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Curt and Owen timidly stepped out of the car. They weren't sure how well this was going to go, but they had drove five hours to be here. They sure as hell weren't running away now.

After closing all the car doors and making sure they were locked, the crew head toward the large house. Before they could reach the door, and old woman opened the door and stood out on the porch.

"Now why in the world are my two favorite grandkids here? Not that I'm complaining." She yelled.

"You won't believe us, Grams!" Alli called.

"And I'm not your grandchild technically!" Mars added.

"Not yet!" The old woman hollered, "but I got a feeling that real soon you will be!"

Mars blushed and shoved their hands in their pockets.

"Uhm, anyway, we brought two friends! They need help getting back home and you're the smartest person we know!" Alli motioned Owen and Curt to come forward.

"Are they aliens?!" The old woman squealed in excitement.

"No, they're time travellers, sorry." Alli shrugged. The old woman frowned. "Well, it's not ideal, but I'll work with it," she murmured.

"We're right here, ma'am." Curt interrupted.

The old woman froze.

"Curt?" A confused, hushed whisper left her mouth.

Curt narrowed his eyes. "How... how did you know?"

"Oh my God. Oh my god." She hobbled down the porch steps. "Is it really you? You and Owen... you died!"

Curt stared at the old woman. "Wait... Barb?" His jaw dropped.

Barbra smiled wide and nodded.

"Holy shit." Curt stumbled backward. It was kind of hard to swallow the fact he was in the future before, but now it hit him like a train. The twenty something Barbra was now at least 80.

A hand on Curt's shoulder was the only thing that was keeping him from collapsing. He turned around to see Owen, who only slightly less shocked then Curt.

"Wait wait wait wait.... you guys know each other?" Allison was gaping at them in awe. 

"We worked together for years. Until they dissapeared mysteriously." Barb explained.

"I KNEW IT! I KNEW YOU AND GRANDMA TATI WERE SPIES!" Allison shook Mars' shoulders harshly. Mars only smiled at their partner.

"Wait, Tatiana's here too?" Curt rubbed his eyes. "Holy cow. I am not ready for this."

"Yes, of course my wife's here with me. Let me go get her, she's probably out feeding the horses." Barbra made her way to the backyard, leaving Owen and Curt to put two and two together.

"Wait- Tatiana and Barbra are gay?" Owen asked. Curt smacked him playfully. "Of course they are, they're married. Wait..." he shot up.

"Gay people can get married?"

Mars nodded. "Speaking of which..." they shifted back and forth before finally gathering the confidence to turn towards Alli and get down on one knee.

"Alli, ever since you kicked that transphobic asshole in the nuts I've been in love with you. I never want to stop waking up to the smell of you burning the pancakes. I want to get ridiculously expensive ice cream with you and swing on the swings in public parks that are too small for us and visit your insane grandmas who did end up being spies and I just want to always be with you. I don't even care that you kick in your sleep or refuse to stop calling me rat bastard. Will you marry me?"

Alli sobbed into her hand.

"Of course I will, you rat bastard."

Owen and Curt stood uncomfortably in the background while their new friends cried and made out.

"Should we... leave?" Owen whispered.

"Yeah, probably." Curt responded before they both made their way to the backyard where Barbra and Tatiana were.

They had only walked about two feet behind the house when they saw Tatiana and Barbra. Curt promptly stopped walking, sat down, and leaned against the house. When Owen didn't follow, Curt yanked him down.

"Calm down, Curt." Owen laughed. Curt stayed uncharacteristically quiet.

"Curt? Curt?" Owen ruffled Curt's perfectly styled hair to try and get a rise out of him.

"Curtis, if you don't respond soon I'm going to have to use drastic measures." Owen threatened, smirking.

Curt mumbled something into his arms. 

"Now love, can you say it so I can actually hear it?" Owen tussled Curt's hair again.

"Nevermind, it's stupid." Curt playfully smack Owen's hand away from his precious hair. "It's just... I want to ba able to do that with you." Curt quietly admitted.

"Do what?"

"Propose. Get married. Be together openly." Curt bit his fingernail. "We... we could just stay here, yaknow? We've spent so much time wondering how to get back we haven't even thought about the fact that we don't have too. Obviously everything turned out fine without us... who knows what could happen if we do go back!"

Curt knew he was rambling at this point, but he couldn't help the words tumbling out of his mouth.

"What if us going back messes everything up? What if it erases people? What if it erases Mars or Alli? What if we unknowingly ruin every happy thing that's already here? I don't- I couldn't live with that, Owen. There's just so many possibilities and I don't know... I dunno what to do anymore." He shoved his face back into his arms.

"Curt, I don't think staying here is an option." Owen gently stated.

"But it is! Owen, everything we've ever wanted is here-  we can openly be us, we could get married, we could live together, we could adopt children- we already have friends here, everything is perfect!"

"Curt-"

Their conversation was interrupted by the arrival of Tatiana and Barbra.

"Where are my grandchildren?" Barbra question.

"In the front. Mars just proposed." Owen smiled. Barbra squealed.

"Sorry boys, but duty calls!" She dragged Tatina towards the front and all Tatiana could do was wave at the two of them.

"Anyway, Curt-"

"No, I'm sorry. It was a stupid idea." Curt stood up suddenly.

"Curt-"

"We should go inside." Curt quickly turned towards where Tatiana and Barb had just disappeared.

"CURTIS."

Curt paused in his trek to the front. He turned his head to lover. "What?"

Long arms engulfed him. Curt melted into them, and soon tears were streaming down his face.

"It's not fair." He muttered into Owen's chest.

"I know, love."

"I just want to be with you ."

"I know, love. But past, present, or future, I will always be with you."

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A/n
1083ish words

So yeah

The finale for this is coming up

I honestly have no clue what's gonna happen. But like... that's just me all of the time so it's fine

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