#jonathan x david

[davonati]

They make love out there in the field, before David has to leave for good. It’s fast and messy, with both of their emotions running so high. Yonatan comes with the taste of David’s tears on his tongue.

He stays lying on his back in the grass until the sound of crunching footsteps finally fades away, and only realizes later that, in their utter desperation for each other, he’d forgotten to take any of the usual precautions. But by then, it’s far too late.

***

Four months later, he goes to see David at Horesh. Even in the dim light of the hideout, David looks at him oddly.

“Something’s different about you,” he muses, and Yonatan has to stop himself from reflexively clutching his belly. He’s not showing yet, not really, but he can feel the life growing inside him.

He expects David to approach him then, to explore the planes of his body as he’s done countless times before. He readies himself to tell David the truth, to finally feel the weight of this secret lift off his shoulders. But David comes no closer. He eyes him for another moment and then turns away, pulling out a large map of the Judean territories as he updates Yonatan on his group’s movements over the last few months.

It’s better this way, Yonatan decides. David has enough to worry about at the moment without concerning himself with Yonatan’s health, and there’s no guarantee that the baby will make it to term anyways: it’s not as if Yonatan is willing – or able – to confine himself to bedrest for nine months. When David returns to Giveah, Yonatan can reevaluate the situation. Most likely Yonatan will never need to reveal his mistake; best case scenario, David will have an heir to secure his lineage as he ascends to the throne.

***

Years later, as Yonatan lies bleeding out under the stars, his last thought is to wish he’d gotten the chance to tell David about their son.

[mira-arty]

happy pride month yall-

[m4el-1t0]

From Gilgamesh and Enkidu to Achilles and Patroclus and then David and Jonathan the most prevalent thing in human history we have been warned about are homoerotic codependent friendships and yet you keep talking to the guy you met at 19

[dilutedh2so4]

David and Jonathan from Guido Sanchez's Queer Mythology, illustrated by James Fenner (2024)

[an-hypnos-dri]

something about eyes and souls

[anniflamma]

Guess I have good and bad news now!

The good news is that the David & Jonathan keychains are here, and they look so lovely!!! I was freaking out and so happy when they arrived! They’re a bit darker than I expected, but still gorgeous, the hot gold stamping works perfectly!

Now, the bad news: The reason I made these keychains was that a friend and I planned to share a table at Artist Alley this Närcon Summer… but we didn’t get in. No Artist Alley for me this year. :(

Here’s the funny part, though. While we were discussing Närcon, my mom jumped into the conversation and decided she wanted to apply for a table too. She had this sweet idea to make dice potions, and guess what? She got a table! So now, I’m going to Närcon after all… as my mom’s helper, selling her decor and dice potions!

I’ve thought about selling these keychains online, but I gotta do some research first before opening a shop! Or simply figureing out how the process works.

[marrziy]

|👓~

[doc-davey]

😃….

This reminds me of a ship…

[ncuts]

Mood

[howthebestwaslost-blog]

[xochunja]

Jonathan×David

[m0th-person]

in class today, I introduced two of my friends to David x Jonathan (one rightly said David was a bisexual) and they came up with the point that this doesn’t even have a SHIP NAME.

some ideas they threw out were Danathan or Jovid btw

[screenshotsonpinterest]

The way I feel about Glinda and Elphaba is actually very similar to how I feel about the biblical story of David and Jonathan because I do think it’s really valuable to show intimate, meaningful platonic relationships between the same gender and it’s important that we recognize how these friendships often become our most important in lieu of decent familial ones, it’s representation we need more of

But also they’re gay like they’re so so gay just so gay 

[eonah-w]

Tim Laughlin.

Episode 01 - "You Are Wonderful".

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