❝ — thunderbolt and lightning

DANIEL: #nerdpride DANIEL: thank you! thank you! thank you! DANIEL: you’re right 

daniel couldn’t help but giggle, his already wide smile growing seemingly larger- if that were even possible, as he laid there, staring at the other male. for once in his life- everything was perfect, and he wanted it to stay that way forever. if he could, he’d spend the rest his days laying beside the other, it wasn’t possible, but for the time being he chose to ignore that. “i love you,” he responded with a laugh, eagerly returning the other’s kiss. 

a barely audible gasp escaped the blond’s lips, his eyes widening as he turned to look at the older woman. he couldn’t believe what he was hearing, she was suggesting that he break the law! “b-but that’s illegal!” he stammered, as if it weren’t obvious, “i don’t want to do that!”

danny: no problem!  danny: i’m your uncle, it’s my job to call you out

"i’m serious,” he responded, biting his lip as he looked at his older brother- as odd as the statement sounded, especially when it came from someone like danny, he meant what he’d said. the very thought caused him to panic. 

a loud gasp escaped from daniel’s lips at the sound of the woman’s offer, his hand quickly falling to his side as he slowly turned to face her. slightly embarrassed at the thought of someone witnessing his many futile attempts, he avoided eye contact with her. “really? that’d be,” he started to respond, stopping before he reached the word great, as he heard the rest of her sentence. “what do you mean?”

“don’t do this to me,” daniel practically begged, as he found himself tugging at the door of the locker, trying in vain to open it. he’d always struggled when it came to combination locks, no matter what he did, he could never get them open! “i just need to get my stuff,” he added, as if his pleading would magically get the locker to open. 

“well yeah,” the blond exhaled as he spoke, the smile on his face growing wider as he focused on the other male. daniel felt like a weight had been lifted off his shoulders, one that he didn’t even know was there, he loved bjorn- and he wasn’t afraid to admit it. for once he wasn’t worried that he was rushing into something, for once he knew he had said the right thing. and it felt amazing, he couldn’t help but laugh as he laid there, gazing into the other’s eyes. moving his remaining hand to rest against the other’s cheek, he eagerly returned the kiss, allowing his eyes to flutter shut. 

“thank you percy,” daniel responded with a small smile as he hesitantly reached out to take the perfectly wrapped present from his roommate, careful not to shake it or tilt it, lest it destroy whatever was inside. “you do realize that i’m a gay man, right?” he questioned, arching an eyebrow as he gave the other a bewildered stare. 

a small gasp escaped from the blond’s lips, his stormy eyes the size of saucers as he turned to look at his partner. “r-really?” he managed to whisper, a smile working its way across his face as he reached for the other’s hand, tightly grasping it in his own- his eyes searching the other’s for some sort of confirmation. bjorn had always had a certain knack for catching daniel off-guard, from bringing him flowers to showing up at paragon completely unannounced. but this one took the cake, there was no doubt about that. he forgot how to speak for a moment, his mouth gaping open as he stared at the other. “i feel the same way,” he finally whispered, a small laugh accompanying his words as the realization of what he was admitting sat in, filling him with a type of joy he’d never quite experienced. “i love you.”

daniel kept his head bent as he scurried past the store fronts, his ultimate destination being seventeenth doll cafe and florist. this time of the year it was unusual for him to venture off campus, he usually holed up in his room studying for finals. but desperate for a bit of fresh air and in dire need of a cup of coffee, he made his way towards the cafe, his backpack slung over his shoulder. he wasn’t willing to take that long of a break from his studies. as it was, he was far to preoccupied to notice someone approaching him, not until he felt the shoulder graze his, causing him to give a startled cry as he turned towards the other person. “theo!” he cried out, a small smile spreading across his face as he let out a laugh, “you startled me!” he managed to laugh, “what brings you off campus?” he inquired, hoping the other would reveal he didn’t have any plans, it’d be nice to enjoy coffee together. 

“well you’re right about that- she won’t admit it, but i’m pretty sure i’ve seen mom close her eyes during certain parts.”

daniel stood there, his mouth gaping open like an idiot, unable to even fathom a response to nikki’s question. he’d been on the receiving end of plenty of questions, and while a lot of them did pertain to sexuality, none had ever ventured close to this particular topic. it hadn’t just caught him off guard, it’d practically knocked him off of his feet, the nikki he knew never would have asked him something like this. of course, he’d been a child the last time they’d really talked- so perhaps it wasn’t really that out of line for her. “i haven’t,” he assured her, biting on his lip as he focused his gaze on her, “i believe that people go to valhalla or folkvangr, not hell,” he explained, eyebrows furrowing together, he’d never really shared much about his beliefs, and it felt slightly weird to be doing it now, but he found himself able to shrug it off. 

daniel wasn’t sure what he’d done to end up in this situation, it was clearly some sort of punishment for something. everyone knew he was much to polite to interrupt or to talk away, so instead he bit the inside of his mouth, politely nodding as he listened to nikki’s rather ridiculous story. he blinked a couple of times, certain that he must be imaging this, there was no way that this was the same nikki that used to baby sit him after school. somewhere along the way she must have been replaced, by something - it was the only explanation for this ludicrous statement. “what?” he responded, his eyes wide as he found himself shaking his head, still in disbelief that he’d heard the entire thing. 

he still couldn’t believe it- he was afraid that if he blinked, the other would be gone- surely, it couldn’t be real. there was no way that bjorn was standing in front of him, it just wasn’t possible. but part of daniel, the rational, realistic part, knew that it was true, that bjorn was really there. “well i’m glad they decided that,” he finally responded with a hesitant laugh, a soft smile spreading across his face as he locked eyes with the other. while normally he was somewhat against parent’s deciding their children’s future, he had to admit he was pretty okay with this decision. 

“and here i was thinking my reaction to seeing jurassic park at a young age would be enough to tell you it was a bad idea,” daniel responded with a laugh, “she could’ve tried with all her might, i wouldn’t have let her,” he added. 

there had still been a part of daniel that had held out hope, that one day he might see bjorn again, and that part of him was overjoyed. but, the other part of him, the rational part, wondered what the other’s arrival might mean. what they had, had been great, he’d grown to love the other, but surely they couldn’t just pick up where they had left off. nearly two years had passed since they met, and daniel had changed a lot, and he assumed the other had as well. yet, he couldn’t help but smile as he tightly embraced the other, he’d forgotten what it felt like- he hoped he’d never forget again. “what are you doing here?” he finally asked the question he’d be wondering since he’d first laid eyes on bjorn, a smile still present on his face as he took a step back.