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the warmth of the sun in winter

(the last of the prompts from Esoulix'Anne-Louise, some more from the theatre that I'm gonna inhabit for the next week yay Nutcracker, and the rest are from the dance studio's website)

501. Squabble

The first time Danny and Sam had a "lover's spat" as the school had called it, a nervous Tucker bounced back and forth between trying to get his best friends to make up and trying to convince everyone else that there was no reason for anyone to be paying off any bets yet.

502. Unexpected

Vlad stared down at his creation in surprise, blinking as he took in the long hair and soft eyes and lack of any parts that made it a he and wondered how such a thing might have occurred.

503. Front

Once, when Dash caught Danny up in a fistful of t-shirt to slam him up against whichever locker was nearest, he saw a flicker of something in Danny's eyes that made him wonder if the whole passive loser thing was all just a show.

504. Balance ("Control Freaks")

Sam had always loved anything edgy and slightly dangerous, and that definitely included heights and standing next to the railings at any national parks with cliffs and overhands, but it somehow lost its appeal when she woke from nightmares where she was holding onto the wire at the top of a circus pole for dear life

404. Grand

Jazz knew intellectually that of course the mansion of billionaire Vlad Masters would be huge, hut when she finally stepped out of the GAV, she was actually at a loss for words.

*506. Border

After their run in with particularly ferocious ghosts on the way to Aragon's Kingdom on one of their map making ventures, the three of them gratefully took Frostbite's advice about the lawless zones between realms.

507. Drag

Lancer had heard the term many times before as students deprecatingly described his class, but he had never before been tempted to use it himself until the first time a parent teacher conference with the Fentons had lengthened to an hour and forty three minutes without showing signs of stopping.

508. Main

Danny's "arch enemy" as far as he thought of it, was Vlad, but apparently every single ghost out there, including Plasmius, considered him their main rival.

509. Authorized (superphantom crossover)

"Why, yes, ma'am," the shorter man said as he dug into his jacket pocket for a leather fold he flipped open long enough for the flash of an important looking badge to make an impression, "we're here to look at the machine you've got running in your basement."

510. First

They had been so wrapped up in the sudden success of the portal that they didn't realize at first that something was wrong for their son.

511. Ballroom ("Parental Bonding")

As they practiced the long slow steps of the dance, sweeping across the floor just like they would a week later when they were man and wife, Sam suddenly began to chuckle, "Think you'll be able to keep your pants up this time?"

512. Jazz (#475 Addition)

After they had, albeit graciously, kicked Jazz out of their ghost fighting group, Danny started paying attention to how she spent her free time, and, after realizing that one of the reasons she had tried so hard to fit in was that she had no other friends of her own, he wondered whether it might not be worth getting stuck in the Fenton Thermos a couple times a week to let her back.

513. Stretch

Tucker finished his excuse with the cheesiest smile Lancer thought he had ever seen in his long career of teaching, but he sighed and waved the boy to his seat, because, after all, it was nothing compared to some of the tall tales his best friend told almost daily.

514. Main

"This is a court of law, Mr. Fenton," the man interrupted, "we don't care if ghosts have feelings, our main concern is whether or not your son is still human."

515. New

They all thought that being a teenager and starting high school was bad enough, but then the accident happened, and they realized that they had an entirely new set of problems to deal with.

516. Print

Jazz watched her brother closely throughout breakfast, seeing the way he pulled the newspaper just close enough that he could read it without drawing attention to the fact, and the way his face fell as he continued reading whatever article had caught his eye.

517. Report (#516 Print)

"You can't believe it, you know," she said as soon as she realized that the article was her brother's secret counterpart, making Danny look up and wonder whose conversation she was continuing; "You can't believe everything they say in the paper; they like to make trouble for good people."

518. Transaction

The team manager shook his head at the billionaire's checkbook, "Like I told you before, the Packers aren't for sale, Mr. Masters."

519. Menu

"Are… are you sure," she asked, "it's all so expensive and I really don't need…" but Danny stopped his cousin then and there by firmly repeating his stance with a smile, "You order anything you want, Dani, my treat."

520. Bar

"The reason why it seems that it's been harder to fight ghosts lately," Sam replied to a pouting Danny, "is that as you keep getting better and raising the bar, they all need to follow suit in order to have a fighting chance of making it as far as your living room."

*506. Border: Based on the mythology and headcanons in the fabulously fantastic work by CoronaIgnis.