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Part 6 of Through Danny Phantom - oneshot collection
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2021-05-29
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A Personal Nightmare

Summary:

Short drabble based on the episode "Prisoners of Love"— and Danny's real reasons for freaking out about his parents' potential divorce.

Notes:

Written for the Through Danny Phantom event hosted by SapphireSwimming in 2012.
This fic in particular was written after rewatching "Prisoners of Love."

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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Divorced.

Divorced.

She said the word. She said it twice.

Oh god, they couldn't get divorced.

Divorce meant closing Fentonworks. Jack could never handle the business alone.

Divorce meant custody battles. Bitter fighting. Staking claims. Tearing the family he loved apart.

Divorce meant possibly moving away from the only friends he ever knew—and from the town he swore to protect.

Worst of all, divorce meant new step-parents. And if his parents actually broke up, if his mom actually walked out, Danny knew that creep Vlad wouldn't hesitate to swoop in and pick up the pieces.

And that was unacceptable. 

Notes:

I used to think 'Prisoners of Love' was earlier in the season than it was. FAR earlier. Now that I know it takes place immediately after 'Bitter Reunions', Danny's reaction to the divorce suddenly makes much more sense. But, eh, it's just a theory...