Note: I do not typically write fanfic. However, I was inspired by a deep love of Dandy to write something about their happy future together. I was watching a fan video in another fandom, and someone used this quote, from "Dawson's Creek" about soulmates. I thought it was pretty applicable to Dandy. I'm planning to write a futuristic drabble on each line of this quote about Dandy. However, I have no idea how this will be received, so let me know if this is any good/ if you want me to continue. Enjoy!
"What's a soulmate?"
"It's a… Well, it's like a best friend, but more.
It's the one person in the world that knows you better than anyone else.
It's someone who makes you a better person.
Well, actually, they don't make you a better person... you do that yourself because they inspire you.
A soulmate is someone who you carry with you forever.
It's the one person who knew you, and accepted you,
and believed in you before anyone else did
or when no one else would.
And no matter what happens, you'll always love them."
xxxxx
Chapter 1: "What's a soulmate?" "Well, it's like a best friend, but more."
The Nora Ephron marathon at the multiplex- he's been hearing about that for months. She'd had it their fridge calendar since she heard about it in one of her many Nora Ephron Google Alerts.
He assumes that she's going with Gwen or Alex or Maggie or some combination of the group.
A few weeks before, when he finds out that it falls on their mutual day off each week, he's upset that he'll have to spend the day without her, but he understands that her unyielding love for everything Nora Ephron trumps everything else- always. As he thinks about it, he smirks as he can almost see her poking at his chest and saying, "And don't you forget it!"
That's why he's shocked when she's shaking him awake at 8 AM on their day off. He assumed she'd creep around trying to get ready at the crack of dawn, and leave one of her adorable notes in her wake, like the "Went for Starbucks. See you soon sweet cheeks! XO" she left last Tuesday morning.
"Danny!" she grumbles, "I need pancakes. Ephron fuel!"
He smirks at her cuteness, and rolls over to give her a slow kiss, ready to make her pancakes and send her on her way.
He steps out to make her a full pancake breakfast, and he smirks as he hears her sprint to the shower. She comes out about 30 minutes later, with her hair freshly dried and her make-up fully applied, wrapped in one of his button downs. He hands her a plate, while pressing a kiss to her lips, and she gives him a smile of thanks. As she sits down, she seems to look his profile up and down, and for some reason she finds it unsatisfactory, because a moment later a piece of bacon smacks him in the ear.
"What?!" he exclaims.
"Why aren't you getting ready? We're leaving in like ten minutes."
"You know it doesn't take me very long to get ready. I just put on some jeans and- Wait, we? I'm going with you?"
"Yeah! It's Dandy day!" she says as though it should be obvious.
"…Dandy day? What are you talking about?"
"Well, as you know, one of my many talents is naming celebrity couples, and we're basically just future celebrity doctors, like if Sanjay Gupta was actually a married couple who told people how to be healthy- don't you think that would be a great show Danny?"
"Min-"
"Oh, right! So since we're basically future celebrities, I gave us a celebrity couple name- Dandy! And this is our day, every week. Why would I spend it with anyone else?"
Her exuberance over naming their love softened into a sweet smile, and he abruptly turned back to the griddle so she wouldn't see him tearing up.
She stepped up behind him, and wrapped her arms around his waist.
"You're my best friend, Danny. Why would I want to go with anyone else?"
He swallowed his tears and turned in her arms to face her. He pecked her forehead and then rested his chin on her hair.
"So I finally made it to the best friend tier, huh?"
She pulled back to look in his eyes, and smiled as she said, "Well, actually, I had to add a whole different category above the best friend tier just for you."