A Dangerous Hobby

Dom wakes up, stretches and heads over to his computer. No new mail, so Dom decides to check his new favorite hobby: Domlijah Fanfiction.

He wishes all of the happy, sex-filled ones would come true. He even wished some of the sad ones would come true. Not the ones where anyone dies, but the ones where they both love each other but are too afraid to show it. He would go through the pain and suffering these people come up with to experience the sex and smut they, too, come up with.

There is a new Domlijah fic. It's called 'Longing.' He reads it and by the end of the story, the keyboard is stained with his tears.

It is from Elijah's point of view. It's all about Elijah wanting Dom. Dom wishes that Elijah would want him, as much as much as Dom wants Elijah. 

The story hits so close to home. Feelings and emotions that Dom feels so strongly, that he cried himself to sleep last night. And the night before that.

He thinks maybe he is in over his head. He feels like a pussy for reading this. And even more, for crying. But it feels real.

Then Dom notices something. He notices who wrote it. It was written by a person with a familiar email address. Then he realizes something.

It's Elijah's email address.

Dom opens a new document and types whatever comes to his head. Words are flowing through his brain to his fingertips, to the keys and onto the screen. It is the same story only from his point of view. He has to laugh at the fact that the two of them both are pathetic enough to read fanfiction.

He sends it to the author of 'Longing.'

[hey. i enjoyed your story. this is a story that kinda goes along with it just from dom's pov. enjoy it.]

He smiles. It felt strange to talk about 'Dom' as if he were jsut another fan. He also felt relieved that he finally let out his feelings. He jsut about to shut off the computer when an instand message pops up.

[Elwood81: nice story.

Dom freezes. Then slowly he types a response.

[sblomie: i liked yours too
[Elwood81: thanks. i didnt know you liked RPS.
[sblomie: I didn't know you like it either.
[Elwood81: mine's a true story
[sblomie: mine too.
[Elwood81: I can't help but laugh. We both read this crap.
[sblomie: Yea...but its not all crap.
[Elwood81: I know. Im gonna head out now. I'll see you later.
[sblomie: Yea. Bye
[Elwood81: do you want to maybe...go out tonight?
[Elwood81: just us?

Dom feels his fingers shaking as he types his answer.

[sblomie: i'd love to
[Elwood81: great.
[Elwood81: I love you.
[sblomie: I love you too.
[Elwood81: I've been 'Longing' to hear you say that. lol
[sblomie: funny, lij. bye.

He shuts off the computer and sighs in relief. *And people say internet relationships never work...*