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OMG. Chapter 18 is smut. I can't wait. But boy, do I love the slow build. Yaaaaas.
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Danny couldn't sleep anymore. It was the morning after what happened at the peer, and Danny had woken up at 6 am because of a nightmare. He had always been afraid of the dark when he was younger, but after he turned ten he had grown out of it. That is until he was kidnapped by Phantom at least. Now though, as he recalled the horrifying memories the nightmare had brought, he was forced to turn on the lamp by his bed. The sight of darkness, after waking up from such a cruel reminder of his experience, was maddeningly scary.
Unfortunately, after waking up screaming and being forced to turn on the lamp, Danny was too awake to even attempt to go back to sleep. So now at 6 in the morning, Danny had nothing to do but get out of bed and go downstairs.
Danny had told his father what had happened the night before, minus seeing Phantom. If he did actually see Phantom; he may have been hallucinating.
He just told his father that Dash and Quan had beaten him so hard that they accidentally threw him off the doc, and he had to swim back to shore to get out of there and drive home with Sam and Tucker.
His father had been completely outraged when Danny explained what had happened, and not only had Jack chewed out Dash and Quan's family's on the phone, but he also told Danny that he was going to the courthouse early in the morning to make a claim. That was where he was now as Danny walked down the stairs into the kitchen, in desperate need of some lavender tea.
His mom had moved in with Vlad a year ago, and Jazz was still away at college, so he was in the house alone. Though the solitude was welcome after his father being protective and overbearing the whole year, he couldn't help feeling slightly put off. PTSD was a terrible, terrible thing.
'Nothing good old lavender tea can't solve though', Danny thought as he put the tea bag in the hot water and added a little sugar.
He briefly considered calling Sam or Tucker and inviting one or both of them over, but he turned down the thought. It was too early in the morning, and they were probably both still asleep. He used to not care, too swept up in anxiety to consider their comfort when they continue to tell him he could call them whenever he needed them, but he didn't want to make them live like that forever. It had already been a year since he has been back home, and he needed to grow out of the anxiety as soon as possible. He needed to be stronger than that, and more independent, and learn to comfort himself in favor of his friends getting a good night sleep.
Danny turned on the TV in his living room and sat down on the couch, covering himself in a fuzzy blanket as he did so, and put on his favorite cartoon.
He wanted to work on his songs, but it was too early and he was too tired. He had many songs that were written and recorded with an automated singer going along to the music, but the auto recording brought the quality of the song down from where he wanted it to be. He enjoyed making music, and he loved it a lot, but he was too shy to sing them himself. So after he made the songs with garage band on his computer, he often just left them in a file. Nobody knew that he made them, and if he had anything to do with it, nobody ever would.
He sipped his tea and laughed when his favorite character on the TV got hit by his boomerang. Avatar: the last Airbender was by far the best cartoon in the world, and he had all three seasons on his playlist.
There was a knock on his front door, and Danny was shocked out of his tranquil state by the gentle tapping. He turned his head and regarded the door with curiosity, wondering who would be knocking on his door this early in the morning.
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Hayran KurguHis eyes glowed a bright red as the human screamed as loud as he could under water. Phantom's teeth were razor sharp, sharper than any shark in the ocean, making it easy for him to tear off the chunk of meat from the human's body. Blood flowed into...