for you?" Liam looked at Nick and he smiled.

"Would you like that better, bud?" Nick asked and Liam nodded. He didn't want to go to a dentist at all, but if it was his dad, he figured it might be a little easier.

I finally wrote a Niff! This will probably be like 2 or 3 chapters! :)

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