Summary: With two of his kids out of the house and nothing else to keep him busy in retirement, Danny goes to college. He makes friends with some of his classmates, and that thing where he sometimes hooks up with Claude turns into a real relationship.
Notes: I started writing this before the lockout, so consider it a slight AU in which Danny never got bought out. The class description is taken from Penn's Fall 2013 critical writing seminar descriptions.
Thanks are due to many, many people. First, to Lake who encouraged me to write this story, read along, and let me talk out the sticky parts. To Pax, who told me about Wharton and read along. (Any errors in the portrayal of Wharton are my own.) To Hanet, who also read along. To the participants in the cheerleading aspect of the Anti-Lockout Squee Fest and my post-lockout check-in email thread, who kept me on track. To the many, many other people told me they were excited about this story or answered questions I threw out on Twitter. Thank you to all of you for your help and support.
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Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7
Notes: I started writing this before the lockout, so consider it a slight AU in which Danny never got bought out. The class description is taken from Penn's Fall 2013 critical writing seminar descriptions.
Thanks are due to many, many people. First, to Lake who encouraged me to write this story, read along, and let me talk out the sticky parts. To Pax, who told me about Wharton and read along. (Any errors in the portrayal of Wharton are my own.) To Hanet, who also read along. To the participants in the cheerleading aspect of the Anti-Lockout Squee Fest and my post-lockout check-in email thread, who kept me on track. To the many, many other people told me they were excited about this story or answered questions I threw out on Twitter. Thank you to all of you for your help and support.
Story on AO3
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6 - Part 7