THAT WENT WELL (Danny, Zoe, Rachel, Liz, Emma and Thomas)

[daniel_marlow]

After a long day messing around in the park, Zoe had invited everyone around to her place for dinner. While Dylan couldn't go, Danny realised he could. And though he didn't usually go around to other people's houses, especially not if he didn't know them that well, he decided it would be okay. Especially since Zoe's mothers were lesbians. They wouldn't look twice at him!

He jogged home to drop off Wolf, for a shower and to change his clothes. Then he returned to the park where one of Zoe's mothers was going to pick them up. Their car was impressive and he lapsed into silence as Rachel chattered to the woman who had been introduced to him as Liz.

Once they arrived at Zoe's house, Danny stared up at it in awe. "It's huge," he whispered to Rachel as they exited the car.

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[daniel_marlow]

When Liz had wrapped Rachel in her sweater and buttoned it up, she rubbed the girl's arms and gave her a little squeeze. The poor girl was all marked up, but she didn't think it was her place to ask. Instead, she just stood beside her.

Thomas stood again, returning to the stove so nothing would burn. "You don't have to apologise, Danny. Like I said, I've been through it and I understand."

Danny inched out from underneath the table, towards Zoe. "W-was it a lady who did it to you? Or a man?"

"It was a man," well a man in someone's head, but it counted. "Named Brian. Terrible person."

Danny nodded sadly. "It was a man who did it to me too. My uncle." To Zoe, he tried to smile, but it mostly came out as a grimace. "I guess I'm not so afraid of Thomas any more. Is he your uncle?"