"BOO!"
Edd screamed as he nearly jumped out of his skin and ran back to his car in the garage, until he heard Kevin's roar of laughter come from behind the door that led from the garage to the kitchen.
"KEVIN ANTHONY BARR, THAT'S NOT FUNNY!," Edd yelled as he stormed back into the house.
Kevin was on the floor, holding his stomach, tears streaming down his face as hehiccuped with laughter.
"Oh, God! (hic) Y-Your face! (hic) Babe!," Kevin squealed as he tried but failed to compose himself.
"You nearly gave me a heart attack, you ass!"
"Oh, God! (hic) You swore!"
"I hate you," Edd pouted as he went to the stove to get his tea kettle. He was going to need a big cup of chamomile to calm his already frayed nerves.
His job as a biology and physics professor at the community college was stressful enough, but he was madly in love with and married to the world's biggest prankster. He had hoped after nearly 6 years of dating and being married that Kevin would tone it down, but the redhead seemed to only get worst with each passing year. Or maybe Edd was too sensitive as his father in law would say. Either way, Edd's on a live wire and he's not liking it. He's not liking it one bit.
"I got you a few of those new microscopes y'all gonna need sooon," Kevin said as he came to wrap him up in a from behind hug as he stood at the kitchen sink.
And there it was. For every scare, there was an act of love, as only Kevin could do. Edd would occasionally get flowers and chocolates and nights out, but he also would get the supplies he needed for his classes, a strong shoulder to lean on, a patient ear that listened and a hand that would always hold his own.
"How did you know we needed that?," he asked as he turned in Kevin's arms to face the school's biggest anonymous benefactor to the science department.
"Saw that the state was cutting some of the funding the college and universities would need in the science programs for some strange reason in the paper a couple weeks ago. So I figured I'd send y'all what you would need. You do need it, right?," the owner of 7 locations of Peach Creek's Chop Shop Body Shop said concern covering his handsome face.
"I love you," Edd said as he kissed his nose. "Thank you for helping us."
"You're welcome. So you're not mad anymore?," he grinned sheepishly.
"I want to go to that B&B in Cherry Hills this weekend," Edd smiled slyly.
"Yes, Dear."
It was two weeks later that Kevin scared him with a Halloween mask in his briefcase. But Edd loves his new cast iron tea set.