#ft. danielle

[jxcksummer]

“Oh, man, guess I called the top bunk for nothing.” Jack laughed, ditching the weekend bag he’d packed by the doorway. For some reason that was the first thing to draw him in the cabin on Swan Lake: the bed. He wanted to know whether it was comfortably bouncy or soft enough to melt away in because from where he was standing, you could hardly distinguish between the two types of fancy. He wouldn’t have wasted any time testing out the mattresses either, had he not caught a glimpse of his guest in a wall-mounted mirror. “Hey, Danielle! Catch!” The spare key flew across the room with a slight tingling sound. Judging by the arch of it, Jack wasn’t sure it would land in the blonde’s hands though so he put up an apologetic smile in advance. He just wanted to give her the feeling of an out, an escape for whenever he became a little...overbearing. Not everybody would’ve accompanied him on this trip he’d won at the fundraiser so he appreciated having gotten a yes from her. “So what’d you think? Does this count as more fun or what?” Also, thank you. But the words didn’t quite leave his lips just yet.

@violentgallows​

[jxcksummer]

@violentgallows​

The news of the fog had spread as quickly as the fog itself apparently. Overnight the cabin by Swan Lake he’d been so desperately trying to forget, was now on everyone’s mind. It added a whole new level of whispers for Jack to worry about. And he hated to admit it but… he didn’t want to worry about them alone. That’s how he found himself sitting on Danielle’s doorstep. It was silly really, to think she would want to talk to him of all people - good friendships had died over less, how was he supposed to salvage whatever they shared after he took her on a trip where he literally had pushed her into a poisoned lake? God, he ran a hair through his messy hair, who could’ve predicted poison would ruin such a pretty place? At least, that’s the explanation he’d put all his money on now that the newspaper headlines had handed him the one. That’d been the smallest silver lining in these past few days, an explanation for the things they’d heard and seen that night and every inattentive moment since, and Jack was very much clutching onto it. If they had found the reason, they would find the cure soon enough as well. Maybe he could lead with that when Danielle came home.

He wasn’t keeping track of how long he’d sat there, tracing figures in the ground with a small stick. It was something peaceful to do while he waited for car tires or footsteps to approach. When that moment came, he jumped up at last. “Hey Danielle,” He started, not sure how to continue. How to bridge their time spent in silence. "Have- how you've been?" But he knew that wouldn't make the cut and didn't wait for her answer. "I was wondering if you'd heard the news and so I took the day off- the news about Swan Lake, I mean and... yeah, so I called in sick today so I could check in on you, you know?" And apologize, he was forgetting the most important part of his visit as he sank back down on her doorstep. “I’m sorry, my thoughts are a little jumbled, still. I think it’s cause of what happened at the lake. It’s gotta be, right?”

[jxcksummer]

@violentgallows

A sort of pack instinct ran through Jack. An infinitesimal remainder of having lived in and cared for a tightknit community in the earliest years of his life, but strong nonetheless. When natural disaster struck even one member on the grounds back then, everyone else used to be gathered and accounted for. Not just to be a number or a marked checkbox on a sheet during roll call, but to establish a sense of safety and security. It had always worked wonders for him and became a valuable lesson in looking out for others over the years.

That’s why despite having just finished helping with the post-earthquake clean up as best as he could, his feet strayed from their path home as soon as he spotted a familiar blonde. "Miss Mason!" A little wave of relief washed over him as he neared the bench she was sat on, seemingly unscathed after the shaking events. "What a luck I'd find you here. Because I'm gonna give it to you straight, today was a pretty scary day for a lot of people and so I.. I wanted to check up on you. Not having suffered much damage, I hope?" Perhaps check in would've sounded nicer. Heaven knows this woman didn't need a guardian to watch over her. But whereas heaven may know, Jack did not. His eyes overflowed with sympathy. "Do you mind if I join you for a moment?” Yet he crouched down and made himself comfortable on a patch of grass near her feet without awaiting an answer. Just rambling on as the support by her side that he, perhaps a little persistently, tried to be. “I know the only person you really need to believe in you is you, but if only for the meantime, you've got me too."

[aliensfknexist]

☎

Put ☎ in my ask for your muses info in my muses phone:

NAME: Danielle Campbell (he's old he can't be cute he'll never remember lol)

RINGTONE: "afterthought" by fugazi. Not because of the title/words, is an instrumental track that reminds him of her!

PICTURE:

From that time she stole his hat and made fun of him.

LAST TEXT RECEIVED: what do you think I should do about it?

LAST TEXT SENT: I think you should go with your gut. Sounds like you already have your mind made up and you got a pretty good head on your shoulders, kiddo. Trust it.

[seemeinwonderland]

Danielle  ✼  @violentgallows​

Really, this is what Alice got for being friends with so many guys. It was one of their bright ideas to go to a strip club and the rest of the guys agreed, leaving her in no position to disagree. The last thing she wanted was to draw attention to the fact that she was very uncomfortable with this idea. Not only is she dealing with the internal stress of her recent realisation that she may like women, but now she was surrounded by them in some manner of undress. She tried to keep her eyes from staying on one body for too long. Her other friends had immediately ditched her as soon as they arrived, leaving her totally alone and out of place. 

Then to her dismay, one of the women approached her but she was quick to shoot her down. “Listen, I’m really not interested. A couple guy friends thought it’d be funny to drag me along here.”