A/N: I do not own Dalton, I do not own Glee. I do not own the song "The Way I Do" written by the lovely Darren Criss, for the show "Starship" by Team Starkid.
"So sing it to me."
"What?"
"If you sing it, you wouldn't be telling me. I'm sure there's a song out there that properly expresses whatever angsty – teenage girl emotion you're dealing with."
"And this is why I don't tell you shit." Julian was getting angry now. "You're so wrapped up in your own angsty – teenage girl problems that you can't even notice that some of are dealing with REAL problems."
"That's not fair. You know I'm dealing with watching the person I love, love someone else."
"Yeah, well. So am I."
"What?"
"You want me to sing it? Fine. I'll fucking sing it." Julian sat upright and threw off the covers and climbed out of bed. "You're so fucking blind, you know that?"
Logan looked at him confused. Julian stood at the foot of the bed, away from Logan. Logan noticed that he looked like he was searching…for something. Confidence? The nerve to sing? Why would he be worrying about-
Logan's thought process was cut off when Julian opened his mouth and started singing.
When they say you can't love
I think you've got it wrong.
And they say you can't feel
With a heart made of steel
Logan noticed the love in Julian's eyes. And the fact that he was singing a song that was a duet.
But you can't say that steel ain't strong
Well if that's who you are, just a meaningless star in the sky.
Tell me what is the meaning of what I am feeling
If you are the reason why?
Now I may be dumb, but where I come from
Folks say they're fine when I know that they're blue.
But you don't know you the way I do.
Logan noticed the pain in Julian's eyes. And before Julian could continue, Logan picked up the next verse.
Your kind is frail and weak
And I want to destroy you all.
You're a sorry disgrace to the concept of race
And to logical science and law.
But for some reason why
When you look at me I don't wanna be
Programmed this way, believe when I say
You're the one anomaly.
You might not be smart
But there is a part of me
that's starting to make a breakthrough
No you don't know you, the way I do.
By now Logan had moved off of Julian's bed, and was standing next to him. Logan noticed the words he was singing, and began to apply them to his life, and to Julian. Julian picked up where Logan had left off,
I never expected
To find someone like you
I don't know anything
But you're giving me a clue.
I can see past the surface,
Finding the worth that is hiding beneath
Your life and purpose
And all of a sudden I feel like I've run into
something that no one has seen.
Logan noticed how when Julian was singing he dropped eye contact with Logan and moved away from him. Logan couldn't quite figure out what was going on, but he noticed that right now, he didn't care about Kurt, or Blaine, or anyone for that matter. He didn't care about anyone, except to get that stupid Cheshire-cat-like grin back on his best friend's face. So he cut off Julian before he could start the next verse.
You're perfect and wonderful,
how I hoped you'd be.
But it's really enough for you to be just a human being
And I know you'll agree
That's all we need to make our dreams come true
If this life has an ending, I'm glad that I'm spending this short little time with you
Logan had moved closer to Julian and put his hand on Julian's cheek to pull his face toward him. Julian looked up, his eyes filled with pain mixed with love. Julian pulled out of Logan's touch and looked pointedly at him, singing,
I'm so much more than what you thought before
now that we have gotten to
Get to know you
You don't know me
The way I do.
Julian finished singing and leaned forward lightly kissing Logan on the lips. In those few short moments, Logan's senses went on overdrive. He noticed how soft Julian's lips were, could taste the slight minty-ness of Julian's toothpaste, he could feel the tears on Julian's face from when he was crying, he could feel Julian's face muscles relax the moment Logan started kissing him back. Logan also noticed the way Julian pulled back slightly, his breathing shallower than it had been a moment ago, and the look of confusion in his eyes when he looked at Logan.
