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Dash really wished he could say no to his boyfriend, but he honestly couldn’t. Danny had been waiting since his sister first told him about the program he couldn’t wait for his senior year so he could participate. They were lucky since it only came every three years, so if it had been a year later they would’ve missed it… well, lucky wasn't exactly the word Dash would use to describe their situation. Dash frowned. He had only signed up because Danny asked him to. He really wished he had said no. he knew if he had Danny would be upset, but he would understand and leave it be. Though he was worried if he would say no that Danny wouldn’t sign up and miss out on what he’s been waiting for his entire high school career and he didn’t want that.
Dash’s father was a police officer, that was the main reason he wasn’t looking forward to the Shattered Lives program. If he was being honest, Dash’s deadbeat father was an alcoholic who likes to beat on him whenever he was home. He knew his father was one of the policemen who were coordinating the assembly, and that he would make his day the worst he possibly could. He was worried he'd end up one of the distracted drivers and that he would spend his night in the county jail while Danny was alone and pretending to be dead with no way to contact him. But he still signed up to make his boyfriend happy, even if it meant staying in a jail cell overnight because of his asshole dad. Dash struggled not to cry as he spooned Danny. Danny rolled over to face him and wrapped his arms around his waist and sticking his head in the crook of his neck and murmuring a quiet ‘i love you’ before drifting off to sleep. Dash couldn’t keep his eyes from watering, he really wished he had just said he couldn’t attend or something. Dash vanquished the thoughts and finally succumbed to the pull of sleep himself.
The next morning Dash woke up to an empty bed and the sound of the shower running. Dash slinked out of the bed and walked over to the bathroom before opening the door and slipping into the hot shower with his boyfriend. “Hey.” Danny said, unfazed by the sudden intrusion. “Mmm, hey.” Dash responded grabbing the shampoo off the shower shelf
“You sleep well?” He asked already washing the suds out of his dark hair.
“I slept fine, you?” Dash began to lather the shampoo into his blond hair.
“I slept well. I can’t wait for Monday. Oh Clockwork, I never thought those words would leave my mouth, Jesus fuck.” Danny chortles and Dash giggles.
“Well we still got the whole weekend to wait, so what do you wanna do?” He said, washing the shampoo out of his hair and pushing it out of his face. Danny shrugged as a response and turned off the shower, stepping out to grab himself and his boyfriend a towel. “Maybe we should go to the planetarium? Or maybe we can drive down to the beach and stay there for the weekend?” Dash suggested, a smirk pulled at the corners of Danny's lips. “We could stargaze on the beach.” Danny’s eyes sparkled at the thought. “The beach it is then. Kwan’s parents have a nice beach house, I can ask if we can stay there.`` Danny nods as he pulls his boxers on and grabs a towel to dry his hair. Dash steps out of the shower with his towel around his waist, Danny blushed and looked away. “It’s nothing you haven't seen before.” Dash teased, playfully rolling his eyes. He laughed and pushed his ebony hair out of his eyes, “whatever.” he rolled his eyes back at him. “Just put some clothes on.” he smiled as he tossed a pair of boxers his way.
Danny threw on Dash’s discarded hoodie and flopped on his bed, watching as Dash pulled on a pair of his sweats and walked over toward him. “Hey sexy, come here often?” Danny said, trying his hardest to keep a straight face but failing and bursting into laughter. Dash laid on the bed next to him, hanging off slightly, and began to push Danny with his hips to the side to make more room for his robust frame. Dash reached over Danny and grabbed his phone so he could ask Kwan about the beach house. Danny scooched closer and draped himself over his boyfriend, peeking over his shoulder to see what he was doing on his phone, occasionally kissing his cheek and giggling quietly. “Alright loverboy, what are you laughing about?” Dash said, rolling over to face him and smiling. He continued to giggle “n-nothing” he was still quietly giggling with a silly grin on his face. “C’mon baby, just tell meeeee.” Dash pleaded, setting his phone down and wrapping his arms around his waist. “Okay, okay, we should get cardboard cutouts of ourselves and hide them around the beach house.” he was laughing loudly now. Dash smiled and kissed Danny back “clockwork, I’m dating an absolute genius.” he laughed with him.
“Come help me pack.” Dash pestered, tossing some pants at Danny. He threw the pants back and rolled off the bed, thumping onto the hard floor below and groaning loudly. Dash walked over to help him up, but ended up just dragging himself across the floor instead. “C’mon ghost boy, if you wanna make it to the beach before midnight then we gotta pack and leave now, c’mon babyyyyyyyy” he tugged on his arm. Danny rolled his eyes and stood, dusting himself off “Jesus, fiiine.” he drawled, pulling the pants on. Dash hands him a bag and he slung it over his shoulder, Dash grabbing his own bag. He grabbed Dash’s hand and pulled him downstairs, snatching his keys off the counter and leaving a quick note about where he was going before finally walking out. They toss their bags in the back of his car, it's black with green-tinted windows and a license plate that says ‘Ph4nt0m’. Sam had gotten him the car for his birthday for no other reason than irony and she’s rich and can. Danny turned the key of the 1967 Chevy, it rumbling and finally starting. “So where do you think we can find custom cardboard cutouts?” Dash asked. He giggled, “ Probably Amazon, if not we can just make our own.” Danny smiled, briefly looking over at his boyfriend. He nodded. “We should pick up some dinner when we’re closer to the house.” he suggested.
“Yeah, I’m down.” he agreed. Dash grabbed a CD from the glove box, it was a ‘Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting’ tutorial. “Why do you have this just hanging out in your car?” Dash asked incredulously. Danny just shrugged in response. Dash put it in the CD player and turned it down so it was barely just background noise.