A/N: Last chapter, hope you enjoy this little stroy of mine. And if you don't hate me, you should go check out my Deviant... www.slashyking. DannyVlad FTW!! And this chap is T, no smut. :P R&R is much obliged. Enjoy!!

The Highest Bidder, Chapter 3: The End

Two and one half years later

Danny threw off his soft, blue robe and quietly stepped in the shower, trying not to wake Vlad who was sleeping in the other room, snoring rather loudly. This made Danny smile.

As he turn the H knob, his mind took a little trip and travel back a little over two years ago, to the incident that quickly and roughly plunged him into this new life, with a new perspective on everything.

Vlad had done as he promised and treated the boy like royalty; the new car, the new wardrobe, the games the gadgets, the food, he even got him into the Milwaukee School of Engineering, he still wanted to become an astronaut, don'tcha know?

He fed him, nurtured him, he gave him everything his heart desired.

Well, of course they had to tell Danny's parents...he didn't really have his own 'room' in the mansion; he had one only to keep his things in, but there was no bed in it at all. So, about a year after he started going to MSOE, around Christmas, they decide to tell them. They were mortified.

It took lots of time, explaining and reassuring to let them know this was okay. But when ever they'd visit, Danny had to wear long sleeves, as to not show the scars, they didn't have sex, and they rarely kissed in front of them. Danny knew that Jack didn't want to see his ex-college roommate and his son swapping spit. Maddie was a little more open to the idea than Jack, and supported the two in their choice of lifestyle, not that Jack didn't, but Maddie showed it more. Danny was just glad that Vlad had stopped hitting on Maddie after they started living together.

After telling his parents, in turn, he told Tucker and Sam, who weren't as repulsed as they were surprised. Sadly, Sam stopped talking to Danny after he told her, but Tuck still held tight with Danny, even now, in college. Tuck knew that Danny was still his best friend and not even Vlad would changed that, Vlad even took a liking to the cyber-geek and let him visit often so Danny would have at least one person, momentarily, in Wisconsin that he knew. Sam just couldn't take that Danny wasn't in love with her anymore. Key word, anymore.

Yes, they had been dating when Danny was kidnapped but, looking back, the relationship was blasé and not worth working to fix, at least in Danny's eyes. She was on and off about dumping him, not being able to decide if she was good for him. But now that Vlad had him all to himself, she showed her true colors of jealously by repeatedly saying –if not shouting- that Vlad wasn't meant for Danny and that she'd be a better choice for him, denying she ever wanted to break-up with him. What a hypocritical web she weaves.

Danny had to disagree with Sam, Vlad was charming, handsome, an amazing lover and very kind, when he wasn't in a bad mood or hung-over. After he and Danny started living together, it became abundantly clear that Vlad had intentions of starting something with Danny. Way back when, he heard of the auction, and had to take the opportunity into his gloved hands. He didn't know if Danny would succumb to his whim easily, so he felt he had to spook him into it, now regretting the pain he caused Danny in the first place.

Danny scrubbed his faded scar-covered body and let his mind find and relive other memories. He thought of cuddling with Vlad by a warm fire, staring up at him on nights he couldn't fall asleep, admiring the was the moon made his silvery hair shine brightly, beating Vlad copiously at video games, but making up for the gloating with kisses and other kind 'gestures,' he also thought about how much of his training as influenced by Vlad.

He was a much more powerful ghost now than ever before, Vlad being a very good teacher. Danny Phantom and Vlad Plasmius still 'fought each other' in the Ghost Zone, but when they were Danny Fenton and Vlad Masters, they talked and acted like they'd never been enemies. Vlad felt he was too old and mature to pursue his silly fantasies of ruling the ghost zone and becoming the most powerful of all time, he had Danny and that was enough for him.

After rinsing the shampoo from his hair, Danny shut off the water and stepped out of the shower into a very foggy bathroom, wrapping a towel around his waist.

He wiped some of the condensation off of the mirror and eyed the pale letters V, L, A and D marked on his chest. He ran a finger over it, tracing the letters over and over again. Not minding them as much as he used to. It was like a tattoo, something he felt meant something, and if he were to get surgery have the scars removed, he'd keep just these few.

After a long while of Danny tracing the letters over and over and over again, a boxer clad Vlad stepped into the less steamy bathroom and wrapped his arms around Danny's shoulders, resting his head on a combination of Danny's shoulder and his muscular arms.

"Good morning, Lovely," he greeted the boy, kissing his dripping, hair-covered ear.

"Morning. Did you sleep well?" Danny asked, turning into Vlad's arms to face him, kissing him on the lips and smiling as his fingers tugged at the waistband of Vlad's silky underwear.

"Very well, thank you for asking." He grinned and placed his forehead on Danny's.

The boy moved his arms to pull Vlad into an embrace, squeezing tightly, never wanting to let go, his head falling into the crook of the older man's neck.

"Thank you." He muffled.

Vlad pulled away slight to face him, "For what, my boy?"

"Everything."

The End.

IT'S OVER!! I hope you all enjoyed it. I was punishign myself for not writing it sooner but now it's here. Reviews are very kind and I'd love you all forever if you left 'em...

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