Middle Ground

I go by Pen/Penny (she/her). I hope you enjoy what I write! I’m going to be mostly focusing on DC x DP.

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Masterlist:

It wasn’t often that Danny received a request from Lady Gotham, especially when it came to things like this. She had asked him to personally be the one to guide the spirit of man whose life would soon be coming to end. As odd as the request was, Danny trusted and respected the city spirit.

Which is why three days after their conversation Danny finds himself in Gotham standing at the end of the bed of none other than Alfred Pennyworth. He didn’t know anything other than the man’s name, but it was clear that he was loved. His family silently filled the room; the only sound being the heart monitor steadily announcing each heartbeat.

Beep

Despite being the Ghost King, Danny wasn’t really involved in this part; the dying process. Death he is familiar with, but not dying. The last time he was present for that had been his friend Tucker, and even that had been decades ago.

Beep

Dying is cruel in Danny’s opinion. All it does is take and take. It takes your health, your energy, your last laugh, your last thought, and yourself away from the others left behind.

Beep

He almost wishes that he said no to this request. As he thinks of everyone he loved have to go through this slow process. It is something that despite all the power he holds, Danny can’t make it any easier. All he could do was be there, hold their hand, and wait.

The heart monitor cries a banshee’s scream.

Quickly, someone turns the machine off. Allowing silence and grief to swallow the room once more. No screaming, no wailing, just turned heads with quiet tears. Danny isn’t here to share in the grief of strangers though. He’s here for what happens after death.

When Danny left the vigilante life to become a paramedic in Gotham he didn't think he'd ever step back into that scene. Much less in this way, because now Danny has Robin riding along with him in the ambulance every shift he's on. 

He didn't think Robin would even remember him after he had helped the kid take care of a hurt and sick kitten at the end of his shift. How wrong he was though because the next night Robin was suddenly in the ambulance saying that he would be shadowing Danny from this point forward. Danny's coworkers were also no help in getting the kid to not do this. 

Robin called this an intern opportunity to learn more about medicine and how to treat people. Danny called it a HIPPA violation. What he thought doesn't seem to matter though as everyone is always just excited to talk to the kid. He ultimately decides to just let it go and be the unwilling mentor to the young vigilante. 

DeadSerious Prompt

Damian doesn’t see the importance of this project, the teacher insists though that it will be a fun activity while learning about letter structures, and a way for them all to possibly make a new friend. Which doesn’t interest him at all. 

The project is basically two students from two different class periods will be paired up randomly and will have to write letters to one another. While doing this they aren’t allowed to say their real name or disclose any obvious information on who they are. Only after a month of going back and forth would their writing partner be revealed. 

That last sentence was the only thing making things interesting, because Damian was going to use this as a test on his investigation skills. His only goal for this project was to discover his writing partner before the month's end.

The first thing Damian notes is that some students, himself included, are given letters. While others are directed to start writing the first letter. This tells him that his partner is someone in an earlier English class.

Opening the envelope and letter in his hands the first thing Damian notes is the handwriting. Messy but luckily still legible to read.

The second thing is the anonymous name his partner has chosen for himself, Pluto. A name suggesting a love for astronomy and/or astrology. A name meaning death and rebirth.

The letter itself, Damian is pleasantly surprised, isn't filled with basic getting to know you questions, but is instead something akin to an argumentative essay. Without realizing it Damiean is already writing a response; sharing his own thoughts on the topic. Things he agrees and disagrees with.

If Danny had been paying even an ounce more of attention to his surroundings he would have noticed a figure poking out of the alley way in front of him. He wasn’t though, so Danny was completely caught off guard when said figure pulled him into the alley, knife being pressed against his skin with demands that he hand over his wallet. 

This honestly wasn’t that big of a deal to Danny; more of an annoyance if anything as the only thing he wants to do right now is go home and eat his takeout. Before he can make that known though with a snarky comment another person, Red Robin he notes, is dropping from the sky and pulling the mugger away from him. 

The altercation is over before it even begins, saving Danny his energy, time, and having to reheat his food. 

The whole event was put behind him by the time he woke up the next morning. Danny probably wouldn't have even thought more about it if it hadn’t been for the fact that a week later he found himself in the JL space station due to a summoning for the Ghost King. 

At first Danny thinks that maybe his run in with Red Robin somehow led to them connecting his human side to his ghost side. Luckily, that wasn’t the case though and they were only needing some help with a ghost that was causing problems in one of their cities. Which he was gladly and easily able to help them with. 

The only point of conflict is when the JL refuses to accept a “free favor” from him, and demands that he ask something from them. Danny really doesn’t want anything from them though, and so in a moment of genius locks eyes with Batman and tells him. 

Masterlist

General Summary: Danny after a series of unfortunate events where his parents have a bed reactions to him being Phantom, being hunted by the GIW, and losing those that he cares about is taken to a different dimension to rest and hide. With nothing but the clothes on his back and a certain green ring in his pocket he finds himself meeting none other than Hal Jordan.

"Yeah man! I've got time." Barry's cheerful but concerned voice calls out from the phone, "Everything alright? You sound kinda nervous." 

"Alright? Of course I'm alright. I’m great even!" Hal tries to play it cool, otherwise he knows Barry will be here in the blink of an eye, and he has a feeling Danny wouldn't react well to another person he doesn't  know suddenly in the apartment. The last thing he wants is to make the kid raise his guard even more.

Demon Twins AU

Everyone knows not to play Hamilton around Damian. As he would clearly grow irritated when it played and walk away. They assume it’s just because he hates musicals, but in reality it’s because Burr and Hamilton’s relationship dynamic reminds Damian too much of his relationship with Danny. The twin he hasn’t spoken of in years.

The last two songs especially he can’t listen to without thinking of the day he killed Danny. The similarities were too great for Damian to ignore. He knows his brother could have blocked his attack, and he was already mid swing when he realized what was happening.

Batman is reprimanding Constantine for sleeping with a dangerous entity/creature/person. Saying how doing that could have easily put the whole Justice League in peril.

This makes Constantine naturally upset, and he tells Batman that he has no right to judge him for who he sleeps with when his own son has been clearly marked by a creature who is more dangerous than anyone he's ever been with.