For Danny Day:tm: can I get a fuckin uuuuhhhh unrequited love shit?? I'm a sucker for fanfictions where one character is pining over someone and the other is either very clueless or messes with them intentionally and I feel like Danster fits the latter option
parT OF ME REALLY WANTED TO DO READER WITH UNREQUITED LOVE BUT... IMAGINING DANNY WITH HIS HEART HURT IS MY JAM
DBD Shorts | The Ghostface -- Unrequited
You were doing it again.
Breathing.
He hated it.
Gloved fingers clenched around the splintering wood, knuckles turning white beneath the leather. Whispers of morbid commands sifted through his head, but he could not act upon them. Not now. Not yet. The Entity and their sacrifices could wait.
His chest rumbled with a hissing sigh as he dared lean further, hoping for a better view. You they were. The dying leaves of The Red Forest fluttered ever so carefully around you, collecting at your feet in worship. You were perfect. Perfect in that horribly infuriating way. He wanted to hurt you. He longed to see the tip of his knife ghosting across your skin; that gleam of silver against the flush of your body.
And yet, his fingers itched at the mere thought. Oh, how he loved to tease you. To run his fingers over your body while you cowered and pleaded. To think of that twisted grimace as he plays with the knife over your shaking form was exhilarating.
But then he thought of the screaming. Flashes of agony and sorrowful expressions that made his stomach churn. He wanted to hurt you. He wanted to hurt you so, so bad, but at the same time...
There was a smitten little smile beneath his mask as he gripped the wood, almost teetering out of his shroud and exposing himself as he stared. You were none the wiser. He watched your fingers; nimbly working at that rusted generator. You were so talented. Even when you stumbled and the machine blew in your face, he thought you were amazing. He could only wonder how you’d look with a knife in your hand.
You shifted. Sitting back on you knees to look up, and in a heart stopping moment, he thought you’d discovered him.
Another man was approaching you. Tall, broad-shouldered. Danny sank back, ensuring he was perfectly hidden. You might have been clueless to his presence, but that didn’t mean the newcomer was.
“Hey,” the man had smiled at you, and Danny grimaced. The need to pounce and grab that bastard was almost overwhelming. How dare he talk to you. How dare he intrude on the perfect little scene you were displaying for him.
You were beaming. A happy little expression it up your features as you smiled over the top of the generator. Danny felt his heart constrict. “Jeff! Hi, it’s so good to see you! I’ve been alone since the trial started...”
Jeff.
Danny didn’t like a lot of people, but that name had safely moved to a higher rank in his internal list. Jeff was big. Bigger than was fair for a survivor to be. More intimidating than a survivor had any right being. And god, he was so nice. Even when Danny was grinding a knife into him was this bastard of a man accepting. He had no business being that friendly.
Look at him. Being nice to you. Anger clawed at Danny’s chest, but there was more to it than that.
Insecurity.
Danny was neither tall nor strong, and when you looked up at Jeff and smiled that, he felt the anxiety gnaw at him. Take away the knife in his hand, and Danny was sure that he’d have his ass handed to him based on muscle alone. You’d want someone bigger, wouldn’t you? You’d want someone... Nice.
He hated the word. Nice. He could try it, sure, but it wasn’t something he could latch onto. Danny was bitter. Cruel. Sadistic. The opposite of nice. You wouldn’t want such a monster, and there wasn’t a chance he’d change himself for you.
No.
He’d make you change for him.
“Me too,” your companion answered, inspecting your half-finished generator. “I haven’t seen the killer either. Do you have any idea who it is?”
Foolish, Danny thought. You haven’t seen me, but I’ve seen you.
You shook your head apologetically, and a tiny little smile tugged at your lips. You had no right to look that innocent. Who had given you the permission to make his chest flutter with bugs? He wouldn’t allow this. “Sorry, no. I’m hoping we’re not being stalked by Michael or someone right now.”
Great. Another name of a bigger, stronger being on your lips. Or someone, you’d said. Was that all he was to you? He bit back a snarl of jealousy, fingers coiling around the handle of his blade.
Jeff nodded and began to clatter with the innards of the machine, but Danny could see his heart wasn’t in it. No. He was looking at you. A shy little look as he pretended to be focused on the generator. How dare he. The Ghostface watched, silently challenging the man.
And challenge he did.
It was a few moments later when he’d finally seemed to gather the courage. “Hey, I was... I was wondering if-”
He didn’t get the chance. Danny couldn’t let those words leave his lips. Fury spurred him on as he launched himself from his hide; moonlight dancing across the silver blade.
You screamed. That bastard of a man almost fell over himself in terror. Excitement bubbled through his blood as he made his target clear.
You’d be getting no confessions tonight, not if Danny could help it.












