Okay, I know I missed Halloween, but I had lots going on. Better late than never right?

This is for Bethan Forever, who requested this. Hope you like it!

Updated: 11/02/2014

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"We should totally get matching costumes this year!" Benny said as he trailed behind Ethan, who had taken Jane to look at Halloween costumes.

"Why?"

"After the El Merlo Loco and Jakeward fiasco, I think it's the best option for us both."

"Benny-"

"Besides, how often are we gonna be invited to one of the biggest parties of the year?"

"We're only invited because Erica is the one throwing."

"Doesn't change the fact that it's one of the biggest parties of the year!" Ethan rolled his eyes as he watched Jane dig through the racks of costumes.

"Well… last year was kind of a disaster."

"Yes it was."

"And I'd pay to never see you in that costume again."

"Hey! That was one of my better ideas."

"Compared to what?"

"A living peanut butter sandwich!"

"Ew."

"Hence, El Merlo Loco." Ethan shook his head as Jane came up to him, arms full of costumes.

"You only need one."

"I need to try them on. Duh." Ethan groaned as he followed her to the dressing rooms, Benny still talking behind him.

"So, I think we should go in matching costumes. You can be the Iron Man to my Tony Stark."

"No."

"Hulk to Bruce Banner?"

"Nope."

"How about-"

"Benny, I'm going to say this as nice as possible okay?"

"Okay. What is it?"

"Shut up." Benny just stared at Ethan, mouth slightly open in shock; Ethan had to will himself to look away. Ever since last Halloween – yes, a whole year!- Ethan had been thinking awful things about his friend; how attractive he was, how smart and funny… Ethan had to shake his head to clear his thoughts.

Matching costumes would just be a bad idea.

"Couples usually wear matching costumes. Not best friends. It would just be… weird," he said, trying to appease the broken look on Benny's face. Benny just stared at him for a moment before Jane walked out, handing the rejected costumes to the attendant.

"I can't decide between these two," she said, holding up the costumes. One was Elsa from Frozen – that damn movie was everywhere it seemed – and the other was a zombiefied ballerina.

"Zombie," both Ethan and Benny said, making Jane nod before she gave the attendant the Elsa one.

"That's what I thought. Okay, well I'm done."

"Okay. I need to look real quick and then we can go." Jane nodded and followed her brother and Benny, who began to look through the costumes as well.

"I might go as Batman," Benny said, looking at the superhero costumes. "Batman is always a good choice. Especially for the ladies." Ethan grimaced and looked at the costumes too. "Unless…"

"Unless what?"

"You could the Robin to my Batman," he said, holding up the costume for Ethan to see. Ethan stared at it for a second before he looked at Benny, who was giving him a pleading look.

How could Ethan ever say no to that?

"Fine."

"Fuck yeah!"

…

When they got home, they went their separate ways; Jane to go play in her room and Ethan and Benny to Ethan's.

"We should try on our costumes," Benny said, pulling his out of the sack and examining it.

"Why? We'll be wearing it in a few days for the party."

"You're such a Debby Downer."

"Better than a Debby Dazzle."

"Good point." They shared a laugh at that and both shook their heads as they remembered the doll-come-to-life. "Anyway. We should still try them on. See how they look."

"You're not gonna shut up about this until we do, are you?"

"You know me so well." Benny turned and left the room to go change in the bathroom. Ethan watched his door for a minute before he groaned and pulled out his own costume. He was just glad that he had gotten the kind that had pants instead of tights.

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A few minutes later, as Ethan was adjusting his mask, Benny walked in; he had put on the whole costume, and Ethan found himself staring at him, mouth falling open.

You see, most Batman costumes came with beefed up arms and chest area. Benny had apparently taken it upon himself to remove that part of the costume, so he was left with a skin tight top of the costume that showed of the light muscles the gangly teen had.

"Whatcha think?"

"…Looks…good," he said, feeling weird at the view Benny was giving him.

"So does yours! The perfect Boy Wonder." Ethan didn't hear him though; all he saw was Benny.

He had to get this out of his system before things got bad. So, he decided to do something completely un-Ethan-like.

He strode up to Benny, grabbed him by the tight fabric of the front of his costume, and kissed him. Benny just stood there, shock racing through his system. When Ethan pulled away, his lips were tingling. Benny stared at him before he coughed and croaked out, "I need to… yeah." He turned and fled, his cape billowing behind him.

…

By the day of the Halloween party, Ethan hadn't heard anything from Benny; he was sure he had fucked up their friendship for good.

And as upset as he was about that, he was even more upset that he didn't even get to explain why he had done that. Hell, even if he had, what could he say?

"For the past year I've been attracted to you and have begun to question my sexuality, even though I still care deeply for Sarah?" Yeah, that'd go over well. He could just imagine Benny laughing in his face over that.

As he made his way into the party, which was way too overcrowded for his liking, he found a familiar face finally.

"Ethan!"

"Sarah." She was dressed as witch this year, with a small hat perched on her head.

"You look good."

"Thanks. So do you. Robin huh? Where's your Batman?"

"Hell if I know," Ethan muttered, making Sarah look at him in confusion. "What?"

"You don't know where Benny is? Don't you two have like an internal location system or something?"

"Ha ha," he said, but she looked completely serious still. "He's not talking to me."

"Why not? You two are always together. I didn't think anything could pull you two apart." Ethan almost told her; it would be so much better to actually tell someone what happened.

But he couldn't.

"Well," Sarah said, as if she could tell he had locked himself away again. "I'm sure, whatever it is, will be resolved. You two are too….yourselves, to be apart for long. You need each other. Whether you realize it or not." Sarah gave him a pat on the arm and walked away. He watched her for a moment before a hand came down on his shoulder.

"We should talk." Ethan knew that voice anywhere. He nodded and felt himself be pulled through the crowds and into a bedroom. Ethan turned to face Benny, who removed his bat-eared helmet, his hair ruffled from it. "That thing hurts my ears," he said, rubbing his ears tenderly. "Anyway…. We need to talk about what happened."

"I'm not the one who was avoiding his best friend; I've been available to talk ever since it happened."

"I know I was avoiding you," Benny said, going to sit on the bed in the room; Ethan followed and sat next to him. "I just… I was confused. Why did you do it?"

"I don't know. Ever since last Halloween, with the possessed Rory and us all turning into our costumes… I've been feeling different about you. And seeing you in this costume… I wanted to kiss you and I did."

"Is that why, whenever I suggest we do something together, you shot it down until I begged?" Ethan nodded and Benny took a deep breath before he leaned over and kissed Ethan. Ethan didn't bother fighting it; Benny would regret it later, he was sure, so he wanted to enjoy it now.

Besides, Benny was a pretty good kisser in Ethan's opinion.

Ethan decided to test the waters a bit; lifting his hands, he tangled them in Benny's hair, tugging a bit on the rich brown locks. Benny groaned deep in his chest and pushed Ethan down, his hands gripping the edge of Ethan's costume tightly. Finally, they needed to breathe though. Benny stared at him, eyes shining through the dark mask that still covered part of his face.

"What are we doing?" Benny asked, voice shaking a bit – he was still lying on top of Ethan after all. He had never felt so confused, which was saying something.

"Hell if I know. Whatever happens, happens."

"Okay," Benny said, as if this was a perfectly logical answer. Then he kissed Ethan again, and again; the more they kissed, the more frantic they got.

Ethan was right; whatever happened, happened.

…

"Where's Ethan?" Sarah asked as she approached Erica and Rory, who were watching the guests dance and have fun.

"Yeah, and where's Benny?" Rory asked, removing the giant chicken head of his costume so he could talk.

"I hope they didn't get into another fight," Sarah said, sounding worried.

"They better not be fighting in my house. I'm on the only one who can get blood in here!" Erica said, taking off her rabbit ears and storming through the house, sniffing the air. Rory and Sarah followed, hoping everything was okay between their friends.

Erica stopped outside of the guest bedroom.

"They're in there." Together, the three of them slowly opened the door, mouths falling open at what they saw.

Benny and Ethan…naked….with Benny riding Ethan. To top it all off, they still wore their stupid costume masks!

The three vampires closed the door as quietly as possible, glad that they weren't spotted.

"Oh my God," Sarah said, face frozen in shock.

"Guess they're not mad at each other anymore…" Rory said, his eyes and face showing the scarred scared look on his face.

"I never thought Ethan would be the top," Erica said, shaking her head and putting her ears back on. "Whatever. At least they're in the guest bedroom."

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Happy Belated Halloween! Hope everyone had a good one!

Thanks for reading!

-JustMe133