SN Fic: Epiphany

[out_there]

Title: Epiphany
Fandom: Sports Night
Pairing: Dan/Casey
Notes: Unbeta'd. Inspired by this shot of Josh Charles. And celli.

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Epiphany

Casey blinked, scrunched his eyes closed as he yawned, and then blearily opened them again. Dan was sitting on the floor, across the doorway, just watching him. "What?"

Dan smiled softly and shook his head. "Nothing."

"Nothing?" Casey asked doubtfully. "I have a hard time believing that."

"Believing what?"

Casey sat up on the bed, stretching his neck. "That you're sitting in the doorway, watching me as if I'm your favourite stuffed toy from childhood, and that there's no reason for it."

"Ah," Dan said softly. "I had an epiphany."

"An epiphany?" It was too early in the morning for Casey to make that sound as sarcastic as it should have. "That's even worse than nothing."

Dan's smile just got a little wider, but his voice remained low. "Did you want to hear my epiphany?"

"Isn't there a law against life-changing events being shared before breakfast?" Casey asked and Dan shrugged. "Shouldn't I get coffee first?"

"There's a fresh lot in the kitchen," Dan offered. "But this isn't a life-changing event. It's just... a realisation."

Casey sighed. It was hard to keep up the expected level of ironic cynicism when Dan was smiling like that, watching him with such a tender expression. "Okay, tell me."

Casey winced, waiting for something unspeakably bad, but Dan just said, "You snore."

"I snore?"

"You snore."

Casey blinked. "And that's your epiphany? That after sleeping together for five months, you've realised I snore?"

"No." Dan shook his head.

"Then what was it?"

"You snore," Dan repeated, and then smiled that sweet smile again. "You snore, and I don't mind it."

Casey sighed and wondered if he should have asked for caffiene. "You don't mind it?"

"It occured to me that I don't mind it. I'm used to you snoring. That..." Dan paused, but his smile didn't change. "That I'd find it weird to go to sleep without you snoring."

"And that realisation made you want to sit in the doorway to sleep?"

"Oh, I didn't sleep."

"Danny, I just woke up. Have a little pity on the caffiene-deprived," Casey whined shamelessly. "Why would you stay awake, sitting in the doorway?"

"I stayed up, watching you sleep." Dan stood up easily and padded over to the bed.

Casey was still confused. "Because you're used to me snoring?"

"Not because I'm used to you snoring, Case," Dan said, wrapping a cool hand around the back of Casey's neck, "but because it feels like home."

Casey blinked, feeling the smile slowly stretch across his face. "Huh."

Dan smiled back at him. "Yeah, not life-changing," Dan said gently, and then pressed a soft kiss against Casey's smile.

"No?"

"Just..." Dan shrugged. "An epiphany."

The End

Comments

[out-there.livejournal.com]

Awww. That's sweet.

Thank you!

And such an adorable picture.

Indeed. Although, I actually like his huge hair... *g* And, really, any film that features Josh Charles mostly naked, and eyefucking another guy *while* mostly naked? Has to be a good thing!