I STILL HEAR YOUR VOICE WHEN YOU SLEEP NEXT TO ME

[gogoghostpowers]

Who: Danny and Walter
What: Just two dudes hanging out at White Castle on Valentine's Day Eve, it's most definitely not a date
When: 2/14
Where: Walter's house, then White Castle
Warnings: teenagers


Danny pulls up to Walter's house in his car and does one last check. Seats: clear. Dirty laundry: at "home" at Stefan's. The clothes he's wearing right now: not his dirty laundry. Breath: not that gross (he thinks). Okay, he should be good.

He pulls out his phone to send Walter a text.

Hey, I'm in front of your house. You ready?

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[waltharius]

"It's great...!"

It's a little hard to collect his thoughts right now. Static in his brain. One thing he does know is that he can't really deny what he's been suspecting anymore. Not with the constant butterflies.

"Danny --"

But what is he supposed to do about it? He dips a little closer, almost unconsciously, but pulls away at the last second, squeezing his fists and smiling along with Danny.

"We should... finish dinner."

[gogoghostpowers]

Danny can't help but stare into Walter's eyes, from the moment he takes the photo and shows it to him to the moment that he speaks again and...suggests finishing their food. Danny almost forgot about it (somehow, even with condiments all over his face), and he looks down at it in genuine surprise.

"Oh! Oh, heh, right...yeah...Dinner. Yeah, let's. Do that."

He begins eating his (now soggy with mustard and ketchup) sliders, trying not to be too obvious about the fact that he can't tear his eyes away from Walter.

[waltharius]

Walter is trying to spend the rest of the meal focused on his sliders, but he's finding that difficult. The first few times he looks up and Danny's looking right at him, well, he can shrug that off as coincidence. After that, when he lifts his gaze and meets the stare without looking away... ...not that easy to rationalize.

Maybe he shouldn't have ducked away before. Maybe...

The waitress interrupts that train of thought with the check. Which he pounces on immediately, slapping his hand on it and dragging it his way.

"Everything here is on me, okay? A-and before you complain, you drove."

[gogoghostpowers]

When the check came, Danny lifted his hand to pick up the check himself, but freezes when Walter instead nabs it. He tries opening his mouth to object, but is cut off there too. He gives up after that, though, because he he really doesn't want to start an argument now of all times.

So he holds his arms up in a mock surrender. "Alright, alright, I'm officially leaving it." Then a grin twitches at the corners of his mouth. "But I'm taking the next one."

[waltharius]

"The -- next one? ...okay, fair enough"

There's going to be a next one? And that wasn't a joke?? He's all fumbly as he browses through his wallet before throwing down some cash (and a huge tip, because math is too complicated right now).

"Are you ready to head out?" After a quick look down, he realizes that he's overlooked their "dessert" -- a pair of Hershey's Kisses, left with the check. "...or do you want your Kiss first?"

[gogoghostpowers]

"M-my--what?" Danny blushes as he stands up, staring at Walter in surprise for a moment. But then he looks down and notices the two chocolates on the check. Oh.

"Oh."

He pauses for a moment, then says, "Yeah, actually, I do."

He picks up one of the candies, unwraps it, and pops it in his mouth. Then he grabs the second one and stretches it out to Walter, offering him a Kiss.

[waltharius]

Walter stares at the chocolate in Danny's hand for the longest time. He sets a hand under Danny's and places his other hand on top, poised to grab the Kiss. But... he stops, pausing for awhile before he pushes against Danny's hand, folding his fingers around the candy.

His heart is about to beat out of his chest, and his logical mind is telling him to wait for the Perfect Moment. But Perfect Moments are hard to come by. Sometimes you just have to go with your heart. Even if your heart is telling you to go for it in a public fast food restaurant.

So he squeezes Danny's hand, leans in, and plants a real kiss on his lips. It's going to last as long as Danny allows, or until Walter's jelly-legs give out. Whatever comes first.

[gogoghostpowers]

Danny is only slightly taken aback by the kiss, but recovers quickly. He leans into it and clasps Walter's hand with both of his. This isn't what he expected to be doing on his Valentine's Day this year (or ever, really), but now that it's happening...he can't deny that he loves this.

He lets it linger and enjoys the moment...and finally breaks it. He's got the widest grin on his face and he can't tear his eyes away from Walter. At least, not until their waitress comes up again and hands them another Polaroid, one she apparently took of them in the moment because it's showing the two of them with their faces mashed together.

"Congratulations," she says kindly.

[waltharius]

The reality of the situation smacks Walter as soon as they part, and his legs actually fail him. Luckily, there's a table to hold onto. And a Danny. He's distrubuting the weight between both, because nobody needs to end up on the floor today.

"W...wow."

He wishes he had something better to say, but words are escaping him. He smiles, a wave of giddiness overtaking him. The arrival of the Polaroid gives him something to focus on, which he does, while laughing. His eyes are bright and a little shiny.

This is real life. There's photographic evidence.