Apricity

the warmth of the sun in winter

(prompts from Esoulix'Anne-Louise)

401. Chance

"You honestly think that it is just random chance that accidents caused by your carelessness ruin the lives of everyone around you, Jack?"

402. "Don't." (UV)

"Danny," Sam admonished as she reached toward her fork, and the two boys stared at each other incredulously that she had been able to sense the ice cube about to get flicked at her face.

403. Upside-down

"Hey, does the movie look funny to you?" Danny asked, still grinning when Tucker reached out and spun him right side up again without even taking his eyes from the screen.

404. Worst

Fueled by the tales his parents told, it was no wonder that Danny's worst nightmares had always included ghosts, but their assurances that they would never let one get to him suddenly meant nothing once the portal opened and he was one himself.

405. Living ("The Ultimate Enemy")

"Daniel… please," Vlad pleaded softly, "you're still alive."

406. Sass

Tucker took to writing down "Dannyisms" because whenever he was having a bad day he could go back and flip through entries to find such gems as "yeah, you and what toaster?" that would make anything better.

407. Welcome

"So, um, yeah," Danny hedged, "welcome to weirdness central, otherwise known as my house."

408. Wallet

The owner of the small newspaper stopped mid-protest, not because Vlad was flipping through his designer wallet, but because he had been overshadowed by an invisible copy of the half ghost.

409. Bow (#408 Wallet)

"What a kind and generous offer that is, Mister Masters," the overshadowed man smiled as he took the pitiful sum of money; his origin smirked and bowed ever so graciously.

410. Phone

Danny stared at his parents almost too afraid to move, wondering how long it would take them to realize that the phone in Phantom's hand began to ring as soon as they tried to call their son.

411. Research

The Fentons prided themselves on their rationality and extensive research, and couldn't understand why most other scientists scoffed when they mentioned what they did.

412. Long

"Well," Danny sighed, "we all knew it was going to be a long shot anyway."

413. Lonely

Vlad sat alone in a too large house and pushed away thoughts of long lost friends with plans of taking over the world.

414. Songs (French Future Fic)

Danny saw rose petals fall around her as she taunted him; the rest of his team only heard the lilting music and wondered how that could anger anyone.

415. Dream

"So, Danny, what do you want to be when you grow up?"

416. Leave

Damon Gray stared at his now recent employer and wondered how he would be able to walk down that hallway and out that door and break the news to his daughter.

417. Here

Lance Thunder grimaced into the camera with all of his teeth wondering how a ghost attack could remotely fall under the coverage of a weather man and wishing from the bottom of his shoes to the tips of his carefully gelled hair that he was anywhere but here.

418. Bottle

The mist swirled inside the fragile glass that somehow held such power and Desiree wondered how, with all of the stories of genies, no one had freed her from this prison yet.

419. Everyone

They all knew—how could anyone be that oblivious, let alone an entire town—but they knew how much safer he would feel if he believed no one had a clue, so they kept his secret.

420. Monday

Sidney Poindexter groaned as the school bell rang to announce the start of a new Monday… because not only was it bad enough that he was stuck being bullied for all eternity in school, but the perpetual coming off of the weekend slump and bad mood made everything even that much worse.