title: better believe it
author: iniq
fundom and character: Nathan Barley; Dan Ashcroft
theme: 5 stages of grief
rating: r
summary: Nathan at the House of Jones. Dan works through the five stages.
depression
Depression settled in around the third day of Nathan's stay at the House of Jones. It was all wrong.
Dan got up late, when Nathan was already gone. He came home late and slept through Nathan coming home. Basically, he barely noticed that Nathan was even there. And that was what made it so bad. Nathan had sneaked in almost seamlessly.
Nathan was nice to Jones. Nathan was looking for an in by getting Jones a Puretone vinyl. Nathan had bought his own shower gel.
It was pure hell. Dan slumped further into his couch. Nathan needed to go away.
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