Author's Note: For Anybodihearme, her grandpa, Mother Ireland, vacations, hound dogs from hell, and cabins in the woods.

Tell Daddy Sir I said Hiiiiiiiii!

#weaintshit

"Hey, Edd. Babe. Wake up."

Edd heard the whisper in his ear over the electric pop rock sound of one of Kevin's favorite band's coming through the speakers in the car.

When he finally blinked his eyes open, he couldn't believe what was looking back at him through the car's windshield as the sun started to set in the distance.

Kevin had told him since they were kids that his granddad had a cabin in the mountains some twelve hours away that his family would sometimes get away to during the crazy hot summer months and a few times during the fall and winter holidays.

He had seen pictures once they started hanging out more in high school and by the time they started dating in college, he saw plenty of more pictures and a few videos, too.

But to see it for himself was quite the sight to behold.

It was a standard sized cabin for a large vacationing family. Ranch style, but completely made of logs with a tin shingle roof.

He knew there was a working outhouse in the back, but the place had been refurbished with electricity and indoor plumbing when Kevin's dad was a teenager.

But other than that, it was truly a log cabin in the woods.

"This is it?," he asked, already knowing the answer.

"Yeah," Kevin grinned as he turned the car off and unplugged the aux cord from his phone and handed Edd both of their mobile devices and the keys. "You go unlock the door, I'ma grab our bags."

Edd nodded as he stepped out of the car before taking a long stretch and a deep breath of the clean, but thin mountain air.

The floorboards of the front porch creaked beneath his feet, and the screen door opened with a whine, but the heavy oak front door swung open noiselessly.

When he stepped inside, he was greeted by a woodsy scent, but the place smelled fresh.

He quickly found a door stop to help keep the heavy front door propped open, after he pulled the hinge on the screen to keep it propped open, too.

"Need any help?," he called to his husband.

"Nah," Kevin called back. "Why don't you take a look around, ok?"

"Kay!"

Their wedding day was yesterday and Kevin's dad gave them the keys to the Barr family cabin for a week away.

They couldn't afford much in a honeymoon on their teacher's salaries and were ready to get a nice hotel room in the city and just laze about and maybe take in a play at the community theater and try a new restaurant. But the senior Barr man wouldn't hear of it.

Everyone that married into the family took a honeymoon to the cabin.

Some people stayed a weekend, most stayed a week like he and Kevin would be doing.

Kevin's parents stayed a month and came back with news that the redhead was on his way.

Kevin's cousins never let him live it down and the jokes about him knocking up Edd were tiring to say the least, but Kevin was glad that at least his family was accepting of who he was.

They were both surprised that Edd's parents showed up to the wedding and even stayed a bit for the reception.

They gave civil congratulations and welcomed Kevin to the family, but after the couple's first dance, they were gone again.

His few other family members that came and stayed for the entire celebration weren't nearly as cold, but things were tense.

When Kevin saw that Eddy was more congenial by comparison, he made his peace with the fact that Edd's side of the family wouldn't be on their side.

Their friends in the cul-de-sac were Edd's real family by far and now he and Kevin were a family of their own.

And family got to stay at The Cabin.

Edd walked down the small hallway that led to the open floor plan that was hearth of the cabin.

To his left was the large living room.

A couch, loveseat, and two recliners framed a coffee table, but there were small end tables between each piece of furniture. Each table was different, but all were made of wood. The same could be said of the lamps on top of them.

Above the fireplace was a large screen TV. Built into the wall were shelves that held all kinds of books, board and card games, DVDs and VHS tapes, vinyl records, cassette tapes and CDs. And on one shelf next to the big picture window that framed the living room was a VCR and Blu Ray DVD player.

On another shelf closer to the stairs that lead to a large loft above the cabin's two main bedrooms, was a stereo system that controlled the surround sound that was now wired into the cabin.

Looking system over, he saw that it was a newer one with Bluetooth capabilities and decided that while he explored what the Barr's had to offer in entertainment, he'd play some of his own.

After he turned on the stereo system and its Bluetooth, he turned on his own, paired them up, and brought up his favorite playlist.

Kevin walked into the cabin with his backpack on his back, Edd's traveling messenger bag on one shoulder, two duffels on the other, as he pulled a large suitcase behind him, and was a met with the wall of sound that was System Of A Down.

He shook his head as the seventh grade math teacher bobbed his head to the music and headed into the large kitchen and started to explore what Kevin's aunt, who was the cabin's caretaker, left for them to eat.

After he dropped the bags off in the master bedroom, he peeked in on Edd, who was standing at the kitchen island reading a note with a silly grin on his face.

Kevin had heard stories about how the small island which sat in the middle of the room, one side facing the kitchen sink and the other facing the stove, which he had only seen used as a prep table, would be set up as a space for the newlywed couple to have their meals together as the breakfast nook was touch too spacey for most new couples and the dining room on the other side of the kitchen was for formal family meals only.

But no one told him about The Note.

His aunt had started writing notes to visitors to the cabin as soon as she moved to town and her daughter came to the cabin with her kids to get away from it all after a very nasty divorce.

She wrote her daughter a few words of encouragement, some advice on how to deal with a few odd things about the cabin (i.e. the kitchen sink's pipes are always gonna sound noisy. just deal with it!), and fun things to do in town if she ever wanted to come in for a bit.

But considering that town was a good forty five minutes away and there were plenty of hiking paths to explore, and a few choice more to avoid, a hiker's manual was left with the note that many a new to the woods Barr had thumbed through.

The daughter and her tykes got a break, and found some new berries to preserve.

And Auntie Deb's tradition grew.

For every person that left her with their thanks and tales of what they did over dinner before they left the area, she shared all that and more with each new visitor.

Over time, she got really good about who would use her information and why.

In Edd's hands was a welcome note of sorts, curated to his and Kevin's tastes.

Edd was used to the Barr's open arms, open hearts way of just being, but this was sweeter than the icing on the wedding cake Jimmy made for them.

"Hey."

Misty blue eyes flashed up into soft green and Edd swallowed thickly as he said, "She left us a note."

"I see," the all-boys gym and eighth grade health teacher said as he took the note from his better half and started to read.

Dearest Kevin and Eddward,

Welcome to the cabin! I know you're probably tired from your long trip, so I made sure that there is some nice soothing teas and hot cocoa in the cabinet next to the fridge. The venison in the freezer is fresh, and so is the rabbit. The fishing is good this time of year, so don't forget to head to the lake for that! And Kevin, the cove is pretty cozy. *wink wink!* Also, I got the canned goods about a month ago for when Annie and Megan came up with their hellions, so they're still good. There MIGHT BE some candy still around, I'm not too sure about that, tho, but if you find it, have at it!

The weather is supposed to be clear all this week, but you just never know with summer weather, so BE CAREFUL! The fallout is ready just in case and STAY OFF the deer path this time of year. They're getting down now, too! Haha!

Enjoy your stay!

Love you two and welcome again to the family, Double Dee.

Auntie Deb

PS Don't forget that we're having dinner in town on Thursday night at Harper's Diner! 7 o'clock on the dot! Don't be late or I'll come after you! LOL

"Well, this is nice. I never knew she did this," Kevin said as he glanced over the note before handing it back to Edd.

"Prolly just something nice for visitors," Edd said quietly as he tucked the note away in his back pocket. "We need to be sure to thank her."

Kevin rolled his eyes and scoffed out a laugh.

"Like you'd let me forget to do that," he snickered as he cocked a brow at him and Edd gave him his best stank face.

"Someone needs to."

"Yeah, yeah."

"So what's the cove?," Edd asked over their first real meal all day.

After spending some twelve hours on the road with only fast food and a few baggies of Edd's homemade trail mix to sustain them while they were on the road, they were both ready for food.

Even something as simple as venison burgers and salads.

Kevin blushed and huffed out a sigh as he stabbed at a cherry tomato in his salad.

"It's just a little hideaway spot on the lake," he said quietly.

If his question had been any other, Edd would have thought that Kevin's tone was from not wanting to talk with his mouth full.

But the apprehensive look in his eyes and red tint to his cheeks said otherwise.

"Kevin."

Kevin shot him a quick glare, but was met with an I'm not here for your bullshit stare.

Kevin sighed and bowed his head as he told his story.

"Annie and Marla caught me out there with this kid named, Austin, when we were, like, 15. We were just messing around doing stupid shit on a dare. The girls were looking for us because we were supposed to head back with them before dinner and yeah."

"Who's Austin?"

"Just this guy who's family would rent cabin about two miles up the mountain."

"How stupid?"

A deeply embarrassed look flashed into Kevin's eyes, but when Edd shifted in his seat in Kevin's periphery, it was as if a switch was flipped, and the redhead turned to him with a grin as he said, "You wanted me to cast my hand into sex toy because of it."

Edd spit the soda he was sipping across the island before he started coughing and Kevin snickered as he cleaned up the mess.

"W-Wait!," Edd stuttered as the ability to speak returned and his mind started going a mile a minute. "So you were…"

"Experimenting?," Kevin shrugged. "I guess. I mean, nothing else happened after they caught us, but no one really said anything, sooo…"

Edd eyeballed him as he took the story in and did some math in his head.

When school started in the fall the year they were 15, they were only sophomores, but their state mandatory health class for sophomores was extensive when it came to the human sexuality part of the class. In the school year long class, they spent the entire third quarter on that discussion alone.

It was the one class they had together that year and while Edd's questions were academic, Kevin's were more philosophical.

Kevin sat two seats behind him and because the teacher paired students up by a 1,2 count off, they were a two man study/presentation group.

When they would get together to study, Kevin's questions got to be more in depth and Edd did his best to answer them, but sometimes Kevin's questions would lead to a few of his own that he didn't get the answers to until his sophomore year of college, when they ran into each other on the campus of the Tiny Ivy Edd had been accepted to right out of high school, after Kevin transferred in from the junior college in Peach Creek to play baseball.

In nearly everything in his life, Edd had been an early bloomer except when it came to who he truly was.

He may have wanted to cast Kevin's hand as his own personal pleasure device, but that hand did more than get him off better than he could have ever done by himself.

It guided him to the truth about who he was, his place in their world, and then to love.

All thanks to stupidity in a cove and Kevin's sophomoric inability to turn down a dare.

"Where is he now?"

Kevin shrugged and gave him a hell if I know look.

"I wanna go fishing tomorrow," Edd said as he gave him a you owe me glance when he took a bite of his burger.

"Yes, Dear."