#mm schoolboy romance

[sassycassie-s-series]

All My Fault 32

By: SassyShoulderAngel319

Fandom/Character(s): DC, BatFam - Damian Wayne/Batman

Rating: PG-11/T- (for implied mature themes but nothing explicit)

Notes: (Masterlist) This story is so long. It really got away from me and got out of hand but... heck I still dig it! Also I’m aware this has taken forever to update, please don’t be mad at me.

Tag List (Open): @batboys-and-other-messes @welovegroot @probsjosh  @spooder-moon @lostredrobin @haylo4ever @na-n-na @rachelmorganroth  @reclusive-chicken-nugget

Ch 1, Ch 2, Ch 3, Ch 4, Ch 5, Ch 6, Ch 7, Ch 8, Ch 9, Ch 10, Ch 11, Ch 12, Ch 13, Ch 14, Ch 15, Ch 16, Ch 17, Ch 18, Ch 19, Ch 20, Ch 21, Ch 22, Ch 23, Ch 24, Ch 25, Ch 26, Ch 27, Ch 28, Ch 29, Ch 30, Ch 31

^^^^^

I got swamped in a Superboy hug the second I entered the parlor. “Cloudy!” Jon exclaimed. “I can’t believe you’re alive! How come you still look the same as how I remember you? Shouldn’t you be older? How long have you been home without telling me? How come you never said anything? What’s really going on between you and Damian? What—”

“Kent!” Damian protested. “If you could shut your trap long enough for either of us to explain anything, that would be helpful.”

“Damian, play nice,” I said, giving Jon a hug back. “We’ll explain everything, Jon. Just settle down a little, okay?”

“Okay. Sorry,” Jon said.

The three of us sat down and Damian and I explained how I ended up in the future without aging after going missing for eight years. I laughed when he said that his parents hadn’t told him I was back even though his mom interviewed me—as Cloudburst—and his dad had Tweeted me when it was first discovered I was alive. “They probably thought you already knew,” I reasoned. “It’s not their fault you never check your social media.”

“Mm. Yeah probably,” Jon agreed sullenly.

Explaining that Damian and I had fallen in love with each other was a little more complicated, but after a lot of awkward silences and searching for words, we managed it. “But you can’t tell anyone,” I added at the end. “At least. Not yet. Just… don’t say anything about it. Please, Jon?”

“Can I talk to Richard about it?” Jon asked.

“No,” Damian and I said at the same time.

“Why not?”

“Because given half a chance he’d tell the entire Justice League about it. We don’t need anyone encouraging him,” Damian said.

“Why don’t you call him Dick?” I asked Jon, not meaning to change the subject exactly but genuinely curious.

Jon refused to meet my eyes. “Because it’s a bad word,” he mumbled.

I giggled. “Jonny, please never change,” I said.

Damian pinched the bridge of his nose. “Kent, you’re eighteen,” he said.

Jon pointed at me. “She’s twenty-one and she doesn’t swear!”

“Fair point,” I said, giving Damian a look. “But Jon, you still can’t say anything until we… go public about it, okay?”

“Ooh! Like a secret romance!” Jon said quietly.

“Yeah!” I agreed with a smile.

“Something like that,” Damian said, still pinching the bridge of his nose in exasperation.

^^^^^

“Dick!” Jason hissed, hurtling around the doorframe and into Dick’s room. “Dick guess what?”

“What?” Dick asked, looking up from his phone.

“Cloudy and Damian—”

“Got it on? Did the dirty? Had some hanky-panky? Whatever euphemism you’re gonna use, I already know,” Dick said with a smile.

“How did you find out?”

“I heard shouting from Damian’s room and went to make sure nothing bad was happening and apparently Jon had snuck in through Damian’s window to ask him about something and found them lying naked in bed together. Which they still were when I got in there,” Dick said. “How did you figure it out?”

“I found Cloudy sneaking back into her room wearing the same clothes as yesterday and her hair was messier than usual. She said she passed out in the game room but I went in there after patrol this morning and she wasn’t there.”

Dick laughed. “I can’t believe it worked. And Bruce and Alfred thought a sleepover in Metropolis for that shareholders meeting or whatever was a waste of time,” he said. “BUT the two of them have sworn me to silence.”

“Yeah Cloudy practically begged me not to tell anyone,” Jason agreed.

“So we’re telling Cass and Tim right? Because they’re in on our little plot?”

“Absolutely.”

“Alfred will probably figure it out in two seconds, but let’s pray Bruce never finds out,” Dick said. “Because if he finds out…”

“He’ll kill them both. Twice,” Jason said.

“I wouldn’t go that far, but he might undo all our fine work of getting them alone all the time.”

“What do you mean? You don’t think he’d kick Cloudy out of the house, do you?”

“No. No. He wouldn’t kick Cloudy out. But that doesn’t mean he wouldn’t forbid them from ever being alone together ever again while they both live in this house,” Dick said.

“And if they really love each other, one or both of them would move out immediately,” Jason mused.

“Yeah probably,” Dick agreed, chewing on his lower lip. “We gotta make sure B doesn’t find out for a while.”

“When’ll he be back from Metropolis?”

“Tomorrow, I think. It was a business trip. Something about boring board meetings at the Daily Planet.”

“So we have that long to make sure he doesn’t find out,” Jason said.

“Yup.”

“Then I guess we have some work to do.”

“Guess so,” Dick agreed.

^^^^^

“Maybe it’d be better if we just… never said anything,” I said to Damian and Jon, winding the end of my braid around my fingers.

Damian gave me an appalled look. “That was one of the best nights of my entire life and you wish to pretend it never happened?”

I sighed, refusing to meet his eyes and instead looking at my knees. “Just… just for a while. Just until we decide… what to do. Your father would kill me—and then you—and then me again if he knew what happened.”

“I assume he will walk into the house and immediately realize. He was called the greatest detective in the world for a reason,” Damian said.

I rubbed my temples. “I know. But… what else can we do?”

“Uh, guys? I feel like I shouldn’t be here for this talk,” Jon said, raising a hand like an awkward schoolboy trying to make a comment in class with a teacher he was scared of. “Really. I just came to get Damian’s help on something I’ve been following in Metropolis. You two should really talk about this in private when I'm not here.”

Damian sighed. “Fine. Come with me to the Batcave, Kent. We’ll discuss there. McCl—Nora, would you care to accompany us?”

“No, I uh, I’m going to go have a word with Dick. And maybe Jason. I’ll see you later. Good luck on your case, Jonny.”

“Thanks Cloudy,” Jon said, giving me a hug as we all stood up and left the parlor.

I climbed the stairs to Dick’s room and knocked on the door.

“Who is it?!” Dick called.

“Cloudy,” I replied.

“C’mon in!” Jason’s voice said.

I opened the door and shut it behind me. “Fantastic. Two birds with one stone. Almost literally,” I said quietly. Both of them glanced up at me. The streak of white in Jason’s hair was lit up a pale blue in the light of his laptop screen. Dick was on his bed and Jason at the desk. They both looked interested.

“I think I know what you’re going to say, Cloudy,” Dick said. I cocked an eyebrow.

“Oh yeah?” I challenged.

“Yeah. You’re going to order us not to tell anyone,” Dick continued, unperturbed.

“And we won’t,” Jason added.

“Except Tim and Cass,” Dick amended.

“What?! No!” I shrieked. “Listen, if every child in this family knows, then it’s just a matter of time before Bruce finds out and kills me, and then Damian, and then me again and then—”

“Nora! Relax,” Jason protested. He used my real name so I knew he was serious. “Big bird and I are taking care of it as we speak.”

“Huh?” I asked eloquently.

“Girl. Seriously? We’ve been trying to get you and Damian together since you got here and he pulled off his body armor and you stared at him!” Dick exclaimed. “Tim and Cass are in on it too! Why do you think we all convinced Alfred to force Damian into monitor duty for the night when you were taking the night off? His knee injury wasn’t even a pulled muscle. Two ibuprofens and he would have been fine for the night. But no. We wanted you to be alone together. We didn’t need backup at all. And hey, it worked.”

My face went slack the longer Dick talked. “Yeah but what do you mean you’re taking care of it?”

“There’s hallway footage of you two, er, kissing rather passionately that I'm currently erasing and replacing with earlier instances of you two going to your own rooms and then you sneaking out of his room this morning is also being erased and replaced with a couple seconds of nothingness until you came out of your own room all showered and dressed,” Jason said.

“Why?”

“Because we don’t want B to find out yet either,” Dick said.

“Why?”

Jason shrugged. “We don’t want either of you to move out yet and we figured one of you would if Bruce found out. Probably you.”

That was a fair point. “So… you’re not going to tell anyone?”

“Except Tim and Cass,” Dick said distractedly.

“No!” I protested. “No one!”

“We’ll keep the details secret if it means that much to you,” Jason said. “We’ll just say that you two finally admitted your feelings for each other or something.”

I sighed and put my hand on Jason’s shoulder. “Thank you. Seriously. Thank you.”

He smiled at me. “You’re welcome, Cloudy,” he said, reaching up and patting my back. “Can’t guarantee Tim won’t figure it out but—”

“But at least you’d have done your part,” I finished.

“Something like that,” Jason agreed.

I nodded—and then bit my lip. “Jay, can I ask you a question and have you give me a square answer?”

Jason pursed his lips. “I'm really more of a triangle guy but sure,” he said. I smacked him lightly upside the head. Nothing too painful. “Ow, hey!”

I looked him dead in the face. “What should I do?”

“Kid, that’s not a question I can be objective about. You know that,” Jason said. “I love you, Cloudy. You’re exactly the sister I would have loved to have my entire life but I only got you for a couple years. I want to protect you as much as I can but at the same time I want you to be happy.”

“How come you’re not asking me?” Dick asked.

“Because I already know your answer, Richard,” I said seriously. “Something corny about following my heart or doing what makes me happy. Plus I know you saw Damian as more of a son than a brother when you were both younger and I know you want him to be happy.”

Dick grumbled under his breath—something about me making a good point. I turned my attention back to Jason, eyebrows raised expectantly.

He sighed. “Cloudy: do what you want. Are you, like, actually legitimately in love with Damian?”

I chewed my lower lip for a moment. “Yeah,” I said.

“Then, heck, Clouds, date him!” Jason said. “Do what you want and what makes you happy. We both know if he’s ever less than respectful of you that you could kick his butt.” He used heck the way I believed it was originally intended to be used—like he couldn’t decide which curse word to use and ended up combining them. “Look, if you wanna be with him, then just do it. It’ll be a lot easier on all of us if you did anyway.”

I cocked my eyebrow again. “How so?”

“I swear every longing look you two threw at each other across the cave when you thought the other wasn’t looking was going to take a year-and-a-half off my lifespan.”

“He’s not alone,” Dick added. “I noticed too.”

I grunted. “Mm. Thanks,” I muttered.

“No problem. Now rest assured that everything is fine here and we’re taking care of ensuring Bruce doesn’t find out and go be with Damian if you want,” Jason said, giving me a smile. He shook his head. “I can’t believe I'm condoning anyone I'm close to being in a relationship with the little gremlin but…” He shrugged.

I ruffled his hair. “Thanks, Jay.” I looked over at Dick. “And thanks Dick, too. Both of you. For… everything, I guess.”

Dick chuckled. “That’s what brothers are for, right?” he asked.

“Sure,” I said. “See you later.” I ducked out of Dick’s room.

“See ya!” Dick and Jason chorused as I shut the door.

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Next

[rhodrymavelyne]

I’ve just recommended a bunch of yaoi manga on Facebook to someone who asked. I figured I’d share them here as well. :)

First, here’s Desire, by Maki Kazumi and Yukine Honami. It’s a school boy romance with beautiful art work. Warning, it does get non-consensual at times, but it has a happy ending. 

Second, Only the Ring Finger Knows. It’s the first June publication I bought, back when it was DNP.  Also a school boy romance with a comedy of errors and confused feelings worthy of Jane Austen. 

[moodymindymusereactions]

When they discover their s/o is a writer

Suho:

I think Junmyeon would be hella impressed.  You are a thinker and he really appreciates someone who has their own opinions and thoughts about things in life.  I don’t think it would matter much what subject or type of writing you do, he’s going to find it interesting.  But for reaction's sake, we’ll go with mystery.  I think Junmyeon is the type to really like having something that challenges him mentally and trying to figure out who stole the painting or who killed who would be right up his alley.  Honestly, he wouldn’t so much pick your brain because he wants you to tell him who the killer or thief is, but more so he can hear all his thoughts out loud.  He’s not looking for affirmation, he’s organizing his clues.  Is it weird that I see him having a small journal that he dedicated to the mysteries of your books/series?  Like he just jots down his thoughts and his predictions and sees if he’s right by the end.  He’ll have it organized first by setting and then by character and then by major events.  He’ll lay out all his growing evidence.  He’ll cross off people who are innocent and make stars and/or notes next to those he still suspects.  It doesn’t matter where he is, if he thinks he’s figured out the mystery Junmyeon will call you or text you or facetime/skype you excitedly.  Junmyeon appreciates creativity, so a writer s/o would be perfect.  “Jagi! I know who did it!”  “Oh?”  “Yeah!! I’m sure of it!”  “You said that last week XD” “But I’m right this time!!! I know it!”

Baekhyun:

Look I’m not saying Baekhyun would be totally into horror, suspense thrillers, but that’s exactly what I’m saying.  This guy would be all over that ish!  Honestly, he’d be so surprised at first.  You?  A horror suspense writer?  His jagi?  Excited would be an understatement.  He’ll want copies of all your past to present work!  NOW!  He has to dig in and devour the eerie scenes, the heart-pounding suspense!  The faster his pulse is, the better.  He also thinks it’s pretty sexy that you have a dark side.  Honestly, he’ll want to explore the different characters, the way you developed them, why they are the way they are, who (if anyone) they’re based on, etc.  I feel like Baekhyun takes his reading very seriously.  I think he’d also be into writing back and forth with you, too.  Like not in a ‘let’s publish this’ sort of way, but like you have created characters together, formed a whole world, and are just writing fun little short stories for the fun of it.  I think this would excite him because he’d feel like he was exercising his mind and being creative, something that he really cherishes.  However, if you are anything like me and you have zero problem with killing off main characters for story development, be prepared for a long whining session as to why this is the worst thing you could have done because ‘johnny deserved better’.  Being a writer with Baekhyun would only spice up your relationship, to be honest.  “Jagi!  The new chapter was amazing!!”  “You think so?” *eagerly nods* “I still think you should have just killed Joan off, but Henry was a good choice, too.  He was whiney.”  *cue laughter* “That’s not why I killed him!”  “WELL, IT SHOULD BE!”

Chanyeol:

Literally your biggest fanboy!  He thinks you being a writer is fantastic!  It wouldn’t even matter what kind of writer you are, he’ll want to read everything you have.  In a way it makes him feel closer to you.  He feels like by reading your work, he’s somehow getting a deeper insight into you as a person.  If you’re struggling with a chapter or a certain scene he’ll want you to use him as a pinboard, bouncing idea after idea off of him until something blossoms.  Chanyeol understands better than most that while writing the proper inspiration has to manifest and that is something that can be elusive at times.  Honestly, I see him being the type to beg you to either write him something he can take with him on tour or send him the new pages of whatever chapter you’re.  Again, it probably makes him feel close to you, but imagine the discussions that would come out of this!!  He’ll talk to you endlessly about different scenarios and characters.  Especially the bad guys cuz jeez why do they have to be so mean.  ‘MC is just living his life, Jagi!  Why is BG so rude!  It’s just not fair!’  Honestly, if you’re anything like me and you suddenly get awesome ideas for later parts or even just brand new material ideas and you stop dead in your tracks to record your fantastic idea in your phone, Chanyeol is going to fanboy hard because he thinks that so cute.  You’re halfway through a conversation while walking Tobin and BAM!  Inspiration!  He thinks you’re so cute!  He’ll want to know what your idea was so he can help flesh out the details.  No idea is a bad idea.  Just one that needs a little more love.   “Omo!  Jagi~~why did you do that to poor main character!!!  My heart! How could you?!”  “Chanyeol-ah, all he did was trip…”  “But he broke his arm!!!!!!”  “That happens sometimes, darling…”  

D.O:

As we all know, Kyungsoo is the quieter one of the group.  I think he really would enjoy a writer as a partner.  He strikes me as someone who likes to read.  Cliche, I know, but imagine if you were a food critic and/or blogger and most of your work is centered around food.  We all know this guy loves to cook and bake, so this would just be a new perspective on something he already enjoys.  Omg!! Think about it!  He would totally take you to all sorts of restaurants, large or hole in the wall just so the two of you can critique the food that you both eat.  If he’s on tour, I can totally see him running into a good eatery and wanting to share it with you, so if he can’t send you a bite, he’ll kindly ask the chef for the recipe so he could make it for you.  SO CUTE!!!  That and I can see him eating something and be totally disappointed because “it was headed in the right direction, but it’s missing something” and going home to cook the same dish just so he could figure out what the missing piece was.  It would be extremely cute if you created a piece just around him  Something like “My Boyfriend’s Kitchen” or something.  Can you imagine if he proposed to you??  You would have to change that to “My Fiance’s Kitchen”  OH THE SCANDAL!!! ;)  “Kyungie, it’s really not that big of a deal.”  *adamantly shakes his head* “No that dinner was awful.  I can’t have that be your birthday dinner.  I knew I should have just done it myself!”  (plz love and cherish this nugget.  Plz).

Kai:

I don’t know how much he reads, to be honest.  I feel like he doesn’t mind reading a good book, but he’s a bit picky on his choices.  An image that really stands out to me is romance.  I feel like it would be his guilty pleasure.  He really likes romance and love stories, but like not those icky raunchy stories!  ‘It has to be a real love story, not a porno.’  Don’t ask me why I think this.  I just do.  So say as a writer you like to indulge in romantic comedy.  It’s not my favorite, personally, but there are a few out there that are just adorable, it’s hard NOT to like them.  I feel like for Jongin this would be about the same.  Even so, I still feel like he doesn’t read a whole lot.  Not because he’s not interested, but because he’s so busy dancing and doing other things.  So, if you were to read some of your work to him, say while the two of you lounge around on a day off, he would be putty in your hands.  He’d be so engrossed in the world and love story you created that he’d be almost sad when you’re forced to stop either by schedules or just some good ‘ole sleep.  If he’s away on tour, he’ll facetime/skype you so you can read to him until he falls asleep.  If you were to pre-record yourself reading the next part he’d be over the moon!  Not only does he get to hear what happens next, but now he has your voice at his fingertips.  Honestly, I don’t think you’d really understand how comforting that is for him.  “Jagiyah, they get together in the end, right?  That’s how it ends?” *looks up at you with those wide eyes*  “You’ll have to wait and see” *BOOP HIS NOSE IT’S RIGHT THERE!!!* *ahem* “Aigo, but it’s so tense right now!” (cue whine and a tiny pout.  Look I don’t bias him but he’s been adopted as my bro, okay?  I love this kid!)

Sehun:

Surprisingly, I think Sehun would really appreciate some well written, beautiful poetry.  I don’t know why I thought of this, but it kinda makes sense in my mind.  Like Jongin, it’s kind of his guilty pleasure.  I mean how cute would it be if he was originally your fanboy and he just messaged you out of the blue about one of your prose.  It could be because it’s so beautiful and heartfelt, or it could be because he wanted to discuss the deeper meanings of the words. Even just because he’s confused or curious about a certain part.  Either way, the rest is history.  Sehun loves to read your poetry, but he also LOVES to listen to you recite it.  There’s something about the way your voice wraps passionately around the words that he finds so endearing.  Honestly, he could fall asleep to your gentle voice (and maybe some hair petting).  I also think that Sehun would entertain the idea of dabbling in poetry himself, though he would be really shy about it.  How cute would that be?? The two of you exchanging poetry like some old sappy romance movie. *dies of cuteness overload*  “Omg! Sehun-ah, this is amazing!!”  *blushes and looks sheepish*  “It’s alright…” “It’s more than alright!  This is beautiful!  You did such an amazing job--,” *he’ll blush like a schoolboy the whole time you compliment all the different wonderful aspects of his work*

--Admin MM