-1Chapter Six

A/N: What is up? The song is called Colorful by Rocco Deluca and The Burden, because I love that song. Dan thinks of this song when musing about Danny, which he does quite often, of course. And thank you XME for the generous review. The rest of you, I GIVE HUGS. ::hug:: Also, I am apparently going to keep the name. Cheers for unimaginative names, but I guess it doesn't matter, does it?

Disclaimer: They are not mine. Why? Because they were made by Butch Hartman, and that man does not want us making the DP characters gay. Not that that's going to stop us.

You swim like you're on fire
Live like your last day
Drink like it's water
There's no tomorrow
And you think no one can hear you
Raise your hand to be called on
You know all the answers
You're the most colorful thing that I've seen
You're the most colorful thing that I've seen
You're the most colorful thing that I've seen
You dance like no one's watching
Sing 'til the song ends
Then you sing some more
And we can hardly believe it
Words that flow from your mouth,
Drink like it's water
You are so colorful

Dan tilted his head to the side as he watched Danny. The oh so unsuspecting teen was out cold, curled up in his arms. Ah, how Dan loved being a teenager again. It was easier to fit in the bed with Danny if he was closer to this size.

The younger halfa frowned and burrowed into Dan's chest a bit more, shrugging under the blanket. Down below, Dan could hear Maddie wandering around in the kitchen, and was willing to bet Jazz would be up soon enough, if not already.

The former murderer (as he had decided he may try giving that up for just a bit) reached down and petted at Danny's face, gently grasped his chin, and tipped his head back. A pale throat, dotted with perfect tiny holes, was exposed. Danny squirmed, probably trying to get away from the chill morning air, and Dan let go.

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Before he opened his eyes, Danny knew that Dan had joined him at some time during the night. Strong arms were wrapped around his shoulders, his head resting against that surprisingly warm chest. It was, however, quite different when he had woken up in the same arms before. The arms were slimmer, and he wasn't as overwhelmed by the sheer difference in size as he had been. Teen Dan was much closer to his height and weight than adult Dan; his presence wasn't as intrusive before, his body was…

Wait.

Dan was wearing…

Danny let out an involuntary squeak when he realized the older boy was naked, in his bed, with his arms around him. The only thing that kept Danny from passing out was the…yes, there it was; Dan was still clad in at least boxers. Not that he hadn't slept with him only boxer-clad before; it was just that this time was in his bed, in his house, near his family. And also that for a second, Danny would have bet his powers that Dan was completely naked. But no, it was just a mistake made in the heat of panic.

"Good morning." Voice a little higher, but still that same purr he was getting used to.

"Um." he swallowed. "Morning." If he refused to meet the other's eyes, would nothing questionable happen?

Dan's hand swept from around Danny's waist to his temple, and Danny held his breath; apparently playing dead wouldn't work. Particularly after talking.

After a pause, Dan gingerly tucked the young man's hair away from his neck, smoothing it down with his fingers. For a second, Danny had no clue what Dan was doing - petting him? But his confusion was replaced by surprise - not exactly unpleasant - when a mouth pressed against the nape. Closed mouth; no teeth. He was kissing at them, lips on the faint bruise that had formed along the trail of punctures.

Danny made a nondescript sound, debating whether or not to push Dan off him. He wasn't doing anything too awful…well, actually, that felt very-

"Dan!" He yelped into the pillow.

"Hmm?" a tongue swiped over his nape.

"Ah…um-" he blinked, focusing, "I need a…hmm…a shower," he forced out the last word reluctantly.

Another kiss, smothered words into the back of his neck, and then, "alright." The body rolled away from him, and as Danny sat up in surprise, he saw Dan shut his eyes and curl up in the bed. "I'm going back to sleep; you kept me up past one."

"Ah…"

Dan, face buried in their (?) pillow, cracked open an eye.

"Er…" his verbal skills did not better under that unblinking stare. "you…that's it?"

Dan smirked. "Where you expecting something else?"

Danny scrambled out of his bed. "Well - no, I guess…really?" he couldn't help but ask again. Dan chuckled.

"Go take a shower, Danny."

He didn't need telling twice. He high tailed it to the bathroom, feeling drained. A hot shower would wake him up, no doubt.

Once in the bathroom, he shut and locked the door. His pajamas dropped to the floor, and he climbed in the shower. Danny half expected Dan to come phasing into there with him, but he didn't. Hot water felt damn good on his injuries, although he had to be careful while washing that he didn't reopen any of them. Finally pleased, he shut off the water and wrapped a blue bath towel around his hips, giving the tiled room a cursory once over; still no Dan.

More awake now, Danny stepped toward the mirror, felt a twitch at his nose, leaned over the sink, and sneezed. When he lifted his head, he was gazing into twin red eyes.

"Clock Work!" He jerked backward fast enough to trip, then clutched at the sides of the sink. "What are you doing here? In…in my bathroom mirror?" How long has he been in here?

Clock Work nodded in greeting, as if nothing at all out of the ordinary were occurring. "Hello, Danny." his low reply reverberated pleasantly enough. Damn, his voice could give Dan's throaty purr a run for his money…

"Are - why are you here?" Maybe he's here to take Dan back! Hm…is that a 'yay' or a 'nay'?

Another deep chuckle. "I'm just checking up on you," so saying, his eyes ran over what was visible of Danny's body, taking in the various injuries. "Glad to see you're doing alright."

A thought struck Danny, and he had no idea why he hadn't considered it before. "You and Dan didn't fight." He clarified, doing his own once over of Clock Work - who looked perfectly alright. The Ghost of Time smiled in response. "You let him out of the thermos!" Danny cried, his thoughts finally linking together.

"I did, Danny."

"Why?"

"What do you think would have happened if he hadn't rescued you?" the adult version replied. Danny watched as he shifted into a teenage version of himself.

"You knew he would save me."

"Again, I did."

"…do you…did you see…what happened between us?" He winced.

Oddly enough, Clock Work's smile seem to grow. "It was a possibility, but I didn't know if it would transpire for certain."

Well, that was embarrassing. He blushed, mortified. "Oh. Well, that's…nice."

A child CW floated in front of him. "I wouldn't worry about it too much, Danny. It's happened before."

That grabbed his attention. "WHAT?"

Clock Work got what might have been an 'oops' look on his adult visage before it smoothed over. "It has, once." Danny arched an eyebrow. "Once." was the only clarification he was given, and he let it go.

"Right then. Well, not that this hasn't been informative - I could have used most of it earlier, by the way - but-"

"Take care, Danny."

"Right," he agreed, watching the ghost fade, "thanks again."

He turned to grab his pajamas off the floor, swiping them up and holding them against his stomach.

"By the way, I've been watching you since you got in here, Danny." An amused laugh filled the room.

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Still blushing, Danny slipped into the hallway and quickly made his way back to his room. At least, that was his plan; he only made it a foot when he was interrupted.

"Danny!" Jazz's startled voice made him freeze, fingers gripping the towel edge around his hips.

"Jazz-"

His sister rushed to him, hands spinning him around and holding him still. "Oh my God, Danny, what happened to you?!"

"It's fine-" he tried to pull out of his very tight grasp, but she only dug her nails into his arms.

Shit.

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A/N: Oh my star, what is this? Is this an update? Amazing:pauses while crickets chirp: Haha…yeah. I glanced at this, and was shocked to see that I had written some more of this chapter. Yes, I admit I forgot. I did a quick once over to make sure nothing was out of whack, edited a little, and decided to upload. Be happy! Don't kill me!