#zatanna and constantine are danny's biologic parents

[thenewgirl76]

Do not Disturb, Or ELSE

Inspired by this interestingly humorous post

Danny as the living/unliving embodiment of the "don't wake the sleeper" trope.

While this works with just regular ole Danny, I've decided to throw in both Ghost King Phantom and Constantine and Zatanna as his bio parents.

As Amity's sole major hero, a struggling high-schooler, and last but not least the Fenton's and GIW's biggest sought after prize capture Danny's already dealing with a colossal amount of pressure and rarely has the time to get the proper shut eye.

Throw in his fairly new status as ghost king, and you end up with a massively stressed and cranky sleep deprived teenager that oftentimes reacts rather violently if you dare to wake him prematurely.

Constantine and Zatanna know this all too well, having gotten a front row seat to the mayor getting viciously maimed by this scrawny boy(?) after being abruptly aroused from his nap while looking into the excess death energy surrounding Amity. Which is why after finding out this powerful yet somehow familiar entity was both the usurper of Pariah Dark's throne and their long lost son they agreed to keep it all hush hush. No need to risk a possible bad first impression with the Justice League as well as further hinder their kid's chances of getting more sleep after all.

All is reasonably well until Con and Z fail to stop the newest in a string of cult gatherings attempts to summon the ghost king and have no choice but to get the rest of the JL involved. Suffice to say, their hands are quite full trying to convince the League that the child they just witnessed not only transform into an eldritch abomination then literally maul every last one of the cultists in anger and frustration over being rudely awakened, but also take seemingly forever for them to calm down isn't a ginormous threat that must be closely monitored.

It certainly doesn't help matters when Danny threatens to remove a vital organ from the next person that wakes him up before cuddling up to his mom and dad and going back to sleep.

[britcision]

Okay but listen

Both Fentons are infertile, but desperately want kids and may have some occult connections from their ghost hunting years to help

Maybe they’re all college buddies because Constantine and Vlad third wheeling Jack and Maddie together is hysterical to me and also John needs another evil ex

So of course, good buddy John Constantine is willing to help out when his friends ask him for advice on semi occult baby making

Of course, whatever John goes to for help knows how many times he’s sold his firstborn and decides to have a little fun, the outcome of which?

Jazz and Danny both have 3 biological parents: Jack, Maddie, and John

Constantine doesn’t know this until some fucking demon consoles him on the death of his son and he has a panic attack, then discovers… various entities have been chasing Jazz and Danny around for years

(Possibly being confused with ghosts, and depending on if the dealmaker asked for John’s “first child” or “first son”, neither Jazz nor Danny noticed in and around ghost bullshit)

And of course what better way to get malicious entities off his babies’ backs than to summon the Ghost King for yet another deal?

I have a fucking gun for “oh I looked at you and can SEE our blood relation” but Constantine is actually literally magic so he can See the spell he cast to make Danny just superimposed on every bit of him

He never saw either kid once Jazz was like 5 or so because it got too dangerous for them but Jack and Maddie keep him updated on Facebook whenever they remember

He has persuaded friends and enemies alike that they are a curse a vengeful witch bestowed on him and not actual people, which is believable even after you meet them irl

This is also how he finds out that they did succeed in creating a ghost portal and has to explain to the rest of JL Dark that… yeah. His bad.

He then has to explain to Danny why he took one look at him and swore up a fucking storm before saying hello, which does actually count as evidence they’re related

This explains why Danny has had to put out an Official Decree that everyone has to leave Jazz the fuck alone or he’ll go all Dan on their asses

(yeah, Constantine also learns he has a kinda-third kid who is sort of his oldest son - this has dissuaded many of his other dealmakers from trying to claim their debt)

Constantine wants to keep it quiet until the JL decides they need to summon the Ghost King for whatever reason, he can magically step in for Danny to a degree and doesn’t want his boy in danger

Danny on the other hand

Danny takes approximately 10 minutes and a review of all of Constantine’s deals to decide his other dad is actually a danger to himself and Danny needs to take care of him as much as possible

This leads to Constantine becoming Much More Involved with the JL as they realise they can offer to ask Danny for things to get John to help

And at the same time, Danny is now using the time freed up by Constantine insisting on taking some of his duties to look into John’s deals and getting into way more arcane trouble than ever before

Jazz is mildly annoyed by the both of them but also now training with Zatanna because yes please ability to magically protect baby brother and not accidentally shoot him

Bonus: Vlad’s fucking reaction at learning he is actually the only one of their college gang who ISN’T Danny’s dad somehow

DC x Dp crossover

So imagine john Constantine being danny Fenton's bio dad like let's say John was a sperm donor once and jack was infertile so both danny and jazz are donor babies.

And just think, Constantine going to the infinity realms to greet the new ghost king or the ghost king getting summoned by the JL and at first glance Constantine just KNOWS. Because Danny has his nose, and eyes, hell even the same cheek bones.

And I can imagine john seeing Danny doing ghost king shit while being a minor and going "nope fuck that, that's too much responsibility for a child" and when one of the ghosts or even the JL try to get danny to do dangerous ghost king shit, john immediately vetoes it and does it for them.

So now whenever the JL need john and he tryes to worm out of it they just say they'll ask danny for help if hes to busy and that gets him to agree instantly.

[cjsmalley]

Sam and Bruce's chat continued again:

And that, Bruce could understand.

His kids were his, not the charity cases most saw them as.

Each and every one of them were his, blood or not be damned and he had also adjusted his life for each.

From Dick Grayson needing stability and routine to Damian Fenton requiring a custody arrangement and never donning the Robin mantle.

From the tiny, everyday adjustments like Dick liking sugary cereal a tad too much to Damian needing unused candles and parchment to contact his other family during his visits when something important came up. From keeping an eye out for first editions for Jason to watching Tim’s caffeine intake closely to attending Cass’s ballet recitals.

From memorizing medical histories to knowing what sort of discipline worked best for each and what could cause traumatic flashbacks and regressions.

Sam smiled softly, knowing that he understood, before adding, “We made mistakes, of course. We still make mistakes. But we make new mistakes with each kid and we learn for the next time.”

“Your Majesty,” Bruce addressed her as the Queen and not just a fellow parent, “thank you.”

“For what?” she blinked.

“For everything you’ve done for Damian…for the rest of your children.”

“Oh,” she blushed lightly before shaking her head, “no thanks needed. They’re my children. Damian’s mine, couldn’t be more mine than if I birthed him myself.”

“And of his maternal family?”

Sam’s eyes seemed to glow briefly, backlit by some holy or unholy light, “If they every come near him again, without damned good reason and profuse apologies, groveling even, then we use the army to wipe out their little Cult-League.”

Bruce startled, “Wha—?"

“We did our research,” she said, “once we narrowed down where he came from dimensionally. We know what his grandfather is, Bruce. Turns out, those Pits of his are corrupted ectoplasmic pools.”

Bruce’s mind whirled.

“And his repeated use of them puts his entire bloodline into our jurisdiction,” she continued, smirking now, “he’s been misusing them, Bruce. Breaking the natural order of things. Selling Damian was just another mark against them. They step a single toe towards our boy and we will retaliate. We’re content to let things lie now, let the human world deal with them because they are still alive.”

Batman thought on that and found he couldn’t argue with their reasoning as much as he wanted to. They would destroy the League of Assassins and he couldn’t stop it. He would be punching far beyond his weight class if he tried and he had no right to even attempt it anyway.

Constantine and Zatanna had taught him enough to know not to even try to bend the Dead to his own Will without damned good reason. And saving a cult of killers was not a good enough reason.

Bruce didn’t want to stop it.  They had sold his son for being weak as a newborn. They hadn’t even tried contacting him and that miserable thing masquerading as a human worth a damn had sold a child, his own flesh and blood, his own precious male heir to extend his own wretched life yet again.

“We might give his biological mother a chance,” Sam mused aloud, “Danny said she seemed pretty abused herself, cowed. She was the one that named Damian, you know? But if she proves unsalvageable then she goes too. We’re not taking any chances with his safety.”

Talia had been abused by Ra’s most of her life, Bruce could agree to that; alternately spoiled as a princess and then cast aside for male heirs; brainwashed by her father into absolute loyalty despite his cruelty.

Had she even loved her son or had that ability been beaten out of her, sometimes literally? She had named the boy, apparently, the name they had discussed no less, but then had allowed him to be sold to an uncertain fate.

Batman had done his own research and the previous King would have no doubt used Damian as a sacrifice for Power, not treated, loved him as son.

Pariah Dark was infamous for a reason and his vanquisher warily watched for the same.

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