it just felt right to me in the moment
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“Okay,” Stevie says, doing her best to rein in the unique brand of crazy that befalls the Roses in the morning hours. “The old man in room 4 died alone in his sleep.”
“Why do I find that scenario even more bone-chilling than murder?” David asks.
He knows exactly why, of course—he’s spent too many nights alone, abandoned by friends and lovers alike, for something better than he could offer. For far too long the possibility of ending up alone—and therefore dying alone—has been a constant fear that his brain liked to threaten him with, periodically dragging it to the forefront of his mind. Maybe the thought loomed especially large today, considering last night's events.
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Or: A DGIR4 canon-divergence with twice the miscommunication!
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- Part 1 of it just felt right to me in the moment
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There’s something ferocious and finally free inside Patrick's chest, suffusing his whole body with heat. It’s not desire, which is still slowly bubbling and feels like it could do so for the rest of his life now that it’s started. It’s...something else. Something sure. He knows what he wants now after what feels like forever still searching for it. At different stages of his life, Patrick had been awed and more than a little jealous as his friends and cousins found their purpose, those things that gave their lives meaning. For Miri it had been her calligraphy business, and for Jason it had been meeting his wife and building a life together. For Hannah it had been backpacking across the globe in a bid to mark off all the countries on her scratch-off map. Patrick had ordered stationery and been Jason’s best man and gone to London for a week to support all his friends, but none of those ventures had made him feel this right.
Or, Patrick fundamentally misinterprets what "locking it up" is supposed to look like.
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- Part 2 of it just felt right to me in the moment
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Patrick mishears David which leads to love professions.
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- Part 3 of it just felt right to me in the moment
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“I had no idea it would be the Number,” Alexis continues. “David hates doing that. Like, hates it. But our parents always loved it, so I guess he figured it’d make them happy or whatever.” She flips her hair back over one shoulder, glancing around Town Hall in boredom like she hadn’t just revealed something fundamental about the depths to which her brother would go to take care of the people he loves.
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Or, Patrick Brewer loves one (1) ridiculous man.
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- Part 4 of it just felt right to me in the moment
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After David performs the Number, he and Patrick have a chat
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- Part 5 of it just felt right to me in the moment
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The last ten minutes of the drive consists of David attempting not to think about “love” and “Patrick” in the same sentence, but it’s nearly impossible. The harder he tries not to think about it, the more he does.
No, no. It’s way too early for this.
He needs a nap.
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The RIP Moira Rose canon-divergence fic where David realizes much earlier that he's in love with Patrick.
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- Part 7 of it just felt right to me in the moment
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They’d been together a little over three months, but he’d been utterly captivated by David since they met. There was definitely some alternate universe where they hadn’t gotten their shit together, and this serenade held a different significance, no less important, just another end goal in mind.
As much as Patrick wanted to pretend his open mic idea was solely for the store, he knew it was more selfish on his part. He wanted to show off a bit, let David into this part of his life he’d been neglecting since moving to Schitt’s Creek.
Or an "I love you" AU set during Open Mic
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- Part 8 of it just felt right to me in the moment
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While "taking some time" at the spa with Stevie, David calls Patrick in the middle of the night. The lover's curry isn't the only thing churning in his belly. So glad to get to be a part of this!
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- Part 10 of it just felt right to me in the moment
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He can do this. He can love Patrick and not tell him and live with that. Alexis has done it, she’s living her life knowing she’s in love with Ted and not telling him that and just accepting that for herself. Alexis is managing it. If Alexis can manage it then David can manage it. David needs to be able to manage it. Patrick wants to focus on the business and David needs to do that, for Patrick. Because he loves Patrick. And perhaps loving Patrick can just look like this, for now. Doing what Patrick needs him to do and being what Patrick needs him to be. David took his week-long selfish and he figures it's time to be selfless. For Patrick.
or: the olive branch but make it worse before it gets better again.
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- Part 11 of it just felt right to me in the moment
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This is not how David expected his evening to go.
He thought he’d be enjoying some rare privacy with Patrick while Ray was in Elmdale for a business dinner. Instead, he’s standing in Roland’s living room, surrounded by very questionable decorating choices and holding the most horrifying fucking piñata he’s ever seen in his life.
Or, David never thought he’d have a major romantic milestone in Roland Schitt’s living room. It's a lot to handle.
(A canon-divergent AU where Patrick says "I love you" at the baby sprinkle)
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- Part 12 of it just felt right to me in the moment
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“I hate this.”
Patrick tuts, and David scowls as his boyfriend smirks and turns his chin towards him with a patient expression on his face. “I know you do. But it’s helping, right? It’s not as itchy now?”
OR, as Patrick helps David wind down from his difficult day at the store, secrets come out in Ray's bathroom (the most romantic place in Schitt's Creek).
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- Part 13 of it just felt right to me in the moment
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And Patrick’s not stupid; he knows that David has good reason to be hesitant due to his romantic history, knows that the way he found out about Rachel caused a serious backslide in the work Patrick had been putting into slowly dismantling all his carefully curated walls.
Or: everything's the same except three little words haven't been uttered yet as at 5.01.
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- Part 16 of it just felt right to me in the moment