Doctor Dash: After Ifs

Introduction: I have quite a few ideas of things that happen after the end of Doctor Dash.

Warnings: Homosexual relationships. Danny Phantom characters are 30 and over. General warnings for anything that might end up happening in these stories.

Disclaimer: Danny Phantom is a product of Nickelodeon. All characters in this story are imaginary.

Wedding Woes

Summary: While preparing for the wedding, a slight snag causes Danny to help his sister find a quick replacement.

Characters: Danny, Dan, Jazz, and Dash

Originally Written: August 2013

"It's too tight!" Lex complained as his father caught his hands when he attempted, for the hundredth time, to tug the bowtie loose from around his neck.

"You won't have to wear it for very long," Danny promised, seeing the moping look in his son's blue eyes and the way his lower lip pushed out just slightly as he stared at the floor, the very picture of misery dressed in a neatly pressed white suit with his short locks of blond hair slicked back out of his eyes. "As soon as the wedding is over, you can change into something more comfortable. But Aunt Jazz and Uncle Tuck really want you to participate in the wedding. Can you at least tolerate it for them?"

Lex breathed in deeply then exhaled noisily. "I guess," he answered, sounding like it was such a chore simply agreeing to be the ring bearer.

"So," Dan said, leaning against the wall next to the full length mirror in the room with his arms folded over his broad chest. A smirk cut across his face in that way that always got under Danny's skin. He appeared human, and Danny noted with some annoyance, that he actually looked good in the suit picked out for him. "How long has it been going on?"

Danny glanced at his son, who had gone back to fussing with his bowtie, before he turned a glare onto Dan. "We are not talking about this." The smirk and twisted gleam of amusement in his dark blue eyes was enough to tell Danny exactly what might be going on in his evil future's mind.

"Oh, I see." Dan chuckled as he pushed away from the wall. When he stepped up behind Lex, he placed his hands over the boy's ears. "You don't want the little ones knowing." His smirk stretched a touch wider. "Not prepared to tell my little bro about your secret relationship?"

Danny's mouth thinned as his hands curled at his side. "I swear, Dan, if you go around blabbing it to everyone, I will punt you into the nearest black hole I can find."

"I don't think Kwan would appreciate it if you did that." Dan frowned and shook his head in a mock showing of disapproval.

"He's known you for, what is it now, half a year?" Danny snorted as he folded his arms. "I'm pretty sure he'd understand perfectly if I did it."

"What can't I know?" Lex questioned, tilting his head up and glancing between the two adults with curiosity in his eyes.

"It's nothing important," Danny assured his son with a smile.

After Freakshow's attempt on Lex's life, and his life too, Danny admitted to having feelings for Dash. They were taking things slowly, only able to have alone time with each other after their children were in bed or if they got Kwan or Paulina to watch the boys for a night. Their evenings were spent mostly at one of their houses, when the boys had a sleepover, and they spent their time comfortably talking with each other or simply enjoying something on the television or in each other's company while they worked on something. Once in a while, they would go out to a restaurant for a date, but Danny much preferred staying in because everything suddenly felt weird and awkward when it was like a real date.

It was nice and comfortable between them, but then Danny would get hit by a wave of guilt crashing down on him. He shoved Dash away at those moments. Hurt flashed in Dash's eyes when that happened, and Danny would suffer a new guilt that felt like he was getting punched in the gut. He needed several days, if not a week or two, to recover after that before he could approach Dash again with an apology. Dash never showed any signs of it, but Danny always had a fear tickling in the back of his mind that the doctor grew frustrated when he had to deal with Danny's guilt over moving on from Sam. Dash always acted so understanding and said things like, "I know it's not easy for you. You loved Sam a lot and losing her isn't something that you'll magically get over just because you met someone new." Danny appreciated his patience, but sometimes he worried Dash would wake up and realize that it wasn't worth the hassle.

Even though they started their relationship around five months ago, neither of them thought it was a good idea to tell their sons yet. They were still in the uncertain phase of whether or not things would work out between them. While they both might want things to work out, that didn't guarantee that they would. If they decided to end things, Danny hoped that it would be on good terms so that things weren't awkward between them for their sons' sakes.

"Danny," Jazz said as she peeked her head into the room.

"Jazz, shouldn't you be in the bride's changing room?" Danny frowned when he saw his sister, who wasn't yet in her wedding dress.

"I was just about to go there," Jazz assured him as she pushed open the door. "But Tucker's freaking out at the moment. He just got a call from his cousin. They aren't going to make it, and their daughter is sick. I'm disappointed, but I really don't want our flower girl vomiting up the aisle." She winced, imagining how that would look.

"What are you going to do then?" Danny asked then tossed a frown at Dan, who was crouched before Lex as he created small flames in the palm of his hands that Lex was trying to catch before Dan extinguished the fire.

"Well, we need a replacement." Jazz bit her lip with a hopeful look at her brother. "Do you think you can help?"

"Dan, try not to burn down the church," Danny instructed firmly, and his evil future rolled his eyes. "I'm surprised you were even able to enter the church. Shouldn't you have, like, exploded into fire by now?"

"Oh, hilarious," Dan muttered with a scowl.

Danny followed Jazz out of the changing room, and they headed into the church where the guests were gathering for the ceremony. He scanned the area, but he didn't see any children around to ask to replace the original flower girl. Glancing at his sister, Danny frowned at the fretful wrinkle of her brow and the way she chewed on her lower lip. Jazz planned for months to get all the details of the wedding right, and now something happened last minute to ruin all her perfect planning. Sam hadn't cared about having a big fancy wedding like this one. They got married in an airplane before they jumped out of it, which scared the pilot half to death because they didn't bother with parachutes.

When his gaze landed on Dash, Danny grabbed hold of his sister by the wrist and dragged her over to the blond man. "Dash, we need your son."

"Uh, what?" Dash blinked with his brow furrowing in his confusion.

"Oh, that's a great idea!" Jazz glanced at Danny, and her mouth stretched into a smirk.

Danny almost groaned out loud. How did Dan and Jazz figure it out so easily? He guessed with Jazz's skills at psycho analyzing everything, she probably picked up on some subtle sign that clued her in on their relationship. Dan was just a jerk.

Jazz crouched down in front of Xander, who looked adorable in the suit that Dash got him. "Someone that was supposed to be in the wedding can't make it," she explained, smiling at the boy, "and we need someone to fill in for her. Do want to be our flower boy? It would really mean a lot to me if you participated in the wedding."

Xander tilted his head back to stare up at his father. "What's a flower boy?"

Dash placed a hand on his son's head, ruffling the raven hair. "It's the boy that walks down the aisle at the beginning of the wedding and sprinkles flower petals down it."

"Please?" Jazz begged, clasping her hands before her.

Xander frowned as he considered what was being asked of him, tapping a finger to his chin. "Well, if Lex is in it, I want to be in it too!"

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Jazz drew the little boy into a tight hug before she stood. "Can you get him ready?" she asked the other two adults. "I really need to start getting dressed and getting my hair and makeup done."

"Sure thing, Jazz." Danny watched his sister hurry off to the bride's changing room. Then he turned back to Dash and his son. "Sorry to force you into this." He winced, hoping the other man wouldn't be mad.

Dash shook his head. "We're happy to help." He dropped his gaze to his son. "This'll be exciting, won't it? You're first time being in a wedding."

"Will Lex and I get to be in Paulina and Kwan's weddings?" Xander asked, staring curiously at his father.

"We'll have to see how things go." Dash chuckled awkwardly. "Let's go get ready." He ushered his son along after Danny to prepare for Xander's role as flower boy.