ficlet: you'll get no regrets from me - duck/dan (wilby wonderful)

[marginalia]

[you'll get no regrets from me] - duck/dan
inspired by musesfool's post, and for pearl_o if she'll have it. 175 words.

Duck says he's braver than he thinks he is, and Dan suspects that might be true. It takes a lot of strength to live the life people expect of you, and even more to leave that life behind.

In the mornings Dan sleeps late because he can, but Duck is up with the sun and often even before its strange early light creeps through the trees. Sometimes they meet at Iggy's in the late morning, where Duck just orders coffee, but steals a wedge of Dan's buttered toast and always finishes the eggs.

Their hands brush as they walk to the video store, and as Dan reaches for the door Duck reaches for him and spins him back. An icy jolt shoots through Dan, a conditioned response from years of hiding, but Duck's hand is warm, an anchor. When Dan leans in to kiss him he tastes of coffee and home and trust. Duck touches his cheek as they move apart, smiles, says have a good day, says see you at dinner. And Dan will.

Comments

[pearl-o.livejournal.com]

YAY.

*clutches with grabby hands*

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

*glee*

[serialkarma.livejournal.com]

Oh, lovely.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you!

[china_shop]

Aw, yay! This is lovely. :)

(Here via pearl_o's LJ.)

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[dorrie6.livejournal.com]

*heart*

I love these two so much, and you've written them beautifully.

Their hands brush as they walk to the video store, and as Dan reaches for the door Duck reaches for him and spins him back. An icy jolt shoots through Dan, a conditioned response from years of hiding, but Duck's hand is warm, an anchor.

*heart**heart**heart*

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

i just can't believe it took me this long to see it. not that i could have seen it any faster, but y'know. stupid world. and better late than never :)

these two . .they have lots of stories in them still. i am pleased.

thank you!

[shayheyred.livejournal.com]

There's a bittersweet feeling under all the happiness here, which makes this little snippet very deep indeed.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

yay! thank you :) there's so much to these two; i look forward to exploring them.

[brooklinegirl.livejournal.com]

Lovely! OMG, lovely. Wilby fic takes a gentle touch, a good voice, and you NAIL that. So wonderful. Yay!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you so much!

Duck and Dan

[grey853.livejournal.com]

What a sweet picture of how it might be between them.

I loved this image
"An icy jolt shoots through Dan, a conditioned response from years of hiding, but Duck's hand is warm, an anchor. When Dan leans in to kiss him he tastes of coffee and home and trust."

Very nice. May I have more, please?

Re: Duck and Dan

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you! and there will definitely be more. i see lots of stories around them :)

[mergatrude.livejournal.com]

*wibbles*

Oh, this is sweet and coffe-flavoured. Thank you.

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank -you-!

[ixchel55.livejournal.com]

A very sweet little vignette into their post-movie lives.

Very nice. Thanks!

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

thank you :)

[torakowalski.livejournal.com]

*melts*
*is a puddle*
*discovers puddles aren't good at coherent comments*
*g*

[marginalia.livejournal.com]

hee! coherent comments are overrated, i think :)

[starfishchick]

Yes. Oh yes.