Haven Slash
Pairing: Nathan/Duke
Rating: T Pre-slash
Summary: Nathan can feel some things. Minor spoilers for Harmony
Just because Nathan can’t feel pain doesn’t mean he hasn’t any feelings. Duke's remarks hurt him more than a dagger through his heart.
“Does she know you’re not a real boy?”
Nathan can still hear Duke taunting him. Maybe he condition has made him wooden when it comes to making connections, but like the puppet Duke alluded to, he does long to be normal.
Normal is relative in Haven, so what Nathan really means is that he wants to make that physical connection that makes being alive worth living for. Nathan knows he’s not the normal boy the chief would have loved to have, could have learned to love. He’s fine with that. He knows the feelings he has even now aren’t considered normal by most. He’s fine with that too. What he isn’t fine with is the one person he wishes would understand doesn’t.
He and Duke aren’t that different. Duke stays disconnected from the rest of Haven; living on the fringe. Duke clings to his bad boy, rebel image to keep others from getting to close. Nathan can see right through Duke's thug life image. He just doesn’t know how to connect with him. The only way he can think of is to be in his face, on his case as much as possible. Nathan hopes that maybe, just maybe Duke will read between the lines, connect the dots and realize they’re both not real boys in similar ways. Nathan hopes that maybe Duke who seems to be running from human companionship admist a sea of meaningless relationships will get his meaning and realize that this man who can’t feel has feelings for him.
Until then, Nathan will guard his own heart until the time is right and keep vigil against all the strange things, the troubles that have returned to Haven. He hopes the troubles don’t touch Duke, and if they do only enough to bring them together.
Nathan considers Duke's words. “No I’m not a real boy, but I’m the right man for you.”
Rating: T Pre-slash
Summary: Nathan can feel some things. Minor spoilers for Harmony
Just because Nathan can’t feel pain doesn’t mean he hasn’t any feelings. Duke's remarks hurt him more than a dagger through his heart.
“Does she know you’re not a real boy?”
Nathan can still hear Duke taunting him. Maybe he condition has made him wooden when it comes to making connections, but like the puppet Duke alluded to, he does long to be normal.
Normal is relative in Haven, so what Nathan really means is that he wants to make that physical connection that makes being alive worth living for. Nathan knows he’s not the normal boy the chief would have loved to have, could have learned to love. He’s fine with that. He knows the feelings he has even now aren’t considered normal by most. He’s fine with that too. What he isn’t fine with is the one person he wishes would understand doesn’t.
He and Duke aren’t that different. Duke stays disconnected from the rest of Haven; living on the fringe. Duke clings to his bad boy, rebel image to keep others from getting to close. Nathan can see right through Duke's thug life image. He just doesn’t know how to connect with him. The only way he can think of is to be in his face, on his case as much as possible. Nathan hopes that maybe, just maybe Duke will read between the lines, connect the dots and realize they’re both not real boys in similar ways. Nathan hopes that maybe Duke who seems to be running from human companionship admist a sea of meaningless relationships will get his meaning and realize that this man who can’t feel has feelings for him.
Until then, Nathan will guard his own heart until the time is right and keep vigil against all the strange things, the troubles that have returned to Haven. He hopes the troubles don’t touch Duke, and if they do only enough to bring them together.
Nathan considers Duke's words. “No I’m not a real boy, but I’m the right man for you.”