Twenty Seven Days
He had a bowl of pasta in front of him, a green notebook open beside it, and the expression of a boy who had spent his entire life waiting for a specific door to open and was finally seeing the knob turn.
He looked at Scarlett. He looked at Xavier. He clocked the way they were standing—the default proximity, the way Xavier’s arm brushed hers as they moved.
"How bad?" Danny asked, his voice cracking only slightly.
"Eat your pasta," Scarlett said, pulling out the chair across from him.
"That bad," Danny concluded, picking up his fork.
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