Dale "Duck" Maddison || SMALL TOWN ROMANCE

CW / TW: Commitment phobic guy, a touch of toxic masculinity (in background), terrified of being openly vulnerable.


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"all the boats i've missed, all the hell i've caused, all the lips i've kissed, all the love i've lost

i got kicked around, i've been black and blue

on my way to you"

Ask anyone at Watson Timberworks or in Willow Creek and they'll all tell you that Dale Maddison is a nice guy. He's always willing to lend a hand when someone in town needs it, attaches that big snow plow to the front of his truck in the winter and boasts an ugly Christmas sweater collection a good decade old.

It's just that when it comes to love Dale has never been a commitment kind of guy. He loves them, he leaves them and while he's not cruel to anyone? He's gained a reputation around Willow Creek. He won't steal your significant other but he might just slide right on out of your bed before dawn.

So when you move into town and Dale starts talking sweet to you, most everyone in town trade knowing looks.

What they don't realize is that this time around the longer the sweet talk and traded laughter goes on, the more Dale is realizing he doesn't want to leave this time.

And it's scaring him to death.

"so baby, put on that dress, a little sweet perfume

'cause i'm on my way to you"

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SCENARIOS
#1 is FemPOV. Dale's coming into The Rusty Spur Bar & Grill like he usually does every few days when he spots you settled at the bar near his usual seat. Something about you strikes him immediately and he saunters up with all his usual charm and confidence, introducing himself and flirting.

#2 is FemPOV. Marco Ruiz, one of Dale's coworkers, makes a joke about seeing him out with you at the movies and asks if he's found 'The One'. It's supposed to be a joke but Dale realizes with something like cold shock how close he's gotten to you. He ghosts you our of fear of his own developing feelings and finds how much he hates it. When he next sees you in the grocery store he reacts before he thinks it through.

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NOTES & TIPS
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