The prompt for this chapter is:"I'm just going to hand out candy this year."
He asks what her plans are, usually she has a party or an idea of what she wants to do for Halloween. She sighs, and moves hair out of her face.
"I think I'm just going to hand out candy this time. I don't feel like going to a party or getting dressed up this year." She tells him, and he notes the tiredness in her posture, the weariness in her words. She's tired, and she's been stretching herself too thin. She's only human after all. He tells her to relax for a few days. He'll take care of her projects for a few days, and let her recharge. She tries to resist, but gives in as she can't hold in a yawn. He promises to check in on her in three days, and she tells him she'll see him then.
He rings the doorbell three days later, and she opens it.
"Trick or treat." He says and she laughs. She lets him in and she has a bowl of candy next to the door.
"Do you want company?" He asks, and she tells him she'd love some.
They take turns answering the door for trick-or-treaters, and watch bad movies between groups of costumed children.