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Along the streets skeletons are hanging from the windows, spiderwebs covering the buildings and the sounds of Monster Mash could be heard coming from multiple of the clubs around here. Buck walked up to the entrance of the club where he had agreed to meet some friends tonight. Right before going inside he looked down at himself and sighed for the nth time that night when the fuzzy red fabric stared back at him.
Long story short, Buck lost a bet with his friends and was this year's designated Elmo. He's only known these friends for 2 years, but both years they invited him out to a Halloween costume party. And each year, they have some sort of bet to determine who gets to wear the bright red Elmo onesie. Ever tried picking up a hot vampire while wearing an Elmo onesie? Buck hasn't either but his friend told him all about his sad attempts.
Entering the club, he finds his friends at the bar. Anna, who's dressed as a sexy zombie nurse, her brother Adam, dressed as a firefighter and really, why couldn't Buck just turn up in his turnout? Then there was Ricardo, this year not wearing the, by the way slightly itching, Elmo onesie. Instead he was shirtless, wearing a leather jacket, tight leather pants and a cowboy hat with fake blood smeared everywhere. It was definitely a look and Buck wasn't sure what he was looking at, but it definitely suited the guy.
He slid into the space between Adam and Anna and gladly accepted the drink that was shoved into his hand. "So Buck, how does it feel to be Elmo for a night?" Anna smirked at him while asking. Buck made a big show of swallowing his drink. "Better now I have this."
After a bit of small talk, the group moved to the dance floor. It didn't take long for their group to split up, Anna found a tall guy wearing a witch outfit, including pointy hat and broom, and was suggestively pressed up against his skirt. Adam was throwing flirty looks towards another guy in a firefighters outfit. Seriously, is everyone into firefighters these days? An image of Eddie wearing just the turnout pants and suspenders flashes in his mind. The answer might be closer to yes than he'd like to admit. He shakes his head, tonight was not the night to think about Eddie. Tonight, he just wanted to forget his feelings.
At that thought, Ricardo leaned in and yelled in his ear trying to speak through the loud music. "Darth Vader at 5 o'clock. I swear he's checking you out."
Buck tried to turn around as subtly as possible and glanced at the guy in the Darth Vader costume. His face was hidden behind the mask but he seemed to be almost as tall as Buck was, maybe a bit smaller. He seemed to be staring right at Buck, as far as he could tell. He smirked and attempted to make eye contact with mister Darth Vader. Which felt absolutely ridiculous, considering he still looked like Elmo and he couldn't exactly find eyes in the Darth Vader mask to make contact with.
Still, the man in the Darth Vader kept looking in his direction and nodded slightly. Buck took this as a sign and turned to move towards the other man. Ricardo, who had been watching the exchange with a confused looking smirk. He clapped Buck on the shoulder and leaned into him. "Good luck man, you're gonna need it."
Buck slowly moved towards the man in the Darth Vader costume and was pleased to see the man had the same idea. They met each other on the dance floor. Rockwell's Somebody's Watching Me started playing and Buck started moving to the music, turning his back to his mystery man. He felt arms snaking around his waist and hands roaming over his chest. His back hit the other man's chest and Buck slowed his movements to really feel the man's warmth against him. He turned his head and saw a sliver of skin peaking out between his cape and mask. In an impulse he put his lips on the man's neck and softly bit the skin. The arms around his waist tightened and Buck could hear a mechanical chuckle next to his ear. The man's costume seemed to include a voice changer, he really went all out.
The song changed to something slower and Buck looked down at his chest to see the man undoing the top button of his onesie. When the hand touched his skin Buck couldn't resist any longer. He cleared his throat and made sure his voice came out at a much higher pitch than usual.
"Oh yes, tickle me."
The man's hands stilled and oh shit, Buck had really done it now hadn't he? To his surprise though, the hands were moving again within a second and he heard a full blown mechanical laughter this time.
"Two can play at that game." The man cleared his throat before speaking in Buck's ear with the most serious Darth Vader voice he ever heard.
"Elmo… I am your daddy."
And oh my god, Buck did not expect that. He burst out laughing, turned around to face mister Darth Vader and promptly started laughing again. Something about this stranger attracted Buck from the start, and now they even shared the same humor.
Buck looped his arms around the other man. He leaned in and sucked on the piece of skin he had discovered earlier. After detaching his lips he leaned in close and spoke.
"I'd really like to kiss you now."
In response, the man took a step back and took Buck's hand and led him off the dance floor. They ended up at a less crowded spot where Buck crowded Darth Vader against the wall. Buck was busy kissing the man's neck and trying to access more skin while the man was struggling to get his mask off. When Buck heard the clang of the mask hitting the floor he quickly closed his eyes before his lips were attacked. Buck got completely lost in the kiss, it was hot, insane, crazy and absolutely perfect.
After an eternity of both slow and long and hot and heavy kisses they separated and Buck opened his eyes and for the first time took a look at the man he just made out with.
Only to meet the gorgeous brown eyes belonging to his best friend Eddie.
Buck's mouth fell open in a soundless gasp and he slowly removed his own hood, finally showing Eddie his own identity. Eddie's eyes widened but he let out a laugh right after.
"I knew that laugh sounded familiar!" He exclaimed, still smiling.
Seeing the relaxed smile on his friend's face finally made Buck relax enough to collect his jaw from the floor. He opened and closed his mouth in quick succession, basically impersonating a fish until he finally found his words.
"Eddie? What are you… what are you even doing here?"
"Hen invited me here. Her, Christopher and Denny helped me with this outfit. I'm assuming you liked it?" He asks with a smirk.
"Oh. Well. Yes I uh. It definitely suits you?" It came out more like a question. Buck was still a bit confused and seeing Eddie all confident made his brain even more confused.
Eddie reached out, arms going around Buck's waist again.
"So. What do you say on getting out of here and continuing this at home... Elmo?"
Buck let out a not so charming snort and leaned in to press a kiss to Eddie's lips.
"Yeah, let's do that." And with an even bigger smirk than Eddie directed at him he continued. "Daddy."