Hey everyone! This oneshot is connected to Chapter 3, where Desmond and Connor confess their feelings for one another. The lovely CyberSearcher gave me this idea, and I must say that it's really awesome so I wanted to write it as soon as I could! Once again, I ask for help when it comes to formatting. My paragraphs don't indent, and it's hard to keep my author's notes seperate from the actual story. Any tips that you can provide would be amazing!

Also, coming up soon I'm going to create a multi-chapter story for what was supposed to be a one shot in this series. However, as I was writing it I realized that it really needed to be it's own story. I'm really excited for it, so I hope you all like it as well.

That said, enjoy this chapter!

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"Connor! Where are you man?" Desmond called, laughing a little as he walked down the shaded path. It was a nice day out, and the park they were at was a little more crowded than usual but no one bothered the two men walking around. However, that might start to change soon since the bigger of the two had the habit of climbing up every tree he saw. Even now, as Desmond searched for his boyfriend he could see a couple of children giggling as they ate their ice creams. Their eyes were locked on the tree line, but no matter how hard Desmond tried he couldn't follow their gazes to where Connor was. Making up his mind, Desmond made his way over to the children and smiled politely at them.

"Hey, I'm looking for someone. I think he's climbing around on the trees?"

The two giggled even more, before the little girl pointed up at a particularly tall tree and said, "He's up there! How does he climb that high?"

Desmond knew Connor would be up in the highest branches and shook his head fondly. Looking at the children again, he smiled as he said, "Well, he likes to climb trees a lot because he said it makes him feel like he's up in a crow's nest."

"What's a crow's nest?" The little boy piped up, grinning widely as ice cream dribbled down his chin.

"It's the really tall place on a ship where people can use a telescope to see far away," Desmond replied, miming using a telescope. The children's eyes lit up, and they bounced a little in place.

"Ooh ooh! Like a pirate ship! Is that man a pirate?" They asked excitedly, and Desmond snickered a little to himself.

"No, but he likes to pretend to be one." Desmond looked back up at the tree and then waved goodbye to the children. "I have to go get him down, do you know where your parents are?"

The little girl nodded as she pointed to a couple of women standing a few feet away, talking together but keeping one eye on the children. "Yup! Mommy says that later we'll all get to go swim, and Mama said that after we can go see a movie!"

"We're gonna see Captain America!" The boy said, and at this point it was like he was vibrating with excitement.

"I bet that's gonna be awesome!" Desmond said, grinning. He started to make his way over to the tree, telling the children goodbye as he went. They happily waved to him, and focused back up on the tree, laughing together. Desmond walked up to the base of the tree, and if he craned his head back he could just barely see Connor's leg peeking over the edge of a branch several feet in the air. "Connor, come on man! Come down here! We gotta get back to the base soon or else Shaun will lecture us again!"

Connor's voice floated down to Desmond, and he rolled his eyes at his boyfriend's words. "I do not care, the view is nice from here. Let Shaun rant at us."

"Don't make me come up there and get you!" Desmond called out teasingly. He wasn't really upset with Connor, he just wanted to spend a little more time in his company without having to chase after him.

"Come up then," Connor replied, and even though Desmond couldn't see him he could hear the smile in his voice.

Desmond huffed, but he grabbed a knot on the tree and started his ascent up. "What do I get when I get there?" He grunted, pulling himself up the first branch.

"You want a reward?" Connor asked, amusement lacing his words.

"Well yeah, I am after all rescuing my sleeping beauty," Desmond retorted, and he snickered at the huff of laughter that Connor responded with.

"I never imagined having those words applied to me," Connor said as Desmond pulled himself up the next branch.

"Yeah, not my best comeback I'll admit, but I do want a reward," Desmond replied, searching for a good hand hold in order to make his way to the next branch, which was located on the other side of the tree. "How the hell did you get up there?"

"I have had lots of practice climbing up trees," Connor said, and as Desmond looked up he could see Connor peer down at him. "Are you going to be able to climb up?"

"Yeah," Desmond replied, making a noise of accomplishment when he finally found the hold he needed. He pulled himself around the tree and continued his ascent. "This isn't my first time in the rodeo, you know."

Connor snorted, and Desmond knew he was rolling his eyes. "I did not know you were in the rodeo Desmond, why did you not tell me?" He asked with mock hurt in his voice.

Desmond stuck out his tongue. "Tone down that sass factor Mr. Kenway, it'd be much appreciated." Desmond looked around as he hauled himself up the next branch and realized he was almost to Connor. Grinning, he reached up to grab the next one and said, "I bet you could give Shaun a run for his money if you really trie-woah!" Desmond gasped as the branch he had grabbed gave way beneath his weight. He reeled a little in mid air before he managed to get his arms wrapped around the trunk. Desmond grunted as he searched for a foothold, because he could feel his arms slipping.

"Desmond?" Connor asked anxiously, and Desmond could hear him scrambling down to meet him. "Desmond are you okay?"

"Just peachy," Desmond hissed, his arms being scraped by the tree bark. He'd have to clean those later, he reflected. He had yet to find a goot purchase point for his feet and he huffed a little. "Might be a Desmond pancake soon though."

Desmond could hear Connor growl a little in response to that. "You will be fine," he grumbled, and Desmond felt the branch just out of his reach tremble as Connor landed on it. Reaching out, Connor instructed, "Take my hand Desmond."

Grunting, Desmond stretched out one arm to grab onto Connor's, and when he made contact Connor immediately held onto him tightly before swinging him over to join him on the thick branch. Desmond collapsed against him as the adrenaline wore off, and he laughed a little. Connor rubbed his hand down Desmond's back reassuringly, and Desmond wrapped his own arms around Connor's waist.

"Guess you turned out to be my knight in shining armor, huh?" Desmond chuckled. When Connor replied, Desmond could feel his voice rumbling through his chest and he melted a little closer to him.

"Perhaps I need to teach you how to climb trees," Connor mused, using his other hand to run through Desmond's hair affectionately.

Tilting his head up, Desmond placed a kiss to Connor's cheek and smiled at the blush that appeared. "Sounds like a good date to me."

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Hopefully that was good XD

To CyberSearcher: Yeah bro, I'll always reply to your comments! I like to let people know that I actually pay attention to what they say ^u^ Thanks for this idea, I hope you liked it! Also, welcome to the ship that is DesCon, enjoy your stay in shipping hell~

Thank you for reading everyone, and have a good day/evening!