Triple Threat - DP 3 Sentence Fics

by avearia

Three Sentence Fics. Two characters plus an AU equals profit. - Next up: "Time Travel AU - Danny gets stuck in the past with a familiar, still-living face." (By Request: SpokenIdeals - Danny and Poindexter)

5. Out of the Spotlight

Triple Threat - DP 3 Sentence Fics: Two characters + an AU = profit.

By Request: Dylan asked for "Ember and Danny friendship."

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Ember and Danny:

Friends; Rock Star AU

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Out of the Spotlight

Danny called them 'cooldown days' - he was a guitar tech with the road crew, after all, and he was smart enough to recognize that even if Ember loved the fame and attention, she, like the instruments she played, needed to be unplugged and pulled out of the spotlight when she started to go haywire from the chaos.

"Thanks, babypop, I… think I needed this," Ember murmured, not looking away from the screen as she clutched a video game controller in one hand and dug into a cold pizza box with the other.

"Don't mention it, Em," Danny glanced around the room—at the messy bed, the sheet music strewn across the floor, the blinds shut tight to keep prying eyes at bay—then at Ember, her trademark black leather discarded for baggy ash-gray t-shirt and jeans, her hair hung loose around her shoulders, her face scrubbed bare of makeup, showing heavy bags beneath her eyes—"…After all," he added, "That's what friends are for."