#there was a past attempt at reconnection that Danny rejected

[stars-obsession-pit]

Didn’t know where else to turn

Someone was knocking on Danny’s door.

* * *

If you asked Danny about his family, he’d have no end to stories about the Fentons’ well-meaning chaos. If you asked why those stories never occurred when he was little, he’d brush it off with a mention that he was adopted. But he’d never talk about what came before. Sure, his closest friends knew pieces of it, but never the full thing. That part of his life had been dead long before the portal accident.

* * *

He stood up and walked over to the door, opening it cautiously.

* * *

Someone from that time had come back to haunt him once before, but he thought he’d put it to rest. His threat had been very clear: he would kill his blood brother if he ever approached him again—

* * *

A bloodied figure almost fell forward, pushing the door open and stumbling into the apartment.

“Please– I didn’t know where else to turn.”

* * *

—But Danny was a hero. Even stepping back from active work to pursue his degree didn’t remove that part of him. He wouldn’t abandon someone in danger.

* * *

He caught Damian’s body as he collapsed, and lowered him to the floor gently, checking him over for injuries. “What happened?”