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ladyanput · 5 years ago

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Seeing Green Ch. 13

The figure that rose once the purple cleared away. He looked about two feet above the tallest man there, his muscular body wrapped in bandages, reminding Marinette of a mummy. Chains hung from him, and his eyes glowed a sickly green.

"Jason.. Oh no.." Eva whispered, tears welling up in her eyes.

" I am not Jason." Those vile green eyes turned towards Eva, and he grinned to show off his mouth full of sharp teeth. "I am Lazarus, and I am here to destroy those who aren't worth redeeming."

Lazarus gripped one of his chains tightly in one hand, the rusted metal beginning to glow green. He trained his eyes on Lila and he grinned. He back and struck, lashing out with the chain.

"Lila, look out!" Sabrina screamed. Lila let out her own scream and grabbed Sabrina's arm, shoving her in front of her. Sabrina was then wrapped up in the chain, and let out a howl of pain as her eyes glowed green. Everyone watching could see the veins in her body light up the same sickly green colour and her howls turned into screams of rage.

"Everyone, you need to get out, now!" Marinette stood firm and shouted. That seemed to shake the dumbstruck crowd and a mass panic ensured. Marinette reached out and grabbed Eva's hand, gripping it tightly and the two began running, looking to hide and transform. But those ideas were quickly dashed when Kim grabbed the both of them and dragged them off.

So here they were, locked in a room with their class and Miss Bustier. All the meanwhile, Lila was seated in a chair, sobbing while her entourage tried to soothe her.

"P- poor Sabrina sacrificed herself for me, she was such a good friend!" Lila whimpered, while Mylène patted her arm and Ivan tried her best to cheer her up.

"Are you all fucking serious?" Marinette snapped. Everyone turned and stared at the girl in shock, as her cursing was… Impossible. Marinette stormed right up to Lila, fury blazing in her eyes. "This is all your fault, yours and Alya's. Why, why can't you just leave things alone, Lila? Now Jason is akumatized, and he's not just some civilian, Lila, he knows military combat, he's a fighter and now he's out for your blood."

"But how is an akuma here?" Rose whispered in horror, clinging tightly to Juleka, who looked equally as terrified. "Hawkmoth is in Paris, isn't he..?"

"Obviously not anymore." Max muttered, his own nerves wracked horribly at the sight of the akuma.

"None of this would have happened if you had kept your kids under control, Caline." Eva snapped, leaning against the locked door and trembling. When she heard Lazarus roar, she shut her eyes tightly, a few tears streaking down her cheeks "Now Jason is akumatized because you let a liar and her rabid bitch run loose."

"Excuse me?! You're the one who's been fucking my boyfriend!" Alya snapped, taking a threatening step towards Eva, only to be cut off by Nino getting into her path.

"I broke up with you because you're not the same Alya I first started dating. You're selfish, self absorbed, and only think about yourself and Lila. I don't love you anymore, I hate you. Eva never touched me, Lila lied, just like she lied about everything else!" Nino got right in Alya's face, trying to get her to see reason. But it was like talking to a brick wall and Alya began screaming in his face.

Marinette looked around the room, dread curling in her gut as she saw no other doors, no windows. There was only one exit and there was no way to get out.

How could Damian and his family handle an akuma alone? They didn't have her powers of purification, or her Cure, or her Lucky Charm. She had to get out, but with her classmates here…

"Marinette, I need the necklace." Eva turned out, her body shivering and her voice strained with pain. This caught the class' attention. Eva strode up and grabbed the young heroine's shoulders. "Please, he's hurting! I can't just leave him out there, I have to save him!"

"B-but…!" Marinette stared into those tear filled eyes, her mouth going dry as she realized they didn't really have a choice.

"What the hell are you talking about, you don't have to do anything. Lila can just call Ladybug and she'll come and save us." Alya snapped, having returned to sit beside Lila, all the while everyone listened to the screams of horror and Lazarus roaring for Lila and Alya to face him.

"They can't fight this alone, you know this! And Hawkmoth is in Gotham, Marinette, how else could there be an akuma here?! He's here, he's in unknown territory!" Eva's voice became more frantic.

Marinette was quiet for a heartbeat, before she grabbed her clutch she had set on a table and opened it. Tikki stared up at her in shock, then grim acceptance. When the Kwami flew up, the class went deathly silent.

"I'm sorry, Tikki, I wish I didn't have to." Marinette whispered, cupping her hands to let the Kwami sit. "I'm going to be exposed."

"... This may be your only chance to get Hawkmoth. We'll figure this all out later, I promise." Tikki smiled, and then it finally seemed to click.

"Marinette, you're… Ladybug?" Nino whispered as realization hit him. Marinette merely met his gaze and smiled.

"Tikki, spots on!"

And as Ladybug stood firm before them, she looked different. Gone was the spandex one-piece of spots. Her long dark hair was up in a ponytail, her body clad in a red suit with black armour on the shoulders, around her waist, arms, and legs. Her signature yoyo hung at her hip and her feet were clad in black combat boots.

The class erupted in a surprised frenzy, but Marinette ignored them, turning instead towards Eva, opening her yoyo and taking out a small box, setting it in her friend's hands.

Eva gratefully opened the box and Trixx appeared, going and nuzzling his Chosen as she out on the necklace.

Lila and Alya stared at the familiar looking necklace as reality finally clicked in.

"That's mine!" Alya screeched, getting to her feet and racing over, only to halt abruptly when Trixx flew into her face, the Kwami looking furious.

"You, Alya Césaire, were unworthy to hold this Miraculous. I may be the being of tricks and illusions, yes, but I am also the being of truth. How can one expect to create convincing illusions if one cannot see the truth in all things? You and Lila Rossi are beings of lies, her weaving the tales and you drinking them down as if they were a fine wine. I never thought of you as my kit, Césaire, you are only a disgrace."

"You… You're wrong.." Alya whispered, taking a shaky step back. Eva merely stared at the reporter as she transformed, revealing Lady Vixen in all her glory. Said heroine then reached out and grabbed Alya's phone, throwing it against the floor to smash it, swiftly doing the same to Lila's phone before either girl could react.

"You breathe one word about our identities to anyone and I'll never forgive you." Ladybug announced, the look in her cold blue eyes scaring everyone in the room. "Now stay here and try not to make things worse."

The class watched wordlessly as Ladybug left them without taking a look back.

Gone was the loyalty and the trust. She'd never give any of them a Miraculous again, even to those who had asked for forgiveness.

If their loyalty was so frail, why would she bother?

…

Robin hated Lila with every inch of his being at that moment. He dodged another chain, causing it to wrap around a pillar and thus breaking it. He landed on one of the tables, only to be tackled by one of the brain washed drones of pure madness Lazarus had created.

Damian knew this madness, he had been affected by it once himself. He drew back and punched the man on top of him in the face, sending him flying backwards.

"Anyone seen Ladybug?" Nightwing spat out some blood, having taken a fist to the face, courtesy of Lazarus.

"No, Red Robin, did you see where the butterfly touched?" Batman called out as he tried to get in a clear shot to try and taze Lazarus, but there were too many of the goons in the way.

"Look out!" Queen Bee used her spinning top to pull Batman out of the way of oncoming chains, Ryuko and Viperion quickly joining after.

"We need to find the akumatized item and destroy it!" Ladybug called out, as Red Robin jumped onto Lazarus' back, tasering him to try and weaken him. But it had little effect, with Lazarus grabbing the hero around the waist and tossing him through one of the glass windows.

Lazarus was brutal and bloodthirsty, in the simplest of terms. When he punched or grabbed, he sought to destroy. He grabbed onto Nightwing's leg and crushed it. Starfire, infuriated by the harm caused to him, began pelting the akuma with attacks.

"I need to find what was akumatized!" Ladybug called out, watching as Vixen kept calling out Jason's name, telling him to fight it. Ladybug glanced over at Robin, feeling her panic spike. "Then we need to break it, I can't purify the butterfly without it."

"What's the plan?" Ryuko landed beside her, watching as Queen Bee and Viperion tried to distract Lazarus, attempting to give them more time.

"I…" Ladybug stared at Lazarus, an icy feeling growing in her belly. She watched as Queen Bee was knocked to the ground, then brutally stomped on by Lazarus, the sound of cracking bone and Queen Bee's scream rattling Ladybug to her very bones.

Ryuko and Viperion cried out Queen Bee's name, rage filling them as they rushed forward. Robin avoided a swipe, then saw Ladybug standing there, frozen in place and looking terrified.

"Angel? Ladybug, what's wrong?" He ran over, pulling her out of the way of an oncoming chain and both of them rolling under a table. He held the trembling heroine close. "Mari?"

Blood rushed in her head, the roaring sound filling her ears. She couldn't do this, she couldn't think of a plan… Chat had usually helped and now she didn't have him anymore…

She was useless without him…

"Angel, snap out of it!" Robin gave her a rough shake, snapping her out of her stupor. He stared at her, then cupped her face in her hands. "Don't listen to anything he's told you, understand? You are amazing, smart, and you handled Hawkmoth and his minions all by yourself. You've done it and I know you can do it, we're all behind you."

Ladybug's eyes seemed to focus and a determined look took over her expression. She rolled out from under the table and grabbed her yo-yo.

"Lucky Charm!" She shouted, tossing it in the air as Batman was sent flying by Lazarus hitting him.

When a spotted crowbar landed in her hands, Nightwing saw it and let out a slew of curses.

"Is this some sort of sick joke?" He snapped, while Ladybug stared up at him before shaking her head, dumbfounded. "Well this isn't funny! You don't take that think anywhere near him, you understa-"

Nightwing was cut off by being promptly grabbed and slammed into the floor, the marble cracking beneath them.

"Give me your Miraculous, Ladybug!" Lazarus snarled as he grabbed a different chain, and it shot out at her. She screamed as she was ensnared in the chain and sharply dragged over to the akuma, dropping the crowbar in the process. As she was dragged, she struggled to get the chains loose, but they were bound so tightly that she could feel even her bones straining.

Lazarus quickly grabbed her by the throat, his other hand going for her ear. A purple mask appeared over Lazarus' enraged face, and a sickly grin spread. He firmly grasped one of the earrings, and began to pull. Ladybug gazed deep into those madness ridden eyes, and frowned.

"Bruce wouldn't want you to do this. Neither would Dick, or Tim, or Damian. Fight it, Jason, please. We can get Lila without you doing this." She urged him, her hand managing to find her yo-yo and she began to fiddle with it. As she distracted the akuma with her speech, as he halted his movements, she kicked the Black Cat ring in Robin's direction. And she knew deep in her heart that she was making the right choice.

"That's the thing, I know people like Lila… They never get punished. They only care about themselves and feed off the weak, and it seems nobody is doing anything about it.." Lazarus snarled, his grip tightening on her throat, making her squeak in pain. "I will give her an experience that she'll never forget."

"My, my, this is quite a surprise." The voice snapped both Lazarus and Ladybug out of their stupor, and they looked over and saw the Joker standing not too far from them, firmly grasping the spotted crowbar. "I must say, hot shot, you certainly do know how to clear a room."

"You…" Lazarus snarled, dropping Ladybug to the ground as he suddenly began his advance towards the Joker. "You bastard!"

Ladybug watched in horror as Lazarus charged at Joker, who drew back the crowbar and hit him in his thigh. Before she could call out, a figure landed by her side.

She stared at the new Black Cat, his outfit reminding her of one of the pictures Alfred had once shown her on young Damian, when he first came to Gotham. It was all black, with accents of the acidic green, the emblem of the Black Cat shown firmly on his chest. His hood was drawn up, having the faint outline of cat ears, and his face was adorned with a black domino mask, the eyes only a glowing, constant green.

"Hello Angel." He held up a powered up and pressed it against the chains. They crumbled into dust, finally freeing the heroine. He stumbled back a step when Marinette suddenly hugged him, but he quickly hugged her back, holding her close. "It's okay, we can do this."

Ladybug nodded firmly and turned towards Lazarus, where he had Joker pinned to the floor, his hands wrapped around his neck and squeezing tightly.

"I'll kill you, finally doing something Batman was too cowardly to do." Lazarus snarled, completely immersed in strangling the clown, even when a purple mask appeared over his face and Hawkmoth screamed in his head.

That was when Ladybug noticed something. Bound to Lazarus' chest by the yellowed bandages was a single rose. Her eyes narrowed in confusion, before realization kicked in. She rushed forward and shoved Lazarus, knocking him off balance and away from Joker, who quickly turned back into a gasping Lady Vixen. Eyes focused, she quickly ducked under Lazarus' swinging arms, before grabbing the flower and promptly crushing it.

Jason collapsed to the floor with a groan as the black butterfly left the destroyed flower. Ladybug grinned and quickly shot out her yoyo. Batman watched as she let the small creature go, then tossed the discarded crowbar in the air.

"Miraculous Ladybug!"

And suddenly the destroyed room was back to its immaculate form. There were a series of beeps and everyone except Ryuko and Queen Bee transformed back.

"I suppose you want this back." Damian smiled as he strode towards the exhausted Marinette, beginning to take off the ring. But Marinette set a hand over his to stop him.

"Damian Wayne, I, the Guardian of the Miraculous, hereby grant you the Miraculous of the Black Cat. May you serve it well." She smiled up at him, taking his hand and lacing their fingers.

Damian stared down at her. He had known he had outgrown the mantle of Robin for quite some time, but he had never expected this. A grin spread across his face and he scooped her up for a fierce kiss.

"I promise I'll be much better than that mangy alley cat. Tadmir, the new Black Cat, vows this to you." He promised, resting his forehead against hers. They heard the giggles from Tikki and Plagg, but chose to ignore them. But it was when they noticed everyone rushing over to where Jason was struggling to stand, that they pulled apart and ran over.

"Well.." Jason gave a shaky smile, being supported by Dick and Tim. "That was one hell of a party, huh?"

…

The Miraculous team stared at the city skyline, seeming deep in thought, as Batman and his team approached.

"Are you certain he's in the city?" Batman spoke as Ladybug turned towards him, her arms crossed.

"Yes, Tikki told me she could sense the Butterfly Miraculous as well as the Peacock. They're here, and things will get worse if we don't stop them."

"We'll find them, and then we'll finish this once and for all." Tadmir set a supportive hand on Ladybug's shoulder, earning himself a smile from her.

But then a flicker of bright blue caught everyone's attention.

Ladybug watched, slack jawed, as Mayura ran across the rooftop adjacent to them, carrying something in her arms. No, not something, someone.

Adrien.

"No…" Ladybug whispered, her voice shaky with rage. Something in her snapped and she immediately took after the villian.

"Ladybug!" Queen Bee called out, the others quickly following.

But Ladybug didn't pay attention, her heart pounding, the blood roaring in her ears as she focused in on Mayura.

Follow Mayura, find Hawkmoth.

And he wasn't going to escape, he wasn't going to hole up in some liar and sent out minions.

Ladybug was going to finish this once and for all.

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pink-bird-30 · 4 years ago

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Becoming My Own Hero-Olicity & Robstar Crossover Fic

Ight. I’m making this the go to place to find alllllllll the links to my story because tumblr has this astounding ability to make my story impossible to find. Even using my own hashtag I have difficulty finding it!

So here we go. The links to all 7 chapters of Becoming My Own Hero:

Full Synopsis:

Oliver Queen Felicity Smoak had a daughter named Star Gabrielle Queen. On the night of her 8th birthday, her life changes forever. She is kidnapped by ARGUS and is recruited by Amanda Waller to protect the earth from Aliens, like Superman. But the genetic mutation she undergoes makes her stronger than they thought. To hide their mistake, they send her to her home planet Tamaran. Years later, the Justice League needs help from the Titans. The Titans head to Star City to assist in taking down a greater enemy, but how will Starfire handle being home after 11 years of being away, and her family believing that she would never come back?

This is a slow moving story. If you can tell by the publish date, I’ve been working on this for 3 years. A lot has happened that I haven’t been able to keep up with this story, but I’m trying to do better.

I hope you guys enjoy this story and my latest chapter!

As always, Happy Reading!

Chapter 7

Trained Pt.2

I can’t believe this is happening

For as long as Robin could remember he’d always had some sort of attraction to Starfire. Don’t get him wrong, its undeniable that she is this beautiful person, but standing there with his arms around her, deepening their ‘first’ kiss was blinding. He hadn’t truly realized how much he cared about her, how much she means to him, how much this could ruin everything.

What if they broke up? Would she still be his friend? Would she leave the Titans and never come back? Would she go home!?

Robin abruptly pulls back, allowing his doubts to control him, and puts Starfire at arm’s length. Starfire gives him a hurt expression and steps away from him, wrapping her arms around herself.

“Richard?”

He opens his mouth to say something, anything, but nothing comes out. He’s standing there like a fish out of water.

Starfire feels her whole world come crashing down.

How could he…I’m so stupid.

Not waiting for the ‘we’re teammates and shouldn’t date’ conversation, she turns her back on him and reaches for the elevator button. Once it reaches the ground floor she walks inside and finally turns to face a grief stricken Robin.

“I do understand why you wear the mask; you’re eyes tell a story the different than the actions. Night, Robin.”

The doors to the elevator closes and she lets her tears fall freely knowing he will never understand how much he hurt her tonight.

Down in the garage, Robin beats himself up for allowing Batman to continue to dictate his life.

“Dammit!” Robin punches the wall of the garage and immediately regrets it. He crumples back in pain, his hand throbbing. He can already feel the bruise spreading across his hand, creating deep shades of purple. But he doesn’t care. He finally had the opportunity to be happy for once in his life and he chose to listen to his hero side while standing there as Richard.

What did I do?

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Gotham 1996

“Mr. Wayne,” Bruce looks up from his desk taking note of his PR lady, whose name he can’t seem to remember; Rebecca? Leslie? “The press is ready for you.”

Bruce stands up from his desk, straightens his tie, and checks his hair one last time in his cabinet mirror before leaving his office with…Vickie, Vickie Vale!

“Thank you, Ms. Vale. Lead the way.” He smirks and winks at her, knowing how his charm needs to be on full blast for what he’s about to do. He gestures for her to walk out of his office first and follows behind, adjusting his cufflinks as they make theie way to the conference room.

The large windowed room held Gotham’s top reporters from: Gotham Gazzett, Channel 9, The Gotham Times, and Gotham News Network. The first wave of flashes startled Bruce, it’s been many years since he was exposed to the media, and having all these news stations here today is jarring compared to his secluded life back in Nada Parbat.

“Mr. Wayne, is it true you are the Batman?”

“Mr. Wayne, did cha’ really crash your new Bentley?”

“Mista Wayne, are you single?”

Bruce takes a deep breath, allowing himself to adjust back to his playboy swagger; concealing the person whom only a select few know. He opens his arms wide and smiles dazzlingly to the press, “Ladies and Gentlemen, I understand my disappearance has been hard on everyone in Gotham, especially the single ladies.” He winks at Vickie again, making her blush, and continues, “I know my families influence in Gotham is important. And for that, I am apologetic. But there is reason for my disappearance.

“Since the death of my beloved parents, Martha and Thomas Wayne, I’ve always wanted to discover if I had family elsewhere.” Bruce moves across the room, passing the large wooden table in the center of the room, and leans against the glass windows looking down to the city below. He can clear as day see all the destruction his absence has caused in such a short period of time. The thought sending a deep blow to his gut, knowing he chose to leave, but wished there was someone who could have kept Gotham free from evil.

Bruce looks back to the press, taking note they are waiting for him to continue.

“I went across seas to search for a missing relative on my father’s side. My butler, Alfred Pennyworth, had informed me of a long lost niece.” The crowd of reporter gasping at the new discovery. “I’ve brought her here today for you all to meet her. Her name is Gabrielle Wayne.” On cue, Alfred walks into the room pushing a black stroller and stops in front of Bruce.

“If you’d like to take a photo of my niece, please turn the flash off. It can harm a baby’s eyes. She’s only a few weeks old.”

Gently, Bruce reaches into the stroller to pick up Star and holds her in his arms. The room stills at the sight of the new Wayne child. No one never thought the Wayne bloodline would continue considering Bruce’s relations with women has never lead to a serious relationship.

“Excuse me, Mr. Wayne.” A young brunette woman from the Gotham Gazette pushes herself through the crowd of reporters. “Gloria with Gotham Gazette, what are your plans for taking care of Gabrielle? Will Alfred be her primary caretaker or will you be heiring a nanny?”

Bruce smiles down at Star as she stares back at him, a small giggle escaping her. “Alfred and I will be responsible for her. If I do need additional assistance, it will be taken care of in private. Gabrielle deserves to live a relatively normal life.”

Gloria reaches her tape recorder out further to Bruce, “Follow-up question: How can you raise a child in a dangerous city such as Gotham? With the rise of the Falcone crime family, and unrest in the deep underground of Gotham, how can you guarantee her safety?”

“Excellent question, Gloria.” Bruce shifts Star in his arms, moving her to rest her head against his shoulder. “Given my new status as her guardian, it will be my top priority to protect her at all cost. With that being said, today I will be announcing the charity event I will be hosting for GCPD. We will be holding an auction to raise money for the police department and expanding their crime division to include metahuman training. In our ever changing world, we must be prepared for the impossible.”

“Final question Mr. Wayne. How does it feel knowing Oliver Queen is alive and well?” Bruce’s mind goes blank realizing he’s been gone far longer than Oliver has been back in Star City. He feigns shock, “O-Oliver is alive? Since when?”

“He was discovered on an island in the North China sea about two years ago, Mr. Wayne.” Gloria supplies. “Why are you unaware of the sudden reappearance of your long-time friend, Oliver Queen?”

Alfred clears his voice, the attention of the media shifting from Bruce to Alfred. “Master Wayne did not have access to the news overseas, he spent his time searching for his belove niece.”

Gloria scrunches her eyebrows in confusion and pushes forward, “Sir, it’s 1996. The media is everywhere. I find it hard to believe Mr. Wayne was unaware of Oliver’s reappearance.”

Bruce’s jaw locks in a straight line, “Gloria, please understand. If I weren’t overly set on finding my niece, leading to deep parts of Europe where there was hardly an internet café, I would have been in Star City when he arrived home. Trust me when I say, he’s like a brother to me.”

Gloria raises a brow at his claim, still seeing through the holes of his story.

I’ll find out the truth later…

Star becomes restless in Bruce’s arms. He rocks her gently but it doesn’t seem to be calming her down. He casts a slightly panicked look at Alfred who gestures to her stroller. The media watches as Bruce kisses the top of Star’s head, a few camera shutters going off, and he sets Star back into her stroller. He buckles the small black belt across her chest and between her chubby little legs. Almost instantly she starts to nod off, cooing softly. Bruce smiles down at her and places a light blue knitted blanket over her legs. Alfred steps forward to take her back out of the room.

Bruce turns back to the group of people and they are all silent in awe if this new Bruce Wayne.

“Gloria,” Her attention snapping to him, realizing she was entranced by his care as a new father. “I’m grateful my friend is alive and well; I’ll have to check up on him at some point in the future. Until then, thank you all for coming here today to share in this great day. I look forward to mingling will you all at the GCPD Charity event.” Bruce waves to them as he leaves the room, ignoring the onslaught of questions being hurtled his way as he backs out of the room and heads back down where he once came.

Out in the hallway, Vicki Vale walks ahead of Bruce, her maroon heels clicking against the marble floors. He can feel himself releasing a slow breath. This was a journey he never envisioned for himself. He never thought he’d take on such an important responsibility without much thought. This wasn’t like him. But the second he met Star, he knew he needed to protect her at all costs.

He knew it was time to reach back into the Bruce he shut off a long time ago, the young man who didn’t know his purpose in life. The young man who lost everything he cared for and became a playboy that he knew his parents would be disappointed in. The young man that shut himself off from anyone who cared for him and pushed them away. He needs that innocent, vulnerable part of himself back for this new challenged.

He needed to be Bruce, not Bruce Wayne.

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Titans Tower 2012

Starfire lays in bed tossing and turning all night until the first peak of light start to sneak its way into dawn. Starfire growls at the ball of fire that typically greats her happily each day, but after last night, she wanted to be left alone.

She felt a new wave of tears gather in her eyes thinking about last night’s events. Why had Robin pushed her away? Why did she think it could be easy? Why does this human boy have such a hold on her heart?

“Richard…” she sighs into her pillow, hugging it close to her chest. She wants nothing more than to be with him. The feeling of his arms wrapped tightly around her, making her feel safe. The taste of his lips still ever present even hours later. And his eyes, he trusted her enough to show her who he was. And that’s what hurts the most. Robin was so vulnerable with her but pulled away.

What is wrong with boys…

A subtle knock on her door gains her attention. She scrunches her brows in confusion, knowing no one would be up at this ungodly hour besides her. Starfire always rises with the sun, wanting to take in the first few rays to power her through the day. But today was the opposite, she wanted her room to keep the light out. She wants to be alone and bask in the darkness her curtains can provide her.

The knock comes again more urgently, “Star, we really need to talk. I fucked up bad.”

Starfire stills hearing Robin’s voice ring through her door. Why does he think he can pull a stunt like he did last night and not expect any consequences for his actions? Does he expect Starfire to accept an apology and be happy he finally acted on his feelings for her?

He knocks again.

“Star? Please, open the door.” The desperation in his voice was enough to make her eyes roll. Starfire huffs in frustration and weighs her options. It’s either deal with this now or have the entire team butting in when they are trying to hash it out. That thought alone was enough for Starfire to sit up in bed and make her way to her floor length mirror.

Starfire runs her fingers through her hair and checks herself in the mirror. She’s wearing shorts and a string tank top, nothing too risqué, but enough to short circuit any teenaged boys’ mind. She walks over to the door to unlock it, letting it swish open revealing an equally tired Robin.

“Hello, Robin.” Starfire turns away from him and walks back over to her bed, not bothering to wait for him to reply. She hears him clear his throat and step into her room, letting the door swish close behind him. She doesn’t bother to look up at him; she didn’t want him to see how much he hurt her.

“Star—I.” he stops just short of her bed, keeping a friendly distance between them, but close enough that he can still reach out to her.

“You what? You have the regrets? If that is so, please do the leaving. I rather save myself the humiliation.” She crosses her arms and huffs, her hair slightly flaming at the ends.

Robins sighs, already feeling defeated. He spent the last three hours trying to find the right words to express himself, but he’s never really been in a relationship with anyone before. Barbara doesn’t count too much. They were only 14 and she ended up having feelings for someone at their high school.

“May I sit?” He gestures to the space next to her on the bed. He’s never asked permission before, he’s always felt comfortable enough around Star to be there with her, but now everything was different. Her bed didn’t seem oh-so innocent anymore. If anything, it made him very much aware her pajamas cover very little of her.

Her green eyes are sharp and sizing him up, “You may.”

Shaking away all impure thoughts running through his head, Robin sits down next to Starfire on the bed, turning to take her hands in his. “Star, I didn’t mean to push you away last night. I was—” he pauses feeling Starfire pull her hands from his slowly. Robin feels panic settle in his chest for a moment.

Oh god, she doesn’t even want me to touch her anymore.

Tentatively, she touches the corner of his mask, silently asking permission to remove it. Robin sighs in relief and nods, understanding why she wants it off. He has nothing left to hide from her; he’s ready to be open and honest with someone for the first time in years.

Her fingers are soft against his cheek as she gently pulls at the mask, letting it fall to the ground next to her bed. She brushes her thumb against his cheek before dropping her hands to her lap again.

“You may proceed.”

“What I was going to say is that I was—I was scared, Star.” He stares at her with his intense blue eyes, the fear showing bright within them. “All these negative thoughts of what could happen if this doesn’t work out came rushing all at once, and I-“ Robin takes a deep breath, trying to steady his voice. “You’re the last person I want to lose. I’ve already lost too many people I care about.”

Starfire sits there in silence allowing Robin’s words to hang between them. She can see the panicked expression settling across his face. His hold on her hands starts to loosen, but she’s quick to tighten the hold, preventing him from fleeing again.

“Ouch.”

Starfire is confused by his sudden pain and looks down to look at his hand.

“Oh! Richard, what did you do?!” she examines his right hand, running her delicate finger over the deep purple bruise, touching it tenderly to feel for any broken bones. He hisses when she touches the darker stain across his knuckles.

“Ah, yeah. I sorta punch the garage wall last night after you left. I was angry because I still let—” Robin realizes what he was about to say and freezes.

“I am the confused, who are you allowing to do the controlling of you?” Starfire asks as she stands from the bed and goes to her adjoining bathroom for a first aid kit from under the sink. She settles back on her bed, close enough that her knee brushes his thigh.

Robin frowns, “I-my adoptive father. He’s…you don’t know about my family, do you?” Robins asks. Starfire frowns. Of course she knows who Robin’s adoptive father is. It’s her uncle, but Robin doesn’t know that she has her memories back yet.

She’ll have to pretend not to know. But then again, Bruce Wayne is a very public figure…

Feigning confusion Starfire shakes her head, “No, I am unaware of your k’norfka.” She continues to rifle through the first aid kit trying to find a disposable ice pack.

Robin flexes his fingers, feeling the pain radiate through his fingers. “Let’s just say he’s a very public figure and the reason why I have to keep my identity hidden, if they know who I am-“

“Then they will have the knowledge of whom the Batman is.” Starfire looks up to meet Robin’s eyes. She can see the sadness embedded deep within, but she still can’t shake the fact he rejected her last night.

Breaking eye contact, Star pulls the ice pack from the kit and breaks it, letting the beans cool up. She takes hold of Robin’s hand and gently lays the ice pack on his hand.

Robin hisses at the weight of the ice pack, but then relaxes once the cool pack starts to numb his hand from the pain.

“Thanks.” He smiles at her making her heart jump, seeing his eyes crinkle at the corner and the warmth radiating from them.

He really cares for me…

Starfire shifts closer to him, positioning his hand on her thigh, and takes a small pack of pain medication from the kit and hands it to Robin. When he doesn’t reach for them, Starfire looks at him quizzically; confused by his distracted state.

“Richard?”

“Hm.” His eyes are still focused on his hand resting against her thigh. The warmth seeping its way from his hand through his veins.

“Here, take the medication of pain.” He open his hand, accepting the pack of pills. Her hand grazes his, a soft brush of her fingers against his gloveless palm. It sends a small spark to his heart, and he can see Starfire is just as affected when she doesn’t retract her hand right away.

Feeling brave, letting his fears go and taking responsibility for his actions, Robin closes his hand around hers. “For a long time, I let him dictate what I could and couldn’t do. And sometimes that younger, more obedient version of myself overclouds my judgment and I make poor decisions.”

Robin releases Starfire’s hand, letting the packet of pills drop to her bed, and reaches to cup her face. At first she freezes, unsure where this conversation is going, fearful he may reject her again. But when his thumb brushes her cheek tenderly, she leans more into him, accepting the small comfort he is offering her.

“When we formed the Titans, I didn’t want to be the version of myself I was before I came to Jump City. This isn’t Gotham, the threats aren’t the same and the people aren’t the same. I had to become a different type of hero for those kinds of people because there’s hope here.” He smiles lightly, making Starfire smile in return. “ This city isn’t on the brink of destruction; sure there’s been plenty of villains attempting to take over, but the five of us are able to keep them at bay. Each and every single one of us is able to not only protect one another, but ourselves.

“I guess, what I’m trying to say is: I’m afraid of something happening to you. To all of you, but I can’t let that fear dictate my happiness. I know you can handle any situation, but I still can’t help that small voice that tells me otherwise. I trust you Starfire, and I trust that us, together, can work.”

The only sound in the room was the distant rumble of waves hitting the island rocks down below. Could he really mean it? Does he…does he really want to be with her?

Starfire’s eyes widen at his words, “Richard, I do not want to do the reading of the words, but are you—are you asking me…?

The ice pack on Robin’s hand plops to the bed as he moves his hand up her thigh, causing a slight blush to cross her cheeks. He moves up her side, grazing it softly, feeling the soft fabric of the tank top against his hand. As he reaches her shoulder, he inches his face closer to hers before his hand finds home threading slowly through her long auburn locks. Starfire can feel her skin burning from where his hand traveled, leaving a wake of gooseflesh bubbling her sun kissed skin.

Just like the night before, the magnetic pull between the two was undeniable. Starfire rests her head against Robin’s, “Do you promise not to do the freak out again if we have the lip contact?”

Robin chuckles deep in his throat, “I won’t. Not this time.” He brushes a strand of hair away from her face, “I’m all in if you are.”

Wrapping her arms around his shoulder’s, Starfire pulls Robin towards her as she lays down against the pillows, leaving him hovering over her. Robin gazes at her warmly finally feeling content.

Her green eyes glowing bright with glee as she drags him closer to her again. Their bodies flush together, and her hand weaving its way into his hair. His injured hand rests against her hip and the other cups the side of her face. He tilts his head down allowing their lips to brush lightly as Starfire’s hand caresses the side of Robin’s face.

“I very much am, Richard.” She whispers against his lips and gives him a slow, chaste kiss before pulling back completely, watching Robin’s eyes open slowly. A smile spreads across his face making Starfire giggle in return.

“But—“ her face taking on a serious look, making Robin squirm. “—If you do the pulling of the yesterday events, I will not have the pleasantries for you once more. You have the understanding?”

Robin visibly gulps, his Adam’s apple bobbing in his throat. “I promise, Star.”

She smiles brightly and gives him another slow kiss. This one sending waves of happiness through the young alien.

“What are we going to tell the others?” Robin asks as he pulls back and reluctantly untangles himself from Starfire. He lays down next to her on the bed, propping himself against the soft purple pillows.

Starfire moves to her side facing him and takes his hand in hers, lacing their fingers together. Will they be upset? Will they celebrate? Should they keep it a secret for now?

Starfire’s train of thought is cut short by Robin’s hand slowly grazing up her side, sending shivers down her spine. She find herself cuddling closer to him, allowing his arm to wrap around her fully.

I can definitely get used to this.

Feeling more and more comfortable Starfire feels herself succumbing to her exhaustion.

“I do believe—” She lets out a yawn and blinks her eyes sleepily. “—it is the problem for later. I did not have pleasant shlorvax last night.” She yawns again, emphasizing her tired state and snuggles closer to Robin’s warm body. Robin shifts to lay on his back, leaving room for Starfire to rest her head on his shoulder and her arms to wrap around his waist.

Sleepily, Robin yawns as well, feeling the events of the past few hours finally catching up to him.

“Sounds good to me.” He whispers, feeling his eyes grow heavy.

“Pleasant shlorvax, Richard.” She kisses the underside of his jaw and falls into peaceful sleep. He wraps his arm tighter around her waist, pulling her closer to him, and drags the blanket over the both of them.

“Night, Star.”

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Starling City 1996

Felicity finds herself wander down the long winding staircase of the foundry. Her still protruding belly stretching her black knit sweater uncomfortably as she waddles down the stairs. She can hear the grunts of someone working out on the gym mats and the sound of keys being clicked on her keyboard. The thought alone sends Felicity to waddle down the stairs at a brisk pace, making her shoes thump against the hard concrete floor.

“Who the hell is touching my keyboard? Is it Roy? How many times have I told you not to touch—”

“Felicity!?” John Diggle shoots up from her desk chair as Felicity approaches. She does a double take to see she’s really seeing who she thinks it is.

“Dig?” She says in disbelief. The past year has been extremely hard on Felicity and finally coming home, but without her love and daughter, she didn’t think anyone would be down here.

Diggle wipes a tired hand down his face and lets out a short laugh that could pass as a choked sob. “You’re okay? Really?” He looks down her body. She looks paler than usual, her hair showing her dark roots and her belly, hanging low. This catches Diggle’s attention immediately.

His eyes widen, “Are you pregnant?”

Felicity bites her lip, knowing this was not how she wanted to tell Dig she and Oliver had a child together. She thought it’d be like when Sara was born. All of them huddled in a hospital room wanting to take a turn holding Star in their arms. They’d take their first Team Arrow photo together. But Ra’s took that from her, from them.

Felicity presses a hand to her bulging stomach, he lips quivers from the onslaught of emotions facing through her.

“I was pregnant, Dig. Oliver and I—” her voice cracks and the damn breaks. Diggle pulls her into a tight hug, wishing he could take all the pain away. She sobs into his chest, wishing Oliver and Star were there with her.

After a few moments, Felicity steps back and wipes away the tears with her black sleeve. She sniffles as she walks over to her forgotten computer desk and sits down in her chair. The chair where she watched Oliver for hours using the salmon ladder. Where she and Oliver would talk about their future together, how they both wanted a family…

And now she sits there alone.

“Dig.” Her voice rough from tears. “We need to help Oliver get out of the league, no matter how long it takes. I need my family back.”

Diggle nods in understanding. If it were Lyla and Sara on the line, he’d be raising hell to get them back.

Felicity begins her research on Ra’s al Ghul in order to develop a plan to bring down the League of Shadows. She starts by listing anyone and everyone that is in association with the league:

Sara Lance, Malcom Merlin, Maseo, Talia al ghul, Nyssa al Ghul, Star Queen...

The last name catches Diggle off guard, “Felicity, whose Star Queen?”

Her fingers stop moving on the keyboard and turns to him sadly, “That’s our daughter’s name. Star Queen.”

Diggle feels his throat tighten realizing this baby girl is stuck in one of the scariest places on Earth. Why would Felicity leave her there? Why not bring her back?

“Before you ask, I did not have a choice.” She looks up at the celling of the foundry her eyes growing wet once more. “She had to stay and be inducted to the league as an heir. They took my baby from me Dig, my baby.”

Diggle places a comforting hand on Felicity’s shoulder. Not truly knowing how to comfort her in this situation. How could he? His wife and child are safe at home, far away from these kinds of monsters that Oliver and Felicity find themselves fighting against.

“Yo, Dig!” Roy bellows from the training mats. “Did you see the news? Bruce Wayne is back in Gotham. And he has a kid!” Roy comes barreling in from the sparring mats, sweat dripping down his face. He takes a good look at the small blonde perched in her usual seat. Roy stops short of the med table, the shock overwhelming him before he rushes at her, and engulfs her into a big hug.

“Felicity, is it really you?!” Roy asks in disbelief. How is it possible that she is back? It’s been almost a year since she and Oliver went to Nada Parbat to resurrect Thea. Thea came home right away and told them how Oliver had to stay to be the Heir to the Demon Head. And Felicity was subjected to stay, but did not understand why. But standing there, taking in Felicity’s appearance, it wasn’t tough for Roy to put two and two together.

“That’s why you stayed. You were pregnant…Where’s the-?”

“Roy.” Dig says warningly.

Felicity looks away from them, feeling her throat tighten. She clenches and unclenches her firsts trying to control her emotions, but post-partum has already kicked in and she couldn’t help the few tears that fell.

“She is safe.” She whispers. Roy steps forward and wraps his arms around her again, giving her a tight hug. Felicity reacts immediately feeling safe in her friend’s arms. Roy was always like a younger brother to her, and she missed him terribly for the year she was gone.

But why did Roy come in here again?

“Bruce Wayne is back in Gotham. And he has a kid!”

Felicity abruptly pulls back from Roy and swings her chair back around to face her desktop. She rapidly types in a series of codes and brings up the local news.

“Good Morning, Starling City. I’m Summer Gleeson and here’s Today’s breaking news. Billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne has returned to Gotham City after being gone for nearly 7 years. Not only is his reappearance suspicious, but he has a child! Before you all lose your hats, here’s the dish. Our sources at the Wayne conference earlier today confirm that it is a long lost niece on Bruce’s father’s side. Here is the first look at the new baby of Gotham, Gabrielle Wayne!”

The tv cuts to the press briefing at Wayne Enterprises. They watch as Bruce makes this grand speech before Alfred rolls in a stroller.

Felicity feels her chest beat fast as she realizes what is happening.

“Oh, frack.”

Diggle looks questioningly to Felicity before watching the screen once more.

“…her name is Gabrielle Wayne.”

“That’s my baby…” Felicity sobs, clutching at her still round belly.

Roy’s eyes widen, “Why would Bruce Wayne…”

“Oliver, this was the plan he didn’t tell me about. But I don’t think he thought Bruce would be so public…” Felicity’s voice drifts as she watches her baby girl giggle on screen, bringing a smile to her tear streaked face.

A warm hand lands on her shoulder and she leans her head against it. “She’s beautiful, Felicity.” Diggle gave her shoulder a squeeze letting her know he’s here for her and ready to take on whatever it take to bring her home.

With a renewed feeling of ambition. Felicity takes a deep breath, sits up in her chair, and squares her shoulders, causing Diggle’s hand to fall away.

“So,” Roy steps forward to lean against the desk, facing Diggle and Felicity. “What’s the plan, boss.”

Felicity smiles for the first time in months, feeling hope after all the darkness she was exposed to for 9 months.

“We’re getting them back.” She reaches out to take Diggle’s and Roy’s hands. She needed their team to get this done. They will need all the help they can get to bring Oliver and Star home.

“Let’s get to work.”

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cloveroctobers · 4 years ago

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YASMIN DOUGLAS—

IG info/Bio: @/imyasmin_d | 11.6k followers | hello & ahlan 🎶

23-24 years old depending on her birthday (I’m thinking too much about timelines since i know some shows aren’t live and if they filmed it prior & it’s just being shown to us now...then there’s the boat party that comes in after, you get what I’m saying right? No? Okay)

Moroccan heritage

she was born in fes along with her baba

Father works in the carpet & rug manufacturing industry and worked in his father’s business from the young age of 16

her mother is from Essaouira & has often stated that she couldn’t stand Yasmin’s father the first time they met but she wouldn’t want to travel through this life with anyone else

Her father and mother came from two different lifestyles. All he knew how to do was hard work yet he had a sarcastic but playful side to him whereas her mom came from a family that was more financially stable & she was free to do whatever! mainly hanging at the beach with her friends without a care in the world, she was privileged and a little uppity while her father’s life seemed to be planned out from the day of his birth

Yet they still fell in love and decided to leave Morocco months after they got married at 21 & 24 & not too long after they had yas they left for England

She was raised in Kent, England

The Atmosphere led to her boho lifestyle...being exposed to castles, gardens, and underground tunnels from time to time shaped her into what she felt she was meant to be. She loved her second home

they call her “yazzy”

Parents follow islam...Which Yasmin respects but is not strongly devoted to

Can speak & write in Arabic but seems to do better in writing

Her paternal grandparents fault her parents for not teaching her to excel at both & feel that if they weren’t in such a rush to leave home she would speak Arabic better

Which made Yasmin feel like shit. Her paternal grandparents were strict on keeping their customs alive whereas her maternal grandparents were carefree as long as they got to see their granddaughter alive & well that was good enough for them

Idk maybe a only child or has a older brother? I don’t feel like she comes from a big family sibling wise

her mother made her a stuffed purple sheep that she took everywhere with her as a kid & continues to keep close to her. Y’all had imaginary friends? Well Yasmin had a real friend she could see & squeeze the life out that didn’t require talking and hugging the air, but that’s fine do u

100% collects beanie babies until this day but lil yamb is the number one princess in her household

As her significant other you have to be okay with lil yamb sleeping in between y’all that’s just the way it is

These stuffed babies are her comfort when no else can be

she’s a singer/songwriter. Went to uni for it & finished a semester early

Went through multiple hell experiences when it came to interning & temping while still in school & after

Let’s just say she wasn’t down to f*ck her way to the top

this made her anxiety act up, these people made her feel like she wouldn’t be good enough to show the world her craft & it’s didn’t have to be the world, just someone who would listen

But she couldn’t give up, there was nothing else she saw herself doing. She knew this is what she was meant to do but she couldn’t lie and say that her insecurities didn’t get the best of her most days

Although the cons seemed to out way the Pros some days, she kept at it & found herself a solid team that knew what she was about and understood her soul

Was definitely the student who loved all her English classes & when she spoke up everyone found it shocking since she preferred to just write everything out rather than “participate in group discussions”

I feel like her singing voice sounds similar to Jessica mauboy’s (if you don’t know who that is & you’re a fan of r&b/pop check her out or if you’re just curious that works too lol)

Knows her music notes like the back of her hand, duh!

Fav color is royal blue, especially on her eyelids & nails

Occasionally sleeps in rollers to keep her hair wavy

Needs her space when it comes to disagreements, they stress her out & she panics a bit when things go wrong so she feels like she needs to leave the situation rather than talk it out right then and there

She’ll talk when she’s ready, she just needs someone that’s a little patient with her that’s all

Words of affirmation is her love language? When she figures out how to balance her love life with her work life that is. When she’s feeling confident she’s smooth with words but when she needs to show you how much you mean to her & she really takes the time to think it out & feel her emotions, she’s writing you a song or you’re the inspiration to it or a poem, leaving you little love notes on blue post-it’s around the house, will write 50 reasons why she loves you on Valentine’s Day, and will say so when it’s just the two of you in your own comfort

Isn’t too crazy about public displays of affection but will deff hold your hand if that’s something you or she wanted in that moment

I think she’s fluid

Hasn’t been in many relationships. Sure she goes on tour every other year and gets to meet many people but they’re not solid relationships, they’re hookups and she hasn’t done many of those either

Had maybe one or two solid relationships: a androgynous woman that uses she/they pronouns & was in a rock band & a cis male she met at a tattoo parlor his step-brother owned (he kinda favored seb but we’re not going to speak on that)

I believe she wants to get married someday but isn’t so keen on the idea of kids. The furthest she’ll go is adopting a couple of animals. She’ll be a pet mom! I feel like she’ll be anxious looking after the life of a human being when it’s extremely hard to do so not only for herself and the love of her life & you want to add kids to the mix?! Fucking hell! but that could change? Who knows what life can throw at u

Has a hedgehog named Sonia that she drops off at her parents for their weekly sleepovers

Loves lace—mostly bralettes & crotchet clothing

I see her as a corduroy girl too. She has at least some rusty brown low-rise corduroy pants or/and a jacket

owns a crotchet kit, she’s bloody good at it too

Loved pink & purple (still likes them, they’re her 2nd & 3rd fav colors) so much as a kid that she tried to dye her hair half & half while her parents went out on their date night...it was also the weekend before school pictures :)

Says she got her inspiration from starfire & raven. She was only 13 at the time & had braces. Her father approved saying she’s a kid and she should be allowed to express herself. He only said that because his own parents barely let him & his brothers have their own fun

Her mother thought it was atrocious and did her best to get it out with the help of her other hair stylists friends (her mother worked in plenty of beauty shops once she got to England, until she decided to convert their basement into her own shop) who she invited over to see what her daughter had done but when you use certain permanent dyes...

It didn’t completely damage yasmin’s hair plus it was just hair, Yasmin didn’t see the big deal. She thought she looked splendid

Anyway, massive fan of ballroom dancing

She’s got a great ear to begin with so it was extremely fun twirling around while wearing pretty ballroom gowns

Took boring etiquette classes as a form of punishment? After the whole teen Titans inspiration thing “went wrong”

Enjoys western films

yes she owns a cowgirl hat & some boots too so sue her, she likes what she likes

Knows how to lasso but hates doing it to animals but she’ll do it to you :) (*gags* lmao why???)

Also loves visiting western towns & learning some history or at least experiencing what it was like

Type of significant other that will do her best to persuade you to stay in a treehouse airbnb, a cabin, the fucking Idaho potato, or camping out in her Volkswagen van in the middle of nowhere!

Has faux cow rugs, wicker baskets, wicker chairs in her flat, hangs some plants in glass jars & bottles all over her house

Her flat is very bright & vibrant: white, mocha brown, tan, yellows, & pastel purple

When it comes to decision making, she’ll make them pretty quick but only if it comes to choosing desserts

nobody is touching her mom’s meskouta orange cake WITH syrup

the dessert eater that always picks the one that has a surprise inside, meaning it has to ooze out with SOMETHING to make it 10x more satisfying

Leaning towards Buddhism, had studied some of their beliefs and found it resonates with her spirit

Fan of neon lights, probably has a few neon signs in her flat preferably on her brick wall in the loo, “to give u comfort as you go!” “that...actually makes sense.” Tai commented as he rubbed his chin coming to terms with yasmin’s reply. While Iona scowls, “no, no it doesn’t. I feel as if it’s an invasion of my bits!” “...Sorry you feel that way.”

tai & ciaran are automatically deemed as her brothers since she came into the villa with them. She had time to connect with them unlike anyone else. It was just the way the stars wrote their story and it showed outside of the villa too. they often crash at her place all the time when they’re in town & vacation all the time together when their schedules line up + it never feels like she’s third wheeling

“TaiTower” & “BB-Ci” are their names in her phone, Tai picked his own name while the “bb” stands for “best buds” for ciaran —which is a joke since he drunkly called himself so + he loves everyone when he’s drunk

You can always count on her to belt the lyrics to a Chaka Khan, TLC, or paula abdul joint when she’s drunk lol

As for the girls? She’s close with miki 😒 they just seem to be on the same wavelength when it comes to the pressure of the media since they have some sort of fame which increased with them being on the Telly. They bond over that & from there they’ve built a solid friendship

She could also be friends with AJ too (if you didn’t get swiped from her that is lmao!) they’re sorta opposites with aj being high energy/active while Yasmin is more mellow & “mysterious” but seem to connect in different ways: their sexual indentities, insecurities/anxieties, having something to be passionate about but at the same time maybe not? She might lean towards elladine or Genevieve if she had to make a choice?

Aquarius sun + cancer moon

so she’s still 23 y’all, I got it! I can’t do math sorry

“Freddie Mercury was probably my dad in my past life.”

Can play the banjo, guitar, & oud

Participates in hot yoga weekly

If she’s not with mc in the end and continues dating around if anyone from season two: LUCAS, Kassam, Gary, Rocco, maybe Blake? I originally thought Elisa but she’s probably too much for yas let’s be honest here lol they’d be better off as friends

Omg I forgot marisol! Imagine that?! Whew!!!

Season three: maybe Lily? But what if? Me being the slightly messy bitch that I am? Something happening with her & AJ. Now that?! Would be some chaotic shit “from the outside looks of it” name the irrelevant person behind the quote...now!

I’d like to see her interact with allerga but there could be something with her & cherry. I’m thinking cherry, Yasmin, & priya would bond well but we’re not here to talk about that

Getting rid of the physical aspect I genuinely think she’d do well with marisol, Lucas, or kassam. They’d mesh well I think in a relationship

She’s a body shimmer girl for sure!

Loves silk or satin robes

she’s a shortie, 5’2 to 5’5

Is learning Spanish

Loves arcade games, come see her in pinball & Pac-Man!

Quarantine life did not change her lifestyle much, but it did slightly mess with her mental health :/

loves the fall time, feels like she can slow down some and really spend time with family and friends

I feel like she has one best friend outside of the villa & that’s good enough for her!

They met their first year in uni & been close ever since

She doesn’t speak to the temporary friends she grew up with anymore & is often confused why they feel the need to keep up with her in the media which added more annoying worries to her heart but whatever right? Keep your eyes on the horizon

celebs she finds/found attractive: Aaliyah—especially when she played in queen of the damned, Kehlani, Zazie Beetz, Fivel & Booboo Stewart, Lakeith stanfield, Leah Lewis, Sofia Carson, Ryan gosling, & Nick Jonas

She listens to: jade bird, Yebba, Elli Ingram, Wafia, Zeina, Summer walker, Tanerèlle, Mariah the scientist, Teyana Taylor, Tove Lo, lady Gaga, Ra Ra Riot, Empire of the sun, & smallpools

Anthem? Diana Gordon — Rollin’

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nightglider124 · 4 years ago

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RobStar Week 2020: Day 5

So, I botched this massively lmao. I had meant to make it better, I swear but I only managed to start it a couple hours ago and now, I just want it posted cos I’m so tired and I just wanna sleep.

I’ll try and do better with tomorrow’s prompt when hopefully I’m not so shattered.

If you notice that there are errors, its because I havent proofread it and I’ll do that tomorrow too. Maybe.

Hope you like... whatever this is anyway tho!

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Rescue

The thousand bulb string lights above the guests’ heads weaved back and forth, crossing over one another like a blanket of illumination hanging from the ceiling. They glittered and glowed, filling the entire ballroom with a warmth that contrasted to the outside world, beyond the frosted windows.

Snow had been falling for hours; millions of tiny snowflakes, individual and unique in calibre; all different but each as special as the next. They had created a frozen utopia throughout Gotham, banding together and enveloping everything in its frosty embrace.

The wind was howling as a snowstorm approached, the snow swirling in the air like an intricate winter dance of the elements.

It was a sight that could only be imagined from a snow globe after being shaken madly and set down to take effect.

But, the beautiful yet icy weather beyond the walls of the ballroom was the least of the crowds concerns, as they enjoyed their night.

Laughter and chatter bubbled up and spread around the huge room like a serene melody; a sanctuary of good vibes and happy moods as the light dinner music flowed alongside it, the string quartet gathered in the corner, lost in a world of their own with the musical instruments at the center of it.

Kory smiled brightly as her jade eyes scanned her surroundings, soaking it all up and becoming more and more quietly thrilled by the sights around her as the hours ticked by. Her heart was pounding and she found her fingers on the jittery side once or twice throughout the evening.

These events constantly stole her fascination since they were always so stunning and so different to the one before. This Winter charity event for example was so different to the one they had been invited to in the Summer where the colours around them had been a mesh of oranges, reds and yellows. Floral patterns and foliage had been key features of that event, with a beach style dressing it up for the overall cause in helping to remove litter and trash from oceans, in order to cleanse the homes of sea animals.

Clearing her throat, Kory tucked a loose strand of ruby hair behind her ear, briefly eyeing the silver bangle on her wrist. Cyborg’s technology was something of a spectacle, she had to admit. When Robin’s mentor had first started to ask them along to these ‘shindigs’ as Beast Boy had called them, they had had to figure out a way to appear as humans since appearing as themselves would cause… a lot of questions and would most likely reveal Robin and Batman for their true identities.

It went without saying that that was not a viable option.

But, Cyborg had been able to hone in on his holographic ring invention that he had used years ago to infiltrate the Hive academy. It had taken some modifying and readjusting but with every task thrown in his direction, the cybernetic man was able to create an assortment of accessories for each of the Titans, except Robin of course.

For Starfire, a bangle. For Beast Boy and Cyborg, a simplistic watch each, sat on their wrists. And, for Raven, a thin black choker that wove around her neck.

It had been trial and error for some weeks before he had them working perfectly, including being able to redesign their whole holographic appearance; something which they had had a lot of fun with.

Kory hummed to herself and took a sip of her icy beverage, feeling the delicious liquid slither down her throat. She swished the dark red substance around in her glass, uncertain what exactly was in it but she had been assured by Dick that it was fine to consume.

She giggled to herself, recalling how strange it had been to use their ‘incognito’ names the first time around. Of course, it had been a very long time since then but it still felt like a game; hiding themselves in plain sight amongst regular people.

Kory tilted her head at that. They were far from ‘regular’ people, she supposed. Most of them were in some form of business or riches, practically throwing money away every weekend on senseless things, just because they could. The people around her were high in their ranks in comparison to their peers; not to be confused with the working class, out on the streets of Gotham, struggling to make ends meet.

Dick had referred to them as snooty billionaires who spent their lives gallivanting with their wealth and treating anyone who was not at the same materialistic level as they were, as insignificant.

She got the impression, through the years that her love was not very fond of the people that his k’norfka spent his free time with. It was reassuring that not everyone could be swayed by money, however. She saw it in Bruce; he had wealth and success and despite throwing these events on a regular basis, they were always for some type of good cause.

That was the definition of putting wealth to good use. Or at least, she thought so.

Glancing around, Kory peered past the crowds of people, unconsciously searching for her friends. She could see Vic, standing by the snack table, robbing them of the hors d’oeuvres spread out for guests to help themselves to. She grinned to herself as she saw him sneaking vegetables from the crudite platter and pork tenderloin crostini from another plate.

Kory couldn’t help but wonder just how many he had stuffed in his mouth during the evening. She shook her head and turned away, spying Rachel and Garfield, standing over by the balcony that led out into the chilly night.

She smiled sweetly at the pair. From where she was standing, she could see Gar removing his jacket and gently placing it around her best friend’s shoulders, to protect her from the cold. Rachel blushed a lotus pink but smiled softly and bestowed a kiss to his cheek.

He looked surprised but beamed back at her, carefully twirling a loose ebony strand that had fallen from her delicate bun, framing her face.

Kory could not get past how beautiful Raven looked tonight, especially after the demoness had practically fought tooth and nail, vowing she wasn’t going to wear any kind of ballgown to this event. It had taken a lot of coaxing and reassurance from Garfield that she would look absolutely gorgeous, but it was clearly worth it.

The midnight blue wrapped around her figure like a second skin; tasteful and elegant as the sash like strap hung over one shoulder. The material was lace like in touch and looked so ethereal. She was a vision and Gar had been staring at her all night long.

Kory hummed and sought out her own boyfriend with her emerald gaze, narrowing them to see better as more people filled the space around her, making it more difficult to locate anyone. She tapped her fingertips against the edge of her glass as she continued to look around.

Finally, her heart fluttered and a heat rose to her cheeks as her watchful eyes fell upon him. He looked very handsome in his crisp tux which was almost as black as his hair, something else that was altered. Rather than his usual spikes, he had it slicked back, with a few loose pieces sticking out, giving him a true boyish charm.

Kory bit her lower lip as she watched him, hands in his pockets but standing tall as he mingled with his adopted father’s friends and acquaintances, despite his aura screaming he would rather be anywhere else but where he was.

She focused on his bowtie, trying her best not to burst into giggles as she considered how adorable it was on him. Kory had to admit he was ruggedly handsome and despite what most people said about them as a couple, she felt like the lucky one more often than not.

Of course, Dick himself would disagree with that.

Ironically, he probably enjoyed these evenings the least out of the five of them but, that could be down to just how many he had to attend in his childhood, having to fake his interest in these people around him.

He was dutiful of course, smiling for pictures and speaking with all those who approached him, exchanging pleasantries and holding conversation enough so that he didn’t come off as rude.

Bruce stood alongside him, nodding and smiling at the men and women talking to them and Kory had to wonder if he was also like Dick; barely interested and just trying to get through the night.

All her staring had clearly not gone unnoticed. Dick paused and turned his head, catching her eye and grinning at her from across the room. He looked like he wanted to come over to her more than anything but, the man in front of him kept dragging him back into conversation; one of which, she was certain, Dick had zero curiosity in.

He sighed and snuck in another glance at her, his cobalt gaze roaming over her figure; something he had been doing for the majority of the night.

Every time she had looked at him, he had been gawking at her and been most unapologetic about it; a side of him, she absolutely adored.

She wore a fitted lilac evening dress, with tiny shimmers laced into the fabric, which shone in the perfect light. The dress was long, brushing against the wood flooring and moving with precision when Kory shifted around.

The tulle skirt was layered and ruffled, giving just the right amount of depth without her looking like a cake topper. The band around her waist was close fitting, accentuating the curvy figure that Kory possessed, which had made more than a few men in the vicinity look her way, with them being instantly deterred by the look on Dick’s face.

On her torso, the design was a plunging neckline that revealed just a hint of cleavage and breast but not enough to look cheap and vulgar. The straps were thin, sitting on her shoulders comfortably.

The part of her gown that had really made Dick drool was the back, showed off by the fact her hair had been delicately curled and clipped to the side, draped over her shoulder. Tan skin was completely on display, all the way down to her rear, with the straps criss crossing for design purposes but mostly, it left little to the imagination.

He had murmured plenty of things to her about how she looked on the drive to the venue; things that made her face burn, even now.

They had been together for almost 2 years, ever since they had returned from Tokyo and it had been blissful. She loved having his attention and being the pinnacle of his affections, with him becoming more and more open with his love as the months went by.

Kory and Dick, however, had been together for approximately 6 months, if her mind recalled their cover story correctly.

She giggled and wriggled her fingers at him, before blowing him a very deliberate kiss. His cheeks grew rosy and he narrowed his eyes at her, scrunching his expression up to show his playful nature.

She looked away when the man before him, thumped a hand down on Dick’s shoulder, drawing his attention back to him. Kory smiled and shook her head, taking a breath and spinning around.

Deciding to top up her drink, she headed for the long white table, lined with punch bowls full of fruity liquids and liquors that were sharp, tangy and not for the faint of heart.

Kory hummed quietly to herself as she reached for the ladle in one bowl, scooping up several units of the berry tasting drink she had been sipping away at for practically the whole night.

Just as she finished and prepared to quench her thirst, a short, slim woman sidled up next to her, dressed in a long, form fitting black dress that ended at her knees. Her strawberry blonde hair was wavy with some of it pinned up and out of her face.

“Your dress is simply fabulous, I have to say.” She commented, causing Kory to turn towards her,

She was smiling endearingly, a light dancing in her crystal blue eyes as she clearly wanted to chat with Kory.

“Oh! Thank you… it is… a favourite among my dresses.” Kory stammered slightly, remembering that Dick had advised them to act like they were part of the ‘money society’ if approached.

“I can see why… it suits you wonderfully. Was it made here in Gotham or elsewhere in America?”

Kory paused but continued to smile at the woman, “I believe it was made in Paris, France.”

“I see… how very vogue.” The woman drawled, laughing at her own phrasing and gently swatting Kory’s hand as if they were long time friends,

Whilst not really understanding what was funny about what she had said, Kory forced a fake laugh from her throat and prepared herself for some conversation.

“I only ask as I hear a slight twang of an accent there… did you grow up here in America or across the waters, if you don’t mind me asking?” She queried, flipping her shoulder length hair down her back as she leaned closer towards Kory,

The disguised Princess froze for a moment. She was well versed in the ‘Kory’ background and history that they had come up with since she had long been a fixture in Dick Grayson’s life but usually, it was her love who casually introduced her, simultaneously explaining key points of her life.

He did it with ease and grace and whilst she knew she was capable of doing it without him, she did wish he was around right now to help her find her bearings.

“I grew up in a small island off the coast of Spain, actually but my family moved here when I was 15 years old.”

“Oh wow. I bet the weather here in Gotham really makes you miss Spain then, huh?”

Kory nodded, “Oh yes… the tropical climate is… a lifetime ago compared to Gotham’s weather patterns which are… most unpredictable.”

“That’s Gotham for you.” She paused and took a step closer, something glinting in her eyes, “So, when did you meet Dick Grayson, then?”

Faltering, Kory’s fingers tightened around the glass in her hand and her heart started to thud; a sense of danger building in her chest. Kory narrowed her eyes a little but halted on acting out of sorts since this woman had not yet asked anything too personal or intimate,

“Apologies… what did you say your name was?” Kory asked, her tone polite.

The woman rolled her eyes and waved her hand, like she had a clumsy memory, “Oh! I’d lose my head if it wasn’t attached to my shoulders.” She stopped and offered her hand, “I’m Vicki Vale, editor for the Gotham Gazette.”

Kory’s face briefly morphed into a look of panic but she corrected herself before Vicki could notice. She nodded and smiled, shaking the reporter by the hand.

There were sudden alarm bells ringing in Kory’s head, unsure if it was wise for her to be speaking, just in case she said something out of turn and Miss Vale decided to twist it and take it out of context; something that Dick warned Gotham paparazzi did like clockwork.

“Oh… it is nice to meet you.” Kory murmured,

“And you, lovely, are Kory Anders, aren’t you?” She drawled, placing her fingers to her cheek, “I think most of Gotham’s papers are as smitten with you as Dick Grayson is.”

Kory puffed out a laugh, suddenly nervous and second guessing every word that came out of her mouth, “You are… too kind.”

“So… where did the two of you meet?” Vicki pestered, looking like she was ready for the next scoop to dish out in an article that would make the front page within a day.

“I believed it was already common knowledge that we met at the boarding school we both attended in Switzerland.” Kory replied, trying her best to keep her tone light and carefree, although she wasn’t sure how well she was doing in that.

“Oh, it is. But, you can never trust other reporters. It’s so much better to learn it from someone, yourself.” Vicki explained,

“I understand. You would not want to misprint anything that was not true.” Kory pointed out, watching her carefully.

Vicki seemed to pause at that before she chortled and placed a hand on her hip, “Exactly. So, tell me, how long have you been dating Dick Grayson?”

“I believe it will be a year in May.” Kory responded, keeping her answers clipped and trying not to give anything away that hadn’t already been told to paparazzi and reporters.

Her eyes shifted, trying to spot Dick in the clusters of people, in the hopes he would be able to give her a reprieve from the questions.

“Aw, a Spring anniversary… that’s so sweet.” Vicki commented, placing a hand on her chest, right where her heart was, “I’m just a classic romantic. I can’t help but love the idea of love.”

“It is a… wondrous feeling.” Kory said, trying to stall and misdirect the reporter standing before her,

“So…” Vicki droned, her tone shifting slightly, “Tell me… what was it that drew you to Dick Grayson exactly?”

“He is… unlike any boy I have ever met.” Kory told her, evasively sensing unknown territory and being scared she would say something she regretted,

“I’m sure he is, I’m sure he is…” Vicki nodded before she smirked, “And… I don’t suppose his inheritance is a factor at all.”

Kory stopped short and turned her head back to Vicki, abandoning all pretense of looking for Dick amongst the haystack of guests. Her face dropped and her skin prickled with an unfamiliar emotion at that particular question.

A sinking feeling of dread started to settle in the pit of her stomach as she narrowed her hunter green eyes, “Excuse me?” Kory said, utter disbelief drenching her words,

“Speaking girl to girl… he obviously has a lot going for him and any girl he wanted to date would benefit greatly from the luxuries around him, don’t you think?” Vicki shrugged, as if her assumptions were completely normal things to say.

“I do not think… I understand what you are implying.” Kory breathed, trying to remain poised and knowing exactly what Vicki was trying to insinuate.

“I’m just saying that… there might be more that drew you to him other than just him being a sweet boy, right?”

Kory blinked at Vicki, silently stunned at her audacity to be so presumptuous, without knowing anything about her or the relationship shared between her and Dick.

“There are many factors into why I started a relationship with Dick but his money was not one of them. I can assure you of that.” Kory defended, anger starting to bubble in her veins so much so she balled her hand into a fist at her side,

“I’m sure it wasn’t, dear!” Vick stated, waving a hand but her coy smile remained in place, “But, all I’m saying is… it wouldn’t hurt that he has it.”

Kory’s eye twitched and she opened her mouth to tell this reporter exactly what she thought of her arrogant series of questions until a soft, familiar hand on her waist stalled her from doing so.

She clamped her mouth shut and swiveled her head around to look at Dick who had found his place at her side, pulling her into his personal space. She pressed a palm to his chest, deeply inhaling his scent; something about him that always seemed to set her mind at ease, a feeling of safety following immediately after.

Kory breathed out, glancing up into his face as he looked at Vicki with a knowing expression,

“Antagonising my girlfriend, are we, Vicki?” He suspected, quirking an eyebrow,

Vicki made a high pitched giggle and rolled her shoulders, as if she had done nothing of the sort, “Of course not, Dick. I was just getting to know your lovely Kory.”

“Uh huh and I’m sure there was nothing said that might’ve come off as insulting, right?”

“Me? Never!” She dismissed, smiling brightly,

Kory remained silent and she felt him tap his fingers against her hip in a code like manner, checking to see if she was okay. In response, she tapped his shoulder twice, signalling that she had been… managing.

“Right… and what kinds of things were you asking her about?”

“Oh, you know that answer, already. Why, you, of course.” Vicki said, flippantly, “You’ve grown from a small boy into a handsome young man and I just wanted to learn more about the woman who I assume has had a hand in that.”

“She’s actually the one who has shaped me into a better person, as a matter of fact. Kory has played a huge part in helping me mature since I left Gotham all those years ago. Spending those years at school, with her by my side… it really helps you know the true intentions of a person, despite others trying to drag it down.” He told her, pointedly.

Vicki paled slightly, clearly being caught out in what she had been trying to accomplish during her alone time with the redheaded beauty. Kory smothered a smirk and cuddled in closer to Dick, feeling the tension caused by the reporter beginning to seep away, just because of Dick’s presence alone.

“That’s… good to know.” Vicki stammered, awkwardly shifting on the spot.

“That’s something you can print, by the way, Vicki. As… I’m sure something from tonight will make it into an article of yours.” He continued, smiling as if he was blase to what she had been saying to his lady.

“Ha... I will… be sure to whip something up, Dick.” Vicki returned, her tone a little bitter than before.

“Vicki. Why am I not surprised to see you with my son and his beautiful girlfriend?” Bruce said, as he strolled up to the three of them,

Vicki smirked and turned her head towards him, “Well, hello Bruce. Fancy seeing you here.”

“At my charity gala? Yes, what a small world.” He teased,

Vicki’s posture altered, becoming almost flirty and Kory found herself wanting to escape the awkwardness she suddenly felt from it,

“Oh Bruce… you are such a charmer. But, you already know that.” She purred,

Bruce chuckled and extended his arm to her, “What’s say we let these two enjoy their evening and we can catch up over a dance?”

“Well, I can never say no to you there, Bruce.” Vicki laughed, fluttering her eyelashes as she accepted Bruce’s arm and sauntered towards the main floor, with him in tow.

Bruce glanced over his shoulder and nodded to Dick and Kory, as if confirming he would keep Vicki away from them. Dick mouthed his thanks to his adopted father and sighed heavily, rubbing the back of his neck once the pair were out of sight.

“Are you okay?” Dick murmured, both hands going to her hips,

“I am now.” Kory replied, letting go of a breath she didn’t realize she’d been holding,

“Yeah, it looked a little like you needed saving.”

She smiled, “And who better to save me, then you?”

“My thoughts exactly.” Dick chuckled, “Shall we dance to get your mind off of it?”

Kory nodded and laced her fingers with his, allowing him to direct her towards the dance floor, “That sounds… like a glorious idea.”

The couple threaded through the gaps between the crowds of drunkards and socialites, ignoring the rambunctious gossip that ricocheted around the room as they moved.

Soon enough, they found themselves amongst many pairs and couples on the dancefloor, just in time as a slower tune dominated the speakers at the back of the ballroom.

Dick smiled softly at his girl, slipping his hands around her waist, his fingers brushing against the hot skin of her back, dipping beneath the thin strappy design, simply to get a touch. He pulled her close, so that his chest very nearly grazed hers.

Kory’s arms slinked up his chest and loosely hung around his shoulder, gently toying with the tufts of ebony hair at the nape of his neck whilst he started to sway their bodies from side to side, slowly and with purpose.

He leaned in and pressed his lips to her jaw before he reared back and tilted his head, “So… what was she saying to you?”

Kory shrugged her shoulders, glancing off to the side, feeling effectively downtrodden which was disheartening considering her night was going otherwise very well, “Different things. It does not matter.”

“It matters if what she said hurt you.” He told her, his eyes fierce with protection,

She sighed and eyed his bowtie, refusing to look directly at him, “She was asking simple questions at first but… soon moved on to querying my intentions… implying that the only reason I was in a relationship with you was on account of your wealth from Bruce.”

Dick snorted, “I’m not surprised. Bruce has had a few women on his arm in the past who get asked the same types of things by reporters. Vicki is one that tends to slip through the cracks, considering her and Bruce share some… history.”

“Why would she ask those things?”

“To bait you into an explosive reaction.”

Kory frowned, “Bait me?”

“It’s a bit of a tactic. Throw out some implied things and wait for the person to rise to it and explode, causing drama and thus, giving a reporter something to write about in their articles.”

Nodding, Kory lowered her chin, “Oh.”

Dick inclined his head, rubbing his nose against hers, “Hey… you alright?”

“Mhm.”

“Kory…” He whispered, bringing his face closer to hers, peppering small kisses against her cheek, “C’mon… talk to me.”

“It is just… difficult, hearing such assumptions made about you. That woman does not know anything about me and yet, she claimed things that were not even the slightest bit true.”

“Which we know.” He countered, levelling his gaze with hers, “Star… I could care less what any reporter here or in Jump says about you… either of you.”

She gave him a ghost of a smile at that but it faded just as quickly as it had come, “There is just… always someone waiting to comment… it is frustrating sometimes.”

He nodded and pulled her hips against his, pressing her along his body, “I know… but, at the end of the day… we know the truth about our relationship as Dick and Kory and as… our other selves. We don’t need to listen to what other people say. They don’t know anything about us, Star.” He stroked his thumb against her back, “Besides… the things they say are ridiculous anyway.”

She smirked, “Oh? You are not worried that I am secretly after your wealth?”

Dick chuckled, “I mean, if that’s what you’re after… you’re doing a pretty good job at hiding it.”

Kory winked, feeling a little more reassured, “Ah, so my plan is working.”

He grinned at her and squeezed her hips, “I love you, Star… and don’t ever let anyone like Vicki make you think otherwise.”

She tilted her head and smiled lovingly, reaching both hands up towards him, she cupped his face and pressed her lips to his. Dick kissed her back immediately, uncaring for how it looked to others around them or even if it seemed inappropriate. She was his and he was hers and they knew the ins and outs of their relationship, better than anyone in the entire universe.

His hands slipped to her backside, giving her a delicious squeeze which made her jolt in surprise, “Dick!” She whispered, blushing as she pulled her head back,

“What? I’m just making it clear who I want in this room.” He murmured before he leaned in and captured her lips once more, one hand trailing up her body to cup the base of her skull, tethering her to him.

Dick was pretty sure there were camera flashes going on around them, the reporters in the room thrashing around for their cameras to get a good shot but he didn’t care. The only flashes he saw were the ones that exploded in his head, whenever Kory kissed him like this.

He’d pull away soon or he’d get an earful from Bruce but… for right now, he decided to indulge in his affections, just a little bit.

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Secret Apprentice: Chapter 6

The Last Date

Chapter 5 - Chapter 7 (AO3) (FF.NET)

Summary: Robin, Starfire and her strawberry dress finally get to have the date she’s been dreaming of. It’s not under the best circumstances but at least she gets to know a little more of how Robin feels about her. But when Slade and Blackfire arrive on Earth, the Tamaranean princess is reminded of what her live has become.

Chapter 6: The Last Date

Starfire sighed after closing the communicator. She knew what she had to do. She peeked out of her room; Robin wasn’t there. She flew to the security room and disabled everything. Then she ran to the main room. Cyborg, Beast Boy and Raven were there. Robin came in, he was wearing blue jeans, snickers, a white t-shirt and a varsity red jacket on top. He was still wearing his mask. “Star, where were you?”, he stopped to look at her. The rest of the team looked at both of them in awe. “Dude! Why are you two looking that cool?”, Beast Boy yelled running to the couple. “Wow, Star, you look like a model”, Cyborg joined in. “You look like a human”, he joked as he looked at Robin. “Are we going out?”, Beast Boy asked excited. “Let me get my cool outfit”, he was about to walk out but Raven stopped him. “We are not, they are”, she slowly spoke to the shape shifter trying to signal to him that the couple was about to go on a date. “Oh...”, Beast Boy laughed nervously. “Star, you look amazing”, Robin pointed out. “Thank you, Robin and Cyborg. Beast Boy is right”, she clapped excitedly again. “He is?”, Robin and Cyborg asked. “Am I?”, BB joined in. “Guess there is a first time for everything”, Raven blatantly stated. “Yes! Since I have recently did the opening of my heart to you, my friends, I wish to continue by showing you a place that I have been going to when I was feeling the sadness so I can make the happiest memories with you there”, she lifted herself up. “But, Star, I thought we were-“, she cut him off. “Let me just-“, Cyborg was about to leave maybe to go check the security room but she grabbed his and Robin’s hand, and flew them away. Raven and Beast Boy followed her through the night sky. There was one hour and a half until Slade and Blackfire landed on Earth when she left the Tower. She was scared of what was coming, but she had to put her friends out of danger.

They flew through the woods and then landed on the lodge. She knew this was dangerous, but it was the only plan she had and it was a safe place were Blackfire couldn’t find them. Slade didn’t trust Starfire that much, so he hid most of his things when he wasn’t in the lodge. His room was always locked either way and he had taken his computer, weapons, uniforms and everything that could identify him. She didn’t know if Red X had done the same thing, but she guessed he had. He went to lodge before she did, so he should have taken everything. A part of her was still thinking about how he left. She felt guilty for hurting him. But why did she hurt him? And was he even hurt?

When they landed everyone was amazed by the beautiful house. “Starfire, is this yours?”, Robin asked. “I guess being a hero has its benefits. Can this be our vacations house? Can we have a beach house?”, Beast Boy asked Robin. “We are surrounded by water in our house”, Raven answered before the leader could. “Come in, friends, you will like the inside better”, the Tamaranean hopped to the door. She did the face recognition check at the entrance and the main door opened. The Titans entered after her. They were amazed by the inside too. “Wow, Star, you’ve got taste”, Cyborg pointed out. “I like it”, Raven walked into the dining room, which was all surrounded by glass walls. There was no sign of Slade or Red X. Beast Boy went into the kitchen. “Sweet! There’s tofu”, she didn’t know that, but she was glad. Cyborg sat in the living room and turned on the TV. Raven sat with him as they looked through the different channels. “So, you come here when you want to be alone? How did you find this place?”, Robin asked looking around but still standing by her side. “I was wondering around this area after flying for a while and then I found it. It reminded me of the pictures in the magazines. It was on sale, so I called, and they let me have it as a gift from the city”, she smiled. “It’s almost out of the city”, he mumbled. The mall where she got the dress wasn’t that far from here, he thought. It was closer to the lodge than to the Tower.

“Where can I ask for my gift from the city?”, Beast Boy entered the conversation, following Robin to the living room as they both admired the place.

“Isn’t the Tower our gift from the city?”, Raven asked looking at Robin. “Cyborg made the tower”, Beast Boy cut in. “I made it, but I didn’t pay for it. I asked Robin for the things I needed to build it and he gave them to me”, Beast Boy gasped dramatically. “What? How come you don’t buy me the things I ask for? Like the moped! I had to work for tofu aliens to get it and I don’t even have it now!”, he shook his head, acting like he was crying. “Because I didn’t pay for those things that Cyborg asked me to buy”, Raven moved a little bit closer to Cyborg as Beast Boy sat by her left side. “Then your daddy bought them?”, Beast Boy raised his right eyebrow as he teased the masked boy who stood in front of him. “This discussion is so mature…”, Raven rolled her eyes, crossing her arms on her chest. “He is not my…”, Beast Boy started laughing. “Man, it’s okay if your millionaire daddy payed for everything. Can we send him a thank you card?”, Cyborg joined into the teasing. “He didn’t pay for the Tower and it isn’t a gift from the city. It was given to us by the league”, Robin explained, sitting down on the seat next to BB. “What? Who are those league dudes? Or dudettes?”, Beast Boy moved forward pushing Raven lightly when he did. “It sounds important and you are not the right person to know that type of information”, Raven pointed out. “Dude! I just think it’s unfair that Robin gets to know the cool stuff, the grown-up stuff and we are left in the dark”, Robin moved forward too, still sitting on his seat. “It’s a long story”. Robin sighed. “Besides, you are the one with access to a grown-up with the mask. Sounds logical to me, I don’t think there’s anything else to explain”, Cyborg turned his attention back to the TV. “Oh, come on! I want to meet your dad, at least take us for a vacation in... Gotham”, Beast Boy whispered the name of the city trying to sound mysterious. Gotham! Robin looked up to the kitchen, he didn’t see Starfire where he left her.

“Next time you save the world from tofu aliens, I’ll take you”, Robin jokingly said as he stood up. He looked around the kitchen and the dining room. The bathroom was empty too. Then he walked to the other side of the lodge, to the corridor where the bedrooms were. The first door was Starfire’s bedroom. He saw a couple of soda cans on the floor but no sign of Starfire. Then he walked into the next room: there she was.

Starfire was sitting on the edge of the bed, her back facing the door. In her hand she held a post card with a picture of Gotham. On the back, Red X had left her a note that said, “in case you were wondering - X”. She was amazed by how much the city resembled Jason; he was just like that. Kind of dark, but more intriguing than scary.

“Star?”, she heard Robin’s voice calling her name. She didn’t want to, but she hid the picture inside the top of her dress. Lucky for her, it was not that big of a post card. Then she turned around. “Hello, Robin”, she smiled at her friend.

“So, our date...”, Robin mentioned as he entered the room. She stood up and took his hand, guiding him out of the room.

She took him to the front patio, pulling him by his hand as she giggled. When they arrived, she showed him one of her biggest smiles, making her eyes smile too. Then she sat down on the middle of the grass. He sat next to her. She was sitting with her legs flexed to the side, just like a princess would do. Robin sat with his legs stretched out and his hands by the sides of his body. “Are you okay, Star?”, he asked. She nodded. “I am so sorry that you felt like you said you did, Star. I really am”. She looked to the night sky. “When you started to go away without saying anything to me, I felt left out. You are my best friend and I didn’t know why you were leaving or if you were coming back”, he sighed and let his head down. “I was scared of losing you”, he finished, and she turned her head to look at him. “Robin...”, she said in a soft tone. “That day on the Ferris wheel, when the robot took you, I was so angry that it took you away from me, from us. But that night, when I caught you flying away, I felt something else. You wanted to leave because we didn’t notice that you were struggling with your sister’s visit. I’ve never forgotten that day in particular. You are so strong and one of your biggest strengths is in your emotions. I am not like that, you know. So, it was hard for me to understand how much something could emotionally affect you to the point where you wanted to leave the team. But when I got it, I promised myself I would be there for you. To take care of you and protect your heart too. That’s why it pains me to hear that you have been struggling to that point”, she moved her hand closer to his and put her fingers on top of his. “Robin, you are the most amazing friend I could have asked for. You do not have to say sorry”, she assured him in her usual caring way of speaking. “Starfire?”, he moved a little bit closer to her. “Yes, Robin?”, he turned his face to the side, to check what were the rest of the team up to. Starfire looked back at the lodge too. The trio were sleeping on the couch in front of the TV. Raven sat in the middle of the two boys. Beast Boy had his head on Raven’s shoulder. Cyborg was sleeping with his mouth open which made Robin and Starfire laugh.

“I think they were having too much fun before”, Robin jokingly added. “Are you, Robin? Are you enjoying this night?”, the alien princess asked, turning back his attention to the Boy Wonder. “I am, Star. I am enjoying this night with you”, as he said that she blushed. “Are you making those happy memories you wanted to make?”, Robin asked back. “I am. I wish to make many more happy memories with you”, she lowered her head, trying to hide her blushed cheeks. “We will, Star, there are many more adventures to come, many more battles to fight and places to go”. “Are there also many more dates to go on?”, she lifted her head up once again. Yes, she was blushing but at this point she didn’t mind showing him how he made her feel. “This is our first date”, he pointed out and now he was blushing too. “Not quite the first. You went to a date with Kitten and perhaps you could say I did the tagging along”, she giggled at the end of her sentence. “I guess you could say that. Do you think we make a better couple than Kitten and Fang?”. She laughed out loud. “We most surely do” and then she realized what he just asked her. “Robin?”, his eyes were looking at the sky at that moment, but he turned to her when she called for him, like he usually did. “Yes, Starfire?”. She repeated the question he made in her mind. He did say “couple”, did he? There was only one way to find out what he meant. “Robin are we a couple?”, she asked and he smiled. “Would you want- “, as he was about to finish asking her something that he had been wishing to for so long, a big bright light flew through the dark sky. It was her que.

She didn’t want to do it; she didn’t want to leave him. Not like this. Not after what he was about to ask her. But this was her duty. “Trouble!”, the leader immediately declared. “What was that?”, Robin stood up and so did she. The Tamaranean lifted herself, levitating by his side. “Robin, I have to go”. He was shocked and confused. “Why? Do you know what that was?”, she just shook her head. “It is nothing, believe me. Robin, I have to leave”, she spoke softly, closing her eyes at the end, but he grabbed her hand, trying to keep her from leaving him. “But, Star, we were- “, she pulled her hand out of his. She hugged herself and then she flew away.

What she didn’t notice is that when she left, something of hers fell into Robin’s hands. He picked up what looked like a piece of paper but when he came close to it, he noticed it was a picture of Gotham. He knew she had been curious about the city, but why did she have a picture of it? He turned back the post card just to find a handwritten note signed just X. Was it that same X? It couldn’t be.

Robin went inside the lodge and woke up the rest of the team. “What’s up, man? Isn’t it like 2am?”, Beast Boy tried to go back to sleep, but Raven pushed him away before he could put his head back on her shoulder. “What is it?”, Cyborg asked worriedly. “It’s Star. She’s gone”, the leader couldn’t hide the sadness in his voice. “Again?”, Raven moved so she could be sitting on the edge of the couch. “What do you mean she’s gone? She’s been taken?”, Cyborg tried again. Robin shook his head. “Something appeared on the sky and then she said she had to leave. When she did, this fell from her dress”, he gave the post card to Cyborg. Beast Boy and Raven got close to look at it. When Cyborg turned it around Beast Boy gasped. “Dude! My theory, Starfire and Red X, they are working together”, Raven pushed him back to his seat. “How can we be sure that this X means Red X?”, Raven asked. She was angry, she wouldn’t believe that Starfire was working with Red X, that she would be capable of stealing the T-Ship. “Yeah, man, what if it’s just a note from someone else or fan mail”, Robin sighed. “This note is from someone who knows her. At least that’s what I can tell from the message. And the X, well... I am not sure. It could be him; it could be someone else or it could be...”, he shook his head again. “Who else could it be?”, Beast Boy insisted, and Robin backed away to the door. “There’s only one way to find out”, the team followed him. Raven took Cyborg and Beast Boy shifted into a pterodactyl to help Robin fly back to the Tower.

Starfire made a quick stop at the Tower. She flew as fast as she could and took the communicator Slade gave her out of the backpack. She waited for a minute, then he called. “Children, I am on Earth. We have landed on a deserted area out of Jump City. But we need something from the museum. Red X, I need you to go get everyone out of there. Starfire, I need you to be Red S again, you have to get in through the secret door in the basement. It’s activated through a button that’s under the replica of the Gordanian ship. There you must find a red diamond. I need it to lure your sister to a trap. Get it out of there and meet me at the lodge. And Starfire. Don’t let your friends stop you. We are close to getting Tamaran and Earth to safety. Are we clear?”, Starfire struggled to answer. “Yes, Slade, we are clear”. She slowly nodded. “Good. Then go do as I told you”, he ended the call. “Star?”, Red X called her name softly. “Are you sure of this?”, she sighed. “I have to do this. It’s my duty to protect Tamaran as the princess of my planet and as a hero, I have to save Earth from my sister. I shall see you there”, she closed the communicator.

She took Red S’s uniform out of the backpack and put it on. The reflection on the mirror showed her something she wasn’t ready to see. This suit, it’s darkness, as much as she wanted to believe otherwise, it suited her well. She touched the cape and hid behind it. It was just like Robin’s, as strong as his cape but it meant something else.

The princess clipped the communicator to the belt on her suit. She looked through the window, a flashing light coming from just outside the city caught her attention. How much could Slade keep her sister from hurting her new home? She had to go. Starfire clocked herself with the utility belt and flew out of the Tower.

The Titans entered the tower just moments after Starfire left. Robin ran to her room; the team came after him. He entered the bedroom and noticed she wasn’t there, but she had left her things on the floor.

“Someone broke into the Tower before we arrived, I checked the security system and it was deactivated just like the other night” Cyborg was the first to arrive after Robin. The leader kneeled next to the pink backpack Starfire had left behind. It had the same tag the dress did. He lifted it up and checked inside. He found her uniform there and a picture of Blackfire wearing the same headpiece Starfire had when she came to Earth. Beast Boy and Raven came into the room. “Where’s Star?”, Cyborg noticed the worried look on Robin’s face. “What is that?”, Raven took the picture to check it. “I thought Blackfire was in some alien jail”, Beast Boy joined the empath. “And why would Star leave her uniform?”, Cyborg asked. “Maybe she left it because she got a new one”, the shape shifter replied, his voice falling into a soft whisper at the end. Their communicators alerted them of trouble. Robin opened it up immediately, wishing Starfire was the one calling but she wasn’t. “Titans, trouble! The History Museum is under attack”.

Starfire got to the museum just after Red X, he was already trying to take down the guards to kick them out of the building. She joined him as he ran to the security room. “What are you doing here? You have to go to the basement!”, he yelled at her as she ran by his side. “I cannot do it”, she whispered. “What?”, he entered the room and closed the door behind them. “I am not quite sure how to use the suit and I did not get to do the checking of the cameras properly”, she let her head down. Red X was disabling the cameras using a virus he stole from Cyborg’s room as they spoke. “Look, Star, you have to try to do it. It’s not like I can pass you all I know in a second”, he shrugged. He disabled the lights and they were only illuminated by the emergency power that was on the hallway outside of the security room. “This will buy us some time at least”, he turned around and he found her closer to him. “There might be a way for you to pass me all you know. I do not know if it will work as I have only used it to learn a language, which is the intent of this process. But, it may be successful in transferring other knowledge”, she uncovered her mouth. “What language? What are you talking about?”. They heard steps coming their way. She lifted his mask just enough for his lips to be uncovered too and then she did it. She kissed him. He froze when he felt her warm lips on hers. His mind went blank. On the other side, Starfire’s was very busy full of misleading thoughts. There was something that made her want to get closer to Jason. The mystery that surrounded his identity, his hometown, why he became Red X. Everything about it had a different taste, like his lips did too. It tasted like danger and somehow she found out she had been craving to feel that flavor.

The Titans slowed down when they heard muted whispers coming from a room. They could barely see as they got further away from the emergency light on the corridor. The whispers came from an office with a glass window. Robin carefully got closer to the window and saw two dark silhouettes. The team joined the leader. They all noticed what was happening. “I told you she was his girlfriend”, Beast Boy pointed out. “Well, if she’s not Star, then who is she?”, Cyborg added.

Starfire stepped back and covered her mouth again. Jason shook his head. “Starfire what did you just do?”, he asked in a whisper as he covered his face too. Before she could say anything, Robin kicked the door open. The dark uniformed teens looked at each other. “Sorry to interrupt your date”, the leader announced. “Oh, I am the one who’s sorry”, Red X threw a gas bomb to escape through the glass window with Starfire by his side. They both teletransported back to the main hall, were the skeleton was.

The guards ran to meet the pair. They were an easy target for them, the pair threw X shaped gas bombs, blades and explosives. X even pinned a couple of them and stole one of their laser guns to point at the Titans. “So, can you tell me what was that?”, X asked as he took out one of Cyborg’s laser devices, that he stole while the Titans were at the lodge, and he quickly added it to the gun. She opened her mouth to explain why she kissed him but she froze at the sight of her teammates standing in front of them. They were in their regular formation. Robin was first, Cyborg by his side, Beast Boy was next and then Raven was levitating ready to use her powers. She was the only one left out of the team. “Teen Titans go!”, Robin yelled, and the team came to fight them.

X shot Robin with the gun making him fall to the ground. “Robin”, Starfire mumbled under her breathe, nobody heard her. “Hey, are you angry because we crashed your day night?”, BB yelled as he ran to Red X. The thief freed his right hand to threw an X into BB’s mouth as he shape shifted into a hippo. The green hero tried to take it out, but he couldn’t. Starfire was frozen, she didn’t know what to do. Raven came for her and she only avoided her using the clocking technology on the suit. Red X jumped on top of Cyborg and stuck an X on his face to cover his eyes before he could unload his sonic cannon so when he did it hit Raven and it made her fall. Robin stood up again and threw a birdarang that hit X on the shoulder, cutting his suit and his skin just enough for him to let out an “Ouch!, I knew you had it in you bird boy”, he joked as he ran to fight the Boy Wonder. The fight between Jason and Dick caught Star’s attention. Raven saw this and she pushed her away using her telekinetic powers. Starfire fell to the floor. Red X noticed, and he immediately stopped Robin throwing him an explosive X to make him fall to the other side, then he picked up the gun he used before to shoot Raven and move her away from Starfire. X ran to the alien princess, she looked up at him. “Sorry to interrupt again”, the Titan’s leader threw another birdarang at Red X cutting his other arm. Starfire gasped. “Hey! You are scaring my…friend”, he laughed at the insinuation. Robin ran to him and they started fighting again. Starfire stood up and pulled out one of the explosives packed in her utility belt. “Hey, cutie, I got this”. Cutie? Robin had heard him said that word in front of him before. “Mind getting what we need?” She backed away slowly, still not moving to the basement.

Robin pulled out his BoStaff and Red X clocked himself to avoid getting hit. He then appeared from the back of the masked hero and took the BoStaff away from him. Then he pushed Robin to the side with it. “You should have packed one of this on this suit”, he pointed out. Robin got back up and this time he threw himself at Red X. This was going to take too long. What if Slade couldn’t keep her sister under control? Starfire had to do something. She closed her eyes and threw the explosive. X covered himself with the cape and so did she. All the Titans were on the floor. “So”, Red X let go of Robin’s BoStaff. “About that kiss…”. Beast Boy had finally freed himself, so he ran to Red X turned into a bull. He shoved the thief, but X immediately shot him back with the laser gun which hurt Beast Boy badly, he ended up unconscious on the floor and Raven levitated to help him. Starfire gasped once more, she walked to BB. “Guess we’ll talk later, S, time to go”, he pointed at the door that lead to the basement. Cyborg came at X, trying to punch him in the face but Red X avoided the hit again and again.

Starfire walked away, looking back at X worriedly but nobody could see her face behind the mask. Robin stood up and ran after Red S, taking his BoStaff with him. X noticed it again and kicked Cyborg in the stomach to make him back away. Then, he teleported himself to the hall that led to the stairs. X closed the basement door pushing the button on the side, which he noticed in his visit that afternoon. He then sealed the doors using the laser on his glove. Jason ran through the stairs and found Robin meters away from him. He took out his grapple and caught Robin’s arm, pulling him back to himself. “Going somewhere?”, he asked. Robin took out a birdarang and used it to cut the rope and jump away from him. “After her”, the Titan’s leader responded. “You always do that, don’t you?”, Red X followed him as they both went into the basement.

Starfire was already in front of the alien exhibition. She carefully lifted the replica of the Gordanian ship up and waited to see if anything happened. It did. Red lasers appeared in the rest of the room, the kind that you would see in a spy movie, she thought. She pushed the button on the base where the replica was. A secret door opened in the middle of the wall in front of her.

“Freeze!”, Robin yelled at her and she did. “You don’t have to do this. Whatever Red X is promising you, he can’t be trusted”, her best fried continued. Starfire turned around. “I won’t hurt you”, he would never hurt her if he knew who she was. “I can help you”, Robin extended his hand through one of the holes in between the red lasers. “She doesn’t need your help”, Red X pushed Robin to the lasers and Starfire couldn’t help to gasp. She covered her mouth. Robin groaned in pain, he laid there face down. The Boy Wonder slowly stood up and then he moved through the spaces in between the lasers to get to Starfire. “Fuck, quit it, Robin!”, Red X snapped. “Never”, the Titan kept going and Starfire just backed away into the secret room.

Red X used his other grabble to pull Robin through the lasers and keep it in there, making him groan in pain again. “X, stop! You are not a bad guy”, Robin barely could speak but he did his best. “I can be that”, X replied. A loud noise made Red X lose his grip. The other Titans ran to the basement and attacked X. Robin quickly got back to trying to catch Red S.

Beast Boy pushed Red X into the lasers, putting him through the same pain he had put Robin through. “S! He’s coming!”, X yelled before giving up into the pain.

She heard him and clocked herself, she used her cape to cover herself and bent down, hiding behind the podium in which the diamond Slade wanted was displayed.

Red X threw explosives to the points were the lasers came out from. “Any other plan?”, he asked at the Titans. “Azarat-“, he cut Raven sticking an X to her mouth and two others on her hands to keep her from using her powers. Cyborg almost hit him with his sonic cannon, but X clocked himself and teleported himself to the back of the half robot to mess with his system. “Learned a trick from the creator”, he laughed as he did that to Cyborg. Beast Boy shifted into a tiger and scratched X on his chest. He groaned and jumped back. He then ran into the secret room and BB flew after him now shifting into an eagle. Before X could enter, Beast Boy shifted into a gorilla and caught him by his leg. X threw him some explosives to the face making him turn back to his human shape. Then he threw him one of his signature sticky Xs to pin the green hero to the floor. After he did that, he threw a gas bomb and tele transported to the secret room.

He appeared in the room and shut the door from the inside with a button next to the entrance, then he sealed it with his laser once again. Robin was searching for Red S using his flashlight. “Now, where were we?”, Red X asked in his regular playful tone. The Boy Wonder took out his BoStaff and ran to him. They fought for a while, pushing each other from wall to wall. Starfire stood up slowly to check on them. Neither of them was really looking at her.

She took out one her X shaped blades and used it to cut the glass that covered the jewel. She slowly took the round red diamond, hid it in her suit and backed away, looking around for an escape route. The kiss hadn’t really worked out and either way, none of them had entered that room so they had to improvise. Red X noticed that she had the diamond and tried to shove Robin off himself, but the Titan wouldn’t give up. So, he gave back what Robin did before. He used one of his blades to cut his arm and stopped him by putting his hand over the fresh wound. Robin yelled in pain. Starfire couldn’t help herself; she ran to the two and pulled Robin away from X throwing him to the floor behind her. Red X froze. This wasn’t on the plan; this wasn’t what Slade told her to do. Did she care that much for Robin?

Robin tried to sit down and when he did, he noticed something on Red S’s belt. It was a communicator with an S on top and he knew what that S meant. “S, we have to go!”, X yelled at her. The Boy Wonder immediately stood up and threw a birdarang to Red X, then he threw three ammunition disks. Red X got hit and backed away. Then Robin pulled Red S to the side to get to X. He used his BoStaff to push it into X’s abdomen, then he kicked him on his leg to make him lose balance and finally punched him in the face when he fell to the floor. Starfire was frozen now. She didn’t know what to do. She couldn’t stop Robin; she couldn’t hurt him. But Jason was getting hurt.

The alien princess moved her hand and put it on top of her belt, she grabbed an X shaped blade. Her hands were shaking. Red X groaned in pain as Robin hit him on the stomach. “S, go!”, X mumbled in pain. Starfire lifted her hand aiming at Robin. The masked hero put his feet on X’s chest, keeping him down then he ripped his utility belt and threw it to the front, where Red S stood frozen. Red X stayed on the floor.

“I know you are working for Slade. Tell me where he is and I will let you both go!”, Robin walked to Red S. She stepped back letting the blade fall to the ground. “I know you are scared. You don’t have to be. I will help you… If you tell me where Slade is and what he wants”. She shook her head as she backed further away from him.

“Leave her alone! Robin!”, X mumbled, too hurt to even speak like he normally did. Robin didn’t answer. He kept coming closer to Red S. “S! Remember!”, she sighed at Jason’s words. He was right. Slade told them that they couldn’t let the Titans stop them. Now, how did she use the suit for this kind of fight? To fight Robin?

She moved her hand back to the utility belt; they were still shaking. “I created that thing, you can’t stop me with that”, Robin pointed out. But she had to try, at least just to make him back away and buy X some time. She took out the first thing she touched; it was a grabble which Robin avoided. Then she threw out blades and he threw them away with his BoStaff. “Just tell me about Slade”, the Boy Wonder insisted. She threw explosives at him and he used his BoStaff to redirect them at Red X. She gasped, as X groaned in pain once more. Her back touched the wall. “Not talking, S?”, Robin asked. He pinned her to the wall using his BoStaff once more. She was still shaking.

“Let her go! Don’t hurt her!”, Jason yelled, trying to stand up. “Robin! Let her go!”. Robin pulled her utility belt out and threw it next to X’s. “If you want me to let her go, tell me what Slade wants and where I can find him”, the masked hero answered, not even turning back to look at X. “Please! Don’t”, Jason pleaded once more. So, he cared about S much more than he had imagined? He changed plans, he pushed his BoStaff and Starfire let out a muted whine. He couldn’t recognize her voice through it, but Red X tried to stand up once more. “Please, Robin. You’ll regret it”, X insisted. Robin pushed a little harder. “Stop!”, X yelled. The leader pushed just a little bit more and then she pushed him away, he immediately pinned her back to the wall harder, making her gasp once more. “Use your powers!”, X yelled, she shook her head. “Tell me where’s Slade!”, the Boy Wonder sounded furious as he pushed his BoStaff just a bit more. She let out a sigh. She was struggling but she tried kicking him and she noticed her strength wasn’t working like it normally did. “Just tell me!”, Robin insisted pushing a little harder. “Do it! Use your powers”, X tried once more but he couldn’t even stand on his own, he had to rest his body on the wall behind him. She whined again. He pushed, she struggled, he pushed, she struggled, he pushed, she struggled. “Stop! Robin”. Red S let her head fall, she was struggling to breath and she was feeling lightheaded. “Robin! I promise you will regret it; she is…”, Starfire shook her head. “I have to tell him!”, Robin turned to look at him. “What?”, she shook her head. “Robin, she is- “, Starfire pushed Robin with her last bit of strength. He pinned her right back to the wall. “What do you know?”, Robin yelled at her. Red X finally stood up and ran weakly to the two.

Starfire was almost falling down. Her powers were lacking because of the emotional stress and her endurance was significantly affected by it. She was about to pass out when Red X came in. He unmasked her. “She is Starfire!”.

A/N: Things are getting crazier in this story. We have at least 4 more chapters to go before we wrap this up. So, get ready for more angst because this chapter is just the tip of what is about to come.

Chapter 7 spoiler: I was listening to Hit Me With Your Best Shot by ADONA while writing the first scene which is the continuation of the ending of EP 6.

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youngdreamer3214 · 5 years ago

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What happened in Vegas

Disclaimer- I don't own anything.

Another Speedy and Raven story. I really love this pairing. Enjoy.

Warning- Fluff

"Explain to me again why I agreed to do this." Raven said with irritation as she handed a few bright colored streamers to Beastboy, who just grinned and took the offered streamers and hung them to the wall while saying "Because you love Star and Robin…and you are not immune to the dog face." He added the last part rather smugly to which Raven just rolled her eyes.

"What time are they supposed to arrive?" Aqualad inquired as he carried a box full of party things in his hand and started decorating the walls himself. "In, I guess four hours." Cyborg replied as he tinkered with the stereos. Bee was setting up the refreshments table while the speedster twins were being helping by getting last minute items.

The titans were holding a 'welcome home' party for Starfire and Robin as they were returning today from their honeymoon. Heroes of the east and west tower were preparing for the party in the Jump city tower. All the honorary titans were invited and were expected to arrive just before the married couple.

"Okay so the golden ones or the white ones?" Speedy asked walking into the Ops room which was transformed into a party room. Everyone turned to him as he showed golden and white color fairy lights in his hands. "White." Beastboy answered and went back to decorating.

"No, Star likes golden ones better." Raven answered.

"But Robin would like white." Beastboy protested. “I think golden would look better.” Bee argued with Aqualad countering her not two minutes later “Even white would like nice.”

"Both it is." Speedy said exasperated, putting the argument to rest. He started untangling the fairy lights as walked to the wall for the putting them.

After a couple of hours, Raven stepped back and saw the room. There was a disco ball hanging through the ceiling, white and golden entwined fairy lights made a border for the top of the wall, the lights were dim. There was a huge stereo courtesy of Cyborg, bright streamers were hanging and there was a table for food and drinks at one corner.

"So now that's done…we should go and change." Raven stated, and was looking a little terrified when bee flew up to her and said enthusiastically "Oh, we can get ready together Rave, I can do your makeup and your hair." Before Raven could protest Bee grabbed her hand and flew towards the room.

Over the years Raven's friendship with the heroes of the east tower had only become stronger. Bee, Raven and Starfire occasionally indulged in girl time to which Raven had protested against earlier but slowly she warmed up to it and also because the other girls were very persistent.

The boys chuckled and then headed to their rooms to change as well.

0O0

Robin and Starfire walked into the tower hand in hand, they looked happy and really in love. They happily approached the Ops room and the door swished open, the room was dark and before Robin could do or say anything lights burst into life and there was roar of "Welcome back."

When their eyes adjusted to the light, the married couple saw their titan family all present in their civilian clothes with smiles on their faces and there was a large banner written on which "Welcome home" was written in bold colorful letters.

"Wow, I don't know what to say…thanks guys." Robin started; Cyborg and Beastboy moved forward the hugged the masked hero; Robin and Beastboy were dressed in blue and white button downs respectively and denim jeans. the only difference being that Robin had still dawned his mask.

"Thank you truly, friends." Starfire said and Raven moved and hugged Starfire in one of her many rare hugs. Starfire smiled and hugged the girl back. They parted and the boys moved to hug the girl while Robin enveloped Raven in hug. Soon the couple was swamped with hugs and handshakes by the rest of the titans. And thus the party commenced.

0O0

Raven was sitting at the bar talking to Jinx and Kid flash (well not so much of a kid anymore, seeing that he was in his 20s and was thinking of changing his alias soon) when Cyborg was bar tending; the party was moving in full swing. Soon Aqualad came as a replacement bartender and Cyborg was dragged to the dance floor by his girlfriend, Bee. Aqualad grinned flirtatiously at Raven while he made her requested drink and said "Wow Rae, I don't think I've said it enough but you look absolutely gorgeous tonight."

Raven raised an eyebrow at his flattery. She was wearing a ruby red dress which ended accented all her curves. There was a small slit at the side of her dress where it ended just below her mid thigh. A thin black lace belt was tied around her waist, which showed off her waists narrowness. The dress was sleeve less and the straps tied around her neck just at her collar bone to show a silver chain running down from underneath her dress. She accessorized her legs with black strapped heels which clung to her calves and her now long black with purple undertone hair was left open in curves and parted to one side. Lastly her makeup was simple, just some light blush and smokey eyes; her red pouty lips were left idle.

"So you mean to say that I don't look nice every day." Raven retorted in her smoky monotone while her eyes danced with the slightest bit of amusement at seeing the Atlantean fluster.

"No, no, no I mean-" Aqualad tripped over himself trying to control the situation when a drunk Speedy approached them and sat just beside Raven, close enough so that their legs were touching.

"Hey babe." Speedy said slightly leaning forward and kissing Raven's cheek in greeting. Raven was slightly confused, just a couple of seconds ago she had seen him having a dance off with Robin but before Raven could say anything Speedy turned towards the Atlantean and said in a cautiously over sweet voice "You were flirting with her…weren't you?"

"I-" Aqualad was trying to save himself from an overly embarrassing situation and looked at Jinx and Kid flash for help. But they just grinned which said 'You're on your own buddy'. They just looked too interested in the drama.

"Well I don't blame you; she looks absolutely breath taking tonight. She looks gorgeous everyday but tonight it's on another level." He said happily with a high enthusiasm and grinned wider when he saw her blush hard.

"I didn't know you guys were serious." Aqualad said as he placed a glass in front of Raven who gratefully took it and took a huge sip, trying to drown the blush; but it refused to leave. The relationship between the archer and her was unexpected to many of the titans, they couldn’t believe that two people so different would be so good with each other. And that their relationship would celebrate three years.

Suddenly Speedy grabbed her and dragged her so that she sat on his lap, on the bar stool. Raven barely managed to keep herself and the glass in her hand steady. "Roy, What the hell?" she said angrily as his hands came the wrap around her and she placed one hand around his broad muscular shoulders as she tried to place the drink back on the table.

She tried to free herself from his hold but even when he was drunk he was strong, he didn't let her go so she sighed and let him hold her.

"Well we are serious, very serious…so don't flirt with my girl." Speedy said seriously. Aqualad raised his hands in surrender; his archer friend might be happy-go-lucky and cheery most of the time but he also had an underlying seriousness to him which Aqualad did not want to be a part of.

"So how serious are we talking about here?" Jinx said with a mischievous grin which reminded them that Kid flash and Jinx were also sitting there and had seen everything. "Well-" Speedy started but was interrupted but Raven "Are you sure about this Roy? You're drunk and maybe you will regret it tomorrow when you are sober."

Speedy turned to the girl on his lap, he moved a hand from her waist to caress her face and he said looking into her eyes "I love you Rae, and we will have to tell them eventually. So why not now?"

He kissed her lightly and then turned to an impatient pink haired sorceress who asked a little too loudly "Tell us what?"

Speedy grinned widely and tightened his hold on Raven before saying "We're married." Kid flash choked on his drink and Aqualad almost dropped the glass in his hand while Jinx froze for a couple of seconds, just processing the information before staring hard at the couple in front of her and shouting very loudly "MARRIED?!” That shout got a lot of attention towards them.

“You are kidding with us right." Kid flash, trying to digest the information.

The archer kissed Raven lightly and then moved his hands to her neck, he moved her hair aside and pulled out the chain which was encasing two rings, one with a diamond and the other looked like a wedding band made of platinum.

He took out the rings from the chain and grabbed Raven's left hand and put the rings on her ring finger and kissed the back of her hand before releasing her hand and pulling out a chain from underneath his black button down shirt which was dangling with a slight bigger wedding band made of platinum.

He took the ring out of the chain and wore it on the ring finger of his left hand, flexing it slightly to get his fingers adjusted to the band.

He kissed Raven again and then turned to the heroes who were staring at them in shock and then they realized that music had stopped playing and every hero was staring at them. Raven turned red from all the attention. Speedy being slightly tipsy and oblivious from all the attention hugged Raven tighter, moving his hands to wrap around her waist again and he buried his face in her neck, taking in her vanilla and lavender scent with a huge smile.

Robin, Starfire, Beastboy and bee approached them spoke at the same time “Are you really married?” "So why didn't you tell us?" “When did you get married?” “Why didn’t you invite us?”

Raven looked a little confused with so many questions being thrown at her at the same time, she felt her husband place a kiss on her neck and she promised herself to give her new husband hell for spilling the beans and then leaving her alone to deal with it.

She took a deep breath and started speaking "It was during the bachelor/ bachelorette trip to Vegas, you both were about to get married in a week and we didn't want to steal your thunder…besides it happened when we both were heavily drunk, so we both ourselves don’t remember much of that night."

"But that was like four and a half months ago…and you've been married this whole time?" Robin asked to which Raven nodded.

"When did it happen friend Raven? I want all of the details." Starfire said giddily as she flew over to the empath and took her hand to see the beautiful ring.

"This was on the last nigh of the bachelor party/ trip…we had a few too many drinks and then he suggested that we get married and we laughed. I don't remember much from that night but in the morning we both woke up with massive hangovers, together and our marriage certificate was on the night stand. " Raven explained.

"We were about to get an annulment when after a couple of weeks; he proposed to me formally and we got married in a church with a ceremony that we remember." She added after a couple of moments, remembering the beautiful wedding he had organized, the heartfelt vows he had written and the love that had shown in his eyes, with a fond smile.

"Did anyone know?" Beastboy asked after giving her a one armed hug of congratulations. Over the years, Raven had grown to comfortable with casual hugs with her friends.

"Victor was there because Roy likes breathing" they all chuckled at that, even Cyborg laughed and said "It's my baby sister getting married…of course I will be there."

Raven also added after giving her older brother a hint of a smile "Green Arrow and Black Canary were also present. We couldn't tell you guys because Rob and Star were on their honeymoon and Beastboy was visiting the doom patrol." They all nodded in understanding and smiled earnestly, clearly happy for their friends.

"Well this calls for a even bigger celebration…Raven and Roy are married!" Robin announced with a smile, and all the heroes hooted and resumed their partying. "Well, I did not see this coming, but I am happy for you guys." Aqualad said with a smile. Bee moved in and hugged the couple and muttered a "Congrats guys…I am so happy for both of you."

"Thanks Garth." Raven said with a smile. Jinx smiled and said "Congrats guys." Raven smiled a thanks. At that moment Speedy lifted his head from her neck but not before kissing it slightly and then looking at his new wife looking at him with so much love, (at least that’s what his drunk mind thought, she was glaring at him murderously) he said with a suggestive grin "We should go for a honeymoon, now that everyone knows…"

"Really where would we go…" Raven said fighting a smile, she couldn’t stay mad at him for long but that doesn’t mean she will let him off easy but all that will come tomorrow when he is sober, so for tonight she decided to indulge him. "Wherever you want to go, and we should also move in together…I need you by my side every day now." He said with a cheesy grin on his face. Speedy got up with Raven scooped up in his arms and stepped out silently, away from the partying teens without attracting much attention to them. It was wonder how even when he was drunk he could pick her up easily.

They approached her room and they stepped inside, Roy put her gently on the bed and crawled over her, wrapping his hand around her waist to pull her flush against him.

"I love you Rae, and I cannot wait to spend my life with you." Speedy said to the girl in his arms, Raven smiled and said "I love you too." He smiled and kissed her passionately and lovingly.

"You know we can get started on the honeymoon right now." he said after parting for air and moving his lips to the side of her neck, kissing and nipping her slightly.

"You're such a cad." Raven said burying her hands in his red fiery locks. He moved to kiss her lips again and muttered against her lips "You know you love it."

Fin.

#speedyrae #teen titans #raven #speedy #speedy x raven

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ao3feed-mythology · 6 years ago

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All Together™

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by mellloyelllo

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Words: 10, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

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Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi, Other

Characters: Oscar (Shark Tale), Brook Soso, Alex Vause, Piper Chapman, Megan Bloomfield, Graham Eaton, Lenny the Chocolate Moose, George Milton, Lennie Small, Nicky Nichols, Lorna Morello, Lemony Snicket, Alexandrite (Steven Universe), Dominga "Daddy" Duarte, Artesian McCullough, Rose Quartz (Steven Universe), Blue Diamond (Steven Universe), Blue Diamond's Pearl (Steven Universe), Yellow Diamond (Steven Universe), Yellow Diamond's Pearl (Steven Universe), Yellow Zircon (Steven Universe), Jade West, Joel Luschek, Noelle Holiday, Slim (Of Mice and Men), Slime (Minecraft), Creeper (Minecraft), Enderman (Minecraft), Sans (Undertale), Papyrus (Undertale), Violet Baudelaire, Klaus Baudelaire, Sunny Baudelaire, Count Olaf (A Series of Unfortunate Events), Janae Watson, Sister Jane Ingalls, Sophia Burset, Baz (Sharknado), Robin Hood (Once Upon a Time), Starfire, Cyborg (Character), The Beast (Over the Garden Wall), Stanley (Disney: Beauty and the Beast), John Bennett (Orange is the New Black), John Doe (Roblox), John Wick, Ruby (Steven Universe), Jane Doe, Justin Hammer, Carrie "Big Boo" Black, Peridot (Steven Universe), The Narrator (The Stanley Parable), Shrek (Shrek), Annoying Dog (Undertale), Ben Shapiro, Desert Glass (Steven Universe), GLaDOS, Winnie (Free!), Bird That Carries You Over A Disproportionately Small Gap, Watanabe You, Franny Morello, Thanos (Marvel), Spider (Minecraft), May Parker (Spider-Man), Courage (Courage the Cowardly Dog), Peter Parker, Lois Griffin, Michael Scott, Freddy Fazbear, Nevel Papperman

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Additional Tags: Futanari, Mouth Sewn Shut, Everyone Is Gay, Kissing, Necrophilia, Murder, BDSM, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Must Read, Plot What Plot/Porn Without Plot, Porn, Discussion of Abortion, Abortion, Glasses, Alternate Universe, Crossover, Fuckin' Fluffy Mondays, Everybody Dies, Holocaust, I did this instead of studying for my finals, harambe trump, Cereal, Vore, Cock & Ball Torture, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Furry, Irony, Epic, Bromance, Blue Eyes, Green Eyes, Brownies, Mind Control, Dogs

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tarisilmarwen · 2 years ago

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RobStar Week 2022, Day 4 - Trauma/Healing

(Predictably I wound up finding some way to hurt Robin emotionally for that warm RobStar hurt/comfort afterwards. Whoops.

Warning for a depiction of a panic attack.)

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The darkness he wandered through was broken up by scattered stray spotlights.

He felt frustrated. It seemed like he had been walking forever but he couldn't find the way out. This place had no end, just corridor after corridor and room after room of noisy clanking gears and hot steam that blew in his face, obscuring his vision and confusing him further.

Wariness crawled on the backs of his arms and his head. He turned around, even more lost and bewildered than before.

Where was the way out?

Why couldn't he get out?

He stepped through another steam cloud into a solid black obstruction. Stumbling back, he shook his head, feeling back out with his hands to see what he'd hit.

A wall. Solid metal. He squinted in confusion, running his palms down the surface.

Smooth.

Seamless.

His breath hitched and panic ratcheted up inside his head. He whipped his head around and picked out recognizable forms in the darkness—a dresser, a desk, a bed—no no no.

"No..." he strained aloud, voice choked and tight. "No!" His fingers clenched into fists and now he was slamming them against the hidden door, banging desperately. "Let me out!" he cried, his lungs squeezing tighter and tighter. "Let me OUT!"

The walls were pressing in on his mind. His breath was reduced to thin gasping. There was an ice shard digging its way into his chest and a shadow behind him, dark and looming.

A thick hand gripped his shoulder and—

***

He startled upright.

His gasp was echoed by a feminine one just behind him, the feel of something leaving his shoulder. Robin pulled his head up ramrod straight from where he'd apparently been laying it on his arms, his eyes darting around and frantically trying to make sense of things.

It was still dark, but a cool blue dark, moonlight from the wide windows and the tiny power indicators on home appliances tucked in corners. He registered a table, seats, counters—tension in his head began to unwind—it was the Titans' kitchen area, it was the Tower. He was sitting at the kitchen table, half-empty forgotten glass of water at his elbow.

His heart thudding rapidly in his chest, he turned in his seat to see the person who had shaken him.

Starfire was twinging back, hands up by her collar, immediately apologetic. "I am sorry!" she said in a rush. "I did not mean to startle you." Her hands dropped and he could see her eyes beaming with concern. "I could not sleep," she began to explain. "So I went to check on you but..."

He watched her swallow, something like pain shooting through him at the worried quiver in her lip.

"You were not there."

Robin looked away uncomfortably. "Yeah, sorry, I..." His hands found his head, fingers dragging through his hair, rubbing the back of his neck. "I couldn't really sleep either. Came out for some water." He tried for a sheepish smile, but it felt too strained, too agitated. "I guess I nodded off and..."

His breath hitched unexpectedly, flashes of his nightmare coming back.

"And—"

There was a hard lump in his throat; it was blocking his words, he couldn't finish. His pulse was racing and it was hard to draw breath.

Starfire stepped towards him in concern. "Robin?" she called.

He couldn't answer. His lungs had locked up. He pressed his elbows on the table, fingers going tight around his ears, vision tunneling.

Calm down, calm down, calm down, he repeated to himself in his head.

He couldn't. He couldn't make himself snap out of it—He—

A warm gentle arm wrapped around his shoulders and he reflexively calmed.

***

Starfire grabbed another chair and yanked it underneath her so she could sit next to him, straining to remember how Robin had calmed her that one time back in their apartment, after her first unpleasant experience with Earth thunderstorms. He had anchored her with his presence, his arms around her, been patient and encouraging.

"Breathe, Robin," she urged gently, whispering close to his head. "Breathe."

She could tell he was trying; the muscles in his throat constricted and twitched, little strained whimpers slipping through.

Seeing him undone like this almost frightened her—as long as she'd known him he had been so strong and confident—but given that it had been a mere two days since they had rescued him from Slade's clutches, two days since that horrible week where he'd been missing, held prisoner, forced to commit crimes in Slade's name...

Starfire remembered her own sense of terror and helplessness in her cell on the Gordanians' ship, taking her away from home to an unknown dark future, how desperately she would have given to just get out.

She did as Robin had done for her. Pulled his hands carefully away from his face and set them in his lap, so she could wrap her other arm around him too.

"I am right here," she promised him. "And he is not. You are safe. Breathe."

Robin broke past the blockage in his throat, taking in a long, shaky breath.

He held it a pregnant second.

Then let it out.

His shaking was already beginning to subside. He took in another slow breath and calmed quickly, eyes blinking, more present.

After a few moments he dropped his eyes. "S-sorry," he mumbled. "I—I just—Nightmares," he stuttered out.

She nodded once. "I understand. That is to be expected."

"I don't—" He was still struggling to speak. "I—I've been... kidnapped by other villains before I—I don't know why—" He swallowed thickly, finding his voice. "I don't know why this feels so different."

"Have you been abducted in the same manner before?" Starfire asked, mildly alarmed.

He sat in thought for a moment, then grimaced. "No," he admitted. "This was more personal. Most villains took me to get at Batman, or because I was in the way, or I meddled in their plans." He glanced at her, grim humor in the lines of his face. "I've... been doing this a long time," he explained, almost sheepishly. His face dropped again. "This... this was the first time someone was... after me. Wanted me, specifically. Wanted to use me to..."

His voice lowered to a whisper.

"...betray and hurt the people I care about," he finished.

Starfire hugged him tighter, wanting to squeeze the fear out of him. "We are okay," she emphasized again to him. "You are safe and it is over."

He snorted humorlessly. "Not until we put Slade behind bars." He softened again, reaching up to touch her arm crossing his chest. "Thank you. For being here," he said quietly.

She smiled then. "I would do anything for you, Robin," she said, nothing but honest earnesty in her voice and eyes.

He turned to her with a bit of a grin. "Including apparently punting Slade into a wall."

Flushing, she let go of him and scooted away. "Oh! Well—that was... I mean..." she fumbled, embarrassed.

"Hey," he interrupted. "I was really happy to see you," he said. "Terrified, but happy."

Starfire cleared her throat, trying to quash the fluttering sparklers going off in her heart. "Shall we return to our beds?" she asked.

Robin fidgeted. "I should, I know, I should try to sleep but..." He shook his head. "I dunno if I can."

It took her less than a second to decide. "Then I will remain awake with you and keep you company." Before Robin could object she straightened and changed the subject. "Shall I tell you of the time my sister bribed the guardsmen to bring us extra dessert, after hours?" she offered.

He seemed relieved not to be talking about his recently-survived ordeal. "I don't think I've heard that one."

Starfire eagerly launched into the tale, and the two talked and exchanged stories until the far horizon started to peek with orange.

#robstar #robin #starfire #robstarweek #slade #Teen Titans #fanfiction #prompt fics

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incorrectbatfam · 6 years ago

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Can I please ask for NightwingxStarefire with number 11?

Send me a ship/promptPrompt: “You…you fight good.”

“Nightwing, on your left!” Starfire called to the former Robin as she herself blasted two villainous minions with beams of green light.

Nightwing turned around. A minion went at him with a melee attack. Quickly, he blocked it with his escrima sticks in an ‘X’ position in front of his face before he proceeded to knee the guy in his no-go parts. Meanwhile, Starfire sent three more cronies through several crates, slamming them against a concrete wall.

“You need to get to the database,” Starfire said to Nightwing. “The rest of us can take care of things out here.”

Nightwing glanced quickly from the extraterrestrial girl to the giant scrimmage match between the minions and Blue Beetle, Raven, Beast Boy, and Nightwing’s honorary little brother.

“On it,” he said, plowing through a row of guys to get to a master computer in an office that overlooked the fight.

As Nightwing hacked into the system, he couldn’t help but glance at Starfire every so often. As he typed on a holographic keyboard, he watched her graceful movements as she and the rest of the Teen Titans fought their way through the seemingly endless wave of corrupted sentries, security guards, and snipers. The fight was, in Nightwing’s eyes, a large flurry for the most part. Raven’s hellish magic did its mysterious work. Beast Boy transformed into a rhino– no, an elephant– no, a gorilla. Blue Beetle took to the air with a bad guy in each hand, before he dropped them from an incapacitating height. Robin hacked and slashed through each enemy with his katana, just like the child was trained to. It was a standard Teen Titans fight. Except there was one thing that he noticed; one thing he hadn’t seen until that moment.

It was the way Starfire fought. It was surprisingly far from messy. To Nightwing, it was rather fascinating, actually. Graceful. Like she was a classically trained dancer rather than a cosmic warrior. For a moment, time slowed as he just watched her.

But that moment was short-lived, as a flying projectile hit the glass in front of him, leaving a large crack. He snapped out of his trance as the software finished loading. He pushed a big red button and all the villain’s systems shut down. He looked up and saw the minions, too, were all defeated. Nightwing jogged over to join the rest of his team. He immediately saw Starfire first and gently grabbed her elbow.

She turned to him. “Oh, hey. Nice job shutting down the systems.”

“Oh, it was nothing,” he said, a faint rosy blush appearing on his cheeks. “You did a good job too. You…you fight good.”

Starfire chuckled before addressing the team. “Alright, everyone. We have a helicopter waiting outside for transport. Once we get back to Titans Tower, I expect everyone to clean yourselves up before we eat and train again.” She ushered the group of teens outside.

The two Bat Brothers lingered behind. Robin opened his mouth to say something, but Nightwing cut him off.

“Not a word, Damian. Not. A. Word.”

#nightwing #nightwing x starfire #dick grayson #starfire #damian wayne #robin #jaime reyes #blue beetle #raven #beast boy #garfield logan #teen titans #dc comics #dc fanfic #tw swearing #tw violence

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houseofswords · 5 years ago

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Ash Fletcher

Theme song / Theme song / Moodboard Divinity: Aschere, The Prince of Blades, Star of Omens (judgement, destiny and ill omens, divine vision, truth, stars, destruction)

BASIC INFORMATION

Full name: Ashley Renn Fletcher Gender: Male Age: 24 Birthday: 14th April

Myers-Briggs: INFJ Zodiac: Aries Tarot card: Ten of Swords

Nationality: American Birthplace: Holyhead, Clallam County, Washington

Sexuality: Biromantic asexual Relationship status: Single

Occupation: Stage technician (previously studied at MIT)

APPEARANCE

Height: 5’3” Weight: 120lbs

Hair: Fluffy, unruly mixed curls and waves, kept in a pixie cut. Eye colour: White-blue

Physical characteristics: Petite in stature, slender in build. He has thin arms and wrists with long, dainty fingers. He’s baby-faced, with heart-shaped features, wide eyes and a button nose, and looks much younger than he really is. Other traits: Faint freckles on his cheeks and the bridge of his nose. He has a collection of scars from his traumatic experiences in Holyhead. Tattoos: None

Clothes: Typically an open shirt and a light jacket over a T-shirt and slim jeans. Prefers muted colours, often green, navy and khaki. He may dispense with the jacket on hot days but always keeps the shirt, as he burns easily. He likes scarves in cooler weather.

TRAITS

Personality: Ash is shy and introverted. A pacifist, he dislikes conflict and avoids it where possible, to the point that he’d rather let people walk all over him than escalate the situation. He’s genuinely warm and caring and hates seeing people hurt. He can, however, be remarkably stubborn when he has to be. He’s intelligent, methodical, and hates leaving a job half done or to a poor standard, often his own worst critic. Despite his sensitive nature, he does have serious anger issues simmering beneath the surface and has a very bad habit of bottling up all of his feelings.

Motives: After his horrifying experiences, Ash feels trapped in limbo, unsure what to do. Finishing his doctorate and going back to a ‘normal’ life feels impossible now, so he drifts aimlessly around Holyhead, helping Mike to steer curious visitors away from the dark places where horrors dwell. His main driving motive is to protect others—from himself.

Values: Ash places high value on the lives and safety of others, putting their feelings above his own. He will tell a white lie to protect people if he thinks that the truth will hurt them. Despite his sweet nature, he is not optimistic, and often finds himself questioning whether anything he does really matters in the end. He feels that his life is no longer his to control, and can only make choices as long as outside forces allow it.

Fears: Claustrophobic, hates small, enclosed spaces, especially ones without windows, and has abandonment issues. His greatest fear is his own uncontrollable power, and what happens when he loses himself to it. The thought of hurting people again makes him sick to his core—in his eyes, he’s a monster.

Weaknesses: Ash often refuses help, feeling like his problems are his own to deal with, even from those he trusts. He’s too scared of conflict to stand up for himself in most cases, until he’s pushed too far and snaps. Explosively.

Quirks: Bites his lip or knuckles when nervous, his hands and arms when scared. Likes to chew pencils. Hates being touched without permission except by those he deeply trusts and will reflexively jerk away from unwanted contact. With those he cares about, however, he’s a snugglebug and loves to be close to them. He’s a bit of a magpie and likes shiny things.

STRENGTHS AND SKILLS

Skills: Skilled with computers and engineering, codes in several languages and can hack his way through business level security. Able to assemble functional robots from very little, often scrap parts and random household objects. Resourceful, creative problem solver, good at reading people. Also a good climber.

Hobbies: He’s good at drawing and likes to use pen, ink and markers, as well as shiny, sparkly things like foil, glitter and metallic inks. Likes to make up his own robots and mecha and come up with blueprints for them, but also enjoys drawing birds and animals. He also likes watching anime, playing video games, and going for walks in nature.

Powers: — Gifted with psychic vision, able to see eldritch presences, read memories left behind in places and on objects, and knows when he is being lied to. He experiences terrifying visions of the future. — Knows when things are broken, including people, and has an innate understanding of how their pieces fit back together. He can reassemble an engine from loose parts in a fraction of the time it should take. — Power over light, perception, reflections and fate: revealing light that lets others see what he sees, blinding aura, able to bless or curse people by setting in stone what he sees in their future, or by revealing them for what they truly are. — Reality warping, able to teleport short and long distances by passing through fractures in reality, make strong objects brittle with just a touch, shift himself and others between planes. — Eldritch nature, he manifests countless wings which fill the space around him, normally on planes other than the visible. If they clip into the physical plane, they shatter or cut through what they come into contact with. He burns with an unnatural starfire when enraged and withers everything nearby into glass.

OTHER FACTS

Favourite music: Lindsey Stirling, Within Temptation, Delain, Wind Rose. Favourite films: Jurassic Park, The Martian, Gravity, Pacific Rim, Star Wars, Sunshine. Favourite food: Blueberries, pumpkin pie, almond-flavoured anything but especially marzipan, chocolate, home baking, pizza. Favourite animals: Small songbirds and garden birds. Sparrows are his favourite. Favourite colour: Sky blue. Also partial to mint and turquoise. Likes: Sci-fi movies, quiet spaces, being surrounded by trees, hugging people he trusts, mecha, books of constellations and space photography, SPACE. Dislikes: Loud noises, the smell of meat, people with sweaty hands, being treated like a child, feeling left out or abandoned, people who are cruel to animals.

Misc. info: Ash is a semi-strict vegan and refuses to eat meat or gelatine, and avoids eggs and dairy where possible. He can speak English and French fluently and is learning Japanese (he can also speak some sparrow, but that’s not exactly something he can put on his CV.)

ALTERNATE VERSES

Superhuman: Incredible power is a blessing and a curse. Ash has the ability to shatter reality, but must remain blindfolded at all times to prevent him from unleashing hell on the world. Victorian Gothic: Some call him one of the fair folk, some call him a god. What Ash truly is defies all description. He lives with his father in a world not our own, occasionally helping those who stumble into their realm. Dead in the Water: Ash escaped the wreck on which his father died, but, like others on that fateful ship on that fateful day, was stricken with a terrible curse; he knows the fates of all men, but cannot save them. Swords and Sorcery: Born with dreadful magic, Ash grew up within the walls of a cathedral. But when his untamed power razes it to the ground, he flees into the wilderness in search of solitude and answers. Gotta Catch Em All: Even in the world of Pokemon, not all people are good. Ash rehabilitates those Pokemon who have been so badly abused by their previous owners that Nurse Joy alone can’t help them. Blood and Wine: It is said that Ash can see the future. The mob boss who purchased him and his father used this to his advantage, but beat him when the visions were not to his liking. Despite his newfound freedom, Ash refuses to speak, believing that nothing he can say will lead to good. Behind the Lines: Ash promised his father he wouldn’t follow him into the war… but he was never any good at keeping promises. When his B-17 goes down in flames over the battlefields of France, he is the only survivor. He’s forced to team up with a ragtag group of jaded soldiers and members of the French resistance to make it to Switzerland alive. Apocalypse Now: Ash and his father live in a tower deep in the wilderness, with only their collection of old world oddities for company. Ash is forbidden from leaving the castle grounds, but sneaks out on many nights to explore alone. Everything changes when he meets a strange man who claims to be from the old world.

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madmen-ao3feed · 6 years ago

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All Together™

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2YSndqV

by mellloyelllo

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Words: 10, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/F, F/M, Gen, M/M, Multi, Other

read it on the AO3 at http://bit.ly/2YSndqV

#IFTTT #ao3feed #fanfic #mad men

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pink-bird-30 · 4 years ago

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RobStar Week 2020- Rescue

How is everyone doing?! Welcome back to RobStar Week 2020 day 5!!!! Are we ready for today’s post?! I know I am!

As always, my stories are connect for this RobStar week. I do encourage you to go read the last 4 days works before reading this one.

Here is my link to my FF.net if you’d like to read the collection here:

(https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13635654/1/RobStar-Week-2020-All-Works)

Warning, I made a really bad pun in here. and for my comic book Batfam readers, there’s an easter egg in here for you. Let me know if you find it!

Happy Reading!

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The party was in full swing by the time Kori and Dick made their way down the main stairs of Wayne Manor. Bruce was throwing one of his annual galas to raise money for the GCPD. But Dick was unaware that this would be happening while he and Kori were visiting before their wedding.

Over the past year there had been arrangements made for Robin and Starfire to get married. But due to being heroes, and everyone scattered around the world, they thought it’d be best to have the ceremony in Gotham.

Starfire and Robin thought it’d be best to go to Gotham to get everything settled for the ceremony. A simple task to make sure everything they wanted was perfect.

Quick and easy, right?

Wrong.

Really wrong.

Ever since news spread that Bruce Wayne’s son was engaged, the media had been in a frenzy. Naturally, Bruce took this as an opportunity to make it known the couple would be attending his annual gala.

This was not ideal for both Kori and Dick.

The moment the two stepped down into the ballroom of Wayne Manor, the entire room erupted in applause and congratulations. Kori buried her face in Dick’s neck trying to hide from the constant flashes from the media. His arm came up to comfort her, resting on her bare back.

The dress she wore was definitely one of his favorites. A dark blue halter dress with a low back; it was an inside joke as to why she chose that color. Unknown to the world, after Dick and Kori get back from their honeymoon, Dick was going to step down as Robin and hand the mantel over to his little brother Jason. He’d been working hard and Dick knew his time as Robin was coming to an end.

“Dick, Kori, over here.” Bruce waved them over and passed each of them a glass of champagne.

Brice tapped the side of his glass gathering the attention of everyone in the room, “Excuse me, I’d like to make a toast. To my son Dick, and my future daughter-in-law Kori on their engagement. I think I speak for everyone here and wish you two a happy marriage. To Dick and Kori!”

The room cheered for the couple before they all continued their conversations.

Dick and Kori did their best to keep away from other people and stick together. As long as they stayed together, they wouldn’t have any issues. Dick was mostly concerned with Kori getting lost with all these people.

He knew these types, upper class snobs who think they’re better than everyone. Most of the time they show up to these charity events to get a tax break. Or get into the Gotham Gazette as the ‘Best Dressed’ of the week.

After an hour of roaming the party, Dick tried his best to keep up the good son charade but it was weighing on his nerves. He kissed Kori on the cheek and quietly whispered to her, “Hey, wannah get out of here?”

“Yes, please.”

They said their goodbyes to the couple they were talking to and did their best to make their way back to the library. But before they got too far Kori was pulled away by a group of young women Dick recognized as his former classmates from Gotham Academy, and Dick was pulled away by Wally West.

“My my, you’re a hard man to find, Grayson.” The two men hugged each other.

“Wally, how you’ve been?” They walked over to the bar, each asking the bartender for a beer.

Wally leaned against the bar, taking a large swing of his beer, “Could be better, Jinx and I split up again. I think this time for good.”

Dick patted his friend on the shoulder, “I’m sorry, man. Maybe it’s for the best.” Dick takes a drink from his beer and settles it back down on the bar. “Kori told me that Artemis talks about you a lot.”

Wally seemed to brighten a bit at the news, “Really, and is Ms. Crock in attendance tonight?”

Dick let out a hearty laugh, “I don’t think so, I heard she was helping out at the Hall Of Justice today since Bruce was throwing this gala.”

Wally hummed before chugging his beer, belched, which caught the attention of an older blonde woman from across the room, and tipped an invisible hat to Dick.

“Til next time, Grayson. I got a lady to woo.” And then Wally was gone in a flash.

Dick took one final sip of his beer and glanced around the ballroom trying to see where Kori had gone off to.

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Kori wasn’t sure how she ended up with this group of girls, but she wished someone would come and rescue her.

“So, you’re the lucky woman who tied down Grayson.” The tall brunet woman said.

“Is it true you’ll inherit the Wayne fortune with this marriage, no prenup?” said the short red headed woman.

“I heard he’s amazing in bed.” Was the comment from the blonde leaning against the wall.

Kori’s eyes widened at the questions being pelted at her, she tried her best to stay at Dick’s side, but somehow they ended up separated a few moments ago.

“Well, umm…” Kori didn’t know what to say. To be completely honest she didn’t even understand half the things these women were saying to her.

X’hal, where did Richard go…

The women started laughing, “Oh you poor dear, out of your element are we?”

The redhead turned to the blonde and snickered, “Look at her, I doubt she is from wealth herself.”

“A mere peasant if anything.” The Brunette turned back to Kori to glare at her, “So which is it, were you some random tramp he found or are you pregnant with his bastard child?”

Kori’s jaw dropped and was close to slapping the smirk off the woman’s face before an arm settled around her shoulders, unfamiliar to her.

The face of the three snobbish women gaped at the man that was standing next to Kori.

“Ladies,” Bruce said casually. “I couldn’t but overhear that you were speaking poorly to my daughter. Now what were you saying about her being a tramp?”

Kori knew that tone, it was his ‘I’m Batman’ voice.

“Well umm…”

“Mr. Wayne, we can explain.”

“Aren’t you so handsome up close.”

Bruce hummed and snapped his fingers at two guards walking through the crowd of people.

“Ah, gentlemen. Please remove these women from the manor and make sure they never come back. Enjoy the rest of your evening ladies.”

And with that, Bruce escorted Kori away from the group of women who were crying out their apologies to the bachelor. He walked Kori down a hidden hallway away from the party and pushed on a false wall before they both walked inside.

Bruce let Kori go and pushed the button in the hidden elevator, bringing them down to the Batcave. Kori awed in surprise, not realizing the Batcave was located underneath Wayne Manor. After stepping off the elevator, she slowly walked around looking at all the different weapons on the walls, the various vehicles that were stationed near a long dark opening, and the ops area that held a single chair and a round table behind it.

“How glorious, Richard did not mentioned the cave of bat was beneath your home.” Bruce could see the awe across the young woman’s face and gestured for her to take a seat at the ops table.

The Bruce that helped her out of her predicament was gone, replaced with the man she knew from Richard’s stories.

“I’m not surprised…Dick did leave here in a hurry.”

Kori looked up to Bruce, seeing that carful façade slipping for a moment. She got up from the chair and walked over to him, placing her hand on his shoulder.

“From what he has told me, it was not the easy decision for him.”

Bruce smiled slightly and draped a blanket over Kori’s shoulder before ushering her back to the chair.

“I’ll locate Dick for you.”

Kori nodded and swiveled back to face the array of computer screens taking up the largest portion of the cave wall.

“And Kori,” She turned to face him. “I’m glad he has you.”

He turns to step back into the elevator, letting it shut behind him.

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No longer than ten minutes passed before Dick rushed out of the elevator and made his way to Kori.

“Kor! I tried looking everywhere for you. What happened? Bruce only told me a little bit of what the women said.”

Kori got up from the chair and took Dick’s suit jacket from him, draping it on the back of the chair before pulling him into a deep kiss.

Slowly, they pulled apart. Kori rubbed her nose against his and places a gentle kiss on his cheek before stepping back.

“It does not matter. Bruce did the rescuing of me from those…” Kori scowls. “…unpleasant women, they do the reminding of Kitten.”

Dick groans, “I remember those girls from the academy. They’re really just a bunch of leached trying to find their way into the upper class.”

Kori nodded, knowing the type.

“I am the grateful Bruce was there, I was close to hitting the blonde one.”

Dick laughs before pulling Kori close again, resting his forehead on her’s as they slowly sway together.

“That, I would have loved to see. These galas were always so boring as a kid.”

Kori giggles and presses a soft kiss to his lips. They stayed like this for a few minutes, just enjoying each other’s company away from the world above them.

“Richard?” Kori looked past Dick’s shoulder to the corner of the cave.

“Yeah, Kor?” Dick wrapped his arms tighter around her and started to trail his lips down her neck.

“Why does the cave of bats have a dinosaur?”

#RobStar Week #RobStar #Robin #Sarfire #Wally West #Bruce Wayne

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