This is for my very good friend, Chiaro!

Thanks to her talking about Danny Phantom all the time when we were freshmen in high school I watched the whole series. Now that we've graduated I decided to write this because what else do you do in college?

Today was just not his day. First he'd overslept, second he'd forgotten his textbook at home and had to pay a fee to rent some shitty used one, and third it was currently pouring rain. And on a day like this it was only natural he'd missed the buss because it took so long to return the rented book. He'd spent twenty good minutes trying to convince the angry old lady none of the damage to the book was his fault.

Danny was in his second semester of college now and as much as he liked to pretend, he just wasn't getting the hang of it. College life was difficult and confusing and he wished he was still in high school. High school wasn't the greatest but he had to admit he missed the simplicity of it all.

He'd already called Sam on the school's dinosaur pay phone to see if he could get a ride but her and Tucker were on a spontaneous day trip to somewhere the rain clouds couldn't reach them. Danny and Sam had had a thing back in the day but their personalities were just too conflicting. To say the least, it turned out Danny was a very cuddly person and Sam was just…not.

It also didn't help that Danny was really gay.

"If the rain could stop that would be great!" Danny had decided to run home, besides probably being chilled to the bone by the time he got home the rain wasn't going to kill him(in his haste he'd left all important electronics behind that morning anyway). Again though, it was one of those days so the moment Danny thought 'Well I guess this isn't too bad' it started to hail. Danny was getting pelted with ice balls the size of marbles and that was not okay so he took shelter under the overhang of the closest building and started muttering very angrily to himself.

"Freaking great-stupid worthless—of course it had to hail why wouldn't it hail I mean it's only natural because SCREW THIS DAY RIGHT IN THE ASS!" Danny threw his backpack down and crossed his arms in a huff. He just about jumped out of his skin when he heard a chuckle come from behind him and spun around completely ready to tell this person off for laughing at him, but all intelligent thought left his brain the second he spotted him. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to laugh that was quite rude of me."

Danny tried his best to from words but what came out probably sounded like "Uh-I-duh-wah" which was just an awful introduction, really. The man standing before him was, well, to say the least he was gorgeous. Tall, thin, well dressed in a perfectly fitted jet black suit, a blood red silk scarf over his shoulders and a smoky grey trench coat, topped off with long, wavy silvery hair in a ponytail. He was perfect and exactly Danny's type. Oh hell.

His brain wasn't working enough to make words but he was able to think about the fact that he probably looked like a drowned rat at that moment and quickly begun trying to adjust his soaked clothing. Converse, jeans, a t-shirt with a picture of a cartoon ghost on it and a maroon jacket. Yeah, he was really dressed to impress. "I-sorry to disturb, I'm having a bad day is all." Danny felt himself blush lightly when the stranger smiled just the slightest bit at that.

"I had noticed, you look like you've just about been to hell and back my dear boy." This is the point in which Danny threw his soppy wet hood over his head and just started wishing there was a major earthquake or something to make Mr. Sexy stop looking at him. He hadn't felt the man's eyes leave him since he fist noticed his presence and when he tried to sneak a peek he was still standing there, looking at him with those unbelievably blue eyes.

"Can I help you with something?" Danny could feel himself starting to shiver and really wanted the very attractive man to leave so he could miserably wait out the hail storm alone.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I've been rude to stand here and stare. I was wondering if I could offer you a ride home. Do you live nearby?"

"I-no, sorry, I'm soaking wet and I'd totally get your seat all damp and gross." Danny tensed up and shoved his hands into his pockets to hide the shivering, which was a movement that made him appear nervous and on edge from the strangers offer. A movement that didn't go unnoticed.

"Hmm, I suppose all I can do is offer you my umbrella then." He pulled a compact umbrella that matched his scarf from his pocket and stepped forward until he was only a couple of feet from Danny.

"I couldn't possibly-"

"I'm sorry, let me try that again, I suppose all I can do is force you to accept my umbrella." Danny stared at the man from under his dripping hood and smiled a little for the first time that day.

"I have no choice then, I would really appreciate that." Danny reached out for the offered umbrella but the man pulled it back a little bit.

"If I'm offering a gift I must at least introduce myself. I'm Vlad Masters and I do hope we meet again under better circumstances." He then grabbed Danny's shivering hand and placed the umbrella in his grasp causing him to blush as he thanked Vlad.

"I'm Danny Fenton, I'd like that too." At that he quickly turned away, grabbing his pack and fumbling with the umbrella before rushing out into the slowly dying storm. He felt giddy even as he began shivering even more out in the wind. "Vlad Masters…" He peeked behind himself and saw the perfect man still standing there smile and wave and Danny immediately turned away to hide his very obvious blush and smile.