( DANNY WAGNER X SAM KISZKA)
CHAPTER ONE - THE BIRTHDAY BOY
Authors Note: This first chapter is dedicated to @imacrowcawcaw because they are just amazing 🥁🤍. Sam and Danny are in their senior year of high school in this story, and well, you’ll see where it goes.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAR DANNY.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOOUU.”
The three Kiszka boys sang loudly for their best friend, but Josh’s voice overpowered his siblings of course.
“Thank you guys.” Danny smiled, he paused and closed his eyes for a moment then blew out the candles. The cake was red velvet with white frosting. In the middle there was a drum kit drawn on with red and gold frosting, the edges of the cake were outlined with little hand drawn music notes.
The three boys clapped and cheered, then Jake and Josh went into the kitchen to get plates and forks.
“Wow dude. You didn’t wash the dishes?” Jake sighed once they reached the sink.
”Hey you were supposed to do them today, not me.” Josh shrugged his shoulders and grabbed the sponge next to the soap.
”Yeah, but I went to pick up the decorations. You should have known to do them before we started Danny’s party.” Jake complained as he put away the clean dishes to make room for the newly washed ones.
The twins continued arguing, and Sam reached over the table to grab the bottle of Jack Daniels. He already had a multiple shots before this but felt like he could handle more.
”If you both hurry up THEN we can have clean plates to eat this cake on. Right??” Sam shouted towards the kitchen, then after a few seconds he heard the water running and his brother’s voices softening.
Sam laughed and turned his head back towards Danny.
”Soo, what did you wish for Daniel?” Sam said before chasing his shot with cup of Pepsi.
”Ha. Not telling you.” Danny said.
”What! Just say it. I know you believe in a lot of superstitious shit or whatever, but come on telling me won’t ruin your wish.”
“Uh, yeah it will. The whole point is to keep it to yourself, so I’m not telling you.”
”Please? For me?” Sam laughed and tilted his head slightly to the left, then smiled with his teeth.
Usually his friend smiled with his lips closed, so when Sam randomly decided to smile with his teeth Danny was caught off guard. Whenever Sam directly smiled at Danny, for any reason, it always made him feel way too warm on the inside. This was odd to him, because it would come out of nowhere without warning. Most of the time when this warm feeling happened he would take a deep inhale, ignored the feeling, exhale, and then continue on with his conversation.
“I don't know, maybe I'll tell you later. If I feel like it." Danny sighed while looking down at his cake. He already knew that he was not going to have the balls to tell Sam his wish, or the hidden meaning behind the wish. Even if Danny did tell him, he knew that Sam could never fully understand it. Danny felt more alone than ever, even on a day like this where his friends are doing nothing but celebrating his life.
"Why do you sound sad??" Sam asked sounding confused yet concerned.
"I'm not sad." Danny denied. "You guys actually made me really happy today."
"Yeah, you did look happy today, but right now you sound like you're sad. Did something happen or what?" Sam asked throwing his arm around the back of Danny’s chair.
"Trust me, I'm fine." Danny answered, growing more annoyed with his questions.
"You obviously aren't, so you might as well tell me what's wrong. I mean ya already tell me everything else." Sam insisted.
"Stop pushing me to tell you. Can you just move on from it?"
After Danny said that, Sam made a dramatic gasp and moved his chair closer to his friend. "Ouch, the birthday boy is a grouchy boy today."
"Why don't you back off and just drop it?" Danny snapped at Sam without even thinking about it. The teasing started to make him feel frustrated. Danny also felt like his friend was leaning in way too close to his face, and he desparetely needed him to back off before that warm feeling came to attack him again.
The combination of the many shots and Danny's attitude got Sam super pissed off. He worked all day to make sure this party was perfect for his best friend, so he felt that Danny had no right speaking to him like this after all that work he did.
"Fine. I’ll back off, I guess. You know, just because it's your birthday does not mean you have the right to be an asshole to me." Sam said standing up, still holding a shot of fireball that he never took. "I fucking spent foreverrrr decorating the house and making this cake FOR YOU. D-Didn’t even let Jake or Josh help me bake, because I wanted to say I made it for YOU. On top of that, I got you a nice gift too. Dick."
After his rant was over, Sam turned his back and starting stumbling out of the dining room and into the living room. He forgot he was holding the shot and started spilling it on the floor on the way to the couch.
"What's are you guys fighting about??” Jake shouted over sounds of running water and dishes stacking together.
"Uh, it’s nothing! Wait, let me help you, okay? I'm sorry." Danny said standing up and quickly moving behind Sam, in case he fell or tripped over something.
Sam immediately stopped moving and started staring into the space in front of him. He put his hand on his chest and his other hand the wall next to him.
”Oh shit.” He said moving the hand from his chest to cover his mouth.
After seeing that, Danny ran to open the sliding door and Sam ran up behind him. He quickly moved out of the way and gently held Sam’s hair back so he could lean over throw up outside the house.
“Ahh gross, we were all just about to eat the cake.” Josh said coming back with clean dishes.
”Shit. Are you okay?” Jake asked following behind Josh.
“Mmm. Hmm. Yup. Ugh I’m okay.” Sam said wiping his mouth with the back of his hand. “I’m sorry Danny. I didn’t mean to get this drunk tonight, but I feel way way better now.”
Danny let go of his hair and smiled in relief, because he knew that Sam was not mad at him anymore. Even when they weren’t drinking, they usually forgave each other pretty easily.
”It’s okay Sam, I’m sorry too. Let’s go eat the cake you made me.”
After eating they all began to feel full and tired, but the twin’s enthusiasm had not died down yet. For the twins the drinking had just begun. Sam wasn’t used to drinking and he was already sick, so he decided to stick with water for the rest of the night. Danny was beginning to feel a little bit buzzed, but he was too much of a control freak to let himself become fully drunk.
“Okay, Okay later. Another shot??” Jake offered reaching for the fireball.
”Oh no- no I’m cool, I’m alright. Sort of already starting to get drunk.” Danny insisted.
“You’re only 18 once!” Josh said coming back from the kitchen with plates and forks.
”Yeah.” Jake said following behind his twin. “You can’t turn in for the night yet.”
“No no, I don’t want to get wasted, I want to be able to remember this! Seriously, you guys didn’t have to do all of this.” Danny said looking down at his homemade cake and then he lifted his head up, glancing at the elaborate gold and black metallic decorations around the room.
“All this?? You didn’t open your gifts yet.” Sam jumped up and went to get his gift for Danny that was in his bedroom. He was far more collected and sober now after eating and drinking tons of water.
”Oh yeahh. Duh. Here you go. Happy birthday to our best fuckin’ friend on this whole planet!!” Jake slurred and handed over gift.
Jake got him these super nice over the ear headphones that he has been wanting for awhile. “YESS! Thank you Jake.”
Josh bought him a few colorful outfits that he thought would suit his friend.
“Wow I love the pattern on this shirt. I bet you wanted to keep it for yourself huh??” Danny laughed and gently kicking Josh’s foot under the table. Josh kicked his foot back harder in response. “You know I did! But I really wanted you to have it.” He grinned widely.
Danny looked over at Sam, and quickly that his friend was already staring at him beforehand. Sam smiled once they made eye contact and handed him a small green cube with a ribbon on the top of it.
”Happy birthday Danny. I’m not gonna drag this out, so I don’t sound too much like a crybaby. I just want to say that you have been my best friend forever, and you always will be. I hope everytime you see this gift you remember that.”
“Awe, thank you.” The warm feeling came back again after Sam said that, but once he opened the box it just hit him like an oncoming semi truck. It was a fucking ring. A black ceramic ring. Danny did not waste any time before he put in on his finger.
”I have the same one.” Sam said, and now Danny felt like he was going to throw up in his mouth out of nervousness. It made him excited, but also confused.
”What? Uh, Why?” Danny asked trying to make himself sound more curious than afraid.
“That’s how best friend jewlery works, stupid.” Sam laughed and shoved his shoulder. “I don’t like to wear rings though, so mine is on a necklace.” He reached down his shirt and pulled out a chain with the same black ring hanging on it.
”Thank you.” Danny said quietly. “Well?? Do you like it??” Sam asked eagerly.
”I love it.” He back answered with no hesitation.
It was 3:00 AM now, Jake fell asleep first.
”Get up.” Josh said shaking his brother’s shoulder.
”What?? Why??” Jake mumbled.
”You have to go to your own room, so Danny can sleep on the couch.” Josh said shaking him harder.
”He can sleep in your room. Or Sam’s room.” Jake mumbled again not moving an inch.
“Okay Danny. My room or Sam’s room?” Josh asked. Danny sighed. “Umm.”
He could pick Josh’s room and have no anxiety and no weird warm feeling. Or he could pick Sam’s room where there is a huge risk of feeling uncomfortable and overheated real quick.
“My room is bigger.” Sam said casually, before Danny had the chance to make a proper decision.
“Yeah you’re right. Well goodnight guys.” Josh said making his way to his own room.
Danny immediately crawled into Sam’s bed and pulled the covers over his face. Trying his best to start feeling tired and not feel so jittery and alert.
”Do you think you’re going to sleep without telling me your wish??” Sam asked sitting down on the outside of the blankets.
”I was hoping you would forget about it.”
”No I didn’t, so tell me it. Why did it make you get all cranky and defensive earlier?”
”It’s a really stupid wish.”
“I bet it’s not.” Sam was not backing down, so Danny just thought, well fuck it, he obviously wants to know.
”It was to um, have courage.” Danny said quietly.
“Wow, that is a stupid wish.” Sam said back immediately.
”Because you already have courage Danny.” Sam sighed.
”Okay then, courage to do what??”
”Toexperimentwithaguyifiwantedtoo.” Danny spilled out without taking a pause between words. “What?? Say it slower than that!” Sam laughed.
”To experiment with. A guy. If I wanted too.” Danny said again but much slower.
“Holy shit.” Sam said with wide eyes that made Danny so much more nervous. “Well, you obviously want to, or else you wouldn’t have wished for the courage to do it.”
That made Danny really think again about his wish, he hated that Sam was right. He couldn’t help the frown that appeared on his face and the tears starting to form in his eyes.
“I’m just so lost right now.”
This made Sam’s heart hurt. He couldn’t believe how emotional Danny was getting over this, this has obviously been taking a toll on him and Sam had no idea this was going on inside his head. He carefully thought about his words before choosing to speak again.
”You know I would do anything for you? Like anything. ” Sam said putting his hand on Danny’s shoulder.
”Yeah I know that you would.” He sighed.
”Okay then, where do you want to start?” Sam asked standing up so he could pull the covers back.
”What!?” Danny almost choked on his own spit. He grabbed the covers and pulled them back towards his body to cover himself. He knew that Sam was openly bisexual, but he never thought Sam would ever think about touching him in a way that wasn’t platonic.
”Don’t make it more weird. Just tell me what you want to do, then we can do that, and move on from it okay? We wouldn’t have to talk about it again if you didn’t want to. Deal??” Sam asked putting a reassuring hand on Danny’s back. That made Danny feel a whole lot better, Sam was not pressuring him to do anything he didn’t want to do, and plus he was right. He trusted that they could just move on and not have to talk about it again, because they were close like that.
”Okay deal.” Danny managed to say after an long pause.
“So what do you want to do first? Kiss or what?” Sam asked casually, the tone of his voice showed that this was not a big deal for him at all.
”I feel like that’s moving too quick.” Danny said shuffling his hands together.
“Too quick??” Sam laughed loudly. “What then? Do you want to cuddle or hold hands first?” He was completely joking, but Danny took him seriously. “Even cuddling sounds like too much for us to start with. I’ve never held hands with a guys before, so um can we just, uh, hold hands for the rest of the night??” Danny asked knowing his face was burning and turning red.
“Alright then Daniel, that’s easy.” Sam said he stood up to turn off the lights and then finally started getting into the blankets. He reached over Danny waist, which almost made him jump, then he felt around and found Danny’s hand. At first Sam lightly placed his hand on top of his, then he squeezed his hand tightly, and that felt really good for Danny. The more pressure he used the less nervous he felt. Danny tried to go to sleep, but it was hard with Sam so close to him.
”Thank you.” Danny whispered.
”You’re welcome.” Sam whispered back. He started playing around with Danny rough hands. He slowly traced his fingers over the ring that he gave Danny. Eventually he interlaced their hands together.
Danny felt warm all over, except this time he did not feel like running away from it. Danny squeezed Sam’s hand and sighed deeply closing his eyes. Danny was astonished by how comfortable he felt. He didn’t need to do whole “Inhale, Ignore, Exhale” exercise that he normally needed to do around Sam.
He actually wanted to be in this moment, and not ignore or escape it for one minute.
Tell me if you love it or hate it. Roast me or praise me. I’ll accept either TBH. Also I’ve never wrote a full length fanfic before so... peace out ✌🏼
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