What do you do when your a vigilante with a strict diet set by the family butler? You have cheat days at the up and coming food truck that just rolled into the city that's what.
Tim knows, he should ask Danny if he has any form of permission to be selling food, but he is a vigilante. He's not exactly legally doing things by the book either.
And Danny changes his menu so often that Tim never gets bored of trying new things. One week, he could be selling burgers; the next week, pizza; and the week after that, tacos. It was all delicious, quick, and extra greasy. If he doesn't do so much exercise, he will be in trouble of gaining too much weight.
Thankfully, he's only become slightly more filled out as Tim had often gone hours without food- and no one had noticed yet.
The biggest challenge was trying to keep Danny a secert from his siblings.
If they knew, they would expose him to Bruce and Alfred without hesitation. And while Tim would get the third degree for breaking his diet, they would sneak off to eat what they could.
He couldn't afford that.
He also couldn't afford to tell people how often Red Robbin would spend jumping roof and roof trying to spot Danny's Grill nightly. It was just asking for some Rouges or ambitious thugs to start causing trouble for Danny. So he finds somewhere to change- usually at a safe house safely- and scurry over as Alvin Drapper.
Tim being a famous Co-Ceo would have the same negative attention as Re Robin, but poor orphan Alvin, who allegedly lived at the nun run orphanage? No one would blink twice.
"Good night Alvin!" Danny greets him with a warm smile that has something flutter in his chest. "Another late shift?"
"Yeah just finished with the last client" He says adjusting his hastily thrown on hoddie he stole from Dick. Tim never told Danny what exactly Alvin's supposed job was always staying on the right side of vague. Thankfully the chef doesn't seem to want too much details.
He has asked before if he would like to help out at the truck. Danny has offered him a job well out of minimum wage but Tim has turned it down each time. It's sweet he asks though.
He's a kind man with a big heart.
Danny smiles. "That's great, glad your punching out a little earlier. Want something warm or cold?"
Tim grins, tone turning sheepish. "Warm, please. I'm freezing, and tonight has been a bit rough."
There is a flash of some kind of heavy emotion on Danny face but it's gone before Tim can identify it. He turns around to shove a menu at him- it's soups tonight- and Tim carefully reads the offers before selecting a bowl of tomato soup with cheese breed.
"How much do I owe you?" He asks pulling out his wallet.
Danny waves him away "it's on the house. "
"Really?"
"Yeah, you're my best customer. A special discount for your loyalty"
Tim beams. It's not like he can't afford it but it's always nice to know Danny pays special attention to him. Maybe he says that to all his customers but it's a nice feeling all the same.
(Unknown to "Alvin," Danny is trying his best to calm his temper as he pours out a extra large plate. He saw the bruises, lots of them on Alvin's wrists and neck, all the size of fists.
It's seemed his last client got a bit rough.
Danny wants to hunt the ass down and beat him up, show him how it feels. He doubts Alvin would appreciate him scaring away his customers, but dang, if it doesn't burn not to do anything.
So what if Alvin is prostitute? He deserves to do his work in peace dammit. Maybe this time he can convince him to quit that life and work for him. It's not like Danny needs the money.
One tends to inherent a lot when one accepts being Ghost King after all)
Hey guys! I'm just letting you all know that I won't be active that much today.
Me and a bunch of psychos on Tumblr are celebrating the death of some old Roman politician.
Danny is used to his classmates cheering for him. Well, he's used to them cheering on his ghost side, but it's the same thing.
He's a small time celebrity in the eyes of Amity Park youth. Almost everyone as Casper High adores Phantom- even the A-listers.
Ironically enough, the A-listers are some of the few who claim to be in love with Phantom. Even Dash, after the quarter back publicly came out.
Almost all of them still pick on Danny, even now as seniors. He never quite fit in even after all these years. Still pushed into lockers, mocked by classmates and deemed the number one loser again and again.
He stopped trying to fit in years ago when he became a halfa and focused on being a hero. He's gotten better now, as ghosts are less likely to challenge him. Apparently, being able to beat Pariah Dark in single combat spooked many spirits.
He instead focuses on worldwide natural disasters. With the new power to create portals to the Ghost zone as a shortcut to any part of the world, he could jump to emergencies as simplyas walking through a door.
He took some field medic lessons from Frost Bite and was on his way.
He started with search and rescue during a Tsunami. Then earthquakes, tornadoes, and even lightning storms. His parents knew and were proud of him every time Phantom appear on TV. His friends encouraged him to pressure a medical career. Danny was seriously considering it.
No one besides those he loved knew he and Phantom were one in the same.
Life was good.
That is until one stormy night when Tim Drake came knocking. The other 17-year-old stood on his porch drenched to his socks, clutching a really well taken photot of Phantom and a manic glint in his eye.
"Can I have your autograph, Danny? Im your number one fan!"
Before Danny could even think of a response, Drake tilted forward, smacking face first on the ground.
If you were to ask Tim what was he thinking ge would say " I wasn't"
See, Tim had been one of the first Phantom rescued from the giant Tsunami that Riddler had unleashed on Gotham all those years ago. His heart had been the ghost ever since. And much like all other puzzles and mysteries, it didn't take Tim long to connect Phantom and Fenton.
Seeing as Danny Fenton wanted nothing to do with the Justice League or to join any other hero team he left him alone, admiring him from afar.
Then the mission Ra al Gul happened.
He had been running on fumes, and in Tim's sleep-deprived mind, the thought of stopping in Amity Park on the way back from a mission to ask for his long-time hero and crushes autograph was the perfect idea.
So he landed the batplane, switched in civilians and knocked on the door with his heart in his hand. And the three stab wounds on his back, his broken rib and black eye.
Thankfully Danny was willing to drag him inside for medical aid.
Bus to Nowhere by foldingfacets aka @precarious-hermit is very good take on Danny-on-the-run plot
and also im ridiculously in love with the whole Tommy ‘Dumpster’ ‘Snacks’ Kingdan thing
Duke thinks of how ironic it is that he named his ability the ghost sense when he never believed in ghosts. He understood the confusion when people found out about it for the first time. For the record, Duke has seen some absolutely crazy things, but he has never seen a ghost. He knows Justice League Dark has a ghost informant that was made by magic or something like that, but he doesn't know if that actually counts as a ghost.
Imagine Duke's surprise when he was walking around the shopping district of Gotham, and he sees this bright light in the vague shape of a person also walking around. Well, he wouldn't call it walking. It was more like floating. Anyway, it seemed to go from store to store where it would disappear for a few minutes inside the store and then come out again a little bit later. Whatever the thing was filled Duke with intrigue and, just like the rest of the Batfam, he had to investigate this phenomenon.
That was harder done than said. At times the vague shape would look exactly like some guy who looked kinda familiar but also not really, and then other times, it was so bright he had a hard time looking at it. It also seemed to get faster the more he followed it. A few times, when the thing looked more person like it seemed to stare directly at him with a cocked head, and then it would take off and disappear for a few minutes. It was really, really weird.
After a good couple of hours, Duke finally lost the weird thing in a crowded grocery store, where it disappeared through a wall and never reappeared. Confounded, Duke immediately called for a family meeting because if ghosts were real and his ghost sense wasn't just a made-up name, then he wanted to know so he could freak out later.
Bruce immediately called up Constantine (it took several calls to the weird magic guy and a call to Zatanna before the guy actually answered the phone), who started cussing worse than any sailor and told Bruce that he'd be there in a few hours to take a look around. Chaos erupted at that news, and the clan gathered around Duke, bombarding him with a million questions that he didn't have answers for.
Duke did, in fact, freak out later that night.
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Danny just wanted to check out the stores in the nicer parts of Gotham without having to worry about being mugged or some crazy villain popping up where he was, so of course, he went there invisible and intangible. Imagine his surprise when he caught some guy following him around. At first, Danny thought it was just a coincidence. It wasn't until he came out of the third store that he noticed the guy staring at him with shock and confusion.
He did a few experiments and visited a few more stores before being absolutely certain that he was being stalked. It would have been pretty unnerving if Danny had been honest with himself. He didn't need any of the Bats catching wind of him here. He's dead, which is a medical condition, but Batman may not see it like that and consider him meta.
Everyone knows how Batman feels about metas.
The guy followed Danny for hours until he just couldn't take it anymore. He went into the busiest store he could find, which just so happened to be a grocery store. The creep, of course, followed him in, but Danny lost him by walking out the back wall of the store and flying off.
He was quite upset that he couldn't buy anything while he was out. He'd just have to wait for another day off to actually go shopping, not that he could afford much in this part of town. Still, it was coming up on Tim and his 4-month anniversary, and Danny wanted to get him something special. Maybe his boss will let him leave work early tomorrow?
He has...a strange request.
He's nervous, flustered, fading in and out of the visible spectrum. It's clear that what he's about to ask of her is important to him, and even though she has an uncomfortable voice in the back of her head telling her this young hero is about to ask her out, she resolves to listen before she jumps to conclusions.
She's glad she did.
"Can...can you put a grave for me in Themyscira? I know it's just for women, but it's the safest place I can think of for it! I just...I don't have a grave, and Clockwork says it's starting to stunt my growth as a Ghost, and I have too many enemies on American soil, so. It's okay if you say no, though, I'll figure something out, it's fine."
Diana lets him ramble to the end, already knowing what her answer is going to be.
"We would be honored to host your grave, Phantom. Do you have any remains I can take home? Do you require a funeral service?"
Phantom looks...he looks beyond grateful. Close to tears.
"No, no remains. A symbolic grave is fine, it just. It has to have my real name on it, my mortal one." He says, looking hesitant. "Please don't reach out to my family, Wonder Woman. They don't know."
With that, he hands over a small slip of paper, torn from a notebook and clearly folded one too many times.
She takes it as though he were entrusting her with the rarest diamond in the world. She wants to, but she does not ask how they could not notice the death of someone so very bright.
Instead she nods, tucking the paper away.
Phantom will get a grand grave, one worthy of a friend to the Crown of Themyscira. She will ensure it.
Soon after Danny takes two of the failed clones into his body his parents let Vlad take him to a Gala in Gotham. When the Bats clock that he is pregnant they work to get him away from Vlad, find out how and why this happened to him, and fix it.
Danny is just relieved to finally have some adults on his side, and be able to relax and focus on himself and the babies.
Part 1 - Gala and discovery
Part 2 - confronting Vlad and calling The Guy
part 3 - Research and meeting Zatana
part 4 - Raiding Amity
part 5 - Jazz and Danny reunite
part 6 - Jazz's power point
part 7- Damian and Danny bond and Jason comes back
Part 8- Jason meets Jazz
Part 9- Jason meets Danny (finally)
Part 10- Danny calls his friends
Part 11- First date
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Saw this on Instagram and immediately thought of Wasps amongst Butterflies by @allofasudden00 . I know it’s not entirely the same, but I really am loving the Villain Mirabel’s AU for some reason…
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