He's barely known this guy a month. They just started patrolling together. They've yet to trade names, or interests, or faces. What he does know is that Rorschach has terrible hygiene and might be an anti-Semite which, yeah, doesn't bode well for any future friendships. Hell, the first time he met Rorschach he stood in an alleyway, watching him work through more Knot Tops than he was comfortable handling and never lifted a goddamn finger. He's violent and crazy and doesn't know him at all… And yet, apparently, Dan has already risen to 'good friend' status.
This is just beautiful, slow and gentle and sweet and sad and so very cute. Like all Watchmen fics, it's only really happy if you firmly ignore everything that's coming for them, but I think we can all manage that. I'm in so much denial.