Late Night with the Grumps | Danny x Reader Oneshot

Late Night with the Grumps

"Hey, Danny?" Arin called from outside the room.
"Yeah?" Danny answered, maneuvering the microphone.
"I have a small guest. Do you care if she sits in?" he asked, moving into the doorway.
"A guest? It's nearly midnight," Danny said, checking his phone. "As long as she wants to, I guess."
"Awesome!" Arin shouted, ushering you in. "C'mon, ______."
You smiled and waved at the taller man. Meekly, you sat down on the couch and blushed a little as Danny sat next to you. They got the controller set up and began recording.
"Welcome back to Sonic Boom-" Danny started.
"Why do we continue to play this?" Arin interrupted, already encountering a ridiculous glitch in the game.
"-And today," Danny continued, laughing. "We have a special guest with us....who's name I didn't catch. Wow."
"Great job, Dan," Arin commented. "This is ______. She's a friend of mine and Suzy's."
"Ah, fantastic," Danny said, looking at you. "Anything you want to say?"
"Just glad to be here," you smiled.
You settled in and listened to the two men play. You laughed at the antics they faced and listened to the stories they told. They recorded many episodes into the early morning. Soon, you felt yourself drift off to sleep.
"I guess that can be the last episode for tonight, we've been playing for hours," Arin said, turning things off.
"Yeah," Danny replied, trying to stand up, until he realized something. "Dude, she fell asleep on me."
"What? Oh, man. That's adorable," Arin laughed.
"What should I do?" Danny muttered, looking down at you.
"Ha, do whatever you want. I'm going to bed," Arin shrugged, leaving.
Danny glanced back at you, curled up and fast asleep on his right arm. Slowly, he managed to move his arm out from underneath you, but you slumped against his side now. He sighed and pulled you near him so that your head gently rested just below his shoulder. One of your arms subconsciously held at his midsection. Carefully, he adjusted himself and gave one last look at you.
"You're lucky you're cute," he grinned and closed his eyes.

"Dan? You still here?" Arin shouted the next morning. "We have stuff to record."
He heard a familiar snore coming from the Grump Room, and barged in. "How are you still-"
On the couch, he found two of his friends both with their arms around the other dead asleep.
"I didn't think he'd stay with her," Arin smiled, pulling out his phone. "That's precious."
He walked closer and opened his camera. "Man, I gotta show Suzy."
A few photos and some odd minutes later, a tired Danny emerged from the room, meeting a smirking Arin in the kitchen.
"What?" he asked, confused and delirious.
"I didn't say anything," Arin grinned as he continued making his breakfast.
"You have that look though. What happened?"
After being eyed suspiciously for a few minutes, Arin broke down and showed him the photo.
"How did we get mangled into that? I swear I was sitting normally when I fell asleep," Danny said, trying to be matter of fact about the situation.
"If I had know you two would be so drawn to each other, I'd just set you both up," Arin teased.
"Shut up," Danny said quickly. "She's coming!"
You slowly trudged to the kitchen, looking sleepily at the two men.
"Good morning," you yawned. "Sorry I fell asleep on you guys."
"It was actually just on Daniel here," Arin said with a wink.
"Huh?"
"Shhhh! Arin!" Danny growled. "Don't say that!"
"No, what happened?" you asked, more awake now. "C'mon, tell me."
Danny and Arin exchanged glances. Without saying anything, Arin pulled out his phone, showing you the picture.
You studied the picture for a moment before it sank in what was in it. It was innocent, but a little embarrassing.
"Oh," you stuttered, flushing entirely. "I'm sorry."
"No, it's okay. I just didn't want to move you and wake you up," Danny explained.
An awkward silence fell over the room for a couple of minutes before Arin declared that he needed to go get something from the store.
"I'll be back soon. Feel free to play anything you want," he called as he shut the door.
You sat down on the couch back in the game room as Danny filed through games.
"Anything specific you want to play?" he asked, trying to spark conversation.
"I've never been super good at video games, so something easy," you responded quietly.
"Pong?"
"Sure."
As he set up the game, you couldn't stop from looking at him. He was so tall and his hair was different and strange, but you loved it. It was hard not to reach out and touch it. You weren't surprised that you felt comfortable enough to sleep on him.
"Is it okay if I record?" he asked, breaking you from your thoughts. "If it's good, we might post it later on when we run out of stuff. Only if you're okay with it though."
"Yeah, that's fine," you said slowly. "I might be a little shy though."
"Just pretend it's not on."
"It's not the microphone that's making me shy," you muttered under your breath, but he heard it anyway.
He grinned. "Is that so?"
You felt your face heat up. "I'm sorry."
"Stop apologizing," he said, standing up. "You haven't done anything wrong."
Watching him stand at full height intimated you a bit. He towered over you by feet as you sat nervous on the couch.
"I shouldn't have fallen asleep on you," you stuttered out. "And I shouldn't have said what I did before."
"Why not?" he inquired, taking a step closer to you.
"It wasn't appropriate...."
He pulled you to your feet, tilting your face up. "Neither is this, then."
He gave you a chaste kiss against your lips. You were frozen for a moment, but before he pulled away, you stood up on your tiptoes and kissed him back. He wrapped his arms around your waist as you wrapped yours around his neck. Your hands kneaded into his hair as he deepened the kiss. As you pulled away, you were both a little flustered.
Dan sat down on the couch. "Ready to play?"
You smiled and sat down next to him. "Yeah, just one thing though."
"Hmmm?"
"Have we been recording the whole time?" you asked, eyeing the equipment.
His eyes wandered to the blinking red light.
"Shit. Barry, edit that out!"