.1. A red dot blinks in the corner of the small screen letting the tall skinny boy know that the camcorder is recording. “Hi! I’m hank ocull, and my dad’s got me this so I can record my thoughts and shit… I don’t really know why they got me this, my dads are weird and they aren’t technically my dads… I’m adopted.” Hank takes a deep breath before speaking at the camera again, “and also I’m dead, but I’m also alive? Kinda? I dont really know… one second I kicked the chair out from under me and felt myself suffocating and the next I was in a fucking waiting room… fuck this I’m starting to confuse myself..” hank turned off the recorder and fell onto his bed touching the permanent rope burn around his neck. “Ugh… it’s been like two years since I died why hasn’t this healed?” He asked himself. Hanks phone buzzed, he grabbed it from the other side of the bed, he pulled it from under the black sheets covered in skulls and checked it, ‘HANK!!!!!!!!!’ Was the only notification, it was from his boyfriend, Steg, ‘whatz up babe??’ He responded, not even a second went by before Steg respond ‘IM OUTSIDE POOKIE!!!!!!!!!!!!! OPEN THE DOOR TWINKERBELL’ hank laughed a little and sat up, he opened the door to his room and rushed downstairs, passed the pictures from his dads wedding and the picture from when the adoption process was finished. Hank opened the door and was immediately pulled into a big hug from his boyfriend. Stegs fluffy bleach blonde hair hit his face as the long lanky arms wrapped around hanks small waist and pulled him close. “Hi honey..” hank said with a smile and hugged Steg back “lizzas going to be here any second.. her not having any arms somehow makes her able to tell when we’re alone together.. massive cockblock-“ Steg said before he was cut off by lizza running up to them, “I saw Steg running over here so I followed him, what’s up?” Lizza asked as she was catching her breath. “I don’t know, Steg Just got here..” hank said as he ruffled lizzas hair, the shorter girl shook her head around violently making hank stop, “I was going to take hank to the cafe-“ Steg was cut off once again “THE CAFE MY MOM RUNS? I can get you guys free food there!” Lizza smiled, proud of herself. “Yes that cafe, the only other places to eat here are arbys or Waffle House… and neither of those are romantic.” Steg says, grabbing hanks hand, “I like the beef and cheddars at arbys… and the curly fries.” Hank says back, squeezing stegs hand. The three walk down the quiet streets of Willow creek, it’s a small town. Mostly dirt roads with the occasional house or convenience store, when they rarely passed a person they would smile and nod towards them, lizza would stop to look at bugs and snails as they walked, but for the entire walk to the cafe they talked about everything that popped into their heads. Once hank Steg and lizza arrived at Pastells cafe, lizza ran behind the counter to say hi to her mom, Pastell walked out of the back, carrying a tray of pastries to the counter and smiled at lizza, “hi hon, do you need something?” Pastell asked, she wiped her forehead with a oven mit, careful to not press down on the burn scars that covered half her face and body. Despite the burns she looked like a model. Lizza nodded “yup!! Can hank and Steg have some food? Stegs trying to take hank out in a date!” Lizza joked, drawing out the word date, hank and Steg bothe blushed and Steg nodded shyly, Pastell smiled and giggled, “I remember baking your dads stuff so they could go on their secret dates back in the cult..” she smiled sadly as she remembered life before Willow creek. “What do you boys want?” Pastell asked with a happier smile, Hank pointed at a pastry heart with strawberry cream cheese and strawberry chunks on it, “can I have one of those?” He asked, Pastell pulled it out of the display case and put it on a plate, “what about you Steg?” She asked, Steg took a minute to think before deciding on a cookie with a lemon and mint glaze that was also shaded like a heart, “could I have that?” He asked excitedly, Pastell nodded and put one on the plate. “Lizza helped me make these, she’s been practicing using that uh.. what’s it called?” Pastell looked down at lizza, “telekinesis!!” She Said excitedly. “She’s been practicing her telekinesis by helping use the cookie cutters, the hearts are her favorite to use.” Pastell smiled and handed the boys plates, “enjoy you too!! And hank tell my brother I said hi and to stop harassing me with that fucking picture of a cat saying bologna before I explode.” She smiled. “I’ll make sure I tell dad!! Bye aunt Pastell!! Thank you!” Hank said and waved goodbye. “Oh my god you need to try some of this!!” Steg said as he broke off part of his cookie and handed it to Steg, “then you need to try some of mine!” Hank responded. Once the two finished eating hank rested his head on Stegs shoulder, he pulled a dandelion out of the ground and blew on it, the seeds flew everywhere and hank looked at steg, “do you wanna go back to my house and watch a movie or something?” Hank asked. “Hell yeah!” Hank pulled out his phone and texted his dad, ‘me n Steg r gonna watch a movie at home, plz don’t bother us dad!!!’ Hank turned off his phone and put it back in his trip pants pocket, “come on babes, let’s go.” He stood up and held a hand out to help Steg up. “What Movie do you think we should watch?” Steg asked as he fixed his hair, “what about Texas chainsaw massacre?” Hank responded, Steg nodded and dragged hank behind him, running back to hanks house. The blonde boy stopped running and picked a chrysanthemum for hank, “god I love these flowers, they look fucking gay but their cool..” Steg giggled and put it behind hanks ear then gave him a kiss on the cheek. Hanks face turned a dark red. “UGH WHY’D THEY HIDE THERE? THATS FUCKING STUPID DUDE!” Steg yelled and threw a pillow at the tv, “careful!! My dad’s would be pissed if the tv broke!” Hank hit Steg on the arm playfully and giggled. “Sigh..” Steg fell back onto Hanks bed with his arms out, Hank plopped don’t next to him and rested on Stegs arm. “I don’t think we’ve ever.. kissed kissed…” Steg said blushing, hanks face went red and he starred at Steg for a few seconds before blinking. “Do you um.. wanna like.. kiss..?” Steg asked shyly, hank nodded, their faces moved closer together before they could kiss the door swung open and one of hanks dads, Tobias, walked in. “PAPA GET OUT” hank shouted as he quickly sat up, “ok ok I’m sorry! But dinners ready kiddo,” Tobias said, “it’s uh, I don’t fucking- sorry- I don’t know what lucifer made..” Tobias walked away and into the bathroom to wash his hands. “Ugh we were just about to mouth kiss!” Steg whined sitting up and walking to the door, Hank followed behind his boyfriend and agreed. Once everyone was at the kitchen table, Lucifer pulled a sheet tray out of the oven, he put his long bloneish green hair in a bun before cutting out pieces of perfectly cooked lasagna and putting them on plates. “Enjoy my cooking or die!” Lucifer said jokingly as he put a plate of lasagna in front of everyone before sitting down. Hank looked down at the food and took small bites, drinking water in between bites. .2. After begging his dads, Lucifer and Tobias agreed to let hank and Steg have a sleepover, “alright.. just no funny business..” Lucifer muttered as he walked into his room, Tobias followed close behind waving goodnight to the boys. “God I’m fucking exhausted.” Lucifer complained as he took off his shirt, “me too, blue kicked our asses at work, like she had me do a coffee run but made me RUN. It was a mile before I got to your sisters cafe then I had to run a mile back and I had more work to do.. god working sucks.” Tobias muttered as Lucifer nodded along. Both men finished getting ready to sleep and curled up next to each other in bed. “Working fucking sucks but we need to do it.” “Night Tobi..” “good night lucifer..” After half an hour Tobias sat up, “are you still awake luci?” Tobias asked, trying to focus on Lucifer in the dark, “no. Now go the fuck to sleep. I have to get in early tomorrow.” Lucifer snapped at Tobias before rolling over. “Ok luci, good night.” Meanwhile, in hanks room Steg looked around at all the trinkets on shelves and at the posters on the walls. Some read ‘the cure’ or ‘bahuse’ but what surprised Steg was the one blue WEEZER poster that stood out against all the black and white gothic band posters, Steg giggles a little at the site of the poster. “What are you laughing about count fagula?” Hank giggled, Steg looked at hank with a dramatically offended look, “I’m not the one who’s a vampire like you!” Steg said in his defense, “I’m not a vampire, I’m a goth. And you can’t say shit, you’re an EMO.” Hank responded, putting an emphasis on Emo. “Shut up dick bag! Kiss me.” Steg said and muttered the last part, “what?” “What” they shared a confused look before they broke out into laughter. “Dude if you wanna kiss just ask me, don’t do that cringe fanfic shit.” Hank said with a giggle, Steg sighed lightly and smiled, “can I uh, have a kiss?” Pastell pulled a hot sheet out of the oven in their apartment’s kitchen, normally she’d go downstairs and bake in the cafes kitchen but Pastell didn’t feel like it. “Momma? Are the cookies done?” Lizza asked as she dashed into the kitchen, Pastell raised the gloves above her head to avoid hitting lizza as she scurried around, excited about the chocolate and sugar cookies. “Yes they are lizz, but give them a minute to cool down honey, you don’t want to burn your tongue!” Pastell said with a smile as she placed the cookies on top of the stove. Irus walked into the kitchen and grabbed a cookie, “how come mom can have one now but I have to wait?” Lizza asked, “it’s easy kid, I’m a demon and my body temperature is hot enough to cook an egg.” Irus said, she took a bite out of the cookie and smiled smugly and lizza, “their going to be cool enough for you to eat in a few minutes, how about until then we get ya some milk?” A girl with vitiligo squeezed some face wash into her hand and began to scrub, after rinsing off her face she tied her Afro into a bun so it would be easier to put in her bonnet. “God dam I look good.” She said, winking at herself in the mirror, the tall girl’s phone rang and a picture of her brother, steg’s contact popped up. “Sup Steg?” She asked walking out of the bathroom and sat on the couch in the living room, “me and hank had our first kiss kiss!!” Steg said excitedly. The woman smiled “good job, don’t get AIDS.” She said, trying to keep in the laughter “SHUT UP CLOVER!” Steg yelled into the phone before hanging up the phone. clover smiled at her chance to make fun of her brother, but instead of spam texting him links to where you can buy condoms she decided to be more classy and send him the eggplant emoji over 70 times. Like a good sister.