NateDani

NateDani is the het ship between Nathaniel "Nate" Grey (X-Man) and Danielle "Dani" Moonstar (Mirage) from the Marvel fandom.

Canon
Both being auxiliary members of the X-Men and its many split-off teams, Nate Grey and Dani Moonstar had been aware of each other for quite some time. However, as X-Man, Nate would generally choose to act solo as the Mutant Shaman watching over the 'tribe' of Earth. While, Dani as Mirage usually was a member of teams like the New Mutants and X-Force.

The two would first properly meet when the leader of the X-Men, Cyclops (Scott Summers), sent the New Mutants, being lead by Dani, on a rescue mission to save Nate who had been captured and tortured for months by Norman Osborne. When Dani's team had located Nate they found him in the clutches of Sugar Man, who was using Nate's powers to try and open a portal back to their native reality, Earth-295 (Age Of Apocalypse). Dani and her team were successful in rescuing Nate, and preventing him from ending up in S.H.I.E.L.D. custardy. Unfortunatly, Nate had suffered from severe nerve-damage, which reduced his god-like powers to a mere fraction of what they were. Concerned, Dani watched on in the medical ward. She knew all too well what it was like to lose your powers, as she completely lost her's after the M-Day event.

After some time Dani had asked her old therapist friend Gus Grim to aid in various issues with her team members. Dani included Nate in this, whom she indicated to Gus first, noting his recent trauma.

During a team trip in Madripoor, Nate stuck to himself, unsure how to act in a social situation. Dani reached out to him and the two finally expressed their feelings for each other with an intimate kiss. Eventually the team went their separate ways. Despite this, when Moonstar joined the superhero team the Defenders, Nate remained close to her and the pair finally confirmed their relationship status.

Fanon
NateDani is somewhat of a rarepair, with there seemingly only being a handful of fanworks out there. This may be due to the fact that both Nate and Dani could be considered as 'B-list' characters within the X-Men, and the Marvel fandom overall. As such, of what fanworks there are they majoritively don't deviant from established earth-616 canon.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

Trivia

 * Both Nate and Dani are mutants with psionic powers.
 * Both have at one point lost the ability to use their powers.