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the warmth of the sun in winter

(still prompts from Esoulix'Anne-Louise)

481. Change

"What do I mean I can't change back?" Danny parroted bitterly as he hovered above his bed, "Maybe I mean I can't change back because I'm actually dead now!"

482. Routine

Saving the world had becoming as commonplace to them as doing their homework—or, perhaps, a bit more common than that, if you asked the teachers who became more and more exasperated as the weeks went on without understanding that they owed these students their daily safety.

483. Cheer ("Phantom Planet")

Danny stared at the people around him— some faces he'd never seen before, others he remembered from the crazy week they'd just experienced, and some that he'd grown used to seeing glaring at him for failing to turn in a book report or for ruining their lives— and nearly fell over at the shock of their unanimous support of the ghost they'd thought was a nuisance this entire time.

*484. Antidote

Sam and Tucker tore through the Fenton's lab looking for anything that could possibly get their still-unconscious friend back to normal, but they soon realized that unless they wanted to get Danny's parents involved (and they both looked too nervous to even voice that prospect) everything they saw here was just as likely to turn Danny into a pile of goo as it was to be a cure.

485. Anecdote

Family get-togethers were never dull; Danny, Sam, and Tucker had long made sure that they would never ever run out of interesting stories with which to regale their extended families.

486. Luminescent (AU)

It wasn't uncommon for any of them to wake up in the middle of the night plagued by nightmares of the things they hunted by day, but Danny sensed whenever it happened and, without saying a word, turned over and let his eyes shine softly across the bunks until the shadows had retreated enough to let sleep come again.

487. Undead

It turned out that there were several categories of ghosts: those that had died, those that had been formed of obsession, and some that had been born (um, eww)—and they all took offence at being mislabeled.

488. Play

The first time Danny went out to play with Cujo after accepting him as a pseudo pet, he let loose for a few glorious hours and wondered by the end of it how he'd ever thought he would want to live without the chaotic freedom of a puppy.

489. Unintentional (French Future Fic)

"Daniel…" Vlad stuttered as he fell back a few steps from the figure who was sitting in front of his desk, "is… is that really…" he stretched out a hand before pulling it sharply back, "you know that I never meant…"

490. Terror

For all the horrifying things that Danny had faced over the years, nothing could compare to the first time he ever saw a ghost in the mirror and realized it looked exactly like him.

491. Never

Vlad's eyes shone with a crazed light as he offered his ultimatum, "Daniel, will you be my son?"

492. Just This Once ("Attack of the Killer Garage Sale")

Dash thought hard for a moment—the code against inviting losers like Fentonia to anything was clear—but he was the King of Casper high and if it meant that Jazz came too, he could spare one invitation.

493. Adorkable "(Parental Bonding")

Paulina normally dismissed every loser who threw himself at her, and guys who lost their pants just to get some extra attention didn't deserve it, but she had to admit that he was cute in an awkward sort of puppy dog way, so he might now be completely out of the runnings if she ever needed to pull some really drastic move.

494. Not Mine

"It's not mine!" Danny gulped as his mom help up a piece of Fenton weaponry that had gone missing from the lab a week ago, "I don't know where it came from," he protested, but he couldn't see any way out of this mess until Jazz calmly walked up, pulled the device away from their mom saying, "So that's where that went," before walking away.

495. Rushed

Dash and Co. snickered as Danny ran out of the room like his life depended on it as soon as Lancer had sighed and given him permission to use the bathroom, but they weren't laughing when, not five minutes later, a ghost came crashing through the walls of their classroom.

496. Always

"The thing about heroes is," Lancer explained to a classroom full of bored English students, "is that while they don't always do the right thing, they always try."

497. Worry

After the last time Tucker had said, "Don't worry, what's the worst that could go wrong?" and right afterward they'd an Irish ghost named Murphy, Sam took to preemptively smacking him whenever he looked like he might be thinking something that could jinx them.

498. Assurance

Maddie told him that whatever was worrying him, she could make it better; and it was the first time he didn't believe her.

499. Comfort

Valerie looked around their apartment, threadbare except for the training equipment she kept hidden from her dad, and consoled herself with the knowledge that she was about to bring the ghost kid down to the level of humiliation that she now faced.

500. Sibling

Sometimes she drove him up the wall with her nosiness and perfect grades and maturity and obsession with diagnosing his pyche with something every other day, but really, he wouldn't have wanted anyone else as a sister.

*484. Antidote: an extra one because I'd accidentally misread "Anecdote" until I'd already written this out, haha.

But geeeeez guys. I have 500 of these sentences now? With more to come? And I've posted 99 fics to ffn? asldfkh what is my world coming to?