the hotel, motel, holiday inn

The Convention

Danny's eyes sparkled when we walked up to the Portuguese Culture Centre. There was a large sign lazily hung up announcing that the CEO of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, was there to visit that fateful Wednesday afternoon.

With his guitar case (no guns in there I promise), he proudly pushed open the green side door. There were giant yellow arrows pointing down the hallway. His heart began racing as his steel toe boots scuffed on the carpet.

The arches of the main convention room were above his head when a glare caught his eye from the front of the room.
It was him. The second richest man on planet earth (fuck you Elon Musk) was standing before the metal head teen. For a moment, Danny thought that maybe they had locked eyes. Brown orbs on brown orbs, perhaps?
The younger man found himself a seat and got comfortable for the next hour and a half.

After the dreamy bald man finished his speech about stealing from the poor, Danny, the Danimal, was enlightened. If he wasn't attracted to Jeff before that day, he certainly was now.

His hands were sweating as he stood up to join the meet and greet line. His foot was tapping when a slender arm wrapped around him to cover his eyes.
"Guess whooooo?" Danny knew exactly who it was but he wasn't expecting him to be here. Daniel turned around to reveal Reilly, fully decked out in Kirby merchandise, like always.
Danny's boyfriend.
How could he explain the feelings he had to his own lover?
"Next!" a woman called from in front of the boys. Danny's neck snapped forward to catch a glimpse of the God-like man. The Corey Taylor obsessed boy felt stuck but forced his legs to move closer to the handsomest money hoarder he had ever seen.
"Hey! I'm digging the hair, what's your name big guy?" Jeff smiled and shook the stunned young mans trembling hand.
"D-Danny. Danny, The Danimal, sir." The man smirked at the mention of 'sir'. Danny quickly noticed the attraction between them. It was like electricity. Reilly noticed too.

Danny and Reilly went to McDonalds after the conference as a bit of an unplanned date. Danny was smiling more than he ever had in months because he knew that Jeff Bezos had slipped him his phone number and hotel room number.