So, a few years back, the new TV season was getting ready to start and I was super excited that Michael Biehn was going to be on my TV in a new cop drama called Hawaii. I thought for sure it'd be successful because it was up against some other new show about a plane crash or something?

Yeah, I picked the loser on that one. Hawaii lasted about 8 episodes before it was smothered by the Lost monster.

Eight episodes was all I needed, though to totally fall in love with the characters of Danny (Ivan Sergei) and Chris (Eric Balfour). I wrote two stories for the fandom back in 04/05 -- Mele Kelikimaka and Panic Movement -- but had four others plotted out. One is just a silly little thing, the second is part of a group of stories I was working on about tattoos and the last two the second and third parts of the story started in Panic Movement.




carleton97: Chris has a stack of dirty, gay japanese cartoons hidden in his apartment!!!
exitsign: Under the bed or under the bathroom sink?
exitsign: Or! At the bottom of the closet.
carleton97: totally bottom of the closet.
exitsign: In a box, ever so cleverly marked, closet junk so as to throw off the
sneakapeekers.
exitsign: But Danny is not deterred!
carleton97: But Danny is nosy.
carleton97: And left alone in the apartment while Chris gets more beer.
exitsign: So he looks and at first he totally laughs. And then he *really* looks. And he
doesn't so much laugh anymore.
exitsign: Because those are some hot cartoons.
carleton97: And, holy shit, those are some GAY cartoons!
exitsign: Especially with the -- is that even possible?
exitsign: Big. Gay. Cartoons.
exitsign: And he's all turning them upside down and right side up and adjsting himself
with one hand and totally guh.
exitsign: And then he hears yon key in door!
carleton97: And he looks at more just to be sure and, yep, all gay.
carleton97: EEP.
exitsign: Hide the evidence!
carleton97: He does the scramble to hid them.
exitsign: QUICK DANNY!
exitsign: No, quicker, footsteps! But this is an oldish box and the closet has shoes in it
that have fallen over!
carleton97: And shit just flies everywhere.
exitsign: And he just manages to get it in the closet when Chris walks in.
carleton97: And Chris is all, what are you doing?
carleton97: Because Danny is all flushed and guilty looking
exitsign: And Chris does the walk through and everything seems in order. But! Danny!
Looking guilty is never a good sign. And then he remembers! Oh shit.
carleton97: But he doesn't want to say anything unless it's not that.
exitsign: And Danny is wondering what the correct procedure would be when you find
gay cartoon porn in someone's closet. And how the procedure changes when you have a
severe hard-on that needs to be dealt with five minutes ago.
exitsign: *taps you in*
carleton97: Because you can't just say, "Hey, great gay Japanese cartoon porn"
carleton97: So he's just sort of shuffling around after Chris, trying to pretend he's not really really hard.
carleton97: And he can see Chris pause a little when he looks at the closet, but he *knows* if he opens his mouth, he's only going ot make a stupid joke about coming out of the closet.
carleton97: So he just grabs another beer and perches on the edge of the couch.
exitsign: trying to wiggle enough so that his cock isn't totally fucking OBVIOUS.
carleton97: And just fucking glad he has on a loose tshirt.
carleton97: And Chris is still sort of what the hell and a little squirrley thinking Danny found his stash.
carleton97: so it's an uncomfortable situation.
exitsign: Big fat silence fills the room. And Danny keeps THINKING about it. Even though
he's really trying hard not to. But he just can't wrap his brain around it.
carleton97: Because it was GAY CARTOON PORN. And it was hot hot hot even if he didn't understand word
of it.
exitsign: Gay. Cartoon. Porn.
carleton97: And being Danny, it just gets to the point where he has to say, "What's the deal with the japanese gay cartoon porn?"
exitsign: And Chris almost chokes on his beer.
carleton97: He totally spittakes. Yeah.
carleton97: And he's scrambling, trying to think of *some* explanation that doesn't involve him, his buddy Mike from college and like a gallon of lube.
exitsign: Gallon! It's family size!
exitsign: Ahem.
carleton97: But he's got nothing. He's like, "Well, I ...."
carleton97: Nothing.
carleton97: but Danny is still talking.
exitsign: They didn't cover this in the academy. heh.
exitsign: How to lie yourself out of the gay cartoon porn fix.
carleton97: He's all, "I mean, I guess I knew there was cartoon porn. And there's gay porn, so it makes sense there'd be gay cartoon porn. And you speak Japanese, so OK, it's Japanese and I didn't really understand it, but there were pictures, of course there were pictures, Danny, geez. And yeah, it was kind of hot and why do you have it?"
carleton97: And Chris is caught on the 'kind of hot' part so he answers the question. "I bought it."
exitsign: "But *why* did you buy it?" -- "Kind of hot?" Totally at the same time.
carleton97: Yes.
carleton97: and that shuts them both up for a second.
carleton97: LIke they both move to answer, but stop.
carleton97: A couple of times.
exitsign: Fishy faces!
carleton97: totally.
exitsign: Until finally Danny says... ? Because it totally has to be Danny.
exitsign: Or!
exitsign: It could be Chris with the "what were you doing in my closet anyway?"
deflecting the attention from his penis!
carleton97: Yes.
carleton97: And danny at this point is unrepentant. He's all, eh, I was being nosy.
exitsign: Answer the question, pervatch!
carleton97: And Chris is still deflecting away from penis talk and is all, "You can't just blahblahblah."
carleton97: And Danny is all, fuck it, and kisses him.
exitsign: Personal space, respect of privacy, blahblah, my time, blahbl-- tongue in your
mouth! Shaddup, Chris!
carleton97: And once Chris has been properly silenced danny goes, "I saw this really neat thing in the one with the blonde guy and the one with glasses."
carleton97: And chris laughs and says, "That doesn't really narrow it down.
carleton97: You'll just have to show me."
exitsign: eee! Be one with your porn, Chris!
exitsign: And then they jump up and go in the bedroom and make with the sexing. But
with visual aids! The end!





exitsign: Okay... okay... Danny and Chris... Chris has a tattoo and Danny discovers this how?
carleton97: He can always see just the littlest bit of it peeking out of the top of his pants.
carleton97: Like no matter how Chris moves or how low his pants hang, Danny Can't. Quite. See what it is.
carleton97: and it's driving him crazy.
exitsign: I just wrote an entire idea but, ohmygod, your idea is soooo much better. Fuck. I think my Danny thing is going to be Danny being fucking driven to distraction by Chris. Like, I love the idea of Danny just not being able to *control* himself and not even getting why he has to
*try*. Guh. Okay. Okay. Yes. That is brilliant. Let's do that.
carleton97: So at first, Danny does his imitation of smooth. Like just craning his head around and haivng Chris bend and twist to pick shit up to see if he can get a better look, but no go.
exitsign: But no!
carleton97: So then he tries various conversational gambits revolving around tattoos. Like "this girl last night had a tattoo in the strangest place..." or "My grandpa had this muddled old tattoo from WWII..."
carleton97: Nothing from Chris.
exitsign: *bounces* So... later they go... back to one of their apartments for beer?
carleton97: exactly
carleton97: And he's not drunk, but he's just tipsy enough that it seems like a good idea for him to put his leg up on the coffee table to stop Chris from walking past. Chris is all, "What? I'm not getting your lazy ass another beer." But he ignores that and uses one hand, cold and damp from the bottle, to push up Chris' shirt and he slides the fingers of the other under the waistband of his shorts and. Just. Pulls.
exitsign: Oh my fucking guh.
exitsign: Okay and Chris does what?
carleton97: Chris freezes because, hello, what the fuck?
carleton97: And he's about to pull away, but then Danny unhooks one finger from his waistband to trace over the tattoo and ask, "What's this mean"
carleton97: Because it's kanji and Danny knows not the Japanese.
carleton97: So there's just the sound of Chris breathing for a second and Danny is like, idly rubbing his finger over the tattoo the Chris says, "Fate." And Danny makes a little noise like he heard and yeah, ok, fate. Chris moves a little, like he's trying to step back, but Danny obviously isn't having any of that because he just tightens his grip on Chris' shorts and pulls him back, closer even.
exitsign: eeeeeeeeee! And Danny is thinking?
exitsign: That he wants a closer look maybe?
exitsign: Or that he wants to take the shorts *off*?
carleton97: And Chris says, "Wha-" But that's all he gets out because Danny?
carleton97: Just licked his tattoo.
exitsign: induionhwebndgwewdaskahaexnweio
exitsign: *dead*
exitsign: You don't have to finish plotting it. I'm dead. Thank you.
carleton97: That's pretty much Chris' reaction too.
exitsign: Tattoo licking? Tattto. Licking.
exitsign: Kill me. Oh God, okay, Chris... Danny licks his TATTOO and Chris does? Dead? Heartattack?
carleton97: He tries, but Danny brings him back to life by biting him.
carleton97: Just a little.
exitsign: When you die? You are going to heaven. I just want you to know that.
exitsign: Okay. Okay. I'm so unhelpful. Yes. Guh. What happens next? What the hell is going through Danny's head?
exitsign: I just... need to know.
carleton97: Then using his grip on his clothes to drag him down onto the couch so he can push up his shirt and unbutton his pants without either getting in the way.
exitsign: Oh my God. Oh. My God. I hate you. But I love you. But I HATE you. But I LOVE you. Just... fuck... fucking... fuck.
carleton97: Danny is thinking that for whatever reason this is the hottest thing he's EVER seen and that includes the time he was in New Orleans for Mardi Gras in college and he just needs to lick it a little more.
carleton97: and maybe give Chris a hickey RIGHT THERE.
exitsign: Guh! And bwah! Because Danny would so think about girls flashing their tits while licking his MALE partner.
exitsign: Or! Right next to it.
exitsign: Because you cannot ruin it. Just... below it.
exitsign: Or on it.
exitsign: I don't fucking care at this point. At this point he could take out a sharpie and write his name across it and I'd be FINE.
carleton97: He doesn't want to mar it, but he wants to be a *part* of it. A part of marking Chris.
exitsign: Yeah, yeah, I can see that logic. Okay. Okay, yes. Yes. On it. And, um, just because I'm looking out for Chris here and not my own perverted wrongness... is he not really noticing that Chris is, you know, sporting major wood or what? Or is Chris? Chris better fucking be.
exitsign: Or I'll kill him.
carleton97: And he's in the zone, like he hardly even realizes that Chris is fucking dying under him. Squirming and he's pulled his shirt off because it's DANNY and he can't not be fucking turned on by this fucked up piece of the evening.
exitsign: And just to get it clear, where exactly is this tattoo? Because I'm seeing left hip-ish area. Or right. Whichever.
exitsign: But! Oh! Chris! Smack him in the back of the head and make him blow you. Come on! For Jane!
carleton97: So when Danny pulls back a little to survey what he'd done, it's a little bit of a surprise to notice a Chris' hard-on right next to his face. Like Danny has one side of Chris' boxer briefs pulled down to get at the tattoo (on his hip, yes) but the rest of the fabric is pulled pretty tightly over his dick and there's a wet spot starting to spread because, holy shit he just turned Chris 8700 kinds of on.
exitsign: nnnngh. Yes. Oh, my God in fucking heaven, yes.
exitsign: And? And? Chris? Panting? Is he panting? And looking at Danny looking at his fucking dick with the fucking 'whoa' face?
carleton97: Which, if he had thought about it, was sort of inevitable given the licking and sucking going on in that area. And he does pause for a second because, hi I'm Danny and I'm extra straight, but this is CHRIS and he's hard and flushed and panting and ... just HOT like this.
carleton97: 'And Danny?
exitsign: Does he love me? Tell me he fucking loves me!
exitsign: Do it, Danny. Do SOMETHING!
carleton97: Is nothing if not reckless and fearless, so he thinks, what the hell? and pulles the boxer briefs all the way off.
exitsign: asklayabneopmaosms2121
exitsign: That means 'yes, quite'.
carleton97: And Chris cannot help it. He may squeak there. Or it could be defined as a 'meep', but whatever it was is quickly lost when Danny touches him.
exitsign: eeeeeeeeeee! touching! yes!
carleton97: It's sort of tentative at first, like he's not quite sure what to do with the foreskin because Chris' mom was kind of a hippie and refused to let 'anyone disfigure my baby!'
exitsign: You? Are genius. Hardly anybody these days deals with that. I love you. I want to have your children. I'll give you my liver. Yes. Check. After Danny blows Chris.
carleton97: But he gets some rhythm going with his hand and it's good, it's great, Chris can go with this because Danny is fucking touching him and it *is* good and great and greatness even because it's Danny and his thoughts are totally circling around 'greatness' and 'Danny' and he's pretty sure this is the happiest his dick has ever been and that's including the flight attendant from New Zealand who was *truly* inspired, but HOLY SHIT that's tongue.
exitsign:
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
exitsign: Fucking YES!
carleton97: So now Danny is *blowing* him and it's graceless and he catches him with his teeth a couple of times and he gags a couple of times, but DANNY is BLOWING HIM and he tries to say, "Hey, you might want to pull off because I'm about to come" but all that he can manage is what he thinks sounded like, "DaGUH" before he COMES. IN. DANNY'S. MOUTH.
carleton97: Danny of course, immediately spits it back onto his stomach, but still.
exitsign: And then? And then? What happens next? Chris... does Chris yank Danny up on top of him and kiss him? Can we have kissing? I need fucking tongue and moaning and groping and NOW! *pants* Okay.
carleton97: OK, OK.
exitsign: I mean that in a really nice way. Not a demanding way. Even though it looks demanding. You know how the internet is... um...
carleton97: So Chris is laying there, just fucking wrecked. And Danny's sort of hunched between his legs and the panic hasn't started yet, but Chris knows his partner, oh yes he does, and he wants nothing more than to stop that panic before hit even starts, so he manages to get a grip on the back of Danny's neck and yank him up into kissing range. Danny resists at first because, once again, Mr. Straight, but Chris is insistent and,hell, he did just blow the guy, so he can't be all *that* straight and kissing chris... yes, it works. It *is* working for him, just like the blow job worked for him because he got hard and is getting harder.
exitsign: Guuuh. Yes, Danny, ignore your brain, follow your penis. It *knows*.
carleton97: And then there are strong fingers opening his pants and pushing them down over his hips and he's being shifted and nudged until, oh yeah, he's sliding in a slick puddle over soft, muscled skin. And it's good, better than he thought and Chris is *still* kissing him.
exitsign: Mmmm... Chris...
carleton97: So he relaxes and lets more of his weight drop down because he *knows* how strong Chris is.
carleton97: Knows what he can take.
carleton97: And that's good too. He likes not having to worry if he's pushing too hard or gripping too tightly because he *knows* Chris in ways he's NEVER known any woman he's had sex with.
exitsign: Because they both have guns! And you have to trust the guy who could shoot you in the back of the head for spilling your sprite in his car!
carleton97: So he slides his arms under Chris' back and grabs onto his shoulders because he *can* and, if the noise Chris makes is any indication, it's more than OK.
exitsign: Or. Um. IT'S FUCKING FATE DANNY YOU STUPID ASS.
exitsign: Of course it's okay. mmmm... it's way okay...
carleton97: Danny's usually silent when he comes and this time is no exception, but the shivery moan Chris makes when he feels Danny come against his stomach and the not-quite hardness he can feel pressing against his leg makes him think that he'll probably be hoarse by sunrise.
carleton97: Thank god it's only Friday.
carleton97: The. End.




carleton97: But Chris is going to get hurt because Danny would totally keep whoring around.
carleton97: And even if Chris thinks it wouldn't matter, it does.
exitsign: It does matter. But would he go through with it -- sleeping with him -- just like he goes through with being his partner at work?
exitsign: Like, Danny seems like the type of person that you kind of... can't get out from under.
carleton97: how do you mean?
exitsign: Or maybe not *can't* so much as it's hard to get away from him. He just... for all his faults -- all his asshattery and stupid jerky boyness -- he just seems like one of those people that people kind of... gravitate toward.
carleton97: yes, exactly.
carleton97: He's charismatic and Chris can't help but respond to that.
exitsign: Yes, exactly what I was trying to say but couldn't. Plus, he's hot.
carleton97: And even though Chris isn't a stupid, he probably can't help but think that maybe, just maybe, he could FIX Danny.
carleton97: You know?
carleton97: And I think Danny invites that. Because he is smart and charismatic and sexy and you want that to be something that works and is healthy, you know?
carleton97: Because he's not healthy. He drinks too much and is impulsive and has bad taste in women and just gives off that slightly wounded, fucked up vibe.
exitsign: Totally. Plus, you know, if you can show *him* that he needs you around he won't just toss you over. You will be something he needs just as much as you need him to need you.
exitsign: yes, yes, slightly wounded, fucked up. Totally!
carleton97: and from the handful of episodes, it seems to me at this point that Chris wants to be needed and Danny might just want to be able to lean on someone.
carleton97: But the hard part is getting Danny to that point.
carleton97: Because he doesn't even really trust Chris totally at work.
carleton97: No, that's not right.
carleton97: He trusts him, but, but he doesn't trust that Chris is right.
carleton97: And he nearly always is.
carleton97: Like, it seems to me that Chris is just a flat out better cop.
exitsign: No, yeah, seriously, I don't doubt that he is the better cop. it seemed like that was going to be the way it was.
exitsign: I mean... it just seemed like he was the one who was at least partly on the ball and he was covering for Danny or... helping Danny or, you know, whatever.
carleton97: And they both are attractive and charismatic, but Danny has that extra something that is always going to garner him more attention.
exitsign: He's louder, I think.
exitsign: He seemed louder.
carleton97: He is louder, yes.
carleton97: Oh god.
carleton97: He's totally going to fuck Chris up. Wait, I'll describe it:
carleton97: Danny wakes up first in the morning and has a half asleep moment of ' he's extra hot' before FREAKING HIS SHIT OUT and totally running away.
carleton97: Then acting like a dicksmack at work.
carleton97: And Chris KNEW it was going to go down like that, but fuck.
exitsign: Yes! oh Yes.
carleton97: And Chris ISN'T a doormat, but he does take a lot of shit from Danny. Is this shit he takes, or does he confront?
carleton97: I think if Danny is obviously walking a fine line between coping and wigging out, he might have to.
carleton97: confront that is.
carleton97: But that might be the next story.
carleton97: ::headdesk::
exitsign: I think he's all 'fine, whatever, I am acting like nothing happened' on the outside and just kind of snapping at him and shit and Danny, who doesn't have his shit together AT ALL, would be all 'right, right, noting happened, nothing, hahaha, nothing happened' and Chris can either confront him at that point or let it go until Danny breaks down.
exitsign: Which, really, it's not pretty and it's not nice but it's Danny's fucking turn to give something.
carleton97: Word.
exitsign: It just depends on how much Chris can handle Danny with a little too much stubble and a little too much 'look at you, look away, look at you' before he can't do that to Danny anymore. But! There's always the possibility that just when Chris is like 'okay, I give' that Danny would do major stupido thing and make Chris all pissed off again. Thereby! Helping the process.
carleton97: Also? I'm pretty sure the first thing Danny does the next night or so is go out and get laid.
exitsign: But of course. Because nothing gets the gay off like some nice, greasywhore snatch.
carleton97: Heh. Totally.
carleton97: And while Chris was expecting something like that, it does hurt.
carleton97: Enough to bolster his 'let Danny break down' plan.
exitsign: Of course. Because, even if you're ready for it, you're not ready for it. And you're hoping in that tiny place in the back of your head that must never seen the light of day that... maybe... it won't be like that.
carleton97: But it totally is.
exitsign: *nods* it would totally help.
exitsign: Because *Danny*.
carleton97: And Danny of course starts trying to fuck his way through the female population.
exitsign: mmm... stds...
carleton97: Heh.
carleton97: Condoms, baby.
exitsign: But still. He's going for anything that moves.
carleton97: Hyeh. Danny should totally catch crabs.
carleton97: Anyway.
exitsign: It's like 'lock up your mom' day.
carleton97: And someone at the station should comment on that!
carleton97: With that comment!
carleton97: heh.
carleton97: Right so he's dealing/not dealing in his way and Chris is just letting him implode?
exitsign: He's got hickeys and scratches and all sorts of obviousness all over his body and, yeah, locker rooms so people see and, more importantly, Chris sees. And maybe Danny wants him to see? hmm. Anyway, yeah, I think that Chris has been burned by Danny's asshole-ness one too many times and he's really... this isn't like Danny went off at the mouth at some *guy*, this is Danny and him fucking and Danny fucking him *over*. You know? So I could see him being bitter and bitchy and petty. And I think that's what Danny needs. Danny doesn't need to keep being coddled. He needs to see that his mistakes are mistakes and Chris can't always fix them and he really isn't going to just let it slide anymore. He kind of needs to get that they're *partners*. It's not, like, Danny does what Danny wants and Chris makes it better.
carleton97: Yes, yes! That's totally where I want to go.
carleton97: But Danny isn't getting it. Like, he gets that Chris is being pissy, but of course they're not talking about the root issue, so it just keeps circling.
exitsign: Exactly. I think, on some level, Danny gets it. But he's not admitting it. And even if he could admit it? Who would he get to help him? Chris is the one he needs help with. He doesn't know what the fuck to do.
carleton97: So he just keeps fucking around and fucking up.
carleton97: Until...
carleton97: what?
exitsign: Which is, I think, how you get to the breakdown. I think... we could have drunken, skanky Danny needing help or just showing up and Chris is all 'what the fuck do you want *now*?' and Danny being all 'I don't know what to do' and because he's drunken and covered in a bazillion twat germs, he would be able to pretty much say just like that.
carleton97: a bazillion twat germs?
carleton97: ;laksj;lzj;lk.awdfnsd
exitsign: I'm just saying...
carleton97: No, it's true.
exitsign: Danny needs a shower, yo. Everybody knows it.
carleton97: And I think Chris has a right to say, 'Dude, you come over here smelling like a hooker and expect me to what?
exitsign: hmm. And what does Danny say to that sort of thing?
exitsign: Yes, please.
carleton97: What *can* you say to that?
exitsign: Well... he has to say something or they'll just be sitting around not saying anything.
exitsign: Which is, I suppose, always an option.
carleton97: Well, being Danny, he'd probably say, "She wasn't a *hooker*."
exitsign: OH! YES!
exitsign: Being drunken!Danny especially.
exitsign: I love that.
exitsign: And does he do pouty face?
carleton97: Yes.
exitsign: Yay! I love you!
carleton97: And Chris is all, "Like that fucking matters, Danny!
exitsign: And Danny can either be all 'fine, fine' or all 'well you said I smelled like a hooker and I'm just telling you she wasn't a hooker. I think she said she was a nurse.' or something.
carleton97: THat second one!!!!@!@
carleton97: Yes!
carleton97: Perfect!!!
carleton97: a;lskjdf;lkjal;kdf
exitsign: hee.
exitsign: And Chris says what to that? 'Shut the fuck up, Danny. Jesus Christ.'
carleton97: And Chris says -
carleton97: Well either that or
carleton97: "I don't care if she's fucking Queen of England, Danny! You can't just show up here, drunk and smelling like a bachelor party and expect me to welcome you with open arms."
exitsign: Bachelor party! Yes!
exitsign: So does Danny get all kicked dog-ish then or does he keep being a dick?
carleton97: I think he's drunk enough to be maudlin and kicked puppy. Against which Chris has little defense.
exitsign: Exactly! Because he wants to be angry at Danny and it's hard to be angry at someone who's letting you do it.
carleton97: Danny has to kind of hang his head and be all quitely, "I just missed you."
exitsign: Awwww!
exitsign: Does that make Chris feel bad?
carleton97: and Chris is all, well, fuck.
carleton97: A little, but dude, he's righteously angry.
carleton97: But it's no use taking it out on drunk and sad Danny.
exitsign: That's right, Chris, you can't take it out on him.
carleton97: So I think he just sort of pushes him into the shower to rinse off the skank.
carleton97: Hee!
exitsign: Tells him to take a shower would be good, I think. If he were to help him I think he'd be tempted to knock Danny's head into the toilet bowl.
carleton97: Totally.
carleton97: He's like, "Just take a shower, Danny." And gives him some pajama pants or something.
exitsign: And he kind of... paces around thinking and listening to the shower run.
carleton97: Yes. Yes.
exitsign: Good, good.
exitsign: And what happens after Danny gets out?
exitsign: Is he still all... with the puppy-ness. But halfnaked and hot puppy-ness?
carleton97: Well, drunkness plus hot shower = sleepy, you know.
carleton97: So he's all sleepy eyed and puppyish and damp and wearing only thin pants.
exitsign: Yep. So... Chris does... ?
exitsign: Also? Didn't this all start in Chris' bathroom?
carleton97: Well, he's not fucking made of stone.
carleton97: Yes.
carleton97: I was just thinking about that.
exitsign: Chris should think about it, I think.
carleton97: Yes. Like. I hope my robe escapes unmolseted.
exitsign: They've gone kind of full circle.
exitsign: heh. Yeah. Totally.
carleton97: But it's hard because Chris isn't the one that needs/needed to make a choice.
exitsign: Yeah, he's kind of down with the whole thing. It's Danny that's fucking everything up.
exitsign: Of course it's Danny that started it. I don't think Chris ever would have.
exitsign: Maybe.
exitsign: But not in this universe.
carleton97: I don't think so in this universe.
exitsign: This one is kind of... it's all Danny. He starts it and he fucks it up and he's kind of... the motivater. Chris is just an innocent bystander in the gunfire.
carleton97: Danny has to say something.
carleton97: something that will open up talking in the morning and let Chris just sleep next to him tonight.
exitsign: Would Chris be okay with sleeping next to Danny who he is mad at?
exitsign: And also hot for.
exitsign: I think one of them would end up staying awake all night.
carleton97: That's why Danny has to say something.
exitsign: But what can he say?
exitsign: Chris is pissed.
carleton97: Well, Danny's going to pretty much pass out.
carleton97: Maybe he just sort of shuffles out of the bathroom into Chris' bed?
exitsign: And Chris could be kind of... 'well, fuck'.
carleton97: Yeah.
carleton97: So it's either sleep next to him or try to fit on his raggedy couch.
exitsign: And that couch is fucking uncomfortable.
exitsign: Plus, you know, he could be all 'I am not giving up my bed to that jerk'.
carleton97: Totally.
carleton97: So he just pokes and prods him over because, of course, Danny fell asleep in the middle of the bed.
exitsign: Sprawled, like he thinks he friggin' owns it. Because that's how he does *everything*. He occupies as much space as he can in any given space.
exitsign: And he probably doesn't even know it.
carleton97: exactly.

exitsign: So... next morning?
exitsign: And, you know, I think this is, like, the start of the third story of a series.
exitsign: Who wakes up first? And which character's POV are you in now?
carleton97: So the first part, the sex is Danny.
exitsign: Because it felt like you went from Danny to Chris
carleton97: The rest seems to be Chris.
carleton97: Yeah.
exitsign: And then more Danny or just stay with Chris?
carleton97: I think finish up with Danny. Sort of close the circle.
exitsign: I was thinking that too.
exitsign: And, really, I think you should do it as a trilogy.
exitsign: Morning. Part three. Chris wakes up. Is Danny still sleeping?
carleton97: I think Danny's gone.
exitsign: That will be bad.
carleton97: In the bathroom, but enough gone that Chris freaks out.
carleton97: but shit.
carleton97: WRong POV.
exitsign: Oh! Shit! Sorrysorrysorry!
exitsign: My fault. I was still in that mode.
exitsign: Fuck me. Damn. Sorry, dude.
exitsign: Okay. *Danny* wakes up.
carleton97: No, I was thinking the same thing.
exitsign: Is *Chris* still sleeping?
carleton97: Yes.
carleton97: He is.
carleton97: Because Danny has to get his shit straightened out but quick.
exitsign: And when he gets back Chris is freaking out.
exitsign: Also? What do you mean? I'm just thinking he needs to pee or something. heh.
carleton97: I have this picture of him on his back in bed with his hand over his eyes.
carleton97: Funny.
carleton97: But that's even better. Like Danny wakes up to pee and when he gets back Chris is freaking out and he's got to do damage control before he's even awake.
exitsign: Chris?
exitsign: Is with the hand and the eyes?
carleton97: yeah
carleton97: Like he's quietly freaking otu and hating himself.
exitsign: Okayokay. So... Danny comes in and is Chris like... I feel like he should be surprised to see him and Danny can see it. Like, it's totally
obvious in the way Chris' hand flies off his face and he's all 'what?' or whatever. And Danny would be offended, I think, because he's an asshole that way. Or maybe he's just... what?
exitsign: Hating himself but hating Danny just a little bit more, I think, for sucking him back in.
exitsign: Stupid Danny.
exitsign: No, wait, Danny is just peeing.
exitsign: Okay, whew.
carleton97: Yeah.
carleton97: and that whole train of thougth is totally obvious on his face.
exitsign: And Danny says/does/thinks?
carleton97: And Danny actually thinks about being an asshole about it, but for once, something tells him not to. Like, just this once, THINK before you speak, dammit.
exitsign: ha. It's his inner Chris.
carleton97: Totally.
exitsign: So, he isn't an asshole, what does he do then?
carleton97: But he's still assholish enough to make it all about him. "Do you hate me?"
exitsign: Oh! Yes! Fuck!
exitsign: I can see that.
exitsign: Okay. So Chris does the 'wtf?' face and is all 'what?' or... what?
carleton97: Because he does hate him, but he doesn't hate him.
exitsign: Exactly.
carleton97: And that's what Danny is asking.
carleton97: about hate hate.
exitsign: Yeah, Danny is pretty much... 'do you never want to see me again or do you just want to punch me in the face?'
carleton97: And chris is all, "I don't necessarily like you very much right now."
exitsign: To which Danny says? 'But you don't hate me?' or something?
carleton97: And Chris says, "I hate the way you've been acting."
carleton97: Adn danny's all, But you don't hate *me* right?
exitsign: And Chris is all...
carleton97: "No, I don't hate you, alright. Jesus."
exitsign: Anyway. So, what does Danny do after that?
carleton97: In my head he dives onto the bed like, well, a puppy.
exitsign: Because he's still half-naked and kinda tired and Chris is right there and there's a bed sooo...
exitsign: Awwww!
carleton97: But yours is a little better.
carleton97: SO he just goes, "good" and slides back into bed.
exitsign: I think... I think you could kind of meld the two.
exitsign: With him getting maybe a big-eyed puppy-like grin -- totally happy that Chris is not hating him -- and then says "good" or maybe "okay" and gets into the bed.
carleton97: Yeah.
exitsign: Or not. Whatever you wanna do, dude.
carleton97: No, that's good.
carleton97: But what does Chris do? Because he's awake now and Danny is sober, so he's getting pissed.
exitsign: hmm... getting pissed. Well, you could either let him get pissed off and let them fight more or you could let him just kind of... deal with it. Like, this is Danny.
carleton97: chained by his own impulsiveness.
carleton97: Yeah.
carleton97: I think he doesn't really *want* to be pissed.
carleton97: He kind of wants to let Danny cuddle up to him and go back to sleep.
carleton97: Because it's early and it's Saturday.
exitsign: He could be kind of... okay, its like... Danny says good and gets in the bed and Chris is kind of like 'but...' and then he, like, sighs and just falls back down on the bed and Danny is all contented and he kind of snuggles into him. Or something.
exitsign: I don't think he wants to be pissed either. Plus, more importantly, you don't have to write him that way.
carleton97: I forget that I'm in charge sometimes.