Everybody Loves Danny
By Almost Heaven
Chapter one – He matters to me
Rating K+ for mention of blood, a dead body
Disclaimer: Don't own anything here. Just borrowing for a wee bit. Volunteers happily accepted though. Takers? (chirp chirp) Such is my life.
Noise was rushing around him. People were scrabbling to get away from the stage. Danny didn't hear any of it. Didn't see any of it. All he could see was a dead woman lying in a pool of her own blood. When he felt hands on his arms he flinched and tried to pull away. It wasn't until those hands came up to the sides of his head and turned him away from the grisly scene that he could see it was Ethan.
"Danny, Danny, its me. Its Ethan." Ethan was frantic with worry. Danny had tears streaking down his face and couldn't seem to look away from the body. He put one arm around Danny's shoulders and grasped his forearm with the other. Turning the trumpet player away from the piano, he led him off the stage. He kept talking to Danny but the boy didn't respond. Ethan took him out of the auditorium and into a classroom, his brother right behind them.
Sitting his boyfriend in the teacher's chair, Ethan looked him over as his brother looked on.
"He's in shock, bro. He'll be fine. We need to find McCall. He knows more than he's telling us. We don't have to time to play nursemaid." Aiden growled as he stood in the doorway to watch for trouble.
"You go if you have to. The sacrifice has already happened. I'm not leaving him like this." Ethan growls back before turning back to Danny. Crouched down in front of Danny, he continued to speak softly to him.
Aiden frowned and started to leave when Danny began to respond to Ethan.
"What? Ethan?! How did I get here? Are you okay?" he exclaims, taking Ethan's hand and pulling him close. Ethan hugs the other boy to him.
"I'm okay. I'm so sorry you saw that happen. I think you're in shock." Ethan put both hands on either side of Danny's face again. He was shaking and his skin was ice cold. Ethan could see him getting paler and paler. "We have to get him to a hospital, Aiden. Now!" He turned to look at his brother and could see the anger in his twin's eyes. Ethan started to get up with the intent of confronting his brother right then and there when Danny, who was starting to gasp, said "Aiden, are you okay?" as he tried to stand.
Aiden, who was starting to shift, he was so mad, paused and looked at Danny. Really looked at him. This boy who had stolen his brother's heart currently looked like death warmed over. He was pale, shaking, and short of breath. Holding onto Ethan's hand and looking at HIM with concern. He cared. About Ethan, about him, about the dead pianist down the hall. He wasn't a werewolf trying to push him back down to an omega. He was a high school student that apparently loved his brother and had a heart the size of Kansas.
With a long-suffering sigh, Aiden moved over to stand beside his brother.
"This is a bad idea. I get it. And I'll help you. But this is a really bad idea." Aiden said and then took Danny's other arm. Together, they got Danny into his car and drove toward the ER. Aiden didn't say a word as he drove way to fast with Ethan holding Danny in the back seat. He just glanced in the mirror occasionally as Ethan comforted Danny. Maybe his brother was right. Maybe the alpha pack was the bad idea.