thisdaringdanny

[thisdaringdanny]

alessafalling‌:

“Oh that was the peak of his career I think. When he was a kid with a bowl cut. His personality definitely plummeted after that, but his music isn’t too shoddy time to time. Lad can still sing even if he’s become a shitty adult.” Essie comments. She doesn’t even pause at his ask either, she starts to softly sing the words to him. Drawing closer to make sure he could hear. Finishing off early in the song so as not to bore him.

“–Ay love, the wise men followed the star The way I followed my heart And it led me to a miracle Ayy love, don’t you buy me nothing (don’t you buy me nothing) ‘Cause I am feeling one thing, your lips on my lips That’s a merry, merry Christmas.”

With that Essie hums in return. “What if someone steals you away in your sleep? You’ll have to find a seat where I can keep an eye on you. You’ll grab a passer by an they’ll never be free if you fell asleep deeply!”

       “Ooooh, lots of judgement for a bloke you haven’t met, unless you have,” he teased, light in his tone even if he wasn’t in his steps. He really was sleepy, his movements was delayed and less precise than he would have liked, but he wanted to stay up for her. It did help when she drew him near, her soft voice in his ear.

       The song was sweet, especially from her lips and Danny hummed no tune in particular to join in. “Bit Jesus-y, but you’re a good carol singer,” Danny smiled down at her.

       “Steals me away in my sleep? Like Freddie Krueger?” he misunderstood due to how tired he was. “I’ll knock out somewhere nearby so you can watch over me, love,” Danny agreed, kissing the top of her head. She’d look out for him very well, so he took the opportunity to stop their dancing and step back from her. “You’re so beautiful tonight, Ess, I’m glad I came back to come with you.”

[thisdaringdanny]

ianncardero‌:

[TXT] she’d like it way more coming from you, hotstuff 8D

[TXT] jaajaja would it be weird if you were in a Steve fanclub too?  I’d be the President and you’d be the founding member

[TXT] oh well you said it right there hombre.  skater style in LA is part of street style. 

[TXT] yeah she mentioned her mom was livid when I was in the jailcell.  have you met her folks? or any of her family?

[TXT] uh why not.  anything savoury. and cheesy.

[TXT] it really gets me in the nostalgia cohones

[TXT] maybe she’s an avid fan of zombie genre and you just hit the jackpot 8D

[ TEXT ]: Hot stuff? I know it. [ TEXT ]: I will join, I feel like I won’t be his favourite participant. [ TEXT ]: One point for me, for knowing that. A useless point. [ TEXT ]: Jailcell? What did you do, mate? [ TEXT ]: Nope. I’ve seen pictures but that’s about it. Heard them over the phone with her too. [ TEXT ]: Nice. Cheese is good. [ TEXT ]: Hmm, guess we’ll see. 

Helmet Head || Danny&Open

[thisdaringdanny]

ianncardero‌:

[TXT] hard headed but sweet jajaja

[TXT] no way, I got a fanclub for them! ask Steve if he likes that.

[TXT] like LA street style!  from the 90s anyway. I don’t know what LA street style is nowadays with the kids

[TXT] yeah safety first, that’s what I like about her.  it definitely speaks ‘adrenaline junkie’ to me

[TXT] it’s like a neon toxic waste slime eye mutant green. 8D so obnoxious that’s why I love it.  Like something from TMNT

[TXT] peacocks and pink fairies? nah, boo.

[ TEXT ]: Accurate description. I think she’d like it, probably the both of us honestly. [ TEXT ]: Oh, he loves it. He hopes you’re the only member, most other people he is quite certain are undeserving of being his fan. [ TEXT ]: I don’t know any of the LA style is, I’d just assume like skateboards and piers? [ TEXT ]: Nice. I did it! Her Mum might be less mad I bought her the bike now she has a helmet. [ TEXT ]: I owe you a pastry. Got a preference? [ TEXT ]: Yes! That’s 90′s everywhere. Dummy good. [ TEXT ]: Right? Not, Ess. Not that zombie eyes are but more so than those things.

Helmet Head || Danny&Open

[thisdaringdanny]

ianncardero‌:

[TXT] lil honeydew

[TXT] ahhhh I think I might be more friends with Finn.  Like me and Steve 8D

[TXT] but Essie’s a good little egg.

[TXT] OH WOW ajajaj I fucking love that helmet!  it’s so LA.

[TXT] is she big into gore graffiti style and shit?

[ TEXT ]: Honeydew head. That’s cute, mate. [ TEXT ]: Our lil familiars got an Iann Cardero fan club. [ TEXT ]: She is. [ TEXT ]: It is? Because it’s stylish? [ TEXT ]: No, but for a dare devil she’s very concerned about her safety so I figured when we go off roading something bright would make the most sense. Plus her bike is green, too match her wings. [ TEXT ]: I tried to find a helmet with wings but I could only find a peacock one and then like one with a pink fairy on it and that just made me mad.

Helmet Head || Danny&Open

[thisdaringdanny]

ephrampettaline‌:

TXT: oh jesus. We should probably stop this line of conversation in its tracks XD

TXT: My head only looks small to people who view it from waaaay down there! All y’all are short, SHORT

TXT: aww hey man that’s really nice of you to say. I appreciate it, a lot :)

TXT: do they have anything interesting to drink? I’m in the mood to try out weirdness if they got any!

TXT: Which reminds me did you eat any of those milky light bars that got left in the lunchroom the other day? Because some folks got, uh, side effects. The ‘light’ part of the bars made em go all glowy under their skin like people-shaped night lights

[ TEXT ]: Got it. [ TEXT ]: Way down here? I’m only a few inches shorter, not a whole foot or nothing. [ TEXT ]: Glad for it. [ TEXT ]: Possibly...I haven’t been to the place before. Think it sprung up while I was home for the holidays. [ TEXT ]: I did not, Steve’s got me eating better since we got back. I may have eaten a whole pavlova to myself... Sounds like something Finn might have eaten though, he’s always scampering around for snacks.

Helmet Head || Danny&Open

[thisdaringdanny]

ianncardero‌:

[TXT] Danny Harrison?  You might’ve sent this to the wrong guy, pal

[TXT] although I’m pretty sure we have the same size melon yeah.  Her noggin is huge.  Or maybe mine is small. jajaja

[TXT] It’s Iann Cardero, btw.

[ TEXT ]: I’d say her melon is small but it’s probably perspective. [ TEXT ]: Oh yeah, wrong number. [ TEXT ]: But a good number, you and Essie are mates, yeah? [ TEXT ]: What do you think? [ IMG ] [ TEXT ]: Too much or perfect amount?

Helmet Head || Danny&Open

[thisdaringdanny]

alessafalling‌:

“Well it had to be awful since he complained so much about it prior, so it was Justin Bieber, mistletoe.” Essie laughs “Just because he was complaining so much, but I knew he’d agree to sing, I hear him humming around the department all the time.” 

“You’ll dress like Santa? All in red?  Glamour your chops white?” The simple idea of it set her off grinning however, even as their movements slowed down despite the peppy tune the band were playing. “That’ll be funny, I’m going to hold you to that.” Essie looks up at him an his sleepy face and hums softly. “You’re really struggling huh? We don’t have to stay long if you don’t wanna.”

         “I didn’t know he did Christmas songs, I only remember that one from High School where he repeated the world ‘baby’ a bunch of times,” he chuckled lightly. He assumed she had done this with Joey since he was the only new deputy that Danny knew of, but he had been away a while in Aus. “Sing it to meeeee,” he requested, though music was playing.

         Danny nodded, not having even considered a glamour for his beard. “Sexy Santa,” Danny chuckled a laziness to the laugh as it came out slower than usual, and not quite so bellowing from his chest. “Shhhhh,” he insisted, kissing the top of her head. “We can stay, you will want to see your friends. I’ll just find a chair to nap in once you tire of me and find some of your mates.”

[thisdaringdanny]

ephrampettaline‌:

TXT: It was awful cute. I don’t think she cares to sniff at my hatbands the way my husband does though.

TXT: That’s right! You played yourself! By sending the wrong person that text hah hah

TXT: It’s weirdly comforting when people call me ‘mate’ btw

TXT: ohhhhhh I guess that’s true. I am not too educated on the differences between vegan and gluten free and keto and all that to tell you the truth so get me whatever you think I should have lol

[ TEXT ]: Maybe, never know. Maybe you’ve got good pheromones, I won’t be upset if she did, long as she doesn’t go too far out of her way. That’d just be unprofessional. [ TEXT ]: I did. Though right person, I guess your head just looked small to me, but I’d got a huge head. Real thick. Haaaaa. [ TEXT ]: You are my mate! Even if we aren’t super close we’re definitely mates. I got a lot of respect for you. [ TEXT ]: I’ll pick you something good. Place looks yummy.

Helmet Head || Danny&Open

[thisdaringdanny]

ephrampettaline‌:

TXT: no she put on one of my Stetsons once and it went down to her earlobes

TXT: I still want that pastry tho

TXT: You pick one out for me! not Steve. I don’t want anything healthy and/or vegan today

[ TEXT ]: Aww, poor girl with her wee head. [ TEXT ]: Well now you know I’m going, I can’t say no. [ TEXT ]: I only eat the vegan ones, mate, they taste better. Gluten free is where you start to have taste issues and we’re definitely not that. [ TEXT ]: I’ll grab one filled with eggs and milk for you though. Probably bigger selection.

Helmet Head || Danny&Open

[thisdaringdanny]

Helmet Head || Danny&Open

[ TEXT ]: Hey, I need help getting Essie a bike helmet. [ TEXT ]: You probably have a head the size of hers, yeah? [ TEXT ]: Will grab you a pastry from that new bakery if you help.

[thisdaringdanny]

Daniel Harrison status update…feeling cute 😍 with @alessafalling:

we can’t be together today so we ordered the same drink at different places. compare and contrast when we’re done with errands and can be home.

[thisdaringdanny]

alessafalling‌:

“I thought so, at least it was back home I think?” Essie responds, but she’s already over that bridge. She was a fairy, if they were to fall off she was sure she’d not be going fast enough to irreversibly injure either of them. Both of them on such a small bike would slow them down even if she did go her usually too quick speed. “I’ll get one, my mum sent me some cash for my birthday.” The idea has Essie laughing all of a sudden again “Oh my god this is NOT going to win you any brownie points with her.” Nor with her oldest sister either but that was besides the point. 

She rounded the car-park a few times before stopping at the exit onto the road.  Heeding his instructions she had a more smooth turn off onto the tarmac. Something in her is too excited to do much of anything other than giggle madly at the feeling for driving, her short hair ruffled and surely getting tangled as they drove but she didn’t care at all. “Where can I take you, where should we go!?”

          “She sent you cash? Might not work here,” he teased. “Your sickles and galleons won’t work in the states.” He did not know what currency was used in Scotland but it definitely wasn’t fictional money. “I”ll get you one, save your money for chocolate frogs. Why won’t your Mum like this? Now you don’t have to walk to work alone.” 

          Essie drove around the carpark a little, getting her bearings well, Danny occasionally leaning a bit more when she didn’t do quite enough either direction. She’d get used to it, the natural feeling of things. “Let’s go through drive through somewhere, I’m hungry,” he requested, enjoying the idea of Essie trying to handle that situation on her slender bike. “Burgers? Or maybe some Chinese food?”

birthday bikes || alessa&danny

[thisdaringdanny]

alessafalling‌:

“No one goes caroling in Scotland. I was just thinking in general. We tend to pick a song a year to be obsessed with. You’ll find all of us singing it up until Christmas day when we all belt it out after a few drinks. It was that one Kelly Clarkson song last Christmas…I don’t really know what ti was this year, they didn’t sing while i was on the phone. But I’m sure I’ll find out at some point what it was. I’ll tell them what me and the new deputy sang on shift.”

It was a little upsetting to think about, but she had been adamant that she was upholding the tradition. She’d chosen a song all for herself and was just lucky she had someone new who could be goaded into joining in with her. She promised herself that next year she’d be home to join in. So Essie peps herself up and looks up at him, bouncing up on her toes to kiss him and chase the blues away. “Do you lot have traditions?”

        “Oh yeah, what did you two sing?” he asked her. It sounded awful still that Essie hadn’t been able to be with her family that year. Perhaps he’d try and save so the next time he went home then she could too. She couldn’t exactly refuse a non-refundable ticket. Plus, that was two years off.

        “Not really, we open presents pretty slowly because we like thank one another after ever one, and my Dad practically eats a few kilos of king prawns,” he chuckled. None of it sounded like traditional exactly, just incidentally it ended up happening. Shrugging softly he drew Essie in close as they danced, though he wasn’t dancing so much now as sleepily swaying. “We can make a tradition this next Christmas. I’ll dress up like Santa for you,” he smiled softly.

[thisdaringdanny]

alessafalling‌:

“I’ll get something nice and big right across my forehead, i’ll be so stunning.” Essie grins as they dance in a small circle, her heels clicking against the hardwood satisfyingly. 

“I heard the hospital had a little bit of an increase due to people drinking and doing stupid stuff, but otherwise it was just a normal day. Small town, people just kind of keep to themselves on the holidays.” she shrugs. She doesn’t know the exact reasoning, but she’d been glad none the less. It had given her time to call people and pay around. 

“Did you lot sing? You have enough folk for a whole chior in your family. Surely you used that to your advantage?” Her family had a tradition of picking at least one song to sing a year together, usually a few drinks in with the words mushed, but it was still fun. The extra voices from his family she imagined would be amazing to hear. 

          “Hey, done well you never know,” Danny insisted. He could barely hear her heels or anything beyond her voice, it was all too loud and overlapping and he was still a bit too jetlagged to focus on more than one thing.

          He nodded his head gently, that made sense. “I’m glad you weren’t too busy then.”

         “Caroling isn’t really something we do, way too hot back home,” he explained. “Plus we were in the city, in an apartment, so would have been awkward. We did go to a karaoke bar but that was just mostly Dad singing Queen drunk and my sisters trying to do Spice Girls numbers. Still fun,” Danny shrugged as his fingers, entwined with hers, moved them gently to the song. “You go around singing to people?”

[thisdaringdanny]

alessafalling‌:

Danny gets on and Essie feels the excitement and elation filling her up to the brim. Fixing her hold on the handles as instructed and biting her lip, almost vibrating with the engine. 

“…shouldn’t you have one all of the time? Don’t I need one? Isn’t it the law?” She wondered confused, looking back over her shoulder at him. She knew very well that back home it was law to have one, perhaps not on your own property, but as soon as you were on the road you needed the proper stuff just in case. 

But she doesn’t dwell, as much as she knew she needed one, she also didn’t want to wait to drive. Kicking up the stand she takes the bikes balance, wobbling only a moment before nodding towards her toes. Letting the bike jerk forward into a slow drive. Her grin is indescribable. “Holy shit!”

         “Is it the law?” he asked, a genuine curiosity to his words. He’d not looked into it, and tried to recall if Ryden or any of his other friends with bikes wore helmets and it wasn’t quite coming to him. “Would you like me to get you one?” Danny continued as the bike grumbled it’s engine beneath them. It wasn’t quite as rough as his own, worn with age, but it was still an engine beneath them, no hiding that sound.

         Essie kicked up the stand herself, Danny allowing his weight to shift, feet still on the ground as she let it jerk forward for a moment. Though he couldn’t see her grin he could hear it in her words. “Looks like you’re starting to get the hang of it, you just have to go a bit easier, so it rolls instead of jumps,” he insisted, his hand moving over hers to do a softer execration. 

birthday bikes || alessa&danny

[thisdaringdanny]

alessafalling‌:

“Mmhmm.” she hums in agreement, not feeling like correcting him, too busy being incredibly happy and grateful for her gift. She felt like laughing like a villain in a movie. This was absolute madness she honesty couldn’t believe it. Her new years resolution had been to get a car or something to make her life easier, but Danny had taken it into his own hands. 

“…I think you should be on for the test drive. Feet down just in case.” she was really excited but she was also well aware the last time she’d been on a bike she’d been seventeen. It was a far cry from now, and a completely different bike. She’d need a little refresher course. 

Essie then realises. “You drove it here? … Where the helmet?”

         “Sounds like a plan,” Danny agreed of a test drive, stepping forward and getting on the bike behind her, adjusting himself so he was settle on the bike, toes of his boots touching the cement of the stations car parking lot beneath them. Once there he reached his arms around, placing Essie’s hands in the correct positions and his lightly over her own.

          “Yeah,” he answered in her ear. “Uh...at the helmet store? I should have bought you one but I figured you would just be driving home for a while, we can get you one when you off road, probably won’t be til you have a handle on things.”

          Having a helmet for a dirt bike just didn’t click in Danny’s head. Kids drove dirt bikes around town where he lived, on their properties and stuff without shirts or shoes on, let alone a helmet. It was just a different sort of place.

birthday bikes || alessa&danny

[thisdaringdanny]

alessafalling‌:

Essie gives him a dirty look. He was teasing her and she knew it, but she couldn’t help but have her face show just what she thought about the idea of him going base faced again. Especially so soon after he’d gotten back, she’d be missing him in the office again if he did that and she was glad he was kidding. “Nooo.” she intones.

“I will be, a whole sleeve, maybe a face tattoo.” she agrees. “At least you can know I have good taste.” 

“Ah no, just me and the devil.” Essie corrects again uselessly as he’d already caught on. “I had work, I was fine. Completely fine. Work was good that day, nothing mad was happening apart from that shoe, and even then it wasn’t too eventful. Finn and I just hung out.” She tilts her head into his hand a little and smiles up at him. “Christmas alone wasn’t the end of the world, I made deputy collins sing with me.”

          “Noooo,” he mimics in agreement, following it up with a gentle laugh.

           Turning them as they danced slowly together he nodded firmly. “If it’s a face tattoo you end up with I hope you have good taste.”

           “I’m amazed nothing mad happened, I’d always assume Christmas and other holidays are just filled with crimes and bad happenings, but perhaps that’s more the outside world than here.” Danny looked around at the people at the Christmas ball and figured the town just had things more in place. It was a place that need only cater to itself, not a whole country. Things could be a little simpler that way. “I’m glad you were happy and had a good day.”