AN: Tumblr prompt: More Danny and Peter Parker!

Drabble 16-Parker

"Listen here, punk," the giant blonde said as he pushed Danny againt the lockers, "I run this school, and because of that I greet the newbies. And wanna know how I show my hospitality?" He asked almost threatening. Danny sighed, and was about to say something snarky with a roll of his eyes, but he never got the chance.

"Flash! Lay off, man! What happened to being nicer?"

Danny and Flash turned in unison to look at the scrawny brunette walking towards them. He shot an irritated glance at Flash before pushing him off of Danny.

"Sorry about him," the said. "He's still learning how to not be an asshole."

"I was just sayin' hi," Flash said unconvincingly.

"Uh-huh," the boy rolled his eyes. "I'm Peter. Peter Parker," he held out his hand and Danny shook it, surprised by how strong the boys's grip was. His appearance certainly gave him a different idea of what to expect.

"It's all good. At my last school there was a dude just like him. We became good friends… Eveventually…" Danny shrugged and gave Peter an easy smile that didn't quite meet his eyes, Peter noticed.

Danny, needless to say, thought Peter was a pretty chill person. He needed some new friends now that he was at a new school because Steve just HAD to insist. But there was something almost off about Peter. Danny pushed it to the back of his mind to think about-or forget-later

Peter saw the way Danny's blue eyes flickered from door to door, and back to Peter. They stood out more with his dark hair and the bags protruding from under his eyes. Peter could kind of relate. With his nightly patrols and the occasional super villain on top of homework, he hardly slept nowadays. He was exhausted, but the tried not to let it show. For his aunt's sake.

"Well, I'll see you around, Peter," Danny said as he started walking down the hall (unknowingly in the wrong direction) with a wave over his shoulder.

"Yeah," Peter replied. "You too."

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"FREEZE!"

Danny tensed up, immediately on guard. He really needs to stop spacing out on random buildings. He didn't even remember which one he was on.

He looked up at one of the less popular heroes. Spider-Man, he called himself. But there was something almost… Familiar about the way he talked… The way the sounded and carried himself. Even the crawling-on-the-wall thing was familiar.

"Who are you?" The Spider demanded.

"Name's Phantom," Danny replied, trying to ignore the oncoming headache from trying to figure out why this guy was so familiar. "Relax, I'm a good guy."

"Uh-huh. And how am I supposed to beleive you?"

There. Danny finally made the connection. It's weird how a small, insignificant everyday sound that people make actually matters.

"Oh, come on, Parker, I thought we were friends," Danny casually said, almost laughing at the way Spidey tensed up. So the was right.

"Who's Parker? What are you talking about?"

"Dude, seriously? Your red headed friend was right. For as smart as you are, you're kinda slow."

Spidey could hear Mary Jane's voice in his head, clear as day. It was something she had said to him earlier that day while they were eating lunch.

Peter has never seen this guy before in his life, though. The toxic green eyes and shock of white hair were undamiliar to him. But the bags… the messiness of the hair… the body language…

"Danny?"

"Man, I wish I could give you a prize for guessing right. Just don't tell anyone, yeah?"

"I won't if you won't."

"Deal."

"Sweet. So… Phantom?"

"Half ghost."

"Ah… Okay. Well, so you have everything here covered…?"

"Go home. Get some rest," Danny shood him off with a playful grin. The was glad the awkward small talk didn't last very long.

"Thanks. I'll see you at school!"

Danny almost laughed as he watched Peter just jump off the side of the building, doing a couple backflips before swinging away, looking more happy than Danny had seen him all day.

Peter deserves some rest.
I, he decided, can sleep when I'm dead.