The next morning Robert woke up and looked down at his chest, he saw that his husband was lying on his chest and that he was fast asleep. He gently lifted Aaron up, he slowly placed him on the bed and pulled the duvet over him.

"Hhmm, Robert" Aaron groaned in his sleep.

"Sshh I'm here. Just go back to sleep" Robert cooed as he stroked back Aaron's hair.

"I love you Rob" Aaron groaned.

Robert smiled "I love you too baby" he kissed Aaron's forehead before he got up and grabbed some clothes so that he could get changed in the bathroom, because he did not want to wake Aaron up. He got dressed and then he tiptoed downstairs. He read a news paper for one hour until he heard footsteps coming down the stairs.

Robert looked over his shoulder and he saw his husband. "Hiya babe. Sleep well?"

Aaron rubbed his eyes and nodded "Yeah I slept well".

"Are you alright Aaron?" Robert asked as Aaron sat beside him on the sofa.

"I'm fine. I just woke up and you weren't next to me so I figured that you'd be down here" Aaron answered as he rested his head on Robert's shoulder.

"You sure? You look exhausted" Robert put his newspaper down and he put one arm around Aaron.

"It took me a while to fall asleep last night" Aaron smiled slightly.

"Why didn't you tell me last night? I wouldn't have minded if you had woken me up last night because you had a nightmare" Robert said in a soft voice.

"It's not that... I just couldn't get to sleep for a while" Aaron said as he held Robert's hand.

"Alright, but you can wake me up if you need me though" Robert said as he stroked Aaron's hand with his thumb.

"I'll remember that for next time" Aaron smiled.

"What do want to do today?" Robert asked.

"I was thinking of going back to work" Aaron answered.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Robert was concerned that Aaron was going to overwhelm himself.

"Nah, I'll just leave the same time as Adam" Aaron said in a calm voice.

"Call me if you have a panic attack or if anything happens. Call me for anything if you need me and I'll be at your side faster than you can say Woolpack" Robert reassured so that Aaron would feel safe.

"Okay" Aaron smiled as he cuddled up to Robert.

"On second thoughts, can you just call or text me every hour so that I know that you're alright?" Robert asked.

"I'll do that then" Aaron chuckled.

"What's so funny?" Robert smiled nervously.

"You being worried about me. It's cute" Aaron grinned.

"I can't help but worry about you all of the time. You're my life and you mean everything to me" Robert hugged Aaron and kissed his head.

"I should go get ready for work" Aaron sighed as he stood up and walked upstairs.

When Aaron walked back downstairs wearing blue jeans, a red top and his black body warmer. He saw that Robert had unbuttoned and that he was staring at his chest.

"What are you doing Robert?" Aaron asked.

"Looking for chest hairs" Robert answered.

"Find any?" Aaron smirked.

"Nope" Robert smiled.

"Is that good or bad?" Aaron sat down next to Robert.

"It's good. I like a smooth chest" Robert looked at Aaron.

"So do you want me to shave my chest hairs?" Aaron asked.

"Don't you dare" Robert answered.

"But I thought that you like smooth chest" Aaron raised one eyebrow.

"I like having a smooth chest, but I like the fact that my man has hairs on his chest" Robert said as he started to kiss Aaron's neck.

"I have to admit that I do like your chest the way it is" Aaron smirked.

Robert moved his hand and placed it on the top of his husband's thigh as he kissed Aaron's skin.

"We can't do this now. I need to go to work" Aaron groaned.

"We can work from home" Robert whispered as he moved to Aaron's lips.

"I want to but I can't. Unless we want Adam to come looking for me" However Aaron started to kiss Robert back.

"You're worth the risk" Robert breathed into their kiss.

Aaron lifted his hands and smoothed them over Robert's firm chest as they kissed "I am a risk" he whispered.

"The best risk I ever took" Robert teased Aaron by biting his bottom lip.

Unfortunately their passion was rudely interrupted when they heard a knock at the door. Aaron pulled away from his kiss with Robert and he looked at the front door.

"It'll be Chrissie with her big gob trying to tear us apart. Just ignore it" Robert said as he cupped Aaron's chin and slowly turned his husband's head around to face him. Robert then leaned in again and kissed Aaron.

"DINGLE LAD!" Came a shout from outside the house.

Aaron pulled away from Robert "That's not Chrissie" he stood up and went to answer the door.

"Why does something always have to interrupt us?" Robert said in a strop as he buttoned his shirt back up.

Aaron opened the door and saw Adam "Hi mate" he greeted.

"Don't hi mate me! Why aren't you at the yard?" Adam shouted.

Aaron checked his watch and saw that it was 11 o'clock "Shit, mate I'm sorry. I slept in and didn't realise the time" Aaron apologised.

"Alright, do you want a lift to work?" Adam asked once he had calmed down.

"I need to leave the same time as you today, because I can't wait for a lift home again" Aaron looked at Robert as he stood up and came to stand at his side.

"I'll wait until we're both finished for the day and I'll bring you back home" Adam reassured.

"Thanks Adam" Aaron smiled.

"I'll wait on the quad" Adam turned around and walked over to his quadbike.

Aaron turned to face Robert and his husband passed him his phone "Promise to call me every hour" Robert cupped Aaron's face in his hands.

"I promise" Aaron smiled and hugged Robert.

Robert held his husband tight "I love you so much" He whispered in his husband's ear and then he kissed the side of Aaron's head.

"I love you more" Aaron whispered back.

"I love you most" Robert smiled.

"Will you two lover boys cut it out? I want to get to work!" Adam shouted over to Robert and Aaron.

Aaron sighed and he pulled away from Robert "I'll see you soon" he smiled before he walked over to Adam, his best friend passed him a helmet and he put it on as he got onto the back of the bike.

"Look after my Aaron for me!" Robert yelled over to Adam.

"Will do. I promise to bring him back in one piece!" Adam yelled back to Robert before he started the bike and drove to the scrap yard as Robert watched from the doorway.

Once they were at the scrap yard Adam and Aaron agreed to only stay there until five o'clock so that Aaron would get home before sundown. Aaron made sure to call Robert every hour on the hour and they talked for a bit and Robert asked his husband if he was alright. It was 2:59 pm when Adam talked Aaron into pranking Robert by using a voice changing app on his phone. Aaron was hesitant about scaring his husband but he relented and he called Robert with Adam's phone but he made sure that the number was withheld.

Robert heard his phone ringing so he picked it up with a smile on his face, thinking that it was his husband who was calling him as promised.

"Hello" Robert's smile was evident in his voice.

Adam pressed play on the static video on his Ipad and held it next to the phone so that Robert could hear it. Aaron pressed on the app and he held the phone next to his mouth so that the sound of his breathing sounded raspy.

Robert became nervous "Hello?

"Hello" came a raspy voice on the other end of the phone (Aaron).

A shiver ran down Robert's spine "Who is this? What do you want?" he asked.

"Check your email" Aaron said.

Robert opened his laptop and he logged onto his hotmail account. He saw one email and that it was a video "You want me to watch a video?"

"Watch it" Aaron ordered.

"What is it?" Robert asked.

"Watch it!" Aaron shouted and the voice app made his voice sound terrifying.

Robert gulped as he pressed play on the video... the screen went black and Robert grew more scared by each long second. The screen then turned into a picture of black and white picture of a video with a well in the centre of the picture. As he stared at the screen of his laptop Robert realised that it was not a picture because he noticed two hands appear out of the top of the well.

Robert stared at the screen as a figure climbed out of the well and began to walk closer to the camera. He watched the video and at the end of it he heard the other voice over the phone.

"Seven days" Aaron said into the phone.

"AAHHH!" Robert screamed and dropped his phone "I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die" Robert sobbed. A video call request then came up on his laptop.

"Accept the call" Aaron said as he sat in front of the screen of his laptop.

"Okay" Robert picked up the laptop and clicked accept call.

"Hiya babe" Aaron smiled when he saw Robert on the screen.

"A-Aaron?" Robert stuttered.

"Robert what's wrong? Why are you shaking?" Aaron asked.

"I'm gonna die" Robert answered.

"What?" Aaron asked.

"I just got a call and he said that I was gonna die in seven day" Robert wept.

"Who said that?" Aaron asked as a smirk grew on his face.

"The guy who called me" Robert answered but then he heard that Aaron was giggling and he heard Adam laughing "Why are you giggling? Why's Adam laughing?" he asked.

Aaron lifted his hand and Robert saw that his husband was holding his own phone "Love you Rob" Aaron said into the phone and the raspy voice came out of the small speaker.

Robert realised that he had been pranked "Aaron Dingle!" he shouted as he collapsed onto the sofa.

Aaron burst into laughter "Adam talked me into it. Are you okay?" he laughed.

"You sneaky little grease monkey" Robert started to laugh.

"I'm sorry for scaring you so much" Aaron apologised.

"Don't worry about it. At least I know that you're okay" Robert smiled and shook his head "Adam did warn me on our wedding day that you used to play pranks on people".

"I'll be home soon. So I'll see you in a few hours" Aaron smiled.

"Okay, remember to call me every hour" Robert said with a chuckle.

"Alright. I love you" Aaron blew kiss at the screen.

Robert caught the kiss "I love you too" He blew Aaron a kiss back.

Aaron caught the kiss and then ended the call.

Robert sat on the sofa for a bit and he watched TV before he decided to go to the village shop to get some stuff. He walked into David's shop and picked some stuff up for his and Aaron's dinner. He also picked up a bottle of wine and a few cans of beer. He walked over to the counter and paid for his items.

"We're giving these away so enjoy" Tracy put a waxing kit in the bag of shopping.

"Uh, no thanks" Robert put a hand in the bag to retrieve the waxing kit.

"Please take it. I'm trying to get rid of them because I ordered too many" Tracy begged.

Robert gave in and walked out of the shop. He walked back to his house and unpacked the shopping, once he had unpacked everything he stared at the free waxing kit that Tracy had burdened him with. He thought about it for a moment before he picked it up and walked upstairs.

Aaron and Adam came back to the village at 4:25 pm and Aaron walked into his house. He shut the front door behind him and he was about to say that he was home when he heard an ear piercing scream.

"AAAHHH!" Screamed a voice that Aaron immediately recognised as Robert.

"Robert!" Aaron ran up the stairs to see if his husband was alright. He saw that the bathroom door was shut so he opened the door and ran in "Robert are you okay?" he asked when he saw that his husband was stood in front of the sink. He then noticed what he realised to be a waxing strip on Robert's butt, he saw that it had been half ripped off whilst half of it was still on Robert. He burst into laughter at the sight of Robert's situation.

Robert heard Aaron laughing and he looked towards the sound of the laughter "It's not funny" he said in a strop.

"No you're right. It's hilarious!" Aaron laughed.

"For you maybe! I've got a piece of paper stuck to my ass!" Robert snapped.

"That makes it even more funny" Aaron laughed as he wiped away tears.

"Can you help me please?" Robert asked.

Aaron walked over to his husband "Lean on the sink and breath in through your nose. Try to relax" he chuckled as he stood behind Robert.

Robert did what he was told and he placed his hands on the marble sink. "Don't rip it off. Just peel it off slowly".

Aaron knew that you had to rip off waxstrips so he took hold of the paper and yanked it off of Robert.

"Ah! I said slowly, don't rip it off!" Robert shouted.

"You're meant to rip waxstrips off, Robert. Even I know that" Aaron said in a calm voice as he crumpled the strip up and tossed it into the small bin.

"Since when did you ever wax yourself?" Robert asked.

"I did it when I was nineteen" Aaron answered.

"Ouch" Robert turned around and looked at Aaron.

"It was. Pull your pants up" Aaron went to throw the kit away but Robert stopped him.

"I might as well get rid of the rest of the hairs" he sighed.

"What hairs? You've barely got any hair on your chest, Let alone your ass" Aaron stated.

"That's because I get you to shave my chest. I don't want a hairy ass. Can you just help me please?" Robert made puppy dog eyes at Aaron.

"You're not gonna enjoy this" Aaron sighed as he got the rest of the waxstrips out of the box.

Robert turned around and leaned on the sink again. He could not deny that it felt great when Aaron put a waxstrip on his arse. "That feels amazing" He said.

Aaron smiled and straightened up "That might have felt good but the next part won't".

"I gathered. I didn't think this through did I?" Robert winced.

"When do you ever think anything through?" Aaron said sarcastically as he took hold of the tip of the strip of paper. "After three, one... two..." Aaron ripped off the paper.

"What the hell happened to number three? That's the whole point of a count up to three" Robert stated.

"It doesn't hurt as much if you relax" Aaron said as he rubbed Robert's back.

"Easier said than done" Robert sighed.

"I'll to count to three this time" Aaron smiled.

"You promise?" Robert asked.

"Pinkie promise" Aaron balled his fist but held his pinkie finger up.

Robert wrapped his pinkie around Aaron's and he relaxed a little bit.

Aaron took hold of the paper strip "Ready?"

Robert answered by nodding.

"Okay. One... two... three" Aaron ripped of the paper.

"Sugar honey ice flaming tea!" Robert shouted.

Aaron giggled and he gave Robert a small massage on his shoulder "You're alright. Just relax".

"Why does it hurt so fricking much?" Robert hissed in pain because of the sting.

"Not much longer now" Aaron said as he put another strip on Robert. "One... two... three" he yanked off the paper.

"Oh sweet mother of sushi!" Robert shouted.

Aaron giggled and put the waxstrip in the bin. He heard Robert moaning in frustration and because of the pain, so he stood next to his husband "Explain to me again why we're doing this" he said as he crossed his arms.

"I went to the shop to get some stuff for our dinner and Tracy put the kit in the bag" Robert answered.

"Okay... but why are you using it?" Aaron asked.

"Because I wanted to get rid of the hairs on my backside" Robert said as he looked at Aaron.

"You're an idiot" Aaron shook his head.

"I know that. You should be used to me being an idiot" Robert smirked.

"You do that you're a thirty two year old man right? You're not some sixteen year old girl getting ready to sneak out to a party" Aaron smirked.

"I should hope so because I'm married. But I know that I need to grow up" Robert hung his head.

"Nah you're good. I love you just the way you are, because you're my lad" Aaron nudged Robert's shoulder with his own shoulder.

Robert looked up and smiled at his husband "How lucky am I to have you?"

"You'd be torturing yourself if I wasn't here to help you" Aaron smirked.

"This is torture" Robert exclaimed.

"Stop exaggerating. You're such a drama queen" Aaron rolled his eyes.

"I'm the drama queen? Who's the guy that freaked out at the zoo because a snake tried to bite him, even though there was glass to keep people safe? I think I remember a certain brunet with blue eyes hugging me and saying that he wanted to leave the reptile room" Robert smirked.

Aaron sighed before he quickly grabbed hold of the waxstrip that was on Robert, and he ripped it off.

"Ah!" Robert bit his lip "I probably deserved that".

"You got that right. You know that I'm not a big fan of snakes" Aaron smirked and so did Robert. "Last one now" Aaron grabbed hold of the last piece of paper and the tub of wax.

"Just get it over and done with" Robert said as he braced himself.

Aaron kneeled down on the floor and put the wax and the strip of paper on Robert.

"Whoa, why are you doing my crack?" Robert asked as he looked under his arm and saw Aaron.

"Because you just told me that you wanted go get rid of the hairs on your arse. So unless you want a line of little blonde hairs going up your butt then I have to do this as well" Aaron looked up at Robert and saw the look of fear in his eyes. "Give me your hand" he held his hand up for Robert.

Robert grabbed hold of his husband's hand and held it tightly.

"This will hurt more than the other ones so try to relax" Aaron said as he tried to calm Robert by stroking his hand with his thumb.

"Easy for you to say. Where did you wax yourself?" Robert scoffed.

"I waxed my bum a few times, as well my arms and legs" Aaron answered.

Robert's eyes widened "Really?"

"I was a stupid kid. I hope that you're not gonna do this again" Aaron raised one eyebrow.

"Oh trust me... this is never gonna happen again" Robert answered.

They then heard the doorbell and front door opened and shut.

"Aaron? Robert?" Victoria called.

"I'll be right with ya Vic! I just have to deal my drama queen of a husband!" Aaron yelled to Victoria.

"Oi I'm not a drama queen!" Robert argued but then Aaron ripped off the waxstrip "AAAHHHH! Fuckin hell!"

"Is everything alright up there?" Victoria shouted up the stairs.

Meanwhile in the bathroom... Robert was sat on the floor and Aaron was stood up next to him. "Yeah, we're alright Vic!" Aaron shouted to Victoria, he then looked at Robert "Come on, I'll carry you downstairs".

Robert stood up and he put his arms around his husband's neck. He did a small jump and Aaron grabbed hold of his upper legs to hold him up.

"Come on then handsome" Aaron smiled as he walked out of the bathroom and started to walk down the stairs.

"What the hell was all of that screaming? Uh, Aaron. Why are you carrying Robert?" Victoria asked.

"He's a bit tired and miserable so I'm waiting on him hand and foot, he doesn't feel one hundred percent" Aaron said as he reached the bottom step and carried Robert over to the sofa.

"How is it even possible for you to carry him? He weighs more than you. He needs to lose weight" Victoria said plus getting a distasteful look from Robert.

"He's not heavy. I had to carry Adam home a few times. Now that's heavy" Aaron smiled.

"I just came to ask if you want to join us lot for a drink at the Woolly" Victoria explained.

"No thanks. I'm gonna keep this one company" Aaron nodded at Robert.

"Okay, well I'm gonna go before he bites my head off" Victoria looked at Robert.

Aaron noticed the dark look that Robert was giving Victoria. He gave his husband a small slap on the back of the head "Knock that off or else you can walk upstairs on your own".

Robert did what he was told and his facial expressions relaxed "Sorry Vic".

"Blimey, you've got him trained Aaron" Victoria chuckled.

"Yep, I guess I do" Aaron smirked and placed one hand on Robert's shoulder. Victoria said goodbye and walked out of the house. Aaron sat on the sofa next to Robert looked at his husband. "Does it still hurt?" he asked.

"Yeah, it's stinging a bit" Robert answered.

"Come'ere then" Aaron patted his lap.

Robert looked at his husband and slowly moved so that he was sat on Aaron's lap.

Aaron wrapped his arms around Robert "It does get better".

"It stings a lot" Robert said with a pouty face.

Aaron smirked "Do I need to make it better?" he asked.

Robert nodded "Yeah".

Aaron leaned in and started to kiss Robert's neck and he moved his hand and placed it on Robert's thigh "Does that help?" he whispered.

"Mmmm, that feels great" Robert smiled.

"I knew that it would help" Aaron whispered across Robert's skin.

"You always make me feel better" Robert groaned.

Aaron stopped kissing Robert and they laid down on the sofa with their arms wrapped around each other. Aaron and Robert continued to kiss and hold each other. Aaron sucked at Robert's bottom lip, just the way that made an excited chill go up his spine.

"I love it when you do that" Robert smiled.

"I know" Aaron held Robert close "Feel better now?"

"Much better now" Robert snuggled into Aaron and kissed his chest.

Aaron smiled and kissed Robert. He felt a sense of achievement that he had cheered his husband up and that he seemed to be the only one who could make Robert feel better.