Haii! Once again, sorry for lack of updates. I've been busy helping my sister and I have no time to sleep. This chapter might be a bit whack since I've got a beautiful person sleeping on the end of the phone (finally asleep now ). Also, somehow I got addicted to Mystic messenger...so if anyone would enjoy a MM book please let me know because I'd love to do one. I think that's all for now, apart from the bad news. I'm going to start bringing this book to an end, don't worry, it's going to make a long ass ending but alas. It is coming to an end. Time has skipped since last chapter btw.

Heavy fluff warning and implied smut but nothing explicit. .

Knock Knock

"Sal! Open the door, you little shit!"

The door was barely off the latch before Henry pushed the door inwards, startling his son. Sal fell backwards in shock, scrambling backwards in fear.

"Sally Fisher, where the fuck have you been?" He practically screamed in his face. Henry pulled Sal to his feet by one of his ponytails as the young blue tried to pull himself away, yelping in pain. "You can't abandon your father like this! I raised you, I tried to love you after you let your mother die and this is the thanks I get?"

"Dad, please! You don't have to do this!"

"This'll teach you for leaving me!"

Larry awoke to a shivering Sal, he was tossing and turning in his sleep and making whimpering sounds in his sleep. Larry shook the little blue's shoulders in an attempt for him to wake up. Sal's nightmares always seemed to hold him hostage, never letting him wake before they were over. His dreams were becoming more and more frequent, despite the amount of time that had passed since Henry had been imprisoned.

"Sal? Can you hear me? It's just another dream, it's not real!"

Sal turned again and drew his knees to his chest, now facing away from Larry. The brunette looked down and felt so sorry for his boyfriend, all he wanted to do was help but he knew he couldn't erase the mental or physical scars his dad had left him. Larry lay by Sal's side and held him close, despite him thrashing around in his sleep. Sal's hair was soon wrapped around Larry's fingers as he stroked the blue's head in an attempt to comfort him.

After a while, Sal woke up in tears and buried his head into Larry. Clinging to his lover desperately, as if he was scared that he wasn't real. Larry continued to stroke the soft blue locks near him as Sal wept into his bare chest until he had calmed down enough to speak.

"I'm sorry, Larry...I can't help it."

Larry smiled softly and looked down at the puffy eyed boy.

"Haha, don't be stupid, dude. You know that all I wanna do is help you when you're like this. All I want is for you to be safe."

Sal smiled and put his head back into Larry's chest, taking in the scent of cigarettes and the body spray the brunette always used. Sal had picked it so Larry wore it all the time to please him.

"Anyway, you have to cheer up, you remember what today is, right?"

Sal's mind was too hazy from sleep to remember what was going on, he shook his head. Larry laughed gently and lifted Sal's head so he could see a white dress bag hanging on the back of the door. Sal sat bolt upright and beamed at the sight of the bag. He turned to face Larry, a wide smile spread across his face, immediately changing his mood.

"Yeah, I didn't think it'd take you long to cheer up on prom night." Larry laughed as he pulled Sal closer to kiss his cheek. Sal's excitement could not be contained. He gave Larry a quick peck on the lips in return and ran to take a shower, prom was only 8 hours away and he had so much to do(This is what I think general girls do for prom lol).

Larry chuckled and emerged from under the covers, walked towards the door and let himself out. He walked past the bathroom and heard Sal's voice along with the sound of running water.

"Probably singing." Larry said to himself as he walked to the living room. Lisa was sat on the sofa, wiggling her knee anxiously. Larry sat beside her with a concerned look in his eyes.

"Mum? Everything ok?"

Lisa looked up and smiled, flinging her arms around her son.

"Yep! Everything's more than fine. I'm just so happy for you, tonight is a big night. And my little Lar-bear is all grown up!"

Larry rolled his eyes, "Mum! I told you not to call me that."

Lisa burst out laughing and put her hand on Larry's knee, "Oh hush, you love it. But, I do need to ask you something... Sally has been living here for almost 10 months now... you are happy with him aren't you?"

Larry's eyes widened in surprise, he never thought his mum would ask him about Sal.

"What kind of question is that? Of course I'm happy with him, I-I love him..."

Lisa's face shaped into a bigger smile and nodded,

"Good. I just had to make sure... You'll look after each other, I know you will. " Larry went to speak but Lisa interrupted, " And before you ask, no, I will not tell you what's going on but I will tell you that you are terrible at keeping secrets, you're lucky Sal hasn't found out what you've got planned for him!"

Larry's mouth fell open in shock, he stood up and flapped his arms around expressively as he spoke,

"You know? How the hell did you find out! You haven't told Sal right?"

Lisa laughed and shook her head. Larry breathed a sigh of relief before calming down and walking off.

Larry stopped outside the bathroom again, the water had been turned off but he could still hear Sal's voice. He wasn't singing like he had originally thought, it sounded like he was on the phone.

"Yeah, I'm so scared... You've definitely got the stuff then?...Thank god I'll be around later... Don't tell Larry..."

Sal had said other stuff but Larry couldn't quite hear through the door. and he didn't want to get too close in case Sal heard him snooping. He heard Sal say goodbye to whoever was on the phone and walk towards the door, Larry bolted to his room and jumped onto the bed, he sat with his back against the wall and put the covers over his legs so it looked like he'd been there a while . Sal emerged from the bathroom with his red jeans on and a towel wrapped around his neck to stop the water from his hair from dripping on his bare shoulders.

"You ok, Lar-Bear?" Larry huffed at the nickname.

"What is it with you and mum calling me that! You know I don't like it..." He pulled his lips into a pout and glared at his boyfriend who had burst out laughing. Sal walked over and ruffled Larry's already messy hair,

"Aww, is someone getting angry?" He said in a childish voice, making Larry glare harder. "OK, ok. I'll stop now."

Larry's face relaxed into a smile as he put his arms around his little muffin and pulled him close. Sal snuggled into the embrace and placed his hand on Larry's chest, absent-mindedly tracing lines across his entire body in a strange pattern.

Larry looked down curiously at Sal, he only did that when he wanted something.

"What is it?"

Sal blushed a deep shade of red, " I-I think you know..."

Larry laughed at his own naivety. Sal was rarely the one to ask or even hint about them doing things together.

"Oh, really? I don't think I know..." He said seductively, slowly pulling the damp towel off Sal's shoulders. He sat them both up and nuzzled his head into the crease in Sal's neck.

"Liar, of course you know...please?" Sal whined, tilting his head back so Larry could access his neck better. Larry nibbled on a small piece of skin, making Sal yelp.

"Hmm...no I don't think that I do...Why don't you tell me?" Larry teased, gently kissing on different spot on his boyfriend neck, being careful not to be too hard. Sal whined harder in protest, not wanting to say anything. Larry smirked and removed his lips from the boy's neck, earning a small whimper as he did so.

"Ah, Larry...make love to me..."Sal muttered, turning his head so he wasn't looking at Larry. The taller boy grabbed the smaller's chin and turned his face so he could look straight into Sal's gorgeous blue eyes.

"Oh Sal, I really want to but I think we should wait till later... It's a prom thing right? Gotta stick to traditions I guess..." Larry moved away from Sal and put one hand behind his head nervously.

Sal shot him a look and sighed,

"Wow, I never thought I'd see the day that you'd turn me down! Plus there's nothing traditional us! You didn't even want to go prom..." Sal whined, showing his need but Larry kept shaking his head.

"Well who would've guessed that, haha... I agreed to come because I want to make sure you have the prom of your dreams, and if that means I have to be there, so be it. And that means all prom traditions."

Sal pulled his face into an exaggerative pout but was soon interrupted by his phone going off. The display lit up with a picture of Ash and Sal that they took on Halloween a few years ago, dressed as ninja turtles. He picked up the phone and held it to his ear.

"Hello?"

"Yeah, sorry, Ash. I'll be there soon,ok? I'm leaving now."

The phone hung up and Sal turned to Larry.
"I've got to go, ok? I love you and don't be late to prom! Come get me out the car when I get there." He said the last part with a slight giggle in his voice. Larry barely had any time to say that he loved him too before the small boy had grabbed his shoes and mask before running out of the door.

A few seconds later, Sal burst back through the door and grabbed the dress bag off the back of the door, only to run out again, flinging the bag over his shoulder.

Larry chuckled at his eccentric boyfriend and collapsed backwards onto his bed. He stared at the ceiling while absently feeling around the bed for his phone.

"Hmm, got it." He said out loud to himself before dialling a number in his phone. The monotone ringing sounds were quickly cut off when the person answered, his identity immediately recognisable from the lisp in his voice.

"Larry? Is Sal gone yet?"

"Yeah he just left. Come when you can."

"So are you really ready to do this?"

"As ready as I'll ever be..."

OOF. Finally did it lol. Sorry, I've been super distracted over the past couple weeks. But yeah, so this is happening! I've tried to not make it too obvious what's going on though I don't think I was successful lol. Ok baii! ~