#bartrose

[earth489]

Well, Bart/Cissie and JayRose were originally gonna be endgame ships in this Earth, but I rediscovered my love for Bartrose, so now that's happening, Jay is with Artemis of Bana Mighdall, and Cissie is... well, I guess she's staying single, for now. I know Cissiecasse is a popular ship, but I'm too far deep into Cassie/Kon to break them up.

[dc-said-bi-robin-rights]

Rose’s type is boys whose heads she could crush between her biceps and girls who could kill her.

[corner-stories]

playing nurse

Bart Allen. Rose Wilson. Explosions. Injuries. Eyelashes. 1013 words. (ao3.)

An explosion throws Ravager off her feet. 

Rose hits the ground, still alive but without the air in her lungs or the swords in her hands. She can only lie there, unmoving even though her heart keeps beating. Her instinct tells her to get up, but she can’t — the thoughts in her head that tell her to move aren’t reaching her body. 

On the ground Rose looks forward and sees her weapons just out of reach, the battle around her is still going on. Wonder Girl is flying next to Solstice, both enveloped in a ball of light. Kid Flash and Superboy are both blurs, Raven is a shadow, while Red Robin and Beast Boy maneuver the area with their own kind of grace.

Rose tries to find the strength to take her blade, but for the life of her she can’t. She can’t even move her little finger. She’s already slipping. 

The explosion still echoes through her mind — the flash of light, the shards of debris moving so fast that it pierces her uniform and her flesh, then the high-pitched ringing still resonating in her ears. 

The last thing Rose hears is the sound of her teammates screaming Ravager’s name.

…

…

…

Rose Wilson survived, but the aching in her body makes her feel like she did anything but. 

Her consciousness comes and goes. Everytime she musters the strength to open her eye she is greeted by something new. The first time she sees the walls of the T-Jet and hears the hum of the engines. The second time she feels the tension of the bandages around her forehead, shoulders, and left leg. The third time, she sees her caretaker removing debris from her skin and cleaning her wounds. And the fourth, she’s finally able to hear the conversation of her teammates.

The mission went well, even with the explosion that knocked her onto her ass. Rose can’t even remember what they were even fighting for, or even how the blast happened, just that the Titans had been called and she had been standing in the wrong place at the wrong time.

At a certain point, every mission begins to feel the same. 

Breathing causes her chest to ache. Even with the knock-off super-soldier serum in her veins, she’ll still need time to heal. 

As Wonder Girl and Red Robin discuss the ups and downs of the mission — thankfully not dragging Ravager for getting caught in a blast — Rose hears footsteps walking towards the back of the T-Jet. 

Her eye is barely open as she watches Bart Allen approach her. His cowl has been pulled off his eyes and his hair mussed. He appears to be worried, perhaps for her. 

“Doctor Bart is in the house,” the Speedster greets in a playful tone. He wipes the concerned look off his face and gives her a grin. 

Under normal circumstances Rose would say something brassy, defensive, or just plain rude if she’s feeling like it. Whatever it takes to keep her face on. 

But at the moment all she can muster is a hum. She’s always thought that Bart was too kind for his own good, but now as she lies in a stretcher, too weak to even lift up her own head, Rose swears that she could marry the guy. 

“There she is,” Bart says as their gazes meet for a brief second. 

Gently, she feels him slipping his hand between her head and her pillow. He slowly raises her up, and with his other hand he is holding a water bottle.

“Could I buy you a drink?”

Rose manages a half-smile. 

Bart cradles her head and holds the bottle to her lips, slowly letting her consume what she can. It’s only now when she realizes that her throat is absolutely parched.

The noise of her teammates talking in the T-Jet gets just a bit louder. Kiran adds her two cents on the outcome of the battle and Raven sounds like she’s supporting her — perhaps the two got along more than Rose thought. Kon speaks in a more jovial tone, and a part of Rose wonders if he’ll say something along the lines of — “Aside from Ravager getting knocked the fuck out, I think everything went okay.” 

Bart continues to tend to her and Rose realizes just how warm he is. She feels like she can stay here forever, held in his arms like he’s a blanket on a cold night. 

When he finishes giving her water, she notices the focused look on his pretty face as he rests her head on the pillow. Her gaze goes to his eyelashes and she can’t help but see how long they are, or how they perfectly frame his eyes, which look almost hazel in this light. Has she really never noticed before?

“You’ll live to see another day, Rose,” Bart tells her in a friendly voice. For a guy who can run and talk at a million miles an hour, he’s surprisingly good at keeping her alive. 

Rose breathes slowly and methodically as Bart checks on her wound dressings, adjusting the gauze on her leg and on her forearm. When she feels his palm graze hers, the remnants of her strength returns and something inside her compels her to tighten her fingers around his hand. 

She closes her eye and Rose feels Bart going absolutely still, a rarity for him. She imagines that his mind is running even faster than it usually does, and to that she can’t help but find the thought amusing. 

“Shit,” Bart says, surprised. At least his tone remains playful. “You sure you’re not delirious?” 

If she could manage a laugh then she would, but instead she exhales slowly and lets herself nod off to sleep again. The sound of the T-Jet’s engines begin to feel soothing. She doesn’t know how long she’s holding his hand, but a part of her is compelled to do it for as long as she can. 

The last thought on Rose’s mind before she falls asleep is whether she’ll get to see Bart playing nurse again. 

[earth489incorrectquotes]

Rose: "I think we should breed and see what our offspring think" has quickly become my favorite way to respond to someone disagreeing with me.

Bart: I disagree.

Rose: You know what has to happen now.

Conner: I am begging you two to get a room.

[unreversedumbrella]

I've seen some people complain about the grimdark aesthetic of the early 2000's so I was guessing it would have been that

I was just wondering if his personality somehow made him more susceptible to it. Regardless of canonicity, the traits that make people see him as neurodivergent are there. And there's nothing stopping someone from seeing those as defects or flaws to be fixed

Do you think Bart's neurodivergence was the main reason he was treated like THAT by didio and geoff or do you know of any other more important factors?

In Didio's case he simply did not like ANY of the legacy characters, period, particularly if they were ever shown 'growing up' or becoming their own heroes because then it meant that they were taking the spotlight away from their mentors which he loved more than anything. Pushing Bart to being Kid Flash was likely a step to curb him from being too individualized which might have made him more popular, and more notable than Barry.

This is all very perplexing as Didio pushed exceedingly hard to get Bart as The Flash against the words of warning from Geoff Johns and Mark Waid. While Didio eventually did apologize to Waid for what he had done to Bart at the end of FMA the long standing damage had already been done, and right from Waid's mouth - Bart had died a long, long time ago.

It's possible that Didio also pushed Bart to be The Flash as a means to uplift Barry all along and to tether him more with Barry but this is speculation. The point is, Didio disliked legacy characters not being legacy characters but also was a creative director and he still had a job to do.

For some fun look up his plans for Kon becoming Nightwing after killing Dick Grayson off, but was held up at an airport by an enraged fan.

Geoff has more fondness for Bart as a legacy of Barry and while he had him act like that in Teen Titans Bart was still somewhat recognizable as Bart albiet he was changed to fit the new grimdark edgy narrative of comics post-2003. EVERYONE in TTv3 suffered as a whole (Rose, Cassie, Kon, Tim, Eddie etc etc etc).

I highly doubt it was because of Bart's neurodivergence, which sadly is not canon even though Mark Waid has said he embraces it, that triggered Bart's downfall in writing between Geoff and Didio.

However, we are still learning more things as time passes since Didio was fired from DC!

[roseworth]

i don’t like bartrose bc i can’t imagine either of them really being interested in each other but as a tragedy enjoyer they compel me…….

[crashcitycentral]

Hi, and welcome to my Ted Talk.

Today on top 10 underappreciated relationships in DC

Bart Allen and Rose Wilson

They need more recognition cause this-

This is the content we deserve

[christopher-bryant]

Bart: *hugs Rose*

Rose: What was that?

Bart: A hug.

Rose: Gross.

Rose: Do it again.

[impulse-isms]

Rose: -gets up to leave the room- Bart, what did we agree you’d do every time I walk out of a room?

Bart: sorry, baby. -repositions himself so he can stare at her ass-

[thatyellowfinch]

barose

Who is the big spoon/little spoon?

Switches on the daily depending who’s feeling more vulnerable and who’s feeling more protective. Honestly, Bart loves being the little spoon because it makes him feel safe but he also loves being the big spoon because he loves holding Rose.

What is their favorite non-sexual activity?

They both have their own strengths in the kitchen but they love to cook together. This leads to Bart nearly setting the house on fire while starting the grill so Rose can make steaks and Rose mixing the sugar and flour measurements for the banana bread Bart was baking and them ending up with a strange, but good, dessert that sparkled when you spread butter on it (based on true stories). However, they make it work and they both enjoy the adventure and the laughs they get out of their mishaps.

Who uses all the hot water in the morning?

Rose never stood a chance. Bart’s alarm may go off after hers but he normally wakes up the moment she sits up in bed and is in the shower before she can even blink. Jokes on him, she prefers to take her showers at night anyways.

What they order from take out?

These two live on takeout when they don’t have time to cook (which happens more often than they’d like). Their favorite place is an incredibly cheap Chinese food place that delivers. The delivery crew knows them well and always know they’ll be in for some heavy lifting when their names come up. Bart eats a lot so they order a lot.

What is the most trivial thing they fight over?

Rose’s precog ruins their tv shows for them all the time and Rose has decided if she gets spoilers so does Bart. Bart was most upset when he found out Jon Snow was Daenerys’s nephew before they even started that season. He didn’t talk to her for three whole days after she told him.

Who does most of the cleaning?

Neither of them are good at cleaning but eventually the house does get to the point that Bart can’t stand it and he’ll clean it all in less than an hour. Super speed helps a lot.

What has a season pass in their DVR?

Bart loves scifi shows like Star Trek and Kill Joys. Rose doesn’t watch tv much but she does like Trevor Noah and Stephen Colbert.

Who controls the netflix queue?

Tim does considering they stole his password for it.

Who calls up the super/landlord when the heat’s not working?

Rose, Bart hardly ever feels cold so he doesn’t notice.

Who leaves their stuff around?

Both of them. They’re not neat people.

Who remembers to buy the milk?

Rose, Bart is a little too scatterbrained.

Who remembers anniversaries?

Rose barely wanted to actually get married because of the hassle and a fear of happiness, she’s bad at remembering “normal” dates like that because she doesn’t feel like counting how many days until it all gets ripped away from her.

[eggsyprice]

do you ship rose and jason with anyone else besides each other?

i ship jaykyle and kind of jayconnor but not nearly as much as i ship jayrose & i ship bartrose and rose/barbara gordon (rosebabs?) and rose/eddie a little but again, not nearly as much as i ship jayrose sjdjdjd

[rosewilsonworth]

one last thing before i go to bed, mia x rose is an amazing ship that deserves to be a thing 

[corner-stories]

two speedsters and a pool

Rose Wilson. Bart Allen. Irey West.

Swimming. Nudging. Floating.

1970 words.

(ao3.)

Rose Wilson swims to get her mind off of things. 

On certain days of the week, the pool at the top of Titans Tower will be vacant and free. Then suddenly the place becomes her sanctuary, even if just for a little while. 

Sometimes she will swim laps, often as many as she can. But most of the time, she will just float. 

Like a log in a river she will remain at the surface, lying on her back as she looks up. San Francisco is blessed with mostly sunny weather year round, allowing her to easily enjoy the sight of a bright, blue, endless sky. 

In the middle of a Tuesday, Rose finishes her workout by diving into the pool. The second she plunges under the surface, she can feel her muscles relaxing. The soreness in her body slowly slips away, the tissue on her bones beginning to heal.  

The chemicals in her blood have their downsides, but the upsides tend to even things out. For all the grief the serum gives her, it gives her moments like these — moments where she can remain underwater for just a bit longer, looking upwards at the sun through the shimmering surface of the pool. 

She stays like this, sitting on the bottom of the pool and pulling her knees to her chest. She finds comfort in the moment, remaining underwater like the world’s happiest rock. The sound of everything is drowned out, allowing Rose to finally think for once. 

A few moments pass, then Rose surfaces. She then spends the next minutes swimming laps in the pool.

When Rose is done she climbs out of the water, then wrings out her hair as she walks across the deck. She sits at a sunlounge by the pool’s edge, where her belongings are. After drying off her hands and laying her towel across the back of her neck, she checks her phone. 

As Rose replies to a text from Joey, the sound of a sliding door is heard. She looks up to see two of the tower’s visitors walking out from the building and onto the pool deck.

Irey West — also known as the second and much cooler Impulse — steps towards the pool’s edge at a normal pace. 

“Can we go swimming?” she asks in an excited voice.

Following behind her is Bart Allen, a speedster that the Titans are a bit more familiar with. With his hands in his pockets, he walks up to his young cousin.

“You don’t have a swimsuit.”

Irey looks disappointed. “Oh.” 

Bart then gives her a devilish, playful smirk. “You’ll just swim naked then.”

Irey proceeds to look absolutely mortified. “No!”

From where she is, Rose can’t help but smile. She is somewhat familiar with Irey West, as the young speedster has been permitted to be a weekends-only Teen Titan. It’s similar to how her older cousin had been when he started out. The only difference is that Bart always accompanies her to the tower, predominantly as a babysitter but occasionally as a mentor. 

Looking at them now, Rose thinks that they come off more like siblings than cousins. 

Putting her phone down, Rose stands up and approaches the pair. “I got something she can wear,” she offers. 

Both Bart and Irey look at her with puzzled, quizzical expressions. 

“You do?” they answer simultaneously. 

Rose lets out a chuckle. “Yeah, people leave clothes here all the time, so we just wash ‘em and keep ‘em just in case. I mean… you never know, right?” 

Bart nods, then reaches up to scratch the back of his neck. “Yeah, I guess so.”

“I’m sure there’ll be something in her size,” Rose says, looking Irey up and down. 

Before Bart can answer, Irey grins and speaks up. 

“Wow! Thanks, Rose!”

“Any time, Red,” Rose says, clicking her tongue at the young one. 

Irey soon kneels down next to the pool and dips her finger in, testing the temperature of the water. Rose walks off, but before she can slip through the sliding glass door, Bart zips over to where she is. 

He’s smiling when he asks, “Hey, you sure about this?” 

Without hesitation, Rose nods. “Of course, it’s just a swim.” Her voice then gets playful and teasing. “And don’t worry, I’ll find something for you, too.” 

Jokingly, she pats him on the head, a gesture that makes Bart flinch at her touch, but the smile on his face tells her that he enjoyed it. Even when sporting a university hoodie, Bart Allen is still as boyish and youthful as ever. 

“Anyone ever tell you that you’re nicer than you say you are?” Bart asks in a tone that’s warm, yet just a bit playful. 

Rose rolls her eye. “I’m only nice when I feel like it.” 

…

…

…

Swimming turns out to be a good idea after all. 

Irey proves to be a natural in the water, showing skill in her front crawl and breaststroke. With her borrowed swimsuit, she practically resembles a green bullet zipping through the pool. Initially, Rose had expected to be playing lifeguard for the next hour, but instead she’s able to perch on the edge of the pool and be at ease. 

As Irey swims laps to burn off her speedster energy, Bart remains near Rose. Sporting a pair of red swim trunks, he floats at the surface of the water, relaxing on his back as he looks upwards. 

She knows that he’s enjoying what she often does, the feeling of weightlessness while looking towards a cloudless sky. Even someone as hyperactive as Bart can enjoy the simple things in life. 

Rose keeps most of her attention on Irey, but from time to time she will shift her gaze to her friend relaxing in the water. She is not entirely sure why, but yet she will keep doing it. 

After a few minutes of peaceful floating, Bart opens his eyes and notices Rose looking at him.

“What?” 

“When did you get chest hair?” asks Rose in a casual tone. 

“I don’t know — when I hit puberty,” answers Bart, shrugging. He straightens himself in the water and swims towards her. “So like… two weeks ago?” 

Rose lets out a chuckle. With her toe, she pokes him playfully as he rests his elbows on the edge of the pool. 

“Y’know, it’s trending for dudes to be like, super hairless now,” Bart muses. 

Rose eyes him, confused. “How do you know that?” 

“Because when I went to my university’s pool, someone tried to call animal control,” he answers like it’s the most normal answer in the world. “Also, this girl walked up to me and said: ‘Austin Powers called, he wants his chest hair back!’”

Rose chuckles again, then begins to wonder why she ever hated small talk in the first place. 

“How is university anyway?” she carries on, partially curious.  

“I like my classes.”

She raises an eyebrow at him. “That’s something I never thought I’d hear from you.” 

“Well… I’m learning about shit that’s actually interesting,” Bart claims, then shrugs his shoulders. “You ever code an algorithm that makes a heavily modified robot dog recognize your professor and piss apple juice on them? Because if you haven’t, you should, because that shit’s dope.” 

Rose manages a smile. “Good to know that the future of electrical engineering is in good hands,” she says in a dry, playful tone. 

She then leans down and elbows him in the shoulder. The youthful, skittish way he grins makes her heart beat faster for a reason she can’t understand. 

For a few more moments, Bart and Rose look forward towards Irey. She keeps on swimming, going from one end of the pool to the next without any hesitation. 

With his attention preoccupied, Rose looks over her old teammate once more. It’s a habit of hers, taking in those she had known for years just to see to realize how much time had actually passed. 

When Rose had met Bart, he was a jittery, unfocused teenager who couldn’t sit still. He seemed to love adventures more than responsibility and saw the entire world as a game. 

Nowadays Bart was still as energetic as ever, but the degree of focus he had garnered over the years had allowed to be content in his life as a college freshman. It was hard to believe that the guy who used to avoid any prospects of obligation or accountability was now willingly babysitting his kid cousin.

As she looks at him, Rose notes that he’s just a bit taller now, and that the youthful lines on his pretty face had matured into much sharper, chiseled features. 

Sometimes she wonders how time has moved so fast.

Bart looks over his shoulder and notices her eye on him. “What now?” he asks, smirking. 

Rose smiles back, but looks away. “Nothing.”

There is a beat, then Bart begins to ask — “Hey, I was wondering if you-”

Then suddenly, Irey rises up from the water in front of them, effectively startling both parties and causing Rose’s heart to skip a beat. 

“Look! I found a quarter!” the young speedster cheers, holding up a soaked coin like it’s a piece of gold. “It was just lying at the bottom next to an old band-aid! How long do you think it’s been there?!”

When Irey looks forward she notices the looks of surprise on both the older Titan’s faces.

“What? Did I miss anything?” asks Irey, very obviously befuddled and confused.

Rose shakes her head as Bart awkwardly rubs the back of his neck. 

“Nope, you’re all good, Red,” Rose assures. For a moment she looks to Bart, then back to Irey. “Though, I think I’m gonna head out, I’m starting to prune.” 

Irey nods her head. “Okay. Are you still going to be around?”

“Of course,” Rose promises, then lifts her legs out of the water. “Let’s do this again.” 

With her knees close to her chest, she looks at Bart. When their gazes meet, she reaches forward and places her hand on his shoulder. 

“See you around.”

Bart nodes, then reaches up to touch her hand with his. “You, too.” 

For a single second they remain as so, their hands remaining together on top of Bart’s shoulder, then Rose finally pulls hers away and stands up. As she walks to her belongings on a nearby sunlounge, she looks back once more to see Bart looking at his fingers, slowly clenching his fist tight, then bringing it down into the water. 

Grabbing her towel, Rose dries her hair and watches the pair of speedsters in the pool. Irey dives down once more and Bart watches over her like the good babysitter he is. Irey is very lucky to have such a caring, attentive older cousin in her life. 

Now mostly dry, Rose gathers up her remaining belongings and goes to the sliding glass door that leads into the Tower. 

Before she leaves for good, she looks back at the pool deck one more time.

Bart climbs out of the water and goes to his clothes, which are thrown haphazardly on a sunlounge. He reaches into the pocket of his jeans and pulls out a handful of change. When he goes back to the pool’s edge, Irey is waiting for him with a curious look in her eyes. 

“Hey, Pirate, wanna find some more treasure?” he asks with a kindly grin, then kneels down towards.

After Irey nods, Bart tosses the various coins into the pool. After they hit the surface and sink to the bottom, Irey dives down to retrieve them. 

The notion puts another smile on Rose’s face. So much so that when she goes into the Tower to leave the speedsters be, she only partially wonders what Bart would have asked her had he not been interrupted. 

[ao3feed-timkon]

TimKon Week 2020 Day 3: Whaaaaaaat is that?

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3cqJdjz

by SweetTsubaki

Seriously? They had been called for that?

Timkon Week 2020 Day 3: Supernatural (for the first time I won't combine the prompts as I don't write smut)

Words: 1211, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 3 of TimKon Week 2020

Fandoms: DC Comics, Teen Titans (Comics)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: F/M, Gen, M/M

Characters: Tim Drake, Kon-El | Conner Kent, Cassie Sandsmark, Bart Allen, Rose Wilson, Kiran Singh, mentioned - Character

Relationships: Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent, Bart Allen & Tim Drake & Kon-El | Conner Kent & Cassie Sandsmark, Tim Drake & Kon-El | Conner Kent, Tim Drake & Kon-El | Conner Kent & Cassie Sandsmark, Bart Allen/Rose Wilson, (suggested as only a one sided crush), Cassie Sandsmark & Rose Wilson

Additional Tags: barely there but still, Mostly Fluff, Pre-Slash, Pre-New 52, Pre-Flashpoint (DCU), Post-Crisis, Mostly from Cassie's PoV, mostly cute fluff with a tiny bit of angst, BartRose is a ship I like but in here it's just suggested as a possibility, TimKon's just...there, Basque Mythology

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3cqJdjz

[christopher-bryant]

Rose: What makes you think Bart is in love with me?

Kon: He looks at you the same way he used to look at halloween candy.