A fic based on the headcanon that Vlad is actually Danny's father. Basically arch-rivals trying their best to form a stable father and son relationship with one another.
Warning: Not beta read and bad writing in general
No PP, No slash. Family / Hurt and Comfort. Multi-chapter fic.
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So why'd ya need my hair for, mom?" Danny hovered behind his mother who was busy working something out on the huge computer screen before her.
Danny had followed his mother in the lab after she'd asked him for a piece of his hair. Curiosity piqued Danny's interest on whatever she was planning to do with it. Not just that but he also followed her just in case she found something abnormal in it, like his ghost dna.
"I just noticed a lot of our inventions have gotten missing, so I decided to make sure our inventions are only responsive or only activated by Fenton dna. I have to gather some samples of your DNA to make sure your DNA is memorized by my inventions." Maddie explained.
Unfortunately for Maddie, Danny knew who was the culprit behind the missing inventions and it had been none other than himself and by the end of the day Maddie's efforts to keep the culprit away would be rendered futile.
"Anything else?" Maddie cocked a brow as Danny grew nearer.
Apart from monitoring her incase she'd found ectoplasm in his DNA. No. No there wasn't anything else he'd needed from her.
"I just find it interesting. That's all." Danny responded as he watched his mother download the DNA sample's data on the other inventions.
Having accidentally pushed a button, Maddie couldn't help but curse under her breath. The computer stopped downloading the data and had redirected her to another tab that analyzes DNA. She couldn't prepare herself for what she saw next.
Before Danny could let himself at ease that his mother was not going to find out, he felt his heart drop the moment his mother looked at the computer screen with wide eyes.
"Mom? What's wrong?" Danny could feel his breathe get faster by the moment. "Mom? Please answer me-" Danny directed his gaze at the computer screen.
On the top of the computer screen read 'Daniel James Fenton'. Beside his name was a photo of him and right under his name were analytics of his DNA and the matches it had with his family.
Apparently he's had a 52% match with his mother and a 36% match with his sister's. He didn't understand why he only had a 13% with his father though.
He looked over to his mother who was still staring at the counter screen, frozen in shock. "I-I don't understand." She choked in between tears.
"Wha-what's going on, mom?" Now Danny was getting really anxious. He exchanged glances with his mother before she looked back at the screen before her.
"Y-you're not saying-" Danny looked at her and back to the computer screen then back at her.
Maddie grabbed onto her son's shoulders, tears running down her tears as she pulled her son into a hug. "I-I never meant to." She stuttered as Danny stood still, unresponsive to the hug.
"Mom." Was all what Danny could conjure up to say at the scenario unfolding between them. Maddie let go of the hug, still letting tears slip away from her eyes.
He expected his mother to find DNA on his ghost side, not finding out he wasn't his dad's, dammit. And right now, it sounded like a much more better scenario if his mother found out his secret instead.
"I-I'm so sorry, Danny." Her voice still shaky, she hadn't even dared to look at her son in the eye, instead she'd looked down unable to meet her son's gaze.
"Mom." Danny's voice was stern. "Tell me...who is it...My dad." He said in between pauses.
Danny couldn't prepare himself for the shock that had been brought upon him after hearing the name that had escaped from his mother's lips after that.
"Vlad."
'Lies, Lies, Lies'. Danny hissed in his mind in chorus. "Y-you're lying!" Danny snapped, backing a step away from his mother.
She only looked at him.
"I...I need some space." Danny groaned, turning away from his mother and running out of the lab in just a matter of seconds.
All this information...it was a lot to take in, actually. That he was not his dad's, that he had actually been related to Vlad this whole time. Vlad Masters, who was oh so desperate to kill his father, Vlad who wanted to take advantage of his mother, Vlad who was his arch-rival... was his father.
Thoughts about this new information clouded his mind and without any hesitation, Danny transformed into his ghost-form and phased himself out of his home, aiming for the skies.
The half-ghost scouted Amity park in search for place to clear his head. He let his eyes land on the tallest building there is.
After landing on the building's top, he sat himself on the edge, observing Amity Park from below.
This was all too much to take in, the recent revelation left a sour taste in his mouth and butterflies in his stomach.
Was he supposed to accept Vlad now? Surely he wasn't obliged to do that but did Vlad even know? There was no way Vlad knew, based from his Mother's reaction she hadn't anticipated it either. Would his dad-no Jack still love him? He could deal with Jack hating Phantom but not Fenton- if he could still even call himself a Fenton.
His breath hitched.
This all had to be some sort of trick! Some sort of scheme! But if it were, it didn't make any sense. Maybe he'd been dreaming, this had to be some sort of nightmare.
Danny pinched himself but to no avail he wasn't shooting up from his bed and reminiscing about the nightmare.
He was still at the tallest building in Amity park, observing what was going on below.
If it weren't for his thoughts he would have noticed the blue that had escaped his mouth.
"You seem bothered." Danny tensed at the familiar voice behind him. Out of all people that he'd come across it was who he wanted to come across to last. Vlad.
Danny stirred his head to see Vlad Plasmius hovering behind him, mid-air.
"Care to tell what's been bothering you, li'l badger?" Danny couldn't help but notice the sincerity in Vlad's eyes, but Danny still refused to tell.
"None of your business, Plasmius." Danny scoffed, in the back of his mind he scolded himself because in actuality this was also somehow Vlad's business.
Vlad was Danny's real dad and Vlad deserved to know the truth. Even if he hated Vlad.
"If I'm being honest, you look like you're about to cry." Plasmius inched closer towards the younger halfa and dropped himself beside Danny.
"I-it's... nothing." Again, Danny hissed at himself in his mind. As far as he knew this was far from nothing.
"Please, Daniel, you really think that nothing could cause you to almost cry like that? If anything there's something clearly bothering you." Danny could feel Plasmius place his palm on Danny's shoulder.
Normally Danny would be angry at Vlad for doing it, but now, it felt kind of nice. To have his father beside him, trying to comfort him. This was one of those rare times Vlad was actually concerned for him.
"I-It's about my dad." Vlad cocked a brow, if Vlad was sure this was the first time Daniel had actually opened up to him. And best of that was that it was about Jack. Something had probably happened to that bumbling oaf, Jack, he presumed.
"I presume something happened to Jack, is it not true?" Danny's eyes said otherwise. If something hadn't happened to Jack, then what was it that had been bothering the boy Vlad oh so craved to be his son?
"It-it's not that..."Danny sighed, rearing his head away from Vlad and back to the full view of Amity park. The both of them remained silent.
Danny's train of thought was the opposite. He was debating whether or not he was going to tell Vlad the truth or not. The conversation could end in so many ways.
Danny could see Vlad either dismissing it as a lie or using it against him. This conversation could end in so many bad ways for either him and Vlad or both.
"What is it? Speak boy." Danny stood from his position, causing the older halfa to let go of his grasp on Danny's shoulder.
Danny walked closer towards the older half's and wrapped his arms around him without any second thoughts, causing Vlad to look at the boy who was hugging him in disbelief.
It was weird.
Weird for the both of them. It was weird enough that Vlad had been his dad but he didn't expect for himself to instinctively hug Vlad. As to Vlad, he just found it weird that Danny out of all people was hugging him, but he wasn't ungrateful to say otherwise.
Throughout the duration of the whole hug Danny couldn't bring himself to let go. There was something about the older halfa that was soothing and comforting. It felt weird at first but as the hug lasted, the more it felt right.
Vlad on the other hand was still surprised at Danny's sudden gesture. Vlad thought that something had happened to Jack and that Daniel was desperate for comfort. The older man's gaze on the younger boy hugging him shifted from surprised to a concerned one.
If the boy had been desperate for comfort, Vlad will give him the comfort he deserved.
It wasnt until Vlad had decided to hug the younger boy back that Danny would rip away from the hug.
"Thanks Vlad." Was all Danny could muster up to say.
Before Plasmius could protest, the boy was out of sight.