#plot bunny

He's outlawed new deals since a lot of the time the validly of the sacrifice can be questioned. The observant s are annoyed at babysitters duty but it gets them out of annoying Danny and lets him be productive so he plans on milking it for as long as there are deals under review. Just like with the one Pariah claimed, a lot of them are undergoing investigations and that's where Janet's deal comes in.

Tim like many other firstborns are watched over. Anytime they are in danger, the observant responsible invokes Danny or his claim to protect them from the shadows. On occasion, they might have been relocated but never has Danny collected on any of those deals until Tim.

Tim unlike the other firstborns is a hero. Tim is also aware something is watching him as he will make comments for Danny or thank him for a save nobody else noticed and Danny is instantly smitten. Danny watches as Tim does so much good for Gotham both as a civilian and as a hero. Even when he is taken for granted, it doesn't slow Tim down and Danny admires him more.

Danny knows Tim has massive potential, and he trusts him to understand the gravity of how far his influence runs. He had no doubt in Tim when he was trying to clone his lost friends. Danny understood was part of his grieving process and everyone grieves differently. Did he also swoon a bit? Nobody witnessed it so it didn't happen (but his friend do tease him about it since they were aware of his crush)

It becomes the last straw for Danny when Nightwing acting as Batman turns everyone against Tim. He reminds himself everyone copes differently for all of one minute before saying man fuck that guy and sends a sticky note to Tim. On that sticky note he offers his help and protection, but it can't be revoked once accepted.

It's the first time he has 'shown' himself outside of the assists he's made, and it feels like agony as he watches Tim. Eventually Tim does take up his offer and while Danny fell first Tim fell harder. Bruce is the second person Danny saves that day and the moment Tim realizes it he is extra cuddly with Danny.

Robin is having none of this. None.

She likes Eddie just fine, but she is not interested in playing DnD or hanging out with a bunch of smelly boys in a dank room. It's one of the things she likes best about Steve, how fastidious he is. She never has to worry if he's washed his hands after using the bathroom. She once watched Eddief eat funions out of a bag he found on the bleachers.

But Steve is lonely and sad when she's at school. The two of them are still looking for a job that will hire them both, so Steve spends most of the afternoons alone. Eddie skips most of his classes anyway. As far as she's concerned, it's a match made in heaven.

Robin tells Eddie to meet her at the diner after school to make her a character. He's honestly pretty stoked, Robin is cool and he was starting to think she would never join.

Steve Harrington pops up out of nowhere and rustles Dustin’s hat, “who you calling a loser, Henderson?”

Eddie stares, glares, tries to talking himself out of flight and into fight. Harrington had in the past been more of a do-nothing stander-by but if this was him deciding to take a more active roll in his arrogant bullying, Eddie wouldn’t let him get away with starting with his freshmen.

To his surprise Dustin just rolls his eyes and makes room for Harrington at the table beside him. “You. Absolutely you, Steve.”

Somehow Steve Harrington is the friend. And he sits with them with his neatly packed lunch like it’s the most natural thing in the world, and Eddie, for once, spends lunch saying nothing.

Steve pulls him aside when they all break for class. “If this is too weird I can find somewhere else to eat. I know I haven’t always been - “

Eddie cannot believe he turns out to be such a sucker for the earnest charms that make up Steve Harrington. “No such thing as too weird for Hawkins High’s resident freak. You’re a super senior loser now, aren’t you? We belong together, big boy.”

Plot Bunny!

Shane gets injured, so badly injured that he has to quit hockey, before 2008 and therefore never meets Ilya at World Junors.

Shane decides that since he can't play hockey, he'll write about hockey. He goes to university, gets a degree in Journalism, becomes a sports journalist.

To Simon, Grace is speaking the equivalent of Shakespearean English. Not to mention, Simon’s language is probably some sort of pidgin of English and other language(s).

Imagine, you’ve been stuck in a murder submarine for god-knows how long, and you’re finally saved— but this saviour is speaking a dead language. One you’ve had very little exposure to, due to a likely limited education. Sure, some things are understandable, but the majority is gibberish.

Phantom is a relatively new member of the JLA, but it's been a few months, and things are settling in well. He's shy and polite but is a master of the snark with villains.

Before a big mission, the all hands on deck kind, everyone is talking about scars and the crazy stories behind them to distract from the coming fight. Danny, finally feeling like he can join in the conversation with all these adult heroes, pulls off his right glove to show a pretty gnarly scar on the back of his wrist. “I got this one when I fought a guy from the Revolutionary War a few weeks ago! Didn't think he'd charge me with a bayonet.” He shares a couple more stories and scars, but only the ones that he can easily show off.

Because of stories like that and some historical depictions of Phantom from different time periods, they think he's this ancient and powerful immortal that just looks like a teenager, it wouldnt be the first time. He's powerful enough to go toe to toe with Superman, so there's no way he's actually a kid. He even sometimes has the haunted, world weary eyes that their most hardened members only get after experiencing too much. Danny, being our lovable, obliviously dense idiot, has not realized that they think he's an ancient being.

After the mission concludes -it was a rough one-, the JLA celebrate their victory with a couple drinks back at the watch tower. Danny is understandably uncomfortable with this whole situation and keeps asking, “Are you sure I should be here?” They reassure him it's fine as they pass around beers, which Danny politely declines several times. Danny eventually sees this as the perfect chance to pad his blackmail folders on his inebriated coworkers.

Anyway, as the night goes on, they have a good time, but Phantom still hasn't gotten a drink like the rest of them, and Green Lantern (or hero of your choice) really wants their shy friend to come out of his shell. So, he slams an open beer bottle on the coffee table in front of Phantom. “Come on Phantom! Let loose a little. Celebrate!”

“Dude! What the hell?! I'm 16! That's illegal!” Phantom squeaks in shock.

“We don't care how old you were when you died. It's how long you've been a ghost that counts.” Flash slings an arm around Danny's shoulders from where he’s sat next to him on the couch. Flash can't get drunk, but he also thinks it would be fun to see their uptight new member drunk.

“That's even worse! You'd be giving alcohol to a two year old!” Phantom is horrified that his coworkers are so casually breaking the law.

“But you said you fought in the Revolutionary War this morning!” Green Lantern said with his eyebrows knit in confusion.

“No, I said I fought someone from the Revolutionary War. As in, the ghost of someone from the revolutionary war!”

“You can't pull that on us. There's murals and stuff of you from thousands of years ago.” The Flash waves off with a laugh.

Phantom’s finger presses painfully hard into Flash’s chest. “I do not need to explain time travel to you of all people. My mentor hates you, and I'm STILL sent on missions constantly to clean up your messes.” Phantom's clear and low. Flash liked it better when he was shouting and not staring him down like a predator with narrowed eyes.

i promised you a follow-up to this..?

yup, i did.

p.s.: bonus