he takes a while to get comfortable in terms of EMOTIONAL intimacy. of course he wants to make out, get freaky, etc. hes a teenage boy with hormones so duh. but. for the first few months hes anxious to even hold hands when it comes to idle tenderness, but eventually something clicks (maybe he cries in front of you for the first time or something) and then he's all over you. all the time. the first time he let himself lay his head on your shoulder, showing he felt safe with you??? you almost had a brain aneurysm

he likes to tickle you

he loves making out. asks for it constantly

^ furrows his brows when u kiss? sounds weird but like he looks hot doing it ok

he makes emo ascii art of like DONNIE 🩷 UR NAME and emails it to you and feels like shakespeare sending messenger pigeons

u guys have matching bracelets that he never ever takes off

he will slip ur favorite candy into your bag and never acknowledge it

when you fluster him, his ears get all red and he full-body SHUDDERS

^ if you say anything about it hes like “its cold. i got the chills.” just straight lying

if ur dating, he probably doesn’t bring u around his family for a while. and when he does, he’s super embarrassed of them so when you and elizabeth get close hes like 🫩🫩🫩🫩🫩 but i feel like elizabeth would love u. samantha would see u as like the cool older sibling

elizabeth helps him put together gift baskets for you. she freaking loves u

donnie is a REALLY aggressive kisser… u have to tell him to chill bc he tries eating ur face off

he writes poetry about you and posts it to a secret tumblr account he has dedicated to u

donnie makes ppl mad with how much he loves u. it doesn’t matter who hes with, what he’s doing… if u text or call hes like “sybau i have business to attend to” and his friends are like brah

that boy freaking loves halloween u are gonna match costumes. he has already decided in march what ur gonna be

before u started dating, donnie could be oddly mean to u, but also not?? hed say things like “did you steal my cd? no, no, keep it.”

u guys go on music dates where you each pick out a record/cd for the other to listen to, then u rate them together

he jumps on ur back

he can be sassy as fuck once ur comfortable with each other. when u guys argue it’s so funny be hes just so sassy but you can usually shut him up by kissing him

u guys throw shit at each other and giggle (papers across classrooms, grass outside, straw wrappers)

donnie’s mom packs him an extra lunch for you

“i hate u” “i love u tooo”

if you ride the bus together, you always sit in the very back leaning on each other and listening to music

he likes if u clip his fingernails for him but he’ll never say it

one time u guys went to a fragrance store together and donnie (having a sensitive ass nose) started gagging and tweaking and had to leave. as soon as u guys stepped out he buried his face in ur neck and started HUFFING

he LOVES falling asleep laying his head on ur chest, bonus points if ur scratching his scalp/back

he helps you study. smart bloke

when u ask to just cheat hes like no. but its out of love he actually wants u to understand

asks you to decorate cookies with him for samantha’s bake sales

anytime you sit next to each other, ur legs somehow get all tangled or crossed

when he hears something interesting he wants to write in a story but doesn’t want to forget, he stores it in u. youll be in class and he’ll just whisper “saccharine” or something else in your ear. later he’ll be like “what was that word i was thinking of earlier???” and youll remember for him

he likes to slip his hands under ur shirt, not (always) to get freaky, he just likes feeling ur warmth

randomly sends you gifs or emojis when he misses u

for example..

🦚🎠🪗

hi donnie

donnie HATES getting his picture taken, but he has plenty of the two of you together in his room. he keeps a polaroid on him for when youre in your element