they call it a lullaby
rating. pg-13
fandom. gossip girl
characters. dan/serena, small hint of chuck/blair
summary. if dan were superstitious, this would definately be some sort of sign.
warnings. it skips around a lot, but it's supposed to, so...yeah.
fun! whoever knows the line i took from a movie gets 10 points. :D
they call it a lullaby
the first time they fought she was sixteen and cried because it hurt so much more than she ever thought it could (would).
he woke up and she whispered, i miss you, i'm so sorry.
-
there are two guys that stop her in the street and ask her to model for a clothing line. she tells him over dinner and he laughs.
“like you need any more attention.”
she slips him a dare. “what’s that supposed to mean?”
he catches her eye and decides to take it.
“okay, i'm jealous.”
he says it just like that, so nonchalantly, that it makes her blush. “shut up.”
-
on a cold day in december they take a walk around the city. the air is fresh and thick with the murmur of christmas just around the corner and then it snows and the snow is fresh and thick with-
he tends to talk in circles.
her breath is tangible on his lips and her fingers pull at the hem of his shirt. she sways slightly, the wind pushing them together, pulling them apart, billowing like smoke around their heads. if dan were superstitious, this would definitely be some sort of sign.
but it doesn’t really matter right now, because he doesn’t give a shit if the universe is trying to tell him something or not.
“don’t get me anything for christmas.”
“why not?”
“because this is everything.”
“it’s easy to lose everything.”
“so don’t leave me.”
she laughs and kisses him; never, never.
-
when he turns eighteen she throws him a party and tells everyone how he punched chuck on their first date and nearly broke his knuckles.
the room is silent. chuck looks at dan and he shrugs; these things happen, he guesses.
chuck leans back in his seat. “i deserved it.”
nate’s jaw drops. serena breaks a glass. and blair…blair smiles, hiding it behind her hand; he notices, and he thinks that she has so much more to do with this than she’s letting on.
it’s funny, he thinks, how things change.
-
she decides to take a year off, like she planned, and they spend the summer in asia before he heads back to dartmouth for his first semester. they talk every day, broken words crackling over bad connections. she sends him pictures and he misses her a little more.
it’s been four months. “i think you’d better come home soon. too many girls think i'm single; it’s getting sort of ridiculous.”
she hangs up on him, pouting, and immediately books a flight.
-
when she shows up at his college the next day, she finds him in the dining hall talking to another boy and before he can even speak she kisses him in front of everyone.
he pulls back, obviously amused and a bit thunderstruck. “you know i was only kidding.”
she smirks, looking around and wrapping her arms around his waist, seeing more than a few jealous glares. “of course. i just missed you.”
“you’re a liar.”
“but you love me anyway, right?”
“no, i don’t think so.”
“you’re a liar.”
-
he sits on her bed as she finishes up a term paper. her fingers move fast against the keys and she yawns slightly, clicking ‘print’ before swiveling around in her chair to face him. he smiles at her and she sprawls down next to him, completely exhausted. he strokes her back lightly and looks at the pictures framing her room.
“feels like so long ago.”
“i know.”
“i think...we were-” his voice is quiet and he stops.
she meets his eyes, exhaling slowly.
“it was us, who were the lucky ones.”
-
the last time they fought he was twenty-four and he picked her up at a bar on twenty-second street. she said nothing to him the entire ride to his apartment and he almost screamed because it hurt so much more than he ever thought it would (could).
she woke up and he whispered, i miss you, i’m so, so sorry.
fandom. gossip girl
characters. dan/serena, small hint of chuck/blair
summary. if dan were superstitious, this would definately be some sort of sign.
warnings. it skips around a lot, but it's supposed to, so...yeah.
fun! whoever knows the line i took from a movie gets 10 points. :D
they call it a lullaby
the first time they fought she was sixteen and cried because it hurt so much more than she ever thought it could (would).
he woke up and she whispered, i miss you, i'm so sorry.
-
there are two guys that stop her in the street and ask her to model for a clothing line. she tells him over dinner and he laughs.
“like you need any more attention.”
she slips him a dare. “what’s that supposed to mean?”
he catches her eye and decides to take it.
“okay, i'm jealous.”
he says it just like that, so nonchalantly, that it makes her blush. “shut up.”
-
on a cold day in december they take a walk around the city. the air is fresh and thick with the murmur of christmas just around the corner and then it snows and the snow is fresh and thick with-
he tends to talk in circles.
her breath is tangible on his lips and her fingers pull at the hem of his shirt. she sways slightly, the wind pushing them together, pulling them apart, billowing like smoke around their heads. if dan were superstitious, this would definitely be some sort of sign.
but it doesn’t really matter right now, because he doesn’t give a shit if the universe is trying to tell him something or not.
“don’t get me anything for christmas.”
“why not?”
“because this is everything.”
“it’s easy to lose everything.”
“so don’t leave me.”
she laughs and kisses him; never, never.
-
when he turns eighteen she throws him a party and tells everyone how he punched chuck on their first date and nearly broke his knuckles.
the room is silent. chuck looks at dan and he shrugs; these things happen, he guesses.
chuck leans back in his seat. “i deserved it.”
nate’s jaw drops. serena breaks a glass. and blair…blair smiles, hiding it behind her hand; he notices, and he thinks that she has so much more to do with this than she’s letting on.
it’s funny, he thinks, how things change.
-
she decides to take a year off, like she planned, and they spend the summer in asia before he heads back to dartmouth for his first semester. they talk every day, broken words crackling over bad connections. she sends him pictures and he misses her a little more.
it’s been four months. “i think you’d better come home soon. too many girls think i'm single; it’s getting sort of ridiculous.”
she hangs up on him, pouting, and immediately books a flight.
-
when she shows up at his college the next day, she finds him in the dining hall talking to another boy and before he can even speak she kisses him in front of everyone.
he pulls back, obviously amused and a bit thunderstruck. “you know i was only kidding.”
she smirks, looking around and wrapping her arms around his waist, seeing more than a few jealous glares. “of course. i just missed you.”
“you’re a liar.”
“but you love me anyway, right?”
“no, i don’t think so.”
“you’re a liar.”
-
he sits on her bed as she finishes up a term paper. her fingers move fast against the keys and she yawns slightly, clicking ‘print’ before swiveling around in her chair to face him. he smiles at her and she sprawls down next to him, completely exhausted. he strokes her back lightly and looks at the pictures framing her room.
“feels like so long ago.”
“i know.”
“i think...we were-” his voice is quiet and he stops.
she meets his eyes, exhaling slowly.
“it was us, who were the lucky ones.”
-
the last time they fought he was twenty-four and he picked her up at a bar on twenty-second street. she said nothing to him the entire ride to his apartment and he almost screamed because it hurt so much more than he ever thought it would (could).
she woke up and he whispered, i miss you, i’m so, so sorry.