"Just because you're a little evil doesn't mean you always need to be evil, you know." He just kept idly brushing his fingers through Ethan's hair. Even as tired as he was it was the small moments that he missed the most when he wasn't at home. "Still a good six months to figure that out." Halloween was not something to be half-assed, but there was also still plenty of time to consider all of the options. If the costumes didn't get used one year then there was always plenty of other uses for them until you got to to use it again for next year.
"Waffles are good..." he replied back half-sleepily. It didn't take much in his comfortable bed with Ethan snuggled right in for him to quickly fall asleep. There was still the next 48 hours to make the very best of while he could, and Neil would make sure that they did.