Happy Birthday Kas!
What pairing is complete without a Daemon AU I ask. The answer of course is none.
Dual Souls
:: (Pre Iambic Prose) (Daemon AU) (Human AU)
Everyone in the school knew that there was something wrong with Danny Fenton and Andrew Riter. It wasn't the fact that the two never really interacted with other students at large, or how they started ranting about science fiction, or the fact they would claim that yes, ghosts were real. No.
It was the fact they could touch each other's daemons.
The first time they had seen the occurrence had been during their freshman year. It was a few months into the school year and they were by now used to the fact that Danny, being from a family of geniuses, was smart enough to skip two grades and as such was two years younger than everyone. That meant at 12 he was rather small and hid behind his childhood friend, Andrew.
It wasn't until halfway through gym class that they noticed Andrew's daemon, a lynx named Vidya, was sitting in Danny's lap, the teen absently petting her as if it was second nature, while he tiredly listened to that day's lecture. As soon as one person had seen the sight it seemed as if everyone had their gazes trained on the two, who looked as if nothing was wrong. Andrew was reading another one of his books and Danny was almost asleep beside him on the bleachers.
"Riter! Fenton!" At the coach's yell all the students wondered what would happen as Danny darted to attention, looking slightly scared, while Andrew only glanced up from his book with disdain. "What the he- heck, are you doing in my gym class?!"
"Reading," Andrew replied dully, Vidya letting out a snickering sound while Danny sent him a halfhearted glare. "I would have thought that schools encouraged a learning environment."
"Not that you smartas- alec. Smartalec. I meant why the heck is your daemon curled up in Fenton's lap?!" At the question both boys looked surprised and then confused, looking down to where Vidya was playing with Layla, Danny's snowy owl daemon. Seeing the looks she only chuckled.
"He's more comfortable than the bleachers."
"Oh gee, thanks," Danny huffed. "Glad to see that I'm nothing but a pillow for you." Vidya only licked his cheek, the other students all sharing uneasy looks. It was that day they had decided to keep an eye on the two strange boys.
The next time was a few weeks later when the class was on a field trip. Danny, being their smallest classmate, had gotten lost in the crowd when they were entering the museum. While the teachers panicked Andrew only let out a soft but soothing whistle, the students all watching in shock as Layla, scared and confused, flew into Andrew's arms, Danny soon following. Andrew only comforted the both of them, Danny clinging to his hand and Layla clinging to his shoulder for the rest of the day, no matter what the teachers said.
After that was sophomore year when a school fire broke out and Andrew and Vidya were trapped in the library. Danny and Layla had ignored all orders and rushed back inside, dragging the two out and refusing to leave their side. After they had been loaded into the ambulance Danny clutched onto Vidya almost possessively, Layla doing the same for Andrew. The next time they saw the two in class they were holding hands, Layla on Andrew's shoulders and Danny's hand buried in Vidya's fur.
The following semesters were filled with touches and hugs to each other's daemons that the student body slowly grew used to, it was only when new freshman saw and panicked that they realized it wasn't a normal thing. When the two came out that they were dating in Junior year it was to half the student body exchanging bets, Danny and Layla a blushing mess and Andrew and Vidya laughing loudly.
The last monumental occasion they remembered was a senior class field trip they had to an amusement park. Something had gone wrong in one of the haunted houses and Andrew had been separated from Danny and Vidya, the same happening to Danny and Layla. The entire class had gone through hours of trying to reunite them, each side seeing just how sick and worried the other was.
They didn't think it was because they were separated from their daemons either. It was because they were separated from each other. A collapse in the floor had Danny and Vidya falling two stories from where Andrew and Layla were. It was enough to have all four of them faint on the spot, screaming in pain.
When they finally saw the four a week later Layla was sitting on Andrew's shoulders all day and Vidya was attached to Danny's side. From that day on newer students were never sure which daemon was who's. Layla never flew too far away from Andrew and Vidya never let Danny out of her sight.
Graduation Day and Danny was made Valedictorian. When he walked up on stage Vidya was the one to walk by his side, standing with him and helping him deliver his speech when he kept dropping note cards. They noticed Andrew and Layla were recording the whole event proudly, both cheering them on.
No one was surprised when they received invitations to their wedding a few years later.
This got away from me, I'm not even sure what happened there. If I had to go into more explanation it would be some bullshitted excuse on how some couples have dual souls, which are where daemons can stay by their human or by the human's mate.
I would have made it work. Don't you know writing is bullshitting professionally?