Several days after that phone call, Dan was helping his parents hang white and gold ornaments on the fresh smelling pine tree with a sweet white and red striped candy cane stuck between his mouth. His mother told him he couldn't pack his clothes until he helped with the tree.

"Do you want to load your presents to Bear?" His mother asks as she catches a glass gold ornament before it falls.

"Mmnnm" He says. He hangs up the white snowflake and takes take the sugar out his mouth. "I'll just open them now, your gifts from me are on your bed."

"It's wrong to open presents on Christmas Eve." His father states as he shakes one box under the tree.

Dan smiles. "Go on dad, treat yourself just this once." He sticks the sweet back out and looks at his mother for conformation. "done?"

She walks around the tree and looks it up and down trying to point out any imperfections. Dan bounced on his heels as he waited for her verdict.

"You may go."

Dan flew up the stairs at her statement and threw open his door. He slid over to his closet and pulled out his suitcase. Throwing it on his bed, he pulls out any clothes from his closet he puts his hands on and throws it in the black case messily.

"What the hell?" The one thing about Dan, whenever he came back home to his dad, his language changed to match his. It had been years of hearing him scream at that tv all the time.

He pushes away some of his old clothes and in the back he touched something very silk, it had lace, a lot of lace. He had bought it so long ago, when he was first experimenting.

"Dan the cars here!" He hears his mother yell.

"Shi-"Dan grabs the fabric and throws it in to, along with his underwear, phone and charger and slams it shut. He didn't know why he grabbed it, it wasn't like he had the confidence to actually show it to Phil.

They had talked on and off the phone since last time but Phil was very reserved. He always had to hang up early and he barley even kept a conversation when he didn't have to. Dan seemed to miss him even more now.

He walks back down the stairs and see his mother talking to someone but the door was blocking the way of the person.

He sets down his suitcase and his mom turns and smiles. She opens the door wider and steps aside so Dan could come to the door.

"Wow.." Phil had back on his black rimmed glasses, and a button up red shirt with black pants. He held beautiful red roses in his hand as he grinned broadly at Dan.

"Hey Dan-woah!" Phil tries to keep from falling backward as Dan takes out his candy cane and tackles him in a hug before standing up on his tiptoes to his his cheek over and over again.

"I missed you so much." Dan whispers, nuzzling into his neck, Phil smelled of hot chocolate and sweet smelling candles.
"Well don't get my face all sticky." He laughs as he watches Dan take the red striped candy back into his mouth, "god I've missed you more than you could imagine."

Dan looks behind him, his mom had went back in the kitchen. "In what ways have you missed me?" He started licking the sweet slowly looking up at him.

Phil gulps and his breathing hitches, "In all of them."

The noise of the trunk of a car slamming makes them turn to see Dan's father putting his presents in the back of the car.
"Dad I told you, you didn't have to do that." Dan complains walking over to him. Phil grabs his forgotten suitcase and follows close behind.

"Nonsense." He waves his hand dismissively, "it was only a few gifts anyways it wasn't any trouble."

Dan laughs and hugs his Dad goodbye. He watches with amusement as Phil puts on his act-right-boyfriend persona and shakes his hand importantly. Then he puts his suitcase in the backseat and they get in the car.

"Who's car is this?" Dan asks as they pull out the driveway.

"Mine, but I had just gotten the privilege of driving it again." Phil explains as he fiddles with the heat. "I'm glad you're back Bear, I missed being by your side."

Dan reaches over and grabs Phil's hand that was laying on the center console. He grins as he sees Phil smile while watching the road. He also liked looking at the silver band on his finger.

"Well I'm nervous to meet your family." Dan admits as he bites the last of the candy cane.

Phil laughs. "Dan they practically know all about you since I never stopped talking about you the whole time we were at the hospital."

"So they're okay with you... dating me...?" Dan asks quietly.

He watches as Phil's face pinches tight, knowing what Dan was really asking.
"There was a lot of surprise at first, especially from my dad and even my mom, my brother said he sort of figured, but it took a lot of convincing my parents that this is who I am, and I'm not changing, when they understood that, they were finally ready to meet you."

This should've comforted Dan but it just made him even more nervous. What if when they saw him, they would say hateful things?

oof i know the ending of the story but i don't know when it's going to be be ....

HOE OUT✌🏼