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my heart is yours to fill or burst
Who: Ned and Daneel
What: Great big fancy romantic date
Where: House 20 and later the beach
When: Day 80, evening
Ned is a man who likes to plan. He hates surprises; in his experience they have rarely led to happiness. This thing developing between him and Daneel was a surprise, though, and it's already brought him more happiness than he would have thought was possible. Even in a place like this, even considering both of their particular circumstances, he's found an unlooked-for joy. It's easier to recognize how much it means to him now, several days on from that failed attempt at escape. That made him re-think his priorities and realize that, after all, he isn't so miserable here, and Daneel is a big part of that.
But they still haven't even been on what he would call an official date, and he wants to change that. Not necessarily because he holds with all the traditional forms of courtship, or because he thinks they need to behave in a way that would make their relationship comprehensible to others. He just thinks it would be nice. And so, because spontaneity is not his strong suit, he's been planning.
So Ned knocks on Daneel's door that evening, opens it when he hears himself given permission. He waits in the doorway, a rather large bouquet of flowers held between his hands. Ned might have spent most of the day in a sweaty old t-shirt with his hands in the dirt, but he cleans up just fine. He's wearing something particularly nice, tonight, for the occasion.
"These are for you," he says, holding them out. "I thought, if you weren't busy tonight, maybe we could go for a walk on the beach. Y'know, uh. As a date." Ned is starting to learn that sometimes it's best, with Daneel, that he's very literal and clear, that he doesn't let himself slip to his bad habit of only implying things or half-saying them, out of shyness.
"If you want."
He only sounds a hint timid as he adds that last bit. Less so he might have done in the past. Because Daneel has said more than once that he enjoys spending time with Ned, that being around Ned makes him happy, in his way. Ned still only half-believes it, but half-believing it is a significant improvement over not believing it at all. Real change, lasting change, has to come by slow increments, hard-fought-for and precious.
What: Great big fancy romantic date
Where: House 20 and later the beach
When: Day 80, evening
Ned is a man who likes to plan. He hates surprises; in his experience they have rarely led to happiness. This thing developing between him and Daneel was a surprise, though, and it's already brought him more happiness than he would have thought was possible. Even in a place like this, even considering both of their particular circumstances, he's found an unlooked-for joy. It's easier to recognize how much it means to him now, several days on from that failed attempt at escape. That made him re-think his priorities and realize that, after all, he isn't so miserable here, and Daneel is a big part of that.
But they still haven't even been on what he would call an official date, and he wants to change that. Not necessarily because he holds with all the traditional forms of courtship, or because he thinks they need to behave in a way that would make their relationship comprehensible to others. He just thinks it would be nice. And so, because spontaneity is not his strong suit, he's been planning.
So Ned knocks on Daneel's door that evening, opens it when he hears himself given permission. He waits in the doorway, a rather large bouquet of flowers held between his hands. Ned might have spent most of the day in a sweaty old t-shirt with his hands in the dirt, but he cleans up just fine. He's wearing something particularly nice, tonight, for the occasion.
"These are for you," he says, holding them out. "I thought, if you weren't busy tonight, maybe we could go for a walk on the beach. Y'know, uh. As a date." Ned is starting to learn that sometimes it's best, with Daneel, that he's very literal and clear, that he doesn't let himself slip to his bad habit of only implying things or half-saying them, out of shyness.
"If you want."
He only sounds a hint timid as he adds that last bit. Less so he might have done in the past. Because Daneel has said more than once that he enjoys spending time with Ned, that being around Ned makes him happy, in his way. Ned still only half-believes it, but half-believing it is a significant improvement over not believing it at all. Real change, lasting change, has to come by slow increments, hard-fought-for and precious.