I've been trying to come up with a coherent response to this story for a few days now and am utterly failing. It's so clear with this story how much your writing has improved. It's rich with so many tiny details and you can really see the development of their relationship, as well as their motives (however muddled those might be).
A few of my favorite lines: But Dan didn't move then and he doesn't move now, doesn't do anything except listen stock-still on the nights Serena brings boys and men home, sleeps with them either in her room or on her mother's sofa, sends them back out into the cold night before the sun dawns chilly yellow..
Dan's heart does a stupid thing. "I missed you too." (oof, that one says it all)
I think what I was most impressed by, though, was how plausible it was - it felt like something that could really fit into the trajectory of the show itself. This was especially evident with how you describe Dan's efforts to fit in with the UES kids, and his relationship with Blair - the uneasy way he sort of ends up falling in with them.
Overall just a really beautiful piece. Nice work. <3
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A few of my favorite lines: But Dan didn't move then and he doesn't move now, doesn't do anything except listen stock-still on the nights Serena brings boys and men home, sleeps with them either in her room or on her mother's sofa, sends them back out into the cold night before the sun dawns chilly yellow..
Dan's heart does a stupid thing. "I missed you too." (oof, that one says it all)
I think what I was most impressed by, though, was how plausible it was - it felt like something that could really fit into the trajectory of the show itself. This was especially evident with how you describe Dan's efforts to fit in with the UES kids, and his relationship with Blair - the uneasy way he sort of ends up falling in with them.
Overall just a really beautiful piece. Nice work. <3