Title: Just Danny
Theme: Refining
Pairing: None
Rating: K
94. Refining
Sam wanders in on him staring at the ghostly dreamcatcher his parents made, sliding his hand in and staring at the ecto-energy painlessly ripping out of him, leaving that arm Just Danny. Not a trace of Phantom in it. Pure, undiluted Fenton, and no one was supposed to see that, and certainly no one was supposed to see that half dreamy smile on his face as he looked at the Just Danny arm, wiggling his fingers at his face to confirm that he was really him.
She took a nervous step forward and called, "Danny?"
"I was testing," he blurted, yanking away and staring at her with a heaving chest, his breaths suddenly quick and deep. "I wanted to see if it works, and…and it does, so…yeah."
She stared back, then, ever so quietly, "Do you want to change back?"
And, for some reason, he can't seem to lie or keep his mouth shut, and he answers, "Sometimes."