Prompt 13 –Eating Ice Cream: I went back in time for this one simply because when I think of ice cream I think of innocence and I really love delving into that time before either knew what they were getting themselves into. Something about blossoming affection makes me feel all happy inside and I like to feel happy inside. Also the song Candyman by Christina Aguilera kind of inspired this one in some sort of awkward way :)

Rating: K+

13. Nothing More Dangerous than a Boy with Charm

A sixteen year old Danny Fenton thrummed his fingers against the marble counter of the most recent addition to Amity Park; an old fashioned ice cream shoppe. It was white and grey veined stone that made the otherwise 50's themed building look even the slightest bit modern. On his right, sitting on a red vinyl chair, Tucker swiveled and called out to one of the older teens running the counter. To his left was Sam, her usual purple lips twisted into a sort of grimace.

"Remind me again why we couldn't have just gotten something at the ice cream truck?" Her voice was indignant but as she turned to face her friends Danny could see her eyes were soft in amusement. He and Tucker were nothing but lucky to have a friend like Sam. Being an outside thinker made her patient and non-judgmental, both boys needed that in their lives.

"Blueberry muffin sundaes with a maple syrup topping, Sam. Need I say more?" Tucker was finally able to wave someone down and made his order as he talked to his friend. She quirked an eyebrow.

She sighed. "Just a rootbeer float for me, more soda then ice cream." She said when the waiter turned to her.

"Uh," Danny had forgotten to think about what he wanted and so said the first thing on the menu. "Cookie dough and milk sundae? Extra syrup." Their water nodded at Danny's request and then made his way behind the counter to get to work. "We've deserved a treat I think. School is almost over, my birthday is coming up."

"There isn't anything special about seventeen. It's a tease, a horrible waste of a year. You sit around waiting for the big one eight because you'll have magically matured over night but in all reality you just want to get some ice cream the same as you did last year." Tucker took a breath and leaned against the counter, he'd turned seventeen the month before.

Danny and Sam burst into laughter and just shook their heads as they leaned against the counter, to get a better look at the waiter with their order.

The place was only slightly crowded, the people from the grand opening the week before had slowly trickled away and left a moderately sized business crowd that was just right for the three teens. A couple of kids from school at a round table in the far corner but for the moment they were of no bother to anyone. Families occupied the other tables, looking out the big picture windows as people walked by enviously eyeing every ice cream cone. Those who gave in to temptation only ordered a scoop at left, obviously with a place to be.

Just to the right of the counter was a pair of sky blue double doors that led into the back room and Danny couldn't help but raise his gaze from Tucker's walrus impression to look at the two who'd just walked into the storefront.

One was a stout man, his beard peppered with small glints of red and eyes of a dark brown the uniform of the manager adorning his frame. Beside him was the tall and suave mayor of Amity Park, his dark suit a contrast to the silvery shine of his hair, pulled back in its usual style.

"Finally!"

Danny turned his head away to see Tucker pulling a bowl of cream and indigo colored ice cream into his range, the chilled spoon finding his mouth promptly afterward.

"What my loud friend means to say is thank you." Sam said, her hand curling around the tall glass as she placed the straw in.

"Yeah, thanks." Danny said as his own bowl was placed in front of him. The waiter smiled and waved off the enthusiasm as a compliment to the parlor and made his way off to assist others.

Tucker popped a piece of candied blueberry passed his lips and nearly melted off the seat, "It's like paradise just opened a resort of berry goodness on my tongue."

Chuckling, the other two ate their treats. Danny had to admit that the cookie dough was really good, he could almost imagine it baking in his mouth preparing for a good dunk in the cream. He might have actually slumped over in his seat if it were for the distinct feeling of being watched.

Taking another bite he felt Sam stiffen and slowly turned to her but she didn't turn to him. He raised a brow at her before swiveling in his chair and coming face to chest with Vlad Masters himself. As hard as he tried –oh who's he kidding, he didn't try. Danny's face deadpanned as he pulled his spoon from his lips and looked up at the debonair man.

"Vlad."

The soft rumble of a chuckle did not help the light tickle of irritation at the back of Danny's mind.

Vlad Masters stood in front of him ever a tall and looming cloud of grey in his blue skies. There hadn't been any real hostility between the two in a while but it was hard to shake off the fight of flight feeling that came over him when they were in the same room together. In the man's hand was a cone with soft serve vanilla ice cream. It was simple and old fashioned, just like Vlad.

Sam reached over and nudged Tucker's arm who promptly turned from his own treat to glance at her and then what she was looking at. He sat a little straighter and swiveled his chair all the way around. It was a picture of Danny's childhood, his friends flanking either side of him and his arch nemesis before him. Never mind that the setting was an ice cream parlor, to the three it was a potential battlefield.

"It seems you three are enjoying my new establishment," Vlad said.

Sam shot a glare at Tucker to the other teen looked at Danny. The young hybrid merely snorted. "Yours, isn't this a little too family friendly for your tastes?"

For a moment the elder halfa seemed to think it over. He reached over and bit the top of his ice cream his tongue flicking out to capture a bit of a vanilla at the corner of his lips. Blue eyes settled on Danny and smirked. "No, I believe it will serve my purposes just nicely."

"What purposes?" Sam was always the first to jump, she liked to make it sound like she thought over everything she did but for some reason she always seemed a bit more heated when it came to the millionaire.

"Oh… nothing to concern yourself with, dear" he said in a tone that very near to a purr. Vlad slid himself in between Danny's and Sam's seat, taking the spoon casually in hand that Danny had deposited. "Think of it as my way of giving back."

"So this is just your elaborate way of saying 'sorry for being a jerk these last couple of years, I hope we can all over look me trying to take over the world'?" Danny eyed the spoon in the man's hand, mentally preparing himself to get hit with it or worse.

Vlad smiled. It wasn't a smirk or a full blown grin but a smile, a pull of the lips at each corner that just seemed neutral as all hell; it bugged Danny. He scooped up a small portion of the cookie dough ice cream and held it out to the boy in front of him. Of course, Danny didn't move an inch. Without missing a beat Vlad took the spoon and slipped it passed his own lips before slipping the spoon out and placing it back in the bowl.

"Good choice, little badger." Vlad slid away from between the two. Danny caught a glimpse at Sam's face, her nose wrinkled and eyes burning with amethyst fire. "Though, I may have gone a little heavier on the chocolate syrup. It was one of my choice favorites for the menu."

People kept passing the four of them, small attention being paid to the town mayor. It wasn't surprising to see him out of his office, he was such a charismatic figure and people enjoyed soaking it in. The sound of squeaky shoes and clinking dishes seemed to roar in Danny's ear and before he knew it he was standing up and looking near eye-to-eye at Vlad Masters. Why was the man always so infuriating?

It wasn't knew to see Danny Fenton and Vlad Masters conversing so casually. It was well known in Amity Park that the Fenton's were friends with their mayor. It would have been a wonder if Danny didn't act so familiar with the man. People could have assumed it as the way a child treats their uncle.

"It's cool, I'm done," Danny muttered between gritted teeth. His friend followed suit, though not before Tucker took another large bite of blueberry muffin heaven into his mouth. Sam only riffled through her pocket for a moment before pulling out a twenty.

"Don't bother, it's on the house for my three favorite people." It was hard to tell whether that was sentence dripped in sarcasm but either way Sam slammed the twenty on the granite counter and marched off followed closely by Tucker.

Danny only let them get a couple steps ahead of them before he forced his attention on Vlad.

What the hell had provoked him? Why did he always get mad at the man? Years of only knowing fighting perhaps? Could there ever be just one moment of peace between the two of them? Was it always meant to be a war? It was just ice cream and a tad bit of sweet talking. It wasn't like this sort of charming stuff worked on him.

Sam and Tucker were almost at the front door.

"Leaving so soon, little badger?"

Danny stepped forward and wrapped his hand around the other mans wrist pulling the ice cream towards him and taking a long lick from the base to the top. Without another word he side-stepped the man and walked off after his friends.

Vlad stood there for a moment and if anyone had been paying attention they would have seen the light blush dusted just across the apples of the man's cheeks before he turned away and lowered his head over the ice cream cone. It wasn't anger, embarrassment, or even annoyance that filled him but a sense of surprise and perhaps awe. Who knew that Daniel could be so very charming?

Sorry these are all taking so long. I've been working on school work and we've been doing film work which is a lot more stressful then I ever thought it could be; good thing I wouldn't give it up for the world.

I hope you guys really liked this one. I was at a total loss and then this came out. Thanks for reading.