It's one of those rare times that Zack and Dolph both have a weekend off so they decide to take full advantage of it, even going to the movies. Dolph had suggested the comedy Sex Tape and Zack had agreed with a lot of eyerolling and pouring over the movie listings, wishing that the TMNT movie had come out a little sooner.
"Oh come on, kid, it won't be that bad... and if it is, we can just create our first date," Dolph wheedles, smirking suggestively as Zack snorts, looking up from his phone.
"You mean where we made out the whole time? I'm still not sure what happened in that movie, or even what movie it was."
Dolph laughs and pulls him closer, kissing him. "Well, you were pretty hot that night. Couldn't help myself."
Zack rolls his eyes again, mumbling something about charm and Dolph's grin widens as he lightly kisses him on the lips. "C'mon, let's get this over with, though if we're just going to spend the entire time like this, we might as well stay home..."
"What's the fun in that?" Dolph asks, tangling his fingers in Zack's jacket and pulling him closer, smirking when Zack's eyes darken, locked on him. "Last one to the car has to buy the candy."
Zack's jaw drops as Dolph pulls away and sprints for the front door "Not fair! Dammit, bro!"
Later, as they enter the dark theater, Dolph laughs, glancing over at the pile of candy Zack's carrying, a grumpy look on his face. He adjusts the popcorn barrel and their sodas before gripping Zack's hand and leading him to a seat in the back of the theater. It's only when they sit down that they realize they're alone, the theater completely quiet except for the ads playing on the jumbo screen across from them. "Huh."
Zack stares at all of the empty seats, shaking his head. "Yeah, that's a good sign." Dolph shrugs and takes a handful of the popcorn before Zack grabs the barrel from him and presses the candy into his hands. Ignoring Dolph's pout, he starts shoveling in popcorn as quickly as he can and leaves Dolph to the Junior Mints and nonpariels. The movie deserves the crowd it has, Zack's eyes glazing over within fifteen minutes. The only reason he stays is because Dolph seems enthralled by it, barely looking over at Zack until it's over.
His suspicious silence lasts until they're back in the car and Zack's preparing to drive back to the apartment. The first sound he makes is close to a bark of laughter, ending on a broken kind of sob and Zack looks over at him worriedly but before he can say anything, Dolph chokes out, "Oh my God, that was the worst movie I've seen in a long time, broski. What the hell?! I couldn't even look away from it, it was so bad. Like a ... trainwreck or something."
"I thought you couldn't look away from it because you liked it or something!" Zack exclaims, hitting the brake in his shock.
"No!" Dolph cries out, turning to look at Zack. "I was hoping someone would save me from the torture! Kid, I swear, no matter what, next time you get the movie."
Zack throws his head back and laughs before turning back to look at Dolph, eyes gleaming. "I'll hold you to that," he promises, cupping Dolph's face and kissing him warmly. "How about we go home and see what we can do to wash that movie from our minds?"
"Anything would be a positive after that," he agrees.
An hour later, Zack smirks and sprawls out on the cool tile floor of the bathroom, listening to Dolph mumble under his breath. "Hey, you said anything would be a positive after that."
"This? Really? I had other ideas," Dolph mumbles, barely looking up from his phone as he absently sprays tanner at Zack's back.
"It's still early," Zack smirks, shifting and sighing as Dolph looks up, finally grabbing a towel and dabbing his back where the spray had settled too thickly in spots. "How's it look, bro?"
"Sick," he intones drily, Zack rolling over to make a face at him. "No, it looks fine. Give it a few minutes to dry though."
"Yep." He snags Dolph's phone and logs out, smirking as the Show Off settles on the floor next to him. "That movie was the absolute worst," he mumbles, logging into his own account just to tweet about it.
"Pretty much." Careful to avoid his back, Dolph nuzzles against his arm and kisses his neck lazily. "I bet we could outdo it easily." He smirks as Zack grows warm under his ministrations.
"Well, duh, bro," he mumbles back, quickly finishing with the phone and laying it down. "C'mon, let's go." He gets up and grabs Dolph's hand, dragging him to his feet too.
"My phone-" Dolph protests as Zack ushers him out of the bathroom.
"Later, bro, later. It's not going anywhere."
Dolph's protests fade into quiet murmurs as Zack kisses his throat and neck, sighing softly. "Alright, I guess," he grunts, gripping Zack's face and guiding him closer until Dolph can kiss him properly.