#implied mashlum? implied mashlum.

[malumsmermaid]

“Is that blood?” “…..No?” + “Wake up! Please wake up” poly!cashton (or anyone) worried? maybe angst n then some fluff?? 😭

Angst 8-”Is that blood?” “....No?”

Angst 5-”Wake up! Please wake up!”

Prompt List

Michael and Calum walked into your house after spending the morning decorating for the night’s halloween party. As they stepped through the door, Calum’s attention was immediately grabbed by the suspicious, reddish colored substance dotted across the floor. “Is that blood?” Calum asked, voice taking on a higher pitch as he looked at the trail through the living room and down the hall.

Michael crouched down, swiping a finger through one of the drips, which seemed to have secondary pattern which, if the trail of dog prints following the other drips was anything to go by, suggested Duke had trotted through it. He tilted his finger, observing the substance, “....No?” He hummed, sticking his finger in his mouth to confirm his theory, “yeah, it’s literally chocolate syrup and...something else.”

However, when he looked back up, he saw Calum disappearing through one of the doors down the hall. Michael sighed, taking off after him, finding him standing over the bed, shaking Ashton’s shoulders frantically. “Wake up! Please wake up!” he whimpered.

Ashton slowly blinked his eyes open, rolling over and groggily groaning, “What?”

As Calum was gesturing towards the hall saying, “Blood drips,” and trying to explain his panicked state to his boyfriend, you stepped out of the bathroom carrying a half-damp Duke.

“No more sticky icky, huh bud? Go snuggle up with Mr. ‘I can’t keep my hands to myself’ so I can clean up all the fake blood he made me spill before your pops comes home and starts panicking.”

“Too late.” Michael said from the door frame, shaking his head with a smirk on his face. “Also, why couldn’t Ash have cleaned it up?”

Ashton groaned, sitting up slightly, rubbing his face with his hand, “Tried to, was told I couldn’t use tile cleaner on wood, and then not told about the wood floor cleaner and just to get a towel for Duke.”

“I was busy focusing on trying to get the chocolate out of his hair!!” You protested.

“I know love,” Ashton said gently, “but if you paused for a moment, I could’ve dried your arms off and settled into taking care of Duke while you found the right floor cleaning stuff, yeah? I know your thought process went ‘Aahhh! Ash!’ to mess, to the biggest mess being Duke, who also shouldn’t have chocolate, and zeroed in on the last thing, but we have task delegation for a reason, right?”

You sighed, nodding slowly, “I know, you’re right, Ash. Anyway, it’s happened now, I’m gonna go finish cleaning up.”

Ashton nodded as you set Duke on the bed, Ashton pulling Calum to lay down with him and helping him calm down as he comprehended that no one was hurt. Michael cleared his throat, shifting on his feet, “I don’t think I want to know the hidden details in this story. Also don’t quite get why Calum wanted me to come over so badly.”

You, Ashton, and Calum, all shared an excited look and you turned, smiling up at Michael as you took his hand. “Come help me clean up and I’ll explain everything.” 

“Okay?” he replied, following you out the door as Ashton began pressing butterfly kisses to Calum’s cheeks.