Authors note: sorry for taking so long to finish this story guys. It's been a busy weekend hosting a party for my coworkers, regretting the party, all that jazz. This last chapter was really hard to write mainly because it was hard to focus.

I'd also like to thank those of you who took the time to review the story. It made my day reading them!

This will be the last chapter of this story but I accept prompts if anyone wants something specific written for them. Thanks all for reading!

Jeff and Nick decided to take a walk through the park near their building today. It was a brisk Tuesday in November. The leaves had changed color and left the walk ways littered with the crunchiest leaves. Nick and Jeff had made a competition on who could step on the most. Nick was winning.

It had been three days since Nick forced his way with Jeff at their apartment. Jeff had been taking his antibiotics and the swelling in his jaw had disappeared. Now it was only a matter of getting Jeff in the office that Nick was concerned with.

Nick was now aware of how fearful and apprehensive Jeff was in regards to his profession. They had been talking about his past experiences for days, trying to come up with some compromise. Nick had continued to leave out the details of Jeff's condition for his sake.

They walked continuously for an hour and a half talking about how Jeff planned on redecorating their master bathroom or Nick's family visiting for Christmas. Nick told Jeff they were taking the scenic route home, past the lake on the west side of the park. Another 15 minutes of walking led them to a fountain with a beautiful water feature. Jeff felt he'd seen it many times before. In fact, he was recognizing a lot of the buildings nearby as they exited the park.

Then it hit him. They were standing kitty corner from Nick's office.

Jeff stopped abruptly like a dog entering the vets office, and fell backwards on his butt from the stumble. Nick, who was holding his hand, was also jerked backwards. He saw the mixture of bewilderment an apprehension on Jeff's face and gave him a smirk.

"Something wrong Jeff?" Nick asked as he crouched down to Jeff's level.

"Why did you bring me here nick? I'm not ready" Jeff whispered fiercely. "Jeff, you'll never be ready. You need to just get this done and over with"

The couple received many strange looks as Nick dragged a struggling Jeff across the street, and into the building. Jeff dug his heels into the ground like a pouting six year old.

Once they were inside Jeff began to hyperventilate, he was no longer worried about keeping up his brave facade like the last time he entered Nick's domain. Nick kept a tight hold on his hand. he knew Jeff now had no qualms on trying to escape.

They made their way to the back. The exam room Nick took him to had a tray of tools with a cover over it. Nick had the decency to keep everything out of Jeff's sight. Jeff did however; see the drill glinting in the fluorescent light. This caused him to start to tug and pry Nick's hand off his wrist.

"Jeff, stop. You're going to hurt yourself. I don't want to take you to the hospital today for a sprained wrist" Nick sighed. He pushed Jeff towards the chair and forced him down into it. Jeff tried to get up but Nick pinned him down. "Jeff, you need to CALM DOWN. Do you think I would hurt you love?"

"N-no."

"Do you trust me Jeff?"

"Yes" Jeff manage to choke out with his eyes squeezed shut.

"Then show a little faith honey" Nick said with a smirk as he pulled away.

Nick slipped on some gloves and his glasses. He placed a bib on Jeff and eased the chair back. Jeff was not pleased. When Jeff was in a position suitable for Nick to work he flipped on the overhead light.

"First we're going to take some x-ray's Jeff." Nick stated.

Nick took the pictures quickly and sent a technician to develop them while he sat back on his stool.

Jeff shrunk back as Nick removed the cover from his tray. He still couldn't see what Nick had set up in advance.

"Open up Jeff." Nick spoke as softly as he could. "Remember, trust me."

Jeff tentatively opened his mouth. Nick quickly felt around for his mark and pulled a syringe from the tray out of Jeff's line of sight. Jeff's eyes widened when the needle entered his mouth. Before he could move away Nick stuck him and administered the Novocain.

Nick grinned at Jeff with a look that said 'I told you so.' "Was that so bad Jeffy?" Nick asked sweetly. "No, actually I feel better" Jeff answered honestly. "But my mouth feels funny."

"That's what Novocain does. You should be good and numb in a few minutes honey."

The tech walked in and handed Nick the file with Jeff's developed x-rays. "Let's find out the course of action here Jeff" Nick commented. He placed Jeff x-rays on the light board.

"What do you have to do Nick?" Jeff inquired.

"Well... Jeff, I'm sorry to say, we'll have to do a root canal to save the tooth." Nick reluctantly answered.

Jeff bolted up in the same fashion he did the last time he was there. He ran down the hall into the lobby. The only thought in his mind was 'nope. Nope! NOPE! nope.' This time he didn't make it out the door though. This time Nick had called in backup. Blaine grabbed Jeff by the shoulders when he burst through the door to the lobby.

"Hey, woah, Jeff calm down" Blaine reasoned.

"Blaine?! What? Let go of me!" Jeff panicked.

Blaine grasped Jeff firmly by the shoulders and led him back to nick who was waiting with a knowing look on his face.

"I'm a quick learner Jeff, and I came prepared today. I have back up" Nick spoke.

With Blaine's help, Nick managed to wrestle Jeff back into the chair. Jeff's eyes darted from Nick to Blaine to the drill as he thrashed and squirmed to get up.

Nick started whispering words of comfort in Jeff's ear; saying it would be ok. Nothing bad would happen while he was working. All the persuading Nick had done with Jeff was useless now. Jeff was past rational behavior and refused to cooperate. He covered his mouth with both his hands when he realized he was not going to be let up. Hot angry tears rolled down Jeff's cheeks because as scared as he was, Jeff was also furious. Nick knew how scared he was and he still brought him here, against his will.

"I'll take it from here Blaine, thanks." Nick realized this was not something Jeff wanted to share with their friend.

After Blaine left the room Nick turned his attention back to Jeff who was glaring daggers at him. "He's gone now, can we begin?"

Jeff just shook his head vigorously. Nick sighed "no, of course not. Fine then, we'll do this my way." Nick murmured as he reached behind Jeff's head. Nick quickly slipped a mask over Jeff's nose. Before he could react Jeff felt his defenses slipping. Nick pulled his hands away from his face, and Jeff felt his mouth being gently pried open by Nick.

Surprisingly Jeff didn't feel nervous anymore. He did jolt a little when he heard Nick start the drill, and his hand gripped Nick's arm in alarm. Nick kissed Jeff on the cheek and gave him a quick smile.

For the most part Jeff was unfocused while Nick worked, he didn't remember much except his husband telling him he was doing great and a slight pressure on his jaw. This wasn't so bad; he didn't remember why he was so afraid anymore. In fact Jeff felt great!

Jeff felt great until he found himself in bed at home. He woke up with gauze in his mouth and an ache in his jaw. It was nowhere near as bad as his tooth had been before. It was a healing ache.

He tried to sit up and felt he was still too dizzy. Nick came in when he heard Jeff stirring. "Hey Jeffy, are you feeling better?"

"Yeah, actually" Jeff looked up sheepishly

"Yeah? Well you certainly put up quite a fight honey. How much do you remember?" Nick smirked.

"Not much. I kind of blocked it all out." Jeff shrugged

"Well thank goodness for that" Nick teased. "Shall we watch a movie today? I took the rest of the day off to look after you."

"That sounds great nick. Oh and...thanks, for dealing with me."

"I love you Jeff, for better or worse." Nick nudged him

"I love you too nick." They shared a few sweet kisses before Jeff pulled away and looked nick dead in the eyes.

"But don't EVER do that to me again!" Jeff whined

Nick just rolled his eyes. Typical Jeff.