Never one to decline a kiss, Marcus meets Dan's mouth happily, then presses another quick kiss to the tip of his nose before he leads Dan a little deeper into the corn maze. They take it slow, which is perfectly fine with Marcus, who is in no particular rush at all to go back to reality when he can spend this time within the walls of a maze with someone he loves very much.

All this would have been out of reach not so long ago. He means to enjoy it.

"Corn maze safe word," he echoes thoughtfully, the tips of his boots kicking up dry bits of cornstalk as they walk. "Pumpkin pie?"