Wow this is super late! I kinda fell out of Danny Phantom for a bit (I blame it on writing 15K for April's Camp NaNo :P) but I felt like writing something for DP and so here we are. This piece was inspired from my recent visit to the Houston Space Center (NASA, for those who don't know) and the cool coat they had in the giant gift shop. The keychain thing is taken from my own experience lol (don't worry it'll make sense soon).
The first thing I wrote for this prompt was gonna be a Steven Universe crossover but I didn't have enough worldbuilding so I gave it up and that eventually led to me not writing anymore until now. Better late than never tho. This drabble doesn't take place in any specific timeline or AU but I imagined Danny and Tucker here at least being late teenagers or young adults. Word count: 667
April Showers Bring May Flowers:
DannyMay 2017
Day 4: Alterations/Space
"That coat is worth, like, fifty bucks. And that's not even counting the tax."
"Don't worry about it. It's fine. I've been saving up for it."
"Are you sure you have enough?"
"I have around eighty. I'll be fine."
"If you're sure."
Danny rolls his eyes and folds the coat over his arm. "I came here to have a good time. I don't need you killing my vibe."
Tucker scoffs, swiping his finger across the screen of his phone. The picture spins around and drops off little virtual items. "I'm just trying to be realistic. I don't want your dreams crushed."
"My dreams are fine, Tuck, really. Right now they consist of me buying this coat and maybe a keychain and some postcards and I'll be happy. And before you ask, the keychain is cheap and postcards are, like, forty-one cents apiece," Danny says, striding over to the spinning display stand to pick up a few postcards.
"Why postcards though?" Tucker asks, looking over stand himself.
"They're cheap, they're high quality photos, and they're printed well. What most could you ask for? It's not like I can take my own pictures of the moon or Mars." Happy with his selection, Danny turns and heads towards the keychain selections, mind already made up on which one he wants.
"Alright, fine, you got me there." Tucker sighs and swipes his screen some more, smiling when the screen shows little stars coming off a red and white ball. "It's just… really hot here."
"Well duh, Tuck. It's Texas. It's like. Ninety-six degrees outside." Danny frowns when he can't find the keychain he wants and he sighs, turning towards where he saw a manned cash register.
"And why couldn't we have gone to the NASA in Florida?"
"Because I've already been there, duh. I wanted to see the one in Houston."
Tucker rolls his eyes. "Of course," he says, but doesn't argue.
Danny smiles at the woman ringing him up and he sighs in relief when he has plenty of money for what he wants. She hands him his bag and he stops himself from pulling the coat out. Texas summer is not made for heavy coats, no matter how badass they are. As they're walking away, Danny says, "I have to go back to that other gift shop."
"You mean the little one by the food court? Why?"
"This one didn't have the keychain I wanted. They had one similar but a lot bigger. I wanted the smaller one. It's less keychain to keep track of, ya know?"
"Fine, fine. We'll go back to that one. Then we're leaving, right?"
"I wanna take some pictures next to the Curiosity model and then we can go." Danny glances back at the SUV-sized Mars rover replica near the front doors. "Somehow I missed that when we first got here."
"Thank god," Tucker sighs out, rolling his head to look at the ceiling.
"Aw, what, don't you like space? And learning? And learning about space?" Danny gives an overdramatic pout and crosses his arms, tilting his nose up. He stops himself from smiling when Tucker gives him a shove.
"Don't put words in my mouth, Danny. I didn't say that." Tucker waves an arm back towards Curiosity. "Anyway, you probably missed that when we got here because you were too busy staring at the giant wall art of the Earth with 'The International Space Station' written below it."
"Oh. Yeah, that might've done it." Danny gives a sheepish smile. "And that demonstration that guy did? That was cool."
"Those special effects were pretty rad," Tucker concedes. "That thing with the projected water absorbing into that towel they had hanging was sweet."
Danny nods, smiling wide. "This was just… a really good day."
"Yeah," Tucker agrees, nudging into Danny, "it was."
Danny sighs in content as they make their way to the smaller gift shop. "Okay, but can we take about how they landed that Endeavor space shuttle on top of a fucking airplane?"
Let me know what you think! The NASA themed fill feels a lot better than a Gem AU.