SANTA BABY [ ZANIEL ]

9 | ice skating

WRITTEN BY EMME !
-gloomgirls

DECEMBER 31ST, 2020
10:04 AM

"dani," a hushed voice whispered in his ear, getting him to stir around and mumble incoherently. "daniel, it's time to wake up. we have stuff to do."

daniel merely groaned, flipping on his side and away from the boy who was now repeatedly shaking his shoulder.

"zachhhh, go away." daniel whined, attempting to push his hands away. "two more minutes."

a tired grin spread across daniel's face at zach's huff, feeling his hands leave his body. daniel snuggled into his pillow, letting out a content hum as he began to drift back to sleep.

"dani," zach spoke, moving to straddle daniel's back, poking between his shoulder blades to get his attention. "hellooo."

"zachary dean, i will shove you off of this bed."

"it's been three minutes! i even let you sleep an extra minute."

daniel turned on his back, glaring up at the sweet boy above him. the light filtered into the room carefully, casting a warm yet elegant glow upon the white walls and porcelain skin that shaped zach's face.

the sun could never rival the way zach looked at daniel. the smile that always seemed to reach his eyes, rose flush capturing his features perfectly—daniel would never get over this boy.

"why did you want me up so bad, baby. it's barely ten." daniel let his palm rest against the side of zach's face, fingertips burning from the heat rising to his cheeks. his other hand traced patterns along the clothed skin of his thigh, squeezing lightly to deepen his blush.

"the other day you said we could go ice skating." zach reminded him, tone shy and soft, contradicting his previous excitement.

"hmm, i did, didn't i?" daniel played, eyebrows raising in question.

"yep!" zach confirmed, "so that's what we're doing today. i'm bored without anyone else to entertain us. we need to go have some fun."

"i like the way you think."

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the two walked silently from their parking lot to the ice skating rink, content as their gloved hands stayed connected. they waited on the short line to be admitted, zach bursting with nerves as a question burned on the tip of his tongue.

"hey, dani?" zach looked up hesitantly at daniel, face flushed beneath his mask from the constant nip of cold at his skin and daniel's gaze on him. "is this, like, a date?"

"yes, i think this is." daniel confirmed, smiling as zach's head tipped down, a growing smile creeping up his face. he chuckled lightly at his boy's embarrassment, taking hold of both his hands to pull him in. "glad we're on the same page."