Title: Fairytales and Rearview Mirrors
Summary: The times the Dalton Boys (and their counterparts) had issues with the concepts of fairytales.
A/N: The first six were on tumblr forever, and once I wrote the next seven, I figured what the hell and decided to throw them on ff. Every single one of them is based on Taylor Swift, so you can defenitely tell my Taylor Swift Ban isn't exactly working out.
Anyway, I don't own Taylor Swift or anything mentioned, not even the characters, 'cos I don't even have OCs in these. Enjoy!
JULIAN (Invisible)—448 words
"…He's never gonna see the light, no matter what you do…"
Julian Larson had never believed in fairytales. At least, that's what he told himself—that a fairytale was just a lie told to make small children happy.
But then again, he was an actor, and it was his job to play make-believe every day. To put on a smile and become someone-who-didn't-exist's white knight in a story that wasn't his own. And maybe that's why he hated fairytales—because he somehow felt that he'd never get his happily-ever-after since he'd already stolen a dozen of them in every story he'd ever faked for the silver screen.
And maybe part of it was the whole Logan-thing. If he really was going to get a happy ending and a fairytale, Logan would've noticed his stupid crush and there would already have been a happy ending. But since his life obviously wasn't a fairytale, he was forced to watch Logan fall for the wrong people, all the while wishing Logan would notice him, realize that Julian wouldn't do anything horrible just because he could.
But Logan wasn't going to notice. He was Logan, the most pigheaded, stubborn, ignorant person Julian had ever known.
Leaving this whole mess behind would be the easiest decision he'd ever made. At least, it was supposed to be. After all, if your heart's getting broken, just take it out of the situation. Why get hurt pointlessly? It should be simple.
Except, it wasn't. There was more to a fairytale than a happy ending, and Dalton was the closest thing to a home he could really remember. There was Derek and Logan, who were the only people on the planet to ever tell it to him straight, and despite Logan's obliviousness and Derek's obnoxiousness, they really were the best friends he'd ever had, and then there was the fact that no one batted an eyelash at his presence or lack thereof.
So putting this all in his rearview mirror made the most sense to his head but his heart screamed that he shouldn't leave and this was really too confusing.
Maybe his happy ending was moving on and forgetting everything and realizing he wasn't going to get a happy ending. At least, not in the conventional terms. To be honest, he'd settle for not being in love with Logan anymore. Then, at least, he might be able to fool himself into thinking he had a happy ending. A kind of "fuck you" to his expectations and the world in general.
Julian rolled over and stared at the ceiling.
What should he do?
What could he do?
The question weighed on his mind until he fell asleep.
R&R?
