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hey, idk how active you still are on this blog but if you see this, do you happen to know a fanfic where matteo and david are both transmasculine/trans boys? thanks in advance :)

Hey! Sorry 😬, I'm not really active anymore atm. Maybe I'll come back one day.

I know there is at least one like that, I know I've read one but I can't seem to find it. Sorry!!

Maybe one of my followers knows it? Let me know!!

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Hej a while ago I read a davenzi fic and honestly I don’t remember much about plot title author etc. the only thing I know is that Matteo cheated on his exam (like in canon) but when he wanted to get the cheat sheet back it was missing and he was really worried that a teacher found it and he would get expelled. Do you have any idea which fic it could be?

Hey there:) I saw that you already got your answer! Soul-utions to Myth-conceptions is a great fic indeed. I hope you have fun re-reading it <3

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lover’s quarrel    

Author: brokenheartsclub

Summary:

“Don’t you think you’re overreacting, bro?” Jonas’ sharp inhale was the first thing that Matteo heard but David’s scoff of offense followed shortly after. He moved to lean closer to Matteo, coming in view of the camera and softening the tension between the headphone wire and Matteo put down the controller, giving David the most innocent expression he could muster up completely. He kept his blue eyes wide, pale lips curled in a slight frown. He knew David’s weaknesses and this was one of them. Although, judging by his boyfriend’s expression, he wasn’t doing a good job.

alternatively: matteo calls david bro and david isn’t too pleased.

Info:  1k | Gen | Established relationship, Fluff

Notes: This is pure chaotic energy, fluffy and very cute!

Sneak Peak:

  “No!” Matteo shouted, yanking the earbud away from David at the same time he lifted his foot and kicked him. David made a strangled noise, mostly from surprise, as he looked at Matteo with a wide-eyed expression, his hand gripping onto Matteo’s foot. They both sat there in shock, Matteo’s hand over his mouth and David stifling a loud laugh. With his free hand, David leaned forward and slammed the laptop shut, keeping his eyes trained on Matteo. They could deal with their friends later.

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Can you imagine yourself in DRUCK season 3? In which clip or setting? 🤖

robot anon, you’re back!! Hi, how are you?

what I love about season 3 is that I can see myself in a lot of situations with them because that’s what my ~youth looked like , playing ping pong, chilling in the living room, and of course the abi prank that looked like so much fun!

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9: Underwater Kiss because we didn't got one for Davenzi?

9. Underwater Kiss

David doesn’t think before pushing Matteo into the water. He doesn’t even realise how close they are to the edge, how easy it is to fall in. Matteo obviously isn’t expecting it, either, because he latches on to David’s sleeve as he teeters back on his heels and takes him in with him.

Matteo shouts a curse just a second before they submerge, but David thinks to suck in his breath. It’s almost shocked out of him with the chill of the water, but he manages to keep himself from taking anything in, floundering for just a few seconds before he kicks himself to the surface.

Matteo is already there, coughing and spluttering, shaking water droplets out of his hair, and David can’t help but breath a laugh.

His boyfriend scowls at him, then grins devilishly and ducks back under the water. David doesn’t realise what’s happening in enough time to get away, and he’s pulled under by the waist, Matteo’s arms sliding around him and keeping him from going too far.

It takes a moment for him to get his bearings, and by that time Matteo is already kissing him, lips soft even with the slickness of the water. David latches onto his shoulders and manages to kiss him back, feeling light and giddy even while his lungs strain. He doesn’t quite mind, when it’s Matteo stealing his breath.

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The Snowball War

Author: startagainbuttercup

Summary:

It is not a usual thing to happen, so Matteo can't believe his eyes. He's looking out of the window, and all he sees is white. A lot of clean, whitest snow. In Berlin. In the middle of December.

"What are you doing here?" David's arms embrace him from the back and David's lips appear next to Matteo's ear. "You are looking out of the window for the last 10 minu-"

David's voice cuts off as his jaw drops on Matteo's shoulder.

"Wow," he manages to say. "Yeah," Matteo answers.

They stand like this for another 10 minutes, staring at snowflakes floating in the air and carefully landing on the white ground.

Info:  1.3k | General | Established Relationship, Snow

Notes: Do I like this because I’m basically Matteo, staring out of the window for 10 minutes? Maybe so... But it’s also really cute and deals with one of my favorite characteristics of David, being competitive as fuck.

Sneak Peak:

Of course, they go for a walk that day and of course Matteo, being a little shit he is, puts the snow on David's head. David laughs and throws a snowball in response. That opens the floodgates and 40 minutes later they're all wet and freezing, sitting on the ground and Matteo feels the show in his shoes.

"Do you surrender?" David asks, laughing and taking the show out of his hair.

"No," Matteo says and throws another snowball aiming at his boyfriend's face but missing.

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Snowbound

Author: evakuality

Summary:

The thing about Matteo is that he shines and stings in David’s life in equal measure.

aka, the one where I got a tumblr prompt about them being stuck in a snow storm and who am I to pass over a chance to write a good 'snowed in together' trope?

Info:  31k | Teen and Up | Snowed in, Enemies to Lovers

Notes: Ohhh the pining and the pain from what could have been. Plus being snowed in. How can you not love it.

Sneak Peak:

“Why can’t either of us drive?” David asks, not really intending to be heard but Matteo huffs out a tiny laugh drawing David’s eyes right back up to his face.

“Because we’re lazy fucks,” he says, his eyes glinting as he takes another drag on the smoke between his fingers, then offers it to David.

The smell crashes over him again, and he wrinkles his nose.  Shakes his head.  There’s a flicker of something on Matteo’s face, his eyes shutter for a brief moment before he nods and takes another drag himself.  The hint of a smile is gone, and when Matteo turns his back to the wall and looks up at the sky David knows the conversation is done.

This always happens.  There’s some small start at camaraderie or conversation, but then it shuts down almost as soon as it begins, leaving David ill at ease, body thrumming from a desire he can’t explain and head stuffed full of contradictory thoughts.  Matteo is at once enthralling and exasperating, never opening up enough to let David see inside.  As if that one long ago conversation was all David was ever to be allowed to see and to know and everything else is cut off before it can even begin.

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Open Your Eyes

Author: dusuessekartoffel

Summary:

All Matteo Florenzi wants is to get through his last year at Watford. Get done with school, defeat the Insidious Humdrum and retire from being the Chosen One forever. And best of all: never have to see David Schreibner, his evil vampire roommate and nemesis, again. Except life doesn’t always do what you want it to. So maybe he’s not ready to defeat the Humdrum. And maybe he’s not okay with leaving the World of Mages behind forever. And maybe he doesn’t really want to get rid of David, after all.Or; the Carry On AU nobody asked for, which means enemies to lovers, some pining and a whole lot of magic.

Info:  63k | General | Carry On AU, Enemies to Lovers, Magic

Notes: This fic manages to capture the vibes and some plots and character traits of Carry On perfectly, while still being an original story. It’s super cute, angsty at times, has adorable pining and some unexpected plot twists.

Sneak Peak:

Matteo:

David once told me that I’m the worst Chosen One who’s ever been chosen. I would never ever tell him so, but I think he’s right. I have no idea how I’m supposed to save the World of Mages when there’s days where I can barely get out of bed. I think some days my energy is fuelled purely by the fact that I don’t want David to see me like that. He’s the only reason I get up in the morning sometimes.

That makes it sound like I like him. I don’t. He’s my archnemesis, so to speak. My evil roommate. The guy who’s going to off me if I don’t off him first.

Which is why I can’t let him see me like this. Broken. He’d never let me hear the end of it if he knew. That there’s something seriously wrong with me and I can’t seem to fix it. Magic can’t seem to fix it.

David:

I think he used to be excited for the fight. He used to overflow with energy and he always seemed like all he wanted was a place to put all of his magic. I guess I should have been more scared for my own life. But lately, I don’t think he wants to fight anymore. He’s different. He’s quieter. Sadder. Some days, I just want to grab him and get him out of here, far away. Hide him in some long forgotten family cottage and don’t let anyone find him. Get him away from all the pressure, from having to be the Chosen One, from having to be anyone. Let him just be a boy.Then I remember that we’re enemies.

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'cause you've been staring at that roof so long I'd swear it's come alive    

Author: Balthamos

Summary:

It's always good between them, yes there's a deep and fundamental understanding between them, the way they can always read each other's needs. But also they just talk, they always talk before, during, and after and because of that it's always beautiful.

Info:  5.6k | Not rated | Established Relationship; Healthy communication; Sex

Notes: Another absolutely beautiful story. I cry everytime I think about how good they are at communication and talking things through.

Sneak Peak:

He always made sure Matteo spoke up because he was bad at putting his own comfort first sometimes. This was what was happening now. So they needed to talk. He sat up and pulled Matteo up with him, sitting opposite him with legs crossed.

“This is important, we can’t brush over it, ok Matteo? I need you to talk to me without shrugging it off, I need you to tell me how you’re feeling right now,” David said.

“Like shit,” Matteo muttered.

“Ok thank you, why?”

“Just do.”

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how the light gets in

Author: myriophyllous

Summary:

Matteo’s getting through his final year of school just fine, thank you. He’s got a giant stack of braille textbooks, a group of friends who love him, he’s mostly admitted (to himself) that he’s gay, and that’s all he really needs, right now.

David’s plan for this year was get in, get out with his Abi done - no attachments, no one finding out that he’s trans. The plan had not left any openings for accidentally falling for Matteo. But here he was anyway.

Info:  16k | Mature | pining, getting together, Blind!Matteo

Notes: This is really cute, some angsty bits but it makes the ending even better. Some pining, some self-doubt, some amazing friends, what more could you want? It’s loosely based on  Hoje Eu Quero Voltar Sozinho /The Way He Looks so if you know this movie you know how adorable it is.

Sneak Peak:

“Oh…” David paused for a second. “Well, I’m hungry for sure - but I was just going to grab a kebab quickly? - There’s a film showing I wanted to go to in about an hour....it’s actually perfect that I walked you home, it's right down the way here - actually, would you maybe want to come with me? It’s one of my favorite films.”

Matteo was not sure whether to laugh or cry that the first time he’s asked out by a boy he likes, it’s to  see a movie . He didn’t have the heart to reply, so he just turned towards David, shrugging with what he hoped was a bemused expression on his face.

“Oh, damn.” David laughed, and he took Matteo’s hand and smacked it onto his own face, literally facepalming. “So I'm a idiot, yeah. Sorry.”

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and the silver lining seems so dim when it hurts    

Author: rikotin

Summary:

David stared at the letter in his hand, reading it through once again, but there it stood, just a short few sentences. Nothing changed no matter how many times he’d read it, and he found himself feeling… Numb.

Based on a tumblr prompt: "If you don't hug me right now I think I might fall apart."

Info:  1.6k | General | Established Relationship; it’s sad guys

Notes: David gets some sad news and needs to be comforted by Matteo. I made myself sad reading it but also it’s so nice that David has someone who can help him and who he can share this with.

Sneak Peak:

David sat on Matteo’s bed, on the same spot where he had finally opened the letter that had arrived the day before. He had postponed opening it on purpose: he had gathered up his things and rushed over to Matteo’s to spend the evening and night there, pointedly trying to think of anything and everything that wasn’t the letter burning in his pocket. Matteo had been quick enough to call him out on it, and David had promised to deal with it first thing in the morning. It hadn’t been as easy as it sounded, his nerves proving to be too much to actually open the goddamn thing right after he opened his eyes after a restless night, and he had ended up psyching himself up all morning. He had told himself over and over again, that whatever it was that the letter brought was something he could handle.

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Omg what about kissing tears from the face for davenzi?

You’re right. What about that, anon, what about that. 

Laura is laughing before she even finishes her joke, and David didn’t even get the punchline but he’s laughing, too. She has one of those laughs, you can’t help but follow whenever you her the loud, unashamed sound. 

They’re sitting cross-legged on their living room floor facing each other eating their respective pizza from a box on their lap. It had been David’s turn to fix dinner, and as he’d rather do anything but cooking, especially after getting used to his boyfriend gladly making them something when it’s David’s turn, he’d gotten them pizza instead. Laura had rolled her eyes when he’d entered the flat with the boxes stacked on his hand, but she’d smiled and settled on the floor. She doesn’t want to show him, but David can tell she’s sort of relieved she doesn’t have to pretend she likes whatever basic dish he’d come up with this time. 

The windows are open, the cool breeze welcomed with open arms. They both like to hear the noises of cars passing and people laughing and children yelling when they’re inside. It’s soothing in a way, to realize you’re part of something bigger, even when you’re just chilling at home. 

David pops the last piece of pizza in his mouth, pushes the now empty box aside, and stretches his legs before laying down on his back, full and comfortable. He enjoys the silence for a moment, closing his eyes to the group that just passed outside the window, and then he feels a buzz against his leg. 

He fishes his phone out of his pocket without moving from his place on the floor. He can’t help but smile when he sees the display name Matteo <3. It’s his default setting when it comes to Matteo, to smile. He can’t help it. 

‘That your boyfriend?’, Laura asks, stretching the o out like they’re still in middle school and smiling teasingly, no doubt having noticed the soft smile on his face. He’s in love, sue him. 

‘Shut up’, he says, but he doesn’t deny it and doesn’t stop smiling. She just laughs and stacks the two boxes before standing and bringing them to the kitchen. David shifts his focus back on his phone.

Hey. You up? 

It’s only ten, so he decides to play along. 

Yeah. You gonna ask me what I’m wearing next?

He watches the read receipt turn on, but there’s no answer. He frowns. Either his boyfriend is taking an absurdly long time to come up with an answer to David’s stupid joke, or David misread the situation. 

Everything okay? 

This time when Matteo reads it, at least he starts typing. Then stops. Starts again. Stops. Before finally sending. 

Can you come over? 

David doesn’t hesitate a second before getting up and start thinking of where he left his keys, before remembering he and Laura decided on having a sibling night in. Which actually, that makes him even more worried because he knows Matteo would never ask him for this if it wasn’t serious. He would’ve remembered this was sibling night and he wouldn’t have interrupted them, because he’s thoughtful like that, and still so scared of overstepping. David is glad he dared asking for this, at least. Maybe he’s starting to trust he could never be too much, or annoy David in any way. 

He’s still holding his phone when he enters the kitchen. Laura’s mid-yawn when he catches her eye, and she takes on look at him before waving him off. ‘Go to your boyfriend. I think I’m gonna go to bed anyway, I’m so tired’, and then she’s gone. She stops one last time right before going in her room, saying ‘I assume I won’t have to wait up for you’, with one eyebrow raised and a fond look on her face. David feels a little bit guilty shaking his head, but he can tell she doesn’t mind and Matteo needs him. 

He lets him know he’s on his way and hurries outside, jumping on his bike as fast as he can. It’s  not a long ride, and the weather’s perfect for this. Barely ten minutes later he rings the doorbell and is buzzed in by Hans. 

He greets Hans and Mia sitting on the couch when he enters the flat, and Hans immediately informs him Matteo is in his room, which David was already expecting. He wishes them a good night and makes his way to Matteo’s room. 

He knocks on the door, pushes it open when he doesn’t get an answer. He panics a bit when he sees the bed is empty, before noticing the balcony door is open, and sure enough when he steps outside, he finds Matteo sitting against one of the walls, staring up at the sky. He doesn’t immediately notice David’s presence, so David says ‘hey’, before stepping a bit closer. Matteo lowers his head at the sound. David smiles at him, but doesn’t get one back. Matteo seems to be relieved to see him, though, his shoulders get just a little less tense, which David counts as a win. 

He moves until he’s standing right next to Matteo, then lowers himself so he’s sitting to the wall adjacent to the one Matteo is leaning against. They’re not touching, David waiting for Matteo to make clear what he wants from David right now as he’s clearly not okay. He can offer him the comfort of his presence, though, and hopes it’s enough to make him feel a little bit better, enough to make him talk about what’s wrong. 

David is glad to see he’s not smoking, though. A few weeks back, Matteo had promised he would try to cut down, at least when it comes to numbing the pain, and he’s actually going through with it. David had expected it to take a little bit longer for Matteo to get used to, but apparently he’d made up his mind and decided to stick with it. David is so proud of him. Matteo doesn’t even realize how strong he is, but David is aware enough for the both of them. 

They sit in silence for a moment, David letting Matteo think, hopefully find his words. He doesn’t mind, this is as good a way to pass the time as any. He can think of many worse things to do than spend time with his boyfriend, even if they’re not doing anything. 

Then Matteo says: ‘Sorry for ruining sibling night.’ He’s not looking at David, staring at his hands instead. 

David’s heart breaks a little bit. ‘You didn’t.’ At Matteo’s unbelieving eye roll, David presses on. ‘You didn’t. We had a really nice evening together and Laura was getting tired anyway. You didn’t ruin or interrupt anything, I promise.’ He wants to add I can see Laura whenever I want, but it’s obvious you need me right now, but he knows Matteo would latch onto the needing aspect and take it the wrong way, start worrying about being too needy again. He’s not in the right mindset for that right now. 

He’s still not looking at David, but he does nod, so that’s a step in the right direction. ‘Wanna tell me what’s wrong?’ He wants to give Matteo the space and time he needs to take the initiative himself, but he’s getting a bit more freaked out the longer this goes on. 

Matteo shrugs, which isn’t really an answer, but at least it shows he’s getting ready to talk. 

‘Can I touch you?’

When Matteo nods, David moves a bit closer. Not close enough to lose sight of Matteo’s face, but close enough to knock one of his socked feet into Matteo’s bare one, and to tangle one of their hands together. Matteo squeezes his hand tight when David reaches out and it goes straight to David’s heart. 

‘My dad called.’

15% of David’s mood switches from worried to angry. He doesn’t like it when Matteo’s dad calls because he doesn’t realize -- or care about -- the effect his words still have on his soft-hearted, sensitive son. When he calls maybe he’s able to forget about the conversation immediately, but Matteo doesn’t and they follow him wherever he goes, spinning around in his head, and they keep hurting. 

‘What did he say?’ 

Matteo shakes his head, squeezes his hand again. David squeezes back, trying to pour all the love he has this for this wonderful boy into the gesture. ‘Nothing really, just asking me about my plans for the future. I had nothing to tell him obviously.’ 

Matteo had taken a gap year after his abi because he’d been so preoccupied with other things that he didn’t have the mental energy to worry about what would be happening months from then, and also because he just had no clue. David had always known exactly what he wanted to do after high school, but he can understand the struggle of finding something that fits, and he knows so many people struggle with making a choice, but Matteo has felt like he was stuck since the school year started and no matter how many times David tells him these things, it doesn’t really get better. 

‘But it’s not really what he said. He just -- He asked about you at one point and how mama was doing, but then he didn’t even really listen to the answer. I could tell he asked because he felt like he had to, but he just doesn’t fucking care. And he was so dismissive of everything I was saying, just wanted to pressure me into making a decision and -- Like, I’m his fucking son, he shouldn’t pretend to care over a phone call every few months.’ 

David moves a bit closer to Matteo, their shoulders touching. If there’s one thing David understands, it’s bad parenting. Their situations are very different, but he gets that it hurts, and that it keeps hurting. All he wants is to hold him so close, but he obviously needs to let this out first, and David isn’t about to interrupt him when he’s getting started. 

‘And I’ve been looking at jobs I could do, or courses to take next year, but I’m not good enough at anything. I feel -- I just feel so useless all the time.’ 

His voice breaks on the last words. ‘I’m so tired.’ And then there are silent tears streaming down his face and David’s resolve breaks. He keeps hold of his hand when he moves to straddle Matteo and holds his face with his other hand. Matteo finally meets David’s eye, the first time since he got here and David’s heart breaks all over. 

Matteo’s eyes look so sad, unsure and confused, like he doesn’t understand what David is doing, why he’s listening to him and trying to comfort him. 

‘Matteo’, David breathes, because he doesn’t know what to say. He wants to take all of his boyfriend’s pain away because he doesn’t deserve this, he’s the last person who deserves this, so he does the only thing he can think of and starts kissing Matteo’s face. He starts with his lips, soft and quick, then moves to up to his nose, then his cheeks and the tears still sliding down. They’re cool against his lips and he wishes kissing them away would take the pain, too. 

In between kisses, he whispers of love and comfort, telling him he loves him so much, that he’s so important, more important to him than Matteo could ever realize, and to his friends too, to his  mother, that his father doesn’t matter, not if he can’t see the amazing person Matteo is. He knows the words are most likely not registering right now, but he feels Matteo’s breathing get more even underneath him, so something he’s doing must be helping and so he doesn’t stop, not until Matteo’s stopped crying, breathing normally again. 

Eventually he manages to convince him to leave the balcony and get into bed, at least, try to get some sleep, David’s not leaving. When he’s in one of these moods, it can take a few days for Matteo to get himself out of it, and David is prepared to help him through it. He’s so glad Matteo reached out to him instead of suffering is silence. 

He holds him so close to him under the sheets, all night. Matteo falls asleep pretty quickly, tired out from feeling so much and letting it all out, but David doesn’t let go. He thinks back to Matteo’s confession that he’s thinking of seeing a therapist from some time back, and hopes he’s still considering it. Thinks of how much he loves him, how much he hates his father. Thinks if someone tried to make him let go of the most beautiful person David’s ever met, they wouldn’t manage. 

He kisses Matteo’s head throughout the night and doesn’t get a lot of sleep, but that’s okay because Matteo does and that’s all he could ask for right now. 

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D E B I S A L M O S T H E R E 🤖

Ouhhhh I've seen those in the tag 🧐 I'm so excited to find out what it is, it sounds like an amazing fan project 🤗

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Crazy stupid, you and me    

Author: wishingonstars

Summary:

Matteo wanted to follow a TikTok trend but it doesn't go as planned.

Info:  1.6k | Teen and Up | Established Relationship, TikTok gone wrong

Notes: This is hilarious and very well written.

Sneak Peak:  One day as he was scrolling through with David on his lap editing, he comes across a certain TikTok.  It was a video of a relationship, where one person surprised their partner by appearing naked in front of them to get their reactions.  Matteo smiled widely at the idea as his imagination conjured up David’s possible reactions if Matteo did this. 

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So kiss me

Author: Vlindervin

Summary:

He manages to keep himself under control until the music switches and he sees Matteo do the silliest, smallest little dance David has ever had the pleasure to see, and something snaps. Everything inside him is screaming to walk over there and push Matteo against the wall, gently box him in with his arms and --

Info:  4k | General | Friends to lovers, pining

Notes: Very cute pining David in a friends to lovers situation

Sneak Peak:

Sometimes, he hangs out with just Matteo, too, and it definitely does not lessen his attraction. He learns more about him and starts to trust him with secrets of his own. Their conversations are often light, but they always feel important, never feel unnecessary. It turns into one of David’s favorite things to do.

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3 Davenzi ; ik Davenzi angst is hard but like pls

okay i got extremely carried away. i apologize in advanced. anyway heres a ridiculously long davenzi flower shop auwarning: mentions of self-harm/suicidal ideation (which is really odd to say after i just said it was a flower shop au but here we are)

“Hi, welcome to Schreiber’s Flowers.”

David didn’t look up from his sketchbook even as he greeted whoever had walked through the door and made the bell ring throughout the small shop.  It had been a slow day and, with 30 minutes left, he was ready to go ahead and close up shop.  However, Laura would yell at him for the rest of his life if he closed early.  What was the point of owning your own store if you can’t close whenever the hell you want?

“Mom’s like flowers, right?” The voice startled David and he looked up to see a boy standing quite close despite being on the other side of the counter.  His bangs hung in front of his eyes as he leaned his elbows on the glass countertop, the tip of his tongue peeking out from his lips as he traced his teeth.

David thought of every slow-motion, heart-stopping, head-spinning scene in every romance movie or show or novel and how he’d always assumed they were stupid.  And, honestly, they were stupid.  Incredibly stupid.  But suddenly this guy was in front of him and his body temperature rose and he almost forgot he had a job to do.   

“Um, yeah, I’d say so,” David responded after an embarrassingly long time.  The guy flashed a lopsided grin, sinking further onto the counter until he was gazing up at David through his hair.  He was easily the cutest guy he’d seen all week.  When he smiled, he definitely might be the cutest all year.  Bless whoever sent him his way.

“It’s your job to say so.”

“Maybe,” David mused, crossing his arms as he leaned forward and gave the guy a little smirk.  He smiled wider.

“I missed her call last week and didn’t call her back and she’s still mad at me.  Got any special flowers for that occasion?” he asked.  David bit down on his lip as he scanned his face, pretending like he actually thought about it.

“Depends on how much you wanna spend.”

“Not much.”

David smiled, “Okay.”

They spent the next twenty or so minutes walking around the shop, talking aimlessly about flowers.  David was more than a little sure that the guy had no idea what he was talking about, but he nodded like he got it.   He smiled sweetly and offered up comments that might pass for witty if David wanted to stretch enough to give him credit.  He did.

The guy ended up settling on three yellow Asiatic lilies without much extra filler in an attempt to keep the price down.  They still looked pretty and, after David wrapped them up, they were big enough to give the illusion that it might’ve been more expensive than they actually were.  David leaned his elbows on the countertop and the guy mimicked.  His heart thudded harder in his chest when he realized that the flowers were the main thing separating their arms from touching.

“You wanna write a note?” David asked.  The guy grinned, nodding his head and his hair covering more of his face.  David found it hard to take his eyes off of him when he dug beneath the register for a slip of paper and a pen.  He slid it over to him, his stomach tightening when their knuckles grazed.

The guy sat there for a moment, leaning over it and not writing a damn thing before looking up at David with those painfully blue eyes, “What do I write?”  David laughed.

“Something simple.  Maybe a ‘please don’t disown me’ might work,” David suggested, the guy before him snorting.  He really needed to get his name.  Or his number.  Both, preferably.

“You, sir, are a genius,” he said, pointing the pen at him before crouching back over the paper.  Something in David’s chest bloomed, heat making its way through his veins and lighting every inch of him on fire.  What the fuck was this.  The guy’s eyes peeked up through his hair again, “You wouldn’t happen to have good handwriting, would you?”

David rolled his eyes as he took the pen from the guy’s hand, “You know, I should just say from it’s from the both of us since I’m doing all the work here.”

“Maybe so. What’s your name?” The guy’s tongue pressed to the back of his teeth and David felt lightheaded.

“David,” he answered, pausing to let his eyes skim over him once again, “and you?”

The guy pushed up on his toes, leaning closer, “Matteo.”

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[davenzi-recs]

23 + davenzi

sorry this was late as hell. special thanks to this soulmate au idea

warning: mentions of suicide

Matteo didn’t know what he was expecting.

He’d heard his whole life of this magical day where, when the clock struck midnight on his 18th birthday, his world would freeze and only he and his soulmate would be unfrozen, free to spend their day together and unbothered.  Of course, everyone else would go on with their day.  It was like the universe would put you and that special someone on a whole new plane of existence.

However, no one really talked about what happened if you didn’t know your soulmate at 18 or couldn’t find them during that day.  He’d searched on it for weeks leading up to the day, reading forum after forum of horror stories.  He’d read more than one on clinically depressed people who spiraled, 24 hours of being absolutely alone with their own head being far too much.  Or anxious people who panicked until they couldn’t take it.  He even read a few who had attempted suicide.  Matteo was hoping he wouldn’t end up in that state of mind.

Still, as he looked around the party that Jonas had thrown and invited the whole school to, he desperately wanted to see someone as unfrozen as he was.  A lonely, pathetic part of him looked to Jonas, hoping he’d be moving.  But he wasn’t, he was frozen with a giant ass smile on face while looking straight at Hanna.  Of course.

“Anyone else unfrozen in here?” Matteo called, a last-ditch attempt at seeing if his soulmate was here.  He wasn’t.

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