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A savage winter
The JL attempted to summon the ghost king Pariah Dark. Yet when the summoning happened instead of the Tyrant a different being appeared in front of them.
His dark skin skin was covered with tattoos of constellations. In the middle of his chest was an eight pointed star. He wore a red and blue furred cape and a furred skirt over his pants.
Standing above the entire JL was a savage looking spirit with long braided white hair. An Aurora borealis danced around him, images of various animals appearing in and out of it.
Looking down at the ensemble of heroes, the spirit asked, "Who has summoned me, the embodiment of the Winter Sky,"
#dc x dp#dp x dc#dp x dc crossover#danny phantom#Danny is Frostbite's ghost son#Danny inherited Jack's height and muscles#Savage/Barbarian Danny#Dani and Jazz braid Danny's hair#Danny is a winter spirit#Danny and Gaia/Nother Nature have tea together#Clockwork introduced them
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The wrong DNA test
( what if, Sheila wasn't really Jason's mother? The system is already corrupted, then what about the test?).
A huge brawl containing every rogue had started at the time of Halloween, causing the people from downtown to fled there home's as joker had clownized the whole neighborhood with his goon's.
Every bats had taken to groups to take out the three parts of Gotham's as the rogue's had started to make alliances, some had lasted quite long while had conflicts, and causing a big damage to Arkham asylum,
It didn't take long before they captured all of them, none of the bats questions as they observed Jason glowing green eyes starting to flick, they thought it was the pit again, growing wary of the cooperation, but Crime alley was involved and that mean business to Red hood's turf.
Catherine todd love her son as her own even if not biological, Jason knew that. But her thing with drugs couldn't make her stop.
Sometimes after that, they could hear Jason humming a tune,a nice melody from Damian's statement saying that Jason muttered to him â lullabyâ as Jason continued to read his book, maybe it could be from Catherine,
they knew how Jason's past with Catherine todd, his mom even if not related, Catherine loves her son like her own kid but her doing drugs and... overdosing couldn't be stop.
Maybe Jason just remembered his mother maybe reminiscing atleast something familiar...even if it was a bad time.
Jason had constantly have been hearing a woman's? Man's? Voice, singing him a lullaby...it soothing, like as if he known and loved this melody...and that's where the dreams kept coming, there was a person, giving him kisses, Talkin to him stories, singing him lullabies and soothing him, he could dream that he was actually a baby, a baby from a normal couple, well don't count the luxurious baby room.
Jason had took out a conspiracies why he was getting this dreams, ( he swears he's not becoming Tim) and voices, maybe like a misshapen memories from the pits of victims? No it's to peaceful for that, maybe magic? He already contacted Constantine but surely hang up after knowing who it was-
Just how is he getting this dreams? Unless it wasn't.... So he proved again his point, he started a DNA test, again but none had records...of Sheila being his biological mother...that was weird, last time he had a test was from the time as robin..and before his-
So he went to that hospital who had said where Sheila had given birth to him, and most of shock is that no one knows a mother giving birth named Sheila haywood but had a document of a baby, of one Jason jay nightingale, the most believing part was that it's the same day he was born in.
His mother, Daniel F. Nightingale was said to be trans as the doctor who help his mother safely delivered him, And saying that his mother loved him,
one Sheila Haywood had the constant trick to get him and taken him as his own, because his mother's family was a wealthy one they practically sold him to her.
Jason had thought that maybe his mother's family never wanted him to have a son with a man from Gotham's crime alley.
Meanwhile Danny had just been YEETED to the DC universe before the start of Batman's justice thing and had been adopted by a very wealthy fruit loops couple as there kid, so he stayed as the couples daughter even pretending, because he owed ghost writer a favor for the last time, and as DC universe exist so it's story, and one thing for sure the child he had to give birth in this universe has a very complicated fate,
he did the one night stand from his supposed friend Willis Todd? He had to befriend him as Dalia F. nightingale the supposed Wealthy daughter who fell in love with a peasant trope, and gotten pregnant making it a scandal, and reaching to his âparentsâ circle and getting that drama.
But he never thought he would care for his child, his little jay, his ghost side would purr in delight when they held Jason, he was a very hard sucker especially from his pacifier or his breast, it's so weird being in a women body,
but the way his âparentsâ sold his son to the women who was supposed to get his son killed and being revived by cheap parody ass of ectoplasm.
He went feral, he had an argument to his âparentsâ but all fell deaf ears, he couldn't find his son in one of the hotels nearby where that BXtch was.
And that time was where his part of the script was fulfilled, ghost writer already took him, both sides of his, were angry.
He. will. get. his. baby. back.
#dcxdp#Danny phantom#dcxdp crossover#Mom!Danny#Batfam#Jason todd#portraits#When the bats find this they decided to help find Jason's Mom only to find out she went missing#his Jay Nightingale now#yes- im getting of topic#so lets just say that clockwork has also has some things involved with his#dcdp#batfam#and ghostwriter#so if this doesn't go to your timeline aus or smth or cannon idk what to say#when the bats found out about Jason's investigation to find his mother#they gladly help but after finding where jason's grandparents who sold him to Haywood#they meet with them#and the whole revealed was much more depressing because His mother died/missing/suicide#Ghost writer was the one who plan the...The death scene.#so jason is sad#and very much wants his momma#because thats how ghost parents shit is right?#yeah i dont think im educated enough#So the grandparents are like grieving for there son (yes they accepted his trans btw).#and let jason and the rest of the batfam in there manor/castle ( cause there seriously old money) and introduce jason to his mom's things#portraits of danny#telling stories of danny in his youth.#but they avoided the way he âdiedâ for ghost writers plot conveniences but they mention#green...like ectoplasm but they just called it green liquid.
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I just went to wind my grandmother clock and the words I said to it gave me ďżźcaused inspiration to slam into me and now Iâm working on a new ficâŚ
Maybe one day Iâll actually finish a fic one day.
#glitter rock#fnaf daycare attendant#that trope where the apocalypse in our world results in a cuter world with magic#reader works with magic clockwork#finds the boys in modded day ruins and foxes with with clockwork#they get to introduce them to this new world with magic and they boys teach them about past tech#fnaf moon#fnaf sun#sun and moon x reader#dca fanfic#dca fandom
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DPxDC prompt: Danny is Chronos' first child.
Well, not his first child biologically, to be completely honest.
It just so happened that the Phantom very often helped/helps/will help Clockwork at different times and his presence next to the titan required an explanation.
And the opportunity to call Zeus a little brother is worth a lot, right? So when the Ancient came up with this idea Phantom did not resist just to have such a pleasant bonus from their cooperation.
However, in the time of the gods and heroes, such a solution was not a problem. But in modern times, when Phantom tries to attract as little attention as possible in order to graduate from university, such relatives are more likely to cause a lot of problems.
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Wonder Woman: Uncle Danny?
Superman, who wanted to chase away a teenager serenely strolling through still smoking battlefield, turns to Wonder Woman, who is waving affably at excactly this guy.
Well, Fenton honestly happened to be in Fawcett City by accident, and it just so happened that by chance it was on this sunny and cloudless day that the villains decided to cause riots worthy of the attention of the founders of the Justice League.
Danny: Diana! My dear, it seems like we really haven't seen each other not for a long time! In what century was it? Ah, I honestly, I barely remember it... The speed at which children grow up defies the laws of time. I mean, look at you! Your mother must be so proud. How's Dad? Still not paying child support, arrogant bastard?
Wonder Woman: Oh, uncle, please. I'm all grown up now, don't worry about me.
Danny: Hm, well, let's get back to this question later. I didn't want to embarrass you in front of your friends. Anyway, would you like to introduce them, little princess?
Wonder Woman: Of course, meet Kal El, Batman, and Shazam. The rest of the guys have already returned to our base. Would you like to...
Danny: Ooh, you're talking about, um... What do you young people call it? The Justice League, right? During my youth, the heroes rarely united and mostly performed all the feats alone. It's good that you help each other, kids.
Danny flies up a little to pat Superman and Batman on the head.
Under the Diana's gaze full of hope that they will get along with her uncle, the men do not move.
In the background:
Red Hood and Robin who used to hang out with Danny near the Lazarus pits: *sounds of seagulls dying of laughter*
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Flash: So you're Diana's uncle?
Danny: Yes, call me Danny.
Flash: Cool, cool...
Danny: What does the temperature have to do with it? Do you need ice? Let me make some for you.
Flash: No, it's like,um, I didn't know that Zeus has a younger brother with that name. So, it's good to know?
Danny: Hmm, thanks. Many people tell me that I look quite young, hah. But actually I'm his older brother, so...
Flash: Older? Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to disrespect.
Danny: No, it's all right. It's "cool". I rarely appear on the pages of your human myths and legends, I know it. After all this business about Chronos devours his own children, my father punished me for a long time. So, yeah...It's a funny story.
Flash: Punished for what? How?
Danny: Uh, sitting in a room at a time when there is no Internet or electricity is not fun at all. You see, I just didn't want a younger brother or sister because I was afraid that my parents would pay less attention to me. So, I made up this stupid prophecy and persuaded Gaea to tell it in order to remain the only child in the family. My father would never have thought that I would decide to kill him, that's why...Phah, it's just a bad family story. In 10 thousand years, we'll all laugh about it.
Flash: Yeah, that's... funny.
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Danny *is woken up by an emergency call from the League at three in the morning, although he fell asleep at two o'clock* (he gave his contact so as not to upset his niece): I knew this would happen! I knew it!
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Billy Batson *stands in his human form in front of the Justice League and doesn't know what to say*,*sweating nervous*.
Danny *enters the hall*: What's up, mortals, Diana and...Batman? My father said that there is something that I have to be here for. Oh! Well, at least someone in this family is also a shapeshifter. Have you decided to make a younger form so that your uncle doesn't feel lonely? What a good boy! Usually everyone is so afraid to seem like children, once they turn a couple of centuries old. Ah, youth~
Billy: Yeah, I decided to..experiment? and it seems I got stuck by accident.
Danny: It's okay, Uncle Danny will help you. Come on, let's go...
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Danny *teleports them to the Fawcett City*.
Billy: ....
Danny:
Billy: Hey, I'm still stuck!
A new portal opens and a man in a purple cape hands Billy a note. "Go to Constantine. P.S., my son always completes all assignments only by half, sorry." written on it.
Billy: Oh... OoOhHh!!!
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Meanwhile, Constantine, who is forced to do additional work: Son of a bi... beloved and respected Master of Time.
Danny: Yeap, that's me.
Constantine: Damn it. Couldn't you just let Batman adopt him like in other timelines?
Danny: And where's the fun in that?
#dpxdc#dpxdc prompts#dcxdp#dpxdc prompt#dpxdc crossover#dc x dp prompt#clockwork is kronos#dp clockwork
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"Okay, so." Danny began slowly, very, very slowly. Testing the rope that bound his arms behind his back. "This is new... Ish."
"Sorry, sorry." The kid Danny had, unfortunately (but also fortunately), saved from multiple kidnappings from cultists. Said, hands raised in his direction but also not going any further and instead fidgeting in place. "Are they too tight? Do you want me to loosen them?"
"No, no. They're fine." Danny shrugged, silently hoping the Infinite Realms isn't going to smite the unfortunate boy across from him for, you know, kidnapping Danny and all that. "I would say this is one of the more comfortable kidnappings, to be honest."
"Oh, okay. That's good." The kid nodded slowly, though a bit hesitant before deciding not to follow that line of conversation. "Alright, so, my name's Billy." Billy introduced him, rubbing the back of his neck with his hand as he gave an awkward smile. "Y'know, the guy you saved from multiple kidnappings and, uh, kidnapped you too."
"Cool, cool." Danny hummed lightly, leaning back against the wall. "Name's Danny, nice to meet you Billy."
"I thought your name was Phantom?" Billy asked, understandably confused.
"It is." Danny confirmed.
"But your name is also, Danny?" Billy tilted his head a bit.
"Yes." Danny said, unhelpfully.
"Is Danny your secret identity?" Billy asked.
"Nope."
"Is Phantom your secret identity?"
"Yes but no."
A beat.
"That makes no sense." Billy said flatly.
"What can I say," Danny shrugged. "Not a lot of things in my life make sense."
"Right, yea." Billy nodded politely, drumming his fingers against his leg. "Interdimensional prince and stuff."
"Yea."
A moment of silence.
"So-" Billy began.
"No, the Ghost King isn't going to hunt you down. No, every other ghost in existence isn't going to hunt you down either and, no. This isn't going to start a war."
Billy blinked.
"Not what I was going to ask, but okay. That's nice to know." He nodded, a certain amount of relief unknotting unknown pressure in his chest he only knew till now.
"Oh." Danny blinked, then tilted his head. "Soooo, what did you want to ask then?"
"Do you want to be my boyfriend-"
"Yes."
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"Let's fucking GOOOOOO!" Zeus roared, throwing his fists into the air. "Haha! Take that Solomon! I told you it would work!"
Solomon pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed in exasperation, reaching into his robe and pulling out 5 gold coins.
"Thank-a you!" Mercury swiped the money right out of his hands then hid them... Somewhere, on his body. Then gave Solomon a wink. "Pleasure doing business with ya!"
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"Oh, it finally happened." Clockwork remarked calmly, barely pausing as he continued to run the comb through hair.
"The Realms seem out of sorts." Pariah Dark said slowly, twisting his head to try to look back at Clockwork only to turn it right back from the gentle whack of Clockwork's staff. "Should I be concerned?"
"No," Clockwork said casually, running the comb through his king's hair. Honestly, it amazed him that Eons of Eternal Slumber, yet his hair wasn't a rat's nest. "Let it sort itself out, it shall be done in the next century, or the next two millennium, either or."
"You're unsure?" Pariah tilted his head forwards the slightest amount, doing so very carefully as to not disturb the Master of Time's work.
"A rough estimate, though I can give a more accurate statement," Clockwork hummed lightly as he combed through the few knots left. "It is unimportant."
"Ah," Pariah Dark, both trusting and not knowing enough about said subject seeing as he does not have dominion over time, nodded slightly. "I see."
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The Infinite Realms was very, very happy to see one of its blorbos gain a lover.
It knew interrupting various kidnappings and marking the boy as a good Realms token so they could meet would work out eventually!
#dpxdc#dc x dp#dp x dc#dcxdp#dp x dc crossover#dc x dp crossover#What am I doing#I don't know#If I mischaraterize idk man#Anywyas#Have this thing#As for the token thing#I mean#Come on#No one gets kidnapped THAT many times for a specific purpose unless due to outside intervention#It worked out anyways sooooo-#Also#Olbigatory Dark Ages#:3
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Another undead Fenton?!
The Fenton family has had an extremely eventful time as of late.
First, Jack and Maddie found out that their son was a half-ghost, meaning they had to go back and correct years of research on ghost sentience.
Then they found out about his clone/sister Dani, whom they of course took in (after tearing Vlad a new one and starting his path to improvement (and becoming the familyâs weird uncle)).
And then Clockwork showed up with a redeemed version of Dan, giving them a fourth kid.
And then Danny found out that Vladâs other clones of him had reformed in the zone as baby half-ghosts, meaning the Fentons were adding yet more undead kids.
But surely that was the end, right? There were no other clones of Danny, no major alternate timelines to pull from.
That was the end, right?
Nope!
One day their portal suddenly flared and yet another undead kid emerged to join their family.
He was in terrible condition, but by now they were well used to treating the undead. And by the time he recovered and introduced himself as Jason Todd, they already considered him another addition to the Fenton family, even if he wasnât theirs by blood.
#making the fenton family as large as possible#the fentons adopt jason todd#good fenton parents#dp x dc#dpxdc#dc x dp#dcxdp#danny phantom x dc crossover#dp x dc prompt#dpxdc prompt#dc x dp prompt#dcxdp prompt#dani as dannyâs sister#redeemed dan#dan as dannyâs brother
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dead on main #3
destabilized Ellie and Dan are Jason and Danny's kids except Jason gives his permission to help stabilize the two when he's dead and when he's resurrected he has no memories of it.
 Danny and Jason met while he was dead and had a teenage puppy crush sort of thing. The two of them had a lot of things going on with one still being a vigilante in their town and one being recently murdered, So they never really were able to get together before Jason was resurrected. The two of them are from different dimensions and only meet due to the fact that the ghost zone is every Dimension afterlife.Â
There is a bad reaction from Vlad finding out that Danny used someone else's DNA to stabilize the kids, Which leads to a very Reckless fight that leads to his parents finding out that the kids are halfas. The parents don't know that he is also halfa so they try to cure the kids. Danny flees To the ghost zone specifically to frostbite to make sure the kids are okay. While he's there Clockwork decides that was the best time to basically tell Danny that Jason's resurrected in his home dimension and that is probably best if he settles down there. Of course because Clockwork is still a menace before Danny goes through the portal he says that Jason does not have his memories of being dead and then pushes him through. Danny sets up his life there with Ellie and Dan.
Plot twist Danny ends up being neighbors to Roy in Star City. Danny is a trans single father of twins that appears to have run away from home due to bad situation. With all the Vigilante scars that Danny has it's a reasonable conclusion for him to suspect an abusive home.
Danny babysits Lian when Roy has missions and Roy babysits Ellie and Dan When Danny does work. of course not always do their schedules so occasionally they have to call in another babysitter and when that fails we have the Red Hood himself. the unknown father of the twins( not really twins) and the Godfather of the other child( yes I made him The Godfather).
 Danny doesn't instantly recognize him due to the very obvious change. Two of them meet a couple of times through Roy. Danny usually just accidentally stopping in at a bad time before Roy introduces them together and Danny hears his name.
Danny does not tell him that he's the father of the children because one he was dead which means he's going to have to explain what he was doing while he was dead. and two because Clockwork told him he had his memories erased. Danny of course has a lot of feelings about this and Jason instantly gets a crush. Jason occasionally babysits the kids when the regular babysitter isn't working Nor can watch each other's kids because of schedules.
A situation happens with Ellie where she needs to go to the hospital and Jason brings her. this leads to an emergency blood transfusion. The transfusion goes badly and isn't working so Jason asks if his blood will work. It works perfectly. Jason questions for a little bit. Danny, whose phone was broken in a villain attack two days ago and hasn't gotten replaced, shows up at the hospital after finally being contacted. Jason questioned him a little bit Danny freaks out a lot which raises Jason's alarms quite High. When Danny's getting some food for Elle and talking to doctors Jason does a DNA test. Jason gets the results a week later when Ellie's finally back home which reveals he is the father. He has a lot of questions about this.
#Due to time working differently through the realms Ellie and Dan would be able to be conceived#During the week that Jason was looking for his mom#Did he actually run away for a week in Canon I do not know but in this one he did#I need this plot convenience#dc x dp#dpxdc#danny phantom#dp x dc#danny fenton#dc x dp crossover#batfamily#dad jason todd#jason todd#teen mom danny#mom danny#danielle phantom#dan phantom#roy harper#lian harper#dcxdp#dead on main
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something old, something new
pairing: patrick zweig x f!reader
summary: when your childhood best friend asks you to get married, how are you supposed to say no?
word count: 7.2k
warnings: MATURE (mentions of sex but no explicit sex scenes), marriage of convenience, fluff, mentions of alcohol, patrick is a bad friend (but he improves), friends to spouses to lovers, fake dating, yearning and pining, everyone is bad at communicating, many feelings are being repressed, mentions of dieting in an athlete way, one singular creepy old man, no use of y/n
authorâs note: i cannot get this tennis man out of my head!! i hope you all enjoy reading this as much as i enjoyed writing it!
It wasnât every day that you could count on hearing anything from your childhood best friend, but it seemed like whenever you did hear from Patrick Zweig, it was always an ask for something more shocking than the previous one.Â
As kids, you spent many evenings doing the homework that Patrick didnât want to do, despite the fact that you didnât really want to do more homework either. At boarding school, youâd somehow become his personal designated driver, answering his calls no matter what time and groggily picking him up from whatever party heâd found himself at. In your adulthood, you found yourself becoming a go-to stand-in for him at events he didnât feel like attending. The amount of times that youâd shaken hands at charity galas and introduced yourself as Patrickâs girlfriend, despite not having a single romantic encounter with him, was frankly astounding.Â
It seemed like whenever Patrick needed something, you were the first person he reached out to. After his parents, of course.Â
You dreaded knowing the reason behind the simple hey, text message youâd just received, but you were sure that youâd find the reason out sooner rather than laterâand that whatever the reason was could not have been good.Â
Like clockwork, only an hour after youâd received his message, Patrick appeared at the doorway of your apartment. He came to you equipped with his secret weapon, the kicked puppy look that he often used on you before he asked you for a ridiculous favor, like breaking up with his girlfriend for him or telling his mom that he still wasnât joining the board of the family business.Â
You sighed as you took his less-than-stellar appearance in. Downtrodden expression, wrinkled and sweat-stained shirt, as if heâd gone to the gym to sweat out his feelings before coming to you, and eyes so red-rimmed, you wondered if heâd been crying.Â
If you had to guess, heâd either been arguing with his parents, who knew exactly how to get under his skin, or his tennis friends, who also knew exactly how to get under his skin, or his latest girlfriend, who probably confronted him about his own wrongdoings. Regardless of who had upset him, he had obviously come to you to lick his wounds.Â
Like always, Patrick stalked inside without asking you for any further permission. The two of you had done this song and dance more times than either one of you would like to admit.Â
âHow are you?â he asked, stopping in your kitchen to steal an apple from your decorative bowl of fruit.
âIâm good,â you said with hesitation, eyeing him once more. He really looked like shit. If he hadnât looked so sad, you wouldâve told him exactly how much shit he looked like. Â
âArenât you gonna ask me how I am?â he questioned, a little pathetically.
âNo,â you walked off to your living room, fully expecting him to follow you. You were unsurprised when he did exactly that. âLetâs just get right to it. Whyâd you come over here?â you asked as the two of you sat down on your couch.Â
âMy parents are cutting me off,â he explained, voice breaking as he spoke.
Surely, this couldnât all be over an empty threat. They seemed to threaten Patrick with this every few days. In fact, youâd been in the room with him when his parents promised that heâd never see another dime from themâmore than once. Every time, it ended with them coming to their senses and throwing more cash at him.Â
âThatâs what, the twentieth time?â you laughed. âThey always threaten to cut you off. Whatâs different this time?â
âThis time, they mean it.â
You laughed even harder in his face. If you had a quarter for every time youâd had this conversation, youâd be richer than the two of your families combined.Â
âIâm serious,â he inched closer to you. âTheyâre tired of funding my âtennis habitâ. They want me to get serious about life. To join the board and start a family. My dad showed me an edited draft of his will and everythingâ
âSo?â you prompted, trying to figure out where you fell into the equation. Hopefully he wouldnât try to put you up to something absurd, like seducing his father into convincing him to not threaten Patrickâs inheritance.
âSo, tennis is the only thing I care about.â
âOkayâŚâ you trailed off. âWhat would you like me to do about that?â
âI need you to help show my parents that I have a vision for the future.â
âAgain, Patrick, what exactly are you asking me to do?â
âMarry me.â
You werenât sure what you expected him to say, but it certainly was not that. Your mouth instantly dropped open and you were sure that you were gaping like a fish. Maybe if he had asked you ten years ago, youâd have instantly said yes, but youâd let that naive dream die after youâd come to realize the transactional subtext of your friendship.
âWhat?â
âI want you to marry me. I was thinking⌠you remember when we were younger and we made that pact, that if we werenât married by the time we were adults, then weâd get hitched?â
You continued to stare at him, completely dumbfounded and not believing a single word coming from his mouth. âI⌠IâŚâ you couldnât even form the words. âWe were kids!â
He gave you a halfhearted shrug, as if that didnât matter at all, and as if he didnât just ask you to be legally and romantically bound to him forever.
âYou are fucking unbelievable! You haven't talked to me for anything other than asking me a favor in years, I barely know youâre alive apart from the random drunk texts you send me, and now you want me to marry you? Do you even hear yourself?â
You scoffed and stared at him in disbelief. âAnd that has to be the worst proposal in all of human history. First you tell me that tennis is the only thing you care about and then ask me to marry you? Youâre a joke.â
He let you finish your rant, but after a beat he finally asked. ââŚIs that a no?â
âââ-
Stranger things had happened to you than marrying your childhood best friend just a month after heâd randomly popped back up in your life. At least, thatâs what you told yourself as you walked down the aisle on a beautiful beach off of the Amalfi Coast.
The last few weeks had been an absolute whirlwind, with what felt like every second of your time consumed by making guest lists and invitations, booking hotel rooms, and finding a dress that you liked enough to get married in. Obviously, you knew this was more of an elaborate scheme than a celebration of love, but you wanted it to be nice anyway. For all you knew, you may never get married again.
You donât know what possessed you to say yes to Patrick. Maybe the small, desperate part of you that had been begging him to truly see you since you were old enough to realize he didnât, or maybe the desire to finally have that fairytale destination wedding youâd been dreaming about from the time you learned what a wedding was. Regardless of the reason, both of your families were overjoyed by the union. In one fell swoop, youâd been able to satisfy both of your parentsâ desires for you to settle down, and youâd done it with someone both pairs approved of.Â
You had to give props to Patrick, the ceremony was beautiful. Given the short timeline, the two of you decided to divide and conquer the planning of the event. You were sure that heâd outsourced the work, since he was still in the middle of his tennis season, but whoever he hired did an excellent job at giving you the wedding youâd always wanted.Â
Despite the very short timeline everyone had been given, you were able to wrangle all of your close family and friends to Italy to watch you elope. Your parents had insisted on inviting second cousins and shareholders to your wedding, but youâd somehow convinced them that you and Patrick wanted a smaller, more intimate ceremony. It was probably better to have less people there, lest someone notices the artificial nature of your union.Â
Part of you felt like youâd pulled off the greatest prank of all time as the two of you stood up in front of your small crowd, gazing as lovingly as you could manage into each othersâ eyes while the officiant said his spiel, but the other, more logical part of you filled with dread as the reality of the situation began to set in. Patrick seemed to have a way of always dragging you into a shitty situation, and you hoped for both of your sakes, that that wouldnât be the case for your marriage.
After what felt like a lifetime, Patrick began to recite his vows, claiming to have loved you since you were children, and promising to continue to love you âtill death did you part. If you had been marrying literally anyone else, your knees would go weak with swooning.Â
Unfortunately, you were cursed with the knowledge of the reality of your situation, one where your vows sounded more like: âWe only have to stay married until I retire, which should be sooner rather than later. We donât have to do anything together: no galas, no family dinners, no family vacations. Hell, you donât even have to come to my games. And we donât have to be exclusive either. This is basically just a title, so feel free to see anyone you want to. I can already see the worry in your face. Stop that. We can hire someone to make us prenups, so the divorce will be an easy, clean split of our assets. See? Itâs not that bad.â
The dichotomy between the words heâd said to you a month ago and the bullshit he was spewing now almost made you laugh, but that was clearly not the reaction you were meant to be having when the love of your life was publicly declaring their feelings for you.Â
Once he finished declaring his romantic, empty words, you began to read off your vows. They fell in a similar vein to his, a proclamation of a lifetime-spanning love that didnât really exist in the first place. But when you glanced up at him from your slip of paper, he was really selling it. He stared at you like he adored you, like he wanted to study every inch of your face after running off with you into the sunset.
The ridiculousness of it all finally hit you like a freight train, and you managed to pivot the laugh that was creeping up into your throat into a weepy sounding crack of your voice. Surely people cried during their own weddings.Â
You finished off your vows, doing your best to pretend like this whole ordeal wasnât the most ridiculous scheme youâd ever been dragged into. You imagined a world where he was less selfish and you were less selfless, one where you were exchanging these vows with sincerity, and it helped you to get through the words that you knew were almost completely meaningless.Â
The two of you then took turns placing the ring on each othersâ fingers, with Patrick giving you a ring with the largest diamond youâd ever seen, and you giving him a band that had been passed throughout your family. Heâd agreed to give you the heirloom back once you divorced, so you couldnât complain too much about giving it away in the first place.
The announcement of being able to kiss the bride rang out in your ears, yet you still found yourself surprised when Patrick eagerly wrapped his arms around you and kissed you passionately. Cheers erupted around the two of you, and you pulled away as the officiant declared you Mr. and Mrs. Zweig.
You had successfully tricked your audience, and yet, you still had the strangest feeling.Â
Your reception felt far more natural than your wedding ceremony. After a change of outfit, a huge bowl of pasta, and a few flutes of champagne, you were feeling substantially better about the arguably poor decision youâd just made. You chatted up your friends, who jumped at the opportunity to comment on how cute of a couple you two were, did some light matchmaking between single guests, and placated both of your parents with manufactured acts of affection. You even managed to get Patrick out on the dance floor, after he swore to you that he didnât dance.Â
By the time the two of you were stumbling back into your villa, the woes of the day had practically been forgotten. When you were having this much fun, who cared about a massive, potentially life altering decision?Â
You immediately made a beeline to the bathroom, anxious to get into your comfortable pajamas and to wash your face after a long day of wearing tight, extravagant dresses and a heavy layer of makeup. Â
âSo what did you think of your big day, Mrs. Zweig?â Patrick called out from the other side of the bathroom door, where you were sure he was also preparing for bed. âWas it everything you wanted and more?â
âI think this is the stupidest thing Iâve ever done,â you paused as you thought about something before confessing, âbut it was everything I wanted and more.â
âYes!â he celebrated from where you couldnât see him, though you could perfectly envision the goofy look on his face. âI owe it to you after everything Iâve put you through. I just hope you werenât too let down by the groom.â
âWhat?â you drew out before blowing a raspberry. âOf course not. You looked very handsome today,â you complimented in between splashes of your face.Â
âYou looked pretty beautiful, yourself,â he complimented you right back.Â
âAww, thank you, honey,â you emphasized the pet name.Â
âHmm, I donât know if I like that,â you heard the squeak of the bed from behind the door as you assumed that heâd sat down.
âHey, youâre the one who made me marry you,â you pointed out. âAm I more than you bargained for?â
âOf course not, babe,â he emphasized his own pet name, which sent you into a fit of laughter. âItâs just so weird to hear you refer to me as anything other than an asshole.â
âWell, if it makes you feel any better, youâre still an asshole,â you replied as you walked out of the bathroom, donning an old shirt with the logo of your boarding school and an equally old pair of shorts. âJust a married asshole.â
You took in the sight of your now-husband as you made your way to your side of the bed, surprised to find that you quite liked the sense of domestic bliss you were feeling. The bed dipped as you sat down and glanced back at Patrick with the slightest bit of hesitation.Â
âIs this weird for you? I can go to the spare room, if you want me to,â he offered, surely in reference to the two of you sleeping in the same bed.Â
âDonât worry about it,â you assured him, setting a steady hand on his knee. âWhat kind of couple would we be if we didnât spend our wedding night together?â you teased.Â
âThe kind of couple that marries for convenience?â he suggested.
âHey, whoâs to say that this isnât love? I had the biggest crush on you when we were kids. Maybe some of it lingered, or some shit.â
âOh yeah?â he looked at you with that sleazy smirk that you both loved and hated. âWhat happened?â
âHmm⌠I think I realized that youâre a dick,â you matched his smirk with a challenging one of your own.
âHuh. Did you have this realization before or after you started seeing Dan Thompson?â he questioned.
You were surprised by the mention of your first boyfriend, particularly because you werenât sure that Patrick remembered any detail about your personal life, let alone your love life. âI realized it after you started treating me like your workhorse.â
âOh okay, so you had a crush on me while you were with your boyfriend. Good to know.â
âShut up,â you groaned and turned away from him as you finally full laid down.Â
âWould it make you feel better to know that I also had a crush on you?â you heard the bed sheets rustle as he scooted closer to you, and you turned back to face him.Â
âYouâre lying.â You couldnât see any world where that would make sense to you. In your youth, it seemed like Patrick was always off somewhere with a new person, and none of those people were you. Not that you had an issue with it, but the thought that the two of you mightâve had crushes on each other at the same time without either of you pursuing each other felt kind of weird.Â
âNope. Youâre the first person I ever jerked off to,â he said as casually as if he were telling you what he ate for breakfast, not breaking eye contact with you.
âEw, youâre so gross,â you gently pushed him, but your hands lingered where they sat on his chest. âWas that supposed to be romantic or something?â
âThatâs not romantic to you?â he asked with all the sincerity of someone who was fully committing to a bit.Â
The two of you broke out into laughter. Once you finally caught your breath, you began once more. âThis is gonna be a long marriage.â
âHopefully,â he remarked in response.Â
âIf you keep talking to me like that, I will literally go get our marriage annulled, like right now.â
âPlease donât,â he whined, grabbing one of your hands from his chest and kissing your fingers. âIâll make it up to you.â
âEvery time you promise to make something up to me, an inconsistent fairy gains its wings.â
âHey,â his tone suddenly became very serious, completely catching you off guard. âI really am sorry that Iâve been a terrible friend. I donât know that Iâve ever said it, but I am. You deserve so much better than me, and I donât even know how I convinced you to do this for me.â
You almost started to laugh, unable to take the absurd situation seriously. Youâd been waiting years to hear him genuinely apologize, and now hours after youâd married solely as a favor to him, he was finally telling you what you wanted to hear.Â
âPlease. Iâm serious. I know you think Iâm a piece of shit flaky ashhole, and I am, but I want to be a better husband to you than I ever was as a friend.â
You felt your heart stop beating for a second. The word husband sounded so foreign in his mouth. You couldnât quite pin how you felt about it, but you knew you felt uncomfortable with the intimacy of his words.Â
âPatrick, please shut up,â you squeezed your eyes shut, suddenly a little overwhelmed with the Patrick of it all. In fact, you couldnât think of anything more encapsulating of your experience with him than the whiplash you got from that moment. He could be a complete asshat, but his occasional moments of earnestness kept you following him like a lost puppy, accepting his apologies and granting him ridiculous favors, despite your better judgment.Â
âAre you okay?â he asked, moving closer to you to get a good look at you. You swore you felt your heart squeeze painfully in your chest.Â
âIâm fine, I just-â am overwhelmed by you being sweet? Canât believe that Iâm hearing you say this to me after so long? Also canât believe that you and I are married?
None of the right words seemed to come to you, so you did the second best thing you could think of.Â
You pecked his lips and pulled away as if youâd just touched a hot handle. You didnât know what had come over you, and immediately began to apologize profusely.Â
âOh my god, I donât know-â you were cut off by his hands on your face, greedily and sloppily pulling you back in for another kiss, this one far more passionate and confident than the first.Â
Your kiss was messy but fervent, years of pent up sexual frustration and non-sexual frustration behind your every movement. As you kissed, you moved to straddle him, feeling a little ridiculous in your ratty old clothes, but that didnât stop him from groping you over your pajamas like you were the hottest thing on the planet.Â
Maybe the strangest thing to happen to you that day wasnât even your wedding.
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That night was the first in a series of very strange events. You couldnât even fully wrap your head around what was happening in your marriage. You just knew that the two of you had become closer friends than youâd ever been before, and that you slept together when either of you had the urge. It was basically a no strings attached situation, except, legally, all strings were attached.Â
If you were confused by your arrangement, you were sure that your friends were even more lost, something they proved to you as they interrogated you over brunch.Â
âSo, just so weâre clear, you married him as a favor?!â your friend asked in complete disbelief.Â
âWell⌠yeah, basically.â
âShit. Can I ask you for a favor of a million dollars?â she joked, leading to the laughter of your other friends at the table.
âWell, thatâs different. At least with our marriage, we both benefit. He gets his parents off his ass about being so focused on tennis that he doesnât have any future prospects, and I get my parents to stop trying to marry me off to every single rich boy they find.â
âBut youâre not like, actually married. Like you guys donât have feelings for each other?â another friend questioned.
You sipped your mimosa before explaining your situation for what mustâve been the fifth time that day, âweâre basically friends with benefits.â
âBut youâre legally married? Like, the wedding was official and stuff?â
âLegally? Yeah. But itâs literally just that,â you clarified.Â
âLegal marriage and sex?â
âYeah,â you nodded, hoping that they were finally catching on.Â
âThen⌠are you guys seeing other people?â
âOh yeah, what ever happened to that one model guy you were seeing?â another one of your friends pitched in.Â
âIt didnât really work out,â you addressed that with an understatement. He rightfully flipped his shit when he found out you were going to be marrying someone else. âBut neither of us are seeing other people. I donât think either of us want to risk bringing anything back to one another.â
âThat sounds pretty committed to me.â
âNot really,â you dismissed.
âThen why are you even together?â
âHow many times do I have to explain how we both benefit from this?â
âNo, not legally, or socially or whatever. Why are you hooking up with him? Arenât you scared youâll mess up your friendship or something?â
âWell, the sex is really, really good. But Iâm really not worried. There's no romance between us. Weâve been friends for so long that itâs just⌠weird to look at him like anything other than my friend. Itâs basically a loveless marriage of convenience.â
Your friend shot you a skeptical look. You just shrugged her off.Â
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The moment you found out your afternoon meeting had been canceled, you reached out to your assistant to make arrangements for you to go to Patrickâs tennis game. Heâd been on a winning streak, and though he insisted that you didnât need to come to his games, you knew that he secretly liked having you there.Â
Over the past few months of your marriage, youâd grown to realize that he often didnât say what he actually meant. Like the time he told you that he preferred to live alone, before breathily confessing in your ear that he slept better by your side. Or when he swore to you that he loved the pancakes youâd served him, despite the food being some of the worst youâd ever put in our mouth and him being on a diet. You almost found it sweet that he tried to prioritize your feelings over his own, which was surely a result of overcompensation from the way he had treated you for the majority of your lives.Â
You arrived at his match just in time to watch him take a break, making your way into the stands and finding a seat where youâd have the best view of your friend as possible. You didnât expect him to scan the audience and find you until much later on, but you were pleasantly surprised when the two of you made eye contact and he absolutely lit up. You waved, then gave him a thumbs up in hopes to communicate your support from far away.Â
While you couldnât always make it, you liked to play the role of supportive tennis wife. Getting dressed up and making an appearance not only publicly legitimized your sham of a marriage, but helped you to reconnect with some of your former boarding school classmates, who were often in the stands supporting a friend or a loved one. You also just liked to watch him play, as witnessing the passion and ferocity he had out on the court was extremely entertaining, and even at times, mildly arousing. Â
With their break ending, Patrick went back out on the court and played just as well as you expected him to, crushing his competition, and looking up into the stands at you to celebrate once heâd scored the winning point.Â
At first, it was surprising how proud his wins made you feel of him, a feeling that you explained to yourself by arguing that if he wasnât giving his absolute all to tennis, then your marriage had basically been all for nothing. Although that did still ring slightly true, the truth was that you were simply proud of Patrick. Whether you liked it or not, the two of you were a unit now, which meant that his wins were your wins and vice versa. In some ways, it was kind of nice to be part of a team. Or at least his team.
You met Patrick down on the court, where he paused from packing his bag to immediately greet you with a kiss to the forehead, a small act of intimacy that was typically reserved for situations far different from the one you were currently in.Â
âHey! I didnât know you were coming!â he exclaimed, pulling you in for a half-hug.Â
âI didnât know I was coming either,â you instinctually wrapped your arm around him in response to his half-hug. âGreat job out there. You kinda demolished him!â
âI did, didnât I,â he said just loud enough for you to hear, still wanting to appear like a good sport. âI have to go get ready for the press conference. Do you want to meet me at my hotel?â
âOf course. You donât mind me staying for the night?â you probed, despite knowing the answer. He wouldnât have asked you to go to his hotel in the first place if heâd minded.
âYou know I never mind you staying for the night,â he gave you a cheeky wink.
âYouâre so sleazy,â you commented with fake disgust.
âYou started it,â he replied, reluctantly pulling away from you and reaching into his bag to grab his hotel keycard. âIâll text you when Iâm heading back.âÂ
The moment you received a message about him being on his way to the hotel, you made a very lengthy phone call and request to the restaurant in the building. Technically, he shouldnât be eating any of what you ordered, on account of him being on a strict diet plan, but you figured that he deserved it after playing the way that he did. Besides, Patrick liked thoughtful acts of service, and you figured that this would count as one.
âYou know me so well,â he practically gasped as he stepped into the room, taking in the platters of food youâd laid out for him.
âWhat kind of wife would I be if I didnât?â you teased, though your sentiment was somewhat accurate, and it was clear that the two of you had grown to know each other far better over the past few months, you hoped that your friend wasnât interpreting your words in too serious of a way.Â
The two of you laid out on the pristine hotel bed, eating the feast that youâd ordered without much dialogue between you, other than a comment on how good something was, or a request to pass an item to one another. It felt oddly domestic, and oddly enough, you liked it. Maybe you liked it even more than youâd been willing to admit.
âIâm gonna go shower,â he announced after tossing his napkin onto a cleared off plate.
âWant some company?â you offered, raising your brows at him in a playfully suggestive manner.
âIs that what this is all about?â he feigned offense.Â
âMaybe,â you trailed off. âOr maybe I just wanted to celebrate the greatest tennis player of all time,â you purred.
âCome on. You and I both know that is far from the truth.â
âWell youâre the greatest player in my heart,â you praised, much to his chagrin.
âUgh. Shut up and come shower with me.âÂ
As you sleepily ran your fingers through his damp hair, you were surprised when he broke his silence with a comment seemingly out of the blue. It was more of a mumble than anything else, but youâd grown accustomed to his muffled words over the course of your marriage.Â
âYouâre so beautiful,â he randomly complimented you.
âYou know you donât have to compliment me to get into my pants, right?â you asked with a hint of laughter in your tone.
âIâm not trying to,â he pecked your armâthe limb he had the easiest access to at the momentâas if he was trying to emphasize his point, though all it did was bring heat to your cheeks at the reminder of the way heâd pressed slow and meaningful kisses along your calves and inner thighs while the two of you were in the shower. âYou just looked so good today, I couldnât not comment.â
âI donât look good every day?â you asked facetiously, trying to deflect from the warm and fuzzy feeling his compliments and affection were making you feel.Â
âOf course you always look good,â he reassured you rather than playing along with your game of joking instead of addressing your feelings. âI just donât tell you that enough.â
You werenât even sure how you could respond to that. Clearly, he wasnât in the mood to mince words tonight, but you couldnât bear to match his genuinity with cheap jokes. The only real, genuine thought to pop into your head were three ridiculous words that you immediately batted away. You couldnât think of anything more embarrassing than randomly declaring your love to a husband who wasnât really your husband in a marriage that wasnât really a marriage.Â
Out of ideas, you hit the lamp on your side of the bed. âI appreciate it. Goodnight.â
âNight,â he parroted back to you, remaining snug against your chest, despite the fact that your hands had stopped threading through his hair.Â
Deep down, you knew that those three words had been on the tip of Patrickâs tongue, too.   Â
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Being in the social circles of filthily rich people meant you often found yourself at random charity events, hosted by the nonprofits of families and business owners looking for a particularly large tax break for the year. Over the years, youâd felt that youâd seen and participated in it all: marathons raising awareness for a serious, but extremely rare disease, date auctions to raise money for a cause that certainly didnât justify you having to go on a date with a man almost forty years your senior, or galas for nearly-extinct sea creatures that were essentially used as an excuse to stand around and network while drinking expensive alcohol and eating hor d'oeuvres.
You seemed to find yourself at a lot of events like the latter, including the one you were standing at now. The gala, which took place in the art exhibit it was raising money for, was a rather standard one, filled with the typical suspects who regularly attended those events.Â
It was slightly ironic to be at the event with Patrick as your plus one, as this was the exact type of event he wouldâve texted you about an hour before it began to ask if you would play his concerned partner for the night who told everyone a flimsy excuse about him being under the weather.Â
It also served as somewhat of a reminder to you of the massive growth that your friend had undergone since the two of you became legally bound to one another. It finally felt like Patrick saw you as a true friend, instead of a reliable person who would do his dirty work. It finally felt like he cared. In some ways, your marriage was the best thing to happen to your friendship.Â
Patrick returned to where you were standing, this time with two flutes of champagne and a delicious looking appetizer in his hand.Â
âYouâre too kind,â you said as he passed you your drink.Â
âAnything for my wife,â he mockingly bowed in front of you and you chuckled and shook your head. Over the past year, the two of you slowly became slightly more comfortable with referencing each other as husband and wife, but only really as a joke. You guessed that in a lot of ways, thatâs what your marriage wasâa ridiculous inside joke. Â
He was just about to feed you a hor d'oeuvre when you were approached by a wildly unwelcome figure: the man who had purchased a date with you a few years ago. Despite your one very awkward, stilted date, he never really seemed to get over youâwhich he made a point to prove at every event you both happened to be at. And unfortunately for you, his generous donations landed him on the guest list for the majority of these events.Â
You were used to fighting him off on your own, as he seemed to come and flirt with you regardless of how inappropriate it was for the setting of the event, or even when he already had a beautiful young bombshell hanging on his arm. At this point, youâd learned to just tune his every word out and flee as soon as you possibly could. He was annoying, but he wasnât dangerous. Â
âHey, honey,â he greeted you way too comfortably. Youâd given up on asking him to call you by your name a very long time ago.Â
âHi, John,â you reached out to shake his hand and cringed internally when he kissed the back of your hand.Â
âOh honey, who is this?â Patrick immediately lept in, surprising you with his unsubtle passive aggressive tone and ridiculous use of a pet name.Â
âYou donât remember me? I swear, weâve met a few times.â John asked, trying to smile despite clearly being agitated by the presence of competition.
âSome people are more forgettable than others,â he said with a shrug. âHow do you know my wife?â He emphasized the word and you pushed down the small inkling of pride you were feeling. Whether it was from watching Patrick try to scare this annoying man away from you, or being so proudly referred to as his wife, you couldnât be sure. Â
âFinally settling down, eh?â he directed at you, then directed his next statement to Patrick. âWe went on a date back in the day.â
âIt was for that one date auction thing,â you quickly added context, but paused when you took in Johnâs less than pleased look. He was a large donor at your own familyâs nonprofit, and you were sure that your parents wouldnât be too pleased with you if they found out he pulled out over you hurting his feelings. âWe had a lot of fun, though.â
âWe definitely did,â he chuckled and smirked. You wanted to punch him in the mouth. âWe should definitely do it again sometime.â
It was clear that Patrick was not taking kindly to seeing you be flirted with so brazenly in front of him. Part of you wondered why he would be possessive, since part of your initial deal was that you could see whoever you wanted, even if that happened to be a creepy old man with a lot of money. The other part of you was enjoying seeing him so fired up. Particularly, seeing him fired up over you.Â
âOur schedule is just so busy. Between work and us trying to start a family, I just donât know when weâll have time to see you again.â
Trying to start a family? That was definitely news to you. Although, the idea didnât sound awful. Wasnât it everyoneâs dream to start a family with their closest, most dear friend?Â
âWell, she knows where to find me, right, honey?â
âMhm,â you mumbled, looking into your glass like it was the most interesting thing in the world.Â
âNow if you donât mind, my wife and I are going to go check out the exhibit,â Patrick announced, grabbing your hand and taking a step away from John.Â
âYou two have fun,â he said before clapping Patrickâs shoulder and leaning in to begin a stage whisper. âMake sure you treat her right and cherish her. If you donât, I might have to swoop in and do so myself.â
He winked at you and you bit back a gag.Â
âDon't you worry your wrinkly little head. Nobody lov- cherishes her more than I do,â he theatrically patted his back much like heâd initially done to him. âSee you around.â
Did he almost say what you think he almost said? Surely you misheard him, or he was just playing up your relationship to scare away that creepy man. It really wasnât anything to think twice about.Â
Once the two of you had walked away far enough to be out of earshot, you finally addressed what had just happened. âThank you, bodyguard. You donât even know how much I despise that man.â
âHe seems like heâs the worst,â he agreed with you, looking back over his shoulder.Â
âThatâs because he is,â you emphasized. âThis is so random, but did you mean what you said earlier?â
Patrick suddenly paused, his face going pale like heâd just seen a ghost. You were a little confused by this reaction, as heâd said nothing to warrant that level of fear.Â
âDo you actually want to start a family? Obviously not now, while youâre still playing tennis, but maybe eventually? I know we donât have the most traditional marriage, but, I donât know. Neither of us are getting any younger, and it might be fun to co-parent with my best friend,â you were clearly rambling now, but luckily, Patrick came in to rescue you for the second time that night. He looked far less aghast now.Â
âI would love that,â he said to you with a genuine smile. You matched his with one of your own.Â
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âDo you have any big plans for retirement?â a reporter asked for the final question of the press conference.Â
âMostly just eating a lot of burgers. And maybe learning how to play pickleball,â Patrick responded, never one to give a serious answer to questions that werenât explicitly about tennis.Â
It was a ridiculous note to end on, but it felt right. Youâd found that to be the case with most things in your life that pertained to himâmost notably your marriage, which ended up being far more than you ever expected it to be.
After the press conference had come to a close, Patrick met you outside by the car, pressing a sweet kiss to your lips, then leaning down to peck your baby bump.Â
âHow does it feel to be retired?â you asked, ruffling his hair while he was still bending down.
âIt feels like you might divorce me,â he joked. Obviously your marriage deal was only meant to cover the time that he was still playing tennis, but after years of a complicated marriage that suddenly became significantly less complicated once you finally confronted the fact that the two of you very obviously loved each other, it seemed unlikely that your union would end any time soon.Â
You glanced down at your baby bump, then back up to him skeptically. âI hope youâre not being serious.â
âCome on, I never know with you. Youâre the one who friendzoned me the entire first year of our marriage!â he exclaimed.
âThat was a lifetime ago,â you countered before taking his hands in yours. âIf youâre really worried, I have zero intentions of ending our marriage.â
âThatâs all I wanted to hear,â he grinned, stepping away from you. âLetâs get going. I donât want us to miss our reservation.â
You nodded and obliged, passing him the keys before heading to the passenger side of the car.
Once you sat down, you were overcome with the urge to say something. You had spent so much time bottling up and pressing down your own feelings, that it was now hard to resist letting things out when they came to you.Â
âIâm so proud of you,â you blurted. âAnd I love you. So much.â
Patrick smiled at you genuinely, before his look turned into a slightly more devious one. âI love you so much, too. One might even say I love you more.âÂ
âDonât even start with that,â you laughed, not in the mood to have the kind of back and forth with him that you had at least once a week. Considering that you were carrying his child, you were pretty sure that you were the winner of the love competition. Â
âFine. We love each other equally,â he conceded.
âThatâs more like it.â
You tried to think back to one specific moment where your marriage had crossed over from being one of convenience, into a union with genuine feelings attached, and realized that you werenât exactly sure. It couldâve been the first night you spent together, when youâd finally allowed yourself to consider what your relationship might look like beyond a simple friendship, or maybe it was even earlier than that, when you gazed into Patrickâs eyes as you read off your vows. The look of pure adoration he gave you was one that you had grown familiar with throughout the course of your marriage, but you hadnât realized at the time just how genuine he had been. Or maybe even the moment Patrick asked you in the living room of your apartment, when youâd been the first person he thought of to carry out his ridiculous scheme, and youâd said yes despite every logical part of your brain that screamed at you to say no.Â
Whenever it began didnât particularly matter. What mattered now was that the two of you fully intended to spend the rest of your lives together.Â
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DCxDP: Immunity system
Danny gets confused for Tim Drake when he stop for gas in Gotham on his way to visit Dan. His clone had set up shop- a literary comic book shop- in Metropolis.
Danny was going for the weekend to help him run the red dot sale and also spend time with his Clone turned older brother.
Dan after being released from his prison and getting a Core Cleanse in the FarFrozen ectoplasm iced pools, had mellowed out greatly.
It turns out Dan had gone mad after suffering a dip in contaminated ectoplasm. He called it "Pit Madness" and Clockwork assured him it was a real medical condition
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After the Big Reveal with his parents - who took the news surprisingly well- Team Phantom introduced Elle and Dan to them.
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He was not aware the locals avoided the area due to the danger of feuding gangs. He was also unaware that while pumping the gas, a Scarecrow goon was watching him.
That goon knew his boss had been getting a bit bored with his experiments, and he knew it wouldn't be long before his boss turned on his employees to relieve his boredom.
He was just starting to sweat, thinking he would be the new genuine pig until Tim Drake himself rolled out of a beat up car in the bad part of town.
He practically gift-wrapped himself for Scarecrow! The goon grins, creeping up behind the distracted young man.
One of the employees' inside the gas station had clocked Tim Drake too and had been staring at him - how could he not when Tim was a Bi icon?- and sees the moment the goon covers the boy's mouth with a clotch and yank him into a van that speeds away.
For a moment, the employee only gawked after the speeding vehicle, too shook to do anything as it disappears around a corner.
He scrambles for his phone to call 911. He prays that his slow reaction does not cost Drake's life.
(His call's transcript pings on Oracle's program designed to pick up the civilian names of the Bats if ever used in the emergency hotlines)
Sadly it is hours before the Bats have even an idea of where Tim (actually Danny) was taken to.
Danny wakes up in a warehouse, strapped to a table. He only had a brief moment of thinking his worst fear was coming true ,his parents, were going to rip him apart molecular by molecular, despite it being two years since they learn.
Thankfully a man dressed in a ridiculous Halloween costume steps into the light and he knows it's not his parents.
"Lovely expression Mr. Drake. Let's see how lovely that fear truly is," the man says in a raspy voice, holding up a needle. He stabs Danny with it and the boy blanches as the hot liquid enters his blood stream.
A minute goes by.
Two.
Three.
"Ugh was that supposed to do something?" He questioned, moving around his restraints to check his chances of escape without outing himself as Phantom.
The camera pointing at him limits his options.
The man dressed as Scarecrow lets out a gleeful cackle. He doesn't answer Danny, instead turning to the door- from where Danny can lift his head, it looks like he's in a basement of some kind- and shouts, "Bring me experiment six two six!"
A bulky man comes in carrying a tray of tubes. Danny watches as Scarecrow carefully selects a tube and pours it into another needle. "Lets see how you handle this"
The answer is Danny handles it very well. In fact he takes all seven tubes without a single reaction. Honestly it's the needle that's a real bother.
Scarecrow is both impressed and slightly insulted by the end of it. "How did a simpleton chloroform work on you but not my brilliant science!?"
Danny squints at him. "I would call this many things but never science, let alone brilliant, you fruitloop."
He gets knocked out again for his cheek with a new chloroform rag.
He wakes to the same made leaning over him again, but this time, there is also a clown in purple. Danny can only stare as the clown cackles.
"I think you're losing your special touch if Tim Drake is immune to your Fear Gas." The clown says, and Danny wonders if a costume convention exists in town.
Danny is happy to see that besides being knocked out and tied him down they haven't really done anything to him. "Who are you supposed to be?"
The clown face spams before a wide, mad grin breaks across his face. If Danny were to look of the definition of madness in a dictionary he knows this guy would be the example for it.
"I'm just a simple chum who wants to see the world laugh," The clown tells him, holding a squirt flower in Danny's face. "Let's see that smile!"
Danny squeaks as the liquid splashes in his face, some going up his nose. He coughs while the two men stare intensely at him.
After a moment Danny gets himself under control. "Ugh what was that? Is smell nasty"
The clown face freezes, rage bleeding into his eyes as the scarecrow one scoffs "seem you are also losing your touch, chum"
"No no no. Our little friend just needs a higher dosage! I'll have him laughing in no time!"
He doesn't. After a gas tank full of that nasty-smelling stuff is forced onto his face, and five different needles stabbed into his arm the clown is forced to admit Danny is immune.
They still call him "Mr. Drake" even though Danny tells them between needles that's not his name.
After hours of attempting to get a reaction out of him- both by clown and scarecrow- , Danny is knocked out again by the little rag.
When he comes two three people stand over him. The two from before, though clown now looks murderous and scarecrow politely interested, and a women in green with leaves splat across her outfit.
So Danny got kidnapped by a Scarecrow, a clown, and a nymph? Sounds like the beginning of a bad joke.
The gas mask is forced back onto his face and another Danny struggles he can do nothing as he is forced to breath in a new gas.
The woman watches his reaction with a keen eye before nodding "He should be pretty far gone now"
Scarecrow shakes his head. "There isn't a single reaction. He isn't affected by your pheromones."
The woman scoffs, leaning over Danny and fluttering her eyelashes "You're going to kill dear old dad for me"
Danny glares at her. "Like hell, I will."
His voice is muffled by the mask but they hear him and the woman actually looks shocked "He might need a higher dosage "
"By all means, give it a try. Neither Joker or I saw a difference in Mr.Drake even after adjusting his intake."
"How is that possible?"
"Maybe because you all suck!"
The clown slams his hands on the table. "I am one of the best chemists in the world, brat!"
"And the ugliest!"
Danny doesn't see the knife until it's pressed repeatedly into his left leg. He screams around his mask as the Clown spits and swears at him.
The other two only watch, neither seemingly bothered by the man stabbing a teenager.
Then the knife is plunged into his stomach, and he screams as the world almost whites out in agony.
Danny, blinks the white hot pain, and is just barely thinking of going ghost when the door bursts open and a group of people wearing more costumes pour in.
A man dressed as a Bat flings the clown away with an outraged cry. Danny can't see where the clown lands, but he hears fighting all around him.
A boy in a hood and mask appears in his line of sight. There is a worried frown on his face as he quickly picks at the locks keeping Danny down "Do not worry, Drake, we are here."
Danny finally gives in to the pain, running to blissful darkness as a man in a red helmet lifts him off the bed and makes a run for the door.
The kid provided cover for them.
#dcxdpdabbles#dc x dp crossover#Immunity system au#Danny is confused as Tim#Then stumped all the villians with his immunity#he was there for three days#the bats think hes tim#where is the real tim? no one knows#TW: slight torture
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Damian ran away from home after a bad fight with Bruce and accidentally entered a natural portal. Danny finds him and agrees to help him get home, and they fall in love along the way, with Ellie wingwomaning the whole time.
This is after that though, when Danny decides to join Damian in his dimension. Clockwork agrees, but he warns them that while itâs been almost a year for them, itâs been only a month back in Gotham, and their bodies will change to match that, with a few abnormalities for Danny. The journey may also cause Ellie to de age.
Now, the Batfam have been looking for Damian for a while, driving themselves crazy. They got confirmation that magic was involved, and are assuming itâs a kidnapping. So when a portal opens in their backyard, they are expecting a fight.
They arenât expecting Damian to step out with another boy who had Black hair with a white streak like Jason, but bigger. He was cradling a baby who had the same dark hair.
âItâs weird seeing you look so young again.â The unknown boy says. Then, he sees them, and they all notice how one of his eyes is almost glowing green. âYou ready to introduce me and the munchkin to your family? âCause they are staring at us like they have seen a ghost.â
#funny#misunderstanding#de aged ellie#dc x dp#dcxdp#dead serious#they think Danny and Damian are Ellieâs parents#and that the time difference was bigger#also yes that last line was a joke#i had to
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Justice League & The Observants
The first time The Observants appeared before the Justice League, they were met with resistance. The JL was more than apprehensive when it came to working with the beings.
A new side of their world was exposed to them. Since the day those things showed up at the watchtower, everywhere the JL turned, there was a new spooky thing to learn about.
The strange beings didn't say much. Appearing in the room through a swirling portal, took a look at the heroes and gave them a mission.
A mission. Like suddenly the Justice League works for them. Something that rubbed all the heroes the wrong way.
Yet, they had to take it. They couldn't let a town get absolutely destroyed and leveled just because they disliked the creatures that told them about it.
It kept happening.
Batman pulls out all the stops to learn more about these so called "Observants". Everything he could find.
It takes him down a rabbit hole. Finding out more and more about the world those beings came from. The Zone.
No one could really complain. The visits from the Observants were always short and to the point. A new problem has arise in the time line and they needed to fix it.
That was until the first time it wasn't one of those things stepping out of the portal.
This time it was a kid. Or something that looked like a kid, and this kid looked pissed.
He demands to know everything that the Observants had asked the league to do. Demands to be filled in.
The anger isn't directed at the JL. No, no. It's directed at the Observants. It seems the league aren't the only ones that despise those all-seeing beings.
He's a king. The kid is a King.
Not what anyone had expected, and it seemed the complication only grew more. The king, Phantom, informs them not to trust the Observants.
The Justice League takes it all in surprising strides. Confirms that they have done nothing wrong, and they haven't. It was simply that the Observants cared more of their own opinions than the betterment of the world.
However, it gets a little harder to keep a straight face when they are introduced to the God of Time.
Made even worse when the God, Clockwork, is a child. If they thought Phantom was a kid, this was a baby.
Except in almost a blink of an eye, Clockwork was an old man.
Things just kept getting more complicating and intriguing.
Before the Justice League knows it. They are essentially thrusted into the Zone's own problems. An inner war was brewing, and Phantom wanted to do everything he could to stop it.
#danny phantom#fandom things#fandom#multi fandom blog#fanfiction#dc x dp#dp#dpxdc#dc justice league#justice league#dc batman#dc flash#The zone was split when Danny become ghost king#Some didn't like the idea of a child in charge#others despised the idea of a halfa in charge#The observants are shady rats and tried to rig the system against Danny#Danny just wants to catch a break with everything going in in the living realm#He absolutely loses his shit when he finds out the observants were recruiting the JL to their side#I just imagine Danny trying to gentle parent the JL#Danny: *deep breath* it's okay it's okay they didn't know they don't know anything... I can't blame them I can't *struggling with anger#batman#dp x dc#phandom#danny fenton#The observants dp
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I just read Clockwork Orange and I'm so disappointed and mad that I'm disappointed
#there's so much wasted potentail holy shit#like there are so many themes that get introduced near the end#and none of them get explored#and it just ends up being#'oh yeah teens are violent but when you hit -legal adulthood- you stop being a violent shitbag#like motherfucker of all your choices you pick that???#also the 'i wanted it to be 21 chapters b/c thats symbolic of adulthood'#is a comparatively minor but still annoying stupid little thing#my dumbass can't sit still for a movie so i read the book and this is all i get#im so disappointed#clockwork orange
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Never really fit back in
Part 2 Daniel or Danyal or Danny?
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Danyal took a deep breath. There was only one person who could bring him to his brother. One person who could get him into the Wayne household. Vlad Masters, his godfather, though things were getting better with Vlad it was still awkward. He doubted he'd ever fully trust him but he was the only adult around who knew what he was and at least for right now wasn't trying to kill him for it. Plus he had access to the Wayne Galas and as his heir Danny did too.
"Daniel" Vlad smiled at him and offered him a seat at his table. "I was quite surprised when you asked to have a meeting with me" Danyal took a seat as dinner was served to them. He hesitated before speaking. Danny had been trying to prepare what to say to Vlad all day but now he was here, his mind went blank.
"I-" He paused as he pursed his lips before stealing his nerves once again. "I'd like to take up your offer of being your heir." Vlad stopped moving for a second as his smile faltered. he stared at Daniel. The silence was deafening. Danyal continued or well rambled after an uncomfortably long few minutes of silence. "The Fenton household hasn't felt safe in.. Well it's never been safe but ever since my accident it's just gotten worse. The house is always attacking me, even though my parents- Even though Maddie and Jack know I'm Phantom now that hasn't stopped them- actually I think they've just been ignoring me. And-"
"Daniel,"
"Since Jazz left for college, I've only really had Sam and Tucker but-"
"Daniel"
"They're now busy preparing for their own futures and all that-"
"Daniel!" Vlad spoke a little louder silencing Danny again then sighed. "I will gladly take you in, Daniel. It's the least I can do for you" Danyal relaxed a bit, though not too much. Vlad might be better now but he's still a power hungry fruitloop. Danny still had to be careful but at least Vlad's manor wasn't actively trying to destroy him. At least Vlad acknowledged his existence. And so Danny's new life began.
A few new changes happened after he started to live with Vlad. One he changed his legal name to Danyal (it just felt more real), he and Vlad still argue over changing his last name over to Masters but Danny's not ready for that. Danny had to start taking etiquette classes from both Dorothy and Vlad, Vlad had gotten him plenty of suits and other more comfortable clothes, and Danny had full access to his lab. Though Danny didn't go down there often, it gave him the creeps in a bad way. Most labs did at this point. Instead he had taken over a large room and had a work desk where he tinkered on what ever her felt like tinkering on, or schoolwork, or the loads of paper work he had to do for the Infinite Realms. It was kind of nice having Vlad help with that though at least someone could explain what half of it meant and wasn't as secretive as Clockwork.
Four months passed and things were going great actually. Things were finally starting to feel alright again, maybe this was the best decision. Eventually Danny did tell Vlad about being Damian's brother only because he would have to confront Damian at the Wayne Christmas gala.
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Damian just like his other siblings dreaded the galas but they were important. It was important to keep building relationships with the public and the rich. It was important to keep a mask on and play the very rich found family of Brucie Wayne. It was important to keep their night life out of the picture.
Damian got ready with his siblings as usual. He listened and complained with them about the Gala as Jason laughed and praised being "dead". At least being the youngest meant he wasn't as bothered by the guests as the rest of his siblings were. All he had to do was introduce himself to the guests, have his picture taken a thousand times and lurk around the party. A boring night that would be much better spent on patrol. Though he was just has confident that the others could Patrol Gotham without them as his father.
The gala was about normal, he greeted guests with his father as Tim went out to do some networking. Dick playing as his usual self, Cass lurking around, Steph tormenting people by being her eccentric self, and Duke wandering around and making small talk. The night was normal till Masters arrived.
By that point Damian had broken off from his father and went to see and spend time with his siblings. Though something felt off after about a half hour. Damian went to report this to his father only to find him still speaking with Masters who had a boy with him. He paid no mind to him. "Father there's-" Damian paused then looked at the boy standing next to Masters who was smiling at him.
Danyal. That was Danyal. That was Danyal. That was Danyal.
Damian just stared at Danny with a look of horror that his father caught quickly. Before Bruce could pull Damian away he heard his brother speak.
"Hello, Damian. It's nice to see you again"
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Bruce had never seen his son like that before. He had never seen that look on his son's face before. Something had to be wrong he just didn't know what yet. Bruce excused both himself and Damian from the Masters and brought Damian over to the others. He looked at his son who looked both terrified and shell shocked. Bruce spoke softly.
"Damian, are you alright chum?"
Damian started to hyperventilate and mumble in Arabic. Damian normally spoke in Arabic when upset but this was very clearly different. Bruce brought Damian to his room, not because he was in trouble but because he was freaking out and needed some quiet. That night for the first time Damian openly cried in front of Bruce. That night for the first time Damian held onto Bruce like his life depended on it and sobbed. That night for the first time Damian sobbed into his father.
Bruce didn't know what the Masters did to his son but they won't get away with it. That he swore. He'll have Tim and Barbara look into them later for now his son needs him.
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#dc x dp#danny phantom#dcu#bruce wayne#damian wayne#demon twins au#vlad plasmius#redeemed-ish Vlad#he is still doing this to have a little more power in the realms but rn he's more helpful than not so whatever#good dad bruce wayne#protective dad Bruce Wayne#trying to portray Danny struggling with who he is by constantly switching up his name. hopefully that made sense or could be picked up on?#danny gave Damian a panic attack:)#danny probably also will have a panic attack after realizing he gae his brother a panic attack :)))#Never Really Fit Back In
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The Timeline Shifted, and Sam is conflicted...
So! A Timeline Shift occurs one day (thanks Barry) while Team Phantom are in the Ghost Zone helping Clockwork with a few things. As they are going back to the Human World, Clockwork gives them another cryptic piece of advice.
"Unfortunately the world will not be the same as it once was. Samantha, you will find this especially Jarring, but keep an open mind."
Before they can ask what happened, he shoves them through their own respective Portals, and Sam lands in an Alleyway in Gotham.
She is confused, but a green glowing sticky note appears in front of her telling her 'go to the nearby park, you will see what I was talking about'
She walks over, and sees a lady with Green Skin tending to some flowers. Her head is covered by a Hat, so Sam can't see her face.
They strike up a Conversation, and Sam finds that this Lady is great. She loves taking care of Plants, she hates it when Companies pollute the Earth, and she even has Plant Powers just like Sam!
It occurs to her that she never asked for the Lady's name, so she asks and the lady lifts her Hat to reveal her face. And Sam freezes.
"Oh, sorry for not introducing myself. My name is Pamela Isley."
Thats her Mom's Maiden Name.
This lady has her Mom's Name.
This is her Mom.
Oooooooohhhhhhhhhh shit.
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Read the tags for extra context
#Dpxdc#Dp x dc#Dcxdp#Dc x dp#Danny Phantom#Dc#Dcu#Samantha Mason#Sam Mason#Pamela Isley#Barry shifted the Timeline#Pamela never married into the Mason Name and moved to Gotham#She struck up a love for Botony and eventually becomes the Ecto Terrorist Villain Poison Ivy#She is the complete opposite of what she used to be#Sam is conflicted#On one hand She loves this new direction for her mother and now she feels like she can relate to her so much more#On the other hand she thinks that her mom should have had a choice in the matter and wishes she could have chosen this on her own#Is it taking advantage of the situation if the old version of her mom technically never existed?#Also to add an extra layer of Crack#Sam's Dad was born a girl in this timeline and studied psychology#You see where this is going#Sam's Dad is now Harley Quinn
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noise || hoody
SMUT. MINORS DNI. 18+. remember when i talked about this hoody fic 509 years ago? yeah here it is. also yeS i am aware masky & hoody belong to marble hornets this is the only time im going to address thisđ we are in 2024 in this fandom WE KNOW. anyways enjoy !! <3
If there was anything you couldâve changed about your life, you had a particular decision in mind.
Being a desperate college student for cash, babysitting and dog walking wasnât paying the off the debt you were accumulating.
You had scoured Craigslist, confident that there would be an odd job youâd be able to accomplish for quick cash.
Looking back you wish you had known quick cash wouldnât come easy.
A posting offering $5k a week fell into your lap about a week later. The details seemed easy enough. The ability to clean an older mansion, whilst keeping the identities of the multiple infamous residents that resided there a secret seemed like a piece of cake.
What the posting didnât list, was that the infamous residents were unhinged killers. Some of which you couldnât even categorize as human.
It also didnât list that your position would be residing in the mansion, permanently.
Being a maid in the Slenderman mansion was, in lack of better words: fucking terrifying.
The residents operated at odd hours. No matter what time you cleaned, you always received the displeasure of running into someone.
The longer you stayed, the longer paranoia began to settle in. Ben Drowned, the poster of the Craigslist ad, was a perv. You learned to stray away from electronic devices he could peep his head through. Jeff the killer, one of the most unhinged, had a short temper. He was one of the first ones to opt out of having his room cleaned by you, a decision you silently praised after walking by and seeing how filthy it was.
The next to opt out with a demonic creature named Eyeless Jack, one who specifically requested you stay out of his medical lab. Given all of the blood and goop you had mopped up at this point, a fear of being eaten led you to offering to clean it regardless. EJ knew you wouldnât be able to handle it, given his âhobbiesâ were the most gore filled of the mansions residents. It didnât surprise him when you left the lab green, puking immediately in a bucket he had placed beside the door for you.
The other members whose names you were obligated to memorize, Jane, Clockwork, Jason the something maker, all were rarely home. You learned to steer clear of Jasonâs workshop, the dolls he made often speaking to you as if they had souls. The only three other residents who lived in the mansion full time (minus its owner), were what you learned to be proxies. These proxies, two of them at least, seemed to be human just like you.
Ticci Tobyâs mortality was still up in the air for you. He once had tripped and fallen after you had mopped the floors, landing on the marble face first. He got up like nothing happened, giggling to himself about âhow wet you made the floorâ. After observing him throw axes in the training room, you decided to steer clear of him.
Masky seemed to be the trioâs leader, his face consistently hidden behind a doll resembling mask. He avoided you like the plague, skipping the formalities and acting as if you didnât exist. You never asked questions, not knowing how long anyone had truly been here. But Masky in particular seemed a bit older than everyone, when you accidentally stumbled upon him coming home late one night from a mission. His nose was trailing blood, his mask broken in half. You ensured to avoid eye contact, but extended a wet washcloth to him so he could attend to his nose.
After that your dynamic remained the same for the most part. Except when both of you occupied a room together, neither of you made an effort to beeline to the door.
Hoody was the last proxy, the one that made you more at ease than the others. Hoody had spoken a grand total of maybe ten words to you, introducing himself and Masky before dashing out of the back door. The only time you really saw him was when you cleaned his room, the man doing a poor job of pretending to read magazines while you cleaned. Other than that, you only caught glimpses of the proxies when they came home in the late hours of the night from missions.
Most of the time they were soaked in blood. In a couple of odd occasions you had to assist them in carrying one another up to Eyeless Jackâs medical lab. You couldnât figure out why the proxies were here, two humans not seeming to fit in with the rest of misfits that resided here. You had no idea soon enough youâd be up close and personal.
Late night was when you preferred to clean, most of the killers away from the mansion and out hunting. The existence of the residents here only existed because of their dedication to keep their identities a secret. Night time was the perfect cover, for them and for you. You were leaning over the kitchen sink, scrubbing at a particular stubborn pot when you heard the back door open. You tried very hard not to stare, not wanting to gain unwanted attention.
You glanced up briefly, catching a glance of Tobyâs and Maskyâs familiar figures as they trudged upstairs. âHe cost us that fucking mission, Slenderâs gonna be so pissed off,â Masky growled, rounding the corner of the kitchen. Toby trailed behind him, an axe dripping blood slung over his shoulder. âY-yeah, what w-w-was he thinking?!â Toby exclaimed, his stuttering something you had grown accustomed to. You noted Hoodyâs absence, your eyebrows raising as you returned your gaze to the pot.
The sound of doors slamming echoed through out the other wise quiet mansion, the silence fulfilling you with some sort of ease. It didnât take long for the final proxy to stumble into frame, his hand cupping his face. You werenât forbidden from interacting with the mansions residents, your urge to help sweeping over you. Hoody was awkwardly stumbling, immediately leaning onto you for support as you helped him stay standing.
âI got it,��� He huffed. His usual ski mask was half raised, the bottom half of his face revealed to you for the first time. His chin and upper lip had surprisingly clean cut facial hair, kept to a minimum. You guided him around the counter, helping him sit onto the kitchen counter by the sink. Hastily he shoved his yellow hood off of his head, yanking the ski mask off with it. You were surprised a normal human being stared back at you, a large gash sliced across his cheek.
âJesus Christ,â You muttered. You grabbed a clean wash cloth, running it under cold water. âDidnt ask for your commentary doll,â Hoody said dryly. You swallowed, wringing out the excess water. You couldâve done what you did with Masky, handing him the washcloth and wishing him a silent farewell. But instead you didnât. âSorry,â You mumbled. You craved human contact, any kind of human contact. Brushing off your skirt you stepped in between his legs, leaning forward.
You were careful to avoid eye contact, focusing on dabbing the wound. Hoody silently winched under the feeling, inhaling through his teeth. As gently as you could you dabbed away the blood. âDo you want me to get EJ?â You asked. Hoodyâs face was stone cold, from what you could see out of the corner of your eye anyways. âDont bother, iâm sure heâs sick of patching us up all the time,â He grumbled. The wound didnât look deep, just very long. Thankfully most of the blood was gone, the rest of his face covered in specs of dry blood (that you presumed to not be his) and dirt.
Turning on the sink you washed out the washcloth, the crimson paint drifting off down the drain with the water. You then returned to Hoody, wiping off his face. You werenât sure what compelled you to be so compassionate, Hoodyâs eyes fluttering shut. He took a deep breath, his shoulders seemingly relaxing. You were gentle of course, not wanting to piss the killer in front of you off. But even Hoody knew your action wasnât callous.
Once you were done you awkwardly stepped aside, putting the rag in the sink. âYou want a cig?â Hoody asked. He dug in his jeans, pulling out a beat up cigarette box. âIs this your way of showing gratitude?â You asked. The man in front of you smiled, extending you the box. âThis right here is the only kind of buzz youâre getting around here doll,â He explained, allowing himself to half smile. You had never smoked a cigarette before, nor had you really planned on it. Not like it mattered now.
You put one to your lips like people did in movies, watching Hoody do the same. He pulled out a lighter, flicking it and igniting the end of his cigarette. You leaned forward, watching Hoody attempt to flick the lighter again. The flame refused to ignite, the sight of small sparks making him sigh. âMasky always takes the good lighters,â He muttered. He inhaled his cigarette, blowing the smoke to the right. You found the gesture of attempting to not violate you with smoke a little sweet.
âWell I appreciate the offer. Iâve never smoked a cigarette anyways,â You admit. Hoody shook his head. âThat just wonât do then. Put it to your lips and stay still,â He ordered. You did as instructed, watching him lean closer to you. His fingers went under your chin, keeping your head held high. You felt your face beginning to burn, the end of his cigarette lighting yours as you inhaled. You both avoided each others gazes, until the second he began to back away.
For a brief moment you shared eye contact, searching each otherâs eyes. For what? You didnât know. You properly inhaled, coughing immediately. âYou guys like this stuff?â You asked in between coughs, continuing to choke. Hoody nonchalantly took another drag of his, watching you struggle. âItâll grow on you, trust me. I didnât like it at first either,â He confessed. Once you regained strength in your lungs you properly stood up. Hoody remained seated on the kitchen counter, with you standing beside him.
âHow long have you been here?â You asked curiously. You were stepping over a hundred boundaries, ones you could die for if you stepped over the line too far. âA while,â Hoody answered honestly. You took another drag of your cigarette, the taste of tobacco growing on you. âHow long are you going to be here?â Hoody countered. You exhaled, glancing back at the proxy. He had exhaled through his nose, boldly making eye contact with you.
âA while.â
You found the courage to turn around, facing him fully. âYou arenât lonely?â You asked. Hoody gave you a smile, tossing the bud of his cigarette into the nearby trashcan. âI am, are you?â He asked curiously. You followed his lead, tossing the bud of the cigarette into the trashcan. If it set the kitchen on fire, it wouldnât be the worst thing to happen. âYeah I am,â You admit. Hoody slid off of the counter, his tall height towering over you.
âDo you uh, wanna change that?â He asked. For a killer who had a victims blood splattered across his face moments ago, he seemed so awkward. You wondered how long it had been since he had been with a woman. How long would it be before you could be with a man again? âPlease,â You sighed. Hoody kissed you just as rough as you expected, both of you melting into the other. Both of you were undeniably needy, touch depraved and lonely. You were sure this was forbidden for both of you but as his tongue slid into your mouth, you just couldnât find it within yourself to care.
âCall me Brian but only when itâs us, okay? Thats not who I am anymore but thatâs who I want to be with you, okay?â Hoody asked. You nodded, the normal name bringing your comfort. Brianâs hand snaked down your waist, squeezing and kneading at the flesh of your ass. You whimpered into his mouth, the sound only making him harder. There was no telling how much longer youâd be around, the residents of the mansion unhinged enough to snap at any moment.
You couldnât fully undress here and going upstairs was out of the question. âThis has to be quick, we canât get caught,â You whispered. Brian nodded, slipping his hand up your skirt. He rubbed against your wet cunt, your panties preventing any further stimulation. Brian had zero control over his life but he did right here, right now. You had no control over yours either, the decision to fuck each other to release steam the only free will decision either of you could make. You palmed him through his jeans, his cock practically busting through the fabric.
He guided you to the counter, grabbing the sides of your panties and yanking them down to your ankles. He shoved them into his pocket for what you thought to be safe temporary keeping. But Brian had other ideas.
âFuck, please, wanna feel you Brian,â You whispered, trying hard to not groan loudly. Brian quickly undid his belt bringing his lips back to yours. It had been so long since he had kissed anyone, your soft lips driving him mad. It wasnât long before his cock was at your entrance, awkwardly shuffling with his jeans at his ankles. He fell a bit backwards, causing you to laugh. âFucking hell, sorry-â He began apologizing. You giggled, hopping off of the counter.
You brought him fully to the ground, pushing his back against the oven. âThis might work better,â You replied, lowering yourself down onto his cock. Brianâs cock felt like heaven, your mouth falling open. Both of you let out a sigh of relief. You had no way to masturbate, no way to possibly release the stressful tension building inside of you. As you pressed your forehead against Brianâs, you realized that this was what you got. This was your outlet.
Brianâs gloved hands met your waist, helping you roll your hips. You let out a loud groan, one of his hands flying to your mouth. âShh, you canât make any noise,â Brian warned, your inability to stay composed only making him more hot and bothered. He took control, guiding your hips to ride him at a pace that worked for both of you. You were as wet as a virgin, your body yearning for more as Brian abused your g spot. Your sinful moans were muffled by his gloved hand, his other attempting to guide you.
He brought himself close to your ear. âIf you wanna get off, youâre gonna have to ride me by yourself mkay? Do that and iâll play with that pretty clit of yours doll,â He huffed, trying to control his own noises. You nodded yes profusely, trying to concentrate on grinding your hips against his. With his spare hand he found your clit, drawing sloppy circles around it. For a brief moment he was worried about his âskillsâ not having slept with a woman in years. Whether he was good or bad at it, you didnât appear to give a shit. You were still a panting mess, your hair sticking to your forehead from sweat.
Your walls clenched tighter around Brian as you felt yourself closer to euphoria, your eyes fluttering shut. With your forehead pressed to his you pawed at his hoodie, grabbing handfuls as your orgasm washed over you. Your sinful noises were muted by Brianâs hand, the muffled sounds music to his ears that he had made you feel that good. Your walls fluttering around him triggered his own orgasm, his cum flooding inside of you. He dropped his hand from your mouth, both of you taking a moment to breathe.
In a moment of true loneliness you leaned against Brianâs shoulder, ignoring the faint smell of dried blood and sweat. Unsurely Brian stroked your hair, trying to remember if that was comforting or not. He licked his dry lips, a bold question on the tip of his tongue.
âYou wanna share a cigarette again tomorrow?â
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A deal with the Ghost King
Part2 AO3
Danny was getting impatient.
He had been annoyed at being summoned, then exited when he found himself in the Justice League Watchtower. He was in space! But then the guy in the raincoat begun offering a piece of his soul in exchange for destroying a meteorite, and he had become annoyed instead. He doesn't want a soul! Doesn't this guy get he'd be Danny's slave for eternity? So taking a page off Clockwork's book, he said something cryptic and ominous so no one else tried to bribe him with souls. They had turned white and raincoat guy asked if they could be excused for a moment before pulling the other heroes into a different room. Wich, first off: Rude. Second: Danny couldn't leave the summonning circle unless he made a deal or if he was send back. At first he had been curious what they would offer him now, settling into a more humanoid form instead of the eldritch nightmare being summoned always forced him into. That had been a while ago though, and now he was getting impatient. They better come back soon so he can go deal with the problem. He'll do it for a Pop-tart at this point, as long as he can go break that overgrown space-rock!
Jason was pissed. Batman had ordered everyone to come to the Watchtower immediatly. Jason wasn't even allowed to wear his helmet (he scared the younger Leaguers), having to settle for a domino mask instead. Good thing he had 2, because Nightwing had even brought Alfred! Jason wanted anwsers, why did B rush them here? He hadn't even greeted or explained anything to them, just had Plastic-man bring them to a room to wait. But Jason was done waiting, so he stormed to the main briefing room. He expected B and his Justice club. Instead he found a glowing, floating hero. The floor glowed a bit beneath him, his skin tinted green and his hair floated as if underwater, a crown surrounded by its own northen light. He was beautifull. Anger forgotten, he made his way over, deciding to make some small talk. 'Hello there! Are you a new hero? I've never seen you before?'
Danny was startled. He'd been focussing on the door the heroes left through, trying to will them back. He hadn't even noticed the Liminal behind him until he spoke! He turned around, and was again caught of guard. Even with the Domino covering his eyes,he could tell this guy was really handsome! A mountain of chiseled muscles and a white streak of hair that gave him something mysterious. Oh crap, he was staring. What did he say again? 'Hello! I'm Phantom. It's nice to meet you!' The Liminal introduced himself as J. 'Anyone ever tell you you're drop-dead gorgeous?' Danny laughed. Hot and death puns? Yep, he's going for it. The Leaguers aren't back yet anyway.
Jason was kicking himself. Really? That's the best he could come up with? Thank god Phantom had seemed to like it. 'Well, it certainly wouldn't get a rise out of me if they did!' he said. 'So what are you doing here? I didn't see you at the meeting?' Jason shrugged. 'No idea actually. B called for all hands on deck, so here I am. What are you here for?' Phantom sighed. 'They got me here to deal with some stupid rock, but then ditched me here for an impromptu meeting. I just want to go take care of it, but I can't just leave.' Phantom looked annoyed. Jason asked if Phantom wanted a tour of the Watchtower, surely Flash could get him when they needed him? Phantom looked dejected. He couldn't leave without being dismissed. Jason decided to make a move. 'Ok, how about this: you deal with that rock, and afterwards, we can meet up in Gotham and I'll give you a tour there! Deal?' Phantom looked up, an inhumanly while smile on his face.
'Deal!'
After that Phantom had left, saying the boyscouts had their chance. 'I look forward to our date!' He said and then dissapeared. Jason was exited! He went back to the others, who hadn't noticed he'd left. No matter, he had a date to plan!
Contantine was freaking out. The meteorite had proven too much for the Justice League. Most of their heavy hitters had been off-planet or out off commision. The damn thing was even made of kryptonite! He had no choice but to summon the only being that he knew of that could deal with it and could be bribed. He had offered the mighty Ghost King a piece of his soul, but been rejected! Batman had offered his own soul instead, but again this offer wasn't enough. The Ghost King explained there were billions of mortals about to become his subjects. Why trade that for 1 measily soul? He needed a better offer if they wanted his help. Panicked, Constantine had pulled the other League members into a different room, not wanting them to make a deal by accident. They were all making desperate suggestions. What could be worth more than every soul on Earth? They had made a list of magical and historical artifacts from every members background. It was a long shot, but the meteorite was getting too close. As they went back to the Ghost King they were praying it would be enough.
The King was gone. Suddenly in the distance the meteorite exploded. Someone had made a deal with the Ghost King, and no one knew who. What had they offered?
What could possible be worth more to the High King of the Infinite Realms than every living soul on Earth?
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