This one is Gray Ghost! It's not my favorite ship, but I don't mind it.
"Shh, shh, it's okay." The soft caress of her hand through his hair was a small comfort, but a comfort nonetheless.
Danny sighed, pulling her closer to him, both of their bodies fully hidden by the blankets, "They hated me, you know. They knew it was me, that it was me the whole damn time, and they-" His voice broke and he gave another involuntary sob.
"Danny," his girlfriend of two years responded in a quiet voice he so rarely heard her use, "I understand."
And she did. She really, truly did.
Valerie knew that his parents (no, the Fentons, not his parents, never again) had been watching his progress as a ghost ever since the accident three years ago. She remembered the betrayal she had felt when she discovered the truth about Vlad Masters, no doubt.
And wasn't that all to similar a situation? Vlad's villainous nature was as obvious as that of the Fentons - how could anyone actually be that clueless? There was a good reason the three had been friends in college, though the incident with the proto-portal really had brought that to an end. The two teenagers thought themselves lucky in at least that sense; who knows what could result from a partnership now?
But that was beside the point.
Valerie kissed Danny's forehead lightly, prompting another shaky sigh from the depressed half-ghost. A beat of silence followed before Danny's whispered words wavered up from beneath the covers where he hid his tear-stained face.
"I love you."
Valerie smiled a sad smile, "I love you too, Spook."
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