Y'know, I like the idea where for a ghost or a realm being to court another they duel with each other so it'll be funny when Dick stumbles across jason who was fighting with some guy and Dick was horrified when Jason landed a hit on that guy nose but the dude just smiled manically
And he was even more horrified and maybe a tad confused when he heard their conversation
Jason: go out with me Danny!
Danny: HAH! defeat me first Jason if you wish to take me on a date!
Jason: oh you BET!
Dick face paled for every second and was about to interfere when Danny managed to land a hit so hard it knocked Jason out cold for a second or two before he got back up
Danny: HAH! you failed Jason!
He said while pointing at Jason and Jason just scowled and said damn it under his breath
Danny: but well since I won that means I can ask you out for a date can I? So you wanna go on a date with me?
Jason just blinked in surprise before grinning from ear to ear
Jason: fuck yeah, let's go
And only after that did they realize of another presence with them, which is dick and dick just stares at them
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Phantom has part of the Justice League Collective for a while now, and its very, very, very obvious that the 25* year old Ghost had a crush on Batman.
Everyone in the Watchtower knew, it was obvious in the way he watched Batman in awe, or how his cheeks would glow green when Batman hummed at him with approval.
Flash directly asked him one day, expecting a shy admittance or hasty, embarassed denial, but Phantom was very straightforward when he said yes, he did find Batman very romantically appealing.
So yes, everyone knew, even Batman himself though he's never spoken a word on how he feels about the situation.
And yet, Phantom never shoot his shot. He never tried extra hard for pair ups with Batman, never flirted with him, or asked him out, never went out of his way to show off. Sure he was ghost, but courting rituals and flirting couldn't have been that different from normal human ones.
One day, after watching Phantom once again go green in the cheeks when Batman thanked him for turning in a report on time(high praise from Batman), Green Lanturn finally broke. He asked Phantom why, if he did like Batman, he didn't actively pursue him.
The look Phantom gave Green Lanturn made everyone feel like idiots, before Phantom slowly, as if explaining to a group to 3 year olds, that it was "Inappropriate to date ones boss or coworker of higher authority. It created a power imbalance, even if it was a minor one, and could lead to workplace hostility and tension should the relationship sour. Their jobs as heros was important, but they were all beings with irrational feelings and emotions, and they couldn't chance letting those feelings hinder their responsibilities." Yes Phantom liked Batman, and if they weren't coworkers he would more seriously pursue him, but Phantom takes his job very seriously, as does Batman, and nobody wants the compromised.
*Rather Danny is actually 25 or is older and just looks younger is up to you but he is aged up and that is non negotiable.
*Intended to be crack but can definately go crack-angst if you want
Phantom: *in his living form w/a mask, coiled up and scribbling on some worksheets with textbooks surrounding him*
Kid Flash: *spread out over Phantom's coils, watching him work*
Flash: Hey kiddos- Kid Flash are making Phantom do your homework?
Kid Flash: What? No! I copy my homework pages and let Phantom have the empty copies!
Green Arrow: Why? I thought kids hated homework.
Phantom: I missss ssschool. The normalcy of it, the knowledge. After I became a ghossst I ssstruggled a lot with homework and attending classssesss, but I ssstill went. But now, I'm a Naga, and I can't go to ssschool anymore. Wal-Kid Flash has been helping me catch up, even if I can't go to ssschool anymore, I atleassst won't be completely ssstupid.
Kid Flash: You're not stupid, I barely had to teach you anything. If anything, once you caught up, you started tutoring me!
Green Arrow and Flash: *share a sad, thoughtful, and determined look*
*1.5 Months Later*
Green Arrow: Hey is Phantom around?
Flash: We got a gift!
Superboy: *points to the living room*
Phantom: *stretched out over the couch, holding his hands out for Miss Martian to paint while Kid Flash is leaning against him, and Robin and Aqualad are sitting on the floor next to them as they all chat*
Flash: Hey Phantom!
Phantom: *looks up, tongue flickering curiously*
Green Arrow: Hey kid, remember that conversation from a while ago?
Flash: About you going to school?
Phantom: Oh, yessss.
Green Arrow: We signed you up for online school.
Flash: *grins widely as he hands Phantom a laptop*
Phantom, whispering: What?
Flash: Yeah! It took a while because we had to make you an identity slightly based on your birth one, and that, my friend isn't easy. Even for us.
Green Arrow: You still have to pick your classes, but everything is online, you type your answers into an online document, or you can print out the worksheets and scan them before sending them to your teacher.
Flash: Your cave-
Phantom, softly: Nessst.
Flash: Right sorry, Nest. But your Nest has internet right?
Phantom: Yesss.
Green Arrow: Then there you go! There are mandatory video classes, but its not hard to hide your tail with a computer laptop.
Phantom: But the essss sssoundsss I make-
Flash: In your medical file, the hissing was cited as a vocal stim.
Phantom: *eyes misty as he stares at them in awe.* Thank you. *hugs the laptop to his chest while his tail moves to wrap around the two heros*
Green Arrow, startled: Oh!
Flash, surprised: Woah!
Phantom: *squeezes the two heros in a hug while trying not to cry*
Kid Flash: *grinning and patting his friend on his back in support*
Hal: Everyone, I have an announcement! We are going to have the privilege of hosting a real-life prince!
Diana: I am a princess
Arthur: And I am a King
Hal: This isn't about you. This about a alien prince, better known as the immortal, the powerful the beloved Prince Phantom!!!
Diana: Prince Phantom!? Here!? On Earth!?
Bruce: You know him?
Diana: Of course! We've told tales of his adventures for centuries on my island but I never thought I have the privilege of seeing him much less speaking to him!
Arthur: Prince Phantom is considered a god to my people. He helped create our kingdom and is said to have given our people the gills to survive underwater! I must prepare for his arrive! My people will be so please!
Hal: You better hurry. We only have three days before he arrives. I flew over as soon as I was told at Oa, but it still wasn't fast enough.
Clark: What should the rest of us do? If he's that important, I want to leave a good impression.
Hal: Hang these images of him in your home to let him know he's welcome
Clar, staring at his boyfriend's newest son, whom he saw that morning at the breakfast table: Ummmmm, Sweetheart? Can you look at this?
Bruce glancing over his shoudler: Is that Danny?
Clark: Yes
Bruce: Oh, he is so grounded. I told my kids they weren't allowed to become gods anymore!
Jason, rolling his eyes: You're such a wimp, getting a date is not that hard.
Dick: Oh yeah?
Jason: Yeah.
Dick: Okay. Go ask that- *points to a random guy* guy out, if he turns you down for any reason thats not "I'm in a relationship currently", "I'm Aromantic", or "I'm not interested in men", then that will be proof its not "easy", and that you're wrong.
Jason: Fine. *walks up to the man in question* Will you agree to go on a date with me so I can laugh in my brother's face?
Danny: *blinks slowly as he sips on a "green apple" slushie, he looks Jason up and down with consideration* I have to go to my sister's wedding in four weeks and she keeps trying to hook me up with the groom's best friend's sister, who I've met and have no interest in, if you go with me to that, I will tell your brother whatever you want me to.
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I disabled my comments section because it was full of bots trying to scam people
how someone sets their boundaries has absolutely nothing to do with censorship.
censorship is when someone tries to control other people what they can or can’t create and consume.
censorship is not about a random person disabling their own comments section for whatever reason. censorship is not about people blocking other people on social media as their way of setting boundaries and curating their internet experience. censorship is not about disrespecting other people’s boundaries and censorship is not about tolerating it when other people disrespect you or your boundaries.
so your comment is entirely irrelevant to the point. I say censorship is bad. you say but the sky is not green.
I disabled my comments section because it was full of bots trying to scam people
how someone sets their boundaries has absolutely nothing to do with censorship.
censorship is when someone tries to control other people what they can or can’t create and consume.
censorship is not about a random person disabling their own comments section for whatever reason. censorship is not about people blocking other people on social media as their way of setting boundaries and curating their internet experience. censorship is not about disrespecting other people’s boundaries and censorship is not about tolerating it when other people disrespect you or your boundaries.
so your comment is entirely irrelevant to the point. I say censorship is bad. you say but the sky is not green.
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Damian stands in silence as he looks at the crestfallen figure of Danny, who is still sitting on the chair where he has been sitting for over an hour now. The blood son of Batman has no idea how to start, it’s like his lips have been glued shut with grizzly glue at the same time that every single word has erased itself from his brain. Damian Al-Ghul Wayne feels both powerless and oh so sssstupid.
“I guess this is it then.” Danny is the one who breaks the too long silence. Humorless smile on his pale lips.
“What do you mean?” Words come back to Damian’s mouth and find their way out of his lips.
“Now you know the kind of monster I am.” Danny says, and Damian moves faster than any speedster in the infrastructure.
Danny’s eyes open wide while his he-hopes-still-boyfriend hugs him tight.
“Do not dare call yourself that ever again!” Damian growls.
And Danny cannot hold it anymore, he returns Damians tight hug, both staying like that for many more minutes. Danny crying inconsolably as Damian caresses his hair and whispers sweet nothings to his beloved’s ear.
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Batman enters the room where the rest of the interrogation witnesses are waiting while sitting around the round meeting table. He takes seat right between Wonder Woman and Superman.
“So, that was something.” Nightwing breaks the tense silence.
“So young and yet has already burdened so much. The weight of a crown is too heavy for a child to carry and yet he carries his like Atlas to the skies.” Aquaman follows, his tone carries the sorrow he feels for the young boy that is the King of the Infinite.
“I cannot believe he actually told us about his death.” Constantine adds. “That’s the most intimate thing for a ghost, something only shared among those they consider fraid, their family, to share that with us… I don’t think you people understand the importance of him telling us about it.”
“I knew he had barely manifested when he fought the tyrant for the first time, but he to think that he’s literally just a kid!” Deadman exclaims.
“A kid just trying to mend the mistakes of his parents.” Zatanna says, her tone solemn.
“What now?” Flash questions. “I mean, based on what he said and on what we know so far the kid just wants to live.” He continues and everybody in the room can hear how his voice slightly breaks at the end.
“What do you think?” Superman, no Clark asks his best friend, for he understands how close this case is to B’s family.
“Since it seems that it was Gotham herself who offered to be the king's sanctuary, it will be Gotham who will keep sheltering him.” The big bad bat states. “When we leave, he comes with us.” He adds as he looks at his eldest son.
“Yeh, about that, I don’t think they’re gonna finish talking any soon.” Nightwing says with an awkward smile.
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Back in the interrogation room, Damian is sitting on a corner with Danny sitting on his lap, his head resting over one of Damian’s shoulders, his pretty eyes puffy and still shiny. Damian has taken off the domino mask from his face, he is looking at Danny’s face and caressing his cheek with his thumb.
“Do you feel better, qalbi?” Damian asks with gentleness.
“Yeah… sorry smearing snot on your cape.” Danny answers, voice hoarse.
“It is quite alright. It is always gets dirtied by some more disgusting substances anyways.”
“I bet.” Danny huffs a chuckle and Damian’s anxiety lessens at the sound.
“Daniel.” Damian calls and sweetly makes Danny look at his, their faces so close that their noses almost touch. “I am not angry at you, nor disgusted nor disappointed, nor any of those silly things your mind might be whispering to your heart. I was surprised, confused and scared. I am sorry if I made you feel like I would turn my back on you, I just needed to calm down and organize my thoughts.”
“You mean it?”
Damian just nods his head. Danny’s bottom lip wobbles but he doesn’t cry again, instead, he surrounds Damian neck with his arms and gives him a tight hug that the other teen gladly returns.
“I am so sorry you had to go through that hell, my love.”
Danny breaks the hug and with the palm of his left hand he touches Damian’s cheeks, the slightly taller teen then rests his head to said palm as Danny says, “At least I wasn’t raised in an evil cult?”
“Just how much of my life is written in that manual of yours?” Damian questions as he remembers that Danny mentioned the ‘Gotham Manual’ that the city’s spirit had given him before moving to Gotham.
“Not much, really. It’s more like a wiki-page with your most basic info. Nothing too revealing.”
“Is that why you choose my table that first day of school?”
“Nope. Up to that day I had barely read the intro of the book.” Danny reveals without an ounce of shame. “In reality, it wasn’t until that day that I started to properly read it because I wanted to know about the new friend I had made, then I found out about you and your family’s extracurricular activities, and I stopped reading it again because it didn’t feel right to know about that without your permission.”
“You are a good actor.” Damian acknowledges.
“Thanks. It took me to almost die a second time to learn.” Danny jokes and Damian makes a face, which only makes Danny’s smile stretch.
“Is there a way for me to stop the incoming jokes and puns about dead that will plague my future with you?”
“And let Jason be the only one with a tombstone in this graveyard? Never.”
Damian throws his head back, taking it away from Danny’s cold hand and letting it rest on the wall.
“But, talking seriously Dames, you don’t feel scared of me, of what I am?”
Damian looks at his – thank the heaves – still boyfriend. “Daniel, my father is Bruce Wayne, I have no proofs but also no doubts that he has had intercourse with Superman at least once, also, most of my siblings have had intimacy with non-human individuals. Believe me roohi, I am not bothered by the nature of your biology nor power.”
Neither Damian nor Danny knows this, but after Damian said that every bat and bird did a big sneeze (Clockwork knows though, and he did a sensible chuckle while watching his screens).
“O-k, I so much didn’t need to know that about your family, babe.”
“It is but a matter of a fact.”
“Still… wait! Does that mean that you’re still willing to, you know, do the deal with me?” Danny questions as a beautiful rouge blush spreads across his freckled face and neck.
“As long as you are also willing to take me.” Damian purrs, the tips of his lips suddenly gently touch the tip pf Danny’s own.
The answer is Danny closing the very short distance between them.
It was just a peck, a long one mind you, but when they broke apart their foreheads touched and their eyes locked… and Damian saw how Danny’s eyes filled with tears again.
Danny chuckles a sniff and Damian kisses the tears away. They stay like that for a while… until Danny’s stomach betrays him.
“Aww, come one.”
“Come, love. The cafeteria here has some descent food.”
“Gasp! Can we eat in a room where we can look at the outer space?!”
