Danny Was Tired, Like 'I Feel It In My Bones And Soul' Tired.And He Didn't Want Sleep At Home Because

Danny was tired, like 'I feel it in my bones and soul' tired. And he didn't want sleep at home because there's only so many nights, he could spend lying awake making sure his heart was beating in case his parents checked on him.

Currently he was flying aimlessly not really taking in his surroundings, but he could neither sleep while flying or fly forever. Normally he'd sleep over at Sam or Tucker's, but the Mansons had made it clear that he wasn't welcome at their house anymore and Tucker was grounded. Both would sneak him in if he asked, but he didn't want them to get in trouble for him. Which leads him to decide between his two choices, sleeping in a graveyard, or sleeping in a forest.

The graveyard was a little crowded with all the ghosts that called it home but he could probably find a quiet spot to sleep. The forest had a great view of the stars but was filled with traps from both his parents and the GIW after tracking his ecto-signature. Both options weren't appealing, but he wasn't about to chance sleeping on the roof of his house again. There were too many ghost detecting guns attached to it now. Danny sighed, graveyard it was, at least the ecto from all the shades/ghosts would hide him well enough. Decision made, now all he had to do was make his way over there. But first, where the heck was he? Danny looked around at the unfamiliar grey sky and gargoyles littered around and realized he had no clue where he was. He must have flown too far away from Amity without noticing...Again. It was really becoming a bad habit. Danny stared down at the city's inhabitants that were going home or heading to nightshifts or whatever and dreaded the long flight back to his town. And maybe it was ghost instinct, or maybe it was just his exhaustion. But his brain suggested 'What if I just possess someone?' And to him that seemed like a perfectly logical train of thought. He wouldn't control their body or anything, just sleep in their skin...That did not make it sound better at all. Before he could think twice, someone left a general store, arms filled with stuff and somehow projecting an aura of safety. The two thoughts of 'They look comfy' and 'screw it' clashed together in his head as he made the very stupid decision of performing a swan drive right into the someone. "WHAT THE-" "Don't worry, I'll be gone by morning I just need to sleep" Danny cut off the persons freakout-he should really get their name at some point- he would have explained more but the sleep gods had already done their job. This left one very confused, scared, and freaked out Batkid.

A multitude of ghosts escape the Ghost Zone all at once to cause havoc and wreak harm in Facwett city. Why? Simply just because they could and they also wanted to do that whole war thing the Ghost King had going on.

Shazam is there right off the bat, of course, and is succeeding at holding them off. Because magic and Solomon's Wisdom whatever whatever. Except that, you know, he's at a natural disadvantage because he's just one against many.

The Justice League and Justice League Dark are obviously going straight over there to help, except when they get there it is nothing like what they expected.

They find all of the ghosts, literally each and every one of them, kneeling on the ground outside of an ice cream store in which Shazam and some civilian (it's Danny but they don't know him) are sitting at eating ice cream.

Except they aren't actually bowing to them but to a far, far smaller ghost who is currently screaming at them and out right scolding them like children.

Said ghost?

That small fragment of Pariah Dark that attached itself to Danny while the rest of him is sleeping. Honestly, the Ghost King couldn't care less about if they wanted to 'take over the world' or 'continue the war he started long ago'.

In fact, he would have even been for it.

However.

No one, and he means no one gets to interrupt the one time a week he gets to have mint ice cream.

(Fun fact: He literally wouldn't have cared and would've left them alone if not for the fact that one of their blasts managed to somehow find its way to the ice cream Pariah Dark was, quite literally, looking at like it was the most holy thing in existence and obliterated it.)

(Danny bought him another one because come on now, it wouldn't be fair. Plus, an extra for manhandling all of the ghosts currently in the city and giving him entertainment by scolding them)

while kissing my cat's little head: you're a problem *smooch* you're a terror *smooch* you're a menace to society *smooch smooch smooch*

the adorable one...and then there's Dan.

cats will be like oh you're walking somewhere? no WE'RE walking somewhere. and i will get there first. where is 'there' btw

I was today years old when I learned that when you type “otp: true” in AO3 search results it filters out fics with additional ships, leaving only the fics where your otp is the main ship