The Love of a Little Sister

Chapter 9: She Knows

Danny tensed immediately upon hearing the knock at his door. He slowly turned his head toward it and cleared his throat; "Come in." he called out, trying to keep the apprehension out of his voice.

The door opened slowly and Vlad stepped confidently though. He had tried to get back to work, but the conversation with Selina had prevented him from doing so. He was far too distracted with the curiosity that learning about this secret had caused. He knew he had a secret about the boy, but the likelihood of this being a secret they shared was slim to none.

Danny stared at him from where he sat with his legs crisscrossed on his bed. They were quiet for a few moments before Danny finally spoke, "Well… what's up?"

"I just had an interesting conversation with Selina."

"You, uh, you did?"

"I did." He said with a nod as he closed the door and walked over to the bed, leaning on one of the posters on the young man's bed, "She was being very… abstract."

"Hm." Danny said, averting his eyes to prevent himself from staring, "Well…" he said slowly, "She's always been a little strange."

"She said that she had learned a secret that she couldn't tell me that involved us both."

He shrugged, "Maybe she figured out you're a halfa too."

"Possible." He said slowly, "Do you know what she was talking about? It sounded as if you had told her."

Danny looked up at him, "She was in here a little while ago, rambling about something. She didn't say anything about you being a ghost."

"Well, what did she say?"

"Um…" Danny glanced away, "She told me my eyebrow twitched when I lied."

"What were you lying about?"

Danny sighed, "Nothing important."

"Daniel," Danny felt his cheeks heat up ever so slightly and realized Selina was right, "you know you can tell me anything, right?'

Danny kept his eyes turned away, "She knows something about me, something that she's been guessing at for years." He glanced back toward Vlad, "She's known that you were Plasmius for a while, too. She found out about the same time she realized who I was."

Vlad raised an eyebrow.

"I don't know how she found out either." He said shaking his head, "But she's known something was true about me for a while, and wouldn't leave until I admitted it."

"What did you admit to?"

He sighed, "Look, Vlad, it doesn't matter."

"It does if it involves me too."

They both fell silent. Danny refused to look at Vlad, even though the man was nearly staring him down. He felt as if he was being dissected from the inside out. Finally Vlad broke the silence by inhaling, "Daniel, she told me that I had the same secret about you. I need to know what it is." His voice was quiet, almost pleading.

Danny looked up at him, blue eyes wide, "Vlad… I…" he slowly untangled himself and stood up. He moved slightly toward Vlad, who uncrossed his arms and waited patiently. They stood there, blue eyes watching each other. Vlad's hand was shaking as he reached up to gently touch Danny's cheek.

The young man watched him, his own shaking hand wrapping around Vlad's wrist. They continued to stare at each other for a few more silent moments before Danny's other hand moved to touch Vlad's chest. Vlad's nearly numb fingers moved to the boy's waist and held on.

"Daniel."

"Vlad, I…"

Vlad nodded, "Yeah, me too."

Danny smiled in a relieved sort of way and let the arm on the older man's chest snake up to hold his neck. Vlad leaned down, taking the boys urging, and kissed him. It didn't take long for the kiss to become heated and Danny was being pressed down onto the bed.

Danny wrapped his legs around Vlad's waist and tangled his hands in his hair. Vlad pulled away from the kiss and latched onto the boy's neck, making him gasp and arch. Danny's fingers hooked themselves under that held Vlad's hair back and pulled it out. The digits then had a field day dancing through the slightly wavy locks of his hair.

Vlad groaned as Danny's nails drug across his scalp and Danny smiled, receiving a gentle nip at his neck for the action. Vlad's hand ran down Danny's side and then snaked under his shirt, gently feeling the soft definition in the boy's abs and side that hunting ghosts for so many years had caused.

Vlad pulled his lips away from the young boy and they both quickly removed Danny's shirt, attacking each other's lips almost instantly upon its removal. Danny smiled as he flipped Vlad over and straddled his waist. He smirked down at the man before his fingers made slow work of his buttons. Vlad raised an eyebrow and groaned as Danny leaned down and bit his neck.

Selina stood outside her brothers door, ear pressed to the crack, with Bruce clutched to her chest. She smiled brightly upon hearing the sounds from inside. She hugged Bruce tightly before she turned and skipped away, "About time." She whispered into the hallway as she happily escaped into one of her countless games along the way.