Summary: Anon request to see more of Danny and R's relationship in Should've Told You
A/N: This was certainly interesting to write, hopefully y'all like it. Also, physical fighting it implied and since R's gender isn't specified it's readers choice on whether this is cannon to STY or not. Enjoy!
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“Y/n,” Danny sighs and slumps his shoulders as he opens the door. “Again.”
“Something wrong, Danny?” You ask as you step into Matt’s dorm room. He texted you about being bored and invited you to hang out. Since you didn’t have anything better to do and Leigh was still stuck doing a group project, you showed up.
Danny shrugs, “Nope. Just thought I was going to get some brother time.”
“C’mon, all you want to do is hit up some club and leave with some girl. Meanwhile I have to find my own way home,” Matt says as he finishes getting ready.
“You didn’t tell me we were going out,” you say as you fall into the beanbag seat that Matt’s roommate has told you time and time again not to sit on. He apologizes and says that they can swing by your house and wait for you to change. You thank him.
“Matt! I needed a wingman tonight. Not to be upstaged by Y/n!” Danny says annoyed.
You roll your eyes, you had done some hot scenes in a student film that was popular with the girls around campus which meant that many girls at the college parties would ignore or approach Danny and Matt to get to you. Matt was seeing someone at the moment so he didn’t really mind. But Danny was so frustrated with you. “Danny, we’re not going to some lame college party. I highly doubt anyone will recognize Y/n where we’re going. Just chill out.”
“Yeah, I’m not even looking to get laid tonight pal. I just thought I was going to be chilling with my buddy Matt. But I guess, anything is better than Matt’s cheap beer and skunk weed,” you tease your friend and Danny can’t help but laugh. Matt makes a comment about probably regretting inviting you which makes you laugh but Danny bites his tongue.
A few hours later, once the three of you were finally able to get inside of the club, you and Matt followed Danny around until he was able to set his sights on some poor girl. Luckily, she was there with friends and the three of you walked to the bar to get some drinks and come up with a game plan that wouldn’t freak the girls out. When Danny was finally ready to approach, after a half hour of you and Matt telling him that he can do it, the girl taps your shoulder and you turn around. You smile kindly at the girl but hold your breath as you wait to hear what she has to say.
“I’m sorry to bother you, but my friends over there are convinced that they saw you in some film. Are you Y/n Y/l/n?” She asks and Danny nods slowly as he drops his drink down on the bar and walks away. Matt excuses himself to follow his brother and you sigh as you look down into your drink. “Was it something I said?” The girl asks, validly confused.
You smile at her and apologize for your rude friend and wish the girl and her friends a fun night before downing the rest of your beverage and covering the tab for the guys. You couldn’t really afford to do that at the moment but you trusted Matt to pay you back. You walk around the club searching for your friends in the direction that they had left and find them as they exit the club. “Danny! What the fuck? Why didn’t you stay to try and get to know her? She was probably being a wingwoman for one of her friends!” You shout once you’re finally able to catch up to him on the sidewalk.
“No she wasn’t! And you know it! I’m so sick of you taking girls from me just because you’re a fucking pornstar!” He shouts angrily.
“Oh fuck you!” You were sick of him being pissed at you over a dumb student film that was online, so you punched him. Matt tried to step between the two of you but Danny lunged at you, pushing his brother out of the way. You managed to dodge him and though you should have left, you weren’t going to stand down from a fight. Next thing you knew, you and Danny were being put in handcuffs. Both of you were worked up messes, with Matt yelling about how he won’t bail either of you out.
“Hey Lollipop,” you sigh apologetically into the receiver.
“Y/n? Why are you calling me from a police station?” She sounds tired and you feel even worse asking for her help.
“I got into it with some asshat outside of some club. Do you think you can come and pick me up?” You explain vaguely. “I’m not being charged with anything, they’re letting us go with a warning. I just need a ride home.”
Leigh sighs, “I’ll be there soon and I want the full story.” It takes her a half hour to get there and Danny is glaring at you the entire time. It’s taking everything in you to not pick another fight with him but the last thing you needed was to have a record because of him and a stupid student film. “I swear, between you and Jules I’m going to age faster than a president,” Leigh says as you are brought out to her. Despite the situation, you can’t help the grin that spreads on your face at the sight of her. She was exhausted and annoyed that you were smiling but when you greeted her she couldn’t prevent the blush on her cheeks but she did fight the smile of her own. “Let’s get you home you trouble maker.”
“Yes, ma’am!” You solute her and follow her out of the precinct. Bumping into Matt on the way out but you were still upset with him so you treated him like a stranger. Once you got to Leigh’s house, she took care of the scrapes you got in the fight and the two of you went to bed. “I’m sorry I disrupted your sleep over something so dumb,” you whisper to her.
“Hmm, it’s okay,” she scoots closer and kisses your cheek. “Just don’t make a habit out of it, Gumdrop. It scares me when you get angry like that,” she mutters tiredly. Out of guilt, you promise that you’ll get better control of your temper and that she won’t ever have to pick you up from the police station again nor will she ever have to witness another one of your fights. She embraces you and snuggles into your side, “Go to sleep, it’s late.”
You were unable to keep those promises.
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“Poor Y/n, that must’ve been brutal,” Jade mutters into her glass of champagne.
Danny frowns and turns to the girl he has been hitting on since the reception started. “Sorry, what did you say about Y/n?” He is a little annoyed that he still can’t have a single conversation without you being mentioned but he was more intrigued why this girl felt bad for you.
“Nothing, it’s nothing. So what were you saying?” She tries to distract him with his bad flirting but Danny doesn’t want to let it go. So he kept pressing to get her to talk. Jade rolled her eyes, “What does it matter anymore?” She mumbles. “Y/n shouldn’t have been the one officiating the wedding.”
Danny is confused, “Why not? What do you know about Y/n?”
“I used to date them,” she says simply. “I know a lot about them.”
He gives her a mischievous smirk, “Please, don’t hold back.” Jade asks him to grab her another drink and he dutifully does. While she spills the dirty details to him, you are trying to coax your girlfriend to stay through the reception but she is adamant in leaving. You try to get her to talk to you and continuously ask what is wrong because you can tell that she is very upset but she refuses to tell you. Throwing your hands up, you let her leave and ask the bartender for a few shots of the strongest thing that he has behind the counter.
Matt finds you when you are being handed a glass of a strong scotch, several shots later. “Can you believe it? I’m a married man! Did you think this day would ever come?” He asks excitedly. You give him the biggest smile that you can muster up as you tell him how proud you are of him. Then Danny comes out of nowhere to join the conversation.
“Hey Matt, I was going to wait to give this to you at the end but…” he reaches into his pocket and pulls out a fat blunt. “I figured now is as good a time as any. What do you say?” You stare at the blunt knowing that it would be a terrible idea for either of you to indulge.
“Do you think Leigh will be upset?” Matt asks you.
“Man, why are you asking Y/n? They can’t possibly know your wife better than you! She’s your wife not their wife.” Danny’s words stab you in the heart and he is sure to twist the knife. Matt shrugs and asks that the two of you follow him. You tell him that you’re fine. You tell them to enjoy it and Matt points out that it’s his wedding and that you have to. “The groom has spoken,” Danny says. “I’m pretty sure you have to now.”
You narrow your eyes at him. Danny is no stranger to your temper when you mix alcohol with marijuana and he hardly ever wants you to be part of a moment that he could spend entirely alone with his brother. Something was telling you that he was up to no good. “I’m pretty sure I only have to do what the bride asks of me,” you point out. “And there’s no way in hell the bride would let me near that after how much I’ve been drinking.”
“Then I dare you to,” Matt speaks up.
“Do you guys want me to ruin the wedding?”
“I just want to share a smoke with my best friend and my brother. It’s my wedding day too, y’know? It can’t all be about Leigh,” he says and you have to bite the inside of your cheek to keep from saying anything. “Come on, Y/n! Let’s go! Trust me, I won’t let you get into a fight,” he says, pulling you away from the bar. You begrudgingly go and Danny nods to Jade, who is starting to regret telling him anything.
After a few puffs and passes Matt excuses himself back inside and thanks you and Danny for the laughs. “When are you going to stop being so fake with my brother?” Danny says as he puts out the last of the blunt.
You scowl, “What are you talking about?”
“When are you going to stop pretending like you don’t want to fuck his bitch?”
“Don’t you fucking call her that again!” You aggressively shove him to the wall but catch yourself and almost instantly back away to try and center yourself. You could not cause a scene at Leigh’s wedding. If her special day was going to be ruined, it wasn’t going to be by you. “Stay the fuck away from me,” you warn him as you struggle to collect yourself.
“So you do want to fuck her?” Danny presses.
“Where the fuck is this coming from?”
“You’re not denying it,” this time when you push him, he pushes back, only making it even more difficult to keep your composure. So you shove him harder as a warning. Hoping that he would take it and stop pushing your buttons before you lost complete control.
“I’m fucking serious, Daniel. Leave me the fuck alone or you’ll be leaving in an ambulance.” You tell him as calmly as possible before turning around to settle down. You knew that you needed to leave but your ride already left and your phone was inside. It would take a lot of effort to find it and Danny would probably follow you around inside. It wouldn’t be good to bring this inside. Then you see Jade come out of the venue and you have to shut and rub your eyes, blinking a few times to be sure that she is really there. “What are you doing here?” You bitterly ask. Danny takes the moment to swoop in next to her and make a bad situation worse by stating that she is his plus one. Jade tries to tell you that isn’t true but your head is cloudy and things that shouldn’t be connecting start to and it pisses you off. “What have you been telling him?” You say angrily.
“Nothing, I promise. I don’t even know who he is,” Jade speaks frantically and nervously as she separates herself from him. “I don’t even know why he would say we’re together! We’re not, I swear!”
“She told me how you’ve always wanted to fuck your slutty Lollipop. And how you were too much of a pussy to say anything,” Danny taunts. Those were the last words you heard before your vision went red with rage and you lost complete control over yourself. Next thing you know, a couple police officers are pulling you off of an unconscious Danny. As you’re being dragged away into the back of a squad car, you look around frantically to see who else has witnessed the scene and when you spot Leigh running towards you, relief fills you for a moment that is quickly replaced by shame and guilt. She is stopped by the officers once you’re seated but that doesn’t stop Leigh. It takes a bit of convincing but the officers allow her a few minutes to talk to you.
“What happened?” Leigh asks with concern and a few napkins to try and clean up your face some. Her question and delicate tone makes you burst into tears like a child that got caught doing something bad and they don’t know how to talk their way out of it. “Shh, just tell me what happened,” she tries to soothe you by combing her fingers through your hair. You start apologizing for ruining her day and that you really tried not to. You tell her that you didn’t mean it and that Danny kept saying things. You promise that it’ll never happen again. You promise her that you’ll get help for your temper and that you’ll do anything not to lose her. “Hey, you’re not going to lose me. Okay? Matt feels terrible. He says that he knew Danny was picking on you and that he might’ve been up to something. We’ll get this taken care of, okay?” She tries to get you to look at her but you are filled with too much shame to look her in the eye. After some coaxing you eventually do. “I do think that you should get that temper of yours under control. Only if you’re ready to do it for yourself, otherwise it won’t happen.” You nod and Leigh says her goodbyes before the officers tell her that the time is up.
As the car pulls away, you see Danny being lifted by a few people. During the drive to the police station you once again swear to yourself that Leigh will never have to see you like that ever again. You make plans to limit yourself around Leigh until you get to the station and are reminded by the group of paparazzi that you’re a public figure now. You really needed to clean up your act.
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(Special Deleted Scene From Chapter 12)
You were sitting in your home office doing research for the character you were getting ready to play in your upcoming project when your doorbell startles you. Confused, because you don’t know why anyone should be ringing your doorbell, you check the security monitor in your office and frown when you see Danny. He rings the doorbell again and you sigh, getting out of your desk and walking to the front door. Before you can even get a word in, Danny steps through and starts with, “Can you get Leigh to leave me alone?”
“No, good afternoon? What ever happened to hello? Or how are you?”
“Cut it out, alright? Are you going to get Leigh to leave me alone or what?”
“Would you mind taking the time to enlighten me about whatever the fuck you are talking about?” He shook his head as he pulled his phone out and muttered obscenities while unlocking the screen and tapping at it. Danny thrusted the phone in your direction and scrolled down the loads of text messages that Leigh had left. He told you that wasn’t all and went into his emails and call logs. “She’s just trying to keep her connection to Matt. You’re one of the few people she has left to help with that. You know things about him that neither of us do.” You excuse her actions with the first thing that came to mind. It had to be about Matt, otherwise she would have told you about this. Right?
“Well then tell her to go see my mom and to stay out of my life. I already told her I can't hang out with her anymore. It's too hard for me. I don’t want her in my life. Especially not right now. All she wants is to remember the good things about him and I don’t want that. There’s nothing I can tell her that she will like to hear. I just want to move on with my life because that's what's healthy for me.”
“Is that what she wants? To start hanging out again?” You weren’t sure how well you masked the isecurity that you were feeling at the moment but he didn’t show any sign of noticing.
“No. She just wants to keep in touch.”
“Okay, then what's the problem?” You asked as if you didn't already know why he was upset. He would never tell you anyway.
“I shouldn't have to. We were barely friends before this! I didn’t like her when they were dating, I didn’t want them to get married. She has always hated me and you can’t deny that! Then we were in-laws and it sucked. But now the only thing that kept us in each other’s lives is gone! We don’t have to play nice anymore. There’s no reason I should have to give a shit about what she is feeling right now. Besides, he was my brother! She can replace him and I can’t!" He raised his voice and spoke with his hands.
You watched him to see if he was going to fall apart but he just seemed angry and you weren’t sure at who. From what you could gather he was angry at Leigh for being around too much, at Matt for dying, and possibly at you for… well who knew at this point? It could be anything. He could still be holding a grudge for you being MIA last year. For constantly being at and/or taking Leigh’s side. For Matt preferring your company to his. Because you have feelings for Leigh and so does he… There was no way to know unless he told you himself, but that was a longshot. “Why does ‘before’ even matter now? A lot of shit has gone down this year. Stuff that most people would see as a wake up call to be kind to and appreciate the people we still have around us. Realize that though life can be really long it can also be incredibly short. Why are you pushing away people that care about you? What's so wrong with Leigh just making sure that you're okay?”
“See? I don't even know why I bothered talking to you. I should've known you would be on her side. You're always taking her side, even when she isn't around to witness it. No wonder she doesn't return your feelings, Gumdrop. It's like she's your whole personality. I lost my brother and you don’t even care about my feelings. All you care about is her! Always protecting her! No one can love a person that desperate," he made the space between the two of you smaller as he tried to intimidate you by getting in your face and mocking your nickname. It took everything not to physically react. As much as you want to, you can’t so you have to put him in his place with words instead of physical violence. You step back to make space between the two of you and clench your fists tightly as you remind yourself that ending up in the back of a police car would not look good.
“You're always talking shit about Leigh, that's why I defend her. If you really wanted me to care about how you've been feeling since Matt died you wouldn't have made it about her. You’d invite me out for a drink or something to talk about our mutual loss. Or even ask about what I've been going through with losing my brother. I have to hear about your brother all the damn time and you don't hear me being all, 'Oh I can't help you because I lost my big brother!' No, instead I use my struggles and emotions to relate to the other person. Who is also hurting and helping them know they aren't alone. Y'know you throw around the dead brother card a lot but you seem to forget that I lost mine too. Before you lost yours, in fact. You don't see me being an asshat to his friends or pushing away the boyfriend he had before he died. Then going around claiming that his death is the reason why I suddenly forgot how to act like a decent fucking person! Think about that the next time you want to be an ass and use him as an excuse for your shitty behavior. Okay, momma's boy?” You patted his back as you walked away from him. “You know the way out!”
“Go fuck yourself, Y/n!” He shouts behind you.
Don't worry, I have Leigh for that. You smugly think to yourself. “Will do, Daniel!”
You turn on the hall lights and clench your eyes shut before slowly opening them and letting them adjust to the brightness of the glaring light. Blinking rapidly you’re finally able to clear your vision and continue to make your way through until you reach the source of the incessant noise. “Are you fucking serious?” you mumble when you see who it is on the security monitor. You open the door once he stops hitting the wooden surface. “Daniel, what the fuck are you doing here? Do you have any idea what time it is?” You glare at him with tired eyes.
“I was watching the news,” he slurs as he stumbles into your house. This causes you to drop your face into your hands out of exhaustion. “So you’re finally fucking Leigh. Finally getting to lick that lollipop.” He laughs, claps, and starts to do a lazy dance as he sings, “Shawty wanna lick, lick, lick, lick, lick me like a lollipop! Shawty wanna lick, lick, lick, lick, lick me like a lollipop!” He is loud and you try to quiet him down so he doesn’t disturb your girlfriend but Leigh walks out to the foyer as disgruntled as you were. She calls out to you to see what is going on and when she does it catches Danny’s attention. He points to her and moves onto another part of the song. “Shawty want a thug! Bottles in the club! Shawty wanna hump!” He sticks his tongue out as he starts to thrust his hips in her direction. Danny falls over in laughter, amused by his own behavior. Leigh throws her hands up, shaking her head, announcing that she’s going back to bed and disappears.
You grab Danny to get him back on his feet but he aggressively pushes you away, testing your patience. “Get the fuck out of my house Daniel,” you say as the irritation continues to rise in you. This time around, you might actually hit him and you’re not sure if you’ll be able to stop.
Danny rolls to his back on the floor as his laughter dies out. “Were you two fucking behind Matt’s back?” He asks as he stares at the high ceiling.
“No. We loved Matt, we never did anything behind his back,” you answer plainly.
Danny scoffs, “We.” He shakes his head, “I don’t know if I believe you.”
You shrug, “You don’t have to, but it’s the truth. Leigh and I didn’t become a couple until well after Matt passed.” You watch him closely as you try to empathize with him. Danny was still struggling over the loss of his only brother. Then you remember that he was with Leigh for a period of time, however short, and the ire returns. “Get the fuck up and get the fuck off of my property!” You shout as you approach him.
“Call the cops then bitch ‘cause I ain’t goin’ nowhere!” He shouts back. “Fuck the police!” He shouts to the ceiling and pulls a flask out of his pocket. Annoyed, you wait for him to open it before kicking it out of his hand, making a good amount of the beverage inside spill out onto him and the floor. “Hey! You’re wasting it!” He says drunkenly but he doesn’t make an aggressive move towards you, just stares and blinks his eyes slowly. “I love her, you know.”
“Do you now?” You say, blatantly falsifying your surprise. “Is that why you came here?”
Danny scowls at you before he tries to sit up. “I came here to tell you that you don’t deserve her,” he grumbles as he fails to sit up on his own. You wonder how much this guy drank and worry about how he got here. Now you know that you can’t kick him out until a car gets here. You might hate his guts but you didn’t want his mother to have to bury another son.
“I know,” you retort as you think about the beautiful woman sleeping in your bed right now. It is going to take a long time to believe you deserve to be lucky enough to be waking up to her in the mornings. “But neither do you. Look at you! You’re a wreck! Is this what you think she deserves?”
“There you go again, thinking you’re so much better than me.” You roll your eyes at his statement. “You think you’re going to make her happy? You’re not. That miserable bitch wouldn’t know happiness if it bit her in the ass!” It takes everything in you not to hit him for his negative words towards your girlfriend. “I made her happier than you ever will. At least I was there,” he tries to use his words to stab you but because he was drunk they were sloppy and misses you on every jab. The only thing pissing you off at the moment is that he was still in your house.
“Daniel, if that were true, she would be with you right now. Wouldn’t she?” You sigh.
By some miracle he is able to stand from the floor on his own. The two of you stand at a distance, glaring at each other. “You ain’t worth shit, Y/n.” Danny mutters and pokes your shoulder which makes him slightly sway back. You tiredly comb your fingers through your hair. “Good luck trying to please her in bed. She’ll be thinking of me and Matt every time you fuck her and you aren’ doin’ it the way she likes it. Y’know that right?” You have to suppress your amusement from his words because she had told you that she kept having to show Danny how to do things for her and he assumed that it was Matt that would do those things for her and she didn’t correct him. But Matt never took the time to learn her body the way you had, and she made sure that you knew that.
“Daniel, you punched a hole in her mother’s house. The two of you weren’t going to end up together for good. People that are in a good and healthy relationship don’t put their fist in the walls of someone's house! They just don’t. So quit lying to yourself and move on. You gave it a shot and it didn’t work out. At least have the decency to hold onto whatever shred of dignity you have left and walk away. If you truly love her then you would let her be happy.”
“You’re only saying this because you won her! If you were in my shoes you would be doing the exact fucking thing! You wouldn’t let her go without a fight!” Danny shoves you with both of his hands this time but you barely budge.
You scoff at his words, “This isn’t about winning and losing. She is a person, her own person. I didn’t do anything to make her leave you and choose me. So you can fight with me all you want, that isn’t going to make her choose you. She chose me. It was her own choice. Please, respect her choice. Don’t disrespect her by turning her into some sort of object or prize. Okay?” You argue on behalf of your girlfriend. If she was up, you’re almost certain that she would be telling him this herself.
Danny flares out his nostrils before backing down. You make him take the downstairs guest bedroom because he is in no shape to leave your house. In the morning, Leigh hands him a bottle of painkillers and water and tells him to have a safe trip home. He gives you a glare but you focus on the breakfast that you’re preparing for Leigh.
Danny leaves and not another word is shared between the two of you.
JOVAN ADEPO as DANNY GREER in SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS (2018 - 2019)
I like those posts where people are reunited with their pets. Warms my cold dead heart.
