halloween thrill ~ fluff

"come on, jax. it's going to be fun." skylar said.

"yeah, jax." mil rolled her eyes. "don't be such a spoilsport."

"look, i'm sorry." jax said. "but i'm just saying. exploring this abandoned building at night is a shitty idea."

"c'mon." mil said, placing her hand on dan's chest as she leaned into his embrace. "dan said it'd be safe."

"do you just believe everything your boyfriend says?"

"c'mon, jax. it'll be fine." dan scoffed, pointing the flashlight at the path.

"fine." jax rolled his eyes and shoved his hands deeper into his pockets.

•

"okay." dan said, clicking a small metal button. "this elevator should take us to the top floor, and then we can work our way down."

"what are we even looking for anyways?" skylar asked.

"a halloween thrill?" dan shrugged. "a risk to take?"

"fair enough." skylar said.

"okay, baby." daniel said once the elevator dinged. he nudged mil towards the opening of the elevator. "after you."

"why, thank you!" mil giggled, stepping inside. dan followed, but the elevator doors shut immediately after.

"uhh..." skylar tapped nervously on the doors. "weren't you supposed to let us in?"

"yeah." daniel said, attempting to tug the doors open. "i don't know why this happened--"

"i tOLD YOU." jax screamed. "NO ONE LISTENED TO ME, BUT I TOLD YOU. I KNEW SOMETHING BAD WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT DID YOU LISTEN? NOOOOOO."

"jesus, jax." skylar said. "calm down."

"calm down? calm down?" jax said. "they're trapped in a fucking elevator."

"or maybe dan is just stupid." skylar said. she walked closer to the doors. "dan? have you tried pressing the door open button?"

"you really think i haven't tried that?"

"fair enough." skylar shrugged.

"fuck, dan..." mil whispered, rushing to her boyfriends side. "i'm scared..."

"shh, baby." daniel said, stroking her hair. "you'll be fine. i'm here. i'm here."

"technically," jax said, "you're not at risk to fall unless--"

click

a whirring sound soon followed, and then the teens were plunged into darkness.

"unless what?"

"unless that happens." jax sighed.

"skylar!" dan said. "is there anything around there like a crowbar or a pipe or a piece of wood?"

"i found a pipe.." skylar said, picking up a small metal pipe.

"okay. i need you to put it in between the doors, and pull."

"but--"

"for fucks sake, skylar." mil snapped. "just do it."

skylar wedged the metal pipe in between the doors and began to pull, a small gap starting to form.

"yes, yes, yes!" dan said. "keep going keep going."

jax stood next to skylar and began to pull, allowing the doors to open even more. dan placed his fingers in between the doors and began to pull. eventually, the doors gave way and skylar and jax stumbled backwards, while daniel and mil tumbled out of the elevator. mil ended up actually falling on top of daniel, causing skylar and jax to laugh.

"what?"

"something is seriously wrong with this picture." skylar giggled.

"oh, shut up." daniel hissed, helping mil to her feet. "now let's get out of this damned place." mil took ahold of dan's hand and they sprinted off, skylar and jax at their heels. they reached the door and grabbed the handles, only to notice that it was jammed. they tugged at the door handles for a while, but to no avail.

"oh god...." skylar gasped.

"here, babygirl." dan said, taking his jacket off and handing it to mil. "hold this."

"umm..." mil said, throwing his jacket over her forearm. "why?"

"you'll see." dan said, walking about fifteen feet away from the door.

"dan," skylar cautioned, "don't do anything stupid."

"when does he ever do anything stupid?" mil said.

"pfft." jax laughed. "when does he not do anything stupid?"

daniel scoffed. he began to sprint, and then jumped a few inches before he hit the door, throwing his whole body into the door. however, skylar pressed down on a little switch on the handle, causing it to swing open. dan fell to the ground, landing hard on his left side.

"fUCK." dan screamed, rolling over as he gripped his shoulder tightly.

"told you." jax smirked.

"oh, baby!" mil said, rushing to his side. "you okay?"

"uuugh..." he hissed. "s-sure...yeah. i'll be fine." skylar grabbed dan's wrists and tugged him upwards as he brushed the dirt off of his knees.

"m'hungry." mil said. "can we get something to eat?"

"yeah." dan said. "but jax is driving."

"that's just because you want to be in the backseat with your girlfriend."

"no, it's because i hurt my shoulder and i don't want to drive."

"fine. then get in the passenger seat."

"no. i can sit in the back if i want to."

"okay." jax laughed.

"i deserve it!" dan said. "i have had a bad day."

"come keep me company, dan." mil purred, leaning closer. dan pulled her into a passionate kiss, pressing her up against the car before they slipped inside, their lips still connected.

•

dan, mil, jax, and skylar walked into the diner, a small bell dinging when the door opened. they sat down on the red vinyl chairs and began to look through the menu, laughing and talking the whole time. a waitress came over and looked at the four of them, giggling quietly.

"looks like you four have had quite a night."

dan looked around at the table, noticing skylars  hands which were streaked with oil from the pipe, jax's hair was messed up and his clothes dusty, mil was wearing dan's leather jacket which was a bit big on her, so the sleeves ended just a little bit after her fingertips. mil noticed the scrape on her boyfriend's cheek and the bruises that were beginning to form down his arm.

"yeah." dan said, squeezing mil's hand. "yeah we did."