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H50 drabble
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1_million_words word of the day prompt: Retire.
Avoidance
In Danny's mind they've reached an impasse. Steve will never retire from the Navy and Danny can't commit to someone who might be snatched away at any moment and shipped off to God-knows-where to die for his country without so much as a by-your-leave. The Navy owns Steve, and Danny won't share him.
So when Steve steps too close, lingers too long, looks at him that way... Danny pretends not to see, not to feel, not to want...
It's better if Steve never knows he has a choice, because then Danny never has to feel the pain of being second-best.
1_million_words word of the day prompt: Retire.Avoidance
In Danny's mind they've reached an impasse. Steve will never retire from the Navy and Danny can't commit to someone who might be snatched away at any moment and shipped off to God-knows-where to die for his country without so much as a by-your-leave. The Navy owns Steve, and Danny won't share him.
So when Steve steps too close, lingers too long, looks at him that way... Danny pretends not to see, not to feel, not to want...
It's better if Steve never knows he has a choice, because then Danny never has to feel the pain of being second-best.
