day 13: a ship that almost happened but didn’t
alec webb & daniela torres
“you never really had problems finding people to hook up with if you wanted to, even if you never really had anything serious come out of it. until her. she's mary jane and pepper pots and barbara gordon and sue storm all combined into one and you know you're fucked from the first minute that you see her. do you know at the time that you're about to spend a year of your life chasing after her while, for the first time in your life, actually being actively rejected? if you had, you probably would have run in the opposite direction. instead, you try to spend all the time with daniela that you possibly can. you come up with pretty horrific excuses at first - you're graduated from college by the time the pair of you meet and even if you were still studying at stratton with her, well, she's in the "ain't fuckin' around" track (or do they call it pre-med?) and when you were in school, you were definitely not. but you still manage to fall hopelessly, head-over-heels in lust with her.” [x]
“for some reason, dani had this idea that alec would never work up the nerve to act on his crush. she just always assumed that he wouldn't even try. so when the moment took a turn and she felt his warm hand on her face, for some reason she didn't protest. she should have stepped back. she should have slapped his hand away and reminded him who had control of the situation. she should have done something, anything other than anticipate his lips on hers. and for a split second she allowed it, for a split second she forgot about new york city and the scheme and her manipulation and alec's pure adoration and she enjoyed it, but in one moment it all came rushing back.” [x]