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Danny[18] goes to live with Aunt Alicia on the family farm for a gap year, which just so happens to be in Smallville. He’s been there since January. A town in the middle of nowhere with at least a nice small population of people, it's not a big jump from small town Amity Park.
Duke[18] doesn’t usually visit the Kents but he had nothing better to do and Damian[16] wanted to go see Jon[15] for the summer, so roadtrip it was. Besides, Duke didn’t have much else to do and Martha & Jonathan had invited him to stay as well. It’ll be fun to just get away from the constant buzz of Gotham.
The Palad Family Farm has a rasberry orchard [it should be spelled this way or like raz(s)berry, not fucking RASPberry I had to fucking look this up, it’s only ever been spelled rasberry in my head, english can go suck my dick [sorry bout that anyways]] with a couple chikens and cow and a produce garden. it’s off to the side compared to the others in Smallville, separated by a line of trees that you might be able to call a forest. Their closest neighbors are the Kents, and that’s through the trees.
● For this AU i changed the boys’ appearance a little bit
● Duke is less emo-punk and more punk-emo when it comes to his aesthetic
● Danny’s bigger in the muscle aspect kinda like a toned down version of Jack
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About a week into their stay Danny comes over to the Kent’s to bring over some rasberries as a gift.
The kids just so happen to be hanging out outside when he walks up.
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Duke sat lounging on a chair he’d dragged out to the front lawn, reading his book which sat heavy between his cross legs.
Damian and Jon were further into the brush chatting and messing around.
The only thing really odd were the sunglasses the brothers wore, heavily shaded and thick, with the bright Kansas sun and being from one of the gloomiest cities of the world it was practically a necessity.
Jon paused as he spoke and looked down the road, both brothers turned their heads in interest.
A couple meters down the road a young man Duke’s age was walking their way, a straw garden hat on his head, holding a crate in his arms.
The kryptonian smiled and stood up waving at the approaching stranger, “Hey Danny!” he shouted in greeting.
The stranger whose name was evidently named Danny walked up the driveway to the Kent house.
“Hey Jon! Who are your friends?” He said with a smile.
“Damian and Duke, family friends. They’re visiting for the summer.” Jon said happily as he pointed at each sibling.
Damian stood up and walked over to Jon’s side “Nice to meet you” . His voice was as flat as it always was with strangers.
Duke nodded at Danny, “Sup.”
Danny nodded back with a smile, before turning back to Jon, “Me and Aunt Alicia harvested some rasberries yesterday, we got a lot and where wondering if y’all wanted some.”
Jon’s face lit up like a star, “Fuck yeah! Ma’s gonna love ‘em! Come on!”
Jon took Damian’s hand and pulled him back to the house, Damian and Danny following. Duke sighed and decided to go as well, closing his book he stood up and caught up with them. He ended up walking side by side with Danny.
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Danny looks down to the shorter boy walking by his side. Duke is gorgeous in an ethereal way, brown eyes almost glowing under his sunnies, winged with perfect black eyeliner. His face was stoic in the same way Damian’s was, little to no emotion shown. It didn’t take away from his serene and chill vibes though.
Duke glances up at Danny, and the taller boy quickly looks away to the Kent house, face flushed.
He almost missed the playful smirk that spread on Duke’s face.
● Ma thanks Danny for the raspberry and ropes him into chatting for a bit with the boys adding little commentary and things
● Duke’s trying to not be obvious about staring at Danny’s muscles
● Dami & Jon notice of course
Jon and Dami glanced at each other as Duke tried to grab their attention, desperately trying to make them stop whatever they were scheming.
“Hey Danny?” Jon says
Danny looks towards the teen, “Yeah?”
“Damian and Duke kinda just got to Smallville and they haven’t even gone all that deep into the fields, – Jon leans in a bit with a wide smile – We could go out tomorrow and us country kids could show them around?”
“I wouldn’t mind that, how ‘bout ‘round after 10?” Danny afford with a smile.
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● Danny shows them around the area near his family’s farm
● Damian and Jon end up scurrying off to let Danny & Duke be alone, of course they’re watching from the sidelines
● Duke pretends to be externally calm but is kinda freaking out on the inside his internal monologue is “Hot Boy Hot Boy That was so fucking weird don’t say that again God he’s so fucking funny I kinda wanna kiss him”
● Danny is much the same, but he’s not very good at hiding how flustered he is, he’s smiling like a goof and his face is all flushed “Pretty Boy Cute Boy Pretty Goth Boy I have a type Ancients I wanna kiss him”
● Duke is not so subtly flirting with Danny, complementing his muscle, being actively interested when Danny talks about the farm and his friends back home
● Danny’s also flirting back of course, drifting closer to Duke, asking him about Gotham and his friend, the book he was reading yesterday
● When they get to the Palad family farm, Jon and Dami had already gotten there and where drinking some sweet tea with Alicia
● Alicia is of course entertained with Danny’s crush, and watches as he and Duke walk around the rasberry orchard
● When Jon and the brothers have to go back Duke and Danny trade numbers, even though they’ll probably talk again tomorrow and basically the rest of the summer
● They’re both smitten with each other
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Duke and Damian are in the attic of the Kent farmhouse, each on their own twin bed on either side of the room
Duke: *yearning sigh*
Dami *teasing*: You like the Palad boy don’t you?
Duke *suspicious*: No ... Whatcha gonna do about it?
Dami: Oh nothing it’s just funny, you always said you wouldn’t fall for someone on the family type list
Duke: What are you- *realization* oh OH! Screw you, you can’t say shit Dames! *chucks pillow at Dami who’s laughing* I see how you look at Jon *teasing*
Dami: Shush! Don’t say that he could hear you!
Duke *smirking* : Or what? not my country boy to worry about
Dami groans and flops into pillow tossing back Duke’s pillow & flipping him off
Duke laughs and lays onto his back, staring up at the ceiling with a smile, before closing his eyes and going to sleep
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Danny and Alicia are eating dinner
Alicia: So the Wayne boys, I only really got to talk to Damian, what’s Duke like?
Danny *excited*: Oh he’s so cool! He’s reading this romance novel right now. Sounds really cool, so I might drop by the library to check if they have it!
As Danny talks about Duke, Alicia watches him with a smile
Alicia: When are you gonna go out and see him again?
Danny: Not sure, but I hope sooner or later
Alicia: mmm, If you like so much you better ask him out soon
Danny *high pitched*: What!
Alicia *laughing*: Duke’s the new mysterious pretty boy in town. The other kids your age will be falling over themselves to get to know him
Danny tries not to let himself look stressed, Alicia shakes her head fondly
Alicia: Don’t worry to much kid, Duke already seems to like you, you’ve got a good chance of winning his heart
Danny sighs at his food
Danny: I hope so
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● I don’t know where I wanna put this but like Alicia has a weird reputation in Smallville
● She doesn’t leave her farm very often, only for big events like the Farmers market
● And she has most of everything she needs for food at her farm
● If she does need to buy something she’ll pop into town at the weirdest of times and leave quickly
● When Danny comes around this doesn’t really change, he goes out into town more than her
● There were a couple rumors about Ms.Alicia’s nephew staying for awhile
● Danny’s been basically the line connecting Alicia and the rest of town
● Anyway back to the main plot!
● What Alicia said is true, the few other college kids visiting their family in Smallville do want to get closer to Duke
● Duke doesn’t really mind, since he’s always kinda been popular, but he insists on staying with Danny at all times
● Danny sometimes feels jealous so he often does things to catch Duke’s attention, even though he knows he doesn’t have to do much
● When Summer Farmer’s Market time rolls around a bunch of farmers in Smallville drive to the bigger town nearby Dolmeny Town
● Alicia & Danny have their own stand selling more rasberry desserts & treats, along with some little carved statues that Danny makes
● The Kents also have a stand, selling breads, a few milk products, and flowers pressed and or fresh from Ma’s garden
● The stands are like right across from each other as well, both in the food section
● Danny & Duke staring at each other from across the street, going over to each other’s stands to buy a few things
● Duke complementing the rasberry pastries, and Danny promises to save some for him later
● It ends up becoming a a date, they meet up near the end of the day, Duke brings a bouquet he made and Danny brings some rasberry scones
● They sit at a bench and just start talking about themselves learning more about each other
● Cute stuff like that, by the end of it they’re holding hands when Danny walks Duke back to the Kent’s at the end of the day
● I have other date ideas, as well. Maybe there’s a party or concert going on in Dolmeny that Danny found out about and they go there. I think they’d have similar music tastes
● Going to a cafe, and talking about their favorite foods
● The library, where Duke gets Danny to read some of the romance novels he loves
● Duke buying some gotham brand lemon candy for Danny, like the really sour stuff cause Danny mentioned he liked sour stuff
● Going to the lake for a beach day with the others
● Just hanging out together
● Danny fixing Duke’s makeup cause he’s done it for Sam before
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● Of course I want a scene or part where the rest of the Superfam and Batfam, and the Fentons plus Sam & Tucker of course
● Come over to visit their family in Smallville for the summer, like a week or even just a day or two
● Jazz, Tuck & Sam meeting Duke for the first time and him & Sam immediately getting along
● Conner dragging the kids to a bigger concert than they’ve ever been to before
● Batfam mildly hazing Danny because they can
● The Fentons being able to play wrestle with the Supers with no real problem cause of liminal bullshit
● The three families having a big dinner on the last day with barbecue and such, it’s basically a feast with how many people and food is there
● Danny & Duke walk away near the end and go for a walk together
● The sun’s set and the sky is filled with stars, as Danny talks on about the constellations and planets the two sit together
● Eventually they get to talking about what will happen when the summer's over, Danny’s going to either Caltech or Princeton and Duke will be going back to Gotham U for his second year
● Princeton’s in Gotham, so it would keep them closer, but Caltech has the first best Space Science program in the country
● Duke doesn’t want to affect such a big decision in Danny’s life, and Danny really wants to go to Caltech
● Danny chooses Caltech [Cause he deserves it gosh darnit! and if their relationship doesn’t pan out at least they have a whole country between them]
● They end the night with a kiss!
THE END