Craig's feet pounded heavily on the sidewalk as he raced back to his house and round to the back. He scrabbled up the hill and into the woods. He'd spent a lot of time here with his dad building the fort in the weeks up to his anniversary with Tweek. If Tweek was hiding away and didn't want to be found, the fort would be the ideal place. He and Tweek were the only ones that went there. It was their sanctuary from the rest of the world.

He knelt down by the closed door of the fort and tried to pull it open, but it was locked from the inside. Craig felt a surge of relief, because it meant Tweek was in there… but he also felt a crushing wave of disappointment that he had locked Craig out.

He tapped on the door gently.

'Tweek? It's Craig. Please let me in.'

Silence.

'Babe?' Craig's voice was quieter, more hesitant.

Still not a sound from inside.

'Baby?'

Craig sighed and sat with his back to the door.

'I know you're in there,' he said, staring at the sky. 'And I want you to know I'm sorry. I know I broke my promise. I said I'd always be there for you and be patient with you. You know better than anyone that I'm not perfect and I'm still learning how to not be an asshole all the time. But even when we're fighting like this, I want you to remember that I still love you more than anything in the world.'

He heard a faint shuffling from within the fort, and before Craig could sit up, the door unlatched and swung inwards. Craig toppled backwards with a yelp, his head landing on Tweek's lap. The blonde looked down at him with a tired, tear-stained face and a smile.

'I love you too, jerk.'

Tweek leaned down to kiss him, then shuffled back and helped Craig crawl into the fort with him. Craig turned and locked the door. The blankets were ruffled like they'd been slept in, and Cinnamon the Second was tucked close to Tweek's side.

'You've been in here all night?'

Tweek nodded, and Craig pulled him close.

'You must be freezing,' Craig scolded. He took off his hat and put it on Tweek's head, then shuffled out of his jacket and wrapped that around Tweek, too.

'Thanks.'

You, uh… heard my apology, right?'

Tweek nodded again, letting Craig hold onto him without any complaints.

'I'm sorry t-too,' he said quietly. 'I know I've been a pain the ass lately.'

'I don't mind. Never stop coming to see me when you need me, okay? It doesn't matter if it's every night for a year. If you need me, I really do want to be there.'

Craig took the promise ring from his pocket and held it out for Tweek to see.

'This isn't just a ring,' he said. 'Even if I screw up sometimes, it's still a symbol of how I feel about you. And it means that even if we're fighting, there's still a part of me with you so you aren't alone.'

Tweek took it from him with a small smile and slipped it back onto his hand.

'I know,' he said.

They sat quietly together while Craig texted his dad.

Please let Tweek's parents know he'll be home for dinner. I'm with him now, he's safe.

'You gotta stop working so hard, babe,' Craig said, tucking his phone away.

'I will. I'm nearly done.'

'Why are you even working so much?'

He felt Tweek's arms tighten around his waist. It was good to feel the warmth of his body against his again. It was good to just be close to him again.

'My dad helped me buy something, but I wanted to be the one to pay for it, so I was working off what I owed him.'

'What could you possibly need that much?'

Tweek sat up, reaching down to his own pockets. He pulled out a small white box with gold gilding.

'I wanted…ngh… I wanted you to have one too,' Tweek said, his hands shaking as he handed over the box. Craig opened it and inside was a ring. It was a thick, simple band of black metal, and as he turned it, it seemed to sparkle like little stars were trapped inside.

'It has obsidian in it, and it reminded me of space, so I thought it would be perfect for you.'

'Tweek…'

'If you don't like it, we can take it back and get another-'

'No!' Craig held the box close to his chest protectively. 'No, I love it.'

'I don't need to promise you that I'll love you forever, because you know I will,' Tweek said, taking the ring and sliding it onto Craig's wedding ring finger. 'But, I guess, I can promise to be less of a pain, maybe…'

Craig took Tweek's chin to tilt his face up. Tweek looked as exhausted as he was. And all of the stress and work had been for Craig.

'There's only one promise I want from you,' Craig said, taking Tweek's hand and running his fingers over the silver promise ring. 'Don't ever take this off again. Ever. No matter how much we might be arguing, it still always has my promise to try. I'll never stop trying for you, Tweek. So don't ever take it off again.'

Tweek wrapped his arms around Craig's neck and held him tightly.

'I promise,' he whispered against Craig's ear. 'I promise.'