#driver daniel

They’ve finally figured out a schedule for the F1 season, despite this stupid fucking plague and it’s a terrible idea but it’s not like Daniel can opt out. That’s his living and it’s what he loves to do so he’s gonna do it but it means missing a lot of Max’s streams. He opens his burner twitter account goes to Max’s profile. He studies the little picture of Max with his headphones on and a wide smile on his face. He finally, finally clicks follow. Max’s DMs are open so he presses the little envelope button and types:

Hey max it’s daniel

It takes a half hour but eventually Max responds.

Hey daniel! 

I just wanted to let you know i start work again soon

And it’s gonna be a lot of travel and i’m gonna miss a lot of streams

That’s okay! I don’t expect you to be at every stream

I’ll probably only be at tuesdays and maybe wednesdays

Well i will of course miss you in chat

Yeah maxy i’ll miss you too

But maybe we can message here?

I would like that

Yeah

Yeah me too

You can text me whenever you want

I will :)

The conversation drops after that but Daniel leaves it smiling. A way to talk to Max whenever he wants, it’s ideal. It’s better than talking on stream and now he can really get to know Max and Max can really get to know him in a way chatting on twitch doesn’t allow, especially now that Max’s streams are filling up and the chat is moving so fast Max doesn’t always see what Daniel says. He forces himself to put away his phone and reheat the dinner Michael made him earlier. He waits until he’s done before he texts Max again. 

So I know you said you have a job

What is it?

It’s only a few minutes before Max replies. 

I work at a coffee shop in the mornings

It leaves me time to stream in the afternoons but i have to be up very early

Not a morning person

I do not think anyone is a “wake up at 4:30” morning person

At least not voluntarily

That makes sense

I don’t think i would want to get up that early

It is worth it to stream though

I really like it

I can tell

And I like being in your chat

It’s a nice place most of the time

Lol i think the nature of twitch is that of course sometimes trolls exist

And they will always come when i play call of duty

I like it better when you play stardew valley

Haha me also honestly

It is relaxing

And I love Gianni but he is stressful to play with

Very demanding, always wants to win

I do too. I like to win

And that’s why you play fifa

Lol and that’s why i play fifa

I really like playing stardew most though

There’s a long pause with the three dots indicating the Max is typing and then finally:

It lets me talk to chat more

And i like my chat

I like your chat too

Daniel wants to be brave and say “I like talking to you” but maybe he doesn’t have to since they are DMing on twitter after all. They wouldn’t be talking there if they didn’t like talking to each other. And then Max says:

And I really like talking to you

I am glad you dmed 

Daniel smiles, takes a deep breath, and is very, very brave. 

Well I did make an entire twitter account just to talk to you

😊

shit, i have to go

I have to be up early tomorrow

Goodnight maxy

I’ll talk to you tomorrow

Goodnight Daniel

Daniel closes the twitter app and presses his phone to his chest. God, he likes Max far too much for someone he barely knows but he can’t help it. He thinks of Max’s smile, wide and happy when he reads what Daniel says on stream. 

Daniel wakes up to a new message from Max at 4:30 in the morning.

Good morning daniel

Good morning maxy