I'll have you know that backless crop-top overalls were the HEIGHT of fashion where I went to school. [They were not. Not even remotely. He was an eye-bleeding menace even among his peers.] Then I would've been satisfied with friendship and would've pined over you at every opportunity.
[The slightly younger photo of Danny prompts a stab of something -- protective, maybe, deep in the heart of him. Aside from the hair, there's a completely different air in this photo, a cautious wariness that suggests this version of Danny has gotten used to being on guard. It makes Corry want to hunt down every person who had ever, ever hurt Danny and tear them to pieces.]
I like the blond. You seem more -- yourself with it. Though I do want to put this version in my pocket, so. Make of that what you will.
I don't really have any dreams. [A safe, careless lie.] I've done the same thing for a very long time, and I don't see much point in trying to change now.
You clawed up my back pretty good the other night. I didn't know you had THAT particular kink, but I'll need to bring it up more often.
You look like such a dork :P (Danny kind of loves it secretly.) dude you are SO full of it omg
(Although...he would have probably wound up doing the same right back. Because he was already obsessed with Corry. God only knows how stupid he would have been about him if they had met under different circumstances where Danny didn't feel like he had to play any sort of game.
He blushes a bit at the comment, and for a second, just sort of...cradles his phone. He hated showing people any older pictures of himself, but for once, he didn't feel the usual burn of embarrassment. Instead, he smiles.)
I think so too. I feel it. im glad you agree he probably could have used that lol but instead you can just save that to your phone for the nostalgia haha
(Ohhhh Corry. He is so not buying this no-dream bullshit at all.)
bullshit. dude, i know you lie a lot, but come on. this one's a stretch. (The first time Danny's pointed out that he knows how much Corry tiptoes around the truth, but there's no real judgment on Danny's end either.)
i mean you totally made that happen (Danny was actually just incredibly in the moment.) my kinks are pretty much exclusively about you
I was an insufferable know-it-all who antagonized authority figures on purpose. And I mixed patterns. [That much is true, though that particular iteration of young!Corry had been a good deal wiser. Such was the side effect of his particular lifespan.]
He probably could've. But he also didn't need it to become you. You did that all by yourself. [Maybe that's part of what fascinates and amazes Corry so much about Danny -- the things he's fought through, the way he's insisted upon becoming wholly himself, despite the obstacles. Yes, he has a good mother, which helps a lot, but that's one person against thousands. How can Corry not be in awe of that?
Though of course, that stubborn ferocity can also be exasperating, especially when Danny uses it to try and Perceive Corry. Being called out on his careful half-truths is...not annoying, nothing Danny does is annoying, not to Corry. But it's dangerously close to things he can't explain, not wholly.
So:] I only lie about unimportant things, darling. Like my past and who I used to be. But if you insist: I'm the son of farmers, and for a long time my dream was to be a farmer. Not terribly glamorous. Then it was to keep someone safe, and then it was to become powerful and wealthy and strong enough to keep myself safe. And I did. What more could I ask for?
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[The slightly younger photo of Danny prompts a stab of something -- protective, maybe, deep in the heart of him. Aside from the hair, there's a completely different air in this photo, a cautious wariness that suggests this version of Danny has gotten used to being on guard. It makes Corry want to hunt down every person who had ever, ever hurt Danny and tear them to pieces.]
I like the blond. You seem more -- yourself with it.
Though I do want to put this version in my pocket, so. Make of that what you will.
I don't really have any dreams. [A safe, careless lie.] I've done the same thing for a very long time, and I don't see much point in trying to change now.
You clawed up my back pretty good the other night. I didn't know you had THAT particular kink, but I'll need to bring it up more often.
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(Although...he would have probably wound up doing the same right back. Because he was already obsessed with Corry. God only knows how stupid he would have been about him if they had met under different circumstances where Danny didn't feel like he had to play any sort of game.
He blushes a bit at the comment, and for a second, just sort of...cradles his phone. He hated showing people any older pictures of himself, but for once, he didn't feel the usual burn of embarrassment. Instead, he smiles.)
I think so too. I feel it. im glad you agree
he probably could have used that lol but instead you can just save that to your phone for the nostalgia haha
(Ohhhh Corry. He is so not buying this no-dream bullshit at all.)
bullshit. dude, i know you lie a lot, but come on. this one's a stretch. (The first time Danny's pointed out that he knows how much Corry tiptoes around the truth, but there's no real judgment on Danny's end either.)
i mean
you totally made that happen (Danny was actually just incredibly in the moment.) my kinks are pretty much exclusively about you
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He probably could've. But he also didn't need it to become you. You did that all by yourself. [Maybe that's part of what fascinates and amazes Corry so much about Danny -- the things he's fought through, the way he's insisted upon becoming wholly himself, despite the obstacles. Yes, he has a good mother, which helps a lot, but that's one person against thousands. How can Corry not be in awe of that?
Though of course, that stubborn ferocity can also be exasperating, especially when Danny uses it to try and Perceive Corry. Being called out on his careful half-truths is...not annoying, nothing Danny does is annoying, not to Corry. But it's dangerously close to things he can't explain, not wholly.
So:] I only lie about unimportant things, darling. Like my past and who I used to be. But if you insist: I'm the son of farmers, and for a long time my dream was to be a farmer. Not terribly glamorous. Then it was to keep someone safe, and then it was to become powerful and wealthy and strong enough to keep myself safe. And I did. What more could I ask for?