❝Coaching the life and death struggle in terms straight out of the glory day playbook... It's all a bunch of smoke and mirrors... A cover-up for the fear.

Because when it comes to being a hero... When it comes to helping people... I'm terrified by what happens when I fail.❞

𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚜!

(( if i had a nickel for every danny phantom x batfam crossover fanfic on ao3, i'd have a bunch of nickels. not rich, but it's something.

Danny raises an eyebrow. He didn't realize it already?

"Uh... yeah?"

Half-ghost technically, but he didn't need to know that.

"Yeah, I seem to do that a lot these days."

Danny admits with a small chuckle.

"Oh, but uh... ghosts, usually. It's... sort of a daily thing we all have to deal with."

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"Oh yeah? Try Amity Park."

He says this with a smile, his arms crossed as he floats above the other.

"Always do."

He offers a small smile then.

"My friends, Sam and Tucker do. As well as my sister Jazz."

Not many people can, unfortunately, he thinks.

"Thanks... I'll keep that in mind."

He appreciates it, really.

"Oh. Huh... I didn't know it was a dog's name."

"You have a dog named Danny?"

"Yeah, I know..."

Danny's surprised he still is, honestly. He figured he wouldn't care by now.

"You don't know the half of it..."

"If any of the people I fight were to learn about my family, I could put them in even more danger than they already face."

Danny takes a deep breath, running a hand through his hair.

"I don't want them to find out... it'd be better for everyone if I just kept this a secret."

arch enemy has one too, and there's no way he'd close his either.

"I don't think that's the problem. The problem is them being in danger because of me..."

He frowns. Not to mention he wonders if they'll still want to dissect him if he reveals himself.

"Besides, there's no way they'll close the portal for good. They've worked too hard on it..."

Also his -

Danny lets out a small sigh.

"I'm... sort of... half-ghost?"

He says, rubbing the back of his neck. Cat's out of the bag now.

"I turned into one when I entered the ghost portal."

He conveniently leaves out the part where he was electrocuted by pressing the on button inside.

"I hear screaming..."

anyone if he told him.

Danny stares up at him, quiet as well. He could just walk away, but that would just prove there was something more to hide. There was really no way out of this, huh? He takes a deep breath.

"If anyone found out, I don't know what might happen..."

He says, almost like he's asking him not to tell -

"Because, I-"

Danny closes his mouth then. He really didn't want to tell this guy about his secret identity. He barely knew him, after all.

He frowns. This guy was too observant for his own good. Then again, Danny was just a teenager that wasn't all that good at lying. It's a wonder that he's managed to keep it a secret for as long as he has.

"No, they don't... and I plan to keep it that way."

Danny stares up at the other, before looking away to stare at the patch of ground where the ash from his cigarette was flicked. His silence speaks volumes.

"It's not as bad as it sounds, really."

He tries to say, though even he has to admit that it sounds pathetic.