A/N: Just a little one shot of my new favourite TV pairing Johnny Carter and Danny Pennant or as they seem to be called "Penter"
"What do you actually see in Lucy?" Johnny asked as he curled up beside Danny.
Danny smiled slightly. "She's a gorgeous girl, not that you'd appreciate that though." he said grinning down at Johnny who just rolled his eyes at him. "And she's got a good head for business."
Johnny chuckled. "So that's it, you're after a job."
"I've got a job." Danny replied. "How do you think I afford this place?" he said gesturing to the apartment in general.
Johnny just shook his head but smiled as he looked around the place that felt more like home to him than the Vic. "Well it's funny how you were so suddenly so interested in her after Janine went to prison and she took over her empire."
"I can't help if I've got impeccable timing." Danny replied earning a playful elbow from Johnny. "Ow! That hurt."
"You're a big strong man you can take it." Johnny retorted.
"Not with your bony elbows." Danny said attempting to grab one but Johnny evaded and rolled onto his front, trapping his arms underneath so Danny couldn't get to them.
"Lucy is stick thin, bet she's got pointier elbows than me." Johnny replied.
Danny slid down under the covers so he was face to face with Johnny. "Are you jealous?" he asked. Johnny blushed, that adorable red heat swept down his jaw line and made Danny positively melt on the inside. "We agreed not to get attached when we started this," he continued. "I'm with Lucy and you said yourself we couldn't ever be together properly - I'm eight years older than you for a start."
"Seven years - soon." Johnny replied thinking about his 21st birthday that was approaching; perhaps then his mother would treat him like a grown-up he thought hopefully, sometimes he hated being the baby of the Carter family.
"Seven-eight, whatever." Danny said pressing a kiss to Johnny's shoulder. "Still too much of an a gap for your parents to accept. So don't be jealous, it will only change things and I like things how they are don't you? Can't we just enjoy the here and now and not worry about what happens outside this bed?" he asked.
Johnny smiled and snuggled closer to Danny. "I'm not jealous - I just don't get what you see in Lucy, if I did like girls I'd go for ones like Whitney, she's got all the curves in all the right places and her eyes ... wow!"
"You're making me jealous now." Danny grinned. "Can we stop talking about women and focus on just being us, we don't have long before you've got to be at the Vic." he said glancing over at the clock on the bedside table. "And I've got dinner reservations."
"Let me guess - Lucy?" Johnny asked with a raised eyebrow.
Danny pulled Johnny from his front onto his side so he could spoon him from behind. "I thought we agreed to stop talking about women." he whispered huskily, causing all of the hairs on the back of Johnny's neck to stand on end. "Just focus on me, on us." he whispered his hands stroking over Johnny's hips.
Johnny grinned, he pushed back against Danny and moaned softly. "You ready to go again?" he asked desperate to have him once more before they had to go their separate ways for the rest of the evening.
Danny groaned. "That's what I love about younger men, so much stamina." he chuckled.
Johnny tuned over, pushed Danny onto his back and slid over him; he grinned down at him as he straddled him. "Sure you can keep up old man?" he asked.
Danny's mouth dropped open in mock anger. "Old man?!" he cried.
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Danny walked Johnny back to the Vic as he usually did; it was just after seven and Johnny was a little late for starting his shift but he didn't seem to care - being coaxed back into bed by Danny was just to irresistible. "So where are you taking Lucy for dinner?" he asked as they walked, probably a little too close together but it just wrong to be any further apart.
"Just Scarlett's." Danny replied stuffing his hands into his pockets, he wished Johnny wouldn't keep bringing up Lucy, they'd both agree not to get attached when they'd started seeing each other but that had been thrown out of the window pretty quickly and Johnny talking about Lucy only reminded Danny that she wasn't the one he wanted to be with, but he couldn't be with Johnny - at least not publically so it was easier just to keep thing simple. "We're meeting in the Vic for a drink first." he said nodding toward the door as they approached.
Johnny passed the public entrance to the pub and nodded his head toward the alley he was heading for. Danny followed him.
As they stepped into the alley Johnny pressed Danny against the brick wall, his lips latching onto his - staking his claim, marking his territory; if Danny was going to spend the rest of the night with Lucy and wind up in her bed he at least wanted to leave him with a reminder of what he was missing out on.
The kiss became heated and filled with excitement as they both knew they could be caught at any moment. When they finally drew apart for air Johnny rested his forehead against Danny's and just breathed him in. "See you tomorrow?" he whispered wishing he could keep him here forever.
"I'll see you in there, in a few seconds." Danny replied nodding toward the pub.
"You know what I mean." Johnny urged, not caring how desperate he sounded - he was sick of pretending that he felt more for Danny than they agreed.
Danny kiss him chastely on the lips before drawing away and straightening his suit jacket. "Tomorrow, of course." he said briefly grazing the back of Johnny's hand with his finger tips. "You'd better go in, you're late."
Johnny sighed sadly but nodded. "See you then." he said before darting into the cellar and making his way through the pub to the bar. When Danny appeared a few moments later with Lucy by his side Johnny smiled politely and served them like any other customers.