(A/N: real quick sorry it took a while for me to get back to this I've started on a DP/YJ fanfic that's still in the works [sitting at 7000+words O>O'''] and it's been taking up most of my writing time, so ill try to get this going again...

That ^^... Was written in March... It's June... And I have a job now... And have gone threw dozens of other OTPs... Like DannyxConner[DPxYJ], Birdflash, Spideypool, DannyxJackFrost[wish there were more out there...], DannyxRobin[nother DPxYJ], Stklaus [might be spelt wrong], Sterek, Steter, plus a few others that I've completely forgotten and will kick myself for later... Point is... I've been busy and everytime I try to write something, anything... My ADD kicks in and I get distracted... Point is this might not go far and it might be a few more months before the next update or for this to even go up... I started this chapter three months ago... I don't even know what's in it... Should get on that...

Ok... It's done(?)... Ehh, could add more but it was mostly done months ago and as I said before, I have a job now... Yeah, its night shift and currently ten a.m... I should be asleep!!! So that's what I'm gonna do... Again, don't expect an update anytime soon, I was working on a few others that I'm not a hundred percent sure I'll post but I got high hopes for the second one...)

Danny had just finished his breakfast and had gone to find the living room, as Vlad had asked of him. Yeah... Better said than done... This mansion was basically a giant maze! And it took him over thirty minutes to find a maid to lead him in the right direction...

And now...

Here he was...

Sitting in front of his archnemesis...

Again...

Why was he in such a rush to find Vlad again? Oh right, his unnaturally sharp canines could easily rip through his jugular, as he'd threaten to last night...

"Well, I must say it's nice to see that you've joined the land of the living once more after you arrived and had that little Core malfunction, you were out "Cold", per se for at the most fifteen hours."

Hearing this caused Danny's eyes to widen, the last time he'd gotten anywhere near that much sleep was before the accident! And that was at least four years ago!!!

Danny feeling his face begin to flush, reached up and pulled his hat down over his eyes, how he'd kept it on in his sleep was beyond him, yet he was still glad as it helped hide his very new look...

"Now I believe there are still a few things we need to discuss..."

At this Danny nervously bit his bottom lip between his teeth before he peeked out at the man before him, it was now that he realized he was wearing a tight long sleeve black v-neck shirt, that showed off his lean arm muscles and the rough shape of tone tight abs. He was also in a pair of loose-fitting pale blue sweatpants.

When had he changed into these was beyond him, but he wasn't complaining...

Wait! Had he just been checking him out!!! Oh no! Oh hell no!!! Yes, Danny knew he was bi, he'd only realized it after his first encounter with Dash, but after the way the straight male teen had treated him, he knew it'd never work out, it only made him realize he liked strong partners that played rough. But he'd never been interested in older men before!!!! Vlad was the same age as his-... As Jack and Maddie for christ sakes!!!

And yet he couldn't seem to take his eyes away from the seemingly tone wall of muscles before him...

"-neil? Daniel!?!"

"Huh?!?"

"You seemed to space out there for a moment, are you sure your alright?"

Danny gave a nervous laugh as he rubbed the back of his neck, mentally screaming at himself. Vlad was his archnemesis, not only that but his only goal was to make Danny his evil apprentice/son... Thing?!? there was no way he could fall for him. Not only that but his obsession would get in between and or keep them apart. So what was the point in putting himself in even more pain then he was already in...

"Sorry about that, guess I can finally call myself a space cadet, huh? Hahaha... So, what was it you hoped to speak about?"

Vlad didn't look fooled, but he pushed it from his mind. There were more pressing matters and he needed to get to the bottom of this.

"Yesterday we ended up getting interrupted by your Ghost Core becoming unstabilized, what I'd like to know why this is. I'd also like to know what you're hiding under those sleeves of yours..."

His tone was harsh and dry, obviously, Danny's horrible failed attempts of nervously trying to hide these from him had gotten to him anyway. Danny dropped his hand as well as his gaze down onto his lap.

What should he do... His plan solely depended on Vlad's portal, especially now that he'd stupidly drained his ectoplasm... He still didn't know why he'd done that to himself... He was never one for self-harm and yet... He...

Danny bit his lip once more, Vlad didn't know about what he'd done to himself... Maybe it was best to keep that a secret... It's not like he'll care or know the difference... Right? And... If anything he could still run away... Right?!?

As Danny thought over his options, Vlad soon became the nervous one, had he pushed too far? He had wanted to subtly ask the young Hafla in case they might not wish to answer and try to make a run for it, but when it had taken nearly an hour for the younger man to show up... His patients had run thin and he simply wanted answers... Maybe he had gone about this the wrong way?

Danny placed his face in his hands, rubbing away a bit of his leftover exhaustion before standing. He locked eyes with the man before him, who had moved as well, clearly in case he beside to make a run for it. Icy blue met a deep ocean blue locking onto each other.

Danny pinched the bridge of his nose, sighing before looking at Vlad once more.

"You want to know why I'm destabilizing... Fine..."

Danny began to take off his sweater and shirt, talking as he did.

"Like I said yesterday, I had to tell my parents and it didn't go well."

Vlad was a little shocked when Danny started removing his clothes, but as the sweater, shirt, and hat all fell away he was more than just a 'little' shocked. Vlad stared up as the young adult, his own tone-tight six-pack was littered in scars, both old and new, all being faint white markings on the already ghostly pale boy, some were more concerning than others, such as the strange one on his chest... But he put them out of his thoughts, for now, there was something more important to set his attention on. And what really caught his attention were the dual-layered gaze stretching from both his wrists and travelling all the way to his shoulders, as well as his Ghostly snow-white hair that normally could only be seen in his Ghost form.

"D-... Daniel? What happened?"

"My parents... I tried to explain how I became a Ghost, I-I don't think I got the chance to explain the term to them... It doesn't matter... Anyway, after I explained the how it happened, I showed them how my blood was entangled with ectoplasm... After that... T-hey took the Fenton Ghost Gauntlets and dragged me upstairs to-... To-... T-T-T...... Oh god..."

Danny's knees gave out sending him kneeling down to the ground, he placed his arms between his knees and his face in his hands as he began to sob. The overall stress of it all had finally caught up to him as he cried.

Vlad quickly got up and made his way over to the young boy wrapping his arms around the shaking figure, as if he could keep him from shattering completely.

"T-... They... They didn't accept me! They t-think I'm a monster! They tried to-... To-... To Fix Me!!!"

Vlad, hearing this quickly scooped up the crying boy and sat on the couch, placing him on his lap, rocking back and forth in hopes to soothe his crying.

"Shhhh, Little Badger. They were wrong, there was nothing to fix, you are perfect the way you are. And nothing they do could ever change that... You got that..."

Danny looked up at the man, his new snow-white hair perfectly framed his red puffy ice eyes and his sad pouting pale pink lips. Carefully, Danny repositioned himself so his legs were straddling Vlad's, as he hugged his neck and continue to cry into his shoulder. Vlad still rocking, began to rub soothing small circles in his back and whisper sweet nothing into his ear.

This continued until well after lunch, it wasn't until a little after three p.m. that Daniel finally calmed down. Vlad pulled away slightly so he could see Daniel's face once more, his eyes were reddish and significantly puffier than before.

"Daniel, why don't we get something for you to eat? Then we can discuss where we go from there? How does that sound?"

To be honest, Danny wasn't particularly hungry... He'd lived off of nothing but scraps for over four years and that's not even to mention that summer the GIW caught him two years ago... He's grown accustomed to eating once every three to four days and can even go off of nothing but a small bowl of chips for a week... Eating too much might not be such a good idea... Then again Vlad doesn't know this...

Danny carefully got off of Vlad's lap, allowing the man to get up. He then turned back to Daniel, after crying for a few hours Daniel had been left a little more than a little lightheaded.

"Why don't you stay here, Daniel? Dinner will be in a few hours so I'll just grab us a light snack for now, alright?"

A light snack? Danny should be able to stomach something light... Danny nodded and brought his knees up to his chest, hugging them as he began to zone out. Vlad watched as the once vibrant icy blue-eyed man before him seem to slowly close himself off to the world more and more by the second, turning the vibrant blue eyes dull as time moved on...

But there was nothing to be done right now, along with the scars, Vlad had come to notice how thin the younger male was. Was he always so thin?, he'd have to remedy that, he thought to himself as he left the room.

Danny was still zoned out when he noticed how cold the room had gotten. He quickly threw on his shirt and sweater, no longer needing to hide his hair with the hat. And yet the room was still cold in his opinion...!

'Wait... Cold? I... I don't get cold?...!'

His core was running ramped once more, he had to quickly rein it back in before Vlad returned or the room developed frost.

By the time he finally got it under control he was visibly exhausted once more, Vlad had returned with some cookies and milk.

Vlad had noticed a slight temperature change but thought nothing of it, it was the middle of winter after all. However, he did take particular notice to the amount Daniel ate, it wasn't much...

He'll have to look into that, can't have the young Hafla waste away on him... If he wasn't already...

There was much work to be done...

It was just a wonder as to how much he'd be able to correct in the time before the young man decides to run off next...