Blind Love J3T x DM
AU (George was with Asia, Danny never met Theresa)
George p.o.v
There has always been something different about Danny. He doesn't always make eye contact with you and he can bit quite clumsy. We are about to go out for lunch. "Danny, be careful you're gonna-," Jorel says, cutting his sentence short as Danny misses the last step and nearly falls on his face if I wasn't there ready to catch him. This happens quite frequently, he has an issue with that last step on the tour bus. "Sorry, thought my foot was on there," Danny says, looking at me. His cheeks are red with embarrassment. Think we are gonna have to piggy back ride him off the bus from now on. I make sure that he is steady on his feet. "It's okay Danny, all this means is that we are going to piggy back carry you off the bus," I tell him.
"Just checking you're okay," Jorel says, checking Danny over as he stands steady. Danny didn't hurt himself as far as I know. I think the only thing he might have done is damaged his ankle if he twisted it when he fell. "I'm okay, I am lucky that George was there to catch me. I probably would have grazed my knees or something by now," he tells us. Danny's cheeks were slowly losing the red tint now that he was calming down from that near disaster. I have feelings for the little blonde, I just hope one day he will tell me he feels the same way. Danny likes to hold my hand over everyone else when we walk places sometimes, but I don't want to take it as a sign that he feels anything romantic towards me. I could be making assumptions here.
Danny takes my hand in his as we walk to the lunch destination. It's one of our favourites while we are here so only one person needs to go up and make the order for the rest of us. I love the sparks that shoot up when Danny holds my hand and the smile he has on his face. When we get there Danny sits next to me. He always choses to sit next to me for some reason. It's always been that way, from the day we first met each other. He did bump into the table, he's quite clumsy when it comes to walking into things. It's usually the corners of tables and chairs that he walks into. Maybe he needs to go to the eye doctor. I'll talk to him about it when we get back home from tour. I am going to definitely ask him out before this tour ends.
I just need the perfect time to do it. I need a day off, I need a nice quiet location where Danny is not likely to trip over. I am planning it to go as well as I possibly can make it, it might be difficult though I don't think it will be impossible. I know the sorts of things that Danny likes and the places he enjoys spending time at, so I can plan it around those. I felt a nudge and it was Danny, looking at me with his chocolate brown orbs. "You okay George?" he asks me, concerned. I smiled at him and he smiled back. "Yeah, I was just thinking about something that we could do on our next day off," I tell him, being honest without mentioning the fact that I want to take him on the date. "Like the two of us?" Danny asks, quietly.
I love him so much. "Yeah Danny, just the two of us. I think it would be good, I have something I wanna ask you then," I tell him. I know I am giving the whole thing away, but he doesn't know what we are going to do together on that day. I haven't figured out all of the details. "That sounds good to me," Danny says, with that smile that helped me fall in love with him. At least at this moment in time there feels like there will be no rejection from him. Jorel was staring at us, he knows about our whole thing and has been encouraging me to date Danny and ask him out. If he has heard us then he will know I plan on doing it in a couple of days' time. I'm so excited to show him how a nice guy treats his partner.
Danny has been single for a while, not long after he joined the band his girlfriend dumped him after some horrible things. I was glad that Jorel was there for him back then, he gave Danny a place to stay until he found the apartment that he lives in now. I wasn't able to give him that help, I was still with Asia and it would just have ended a lot worse for us. At least we remain good friends and I can see Ava whenever I am able to. We ended it on good terms which was the best outcome for the both of us. I would have hated it if we ended our relationship with a massive argument. Danny was using his phone, with one earphone in like usual when Jorel scribbled a message to me. He passes the note to me while we wait for Jordon to come back with the food.
You want peace to ask Danny out on the next day off? You two should really get together, he literally fell for you earlier.
I chuckled and looked to Jorel. I looked to the note and nodded. Danny and Dylan were off in their own little worlds right now. Danny looked at me and smiled before going back into the daydream world. "I hope I can do it soon," I tell Jorel, leaving it quite general in case the other two were eavesdropping on us. I decided to talk to Jorel over text and tell him that the peace would be appreciated if I could get it and he said that he would make sure that Danny and I could have a date in peace. Then Jordon came with the lunch for everyone. Danny jumped because Jordon suddenly loudly announced his arrival. Danny is quite jumpy too which I found odd at first, but we have all become used to by now.
We just take measures to make sure that Danny doesn't get a fright when we start talking to him. "Sorry Dan," Jordon says, once Danny has calmed down from his fright. I rubbed Danny's shoulder and he relaxed at my touch which was nice. "It's okay Jordon, I got distracted by my phone, so I wasn't paying attention," he tells Jordon who smiles at him. I barely remember Jorel asking Danny why he always has one earphone in while he is on his phone. He said it was to prevent having a video blast out while he's scrolling through Instagram. That's a fair point, I often cringe when that happens to me. Especially when it is really loud, or when you think it's a nice video and sex noises are over it. I have been given very odd looks for that in the past.
"What was the song you were playing on the keyboard before sound check yesterday?" Dylan asks Danny, which earned him a glare from everyone at the table. Jordon laughed when Dylan tried to hide himself. "You seriously didn't recognise that it was Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen? It's only like the best song out there," Jorel says. I was very impressed that it only took Danny less than a week to learn how to play it on the piano. Even I knew that it was Bohemian Rhapsody and I was singing along to it which Danny liked. It helped him get all the timings right having someone sing it while he played it. We all used to belt it at the top of our lungs on long boring car journeys. Danny also knows how to play Don't Stop Me Now.
"Heh, should have known that," Dylan says. I have an idea for tomorrow when we have a show. We like to play random songs during sound check. "Well maybe tomorrow when we live stream Danny playing that song and Don't Stop Me Now, you can announce them, so you don't forget," I tell him. As far as I know everyone seems to be on board with it. Danny would probably be nervous, I have just dumped a lot of pressure on him. he's played the keyboard in front of a sold out show before. "Are you sure people wanna listen to those?" Danny asks me. I could hear how nervous he was for it. "Yeah, they wanna hear you Danny. You are very talented on the piano," I tell him. It was enough for him to tell us a minute later he was definitely up for it.
"Don't worry Dan, all that will happen is that people will be ringing our managers to hire you out for professional piano playing," Jordon says, which makes Danny smile. Danny could totally do that on the side and earn some extra money for himself. He could give is availability as the times when he is not on tour. "I could, but I don't feel like I will be very popular," Danny says, I wrap my arm around him and pull him closer to me. "Of course you will be popular. People would pay good money to have someone play those keys as well as you can," I tell him. I hate it when that parasite called doubt moves in and knocks Danny down. He deserves all of the opportunities that life throws at him and I would be there to support him if he choses to go down this route.
3 months later
Danny and I have been dating for almost three months now. I'm on my way to UCLA medical centre because Danny's mom called me. She called all the guys because something happened to Danny and there is something we all need to know. I'm so nervous, a million thoughts are running through my head about all the possibilities of what happened to him. I have been assured that he's not in a critical condition which is good I suppose. It's better than being told he could be dead. Margo is waiting outside the ward when I arrive. "I'll wait for the others to get here, it's better to tell you before you see him," she explains, and I hug her. She has been very supportive since she found out that I was dating Danny.
All she wants is someone who will love her son and look after him. I am willing to do that, no matter what the news is going to be. It doesn't take long before Dylan, Jordon and Jorel arrive. They all look as equally as concerned as I when Margo takes us to the little family room just inside the ward. We all sit down, and she looks nervous. "The doctors say he's been lucky. He was run over, and he's only broken his leg and got a few bumps and cuts. It could have been a lot worse. However, this has led to me having a chat with Danny and I have to tell you about something he has been keeping secret from you the entire time that you've known him," Margo says. I was going to sigh in relief, Danny's fine he's probably in for observation to make sure he doesn't have a concussion.
I'm a bit apprehensive about what she has to say next. "Whatever it is, Danny will know by the end of today he had no need to be afraid. We will all support him no matter what," Jorel says, and we are all quick to agree with him which makes Margo smile. We'll all take very good care of her boy like we have been doing for the last 9 years. "Danny was born blind, I'm not quite sure how but it happened. We first knew for sure when he was six months. He's not told you because he has been terrified that you would kick him out of the band for it," Margo says. That's not so bad, there could have been a lot worse things so could have said. It does explain why Danny misses a step on the tour bus and bumps into things constantly.
"We'd never kick him out for that. It does explain a few things we have been wondering about him, but it would never lead us down the route of discrimination. I find it amazing how well he has been adapting to try and hide that fact from us for nine years. Stevie Wonder has an amazing music career and so has Danny," I tell her, and she smiles. I do think it is incredible how well Danny has hidden that from us. It must not have been easy for him. I don't love him any less for it either and I will be telling him that in a little while. "Yeah, now we can stop calling him a clutz when he misses the last step off the tour bus," Dylan says, making all of us chuckles. I hope Danny feels better when he knows that we are all going to be behind him one hundred percent.
"Thank you boys, I really appreciate you giving him this support. I always know that he is in good hands when he is with you," Margo says, then I get up to hug her. She is amazing too, she has been the one to help shape Danny into the person he is today. "We will always support you and Danny one hundred percent Margo. You are why we have the best lead singer we could possibly have and if you don't mind, we want to keep him," Jorel says, it brings tears to Margo's eyes and she hugs everyone tightly. "You can keep him, as long as he comes home to me sometimes," she says, then we go to the room where Danny will be staying tonight. The doctor suggests that we go in one by one and everyone suggested that I go first. I'm the one that Danny will be most worried about since his mom told him she was telling us he is blind.
"Hey baby," I tell him, speaking softly in case he does have a headache. He wasn't asleep, he was looking towards the window. "George?" Danny asks, looking in my general direction. He wasn't trying to hide the fact that he is blind now. "Yeah, it's me. You have no need to worry baby, we still want you. I still love you the same and want you to still be mine," I tell him, taking his hand in mine. He looked towards me and he broke down crying. I hugged him as he sobbed into my shoulder. The anxiety of this must have been bad for the last 9 years. "It's okay," I tell him, rubbing his back. His mom walks in and helps me calm Danny down. "I was so scared everyone would reject me, especially you," Danny says, his voice quiet.
I sit on the edge of the bed close to his face and I take hold of both of his hands this time. "We would never do that Danny. Especially me, I fell in love with you for who you are. I honestly don't love you any less now that I know you are blind," I tell him, and I softly press my lips to his. He kisses me back almost straight away. When the kiss ends I wipe the tears away. "Can you stay when the others come?" Danny asks. He doesn't know the are eagerly waiting outside to see him. "Sure I can, they are all waiting for you," I tell him. I let him snuggle up with me on the bed as Margo lets the others in. They all take it in turns to hug Danny carefully. "So how did you know Danny was blind?" Jordon asks Margo.
I bet it will be nice for him to have people to vent to now. I know from watching a blind youtuber called Molly Burke how tiring it is. He must feel like the world is against him because he was born this way, and nothing can fix it. "Well, we were told when Danny was six months old that he was blind. He had started to crawl, and he would crawl until he hit the wall and carry on going even though he wasn't moving anywhere. I suspected that he was blind, because he was never really interested in toys and he didn't reach out for anything. He would also get frightened at any sudden noises," Margo explains. She then tells us about the video she had so she could show her doctor because a lot of people didn't believe her.
"I'm still like that with sudden noises now, I don't think that will ever change," Danny says, I keep snuggling with him. I was just happy to have him in my arms and safe, nothing else really mattered to me. "Yeah, we can help with that," I tell him. Now we know why he is so jumpy, we can take more measures to make sure that we reduce the amount of times we scare him, even if it isn't our fault. "So, you kinda see what a pitch black room looks like?" Dylan asks, trying to understand just how blind our Danny is. We've been told there is something wrong with his retinas and his optic nerves. "Yeah, well I guess so. The way Rigo described it is like your eyes are closed all the time even if they are not. I have no light or shadow perception," Danny says, remaining calm and not taking any offense to Dylan's question.
I know some people don't want to go into those kinds of details. I think it's good because then we get to have a greater understanding of what Danny "sees" and how it affects him, so we can help him out. We also don't want to baby him too much because he has shown how independent he can be without us knowing he is blind. "Danny, I know you hate this subject, but I think it's time you get yourself a guide dog. It's not going to take any of your independence away from you, it's just be a helping paw in your life. Less risk of you being run over again when going out on your own," Margo says, and Danny reluctantly agrees. "I can go with you to all of the appointments and stuff if you like Danny. It can be our fur baby too," I tell Danny.
"I'd like that, our little fur pup," Danny says, I smile even if Danny can't see it. I think when we get this dog Danny is going to fall in love with it. He's just afraid because it's something new and he has to accept something about himself that he has been hiding and denying for nine years or more. "It's got to be really fluffy," I tell him, I think it will have a good affect on Danny's health and wellbeing. I can picture him being on the couch losing his hands in the dog's fur as it lays on him to give him attention and to calm him down when he gets anxious. "Okay, I wanted a fluffy one anyway," Danny says and kisses me on the cheek. He has good directional hearing, so he knew where I was based on where he could hear my voice.
"We'll leave you two in peace," Jorel says, then they hug Danny and he hugs them back before they leave. Now it's just us and Margo. Danny was getting sleepy, but felt more awake when a nurse walked in. "Just going to give you a check-up Danny. You don't seem to have a concussion, so you can go to sleep after if you wish," the nurse says. Danny nods and rests his head on my chest and I draw patterns on his. I love this little lion so much. "When will he be able to go home?" Margo asks, the nurse was in the middle of her checks and Danny was in the middle of falling asleep on me. "Today, if the doctor is confident that he has support and we have ruled out a possible concussion which I think we should. He was a very lucky man though," the nurse says.
From what we know he was only hit at 48 kmh which is 30 mph. Still very lucky, he could have gotten off with worse injures than he has right now. The worst is the broken leg, but that will heal within six or eight weeks. "That's good, he has at least six people willing to take care of him, so I think he'd be good on that front," Margo says. She's right, I will take him home and we'd all take shifts to look after him if he wanted it. They are primarily concerned that if Danny was left on his own then a potential concussion would go unnoticed and it would be bad. The nurse said she would tell the doctor the results of her observation and he will come and speak to us soon. Danny is sleeping peacefully in my arms, I'm just watching him taking in all of the adorableness.
I do find it a little weird that he doesn't know what he looks like or anyone else. We could be the ugliest men in the world while he stands out with his sexiness and how adorable he is. "I'm glad he has you George. I am happy that I know Danny will be well looked after in the inevitable event that I pass away," Margo tells me. I knew she has been thinking about this, she has been worry about who would take care of her son when she dies. Death is an unavoidable subject, it will happen at one point in our lives. "I will always protect my little lion. He has got me for life whether he likes it or not," I tell her. She smiles, I'm glad I am able to give her a peace of mind. She's happy to know that someone is going to be there for her baby boy.
"Thank you George," she tells me, and I hug her gently with Danny still in between us. He is still fast asleep and as peaceful as he was when he first fell asleep. Then the doctor comes in. "I have good news for you. Danny can go home when he wakes up. We don't have any concerns, but if he suddenly shows any symptoms of a concussion then you should take him straight to the emergency room," the doctor says, and I cheer. I am so happy to be able to take my baby home tonight and then snuggle him when we are at home. "That is good, we'll keep an eye on him while he recovers," I tell him. He leaves saying he will bring the discharge forms before Danny wakes up which is good. Margo smiles when the doctor leaves the room.
"You take care of my baby tonight please George. I will come over tomorrow to give him some snuggle time," Margo says, and I smile at her. She knows that I will take care of Danny well tonight. "I will look after the little lion tonight. We will have a good snuggle when he gets to his home. It will be good for him to be in his own home instead of mine," I tell her. He's more used to the layout of his. I think it would be better for us both if I moved into his house when it gets to that point of the relationship. For now I just spend several nights over there like I live there. We'll make it official one day, just need the right time to do it. Maybe when we have been together a year or two, so he doesn't have that fear of me leaving him.
2 months later
"George where are you?" Danny asks, he got his cast off last week and I have been here for the last two months making sure that he knows I am here to stay and I am not going anywhere any time soon. "I'm on the sofa," I call back, he sounded scared and I want to make sure that he's okay without him getting scared. He walks over, and I meet him half way. He holds me tightly and I pick him up to hold him close, so he could calm down. He was asleep when I went to the shops a little while ago. "What's wrong little lion?" I ask him. He held onto me tightly as I carry him towards the sofa where I just was until he started getting upset. "You left me in my dream," he tells me, his voice very quiet now. I felt bad that he still has that fear of me leaving him.
He should know by now that I have no intentions of leaving him. He knows that I love him and only him and I didn't see his disability as a bad thing. I didn't know he was blind when I first got with him, it wouldn't have affected my feelings for him even if I did know back then. I love Danny for being Danny. We are getting his guide dog next week, he is still nervous about it but more accepting than he was originally. I think he hates the idea of going out in public like "hey look I have a severe disability everyone treat me differently." That's what he told me he thinks when he hears about guide dogs. He loves them and what they can do for people, it's just he hates the special treatment people would give him for it.
"I would never leave you Danny. I am here to stay, no matter what happens. I didn't know you were blind when I fell in love with you, but I haven't fallen out of love with you now I know," I tell him. He smiles at me, despite having tears in his eyes. Poor little lion, I hate how upset, he is over this, his self-confidence has always been low. Lately though, I feel like it has hit rock bottom over the last few days. "I love you too," Danny tells me, I put my hand on his cheek and he closes his eyes, then I wipe my thumb under his eye gently so that I wipe his tears away. I then place my other hand on his other cheek then press my lips against his. My way of confirming to him that I still love him. He kisses back.
When our kiss ended, I looked at him and for a moment I could pretend that we are a normal couple. He looks like he is looking right into my eyes, I know he can't see though. He can still show emotion which was a good thing in my opinion. I saw pure love and admiration and I felt the same back for him. "You need a medal for putting up with me," he tells me, and I play with a lose strand of hair that is going over his face. "I don't want a medal, I just want you," I tell him. He smiles at me, I love being his boyfriend. He is so cute, I can't handle the adorableness. He should have a medal that has Cutest Boyfriend Ever. I would get it written in braille, so it would make it easier for Danny to know what it is without me reading it out.
I would love to see the look on his face when he traces over the bumps and discovers that I have called him the best boyfriend ever and it is in braille. I am going to go to classes soon to learn braille myself, that way I can leave cute little notes for Danny and I could be more helpful to my boyfriend. I want to be able to help him out more without babying him and making him feel like he is too different from me. That is what he wants and if I can accommodate to that then that I what I am going to do. I think Danny has started to open up to me more and let me help him more. His mom says his starting to let go of some of his fears and his stubbornness which is good. We both think when the service dog comes it will help more.
We haven't met Danny's service dog yet, they are meeting tomorrow so Danny can get used to him/her and then start getting the dog to get used to Danny giving the commands around the house. Danny's mom will be helping too while I go on the braille course, it doesn't last long apparently which is good, I just hope I don't find it too difficult to get used to. Danny has all the stuff for me to practice with and if I do struggle I could just look up tutorials on the internet. After all, that is what the internet is for. Danny yawns and rests his head against my shoulder again. "Do you want to take a nap Danny?" I ask him.
I know he just had one, but he didn't get much sleep. I left about a minute after he fell asleep then came back fifteen minutes later and I was on the couch for five before he came in looking for me. I think he might have heard me leaving to buy bread and milk, so he got scared and thought I was leaving for good. "I don't know, I just slept for fifteen minutes or so," he tells me. I was also only suggesting he has another nap because he seems to be exhausted. If he doesn't want one then I am not going to force him into one. "Okay little lion, if you want one just fall asleep on me. I don't mind," I tell him. He might have a better nap knowing that I am holding him, and I am not going to get up and walk out the door.
I started watching a film, Danny says he hates audio description and he has more fun trying to imagine what happens in the film based on what he is able to hear. Soon he falls asleep and I decide that I want pizza for dinner. The only problem I can see with that though is I'd have to put Danny down to get the pizza when it arrives, and I don't know if he is going to be awake in a few hours when I want dinner. I just look at my boyfriend and smile, nothing bothers him when he sleeps. I wonder if he can see in his dreams. Like that's the only escape from his blindness he has. Now I have to google it. One handed of course. I quickly learn that since he was born blind he can't really dream. I think what he said earlier was him hiding the fact that he was awake when I left the house but fell asleep so soon after.
It could have been mistaken for a dream. I hope one day science and medicine can figure out a way to get people like Danny to be able to see. It would be amazing for him. Jorel walks in just as Danny wakes up with Domino's pizza. He texted me and asked if we wanted pizza since he was there, and he wanted to check on Danny. I said it was fine and he could walk right in since Danny was fast asleep on me at the time. "Hey Dan, hey George," Jay says, and Danny just hid his face in my shoulder. To be fair on him he has only just woken up. "Hey Jay, Dan's just woken up. He might seem anti-social for the next five minutes or so," I tell our friend. The pizza will probably cure Danny's grogginess in no time. He loves his food.
I was right, as soon as he had one slice of pizza he was happy again. "Hey Jay," Danny says happily. I chuckled, I might have gotten Danny to love pizza as much as I do now, and I am still questioning whether or not that is a good thing. "Hey Dan, the pizza fixed ya?" Jorel asks and Danny nods without hesitation. Can't blame him really, pizza cures most of my problems too. Jorel and I both chuckle. I prefer the happy Danny instead of the sad one. "I hope I don't offend you, but how do you cook?" Jorel asks, I bet he has been dying to ask that one. "I have a lot of gadgets. My phone is good for new recipes and timers are good too. Got a lot of smart tech in that kitchen," he tells me. It helps too that I put things in the same place, so he knows where they are. It's easy to memorise the layout then.
Later that night I climb into bed with Danny. I need to move my stuff in here soon. I think he wants me to live here now. "I love you George," he tells me and hugs me tightly. "I love you too Danny," I tell him.
And that is the end of another one shot. I hope you enjoyed. What did you think of it? Please let me know!
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