Shout outs to: @HopeGleeful @iOneStar @MOUTIAN_DEW_DORITOS and @HawtDoggo for getting the references in the last chapter.

The game still stands. Good luck, and may the force be ever in your favor 🖖 - Indiana Jones Lol plz don't kill me in the comments for the thing I did above.

The keypad up top is for Connor's password if you want to decode it. Sorry this oneshot is so long.

"Hey Hansen!" I turned around from my locker to see the world's biggest jerk, Lance Winters, just what I need today and he looked rather unhappy to. "How are you today? Still to afraid to talk? Too anxious?" I didn't answer. I couldn't answer. "Just speak up if you... don't want me to take your lunch money." I sighed and reached into my pocket and gave him $20. Maybe if I just give him what he wants I can escape a beating. "Now just speak up if you aren't a little fag." I said nothing. "Say something if you don't want to get punched in the gut you little gay shit." before I could answer (not like I could if I wanted to) he punched me in the stomach. "Say something if you don't want to get a black eye." he punched my left eye I could feel it turning purple. "Say something if you're not as week as you look." no answer again. He punched me in the stomach again until I fell on the floor and he started kicking me. At this point an audience had formed and people had their phones out taking videos and pictures but no one did anything. He kept kicking me until I was curled up on the floor coughing up blood. People were gasping but this would all blow over by second period no doubt. He turned to leave satisfied with his work. But he turned over his shoulder to face me one last time "Say something if you don't want this to happen to your little boyfriend." he turned around smirking. My eyes widened in fear. Connor! No! "That's what I-" I struggled my way up to my feet my face covered in blood.

"Y-y-you can p-pick on m-me all you w-want but I swear to g-god if y-you lay one f-finger on C-Connor I'll k-kill you." I was shaking with fear, rage, and pain. He turned around again to look at me.

"What did you say to me fag?!"

"You heard me." he balled his hands into fists and pushed me into my locker and slammed the door shut. It was very dark and I had to stand up straight to fit. I couldn't lean back because of the backpack hook right where my neck was and I couldn't sit down because I was too big. It also didn't help that I was claustrophobic and I think was about to have a panic attack. I heard a lock click from the outside which was really scary because I didn't own a lock.

"ALRIGHT PARTY'S OVER GET TO CLASS!" the principal or one of the teacher's yelled from outside. I tried to call out but I couldn't make any sound, it felt like I was being choked by the small darkness. I tried again and again to call out but I didn't make a sound. I heard people's feet shuffling including the sound of the heels from the teacher getting fainter. I saw Lance's cold green eyes through the slots of the locker.

"You tell anyone who did this to you and I'll beat the crap out of them while you watch then do the same to you, got it?" I nod quickly trying to keep my breathing under control. "Good." he left along with everyone else. I don't know how long I was in there but I heard the bell ring once, then twice, then three times. That means it's third period, that means I've been in here for 2 hours and 25 minutes. I think the bell was the only thing keeping me sane, I had no concept of time, all I could do was mentally breakdown. For the entire 2 hours and 25 minutes if felt like I was being strangled, choked, by the small space, like I was running out of air. So I stood there straight as a board for 2 hours and 25 minutes with tears running down my face (which was still bloody from the beating I took) not making a sound. I wanted to scream but I physically couldn't.

"EVAN! EVAN WHERE ARE YOU!? EVAN!" connor? He came to find me. I smiled I looked out the slots in the locker to see him desperately looking inside each locker. I tried to call his name but all I could manage was a small sob of joy that I was being rescued. He heard and rushed over to my locker and looking through the slits. "EVAN! THANK GOD! ARE YOU OKAY? LANCE WILL PAY FOR THIS!" all I could do was let out another sob as I stared off into his beautiful blue and hazel eyes. I felt so unbelievably saved, I was smiling so wide with bloody tears streaming down my face which I was praying Connor couldn't see. "What's the combination?" his eyes were full of concern and concentration.

"I-I d-d-don't K-know it's n-not my l-lock." I squeaked out.

"Stand back as far as you can Evan." I did as I was told and stood so the hook was pressed into the back of my neck in the most uncomfortable way possible. There was a loud band aginst the door. Then another. And another. And another. Connor cursed quietly to himself. "I'll be right back Ev I promise. You'll be outta there in no time." he ran down the hall and came back a few minutes later holding a metal crowbar. "Stand back!" he swung the bar at the door and dented the metal towards me. He did this several times by the hinges till they broke off and he could pull the door off the last hinge. He was drenched in sweat but smiled when he finally pulled the door away. I tackled him in a giant hug knocking him to the ground while I kissed every inch of his face I could see.

"ThankyouthankyouthankyouthankyoulloveyousomuchI'msohappyyoufoundme!"

"Calm down Ev. how long were you in there?"

"2 hours and 25 minutes." I was sobbing into his shoulder while he rubbed my back.

"Let me see your face." he cupped my cheeks in his hands. And took in my face. "Lance is as good as dead." he said wiping the blood and tears away with his sleeve, being careful around my black eye.

"H-how did you-"

"It's all over instagram and Zoe showed me." I nodded squeezing tightly into Connor while he kissed the top of my head. He rubbed my back and said everything was gonna be okay and that it was all over and never gonna happen again while I sobbed.

"YOU TWO!" connor looked up but I still had my head buried in his hoodie. "Are you cutting class?!"

"He was stuck in a locker. I helped him." connor said to the lady cooly.

"Did you destroy this locker!? Thant's school property! And let go of eachother! The school has rules against PDA you know!"

"My BOYFRIEND who has claustrophobia and anxiety was just trapped in a small locker for the past 3 hours and you wanted me to just leave him there!?"

"The school could have handled it."

"But they didn't because as soon as I step in this living hell I'm sounded by homophobic idiots!"

"WEEKS DETENTION BOTH OF YOU!"

"You can't do that to him! He did nothing wrong! Sure punish me for destroying his locker but don't do anything to Evan!"

"That is enough! I'm calling your parents!" with that she turned and left leaving me and Connor sitting in the hallway with me in tears.

"Shhh it's fine honey. Calm down. Do you wanna go outside and look at some trees or something?" I nodded connor wrapped his arm around my waist as we stood up. I attempted to put my arm over his shoulders but the height difference made it difficult. He chuckled seeing what I was trying to do and moved his arm to my shoulders allowing me to move my arm to his waist. We walked out of the school together and went to Connor's car. We were debating whether we should go to the orchard or the park and decided that the park was closer, also if we went there it's not considered breaking and entering, also we had a lot of bad memories at the orchard, now the majority were good but Connor thought the last thing I needed was to be reminded of something painful. Connor was driving with one hand the other on my knee, this made me extremely anxious that we were going to crash and die.

"Con y-you're making me nervous."

"How so?"

"C-c-can you please drive with both h-hands?" he laughed a little but nodded and put his other hand on the wheel. I was still a little fidgety and nervous that connor kept looking over to me and not keeping his eyes on the road, but what could I do? Tell Connor that he wasn't allowed to look at me? He noticed I was nervous. And told me to put on whatever music I wanted to keep my mind off things. I took his phone from the cup holder next to me and turned it on.

"Uh con what's your password?"

"It's 949.439.688.2538.438.463.8636.8447." (AN. let's see who will take the time to decode this. Its standard iphone keypad. There's a picture included up top. And I'm pretty sure I made the code wrong XD sorry. )

"Why so long?"

"why not." I opened his phone and went straight to his music, even though he had 5 texts which were really bothering me. Whatever I wasn't going to snoop around in his phone. I pressed the shuffle button and music filled the car. I didn't know the song and frankly it was too fast for me to comprehend but Connor was singing along (in a french accent no less.)

I'm taking this horse by the rains making redcoats redder with bloodstains. I read the lyrics. This must be from Hamilton. Connor has been talking about musicals non-stop lately. He even says he's thinking of writing one called Dear Evan Hansen. But I think he was just flattering me with that.

"We're here." connor said turning off some song that just started called Candy Store. We got out of the car and started walking around the park. We stayed there the rest of the day just talking and relaxing. before Connor stood up and suggested we go out for lunch. I said okay and looked on yelp to find somewhere to eat. We eventually found a hole in the wall diner that appeared to have good food. We got the menus and I didn't even look at mine. I couldn't pay my part of the bill so I wouldn't get anything. Also I couldn't order, what if the waitress judged my choice or what if she mishears me, or what if they run out of whatever it is I want, or what if-

"You gonna order something Ev?" connor noticed I wasn't looking at the menu.

"I uh. Lance took my lunch money so I can't pay my part of the check." he laughed and handed me my menu.

"Evan even if he hadn't taken you money I would still have paid."

"You don't have to really."

"Evan, you're stick thin. Especially for someone who orders takeout every night." I fidgeted with the hem of my shirt. Honestly I never had dinner unless my mom was home. I'd eat breakfast and lunch. I couldn't talk to people on the phone, and forget in person, even if they were just counting the change. He frowned and looked at me until I looked back at him. "I'm buying you food and that's final." I nodded and took the menu. There was so much that looked good it was hard to chose, but I ultimately decided on spaghetti and meatballs. "What are you gonna get?" connor asked trying to figure out what he wanted.

"The pasta and meatballs. You?"

"I think I'm gonna get a burger." When the waitress came he ordered for me which I was more than grateful for. When the food came it wasn't bad but not great but at least it was cheap. All in all around twenty dollars for lunch and drinks including tax and tip. Connor drove me home where my mom was waiting looking upset.

"Hello Connor. Hello Ev- OH MY GOD WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR FACE!?"

"I'll tell you later mom."

bye Ev I gotta go." he left me with my mom who was not happy.

"How did you get detention!?" oh boy.

~connor's pov~

I pulled up to my house and parked the car. When I went inside I saw my mom pacing in the livingroom.

"CONNOR! Oh my gosh I was so worried!"

"Why?"

"The school called and said that you and Evan Hansen cut class together and mom thought you were taking him somewhere to murder him where there would be no witnesses." zoe said coming down stairs.

"MOM?!"

"I'm sorry! They also said that you completely destroyed a locker and that you beat a nice inicoent kid senceless!"

"Lance is so NOT nice or innocent."

"It doesn't matter connor! You're lucky your not getting suspended.

"Man I'm not suspended? Should have done more damage to the locker." I said sarcastically.

"You can't constantly go to school high! Look what it's doing to you!"

"I WASN'T HIGH!"

"STOP LYING TO ME CONNOR!" she was in tears now. She took a deep breath. "Where's the other boy?"

"Home."

"Good. now tell me why you did all those things."

"Okay, so first Lance, he came after me, and I just brushed him off I didn't think much of it, that kind of thing happens all the time, but then I found out that he beat the hell out of Evan and I had to do something so-"

"Wait, he beat up the other boy?" I nodded."why?"

"Probably because he's gay."

"So let me get this straight. You were hanging out with a gay boy all day!?" my dad said walking into the room.

"Yes. what's wrong with that?"

"It's- it's not natural! Has church taught you nothing?!"

"It's not that big a deal to be gay! A lot of people are."

"Connor just keep telling us what happened." my mom said pinching the bridge of her nose.

"Well this guy beat up Evan so I returned the favor." my mom groaned.

"The locker?"

"Well Lance trapped Evan in his locker so I had to break him out."

"You don't even know this Evan guy! Why did you care?!"

"Evan is my closest friend! My only friend!"

"OUT OF EVERYONE YOU CHOSE HIM! Why didn't we know!?"

"YES! I DID! And this is exactly why I didn't tell you!"

"Why did you cut class connor?" my dad looked like smoke was going to come out of his ears.

"Evan was having a panic attack because he's claustrophobic and has anxiety and was just trapped in a locker for 3 hour and I thought it would help if we went out."

"So he has anxiety?"

"Yes."

"And he's gay?"

"Yes."

"And he's your bestfriend?"

"Yes."

"Does he have a.... boyfriend?" she said the last word like it left a bad taste in her mouth. I thought for a moment.

"...yes?" she pursed her lips and nodded.

"You're not alowed to see that boy ever again understand Connor." my dad said looking down in disappointment.

"WHAT?!"

"It's for your own good."

"DAD YOU'RE BEING UNREASONABLE!"

"You have to get to detention Connor. We'll talk about this more later." I stormed out the door to the car sitting in the driver's seat.

"I'm driving." my mom said knocking on my window. I sighed and moved over to the passenger seat as she took the wheel. She pulled out of the driveway and we drove in silence for a solid 10 minutes before she decided to speak. "Evan? Evan Hansen was the name of your friend?" I nodded. "What about his boyfriend? What's his name?"

"Why do you care?"

"I would like to inform their parents. That way their children could receive the proper help."

"Why would they need help?!" I was starting to get angry again.

"I don't want to fight Connor."

"I do! Why would it matter if someone was gay mom!?"

"It's not right connor, you know that."

"What if I was gay?! What would you do to me?!"

"We'd send to a special therapist to fix you but luckily we won't have to do that." she said pulling right up to the school. I saw Evan walking towards the building and felt my sadness return as I saw his eye. I wasn't the one who needed to be fixed. It was people like Lance and my family.

"IT'S ME MOM! I'M EVAN'S BOYFRIEND!" I opened the door and slammed it in my mother's face. I go out and grabbed Evan's arm, I spun him around and kissed him while flipping off my mom. I heard he gasp and drive away.

"W-what was t-that for?"

"Nothing. Let's just go inside okay." he nodded and took my hand leading me inside the building. We walked right passed room 618 which is wear dentition was usually held and into... the janitor's closet? "Ev?"

"I'm not going to detention. It's to scary. I'd rather stay here with you." he said closing the door. I laughed a little and nodded.

"I thought you hated small spaces."

"It's not too bad with you. Also I'm feeling confident for once in my life so..."

"Oh?"

"I came out to my mom! She approves!" I smile, at least someone does. I hug him.

"That's amazing! It's nice to hear some good news." he let go of me and grabbed my hands.

~warning this is very descriptive... for me, and it sucks. XD ~

"Can I try something? I wanna try to do this now that I'm so self-assured." I nodded. He grabbed my collar and pushed his lips to mine with a great deal of force. I was surprised at first but eventual melted into the kiss. I wrapped my arms around his waist while he put his on my hips. We kissed for a little while nothing major happening, until he pushed me against the wall pinning my hands above my head. He then licked my bottom lip and frankly I was really surprised. Like who was this guy and what had he done with Evan? Despite my shock I opened my mouth and let his tongue slide in, he explored my mouth as I let out a tiny moan hoping he didn't notice. Apparently he did because he pulled me forward and ran his right hand through my hair while I was doing my best not to become hard. I moved my hands from above my head to his lower back, at that I heard Evan moan a little and that just broke me. I slid my hands down to his butt, Evan grabbed my wrists and moved my hands back to his lower back. It was worth a shot. We kept making out like this for about five minutes before I broke the kiss because I desperately needed air.

"Are you okay con?" Evan said as I was panting.

"T-t-that w-was awesome!"

"Are you sure you're okay? You never stutter. Stuttering is my thing."

"Why are you not always this confident?! My god Evan that was amazing!"

"Social anxiety remember? Also do you want me to just go up to random people and kiss them?"

"no but damn."