plantolio ahhh thank you for the info !!! Central was one of the first to pop up on my so-far-very-shallow Google search (I'm on mobile on the bus back to France). Thanks for the info about its reputation !!! I'm not sure whether theatre is a thing I will or even could do, but it sure is very tempting. Loans are still mildly terrifying, though it's good to know it'd at least be possible ! Thanks for the info, you're a sweetheart !! How is your acting course going btw ??
'How to Flirt: Just Three Easy Steps' for plantolio (Danny/Isaac/Scott, PG-13)
Title: How to Flirt: Just Three Easy Steps!
Recipient: plantolio
Creator: celestialshimmer
Rating: T
Pairing(s)/Character(s): Isaac Lahey/Scott McCall/Danny Mahealani
Warnings: None
Summary: Isaac Lahey doesn’t know how to flirt. He also doesn’t know how to decide between the two guys he wants to flirt with. Unfortunately, only one of those can be easily Googled.
I'm sorry for the lateness, but I've been trying for a while to email in the link. I've submitted it and posted my work to the collection, but the email keeps bouncing back. Is this happening to anybody else, or is this a problem on my end?
Okay, you caught me just in time before I went down for a nap and… no one else has come to us with this issue?but the point of posting this publicly is pretty much to go, "hey, folks, has anybody else had this happen, and if so please tell us ASAP so we can try to diagnose what's going on as soon as I've had the aforementioned nap."~ mod!Kassie (amorremanet).
Oh my gosh I have so many of these so I’m gonna try to do one or two a day the next week or so, so I don’t spam everyone with themAlso I accidentally made this one like 1000 words so I’m pretty sure I’d go insane if I wrote all of these in a day
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Boyd figures it out first. Boyd notices most things first. Erica says it’s because he spends his time paying attention to how other people interact instead of trying to actually make relationships with people himself, and Stiles says it’s because he broods so much he’s got to have something to besides talk to people. Either way, he sees the small glances when they get put next to each other in chemistry, how they blush and look away when they accidentally reach for the same beaker, and smiles to himself. It seems like all of his friends have finally found happiness, and he thinks that maybe it’s time to start looking for it himself.
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The next people who figure it out are Allison and Lydia. Allison is talking to Lydia at her locker about how glad she is that Isaac seems to have finally gotten over Scott, when he walks by with to Danny, a smile lighting up his face like the one Allison recognizes from her first day of school. It’s a new crush smile, and her and Lydia just turn to each other and grin.
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Jackson figures it out the day Danny’s acceptance letter to Berkeley comes. There is a frantic knocking on Jackson’s door just as Jackson is finally -/finally/ - about to get his hand up Cora’s shirt, and Jackson groans when Cora pulls away and says “shouldn’t you get that?”
“They’ll come back if it’s important,” says Jackson, leaning forward and putting his hand back on Cora’s hip, his thumb just under the bottom seam. Cora turns her head to the side though, making his lips land clumsily on her cheekbone, so he sighs and pushes himself up of the bed. “I’ll be back in two minutes.”
Danny is standing on his porch, hands shaking, the envelope clutched tightly to his chest and all rights of Cora fly from his head. “Did you get in?”
“I don’t know,” says Danny, voice breathless. “I couldn’t open it without you.”
“Then open it!” Jackson knows Danny got in. Even if his best friend weren’t such a nerd that he could get into any college he applied to, it’s obvious by the size of the envelope. He let’s Danny rip open the paper and hug him tightly at the news though, just smiling and hugging him back.
“I have to go see if Isaac got his yet!” says Danny when he pulls away. “We’re gonna room together if Stilinski doesn’t steal him away from me.” Jackson remembers that look from when Danny first met Steven. He hopes that Lahey will treat him better.
“I don’t think you have to worry about Stilinski,” says Jackson.
It’s takes him more than the two minutes he’d promised to get back to Cora, but by the time he does, her shirt is gone completely, so he figures it’s okay.
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Erica figures it out at a pack movie night, when Isaac falls asleep on Danny’s shoulder, and Danny, almost subconsciously, pulls him closer, running his fingers through Isaac’s blonde curls. Erica turns to Boyd and whispers it in his ear, and he just laughs quietly and says nothing.
“You already knew, didn’t you?” she hisses accusingly.
“For almost a year I think.”
She rolls her eyes and cuddles closer to him on the couch. “Of course.”
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Scott and Stiles don’t figure it out until Allison and Lydia mention it to them, two years after they’ve all started college.
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The day Danny and Isaac figure it out is a Thursday, about halfway through their junior year. They’d finally saved enough money to afford a small apartment of campus, but it means leaving half an hour before class starts if they want to actually get there on time. Isaac doesn’t have class until 10 on Thursdays, so he’s sitting at the table eating a bowl of cereal as Danny rushes around trying to find his shoes, running late as usual. “I’ll be home around 10 tonight, I’m meeting Lydia for dinner,” says Danny, finally unearthing his second shoe from underneath the couch.
“Okay,” says Isaac, swallowing his mouthful of Froot Loops. “I’ll be here.”
Danny cringes. “Those are disgusting, how can you eat them?”
Isaac just flicks one of the Cheerios he must have left on the table after his breakfast at him. “Wanna meet for lunch?” asks Danny, pulling on his cardigan. “I was thinking of trying that new Thai place over on fifth.”
“Sure,” says Isaac, getting up and placing his bowl in the sink. “But I don’t get my paycheck until Sunday, so you’re paying.”
“Fine, but you’re paying next time,” says Danny, taking a step forward and pecking Isaac on the lips before he hurries out the door. “Meet me at one!” he shouts over his shoulder.
He doesn’t realize what he did until he’s halfway to campus, and, not knowing what else to do, he calls Jackson. “I kissed Isaac,” he says before Jackson even has a chance to say anything.
“Fucking finally.”
Danny freezes. “What?”
“Dude,” says Jackson with a laugh. “You’ve been in love with him for like four years.”
“Oh!” says Danny his eyes widening. “Oh. I guess I have, haven’t I?”