Nightswimming

[valhalla37]

Title: Nightswimming
Characters/Pairings: Daniel/Charlotte
Rating: PG
Summary: "It's dark and smooth, the ocean, like glass; Charlotte's silhouette slices through, moon rippling on the waves in her wake." A midnight interlude.
Spoilers: Vague early S4.
Disclaimer: Not mine.
A/N: Title from REM. More cheesy fluff -- I'm sorry, I can't stop! For fifmeister

Comments

[elliotsmelliot]

This is so sweet. I love that Dan was still wearing his tie and thus had to remove it to swim! And fish, my ass. Charlotte was making a move!

[valhalla37]

Thank you so much!

Haha, I think Dan pretty much lives in that tie, to say the least. And I can totally see Charlotte as being a little sneaky to get what she wants. ;D

[fifmeister]

Oh, this was AWESOME. Perfect interpretation of the prompt! *wicked grin* And speaking as someone who's been on the wrong end of a stingray barb, I can completely understand Charlotte's fear of sea creatures--assuming she really does have such a fear and wasn't just looking for an excuse to get close up and personal with a wet Daniel. ;) I especially loved the ending. Perfectly sweet and fluffy without going overboard on the saccharine. Thank you so much for writing it! :D

[valhalla37]

Thanks so much -- I'm so, so glad you enjoyed! :D

I honestly was initially intending something a little darker and, well, sexier, but like I mentioned in an f-locked post, my muse isn't giving me anything but fluff these days!

I actually have a super-intense fear of anything that lives in water, so it kind of came from that and a little bit of inspiration from my own life. ;P

Thanks again for such a great prompt; it was so much fun to write!

[sedauny]

Sweet, wet, fluffy, Charlotte/Daniel--and next time, they'll be skinny-dipping, right? I loved Dan's conclusion of all the worst ideas, this has to be the absolute best, it just seemed very Daniel-like for him to be arranging his ideas as scientific observations and testing them. And I'll agree with the others that Charlotte's fear of sea creatures might be exaggerated to get Daniel where she wants him! At the very least, she is not sorry to have such a fear when she can take advantage of it.

[valhalla37]

Hahaha, you bet! I wasn't sure if Dan's delicate sensibilities could handle it their first time out. ;D

My read on his character is that everything's a theory to be tested, and even his personal life gets slotted into very scientific terms, like you so rightly said.

At the very least, she is not sorry to have such a fear when she can take advantage of it.

I'd say she's very, very okay with that particular fear at that particular moment!

[franza]

Yes, brilliant! Oh this was very enjoyable, I love to think of on island funtimes, Charlotte clutching on to Dan FTW!!!!

one teeny-tiny insignificant note tho, In England we don't use the term "Varsity" In fact I don't even know what it means eeep, lol but really just a tiny thing that I thought I'd point out as I'm a brit and so it might be of help, or not :P .

Either way, thanks for putting a grin on my face with this fic :D

[valhalla37]

Thank you so much! Yeah, one of my favourite types of Dan/Charlotte fic is freighter or early S4 stuff; anything before it gets all doom and gloom.

Ack, crap -- I really appreciate you letting me know, but I can't believe I didn't double-check that! I even took out high school in the same sentence because I wasn't sure if it had usage in Britain. Daaaamn. Again, thanks for the heads up -- I'm just annoyed at myself for not checking first!

[bold_seer]

"It's silly, really -- irrational fear of ..." She pauses, breaking into a rueful grin and Dan would swear she's blushing only because he knows the look so well. "... sea creatures. Think a fish touched my foot just then, is all."

Ha! This strikes me as a very Charlotte thing to do and say. Adorable! REM FTW!

[valhalla37]

Thanks so much!

And yay! I'm so glad you thought Charlotte's characterization here worked -- I was antsy about making her ... vulnerable, even in a silly and inconsequential way. (And REM FTW, definitely! ;P)