The next morning when Danny woke up the closet and dresser had been restocked as if nothing had ever happened. Well, ignoring Vlad's shirt that the older halfa was insistent on leaving out for him. Breakfast itself was as normal as could be while eating with one's arch enemy. Vlad didn't talk much throughout it and for that Danny was plenty grateful. He didn't really feel like having a conversation after last night.
"You have free time back if you wish." Vlad said on his way out. "I'll be late coming home, so I won't be eating dinner with you. But I do expect you to follow curfew."
"Yes Mom."
Vlad rolled his eyes at that. But he didn't say anything else before leaving the mansion.
Danny could feel his ghost powers surging through him again. He had started to get used to the different feelings that flooded him when they were restricted. He smiled in relief and hurried out the door, quickly going ghost and deciding he could do with a little flying around town. He could always meet up with Sam and Tucker later.
It felt so nice to just leisurely fly around town he almost lost track of time. What was really strange, he noted, was the overall lack of bad guys hanging around to fight. No Skulker or Ember, no Technus or Johnny it was kind of nice. If it wasn't so suspicious.
Danny turned himself invisible and flew down into the Nasty Burger 2. Settling in one of the bathroom stalls he changed back into a human. And walked out casually. Top side to being Danny Fenton was that he was pretty much invisible whether he wanted to be or not. The only kind of attention he drew to himself was the bad kind. So it wasn't likely anyone would notice he showed up out of nowhere.
Or well it could have worked. If Valerie hadn't been there. "Danny? When did you get here?"
"Huh? Oh uh Hi Val!" He gave his ex-girlfriend a little wave as he attempted to find a good cover.
"He's been here for like an hour." Tucker answered for him. Super Tuck to the rescue. "He probably bombed up the bathroom though, stomach issues and all that jazz." Danny glared at him. Definitely not Super Tuck. "C'mon Danny, your Nasty Burger is getting cold."
"Right, bye Valerie." Danny was half certain he heard her saying something about burgers and stomach issues but he didn't catch all of it so he let it slide. Instead Tucker pulled him away and swung him into the booth right next to Sam.
"So where were you yesterday? I was about half certain that Vlad had mauled you." His Goth best friend asked him staring him down like he had a secret. Sam could be scarily precise sometimes when she spoke. Still, not exactly mauled yet but he was beginning to think it was Vlad's aim for the summer. "So?"
"So?" He repeated. "Vlad had me on lock down since I broke one of his stupid rules." He answered. "I spent the whole day just exploring his damn mansion. This place looks like it could become the ritziest hotel since...I dunno but if he renovated it; it would be awesome."
"Does he have a pool?" Tucker asked.
Danny nodded.
"Indoor?"
"It's in a sunroom, what does that matter?" Danny made a face.
"Well you know...it might not be so bad living with him."
"Don't listen to him Danny. That guy would sell himself for a steak." Sam added rolling her eyes. "Really Danny I'm kinda worried. He can't just lock you up like some kind of pet. What kind of right does he have to run your life? And I don't trust for one second he wouldn't go out of his way to try something funny and hurt you!"
Funny, yes definitely funny but not really in the "haha" sense of the word. Danny sighed. This whole situation was making him way too cynical. He held up his wrist with the Fenton cuff again. "Actually he does get to lock me up and run my life."
"And that's another thing I don't like about this whole deal. He's limiting your powers right?" She demanded keeping her voice low so that no one overheard them.
"Yeah."
"Isn't it kinda fishy that since you've been staying with him and his limiting of your abilities began, there haven't been any ghost attacks? Danny it has been way too quiet."
Danny thought that over for a moment, in light of what was going on between him and Vlad right now, he hadn't actually thought of that. "Do you think Vlad has something to do with that?"
"It makes sense. He's keeping you out of the loop. But why?" Tucker added through a mouthful of cheeseburger.
"I'd bet he's planning something." Sam added.
She had a good point, Danny knew, but he wasn't entirely sure that was the case. He had really started to believe that Vlad actually had feelings for him. "I know a way I could know for certain."
"How's that?" Tucker asked.
"By breaking rule number four." Danny answered.
Tucker gasped overdramatically.
"What's rule four?" Sam asked.
"I am not allowed to enter his lab." He answered. "But there has to be something in there that will give away his plan. That would explain why he won't let me go in."
"So what if he punishes you again?"
"It'll be fine." Danny waved off his friend's concern. Well he was pretty sure that Vlad had no intention of hurting him. And he could defend himself if it all came down to it. But Danny needed to know what the older halfa was planning.
-XxX-
"Are you sure about this?" Sam asked. They were standing in the alley behind the Nasty Burger 2, Danny had already switched into his ghost form ready to break one of Vlad's rules. If he did this right Vlad would have no idea that he was even in his lab and he wouldn't have to endure punishment for it.
"I got this!" Danny gave her a much more confident smirk then he really felt right now and a thumbs-up. "I'll text when I get the chance."
He didn't allow her to continue, knowing she would still be concerned but if he was going to do this, then he was going to have to do it now. While Vlad was away for an extended time and the ghost servants would all be busy performing menial tasks. Once he reached the mansion he made sure to turn himself invisible. It wouldn't help to get caught on camera.
The previous day Danny had been all over the mansion. Except for the basement. It was the only place he didn't know how to get to. Although he had a vague idea how.
Danny made it into the elevator without being spotted, instead of using it any making it obvious he was there he went intangible and slipped through to go down from the first floor. He cracked a smile when he found the basement entrance through the elevator shaft. "Bingo. Now what are you hiding Vlad?"
He shifted into the lab, looking around. So far nothing seemed too unusual. Well not anymore unusual then what he would find in his own basement at home. Ghost portal, a few gadgets that looked like failed projects, a train-set? He had to do a double take but it was definitely a train-set. He found a few notebooks left open a little further down the counter. "Now that's what I'm talking about." He glanced at the notes though they only seemed to hold a chemical formula he couldn't hope to understand. He pulled out his phone and snapped a picture of it to ask Tucker later. Maybe he'd have better look. He turned the page and found what seemed to be notes on Danny's behavior. "He's studying me?"
'Things are moving smoothly no need to use compound 0'
"Compound zero?" Danny repeated looking around. There was a shelf not too far filled with labeled vials. Each had a different number on them and the liquid inside were all different colors. Danny located the one labeled compound zero and reached out picking it up. The liquid inside was red and there was another label on the back. He turned the vial over and looked at what seemed to be a list of ingredients. He snapped another picture with his phone and placed the vial back on the shelf.
-XxX-
"What is compound zero and what would he need to use it on me for?" Danny asked himself as he sat on the edge of his bed. He had sent the pictures he'd taken to Tucker already and was only now waiting for an answer.
"Daniel?"
Danny jumped when he heard Vlad's voice outside his door. "Yeah?" Danny jumped up and crossed the room opening his bedroom door for the older halfa. A part of him wanted to demand to know what Compound Zero is? But reasonably he didn't want Vlad to know he'd broken another one of his rules.
"How was your afternoon?"
"Fine." Danny dismissed. "What do you want?"
"I can't check on my ward?"
"Ward? What time period are you from? Really? Are you a time traveler?"
"If I was a time traveler I would have thought better of stopping in the eighties." The older halfa winked at him and Danny almost laughed. Almost. "Well it's late, Little Badger. I would bet you're tired."
He wasn't but he nodded anyway. Vlad didn't move for the door though. Danny sighed, he was waiting for rule twenty to be fulfilled. Danny moved closer to the older halfa and stood on his tiptoes to reach him. He pecked him lightly and backed away only to be stopped by a pair of arms wrapping around his waist. "Wha-" Before he could finish a pair of lips were smashed against his own.
Vlad wasn't about to let him get away with another quick kiss tonight. Danny's eyes widened and he struggled against him but it wasn't doing him any good with his arms smashed at his side. Vlad made a rough sounding noise against his lips. One that made him sound almost feral in a way. The younger man wasn't really sure how to respond. Vlad had never seemed so desperate with him before. Dare he say it, it felt just a little too good. Danny was starting to lose himself to the kiss, his body melting against Vlad's. Lips parting ever so slightly to allow that tongue access.
Vlad picked him up and Danny gave a squeak in surprise holding onto the older halfa for dear life as he was navigated back to the bed. Hands were on his thighs and lips were on his neck and Danny doesn't ever remember anything ever feeling this good before. "Nngh!" The embarrassing sound passed his lips before he could stop himself. But with Vlad's hand rubbing his ever hardening dick through his pants he couldn't really blame himself. He felt like this was some kind of sensory overload. "V-Vlad..."
He fumbled with the name just as surely as the older man fumbled with his pants. Trying to get a hand inside to touch him better.
"Daniel?"
Danny was startled awake when he heard his bedroom door open and in came Vlad. Danny managed to hold back a shriek just in time and bunched up his blankets in his lap as a way to hide the evidence of what he had just been dreaming about. Danny looked from Vlad to the clock, noticing how late it was, but the older man was still wearing a suit. Had he just come in?
"Apologies, Little Badger, I didn't mean to wake you. You can go back to sleep."
"What about rule twenty?" Danny was half certain he was still asleep. What in the world could have convinced him to say that was beyond him. He had a "Get out of jail free" card and completely wasted it.
Luckily Vlad seemed to decide he was still asleep as well since all his did was lean down and kiss Danny's forehead. It was gentle and warm and after that stupid dream Danny just had, it made him want to trust Vlad wholeheartedly. "Go back to sleep."
Danny didn't have to be told twice. He laid back down and curled up on his side. Vlad didn't need to see the blush that was spreading over his face.
He listened to Vlad's retreating footsteps until he couldn't hear them at all anymore. Finally once he was sure he was alone he sat up and pulled the blanket back. He was still incredibly hard and it only seemed to get stronger when Vlad kissed him just then.
He wasn't likely to get any more sleep that night.
A/N: So I'm totally smart and I was cleaning my room without a facemask. And the problem with that is I am allergic to dust so when I stir it up by cleaning my eyes get watery and itchy and I was editing this chapter while crying lol. So I apologize if I missed anything.
Also most everyone said yes to switching this to M rated. But I didn't get any negative responses so I will assume that is as good as a unanimous decision. It's too late to go back now, so if you have any complaints direct them to my spam folder because I am beyond caring. I wrote this small M rated teaser mostly because everyone seemed pretty excited for smut. I do plan on there being more hopefully in the future. Thanks guys! This story would flop without your support!