Summary: The usual sleepless night and storytelling.
Character: Dash
Prompt: Free Day
Day Thirty-One
Dash collapsed into his bed, his dark blue eyes drifting toward the clock sitting on the night stand next to his bed. The bluish green numbers glared at him, reading that it two forty-nine in the morning. He sighed as he rolled away to turn his back on the clock and dragged a pillow over his head. Exhaustion clawed at him, trying to drag him into the oblivion of sleep, but he couldn't seem to keep his eyes closed for longer than a few minutes, if that.
A crash of thunder rattled the windows, breaking up the monotonous sound of the rain beating against the house. Frowning, he tugged the pillow away from his head, and when he glanced toward the doorway, he wasn't surprised to see the little six year old boy huddled against the frame with a thumb stuck in his mouth and a stuffed toy clutched to his chest.
"Come here." Dash sat up, waving the boy over to him.
His son hesitated before taking a tentative step into the bedroom. He made it halfway to the bed when a flash of lightning briefly filled the room. Dash barely counted to seven before the thunder rumbled overhead. With a startled cry, the boy dropped into a crouch, abandoning sucking on his thumb to cover his ears from the loud noise. He remained there, quaking as he kept his head low. Dash slid out of the bed and walked over to pick up his son then carried the boy over to his bed.
"It's just a little thunder," Dash told him gently as he climbed back into bed with his son curled up tightly at his side. Sighing, he drew the covers up over them then settled down with an arm around the boy. "I know it's loud, but there's nothing to be scared of. It can't hurt you."
Small hands grabbed at his night shirt, clutching the white fabric tightly. "Can't sleep," Xander mumbled, burying his face against his father's side.
"Do you want me to tell you a story?" Dash stared down at his son, and the mop of raven hair nodded. Sighing, he scratched at his head, ruffling the blond locks as he thought about what stories he remembered off the top of his head. He leaned back, getting comfortable and staring up at the ceiling. Light flashed through the room again, and this time, his count made it to eleven before the thunder struck and Xander shivered beside him.
"Long ago, there was a time when dragons roamed the world, and King Aramull would hire many brave knights to slay them to keep his kingdom safe from their terrible attacks. A young man by the name of Greckle was a mere stable boy, who would clean the stables and feed the horses and make sure all the horses were well taken care of and happy. He worked very hard at his job, but he never felt very satisfied with it. Even though he loved the horses, he always felt like there was something more he was supposed to do with his life."
"Like ride dragons!" Xander tilted his head up with a bright grin on his face, his fear of the thunder seeming to have vanished as he listened to the story.
"You want to tell the story?" Dash grinned as he tickled his son.
"No!" Xander whined as he squirmed and laughed. "You tell it better."
"Well, if you insist. Now. Where was I?" Dash leaned back again, trying to remember where he was in the story. "Oh, right! So Greckle dreamed of doing something amazing with his life." He smiled as he continued to tell the tale of Greckle the Dragon Rider to his son, who slowly began to doze off as he listened to the familiar story.
Author's Note: Well, I've done quite a few of Danny's life pre-Doctor Dash. XD;; I figured I should do something from Dash's life~
animevampLlover: Thanks~ =)
midnight: Yeah. XD It just sort of struck me to do them meeting for Trio day. XD;;
maltese: I, uh, failed to think of something for Talent Trade. =( Thanks~ Oh? Theories?
Just Will: I think there was one time in episode where Jazz mentions talking with friends or going to meet friends, and we all like "wait! what!? Jazz has friends?!" XD;; I guess since the show is all about Danny, they never thought to actually show Jazz with friends? -.-;; I kind of that feeling that the rest of the students all see Jazz in the wrong light. Like, she's smart and pretty and she's caring. But they see her as a stuck up know-it-all and a bit of a bragger and probably get irritated with her psycho analyzing everything, which seems kind of clear when she's talking about colleges, and the people around just walk away, like "oh, there she goes again, bragging about how smart she is." =( And she's just, you know, trying to talk and hang out with people like a normal teen, but it just comes across wrong to those around her. orz So I can totally see her being jealous of Danny, who has these two great friends that would do everything possible to keep him safe and then Danny falls in love with one of his best friends and settles into this happy life and has a son. And Jazz is just like "why can't I have that too?" Sometimes I wish there had been a really good episode from Jazz's point of view so we could see things from her perspective. Actually, it would have been cool to see things from a lot of the other characters' perspectives. XD;; Get more of inside look into their lives and the way they see things. Haha, I can see Sam being a handful from birth. XD;;;