Have a cheesey Halloween drabble :D It's not really to do with Halloween, it's more of an excuse to snuggle. Prompted by lauranicuspond :)


"Jeff! Hey- ow…" Nick sprinted down the corridor towards Jeff's door, stubbing his toe on the doorframe as he skidded to a stop. "Jeff, come on, open up." He banged on the door repeatedly, not stopping to listen for an answer. When it swung open Nick only just stopped his fist before it collided with the blonde's face.

"What is it this time, Nick?" Jeff sighed, not even stopping to talk to Nick before retreating back into his room and flopping down on his bed, next to a large stack of school work.

Nick had been excited all week in the lead up to his favorite holiday, and had come running to Jeff every time he thought of a new costume idea for them both; each time Jeff had crushed his ideas, poked holes in all his plans and insulted every attempt Nick made to convince Jeff to go trick or treating. It still didn't make a dent in Nick's brilliant mood.

"Alright, this one you'll love. I'm sure of it." Nick beamed, taking a seat on the floor, looking up at Jeff's bed. "I'm thinking old school: zombies, werewolves, vampires and all that. It would be socool!"

"Nick, I don't want to go out, okay?" He turned to the brunette. "Just take a look around. Did you ever think that maybe there was a reason I don't want to?" Jeff sounded irritated and exhausted, the bags under his eyes hinted towards lost sleep and a bad diet. When it finally clicked Nick looked taken back.

"But, why are you studying so hard? You do realize exams aren't for months yet."

"Yes, I know," He snapped "But I got a C in my English, Nick. English is one of my favorite subjects so if I'm failing that I must be doing something wrong." There was a moment of silence that was broken by Nick's laughter.

"So you decided to swamp yourself with work and get all stressed out? Jeff, you are ridiculous." Nick couldn't hold back the genuine smile that broke across his face at the sight of Jeff's furrowed eyebrows. "Look, forget Halloween; just take a break at least. We'll stay in, watch some movies and avoid all the madness. Ok."

"I don't know, Nicky…"

"That wasn't a question. You look crap and you've hardly slept from the looks of things, so I'm not letting you throw away a chance to take a break." Jeff just smiled at how concerned his friend seemed; it surprised him how willingly Nick gave up his Halloween plans just to help him out.

"Alright. Okay, I'll take a break with you." Nick grinned even more.

"How about I help you out with some of this?" The brunette questioned, hopping up onto Jeff's bed and picking up the nearest textbook. Jeff happily accepted the offer and they got stuck in to his Latin homework.


They'd gotten halfway through Saw II before Jeff started nodding off. Nick went to switch off the TV but when he did he heard Jeff protesting from their pillow fort on Nick's bed.

"Why are you turning it off?" He mumbled sleepily.

Nick chuckled softly at him, turning the lamp beside his bed on. "Because you're about to fall asleep on my bed." Jeff didn't look like he was going to move. "Come on." Nick held out his hand to help Jeff up, but instead he was pulled down by the blonde.

"Not moving." He grunted into Nick's shoulder. "Too comfy."

"Oh, so now you're taking over my bed and trying to send my arm to sleep?" Jeff's head was resting on his shoulder as Nick half-sat on the bed, back propped against a mountain of cushions. He felt Jeff nod against him. "What, this is snuggle time now?" He laughed.

"It's nice." The boy hummed.

"Yeah," Nick thought about how warm he felt next to Jeff, and how easily he could fall asleep like that. "I suppose it is nice."

"Night Nicky." Jeff's voice sounded distant and quiet as he leant over to turn the lamp off.

"Goodnight Jeff." He moved without thinking so they were side by side, close enough to cuddle into each other. He wrapped his arms around Jeff, hooked one leg over him, and placed a small kiss on his forehead – because it was nothing new for them, they were always intimate enough to snuggle and occasionally leave little kisses on each other's cheeks. It just proved how close they were as friends – and maybe they were on their way to something more... but that's a different story.