DJS ━ in which even with him by her side the hate still majorly affects her mental health ━ 𝐁𝐎𝐎𝐊 2
𝗌𝖾𝗊𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝗍𝗈: 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦
𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗱: july 19, 2020
𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱: february 10, 2021
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°AUGUST 6, 2020 los angeles, calif.°
"baby, my nail polish is chipping." daniel walked into his bedroom where ophelia was lying on his bed with kobe and bruce lying on either side of her. ophelia looked up from her calf which she was drawing butterflies upon butterflies with a black pen she had found on daniel's nightstand in front of the picture of them kissing.
she hadn't been having a very good day mentally, and to try and help, she was using the advice beatrice had given her. if she wasn't feeling too good or her dangerous thoughts were beginning to take over, she was to calm herself by bringing her mind to a state of peace by doing something that makes her happy.
"is it really," ophelia asked. daniel nodded and held his hand toward ophelia, her soft hand grabbing his so she could look at his nails. "it's okay, because mine is too, so i can repaint the both of ours."
"yay," daniel smiled. "the nail polish is still in the living room, do you want me to bring it in here?"
ophelia quickly shook her head, "no, no, let's do it out there. we can watch New Girl with christian." getting up from her spot on the bed, ophelia took daniel's significantly larger hand in her's. the pair walked out of daniel's room, both of their dogs calmly walking out in front of them.
as the pair walked through the house, ophelia began to hum the tune to 3 Nights by dominic fike. daniel smiled down at ophelia upon hearing her soft humming, proud if himself knowing he was the reason the song was stuck in the girl's head.
"3 nights at the motel under street lights in the city of palms." daniel softly sang to ophelia. daniel pulled ophelia into him so she was facing him rather than the direction they were walking, their arms wrapped around each other. "i take full credit for that song being stuck in your head."
"and why is that," ophelia questioned, tilting her head to the side with a smile.
"oh how your smile makes me melt inside."
"because i was the one that introduced it to you, duh," daniel replied in a jokingly obvious tone. he effortlessly lifted ophelia at the waists so they were eye level. out of habit, ophelia wrapped her legs around daniel's waists, moving her arms to his neck.
"hi," ophelia signed, laying her head down on daniel's shoulder. daniel sat them both down on the grey couch in the living room in front of the coffee table and couch. after they sat, daniel managed to lift kobe as well and lay him down on the pile of blankets on the inner corner of the couch, covering him up so he could sleep. bruce made himself comfortable sitting on the floor beside daniel's legs.
"hi love," daniel quietly said in return. "were you trying to do the mental excercises beatrice gave you?" he began to slowly trace the butterfly tattoo on ophelia's lower back.
ophelia yawned slightly before answering, "yeah, i was trying to make myself feel a bit better. i'm not having a good day."
"somebodies tired, so we'll save the nail painting for later."
"i know, and i'm sorry. but i'm proud of you for speaking up about it. that is a lot of improvement, love." daniel kissed ophelia's cheek, smiling at the sight of her peacefully closed eyes and newly blushing cheeks. "how about we just watch New Girl with christian, and we'll paint our nails after dinner?"
"no, no, i wanna do them now though," ophelia said rather slowly. her voice was tired as she nuzzled her head further into daniel's neck.
"baby you're clearly tired," daniel chuckled softly, "i promise we'll do them after dinner okay?"
"fine," ophelia gave in. "also, i have an appointment with beatrice tomorrow morning and i was wondering if you would drive me?"
"of course, love," daniel replied as he texted christian to come to the living room.
soon enough, christian did join daniel and ophelia in the living room, sitting beside them both on the couch. daniel did turn on New Girl, starting from where they left off at the beginning of season 5. ophelia didn't end up falling asleep until after watching two episodes of the sitcom, a small smile forming on daniel's face as he felt ophelia's breathing become even and her body completley relax against him.
he never stopped tracing the butterfly tattoo.
five episodes after ophelia fell asleep, featuring christian and daniel having to contain their laughter as best as possible for ophelia's sake, christian ended up leaving out to grab mcdonalds for all three of them. daniel never moved from his spot on the couch in fear of waking his girlfriend. his leg had fallen asleep, but he knew she unintentionally didn't get much sleep the previous night.
now, daniel was sitting in a peaceful silence, going through his camera roll. specifically the album he had created solely for pictures of the sleeping girl in his lap.
the oldest picture so far dated back to 2015. they were on the set of american idol, and it was a picture that keri had took. daniel was holding ophelia in his arms while she had her hands on his red face holding his lips in the form of a smile. and it was after he got voted off. ophelia did everything she could to make him feel better and gave him loads upon loads up moral support.
"this is just a minor set back in your road to success, bub, i promise you." were her exact words. the pair had never hugged for so long until that night.
"maybe that was when i started to fall in love. blindly of course, but falling in love nonetheless."
daniel's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of christian walking into the kitchen rather loudly and ophelia shifting in daniel's lap, slowly waking up.
ophelia softly groaned as she lifted her head with her long hair falling in her face. "hello," she said. her voice was groggy and quiet, filled with sleepiness.
"hi," daniel smiled, maneuvering his head so he could look at ophelia's face. he watched as she, out of habit, rubbed her eyes slightly aggressively and her mouth opened for a yawn.
"oh good you're awake," christian said. he walked toward the pair, handing them each a bag with their meals inside. he placed their drinks in the coffee table before walking back to the kitchen. when he came back, he sat down in the spot he was previously in and pressed play on the next episode of New Girl.
ophelia had only just now processed what was going on, moving herself so she was sitting on the couch, but she leaned against daniel, keeping in close contact.
"waking up from a nap and almost immediately having food handed to me is like a dream come true," she quietly said with a smile.
"say thank you to christian, he did it," daniel replied.
