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Derek Venturi | I’ll Be Good (Character Study)

Disclaimer: Life with Derek is not my own, all characters are not my own.

Hi everyone: I just wanted to upload a quick one-shot story. If you liked this and want me to continue, I could consider adding chapters, but as of now I wanted it to be a quick read. Thanks for reading 😊

“Casey, don’t you ever want to live dangerously?” Derek’s smoldering eyes danced as he leaned over her. “You are kidding yourself if you think Truman is really who you want, he’s only a replacement for me. Don’t deny it, Casey.”

Casey stammered a feeble response. “You really are full of it, Derek, the whole world doesn’t revolve around you.”

“Tell yourself whatever you want, you know your world revolves around me. I am everywhere, and you can’t escape me.”

Derek’s gaze went over her face, electrifying her without even touching her. She tried to turn away, but his mouth came closer. His lips touched hers, and Casey melted.

Casey woke up with a start, breathing in sharply. What was that? She could feel her pulse threatening to boil over. It wasn’t the first dream she had of Derek, but this one had been the most intense. A lot had changed for her ever since they had the conversation in the kitchen where Derek emphasized that he wasn’t her brother. He was her step-brother. He had looked completely dismayed by her response of “Same difference.”

She had seen the sadness play over his features, and she felt that tension she always felt with him. Was there something else Derek had wanted to tell her? They had gone on to talk about their university adventures to come, but that conversation was haunting her.

She reached over her nightstand and pulled out her dream diary. She wrote down the short, but vivid dream. She looked through the previous dreams the past week and they had all been about Derek. This one was too intense though and struggled to fall asleep afterwards.

Derek was becoming a force larger than her own rationale. There truly wasn’t any way she could escape him. He was going to the same university as her. The thought of having him so close, always, was both exciting and irritating. How could she act normal with the constant onslaught of feelings she had for Derek? She’d been in denial, but the security blanket of living at home would no longer be there, and the constant reminder they are a blended family would be gone. How would their relationship change?

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Marathoning favorite shows/movies of their partner even though they don’t really like it

Watching their partner study for an exam

Seeing their partner sorting candy by color

Hearing the way their partner talks to kids

Looking into their eyes and really looking at their eye color

Noticing small details about them (physically)

When they remember details about their partner

Going on a road trip with their partner and having a good time singing and talking for hours with minimal awkwardness

Seeing how their partner treats another human being/animal

The way their partner looks when they fall asleep/wake up 

Seeing their partner make them a meal

Smelling their cologne/perfume in a crowd

Hearing their laugh

Having their partner reach for them without looking because they know they’re there.

Giving their partner a nickname/having their partner give them a nickname

Hearing a song that reminds them of their partner

Standing up for their partner/Protecting them

Catching their eye when they’re in a crowd

When they’re crying

When they pick them up/get picked up by them from work, school, etc.