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@sanpezlo

santana lopez Let's be real, you've all heard the name. Twenty years old. Waitress and bartender at Coyote Ugly. Currently working on my future career - which yes, I will gets that fame I've been waiting for, one way or another. I probably don't have to warn you that I will endz you if you mess with anyone I care about. Especially my girlfriend. baby, i know places we won't be found, and they'll be chasing their tails trying to track us down.

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Reopening Old Wounds → Dantana

Dani nodded meekly in response, letting out another small sigh. Of course she couldn’t fully throw her trust into that thought, but, for the time being, she’d let her worries subside. If anything, the stress of it potentially happening would only make things worse, and with the tour coming up quickly, she couldn’t let herself get stuck in that mindset. Dani let her head rest back against the couch when Santana moved to get changed, staring up at the ceiling of the trailer. If she looked at that mess any longer, she’d put off going home right away in lieu of cleaning. When her wife gave her the signal to head out, she pushed herself up from the couch, taking ahold of her wife’s hand as she led the way out of the trailer, toward her car. “You’re an amazing actress, you know that?” Dani said, somewhat offhandedly as they walked. It wasn’t completely out of left field though, as she tried to see what good might’ve come out of the scene she had just watched unfold before her, on the set. “I mean, that didn’t take that long to film, and with it being such an…intense scene, you’d expect it would take much more time than that. You’re incredible.”

As far as Santana was concerned, the day had been shitty for the most part, but at least she’d made progress with Dani. Even if her wife didn’t believe her when she said that she knew the woman wouldn’t hurt her, she knew it, and she’d do whatever she needed to do to help make sure Dani didn’t turn out like her father. Gently squeezing the hand holding her own now, she smiled at the compliment. “Yeah, I know.” She half joked. She knew she was pretty damn good at it, but it was still nice to hear. But as Dani added on to her statement, she let out a small sigh. “Part of me just wanted to hurry and get through it so that I could get you out of there.” She confessed softly. “But I don’t know. The first few times we started getting into those scenes, it took a little longer to film. I think having fans reaching out to us with their stories of abuse and stuff makes it easier. Like I know that the storyline is helping people come to terms with their own abuse, and we’ve even had some women say that they were afraid to even admit that they were being abused until they got into the show, so I just think about that as we’re filming and it makes it easier to focus and really nail the scenes.”

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The corner of Dani’s lips turned up slightly in a light-hearted smile before she was moving in to lean into her wife, pressing a kiss to the underside of her jaw. “I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I ever did anything to hurt you,” she spoke softly, her fingers anxiously toying the the hem of Santana’s shirt as she let out a sigh. It seemed irrational to anyone that knew her well enough, but the fear was deep rooted and Dani knew it wasn’t going to be as simple as her wife just saying it wouldn’t happen. There’s always stories about things taking an unexpected turn for the worse, where something inside of someone just snaps for no real reason, so she couldn’t just brush off the fear as easily as her wife could. It made her sick to think about, but as long as she kept being as cautious as she usually was about her own mental well-being, she figured the chance of anything like that ever happening was slim. “Should we get home now, so you can sleep a bit?”

“Will you please just stop stressing over it, babe? You won’t do anything to hurt me.” Santana could tell that her trying to convince Dani otherwise wouldn’t work, but at least they’d gotten somewhere today. Obviously she hadn’t wanted to get any of this out of Dani the way that it’d happened, but at least she knew how her wife had been feeling all this time. It didn’t change the fact that she could never see Dani doing anything to hurt her, but now she understood it all a little better. At the question, she nodded before kissing her wife’s head once more. “Yeah. I just need to change out of this first but then we can leave.” Slowly pulling away, she stood up and shimmied her way out of the dress and heels. With how messy her trailer was, she wasn’t even sure where the clothes she had worn to work were, but she grabbed the first pair of jeans she saw and put them on, followed by an old Lima tee. Slipping her feet into a pair of sneakers, she turned towards Dani and gave her a small smile. “Okay, we can go now.”

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“I guess I was just worried that if you thought I might do something, you’d leave… And, I mean, I suppose you still could leave…” Dani furrowed her eyebrows and shook her head slightly, needing to stop that train of thought right away. Santana wasn’t leaving, and she knew that there wasn’t a chance in hell she would do anything to hurt her in any way. “I should have told you,” she conceded. There was no use in trying to come up with excuses when, in reality, Santana was entirely right. She should’ve told her about it when they had the discussion about her past, even if it may have not been the right time for it. “I’m sorry.”

As soon as Dani gave her reasoning, Santana immediately waved a hand at her. “Whoa, hold up. You actually thought that I would just leave you?” Even if she had found out all of this beforehand, which she would have appreciated knowing once things started getting serious, there was no way she would have just abandoned her. She would have gone out of her way to help her keep from turning out like her father, so she wouldn’t have had to gone through any of this alone. Sighing as her wife spoke up again, she was thankful they were on the same page. Part of her understood Dani’s concerns, and even if she didn’t agree with the woman keeping all of this from her for so long, she was just glad that it was out now. “You could’ve told me all of this the day we met and nothing would have changed, you know? You’re not..I’ve never even seen you get ad enough to be violent, so I would’ve told you right then and there that you would never hurt me. And I wouldn’t have left you then, nor am I leaving you now. I married you for a reason, so no matter what happens, we’re in this together. You’re stuck with me for the rest of your damn life, Danielle Lopez. If you ever get some sudden urge to be violent, we’ll go to a gym and you can get your punch on with a bag or something.”

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Dani scrunched her face up again at the thought of ‘having a moment of weakness’ and doing something to hurt Santana - the thought made her stomach churn - but eventually let her features soften again when her wife brushed it off. She knew, logically, that there was nothing she needed to be worried about. There was no part of her that ever had the urge - or even there mere thought - to hurt anyone, and if she had, Santana wouldn’t be anywhere near that list. “Or even starting a donation page, or something, for fans to donate to the cause, and we just put in the first chunk of money.” Dani couldn’t help but smile a little at the thought of being able to help out with something like this. Now that Santana - and herself, to some extent - were on a platform where there voices were being heard by much larger groups than before, they had the real potential to make a difference, when it came to things they were passionate about. Her smile faltered though, at the question. “I-I don’t know… I guess I just never saw any of this really being a part of our lives… It was never an issue…”

Grinning as Dani listed off ideas, Santana was sure that she’d be up for whatever her wife wanted to do. And it would be a great way to assist other women dealing with abuse, so that in itself was a great reason for doing this. “I’m game for whatever you wanna do, Dani. We can do some research and look into everything maybe all day tomorrow and then decide what to do.” With Dani leaving for another tour soon, it was best if they got it done ASAP, right? And maybe it would get the other woman to give up the idea that she might possibly hurt her or anyone else. For now, anyways. Biting her lip as she listened to Dani’s answer, she shrugged. “You still should have talked to me about this. Maybe we could’ve settled all of this earlier or something? Or I at least could’ve known how you felt and..I don’t really know what else I could’ve done but we should’ve talked about this sooner.”

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Even though she wasn’t fully looking at Santana, Dani could sense the slight tension the conversation had brought on and how uneasy her wife probably felt, hearing all of these thoughts for the first time. The words Santana spoke made a great deal of sense, and she could only assume that, had she had the means to seek out help for this issue, a professional likely would’ve gone the same route. Her father did have anger issues, that much she did know from the start. But it wasn’t as though he started drinking out of nowhere. He would often drink. It was the abuse that seemed to have come out of left field, at least for herself. Maybe it had been going on all along and she had no idea. “Okay… I trust you,” Dani replied softly, letting herself settle into the embrace and wrap her own arms around her wife. “I know you wouldn’t take shit from me, either, so I guess that’s a good thing… Not that that would ever justify anything like that…” Dani furrowed her eyebrows slightly again before shaking her head to clear it of those thoughts. She would never lay a finger on Santana in any way that would harm her, and they both knew as much. “We should donate money, when that episode airs… Like, to a women’s shelter, or something.”

All of this was entirely confusing, and a little scary, but Santana knew her wife. Even if she didn’t know her father, she knew that Dani wouldn’t turn out like him. Dani could have her doubts all she wanted, but she wouldn’t let that sway her opinion of the woman. Smiling as her wife seemed to be coming around and cuddling into her arms, it slowly disappeared as she heard the next thing. “Danielle, please stop. You won’t hurt me. Even if you had one random moment of weakness or something and did hit me, I don’t think I’d hit you back because I’d be sort of shocked, but..either way, nothing would justify you doing anything to hurt me. Luckily though, you won’t, so we have nothing to worry about.” As far as she was concerned, she wouldn’t allow herself to lose sleep over this. Her wife wouldn’t hurt her, nor would she do anything to hurt Dani, so they had nothing to worry. At her suggestion, she quickly nodded. “Yeah, I like that idea. We’ll just have to look into information on who or where to donate and we’ll do it.” Kissing Dani’s head again, she let out a small breath. “Why didn’t you talk to me about all of this before now? Before we got here?”

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Dani nodded hesitantly in response to the question. People had always questioned her choice to not drink much - if anything at all - but quickly forgot about it once they were pulled off into a new conversation or prompted to join the beer pong team. She really wasn’t terribly fond about being around people that were drunk, men especially, but since that was pretty much all her friends used to do, while they were in college, she let the worry fall to the wayside so she could maintain some semblance of a social life. It was kind of messed up, but trying to explain this all to people wasn’t really an option, in her mind. Dani feared people would brush it off as her being worried about nothing or telling her that they wouldn’t let it get to that point. It was irrational, but she couldn’t really help it. “I never had any violent tendencies. Even when I was little, I wasn’t one of those kids that shoved kids around on the playground or yanked toys out of their hands or anything… So, I know it’s irrational to think I’ll be anything like him.” She furrowed her eyebrows slightly. It felt as though she was talking herself in circles, but trying to put the thoughts she had over the last number of years was proving itself to be far more difficult than she ever expected. “Even with that fear being so irrational though, I can’t get past the fear of ever hurting you. Whether or not I am like him, I’m never going to stop being scared that, out of the blue, someday, something irreversible might happen and I might suddenly become…that.”

Being that Santana had never been in this sort of situation before, she really had no idea how to make this any easier for her wife. What should she say? How could she disagree with whatever Dani felt to make her change her mind? What if she was wrong and Dani was right about possibly being like him? None of this was easy to deal with or understand, but she wasn’t sure how to make it any better. But as Dani explained that she had never been violent, she assumed that she’d found an answer. “Just..think back to when you were little. Were there ever any signs that your dad could be violent? I don’t think he just woke up one day and decided to be that way, you know? And if you were never that way, nor have you ever even shown any signs of being that way since I’ve known you, I don’t really think you have much to worry about.” She shrugged. Maybe she was wrong, but hopefully she wasn’t. “You won’t do anything to hurt me, Dani. It’s not you, and it won’t just magically happen one day. You will never become that.” Wrapping her arms around her wife, she gently kissed her head. “Just trust me, okay?”

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“That’s because I keep myself in line. I’ve taught myself ways to…stay level-headed, I guess. So, yeah, maybe I’m not like him, but who the hell knows what might happen if my inhibitions are lowered enough,” Dani explained with a small shrug of her shoulders. She really wasn’t sure if any of this was making sense to anyone but herself, but Santana deserved to know, at the very least, what was going on in her mind right now, even if it didn’t make a whole lot of sense. Her heart ached, especially hearing Santana try to reassure her that she was nothing like her father. There wasn’t any way for her to know that for sure, since she’d never met the man, but she knew the words came from a good place. “Everyone always told me I was just like him, when I was little. And I would just… I had the biggest smile on my face because why wouldn’t I want to be successful and have a loving family?” She breathed out a bitter chuckle, shaking her head slightly. “And then all of that…stuff started… People would still say I was like him, except… I didn’t want to be anymore. I wanted to be everything but him. And I’m not so sure that I am…”

Santana didn’t like this. She didn’t like knowing that her wife was afraid that she’d turn out like her father. She would never want Dani to turn out like that, but deep down, she didn’t see it happening anyways. That wasn’t who she was, right? “Ways like not drinking much?” She had understood Dani choosing not to get drunk so that she didn’t get crazy, but now it was all really coming together. Being inebriated could definitely bring out another side of a person, and the last thing she’d want was for her wife to be intoxicated and violent. It wouldn’t have been pretty at all. Listening as she continued speaking, she let out another sigh. Obviously she wanted to make Dani feel better, but she wasn’t entirely sure how. “Babe, you being like him doesn’t mean you’re like him in every single aspect, you know? Before the stuff started happening, he was great, right? And how many people other than you and your mom knew about his violent outbursts? It could be like one of those split personality type things. If no one else figured out that he was violent behind closed doors, then maybe everyone only meant that you’re like the version of him that they know. It’s not..they didn’t mean that you were going to turn out like him in that way. You don’t have to be like him, Dani. You’re better than him.”

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“I know you wouldn’t have… It’s okay,” Dani replied, her voice just as soft as before. After so many years, she didn’t think something like that would affect her so much - it wasn’t as if she hadn’t seen scenes like that on TV since her childhood - but it was the fact that it was Santana having to do that. It was just acting, and maybe Santana didn’t really feel the entire weight of what the story held, but seeing it happen to her - fake or not - was unimaginably hard. Dani opened her mouth to respond before Santana suggested for them to head back to the trailer, which she quickly nodded in agreement to. Thankfully the walk back was quick and the managed to avoid any distractions along the way. Once in the trailer, Dani took a seat on the couch, waiting for Santana to finish washing off the borderline gruesome make up before speaking up again. “Violence and anger like that could very easily run in the family - it’s not always something that is just taught. That’s why I don’t drink often. I’m scared that whatever mental issues he might’ve had were passed on to me and… I couldn’t live with myself if I hurt you in any way,” she explained, offering up a small shrug. Tears were brimming her eyes, but she fought them off. “I shouldn’t have said that it’s work to avoid seeing you in a position like that, because it isn’t that hard, but there are a lot of precautions I’ve had to take and things I’ve changed about myself, over the years, before I met you, to keep myself form being anything like him.” Talking about her family was a rare occurrence for Dani, at this point in her life, since she didn’t see them as her family any longer.

The walk back to her trailer didn’t take long at all, and as soon as they got inside, Santana wasted no time scrubbing the make up off. The last thing she needed was for Dani to stare at it and feel even worse. Once it was all off, she sat down next to her wife and gently took one of her hands into her own. Being that they hadn’t exactly talked about this much since the first and last time Dani informed her a little about what she went through growing up, everything she was being told now was a surprise. She had never had the smallest idea that her wife was afraid she would turn out like her father. That she had actually been working on not being like that. It definitely put things more into perspective here, and as if she didn’t already feel bad enough, she felt ten times worse now. Maybe if they had discussed all of this before, things would be different. But since they hadn’t and all of this was being dumped on her after Dani had been forced to witness a sight she clearly had been trying to avoid, Santana wasn’t sure how to feel. “I..babe, you won’t hurt me.” She started, feeling her own tears coming on. “That’s not even you, Danielle. You’re..I’ve never even seen you hurt a fly, and the only time I ever saw you get mad was because of Brittany but that wasn’t your fault. You’re not him, okay?” Maybe it was a good thing Dani didn’t talk to her parents anymore. For starters, Santana having to meet her in-laws wouldn’t go well because she’d tell Dani’s father exactly how she felt. And if being around him would push Dani to be anything like him, she’d definitely lose her shit then. Leaning over and softly kissing her wife’s head, she sighed. “Trust me, I appreciate every thing you’ve ever done to make sure you didn’t turn out like him, and you’ve never gotten violent around me, so you’re doing a great job, baby. You don’t have to stress about that, okay? You’re nothing like him.”

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Dani really couldn’t find it in herself to be actually upset with Santana about this. She had been working crazy hours and their time spent awake together usually involved little-to-no talking. She really had no reason to believe Santana wouldn’t have told her today after work, even if she hadn’t shown up on set. Dani gave the hand in her own a light squeeze as she let out a gentle sigh. “It’s okay…you couldn’t have known that was going to happen…” she spoke softly, timid almost. She was still a little rattled by the whole thing, given that it had brought up more than a few unwanted memories from her own past. “It’s just hard to see something like that happen to you. It’s like…everything I’ve worked so hard to avoid ever having happen to you suddenly did before my eyes… I’m a little in shock, I think.”

Biting her lip as her hand was squeezed, Santana shook her head once her wife spoke. “I really wouldn’t have let you sit in if I had known we were doing that today. I’m sorry, Dani.” Wrapping her arms around her wife’s waist, she gently kissed her forehead. Obviously something like that would be triggering, but given that she hadn’t ever known, or asked, how her character’s storyline could affect Dani, part of her was a little nervous about it. Listening as the other woman spoke again, she furrowed her brows. “Wait..avoid that happening to me? Babe, why would you have to work to avoid that happening to me?” She questioned as she realized that she was still wearing the make up from the scene. “Come on, let’s go to my trailer and get this shit off, then we can talk.”

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She couldn’t move. She wasn’t allowed to make a sound, even if her body was capable of it, in that moment. It was like all of her worst nightmares come to live in front of her. It was just acting, and those dreams weren’t real, but, god, did the sight and sounds of her wife having to endure something as sickening and painful as that… It made her stomach churn. Dani kept her gaze low, biting hard on her lower lip as she waited for the director to yell ‘cut’. It felt like an eternity before it happened, but when it did and she looked up, she could see that it had no affect on anyone else. It was just acting. She let out a shaky breath, her gaze finding her wife in the wandering crowd of cast and crew. “W-were you even going to tell me? Or was it just going to be a surprise for me when the episode aired?” The words were bitter and she was barely able to hold back her tears, at this point, but Dani managed to keep her emotions mostly in check so the people around them wouldn’t think anything was wrong.

Santana furrowed her brows at her wife’s questions. “Of course I was going to tell you! Just..eventually.” Taking Dani’s hand, she gently pulled her up from the seat and led her away from the set. “I was going to tell you, Dani. I’ve just..I’ve been exhausted lately and I’ve forgotten half of what’s all happening this season and I didn’t even realize we were filming any of that until as soon as we got in here. But I swear I was going to tell you. If you hadn’t been here, I would have told you as soon as I got home.” She confessed before sighing. “I’m sorry, babe. I really wanted to give you a heads up as soon as they handed me the script but they were pulling me into place and I couldn’t just shout it out in front of everyone. I’m sorry.”

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Hearing the cue to quiet on set, Dani made herself comfortable in the chair she had been given, watching all too intently as they began the scene. At first, she was a little wary, the lines having been a bit questionable as far as where the direction of the scene was about to go and Dani quickly felt her stomach sink. There’s no way this was going there, right? Surely Santana wouldn’t have agreed to this… And yet… Dani bit down on her lower lip hard as the scene went on, taking a drastic turn for the worse, as tears welled up in her eyes. She couldn’t get up an leave, so instead she opted to turn her head slightly, trying hard not to hear the fake cries of her wife.

Santana hadn’t exactly wanted to go through with this now that Dani was about to be blindsided with the abuse storyline, but it wasn’t like she could just bail. It would have been nice to get her wife out of there, yet she didn’t have that chance. As soon as they started filming, it didn’t take too much dialogue to set up what was happening next. Once they acted out the scene where Matthew’s character hit her own, the make up artists were rushing onto the set and quickly adding in a few drops of fake blood and making one of her cheeks appear a little red. It was only about two or three minutes before they were back filming, bringing in the rest of the main characters and exposing the ‘secret’ storyline. It didn’t take too long to finish, and as soon as the producers were calling cut and dismissing the cast and crew for the day. Santana gave a brief goodbye to everyone before rushing over to Dani’s seat. “Dani, I didn’t..I swear I would have given you the heads up if I knew that’s what we were filming today. I’m so sorry!” She stated softly, not wanting everyone else to overhear.

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“I think saving the idea, just for now, might be our best bet. And, who knows, I might end up touring somewhere with some killer ski resorts, or something, and we could go then,” Dani suggested with a wide grin. She could only imagine that, eventually, she would be doing a show with someone who was touring all of North America, which would give them that opportunity. At this point, she really didn’t have any preference on where they would go, just as long as they got some quality time together. It had been a hectic few months, and Dani knew they both needed a bit of a break. “After you eat and have a nap, sure,” she said, pressing another kiss to her wife’s cheek as they entered the sound stage where the show was being filmed. She was quickly greeted by a number of the cast members, as well as some of the crew that weren’t super busy, and moved to make herself comfortable in an offered seat just behind the camera’s, next to one of the producers. Dani really wasn’t sure when they started to see her as royalty around her, but she certainly wouldn’t complain about it, if she was getting a front-row seat to watch Santana’s show being filmed. “Break a leg, babe!” she mouthed to Santana, throwing her a quick thumbs up.

“Fine, but wherever we end up going this time around better have a spa. I think we could both use an entire day of pampering.” Santana insisted. If she couldn’t experience what it was like somewhere with a much cooler climate until sometime later, at least she could get a relaxing massage. Groaning when her wife seemed set on making her eat and sleep, she didn’t have time to bother arguing her way out of it. Once they entered the set, she smiled as people came over to Dani, and it was only moments later when her arm was being lightly grabbed by one of the other crew members. “We’re picking up from this scene here. I know it’s been a long day, but we’ve got the teleprompter up and there’s cue cards if we need them. It’s one of those days, so once we get through this first part of the scene, we’ll take a quick break, you and Matthew will both get your other make up put on, and then we’ll wrap it up and be done for the day.” The woman told her as she handed her the part of the script. With how hectic things had been lately, she could barely remember much from their table reads until they got ready to film a scene. It hadn’t been a bad thing until now. Reading over what scene they were about to film, her eyes widened a little when she realized it was one of the abuse scenes. The storyline had been going a little slow before, but now that they were well into rounding out yet another season, it was time for the secret to come out, which was why all of the main cast members needed to be present for this scene. “Shit.” She muttered to herself as she looked around for Dani. Seeing her in one of the seats behind the cameras, and giving her a thumbs up, all she could do was shake her head as she was being ushered to her spot while the director was yelling out his “quiet on set!” cue. Her wife had definitely picked the wrong day to be visiting the set, and there was nothing she could do to sort of warn her what was about to happen next. Letting out a small sigh, she tried to focus on getting into character as they started filming.

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“Oh, yeah, physical activity on my vacation…woo…” Dani said, her words dripping with faux sarcasm. “Kidding. That does sound good. Where are we gonna go do that though? Cause it’s still pretty warm…y’know…globally,” she said with a small shrug, moving their joined hands to press a kiss to the back of Santana’s hand. Dani scrunched up her nose a little at the thought of her wife not having a whole lot of free time between shooting and the press for the new season. To be fair, she didn’t know how much free time she’d have herself, but with the crazy hours Santana had been working, as of late, she thought the woman deserved a bit of a break. “Sorry. I guess we’ll have to give phone sex a try, one of these days,” she teased, pecking Santana on the cheek. “That’s a pretty good reason to stay up, I must admit… But sleeping next to you is just as good sometimes. Especially when I know you’re exhausted and need the sleep.”

“It’ll be fun too, you ass.” Santana chimed before attempting to think about where exactly they could go. “Um..we can do some research, okay? Or we can save this idea for later in the year and so something else this time around.” She shrugged. Either way, just getting away with Dani would have been good enough for her. She smiled at the kiss to the back of her hand, ignoring the look on her wife’s face in regards to her working during the show’s hiatus. Of course Dani wouldn’t like her working so much since she wouldn’t have much time to relax, but that was how this industry worked, right. And Dani might not have had too much free time herself, so she should understand. “Phone sex? That’s not much better, babe.” Santana groaned. Shaking her head at the next thing, she tugged her wife towards the set where everyone seemed to be setting up. “We’ll discuss what’s happening when we get home later. For now, I guess you can make yourself comfortable.”

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“I don’t see you giving out any ideas, smarty pants,” Dani teased back, even going as far as to poke her tongue out playfully at her wife. Given the time of year, she really wasn’t sure where it was going to be cold enough for her wife’s liking, but surely they could find something a little less hot than LA. “You always get a nice, long break between filming and press and then filming again, babe. You just gotta power through the hard part to get to the good,” she said, waiting for Santana to catch up before taking ahold of her hand as they headed toward the soundstage. “Maybe you need to try going to bed earlier and not letting me keep you up.”

Santana rolled her eyes teasingly before gently poking Dani’s side. “I have the best idea, thank you very much. Don’t you think doing a little skiing could be fun? Or ice skating in like -30 degree weather? No wait, we can stay in one of those cute little cabins and go catch fish for dinner, and then we can spend the entire night cuddled up by a fire. Or you know, the opposite of cuddle.” She teased. Smiling as her wife took hold of her hand, she nodded along to her suggestions, though she didn’t entirely plan on listening to her. “Well yeah, I know, but with the success of the show, my manager wants me to go on these different auditions and try to be the next face of Covergirl or something like that, so I might not get much of a break this time around.” She whined. “And I’ll stop letting you keep me up when we’re both at home for more than a week or two at a time. Besides, do you know how much work it is to be content with masturbating? I literally had to force myself into it while you were gone, so I’m sorry that I’m not really sorry about missing sleep to take advantage of my wife.”

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“We could just see what has the cheapest flights somewhere and go there for a few days, or something,” Dani said with a half shrug. She really didn’t want to get too ahead of herself and plan anything, just in case anything came up for either herself or Santana. But, if they had the thought in mind, the least she could do is pack for that as well, so they didn’t have to worry about coming back before heading anywhere. “Oh, you know you love your job. You’re gonna miss it when you’re on hiatus again,” she said, pressing another kiss to Santana’s cheek before leading the way out of the trailer.

“That’s your way of planning a little getaway?” Santana teased. “We should go somewhere..cold. Being stuck in this LA weather for months is starting to drive me crazy.” She had gotten far too adjusted to warmer weather in Lima and New York, so having to spend all of her time in LA’s heat was definitely reason enough to go somewhere else. Groaning as her wife started heading out of the trailer, she slowly started following out behind her. “I do love it, and I’m glad it’s been doing well, but I need a break.” She confessed. “And a sleep schedule that isn’t only three or four hours long. I’m one night away from having those hideous bags under my eyes and how bad would I look if I tried to conceal them with a ton of make up? ”

Reopening Old Wounds → Dantana

All things considered, it really wasn’t bad at all. She was going to be in the country, so if she needed to come home at any point, she very easily could. Plus it wasn’t an extremely long trip. Dani wasn’t sure if there was anything in the works for after it, but, as far as she knew, she’d have some time off, which she was looking forward to. “I know you haven’t and I’m sorry about that.” The words were sincere. If anyone should’ve been one of the first to see her up on the big stage, it was Santana. “Why don’t you come out for just my last show? That way you won’t have to stay on a bus. Plus maybe, after, we could fly out somewhere for a little weekend trip, or something.”

Santana sighed when Dani apologized. It wasn’t needed at all, so she wasn’t sure why the woman felt the need to do so. “Don’t be sorry. If it had been possible by now, we would’ve made sure it happened. We’ve just both had really busy schedules lately, but we can make up for it.” She suggested before kissing her wife again. “But that sounds like a much better idea. You keep pushing this whole mini getaway thing, so yeah, we can do that too. Not sure where we would go, but we can figure that out later.” Stepping away from Dani to slide her feet into the heels that went with the outfit, she grabbed the vest from the couch and tossed it over one of her arms. “Okay, we should probably get out there now.” She whined. “I still think you should’ve kidnapped me and taken me home, but I guess duty calls.”

Reopening Old Wounds → Dantana

“Exactly two weeks from the day after tomorrow,” Dani said, happily zipping the dress up that was presented before her, teasingly tapping her butt once she was done. “If you wanna join me after that, I would love to have you there,” she said, standing up behind her wife and wrapping her arms around her waist. She pressed a quick peck to Santana’s cheek before letting her go, figuring it was just about time to head to set. “If you’re up for bus living, of course,” Dani teased.

“That’s..not bad.” Santana softly muttered. If anything, she was just thankful that her wife would be in the states this time around. And it made it easier to come out and see her, which was a huge bonus. Giggling at the small tap to her backside, she nodded. “I haven’t gotten to see you on a huge stage, other than on YouTube and Twitter clips, so yeah, I want to.” Glancing over as her cheek was kissed, she waited until the hands were unwrapped from her waist before spinning around to face her. “Okay, the bus living thing I’m not really a fan of, but I can make an exception for you.” She didn’t know how she would handle it, but she would try for Dani. “You’re gonna owe me though.”

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