Disclaimer: I do not own Forrest Gump.

... I'm on a roll? lol. I watched this the other night 'cuz I love this movie and hadn't watched it in a while. Just a little something that popped into my head. Enjoy!

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"Don't call him stupid!" Dan exploded, pushing her off of him. She bounced on the bed, looking across at him with confusion and consternation. She and her companion gathered up their clothes, screaming insults; he roared at them to get out as they opened the door. As he pointed, he overshot, lost his balance, ended up falling out of his chair face-first on the carpet. The indignity coursed through him as the harpies half-shrieked, half-laughed a final chorus of "Loser, freak!" and slammed the door.

Forrests' footsteps fell near. Dan pushed himself up as Forrest bent down. "No," he growled, waving an arm, and Forrest reluctantly backed away. Slowly, little by little, he made his way back into the wheelchair. When he got there, he slumped, the angry strength draining out of him as quickly as it had poured in.

"I'm sorry I ruined your New Years' Eve party, Lieutenant Dan," came Forrests' uncertain, apologetic drawl, "She tasted like cigarettes."

"Lieutenant" Dan snorted a little despite himself, wheeling to the window. That's what hookers taste like. Cigarettes, tequila shots, and shame. Though he never quite knew if the shame was his, or hers, or both. Like it mattered. She offered her talents, for which he paid, for pretty much the same reasons. In the flurry of flying clothes, in the sea of alcohol, he could forget what he'd lost, where he was never going to go. There was heat, but no warmth. When she left, he felt emptier than ever.

Dan looked out at the buzzing Big Apple. What had Lenore said at the bar? "Don't cha just love New Years? You could start all over. Everybody gets a second chance." No, not Dan. Would this New Year, or any other, give him another chance at walking? A stab at restoring his honor? New Years, for a lot of people, was a new chance for hope. Dan had left his hope in the sweltering, exploding jungles of Vietnam, exactly where he had left his legs.

"Happy New Year, Gump," Dan said, his tone implying anything but.

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I did say "little." xD Please review, thanks for reading!