"No", Colby said sternly and Sam's eyes flickered between the two.

"Wait are you serious right now?" Elton asked, fiddling the camera back and forth in his hands.

"Hundred percent", Sam nodded firmly.

"Did I fucking stutter? No Sam, you can't go", Colby gave Sam a serious expression, his eyes narrowing at his significant other.

"I wasn't asking you Colby", Sam stated calmly and this evoked a shocked reaction from both males. It's been a while since Sam has acted that way when it came to Colby, it was like a switch was activated in his mind.

"Elton, would it be okay if you let me tag along? I don't even have to go inside, I just-"

"Sam".

"Colby", Sam retaliated, giving the male a harsh stare. "I want to go back, for some reason, I feel like it'll be better if I can face the place at least once. You don't have to go with Colby, maybe me going with them and you staying here would be good?"

Elton and Colby looked at each other, they both seemed to be having the exact same thoughts. What the fuck was Sam talking about? After all that talk, all the tears shed, all the talks they've had, now Sam is acting like he didn't want Colby near him, was it wrong for Colby to feel slightly hurt by Sam's actions?

"Good? What are you on about? Are you pranking us right now?" Colby asked. "Or is this a prank on me?"

"No", Sam shrugged. "Separation right?" He added and Colby shook his head, kneeling in front of Sam to cup his cheeks and lean closer.

"Regardless of whether what she said was true or not, this is a drastic step to take Sam, I don't think-"

"Colby", Sam said firmly as he placed his hands over Colby's, his gaze softening slightly as he offered and apologetic smile to his lover. "Let me do this".

"Sam I don't think that's a great idea", Elton intervened, not wanting them to get into a full fledged fight right now.

"Guys, I'm not a fucking baby, I can handle just sitting in the car and waiting", Sam defended, now feeling outright fed up with their intent to keep him locked up, shielded like a child. He wanted to face his fears, was that wrong of him? He somewhat appreciated their concerns but if there's even the slightest possibility that he could be 'cured' for lack of a better term, he was going to take the chance head on.

Colby looked at the ground and then at Elton. "If he's going, so am I, there's no way in hell he's going there without me", Colby finally said and Elton rose his eyebrows at them.

"Uh... Oh kay?" Elton did not expect this to happen at all. He wondered whether telling them in the first place was a bad option or not. He just hoped nothing chaotic would come out of this endeavor, that was the last thing they all needed right now.

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Their eyes stared from the car, watching their friends make their way into the damned place. Luckily it wasn't late all so the sun was still high in the sky which made the two feel slightly more at ease. Sam mentally battled with himself over how idiotic they were to do that video at night. Sure, they've done multiple other exploration videos in other places during the night that they came out safely, but that place was so sketchy that it was absurd to challenge, even for them.

"Place doesn't look all that scary when there's light..." Colby spoke up and Sam looked to him with a tired expression.

"That's what makes this place worse", he added and Colby nodded in agreement.

"Why would you want to come back here?" Colby asked, disbelief lacing his tone.

Sam stared at him and sighed. He honestly wasn't sure. When Elton mentioned that he was coming here, Sam immediately perked up in wanting to come back here. It was like he was trying to prove something that wasn't necessary. He supposed he wanted to prove to himself that this place wouldn't beat him. Yeah. That's it. He nodded subconsciously to himself.

"Sam?"

"I uh... I guess I just wanted to show that I could face it..." He looked out the window at the place, a burning growing within his chest that recognised to be anxiety. What if... Something were to go wrong? Why hadn't he thought that far? Sure he came to face his fear but now that he was here, he was starting to regret it. He and Colby were defenseless in this car, if something were to happen...

He took a second before facing Colby again, their eyes meeting. "You okay?" Colby asked gently and Sam blinked before he leaned closer and placed his lips against Colby's.

Colby was a bit surprised by Sam's actions but he didn't refuse to return the kiss, leaning into his partner eagerly, their hands finding each other and intertwining fingers.

Sam needed a distraction from his paranoia. It wasn't wrong of him to use Colby as a distraction right now, the brunette was probably hyper aware of how stressful this was for Sam, who had no doubt that Colby may be feeling just as anxious. He and Colby were still exploring this relationship, obviously having only been in relationships with women until this point.

The kiss started out slow, the two males familiarizing their tastes as fingers hesitantly touched hips and hands. Sam slowly started to rotate his body without breaking the kiss, his knees resting on the seat as he shuffled in the backseat. He moved to straddle Colby's lap, the two laughing against one another's mouths as they tried to change positions while still remaining in their kiss.

Though the space was cramped, Sam managed to seat himself in Colby's lap with his hands massaging into his significant other's shoulder blades. As the kiss stretched out and breathing became more erratic, the two needily pawed at the other's clothing, not liking the fabric that withheld them from their skin making contact.

It might've progressed into something more had their not been a sudden bang against the side of the car, the two crying out in shock with Sam slamming the top of his head into the ceiling of the vehicle. Colby rose his hands to rub at Sam's forehead as he asked him whether he was okay or not before looking to where the noise had come from.

Of course, these two weren't going to brush that off like 'maybe it was the wind' or an animal, because there was nothing there when they checked. If this were like before, they would've assumed it were Elton or the others screwing with them. A rather cruel joke to play, too cruel even for Elton.

"Colby", Sam leaned to the side and crawled off his partners lap, his eyes trained in the direction in which the noise had come from while his hands idly rubbed at the bump forming atop his head.

Another bang sounded, this time above on the roof of the car which caused Sam to start screaming in panic, begging and pleading for Colby to make it stop and for them to leave. They couldn't leave however, not without their friends and neither of them were willing to leave the car to go and call them back.

"Hey, hey, Sam, shhhh look at me baby", Colby tried to push his own fear aside as he took Sam's face in his hands and wiped the tears that were already falling with the padding of his thumbs. To see Sam in such a state again tore Colby apart, hating himself for not pushing harder for he and Sam to stay home, far away from this damned place.

Sam did as Colby instructed, trying to calm his breathing as he placed his hands over Colby's and gripped at his fingers. Colby told Sam to breathe slowly and rhythmically, demonstrating the slow intake of breath through his nostrils and out his mouth. Sam repeated the process and closed his eyes, his exhales sounding shaky but he slowly began to calm down.

A thump sounded outside the car again, right behind Sam by the door, the blonde's eyes shooting wide open and whipping his head around to look but Colby stopped him and brought his partners face into his chest. "Don't look", Colby sternly commanded and Sam nuzzled his face into his chest and whimpered.

Colby couldn't see who or what was outside but he did notice that the sun was already settling behind the far landscape, causing him to hiss under his breath. Dammit, they promised they'd be back before it got dark.

He looked back at the building and paused. "Sam... I may have to go and get them can you-"

"No! No! No!" Sam repeated the word 'no' in shrill screams, pulling away from Colby's chest and grabbing him by the shoulders as he shook his roughly. Not again. They couldn't do this again, he refused to stay here and watch Colby run off into that cursed place by himself. He'd worry himself insane.

"Okay, okay I won't, I promise I won't leave you", he pulled Sam against him again and kissed the top of his head as he allowed the boy to shake and sob against his chest desperately. It was a foolish suggestion, how could he even dream of asking Sam whether he shoulder leave him here alone or not?

A thud sounded by the window behind Sam, both of them flinching violently, Sam attempting to look but Colby stopped him from doing so as his wide eyes met the gaze... Or what he assumed to be the gaze of a young girl, looking like she just crawled her way out of The Ring film. She smacked her palm continuously against different gaps on the window, a red hand print leaving its mark each time.

Colby couldn't help the fact that his own panic was raging through him, wanting nothing more than to cower and scream like Sam. He couldn't be weak, but he was struggling to remain strong even for Sam's sake. He whimpered out as he dug his face into Sam's head and wept, whispering desperately for it to stop.

Crash.

They both screamed from the top of their lungs as all the windows shattered and fine shards of glass showered over their bodies, hands reaching in from outside the vehicle and pulling violently at their clothing. They screamed and clawed at each other as they tried to stay together, shutting their eyes and begging for it to stop.

All too suddenly, like a click of fingers it all stopped and they opened their eyes, the doors opening and their friends climbing in casually like nothing happened.

"That was anticlimactic- Creepy but anticlimactic", Elton sat in the drivers seat and fastened his seat belt while Amanda climbed into the passenger side and Heath opened the back door. The windows were completely as they were just moments before and the sun still shined through the glass into the car.

"Woah, what happened to you two?"

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