Sunlight streamed through the window, the soft rays resting on the younger boy's face. Scrucnhing his nose up, Danny let out a quit noise as he squirmed, not wanting to get up yet. After last night, Danny wanted nothing more than to stay curled up in Vlad's bed, the scent of the older male surrounding him, but he was aware that nothing good would come from just wasting the day. He slowly opened his eyes, curling his fingers together and rubbed his eyelids, trying hard to get rid of the groggy feeling one gets after sleeping. He leaned up and reached his arms up, feeling his muscles ache as they cracked while they were being stretched. It wasn't the same sleeping without Vlad, there was no body to keep him warm or one that he could hold tight, but he was thankful that Vlad had at least offered Danny the bed.

Danny got up from the bed and walked towards the door, smelling a sweet aroma as he opened it. He looked in the kitchen to see that the table was set, a variety of food scattered on the table top, coffee already made and resting in the mug that Vlad had bought for Danny a week after they officially started dating. It was a cheesy mug that had a tiny astronaut on it, floating in space with the words, "You are out of this world," spelled out with with stars over the astronaut's head. While it was cheesy and most people would cringe at the gift, Danny was ecstatic to get it, appreciating the fact that Vlad was always thinking about him.

"Morning Little Badger," Vlad called, already seated at the table, sipping at his own cup of coffee while glancing over his notes. "Sit down, please?" He asked, nodding towards the chair right beside him, the one that had a plate already filled with food.

Danny obliged, walking over to fill the seat next to Vlad, seeing that the man had already even added milk and sugar to his coffee. "Vlad, what is all of this?" the younger boy asked, his eyebrow arching as he looked at the food skeptically. While he knew Vlad sometimes cooked for them in the morning, Danny was the one who usually planned out the feasts, Vlad sticking to the bare minimum of cooking, unless Danny was helping him.

Vlad straightened himself up and placed his cup on the table, looking over at Danny. "I thought it was about time for us to talk, about everything Daniel. I let Maddie and Jack know earlier that I was going to be spending the day with you, because there are some things we need to discuss and I don't want us to feel rushed because of my classes. Before we talk about everything though, I want you to eat something. I can only imagine the last time you had a decent meal, especially since I know you tend to starve yourself when you get emotional."

It was true. Danny tended to get so caught up in his emotions that he didn't feel hungry. It wasn't as if he was trying to keep himself from eating, he just didn't feel the urge to eat, his mind was worried about other things. Danny ate his food, happy that Vlad had made the time to make it for him. It was a bit awakward being the only one eating, but Vlad waited patiently, sipping at his coffee while reading over one of his notebooks, the male's glasses leaning softly at the tip of his nose. Danny took the time to study the kitchen, a lot has changed since he arrived. The cupboard were filled with food and the kitchen didn't look empty. There were dirty dishes, the oven was a bit messy, needing to be cleaned after Vlad's cooking. It just seemed less lonely, like there was a reason to be there, like how Danny has a reason to be with Vlad.

When he was full, Danny pushed away his plate, getting the attention of the older man. Vlad stood from his chair, taking Danny's discarded plate and putting it in the sink, deciding they can clean it later. He walked back towards Danny, reaching for the boy's hand and pulling him from his chair, escorting them both to the living room. Vlad sat on the couch, pulling Danny to sit down beside him. He reached up, taking his glasses off and setting them on the coffee table in front of them.

"I think it would be best for me to begin, if that is alright with you," Vlad requested, holding Danny's hand in his lap, rubbing the tip of his thumb against the boy's skin.

Danny nodded, but then quickly added in a "sure," knowing that Vlad preferred verbal acknowledgement.

Vlad cleared his throat, "I made a few mistakes yesterday and I would like to apologize for them, because I know that I wasn't one-hundred percent innocent yesterday. Firstly," Vlad began, tapping his foot lightly against the floor, "I acted childish. I cornered you and put you in a spot that made you uncomfortable and forced you to tell me something you weren't ready to tell me. That was probably my biggest mistake and I want you to forgive me. I would blame my hot-headed behavior and my need to know everything, but that would be even worse of me to do. I allowed my negative emotions to control me and in return, I did the one thing that I swore not to do, I forced you to do something you didn't want to. I regret what I did and while I can't change what I did, I have reflected on it and I will try to keep my emotions in check so that I don't force you to do anything else." Vlad was now looking at the floor, he was truly ashamed that he had forced the younger boy into a corner, something he never imagined himself doing. As a dominant, he wouldn't ever want to force his sub to do something that they weren't ready for, but he had done that with Danny. Though he wasn't Danny's dominant, he had failed the younger male already and he felt nothing but disappointment. "Secondly, I tried to play the victim. I wanted to make you feel bad, so I tried to put the blame on you, when we both are a fault, maybe me more-so than you, but I tried to put the blame on you. I thought about how I would react in your situation and I can see from your side now. You didn't know me in the beginning, so of course you couldn't tell me your secret, because you didn't trust me, similar to how I didn't trust you. I would like to think that you would have told me sooner or later, but as previously stated, I didn't give you time. I'm sorry I couldn't see from your point of view before, I want you to know that in the future, I plan on working on it. I want to be able to understand you better and want to keep another fight from breaking out, so I promise to think about your point of view calmly before sharing my opinion."

Not knowing what more he could do, Danny reached for Vlad, pulling the man's body towards his own. He hated seeing Vlad upset and he knew that the older man didn't like admitting his flaws, something his older self shared with him. Vlad seemed to relax in the hold, even wrapping his own arms around Danny's waist, kissing the boy's neck lightly.

"I'm sorry too, Vlad and I know that I made mistakes as well. I get too defensive and I tried to shut you out last night, while at the same time trying to avoid the conversation. You know I don't like confronting others, I like to let problems sizzle down so that I don't have to acknowledge them. I want to work on that, so that I can help keep our relationship strong. I know that if I just ignore our problems, it could possibly ruin what we have. Since I'm saying that, i need to acknowledge your request about you being my dominant. I've been ignoring it, and that's wrong of me to do so." Danny pulled away, holding both of Vlad's hands in his own. Though they were both men, Vlad's hands seemed larger than his own. "I think we should discuss it more thoroughly, but I want to be your submissive. Now, I'm not saying that because I want you to think I'm trying to make up for last night, but just like you, I was thinking about it a bit and I like how you act with me. You make sure I'm making good choices. You don't try to control me and I don't think you ever would, you just make sure I am functioning like any other adult. I like when I can depend on you and let you make decisions, but I know that you would let me make them as well if I asked."

Vlad smiled softly, lifting the boy's chin so that their eyes met. "I would want nothing more than to be your dominant, but you are right, we do have to talk it through a bit more, but that can wait until later. I want to focus on you and what happened last night. I want you to tell me more about your ghost half, if you don't mind telling me of course. I want to help you and I want to better understand it."

Nodding, Danny started his story. Telling Vlad whatever details he could about his experience on being a ghost. How blue fog escapes from his mouth whenever another ghost's presence is near and how he's had to help fight off other ghosts so that they don't harm the humans in his city. He told Vlad about how he hid it from his parents because he was afraid they wouldn't accept his other half. He also explained how it felt to be a half-ghost, or at least in the best way possible. He always felt like his ghost-half was separate from him, but they were also one in the same. He knew that when he neglected his other half, there was a sort of inward chaos in his body. His ghost half wanted some freedom as well as Danny did.

Vlad became interested in the ghosts Danny met once his DNA was fused with the ecto-goo. Danny tried his best to explain his encounters, knowing he couldn't be too elaborate on the details or Danny could possibly give away important knowledge Vlad wasn't allowed to know yet. The younger boy focused his attention more so on ghosts he knew weren't very valuable to future Vlad as hunters. Danny talked about the box ghost and his strange obsession with controlling the cardboard inanimate objects, which caused Vlad to laugh at the how silly it was.

"You can't be serious, he tried to fight you off by possessing boxes and using them as a method to attack? I can't fathom why such a powerful ghost would try to attack someone with boxes. Honestly, it's hard to imagine any ghost attacking humans, they were once part of our world too. It's a little saddening to hear how they forgot who they once were and instead, they turned into monsters," Vlad stated, grabbing Danny's hand in his own and lightly brushing his fingertips against the boy's skin. "What made them attack you?"

The younger boy shrugged his shoulders, not really having an answer to Vlad's question. It was extremely hard to explain one single reason for why they all attacked humans. There seemed to be different reasons, depending on the background of the ghosts. "There are loads of reasons as to why some of them attack humans. Some ghosts I've faced don't like to deal with change, whether it be themselves or the world around them that they once knew. Some do it so that they can get vengeance from those who wronged them before in the past, though their enemies have already passed on, they make it their goal to harm other's to make up for their own misery and pain. Some are forced into it, being controlled by a more devious ghost. Mostly though, i think it's from being lonely. Something in their lives caused them to form so much hatred in their heart, that they don't want other's to be happy. A lot of the time it is because they lost someone dear to them, someone they didn't ever want to give up," Danny explained sadly, thinking about Vlad in the future.

Sure, Vlad had tried to harm him numerous times in the future, but it wasn't like he was ever trying to kill off Danny. Danny couldn't hate the older man, he was just lonely and who could really blame him. An accident caused by Danny's father changed Vlad's life forever, making it so the man grew older in solitude, losing everyone he may have once held dear.

Sadness washed over the younger male, he didn't want to see the Vlad before him change into the Vlad of the future. The Vlad now, HIS Vlad, was kind and caring, wanting to put Danny's needs over his own. He was forgiving, if not a bit stubborn, but he could be an adult and move on. Vlad in the future, he was bitter and hateful, not able to see the good in any situation and it just made Danny upset to know that the caring man in front of him would turn into someone so cold.

He leaned forward and softly brushed his lips against the older man's, giving him a feather light kiss. He pulled away and gazed into Vlad's eyes, cupping the other's face. He never wanted to leave his side, but he knew that while ghosts were real, magic was not. He knew he couldn't do anything to stop what would happen in the future, because that's not how time worked. It has already happened and nothing can stop it.

Vlad sighed happily as Danny pulled away from the kiss and smiled at the boy. "What's wrong Little Badger? Are you getting sad thinking about the other ghosts?"

"There's one ghost who I run into constantly and after being with you, I can understand how he feels. Vlad, he was just lonely and looking for someone to chase after him, even if it was for a negative reason. He just wanted someone to keep him company and I just feel sad that he had to resort to such measures to find attention. I can understand why he would be bitter, I feel like if I had to leave you, I could be just as bitter as him," Danny explained, leaning forward once more to kiss Vlad's cheek. "I wish he wasn't so lonely."

"The next time you see him, maybe you should tell him you'll keep him from being lonely, though I'm not sure I want to share you," Vlad teased pulling Danny in for a deeper kiss. "As long as you tell him your body and heart are mine, I don't mind him occupying your time." Vlad moved his hands around Danny's waist, holding the boy still as his lips traveled down the boy's neck. "Although, I don't need you telling him you are mine. I can just leave proof."

Danny leaned his head up, giving Vlad more room to work with. He felt the older male's lips press against his skin, taking spots into his mouth and sucking on the pale surface, sometimes even nipping at it. Danny wrapped his arms around Vlad's back, holding him tight. "I uh, thought we were talking about last night."

Vlad stopped to look up at Danny. "I'm satisfied with what I know now, I'm sure you will tell me more information if you feel it is necessary and I know that you were only trying to keep yourself safe, so I'm no longer upset. Are you saying you don't want to do this?"

"No, that's not what I'm saying, I just wasn't sure if you were happy with what I told you," Danny answered, watching as Vlad leaned back down to his neck.

The older man started kissing Danny's neck again and slowly pressed Danny's back to the couch, holding his own hand against the smaller's boy frame. He grabbed the bottom of Danny's shirt and lifted it above the boy's stomach, throwing it across the room as he took it completely off. Vlad leaned up, grabbing his own shirt and quickly discarding it. "Gosh, I'm always surprised at how beautiful you are. You look so appetizing with my marks all over your body," Vlad leaned down, his lips hovering over Danny's ears, "You look so eager to please me, Little Badger. You are waiting for me to ravish you and to do what I want, isn't that right?"

Danny let out a chocked gasp as Vlad lightly bit his ear, before nodding his head. "Yes Vlad," he answered quietly. "I'm yours."

Vlad smiled and continued kissing down the boy's body. He stopped at Danny's nipples, he gave Danny one last look before he took the left one into his mouth, swirling his tongue around the hard nub. He felt Danny's body push up against his own as the boy pressed forward, surprised by the new form of pleasure he was feeling. Vlad reached his hand down and slipped it under the top of Danny's sweatpants. He pressed his palm against the boy's boxers, feeling the outline of the boy's semi-erect cock. He slowly begin rubbing it through the boy's boxers and smiled as the boy squirmed underneath him. He pulled away from the boy's chest and looked up into those sky blue eyes, the ones he loved so much. "I love the reactions you give me, my love. The way you just allow me to do what I please. The way your cock gets hard as soon as I pay your body attention. One I will train to know only pleasure and one that will gain pleasure from pain."

Danny was at a loss for words, he knew that Vlad enjoyed dominating others, but he never imagined how Vlad would act. The Vlad before him was much more controlling, he needed to be in charge. "Vlad, please."

A slight sting was felt as Vlad softly smacked Danny's inner thigh, causing the smaller boy to moan loudly. "Badger, you must be more clear. I don't know what you are asking me to do." Vlad returned his hand to Danny's pants, rubbing his fingertips against the fabric. "Tell me what you want Daniel, tell me what you want me to do to this body of yours."

"I want you to touch me directly, please Vlad," Danny begged, pressing his hips forward.

Vlad slapped Danny's inner thigh once more, in a different position from the first one, but this time a bit harder. "Now that's a bad boy, Daniel. You don't press your hips forward. You have to tell me what part you want me to touch. Your neck, your chest, or maybe you want me to touch your cock?"

Danny whimpered as he felt the sting, but even though the slap hurt, the sting left afterwards was nothing but pleasurable. "Please Vlad, touch my cock, without the clothing."

Vlad smiled and leaned down to kiss Danny's lips, nipping at the boy's top lip. "Good boy, I will listen to your request." He curled his fingers over the top of the boy's pants and boxers, pulling them down. He pushed the clothing the the boy's knees and smiled as he saw Danny's now fully erect cock, free from the articles of clothing. Vlad leaned over the couch and opened the end table drawer, pulling out a bottle of lube and a box of condoms. He popped open the cap to the bottle of lube with his teeth and placed some in his hand, rubbing it against his skin to get it warm. Then, obliging to Danny's request, he wrapped his fingers around the boy's shaft and slowly started rubbing the skin, his slick fingers gliding along the length. He occasionally would rub his fingertips over the tip of Danny's cock, watching as the boy would take in a sharp breath of air. "You like that Daniel? Feeling my hand rub your cock as you lay beneath me? You look so breathtaking, your eyes closed shut as you experience the pleasure I give you. Your uneven breathing as I brush my fingertips against the tip. Do you like that Little Badger? Letting me take over? I control what pleasure you get and you just accept it."

"Please," Danny whined, grabbing Vlad's back, his nails slightly digging into the older males skin. "I need more, please."

"That's what I want to see. My Little Badger begging me to give him more pleasure, something I can only do. Daniel, I need to know, do you trust me?" Vlad asked speeding up his movement as he watched Danny squirm underneath him.

"Gosh, yes Vlad. I trust you with my life, now please give me more," Danny cried out, desperately holding back from thrusting his body forward.

Vlad pulled one of the condoms from the box and opened it, slipping the lubed up material around his finger. "Daniel, you'll have to take my word for it, but this is going to hurt. I'm going to be as slow as I need to be and I promise to be as careful as I can." Vlad removed his hand from Danny's cock, listening as the boy let out a disappointed sigh under him. He leaned his head down and softly licked the tip of the boy's cock. As he continued to lick and suck at the boy's cock, Vlad applied more lube to the condom on his finger and placed his finger against the smaller boy's entrance. He glided his finger over the skin, hoping the boy would relax. Vlad starting sucking on the length of Danny's cock, feeling the boy's nails sink deeper into his skin as he did so. He placed his free hand on Danny's stomach, rubbing at the boy's skin, hoping to comfort him more.

Though Vlad had never been with another man, he knew that he would end up having sex with Danny, so he decided to do some research. Though there was very limited information, he did read that you had to take things slow, get the one on the receiving end lose and relaxed so that nothing would tear. The last thing Vlad wanted to do was cause Danny any unnecessary pain, pain he didn't mean to cause. As he felt the boy's entrance get softer, Vlad inched his finger in, feeling Danny's body tighten up instantly. He pulled his lips away from Danny's cock, looking up to see the boy's face distorted from the uncomfortable presence.

"Daniel, you need to relax, I promise it is okay. I'm not going to rush into anything, I just need you to relax your body," Vlad explained, slowly easing his finger into the tight space.

Vlad kept up the action, slowly inching his finger in as he felt Danny's entrance loosen up. He kept his promise, taking as much time as Danny needed before the boy looked comfortable enough for him to continue. It took awhile before Vlad was able to add another finger, once again, adding a generous amount of lube to the already wet condom. He would twist his fingers, trying to ease the younger boy into accepting more, hoping that the pain wasn't too unbearable.

"Badger, how are you feeling?" Vlad asked, slowly pumping the boy's cock as he continued stretching him. He hadn't heard much from Danny, just a few small whimpers when Vlad was adding more to the loosening muscle. He knew that Danny must have felt a burn occasionally, but Vlad needed to prepare him if they were to do anything more in the future.

"I'm fine, it's just weird," Danny stated, smiling up at Vlad. While Danny didn't necessarily enjoy the preparation, he knew that it would grow to become more pleasurable the more he grew used to it. "It doesn't really hurt at all, it just sort of burns when you go in deeper or when you added another finger. When do you think I'll be ready for you?"

Vlad chuckled, spreading his fingers a bit, earning another low whimper from the younger male. "Today isn't the day, Little Badger. I don't want to tear anything or cause you any unplanned pain. I want your body to loosen up a bit more before I try entering you, however long that may take," Vlad answered, leaning over the boy's body to kiss lightly at his lips.

"But what about you? Are you okay with not doing it today?" the younger male asked.

"Daniel, my pleasure does not matter if it puts you in pain. I want you to enjoy yourself, so that way when you are ready, we will both experience pleasure." Vlad leaned down and kissed Danny's shoulder, spreading his fingers wider and twisting them, hoping that the boy was feeling some sort of pleasure while Vlad was stretching him. "Seeing you happy and experiencing bliss is good enough for me."

He continued with the stretching, curling his fingers, hoping to find the spot that would drive Danny wild. As he felt Danny's body become more accustomed to the stretching, Vlad started pumping the boy's cock faster. He knew that they had been going at stretching for awhile, the whole thing being a process. Whether Vlad was being too cautious or taking too much time, he didn't care. He wanted to make sure that Danny would enjoy whatever Vlad did to him. As Vlad curled his fingers up once more, he heard Danny let out a loud moan, his body arching off the couch from the surprising feeling.

"There we go Little Badger, I found your spot," Vlad said, a smile on his face as he continued curving his fingers and rubbing at Danny's cock. "Now, you've done very well today, my love. Do you want to cum? You've been waiting so patiently while I was stretching you open, your poor cock is probably begging for release."

"Vlad," Danny called out quietly, his voice getting caught in his throat as Vlad curled is fingers once more, hitting the spot that caused the boy's back to arch upwards. "Please, I've been good and I want to cum."

Humming, Vlad quickened his movements, arching his fingers up more often and giving small kisses to the tip of Danny's cock as he rubbed it, wanting the boy to experience pure bliss when he finally released. "That's my good Little Badger, you look so beautiful. Your hair all tangled and your body covered in my marks, simply remarkable. If anyone were to see you now, they would be entrapped by your pure beauty. Waiting so patiently for my permission to finally cum." He leaned down, his lips near Danny's lips, planting tiny kisses against the skin as he continued speaking. "Your body is so dirty, spread out for me. You even spread your legs for me, just so I can rub your cock and stretch you out. Do you like it Daniel? My fingers stretching you, filling your body with me. Do you want to feel my cock one day penetrate you? Make you permanently mine? Give you a taste you'll never be able to replace?"

Danny was squirming, trying to hold back as long as possibly. He couldn't verbally answer Vlad, but he was nodding his head, his nails dragging against Vlad's back as he tried to keep himself from releasing.

"You're such a good boy. I can't wait till I can push my cock into your hole, stretching you out as I enter you. Pushing inside you, making it so no other cock will please you. You want that don't you? My fingers aren't enough to keep your hole satisfied, it needs something longer and thicker." Vlad watched as tears filled Danny's eyes, he was trying so hard to keep from releasing, which caused the older male to smile. He knew Danny would be the perfect submissive, waiting for Vlad's orders. "Alright Danny, you can cum now."

The younger male cried out, his voice cracking and his nails pulling down on Vlad's back, blood collecting around them. His back pressed up as he felt his whole body shiver, his seed squirting from his cock and landing on Vlad's skin. As his body fell back to the couch, his chest was rising rapidly as he tried to collect his breath. He felt dried tears against his cheeks, shutting his eyes as he tried to recover from the experience.

Vlad pulled his hand away from the boy's cock, not wanting to touch the boy's oversensitive skin. He also removed his fingers, slipping the condom inside out as he took it off. He quickly got up and walked to the kitchen, throwing the used condom and washing his hands as he put water on a washcloth.

When he returned to the living room, the wet washcloth in his hand, he saw Danny curled up, the boy staring at the ceiling. "Danny?" Vlad questioned, sitting at the edge of the couch. He pressed the cloth against the boy's skin, earning another whimper.

"I'm okay, just, I don't really know how to explain it. That was amazing and I just can't put anything into words right now. My brain is mush," Danny tried to explain, knowing he wasn't making any sense at the moment.

"That's fine, let me take care of you, okay?" Vlad asked, continuing to clean the boy's skin. He rubbed the boy clean, making sure that he wouldn't cause any discomfort by touching Danny's still sensitive cock. As he finished cleaning the slender boy's body, he gathered up the dirty clothing that he recently threw across the room and took them to the bathroom, throwing them all in the hamper.

"Fruitloop," Danny called from the living room.

Vlad returned and saw Danny's body curled up against the couch, the boy's eyes shut. "Yes?"

"You didn't get to cum," Danny complained, pursing his lips.

"I told you before, it is not always about my own pleasure. I don't want to push your body, nor do I need to cause any physical damage to your body. I can assure you that while I didn't get to cum, I got to see you experience such a powerful release and that is fine with me." Vlad leaned down, slipping his arms under the boy's body, gently lifting him and holding him to his chest. It was a bit weird holding a grown man in his arms, but at the same time, he knew that Danny probably wouldn't be able to walk on his own without stumbling. "In the future there may come a time when I get to feel pleasure and you don't get to. Like I said, I don't want you just so I can get myself off, I'm more than happy to show you pure pleasure."

Vlad carried Danny into his room, or their room, setting the boy down on the bed. He got in the bed beside Danny, pulling the blanket over both of their bodies. He wrapped his arms around the boy and kissed the top of his head, pampering the boy with physical affection. "You did so good though. I know that it must have felt different, but I'm glad you trusted me enough to take care of everything. I'm so proud of you, Daniel."

Danny slipped his head under Vlad's chin, wrapping his own hands lazily around Vlad's wrist. While he did enjoy the sexual part of their relationship, he also enjoyed the moments after, where they just laid in each others arms. Sometimes it felt more sensual to be this vulnerable with one another than to have his cock being rubbed or sucked. "Hmm, I know you wouldn't do anything I was completely against. And while it was weird, it didn't feel completely painful, there were moments where it was pleasurable. I'm just glad you were so careful and continued to help me relax."

"You're such a wonderful boyfriend," Vlad praised. He held Danny in his arms, feeling the boy's breathing even out as he drifted off to sleep. Vlad continued to hold him, occasionally kissing the boy's forehead or petting his hair back. He was truly happy to have found Danny, he didn't know what he would do if Danny hadn't been there. He thought back to what Danny said when he talked about the ghost that showed up constantly, the one who was just lonely. Vlad could understand where the ghosts anger came from, especially when the one's you held close either left you or found someone new. As he looked at Danny's sleeping face, he thought about how sad it must be, being so lonely that you seek to hurt others. "I wouldn't ever want to be the bad guy, especially with you, my love," Vlad whispered, his lips softly touching the skin above Danny's eyebrow. "No matter what happens, I know it would only make you upset if I ever became so caught up in vengeance and sought out to hurt others. I want to be someone who can continuously make you proud, someone you will one day be happy having as your dominant. I love you Daniel, and I hope that you know how deep my love goes for you, though I know I am not the best at expressing it. Sleep tight, I'll be here to love you some more once you wake up."

Vlad pulled Danny closer and closed his own eyes, falling asleep to the sound of Danny's slight snoring.

~~~

Alone in his manor, Vlad paced his basement. For years, he has waited, wishing to once again hold Danny in his arms. After the accident with the prototype ghost portal, he had been rushed to the hospital and placed in the emergency room. As the doctor's tried to figure out what they could do to help, the ecto-plasm had already infused with his body, creating Vlad's ghost half, though he was unaware of it at the time.

While he was hospitalized, he stayed asleep for days, his body adapting to the inward changes that would forever change his life. When he woke up, he frantically called out for Danny, hoping for the younger boy to be in his room. He was disappointed though, waking up to find that he was alone. Nobody was there for him, a constant in his life. When someone finally decided to visit him, it was Jack and Maddie, the two idiots who still were madly in love, the two idiots who had each other, the two who weren't alone.

Maddie cried a lot when she first visited, her eyes swollen as she sat beside Vlad's bedside, apologizing constantly for the event that took place. Wishing she could take his place, so that he didn't need to be dealing with so much.

Vlad was thankful for her apologies, but knew they were unnecessary, there was nothing that could have been done to stop the accident. Once he calmed her down, he looked at the two and asked how Danny was doing, wondering why the boy hadn't stopped by while he was awake. He noticed that there was a vase on the table in his room, flowers that were found in the park where they had first kissed. He knew that the boy had to have been the one to bring them, but then why hadn't he been in again?

Maddie and Jack stayed quiet, slowly exchanging glances, wondering what to say and who should say it. Maddie stepped forward, grabbing Vlad's hand, careful not to pump any of the tubes in the male's skin. "Danny, he's not here anymore," she softly stated, smiling sadly as tears filled her eyes again. "He was here for you once you were safe to leave the emergency room, but after that, he just left. I know he brought you flowers, but neither of us have seen him again. We constantly would knock on your door, hoping he would answer, but he hasn't. We even peaked through your windows and saw no sign of him. I think he went back home."

In that moment, Vlad's body went still. "Go," he demanded, staring blankly at the wall.

"Vlad, don't do this. We are here and everything will be okay," Maddie pleaded, tightly wrapping her fingers around the male's.

"I am not asking you, I am telling you. Now leave," Vlad said again, pulling his hand from Maddie's. He kept his gaze at the wall, looking at the flowers filling the vase. He didn't even notice Jack pulling Maddie out of the room, he couldn't focus on anything. His body felt numb, thinking that Danny left him without a word. Maybe it was a lie, maybe Danny was still here, just in his ghost form so that he wouldn't be caught by others.

He waited and waited, looking around the room for any sign that Danny was there with him. He would even call out to the boy, hoping that he could hear what he was saying. As days passed though, his hope faded. It wasn't until Maddie and Jack came back to visit, an envelope in Maddie's hand. One addressed to Vlad, from Danny.

The flower vase shattered as Vlad launched his pillow across the room. His monitors going wild as he continued his tantrum, throwing whatever he could reach from his bed at the already broken glass. He screamed, tears filling his eyes as he crumbled the note in his room, Maddie and Jack already gone as they wanted to give the male privacy. He clawed at the bed sheets, his nails ripping at the fabric. It wasn't true, Danny wouldn't leave him. Danny love him and promised to stay with him.

Years after, Vlad still longed for Danny, his heart feeling empty as he recovered and discovered his new ability. He was alone, knowing he couldn't rely on anyone as his body changed. He held the bitterness in his heart, seeking out Danny wherever he went, whenever he could. He had days where he felt nothing but bitterness for the boy, but then other times he just felt mentally drained and cried, wanting to hold the boy in his arms.

Twenty years passed and Vlad didn't know what more to do, but he wanted to hurt others, they way they had hurt him. So, he threw a party at his manor, inviting those who left him as he was stuck in the hospital. He felt hatred towards Jack, the one who was responsible for the accident. When Jack and Maddie arrived though, he stopped in his tracks, seeing their son exiting the RV.

How stupid he had been, how could he not have known that Jack's kid was Danny, his Danny. As Vlad learned about young Danny, he started to see the similarities to his Little Badger. He knew for sure it was his Danny when Danny called him Fruitloop, a name he hadn't heard in years. He didn't know what to do or how to handle the situation, but Clockwork soon appeared and told Vlad about what had happened. Clockwork and Vlad talked for hours, Vlad constantly asking questions about his Danny from the future, but the other ghost kept quiet, knowing he had to be careful so he didn't change the present.

"I just need you to challenge him. Right now he doesn't know how to use his powers, I need you to awaken his potential so that he will be able to assist me in the future," Clockwork explained, asking Vlad to teach the boy in a way that would force him to grow and develop.

Vlad was against it, but knew that if he wanted to see Danny again, he needed do what Clockwork was asking of him. After agreeing that he would attack Danny, only to help him grow stronger, Clockwork had left, leaving Vlad alone.

Years and years passed, Vlad to watch as Danny grew. Watching over him from afar, throwing different obstacles at him so that he would grow stronger and be able to protect himself and those he held dear.

"I've waited years for you, my love. I know that soon you will be with me again, but what if you no longer wish for me?" Vlad asked nobody in particular, holding the wrinkled note in his hand. He had torn it up many times, but always put it back together. "Please, don't leave me alone again."

*Author's Note*
Hey guys! I'm back and I'm sorry for the wait. I just finished school about a week ago and have been working on this little gem. I know that I want to finish up this story soon and maybe work on a sequel or at least release oneshots, but I think i need a break to write something different. Anyway, I hope you are all enjoying this and I'm sorry for the wait, i will try to post more regularly. Thank you for the support and a side note, yes I did explain the nicknames twice, I was already informed and I'm sorry for the mistake. I probably won't fix it, just due to my own laziness, but it won't stop the updates from coming! Thank you again and I hope you enjoyed 3