Day: 1
Theme: Introduction
Universe: AU
Pairing: John/Dave
Word Count: 512
Introduction
Dave knew he was doing something wrong, but he didn't want to be cooped up in the apartment anymore. He decided to go to the park. Without telling bro. He pushed his shades more firmly onto his face and looked up into the blistering hot Texas sky. He could hear the talking and busy movements of passers by when something blue in the corner of his eye caught his attention. Convinced it was the arm of that horrid puppet cal, Dave broke the strider cool-kid code. He ran. Someone called out after him. Dave slid to a stop, and keeping his head up and back straight he turned around. He knew it couldn't be his Bro, Bro wouldn't have said anything just grabbed him and left.
Dave Strider came face to face with a boy his own age. He looked stressed out and scared, sweat covering his furrowed brow. What caught Dave's attention though was not the pout of the boy's lips or the shaggy blackness of his hair, no what caught the Strider's attention was his brilliant sapphire blue eyes. The boy smiled a buck toothed smile even though it was obvious he had nothing to smile about from the almost there tears in those brilliant eyes.
"Sup?" Dave hadn't a clue what else to say to the boy but it seemed to work because the boy with big teeth and bigger eyes replied.
"I lost my dad, can you help me?"
The young strider was at a loss as to what to do. He was sure that if he ever got lost his brother wouldn't care all that much. What was one supposed to do when separated from family. He didn't know. But he wasn't going to say that.
"I was going to the park, you could wait there." Dave said, feining that he didn't care at all. Either by sheer luck or maybe not the kid with oceans for eyes saw right through him.
"My name is John Egbert. What is yours?"
"Strider. Dave Strider." Dave added a wink for an even more ironic effect, and John laughed. Dave wanted to believe that this was a friendship that was going to last but he knew better, he could recognize a tourist when he saw one. Egbert again saw right through him to the depths of his mind.
"Do you have a pesterchum?" John asked walking side by side with dave on the busy sidewalk. Without realizing it the young strider began to smile as he and his new friend traded information. It didn't take too long for him to realize what he had been doing and he forced his face back into the mask of indifference his Bro had been teaching him. But again his mask fell in happiness when he saw the look on John's face at the appearance of a well dressed man.
John turned to look at Dave before grabbing onto his father's pant leg. "I will message you later." Dave nodded pretending to be cool, before he felt his brother's approach and prepared to strife.