Running FM x DM
Sequel to Stormy Nights
Funny man p.o.v
I look outside my window to see last night's storm is still raging on. Something tells me that I should still go out on my run this morning. I have no idea why though, it's the worst weather to go running. I'm still going to go anyway so I can see if that gets rid of the feeling that I have. If it doesn't sort it out, then I have no idea what I should be doing. I walked into my bedroom and changed into my running gear but made sure I had my waterproofs. I sent a silent thank you to George for recommending that I buy waterproof running gear as well as regular running gear. It seems to come in handy during times like this. I just have to make sure to steer clear of any trees and find appropriate shelter when I can.
I get a text from George. We are on a tour break and we have a session in the studio later this week. George now lives in Tennessee, so he has to fly out the day before, so it will be grateful for him to know beforehand if we have a studio session this week or not. I have a bit of time to answer him before I go for my run. We haven't really met up outside of work lately. I want to change that but that depends on when the others have free time outside of work and what they feel up to doing. I really need to answer George's text and then go on my run before the storm gets any worse. I sit down on my couch and unlock my phone to read the message George had sent me.
G: Hey Dyl, are we still going to the studio this week?
D: Yep as far as I am aware we are
G: talked to anyone else yet thinking we could have a Disney day or something this week
D: nope, haven't heard from Danny since the day before yesterday though
G: that's odd usually he texts back within five minutes any time of the day
D: yeah, maybe that has something to do with why I am so anxious to do a run today
G: yeah, maybe. Be safe when you go though Dylan. I heard there was a storm out there.
D: I will be careful George. There has been a storm outside since last night and it's not letting up
G: Jeez Dylan, like I said be careful. Keep me updated if you find Danny
D: I will do George.
I decided after talking to George to take an extra waterproof in my bag because if I do find Danny outside then he is going to need it. Maybe I should ask my boyfriend to move in after this. I know Danny still has his fear of storms because he calls me if I am not with him during a thunderstorm and asks for my comfort. He peacefully sleeps through them when I am there, and his fear has slightly improved. Definitely going to ask him to move in after this. Wherever he is, he must be terrified and as his boyfriend I need to find him and comfort him the best I can. I leave the house and after locking the door and start running down the street to find Danny wherever he might be. I'll go to his house first and see if he is there and see where I should go from there.
After a 20-minute run I arrive at Danny's house and knock on his door for a little while to discover that he is not home. I try ringing his mobile and it rings inside his house, but no one answers. Louie was barking though. I don't have Danny's house keys, so I can't unlock his door and look after Louie. I am going to try look down the street and the other streets around here to see where my boyfriend is. I feel terrible for not checking on him sooner. At least I am checking on him now and I can sort out my mistakes. Danny will probably say something to make me feel better and tell me that it wasn't my fault, but I will still feel like it is because I know of his fear and how it affects him, and I could have done something sooner.
After two hours of searching in the storm I finally found Danny shaking in a makeshift shelter in the nearby park. He was soaked, completely soaked and I think he might have fallen a couple of times. "Oh, Danny I am so sorry," I tell him, and he looks at me with fear in his eyes. He threw himself into my arms and I held him close. "No, it's my fault I shouldn't have gone outside," he tells me. I start the journey back to my house since I know my house is closer than Danny's to the park and I want Danny to move in with me anyway. "You're coming to live with me now Danny since I was a terrible thunder buddy," I tell him and then lightning flashed and thunder rumbled. Danny flinched and jumped. I held his hand tightly as we walked back to mine. We had started the process of him moving in and selling his house, but we decided to put it on hold.
"Thanks for rescuing me," Danny says weakly as he realises we are on my street now. Danny must be very tired and hungry as well as sore from the falls he had. He was limping quite a bit which makes me think he must have sprained his ankle. "You're welcome baby. Now let's get you all cleaned up and fed," I tell him as we reach my house. Tomorrow morning, we will go to his and get everything else he needs and restart the selling process. I think we know someone who wants the house, so I will contact them later about it. Right now, I have to make Danny my main concern and make sure he is on the mend. I let Danny lean on me as I unlocked the door and the first thing he did was kick his shoes off in the hallway.
He did wince because of his ankle but I was about to sort all of that out. "I'll get you a towel and while you dry off I will get some clean clothes for you," I tell him, and he smiles at me. I throw a towel at him and he limps into the living room to dry himself off. I walk up the stairs and grab a change of clothes for both Danny and I. I need to get back to Danny as soon as possible so I jog back down the stairs to the living room. Danny's huddled up in just the towel next to the fire I had lit earlier. and all of his damp clothes are to one side. I put our clothes on the sofa and grab some first aid supplies. "Did you fall the other day Danny?" I ask him, I crouch down next to him and look at him. He nods, and then lets me patch him up and get him changed into a clean and dry outfit.
"You can sit next to the fire if you want Danny, I know you are feeling cold. Let me get you a fluffy blanket to help you warm up first," I tell him, and he smiles at me. I do as I promise that I would do before getting changed in front of him. He was impressed and enjoying the show that he was getting. "I'm sorry I didn't call you last night or yesterday Dylan. I got too scared," Danny tells me, he is slowly warming up in front of the fire and I gave him a cup of coffee and a hot bowl of soup. It's quite late in the evening now, I found him late in the afternoon and tomorrow we will get him moved in here. "It's okay Danny, what matters now is that you are here now and safe from any danger," I tell him, and he smiles at me when I kiss him on the forehead.
"I agree with you making me move in here by the way. I think it's time we take that next step," Danny says, I was telling the potential buyer that we could sort everything out tomorrow if he was willing to move then. The potential buyer is very eager, and we will be sorting everything out tomorrow. "That's good, I know I shouldn't be forcing this on you so soon but after this little incident I want to know that you are safe," I tell Danny who smiles. I know I am the youngest out of the two of us, but I can be just as protective of him as he is over me. When he opened up to me a year ago I promised that I would look after him. I know that he would to the same to me if I told him of something I was afraid of so I know I had to repay the favour.
"Thanks Dylan. I have been considering this for a while and I guess the storm is God's way of telling me to do it even if he does scare me in the process," Danny says, and I chuckle. I love Danny's sense of humour and just how he turns a bad situation into a good one. When Danny feels warm enough I take him back to the couch, so we could snuggle. I don't think he has slept since the storm started. "Do you want to have an early night Danny?" I ask him, I know he is tired and he was yawning a lot in the last five or so minutes. "If you don't mind Dylan, and can you come with me?" Danny asks, he was very scared, and I would be a horrible boyfriend if I didn't help Danny out and agree to what he has asked me.
"Of course, I can stay with you for as long as you want me there. I will be here forever if you want me to be. I know you have had a rough couple of days and I am willing to do whatever you want," I tell him, and I help him to his feet and we walk to our room and I can let Danny fall asleep in my arms and I will protect him. "Thank you, Dylan. I love you," he tells me as we get into our room. I love how I can say its our bedroom now. I love that because it's what I have always dreamed of when I bought this house and Danny was in the band. I always said that he was going to be mine and I am happy that he is. "I love you too Danny and you will always be welcome," I tell him as we climb into bed together.
The next morning- Danny p.o.v
I am so happy that Dylan came and rescued me yesterday. I was desperate for him to, I was even crying for Dylan to come and find me during the day and the night and I hated that I left my phone behind. I am awake a little earlier than Dylan and I was just enjoying waking up in his arms like we do when we are on tour together. It felt a little different now though, like this was right and that this was meant to be. Now we just need my crazy dog in the house and everything will be perfect. "How long have you been up Danny?" Dylan asks me. I never bothered looking at the clock because if it was too early I knew I would be staring at it until the sun comes up in the morning and that would be a few hours wasted where I could have slept.
"I don't know, not looked yet," I tell him. He reaches for his phone and looks at it. "It's half eight in the morning. Do you want to go back to sleep or do you want to get up now?" he asks me. I don't think my body will let me go back to sleep now if I tried so I might as well get up and we can get started on getting me moved in before his friend comes to buy my house and we sort all of that out legally. I think it's time to make that next step and I totally regret what happened the last two weeks with my insomnia and then the storm happened and I ran off and had to be rescued by Dylan yesterday afternoon. "I think I am going to get up. I don't think I can fall asleep again until tonight," I tell him.
"Okay, I am only going to ask you to stay in bed for another half an hour maybe so I can make you breakfast in bed. I want to spoil you after what happened," Dylan tells me and I smile. I will let him spoil me just this once. I don't expect to be given breakfast in bed every morning and there will be times where I will be the one giving him breakfast in bed so that is fair on him. "Okay Dylan," I tell him and I smiled at him. I didn't like it when Dylan had to get up because I was enjoying the warmth that I had from snuggling up with him. "I will be back soon don't worry Danny," he tells me and I just relax under the covers. There is not much else I can do really while I wait for my loving boyfriend to give me breakfast.
He walks in five minutes later with a steaming bowl of oatmeal and I smiled as I noticed he brought his breakfast up as well. "Might as well spoil myself as well," he tells me and he places the trays on the end table before climbing back into bed with me. "Yep, you deserve a medal for putting up with me," I tell him. He passes me my tray of breakfast and he grabs his and then we both start eating it while watching some random cartoon that was on. "I don't put up with you Danny. I do everything for you because I love you," Dylan tells me. Soon we are all ready for the day and we are going to head to my old house so I can move out and finally feed my dog. I feel like I am such a bad dog parent since I have left him for two days straight without leaving him any food.
Louie was so excited to see me when I unlocked the front door. I have a limp from my ankle so it takes me about an extra minute to walk anywhere and it was getting slightly annoying. I feed my dog and then get to work making sure that everything I want is packed downstairs. Dylan said he would sort the upstairs out for me which is good and I am glad that I don't have that to worry about as well. I am not that steady on my feet and I don't think I would be good at carrying boxes down the stairs without falling. Louie is happy to follow me around and he even put his toys in one of the boxes which was helpful. I wasn't expecting him to do that to be honest but I am glad that he was helping. "Danny!" Dylan shouts when we are an hour into it.
"Yes Dylan?" I call back, I was getting on quite well and I was nearly finished packing some of the things that I wanted from the kitchen. I still have the living room and the other rooms downstairs to do as well. "Do you want me to hoover the house for you as well Danny?" Dylan asks me. I know most of the furniture is staying here. I only need to take my office equipment since Dylan has a spare room he said he could let me have as an office like I have here. I need all my music equipment as well and I know we have the storage space for them since Dylan has a couple of guitars at home. "Might as well if you are offering. Don't think I would like for this guy to come here and the house is dirty," I tell him.
When we attempted to sell the house before we have everything legalised, but we went on tour, so we decided to put it on hold until we had more time to go and get everything moved out. I was a bit panicked because we had one evening to do it all before tour started last time. "So glad that guy is still willing to buy this place," I tell Dylan when he starts hoovering here. He smiled at me and continued hoovering around me. I was glad that everything was starting to fall into place now and everything was going to be perfect soon enough. "Yeah, he knew we were busy at the time and once things calmed down a little bit that we were willing to finish it off," Dylan says, he wraps his arms around my waist and I snuggle into him.
I still think Dylan would be better off with someone else, someone other than me would be much better for him. Then he wouldn't have to deal with me sobbing like a giant man baby every time there is a storm. I might talk to Dylan a little later about how I really feel and how I have been feeling these last few weeks since I revealed my fear to him. "Are you okay baby?" he asks me, he noticed my mood change straight away like he always does. "Not really babe," I tell him, feeling like I can be honest with him and that I am not going to be in trouble for being honest. He takes my hands and leads me to the couch and makes me sit down. "What's wrong Danny?" He asks me, and I try not to cry right there and then.
"I just feel like you deserve someone so much better than I am. I mean this time yesterday I was pitifully crying out for you in the rain. I don't know how you manage to put up with me, I wouldn't even put up with me if I was dating myself," I tell him, I was barely scraping the surface with my issues. I know Dylan can read in between the lines. He takes a few minutes to fully understand what I am saying to him and then he holds me as tightly as he can while I sob my heart out in his arms. "Aw Danny, I would date you. I am dating you and I feel sorry that you were left sobbing for me yesterday. I should have been there sooner," he tells me, and he rubs my back until I slowly stop sobbing in his arms.
"I promise you Danny, I don't want anyone else. I want you and only you," he adds when I look at him with tears in my eyes. I give him a small smile and I am glad that he is willing to help me through these struggles. "Really?" I ask him, I just have to be sure. He could easily be saying all of this just to make me feel better. "Yes, I really mean everything I have just said Danny. I LOVE you and you mean the world to me," he tells me, then he gently presses his lips to mine. I kiss him back and wrap my arms around his waist. He pulls me closer, so I am on his lap while he kisses me. I love it when he kisses me. It's always magical for me and I never want the kiss to end, but it has to. "I love you too Dylan," I tell him when we break apart from the kiss.
"I'm glad about that Danny because I am never going to stop loving you. Now let's get everything into the cars and get you moved into mine," Dylan says and gently pulls me to my feet once he stands up. I am comfortable enough to drive the short distance from here to my new house but not any further with what happened to my ankle yesterday. His friend is meeting us to get the keys and the lease signed over to him and I get my payment for the house. Considering we live in Los Angeles and he knows houses can be quite expensive he has made a very decent offer which I could not refuse in the end. Louie was already in his dog bed in the front passenger seat, so I don't risk him running off while we load things into my truck and Dylan's car.
We made it to the meet up place with plenty of time to spare. All of my stuff is in the cars and once we are finished here we are going to our house and going through the slightly painful process of bringing all the boxes in and unpacking them. Dylan said we are grabbing lunch first and then we will go back to the house and I was on rest while he does the moving in for me since he kinda knows where I want things placed and stuff like that anyway and I do trust him with that. I am getting exhausted and my ankle is starting to bother me quite a bit. "It's nearly time for you to rest Danny don't worry," he tells me as we wait for his friend to arrive. I was leaning on him in the waiting room and trying to rest my foot as much as possible.
"I know, I owe you for helping me out so much," I tell him. Usually I would be denying the help and trying to struggle through it on my own, but something tells me that I should be sitting this one out. I am exhausted since I have only slept an hour of the days I went AWOL and then managed to get eight hours last night, but I am possibly going to need a nap during the day. "You don't owe me baby, this is my way of showing how much I care for you," he tells me, and I smile at him. The receptionist thought we were a very cute couple. Even Dylan's friend seemed to be in agreement when he arrived, and Dylan decided he was going to kiss me in front of them all. We carried on with the legal proceedings and soon the friend was very happy that my house is now his.
Dylan was equally as happy that I am now moving into his house and we would finally be living together as a couple. We stopped off to get lunch and soon we are at our house. It felt weird to say our house, but I know I am going to get used to it. I have also been texting George since he was worried about me, but he is calmer now knowing that Dylan is looking after me. He's going to come over the day before we have the day in the studio to hang out with Dylan and I. I think there are some plans to go to Disneyland. I think us going to Disneyland as a group would be fun, seeing what rides people do and don't like is a good way to get to know each other even more than we do already.
"So, a toast, to many happy years living together," Dylan says, and we touch our soda cans together like we would if we made a toast. I repeated what he said and smiled at him. After lunch he made me stay on the couch with Louie while he did the dishes and then brought all of my boxes in and started unpacking everything to where they should be. "You rest okay Danny?" he tells me, and he plays with my hair. "Okay Dylan," I tell him, as I make myself comfortable on the couch. I have my throw blanket nearby if I want to snuggle up under it. I wasn't going to disobey him this time, I need the rest and if he was willing to move all my things in for me then who was I to tell him otherwise. I watch as Louie stays by my side and Dylan starts bringing the boxes in.
I must have fallen asleep at some point because I am now lying down, with the throw blanket over me. "Yeah, last time I checked on him he was conked out. He's had a rough few days, but he should be fine now," I hear Dylan tell someone on the phone, I think that he is currently talking to George since as far as I know he is the only one that knows what happened to me. "Yeah I think Danny's on board for Disneyland the day after we have the studio day. We might have to have a few rest stops because of his ankle though. He fell either yesterday or the day before and sprained it quite badly," I hear Dylan say and I knew now he was talking to George.
"Maybe, I don't know how he feels about that though. You would have to ask him on the day or I could ask him when he wakes up," Dylan says minutes later. Louie has fallen asleep on my legs, so any movement is impossible until he wakes up. Ahh the perks of being a dog owner, not being able to move while your dog is sleeping on me. "Oh, Danny is awake, hello bear," he says, when he walks into the living room and I smiled at him. "Hi Dylan," I tell him, and he sits next to me and plays with my hair. I hear Dylan talk to George some more and he was letting me contribute to the conversation which is nice. "Danny, George is asking if you mind him giving you a piggy back if you struggle walking when you go to Disneyland with us?" Dylan asks me.
"Yeah, I don't mind that, but only if I can't walk anymore right?" I ask him. George could hear me as Dylan put the phone down and it was on speaker. I yawned as I was still only half awake and exhausted. "Yeah that's fine by me. I will make sure that it's only when you ask me to Danny. How are you feeling now anyway?" George asks, I get nervous. What if Dylan told him about my fear. Dylan holds my hand and rubs it. "I'm okay just a little tired. My insomnia has been acting up again," I tell him, I hope to god he doesn't know about my fear of storms. I sit up and Dylan pulls me onto his lap and rubs my shoulder. "Yeah, Dylan told me about that. Maybe you should try a new doctor to get that fixed," he tells me, and I very quietly let out a sigh of relief.
"Yeah, need them to cover the medication on my insurance though. I think that was one of the issues that I had last time. The other one was my doctor decided that I don't have insomnia anymore and I just stay up to late," I tell him. I knew that made George angry, he hates my current doctor and he wants me to change to the same one that Dylan has but I haven't had the chance yet. "I am going to take him to see my doctor soon and get him transferred to my primary care doctor," Dylan tells me and George. I can't wait to have the insomnia issues resolved and to actually fall asleep at night like I am supposed to. "Yeah that sounds like a good idea Dylan," George tells me and Dylan. Louie had woken up a little while ago and he had gone to his food bowl.
"Wah, Jesus Louie don't do that!" I say when out of nowhere Louie runs up to me and jumps on me. Both George and Dylan laugh at the scare and Dylan pets Louie who happily wags the stump that is his tail. "Seems like Louie is up to his old tricks I hear," George says, and I chuckle. "Yep, my crazy little dog," I tell him. Louie just barks in reply. We chat to George for a little while longer and then he hangs up because he has to prepare to fly out to Los Angeles to work here for a couple of days and then fly back home. "Want pizza for dinner Danny?" Dylan asks after a little while. I don't think either of us want to cook tonight. Dylan feels guilty about what happened, and I know it. That's why we are still hugging.
"Hawaiian pizza good?" Dylan asks, he brought back the pizza menu, so we could decide what flavour we want and then he can order it over the phone. I am currently watching something random on the television. "Yeah Hawaiian sounds good to me," I tell him. I like it especially when the crust is stuffed with cheese. I think he realised that and he pointed to the stuffed crust option and looked at me as my eyes light up. I don't want him to get the stuffed crust for our pizza if he doesn't want it. "Okay so a Hawaiian stuffed crust it is," he tells me. I listen as he makes the order over the phone. "Are you sure you want that pizza Dylan?" I ask him after he hangs up on the pizza delivery. "Yeah, I like Hawaiian pizza too you know Dan," he says.
"Just checking Dylan, I know you like to do things just for me," I tell him. He rubs my arm as I snuggle into him a little closer. I enjoy evenings like this where I just get to snuggle with him. I have only stayed over here a few times and tonight is going to be my first night of living here full time. "I don't do things just for you baby. I do things for the both of us and if it makes my baby happy that he gets pizza then so be it. It's a little bonus for me," he tells me. I smile at him, I knew he was lying to me, but I was going to let it slide this once. I know he enjoys spoiling me and he wants to spoil me after what happened with the storm. We just relaxed in each other's company until Dylan had to get up when the pizza arrived.
Then he soon sat down next to me again with the pizza that we are about to share. I snuggled into him again and reached for a slice, but Dylan slapped my hand. "I am feeding you the first piece," he tells me when I look at him. I thought he was going to deny me food for a second there. He chuckled as he picked up the piece I was about to grab myself and let me take a bite of it. We continue with this until the first slice is gone and then I do the same to Dylan. After that we eat like normal and it was quite comfortable to be in his arms at our house enjoying our first meal living together. When the pizza was finished, I decided to limp over to the bin and throw away the pizza box and then limp back. Then I sot down on Dylan's lap.
I am facing him, and he has his arms around my waist. "Hello gorgeous," he tells me, and I hide the blush. "Hello there sexy," I reply, and he grins. He kisses my neck and works his way up to my lips. I am enjoying every single second of it. I have missed being able to have moments like this with Dylan. When he kissed me on the lips I kissed him back eagerly until we were interrupted by a knock on the door. Typical, just as I get to have a nice private and intimate moment with my own boyfriend in our house someone has to ruin it somehow. Dylan gets up as our kiss is broken and chuckles at the look I give him for getting up. "I'll be back in a moment bear," he tells me, I mumble that he better be, and he laughs as he reaches the front door.
It was Jordon, he saw me asleep in the park early yesterday and wanted to make sure I was found by someone because when he tried to find me earlier today I was gone from the park. "Hey Danny, so glad you are safe," Jordon says when he sees me and hugs me closely, much to Dylan's displeasure. "Thanks Jordon, Dylan found me yesterday afternoon and brought me here," I tell him, and he smiles. Dylan comes over and lets me sit on his lap while Jordon tells us how he went to my house and found out it had been sold and that I seemed okay when I was seen which was better than how I was yesterday. "Yep Danny's living with me now. We both found that it is time that we lived in the same house," Dylan tells him. I was still using my insomnia as my cover up to why I was strangely in the park.
Soon Jordon left after telling me to rest until studio day. We stayed up watching television until about ten o'clock before we decided it was bed time. I was getting tired again and Dylan suggested an early night wouldn't do any harm. I snuggled up to Dylan in bed and he has his arms wrapped around me tightly. "I love you Dylan, I don't think I can see myself with anyone else anymore," I tell him, and he smiles at me. "I am glad Danny because I love you too and I also don't see myself dating anyone else," he tells me.
And that is the end of another one shot. Hope you enjoyed! Feel free to leave any requests below!
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