#grilden

Hello!  I checked out a Gulliver’s Travels AU blog ( @ask-thetravellerandgiant ), and enjoyed it very much.  I like their characters and the ongoing story.  And now, I’d like to try to contribute to it.  In this contribution, Danny (a great-great-great-great grandson of Lemuel Gulliver), and Grilden (a young Brobdingnagian man who Danny met and became friends with, and eventually romantic partners), try to stave off cabin fever brought on by a rainy day.  Danny offers to read a story to Grilden, settling on Alice in Wonderland.  Hopefully I can do these two justice.

G:  “You... have feelings for... me?”

D:  “Mm-hm.”

G:  “Are you sure?  I mean, I’m touched, really, but why me?”

D:  “Well, you took me in when we met, which you didn’t need to do.  You’ve given me a safe place to live, good food to eat, you’re fun to talk with, you’re supportive and very sweet *mumble* and pretty cute...”

G:  “What was that last one?”

D:  “I... said you’re... cute.”

G:  “You really think so?”

D:  “Mm-hm...”

G:  “And I suppose you had that nightmare because you were scared of my reaction?”

D:  *sniff* “Yeah, basically, pretty much.”

G:  “...”

D:  “... Gril? What are you thinking?  Did I cross some kind of line?  I didn’t mean to, really, I’m so sorr-”

G:  “Danny.  Relax.  Breathe for me, please.  In through the nose, out through the mouth.  Do that a few times for me, please.”

D, G:  *slow, deep breaths*

G:  “Feel better?  Good, now I’m gonna lay on my back and carefully lift you on to my chest.  I want you to listen to something.”  *Sounds of Grilden changing his position*  “Okay, I’m going to pick you up now.”

D:  “Okay, I trust you.”

G:  ... “There you go.  Now, please lay down on my chest and tell me what you hear.”

D:  “I hear your heartbeat.”

G:  “Okay.  And that sound is the heartbeat of someone who cares very deeply for you.  It beats everyday for you.  You, Danny Gulliver, give my heart a reason to beat.”

D:  “... Really?”

G:  “I have thought over and over again, of a way to tell you that you bring light to my days.  You’re the reason I wake up smiling in the morning.  You’re sweet and thoughtful.  Not to mention smart as a whip, and cute as a button.  And, since we’re baring our hearts to one another, I’ve developed feelings for you as well, in case it wasn’t obvious.”

D:  “I-I... W...?  Oh gosh.”

G:  *chuckle* “Don’t faint again, cutie.”

D:  “I won’t f-faint!”

G:  “Hey hey, hun, settle down.  I was only teasing you a bit.  You’re cute when you get flustered, ya know?”

D:  *mumble* “Not cute...”

G:  “Oh, what was that?  You wanted to be tickled?”

D:  “What?!  *Laughing, gasping*  G-gril, you j-j-herherk!  Ah no, I’m ticklish there!”  *Laughing continues for several more moments, finally subsides*

G:  “There, cutie.  You in better spirits now?”

D:  *Still breathing rather hard*  “Yeah, yeah I’m good.”

G:  *chuckle*  “I’m glad.  But maybe we should get some sleep, huh?  Sound good?”

D:  “Sounds great.  But, um... Gril?  Do you mind... if I sleep... here?  On your chest?”

G:  “I don’t see a problem, with it.  Here, you lay down.  There, now my hand will be over you like a blanket... Ahh, nice and comfy.  You good?”

D:  “I’m great.  Thanks, Gril.”

G:  “No sweat. *Yawn*  Goodnight, hun.  Sleep tight...”

D:  “You too, Gril.”  ... *whisper* “Love you.”

G:  “... Love you... too...” *quiet snore*

D:  *whisper*  My heart beats for you too...”

D: “Hey, everyone, Danny Gulliver and Grilden here-”

G: “Hi”

D: “-and I heard from my cousin Lewis earlier and there’s something that he suggested the four of us do.”

G: “Like?”

D: “Well, he thought it’d be nifty if we kinda got together and shared what it’s like from our perspectives.  You and him would talk about what it’s like to be ‘giants’ compared to Gautier and I, while we would share what being smaller is like.”

G: “Alright, that sounds simple enough.  I could do something like that.”

D: “Great, so I’ll just send this over to him and-”

G: “Wait, a few moments ago, did you say... nifty?”

D: “Yeah, why?”

G: *snicker* “Oh, no reason... grandpa” *laughter*

D: “Oh hush, you whippersnapper!  Now, so Lewis gets this, send to ‘ @ask-theprinceandhisgiant , and off it goes!”

-Begin Audio Recording-

Danny Gulliver here, I had to share this with you all! Seriously, what are the odds of this?! Anyway, Gril and I were talking not long after we met, and he said my last name sounded vaguely familiar. So, he did some digging, and he found a journal with Grandpa Lemuel's name in it! Who did the journal belong to, you ask? It was none other than Glumdalclitch! It turns out- she was Grilden's great-great-great-great grandmother! I mean seriously! What are the odds of that?!

Oh man, Lewis has to know. Alright, alright, uh, send to @ask-theprinceandhisgiant , and off it goes! *Sigh* Wow, this is just... mind-blowing, dude. *Chuckle* What are the odds...

*Sigh* Okay, I need to take a breather, get settled down a bit. So, this is Danny Gulliver saying 'Boldly Go' y'all.

D:  *sounds of hesitant shuffling*  “Well... it started off normal.  It was like... like the day I came back from the mainland, and I told you everyone thought I was dead, and... something else on my mind.”

G:  “Okay Danny, I follow you.”

D:  “And when I told you... y-you... smiled.  *sniffle*  It wasn’t even a smile so much as, like, this... wicked grin.  Y-you grinned down at me, I was at your feet, and-and you grinned and said... you said... *sniff, hiccup, stifled sob* “

G:  “I said something bad?”

D:  “Mm-hm”

G:  “Are you able to tell me?  Can you be brave for me, Danny?”

D:  “You said... ‘No one is coming to save you now... toy’.  You-you grabbed me i-in your fist, and-*gasp*-and you undressed me til I was almost naked, and you dressed me in embarrassing doll clothes.  You called me worthless and said I was nothing! Just a toy... *sobbing*  Made me call you ‘Master’, said I was your new t-toy... to p-play with... *hiccuping sobs*

G:  “... Oh my... that’s quite a nightmare...”

D:  *sniffle* “Mm-hm”

G:  “So, what was that ‘something else’ that you mentioned?”

D:  “Well, I told you that... I, um... kinda developed... feelings for someone very big in my life.”

G:  “Oh? Do I know them?”

D:  “Yeah, you know them very well.”

G:  “Well, who is it?”

D:  “It’s... you.  I have feelings for you.”

D: I actually have my own space (now).  For a couple nights, we shared the bed.  But then Gril had a nightmare and nearly rolled over on me

G: Said I was sorry about that.  Nightmares aren’t a common occurrence for me.

D: Yeah, it sure was!  What happened when you met Gautier?  Was that when the fight was? Whoever jumped ya was damn lucky that we both weren’t there, we’d’ve thrashed ‘em all! No one hurts my favorite cousin

Oh, it’s going alright here, I guess.  Wish I could figure out how to get back home.  But it is what it is.  Grilden let me use a room in his apartment (not real big by his standards, but plenty by mine).  He’s a pretty decent guy. Plenty friendly, likes to play chess. We have a game almost every night.