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experimentfae · 11 months

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Actor Au Wally darling x GN Human! reader (2)

While you were walking out the guy from before ran towards you “wait the director!” This made you turn around “the-the director wanted you’re number.” He spoke out of breath, Right you forget about letting them know you’re number.

“Oh I’m sorry here it is.” He gave you a paper to write it down. “Thanks.” Then he walked away without another word. Which in return made you continue you’re way home.

Wally’s pov:

That little- I threw another object at my dressing room wall in raged by what the director told me.

“How dare they practically replace Me!” feeling the anger bubbling in me threatening to rage out again, but I heard a knock.

“Wally? Is everything ok?” I know that voice anywhere my best friend Barnaby I let out deep breaths trying to cool myself down. “Come in.” I replied

The I see him walk in looking around the dressing room “wow must be some bad news for you to be acting like this.” He stated seeming concern.

“barnaby… they are basically replacing me!” I yelled in anger but now with sadness mixed along with it, I could tell Barnaby was shocked “are you serious?” He questioned “of course I’m serious Barnaby, you know I would never joke about something like that!” I spoke just the thought of that, human taking my place.

“Wally I’m so sorry we will talk with the director.” He assured seeming confident they could change their mind “no… don’t even bother I know they been waiting for this opportunity, of course it fell right on their lap they aren’t gonna change their mind.” I advised.

He now seem defeated can’t blame him I feel it too “oh even is you’re replacement?” I let out a sigh don’t even want to think about them “it was some human that unfortunately despite my best efforts made it to the audition.”

“Now I can see why you told me not to bother changing their mind.” It’s unfortunate he knew what I meant immediately, sadly puppets still deal with oppression to this day.

I felt him hug my side “I promise Wally it will get better it always does.” I badly want to believe him but I can’t.

“Thanks Barnaby.”

(Y/N) pov:

I let out a gasp, the director gave me a message

[hello (y/n) hope this reaches you and we would be happy to say they you are hired for the new role of welcome home shooting starts on Monday 18th on 9:30 am please don’t be late]

I let out a excited screech “oh my cheese! I… I can’t believe this I got the part, I, I… man what should I do now?” You made a great achievement to the point you weren’t sure what you’re exact move should be.

“I guess I should tell my family!” You spoke feeling happy you called you’re immediate family and told them about the great news and of course they where ecstatic “sweetie we are so proud of you.” Stated you’re (parent 1).

“Yes sweetie we are, I hope this makes great things happen for you.” (parent 2) assured showing how much they cared and where excited for you.”

This made you happy next was to call you’re friend but you hesitated, they wanted the part you got would they be upset?

“Maybe I shouldn’t…” you didn’t tell you’re friend about the news, at least not yet.

But you love to tell them about it and you needed to vent about how Wally didn’t seem all that pleased to see you, you did hear that he wasn’t fond of humans.

But you weren’t gonna let that stop you.

“I’m sure he’ll get over it I just hope the rest of the crew is more nicer, at least I know Eddie is pretty nice.”

Wally pov:

The newest episode went by like normal until the near the end of the episode.

I felt a bit of annoyance looking at the fake new house that appeared in the neighborhood but I have to keep a happy face after all, the cameras are rolling.

“Wow there is a new home!” Cheered Julie “this gotta be interesting.” Spoke Barnaby

I looked Into the camera “neighbor look a new neighbor is coming, isn’t this wonderful news?, are you excited just like us?.”

I paused pretending to expect a response

“That’s good neighbor we must always welcome people with open arms, next episode we would officially meet the new neighbor, can’t wait to see you next week.”

I waved goodbye until the camera cutoff and I fake smile turn neutral.

“Get me a chai latte, now.” The assistant immediately went to get the coffee and I sat down as the makeup crew took off my eye shadow.

“Hey Wally.” I looked to see Julie “I heard about what happen.” She seem upset for me this made me upset too I never like seeing my friends like that.

“It’s unfortunate but yeah.” I sighed out “wow I thought it was a rumor at first never thought they would try to replace you.” She replied in disbelief.

“Yeah no worry Julie I’m sure the new member can’t be that good.” I stated with confidence

Time skip Monday 18th of this month:

You drove to the studio and made you’re way in, you see the director waiting for you.

Their faces lighten up when they saw you “there is the star of the hour.” The director declared I felt myself be nervous.

“Yeah the new neighbor.” I said with a chuckle hoping it well take off the nerves.

“Yes mrx.(l/n) into the dressing room immediately.” The director said as someone from backstage showed you you’re dressing room “there is a 70s theme outfit waiting for you in the room, a makeup crew will come shortly.”

Spoke the person that showed you the way and they immediately left to do their other task

“Oh alright.” You said as you walked in and looked to see the outfit, you actually liked it “wow can’t believe this is happening still.” You spoke to yourself part you wanted to believe this was a dream, but you did enough pinching to definitely say this is a reality.

You go into the outfit and you sat down waiting for the makeup crew until you heard a knock on you’re door “come in.” You assured as you look to see you’re surprise it was.

Previous:(1)

Next chapter:(3)

<- Back to MasterList or back to welcome home

(Lol cliffhanger b/c I’m evil 😈)

(Sorry you guys didn’t have much interaction with Wally yet but it’s happening on the next chapter promise you that)

(Also sorry that I didn’t write sooner I had writer’s block)

#welcome home arg #welcome home #welcome home fandom #welcome home x reader #wally darling x gn reader #actor au wally darling #welcome home fanfic #wally darling x reader #slow burn #slow build #enimes to lovers

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lofious · 1 year

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I can’t do dialogue well but here’s what you get. there’s a swear at the end

POV: an employee who worked with the company for years

“Something about the puppets feels off. For starters, you’d find both of them together, no matter how many times the employees tries to split them up. One time, an employee accidentally spilled their drink on y/n which led to them being taken away from the set to be cleaned. But the moment we’re about to shoot another episode without y/n, Wally seems to have vanished. No one knows how but when an employee finally found him, he was with y/n who was infront of a fan to be dried up quickly. Hell, the person who cleaned off y/n didn’t even see Wally being near them until he was found.

Another situation was an employee, voicing his opinion to his colleagues about y/n, not being necessary for the show because he doesn’t find them entertaining. Of course, no one agreed with him. But I decided to look at Wally for some reason and somehow, his eyes look.. different. It looked like he’s staring at the employee who voiced his opinion but in a menacing way. And I’ve been in this company for years. So I see the puppets everyday, especially Wally. So you can imagine my surprise when his expression has changed a little. Unfortunately, I was the only one who saw this so when I tried to tell my friend about it, they just thought I was joking.

Maybe it’s just my eyes, messing with me but if those puppets are alive.. then this show should be fucking closed forever.”

#welcome home #welcome home arg #welcome home wally #wally darling #wally darling x reader #wally x reader

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askweisswolf · 27 days

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WIP Wednesday

So I actually got tagged for this twice! By @gingerbreton and @optiwashere and thank you both so much for it, it made my day. Conveniently for this occasion I also happen to have two WIPS I'm working on right now so I figured why not trot them both out!

This bit's from my John/Shayera chapter fic that I've been working on for... ever, is how it feels at this point, oh my God. Maybe I'll cave and start posting it to AO3 since it's almost done, ANYWAY:

Shayera huffed softly, despite herself. “The green guy?” she asked, and she saw J’onn look at her curiously. “Most of us call you bird lady.” The crow’s voice was dry. “Fair enough. Did any of you see which way my mate went after the fight?” Now J’onn and Wally were looking at her curiously for that slip, but Shayera ignored them. The truth was, she’d been chewing on a theory ever since she’d come to the realization that John would be trying to hide out, not trying to seek help. All she needed was confirmation, some kind of hint that her theory was right. Looking for the Green Lantern would still be like trying to find a needle in a haystack, but if she was right it would at least be a smaller haystack. I’m spending way too much time with Clark lately.

This last bit's from a Shadowheart POV fic I started that's my next piece for my Agatha/Shadowheart stuff! It... does not have a title yet. I'll think of one eventually.

No, she had done the most dangerous thing, the most unforgivable thing. She had started to hope. That, Shadowheart had noticed. That, she had tried to ignore, had tried to bury, had tried to kill before it even left the womb. Her memories may have been shattered pieces of a mirror at the best of times, but she remembered her teachings. She remembered at least some of her lessons. If she wanted to be a Dark Justiciar, if she truly wanted to be embraced by Lady Shar, she couldn’t let hope take root in her heart. It had happened so gradually, so slowly though that she hadn’t been able to resist it even when she’d tried to. Every time Karlach tried to pull her into a joke or come up with a new nickname, every time Wyll would think up different silly names just to get a reaction from her or tell one of his stories, every time Gale gently batted her away when she tried to peek at what he was cooking for the evening only to let her sneak away with a little piece before dinner anyway, every time Astarion leaned casually into her shoulder and murmured some new gossip into her ear that made her snort, she felt it. Hells, every time she and Lae’zel bickered, even, as their relationship gradually shifted from adversarial to something she would almost consider grudging respect, she felt it.

Gonna tag @the-darkness-does-not-bargain, @ohmypawsandwhiskers, @the-rebel-archivist, @foibles-fables, and @karatam if you want to participate! And of course, anyone who sees this is free to post anything as well. Thank you again for the mentions!

#wip wednesday #baldur's gate 3 #justice league unlimited #Shadowheart #greenhawk #my writing #OC: Agatha Lot

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bluejaysandblackbats · 2 months

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Almost There

Fandom: DC Comics, Flashfam

Summary: Everyone always knew Bart was eccentric, but the family becomes concerned when he starts talking to someone that doesn’t exist.

Chapters: 1/?

Characters: Bart Allen, Thad Thawne, Owen Mercer, Don Allen, Meloni Allen, Digger Harkness, Iris West, Barry Allen, Max Mercury, Helen Claiborne

Relationships: DonMeloni, BarryIris, WallyLinda

Additional Tags: Bart Allen-centric, Thad Thawne POV, No Powers AU, Imaginary Friends, Misdiagnosis, Blind Date, Hurt Bart Allen, Angst, Hurt/Comfort

Chapter One: We Were Six

We were six years old when Bart nearly died. Six. He was in the hospital for four days. It was the longest we’d ever been apart. I might’ve lost my mind if Owen hadn’t been there. I still feel like that sometimes when we’re apart… Like he’ll die and leave me missing the other piece of me. Bart’s never been careful, and I guess that’s why I’m sitting here writing all this. Someone has to write Bart’s story, and it should be me. Maybe it’ll help me be less afraid of losing him. Maybe it’ll make him more careful.

Okay. How do I start? Let’s try this:

We’re mirror-image twins. An extremely rare occurrence among twins. He was right-handed, and I was left. He had a birthmark on the left side of his chest at the bottom of his ribcage. I had the same birthmark on the right. Bart had a crooked grin where his lips curled up toward the right side of his face, and my grin curled up toward the left side. We did everything together, but we couldn’t be more different. I was shy, boring, and prone to emotional outbursts, while Bart was outgoing, odd, and unruffled. I wanted to be him sometimes. Absorb the best parts of him and walk around smiling his smile and laughing his laugh. But that’s beside the point. We’re mirror-image twins… And no one knows my twin better than I do. That’s why I know he’s not hallucinating. So don’t assume I’m writing this about my poor sick brother. I’m writing about the tragedy of strange gifts.

Bart was sick with pneumonia when we were six years old, and I was sure he’d die. I could feel it. It felt like the moment before you pass out, and your heart flutters and your head goes all fuzzy. I remember gripping the hospital bed's railing as the doctors tried to separate us. I couldn’t leave his side. The monitor beeped, alerting the nurses to his low oxygen level, and his eyes rolled back. I was twinless for eighty-five seconds. Eighty-five agonozing seconds. My body went cold, and Owen dragged me out of the room, kicking and screaming, but I couldn’t hear myself.

Then Grandpa Barry came out, and he rubbed my back. “It’s okay. Bart’s okay… They’ve got him back. He needs to rest, but he’ll be better once they stabilize him,” Grandpa Barry reassured me. He got us a pizza, and we ate in the parking lot that night because I refused to leave the hospital. Bart slept in a medically-induced coma for two days until the doctors said my brother could breathe without assistance, and I visited him on the third day. He sipped warm apple juice through a straw, and Mom held the cup.

None of us spoke. The room was eerily silent as we waited for Bart to speak. “Don’t go,” Bart rasped as he stared straight ahead. None of us moved. It was like he saw straight through us.

“Who’re you talking to, Bubba?” Dad asked.

“My friend… The lady,” Bart whispered, “She’s right there.”

Mom smiled and exhaled gently. “Oh, is she your age?” Mom questioned.

“No. My friend’s almost a grownup… Like Wally… Do you know her, Wally?” Bart asked. Wally knit his brows together and shook his head.

“Is she cute?” Wally asked. I couldn’t speak. They were all making jokes, and Bart was serious. I think he knew they didn’t believe him.

“She’s not laughing,” Bart muttered. I climbed into bed with him and laid my head on his shoulder.

“Bart? Do you want me to stay?” I asked. I wanted him to ask me, but I knew he wouldn’t. I wanted him to tell me he needed me, but he didn’t speak. He linked pinkies with me. That gesture meant everything to me. It was our I love you. It was our Never leave me.

It was the first time he mentioned his friend, but it wouldn’t be the last. To be honest, I was so preoccupied with being jealous of her that I never once doubted her existence. Bart didn’t get released from the hospital until the end of the week, but no one told me why he couldn’t come home. Not the real reason anyway. I was much older when Grandpa told me Bart had a brain examination. I felt terrible for all the years I joked about him getting his head checked.

Grandpa stayed home with Owen and me, playing games with us, while Mom, Dad, and Grandma stayed with Bart. We sat on the floor, gluing jigsaw puzzles with wood glue and small wooden boards. The jigsaws taught me a lesson. You start with the edges to see the picture. That was how people had to see Bart. Once you got Bart’s outer pieces, you could see him for what he was. And that’s how I managed to make sense of Bart’s gift my whole life.

Everyone thought he came back wrong, but no one would have known this was his gift all along. Even when the hospital discharged him, Bart didn’t get to come straight home. He got to stay with Uncle Max and Aunt Helen. Mom said he needed the extra attention and the wide-open space. I cried constantly during that time.

It wasn't until I stopped eating that they brought him home. I never had the words to say what I wanted from my parents, and it frustrated me to no end. Owen tried to understand, but no one knew the bond I had with Bart. No one could possibly understand how I felt. Not even Dad.

I had to be there when we picked him up at the airport. His eyes never fixed themselves on me. He always looked elsewhere. I wanted him to see me. Run to me. I wanted him to show signs that he loved me like I loved him. "Helen, she is real! You can't see her, but she's there! And she's not-!" I touched his hand.

"I missed you," I whispered, "Could you-?" I couldn't ask him for a hug. I was so terrified he'd say no.

"Let's go play," Bart replied angrily as he grabbed my hand. He led me away from the adults and toward the treehouse Grandpa built. We climbed up the ladder and shut the door. "They want to make her go away… I like her." He muttered something after that, but I couldn't understand it. To anyone else he would've seemed crazy, but I couldn't see him like that. It seemed strange to me that the adults were so frightened of Bart's friend. He liked her and they wanted her to go away. It didn't make any sense.

"Bart? Are you angry?" I asked. Bart looked away from me and nodded at the window before cradling my cheek and kissing my forehead. It was such a tender and compassionate gesture. Completely out of Bart's character.

That's how I knew she wasn't imaginary. I smiled our crooked grin and threw myself into his arms. "I can't see her, but I know she's there," I thought. I wanted to say it aloud, but I couldn't.

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welcomehomerandomness · 9 months

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Welcome Home Website Update Reaction Notes (7/22/2023) Part 2 (SPOILERS)

Here's Part 2 of my Welcome Home Website Update Reaction Notes (7/22/2023)! Hope you enjoy it!

I went back to the main page but awww cute Wally sprite on the news updates :)

I clicked the Home doodle on the main page and it took me to a page called “I”

“There you are! Welcome Home! Hahaha!” Wally I don’t know whether I can be happy or concerned

I clicked the yellow flower doodle on the What’s Welcome Home page and it took me to a page called “Help”

Yes I can hear you Wally

I clicked the red flower doodle on the What’s Welcome Home page and it took me to a page called “will”

My eyes are black too lol

I clicked the blue flower doodle and it leads me to the same page lol

Every time Sally calls Julie “Juliet” in “answer”, I smile

Also poor Sally telling Julie what she’s saying is not part of the script

I’m guessing every “answer” video is based off of Wally’s POV which is why his hands are shown in like two of them

Also Wally doesn’t seem to talk in any of these videos and all these videos glitch in the end, which is sus

I clicked the yellow flower doodle on the Stickers page and it took me to a page also called “I”

At the end of the http thingy, it says “i-2”

The eyes that Wally drew are kinda creepy lol

I love Julie and Barnaby’s dynamic in “answer” lol

Barnaby fake dying from Julie’s “bad” joke is kinda hilarious

Also Julie’s joke gave me a chuckle lol

Also Barnaby fake dying and jokingly asking Wally to bury him hints on some foreshadowing??? Oh no.

Barnaby and Howdy hanging out in “answer” awww

Also how many family members does Howdy have???

*searches up how many eggs do caterpillars lay* They can lay anywhere from 100 TO 300 EGGS??

SO DOES THAT MEAN HOWDY HAS LIKE A MILLION FAMILY MEMBERS???

*welcomehomerandomness was too stunned to speak and started to have an existential crisis.

W. T. F.

Anyways I wanna eat that strawberry soda pop so bad lol

Also Barnaby mentioning his mom awww

Eddie mentioning that he played hopscotch with Julie on “answer” is so wholesome

Poor Eddie being accident prone :(

Oh god poor Eddie about to be chased by Barnaby lol

THERE ARE HIDDEN EYES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PAGE

Eddie and Howdy in the “answer” video are like co-workers lol

Eddie and Howdy = Hardworking Duo

THERE ARE HIDDEN EYES ON FEW OF THE PAGES ON THE SIDES

I clicked the blue flower doodle on the painting on Wally’s character page and it took me to a page also called “will”

Oh nothing Wally I’m just writing down notes of you and your friends :)

Awww Eddie and Julie are playing office in “answer”

Poor Eddie is so confused

Julie getting upset and destroying stuff in the background is hilarious

Awww a cute Sally and Howdy interaction in “answer”

Also potatoes. That’s it.

One of the boxes is moving!!! It’s Wally!!!

Okay the videos I got so far are (4-14) Frank and Barnaby, (10-14) Sally and Julie, (11-14) Julie and Barnaby, (12-14) Howdy and Barnaby, (9-14) Frank and Poppy, (6-14) Frank and Julie, (1-14) Poppy and Howdy, (2-14) Poppy and Sally, (13-14) Eddie and Howdy, (8-14) Frank and Eddie, (7-14) Julie and Eddie, (3-14) Sally and Howdy, and (5-14) Eddie and Barnaby

I counted and there seem to be 13 “answer” videos in total since there are like 14 videos I can’t find the last one (14-14) so please let me know if you guys find it please

I can’t believe I spent hours on this website lol

My hands are kinda tired from typing lol

#welcome home #welcome home arg #welcome home spoilers #wally darling #barnaby b beagle #julie joyful #frank frankly #eddie dear #howdy pillar #sally starlet #poppy partridge #welcome home home

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englishspeaker47 · 5 months

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Love Birds

Episode 3: Welcome to happy harbour

Miss M burnt her cookies, red tornados ‘playing pranks’ and Nightingale and Robin are getting shipped hardcore by the team. Roy’s still emo and alone, but we love that.

MOUNT JUSTICE

“Who ate my waffles!?” Wally says barging into the room interrupting the movie.

“No one Wally, your crazy. You never had waffles” I say keeping the straightest face possible. Truth is Robin and I ate them and put the movie half way to look like we were busy.

“Yup. You’re crazy Wally” Robin adds on.

“Of course you lie for your girlfriend” Wally says walking off to find Aqualad to complain probably.

“We’re not- we aren’t?” Robin says with bright red cheeks.

“NoOo we, we aren’t” I say looking anywhere but his face.

“Actually. Can we talk about-“ Robin gets cut off with Wally running into the room yelling.

“I GOT AQUALAD TO CHECK THE CAMERAS YOU BOTH TAG TEAMED IT!”

Aqualad walks in afterwards

“Honestly. I don’t really care” he says causing me to laugh. Man these guys are hilarious.

STAR CITY July 17

23:16 PDT

Two men open a crate, sliding doors open to reveal box's of equipment clearly not aware of their surroundings, until out of nowhere an arrow shoots from somewhere in-front of the men gassing them.

A man raises a gun getting ready to shoot the mysterious interference, speedy looks down at the man.

"You again!" The man clearly says agitated.

"I'm starting to get offended green arrow doesn't want to interfere personally" The man speaks before shooting his gun towards speedy, as the man shoots speedy avoids the bullets by a range of moves.

Then shooting an arrow at his gun destroying the gun. "Scorch him boys"

Kid Flash speeds in knocking the guns out of the mens hands.

After Kid Flash runs in Robin swings in throwing a bird-a-rang before leaping away Nightingale hops down kicking a man in the face and leaping off landing and sweeping two men off there feet knocking them out.

Aqua Lad then starts knocking out the few people left. The rest watch as Roy runs across shipping containers, the man throwing chunks of cement at him.

As the rock is about to hit speedy Aqua Lad dumps in slicing the rock. Aqua Lad starts speaking.

"The cave has everything you need"

"For covert missions" Robin says

"Spy stuff, ya know all the good stuff" Nightingale adds.

"Oh plus super boy and Miss Martian, also I saw her first" KF says.

"Seriously KF?" Nightingale says dead panning.

Then they all jump separate ways avoids rocks.

"Tell arrow he shouldn't send boys to do a man's job" Nightingale's head perks up.

"That man better hope she's in a good mood" Robin says looking towards Kid Flash.

"Eh probably not" Kid Flash says before they both look over to Nightingale and watch her use her grappling hook on to a block of cement and throws it full force at the man's head.

Speedy stabilised him and Nightingale knocked him out with the cement.

"Pfft a man's job, yea right" then she jumps and lands near the dude in smug.

The white of robins mask wides and Kid flashes jaw dropped and ran of to stand next to the two and robin leaped off the container.

"Nice" Kid Flash said to Nightingale fist bumping her which she returns.

"So you in?" Robin asks speedy.

They look at speedy waiting for an answer.

"Pass, I'm done letting the league tell me what to do, I don't need a babysitter or a house hangout with the other kids, your junior justice league is a joke" speedy says

Y/N looks down at that answer hoping it would have been something different, then speaks.

"You don't wanna be apart of a team? All of us working together to get the bad guys?"

"No, I don't want any part of it"

"But Roy-"

"Drop it Y/- Nightingale, just drop it"

He looks at the team before walking off into the shadows.

MOUNT JUSTICE July 18

11:16 EDT

-Y/N's POV-

"Recognised robin B-01 KF B-03 Nightingale B-02" We smile at each other before walking in.

"Did you ask him?"

"What'd he say?"

"Is he on his way?"

The three of us say at the same time.

"He arriving now" Aqua Lad says

"Then what are we waiting for?" Wally says

The three boys run off and I smile at M'gan and super boy then walk after them. The huge back passage way opens and red tornado flys down.

"Red Tornado!"

"Greetings, is there a reason you intercept me outside the cave"

"We hoped you had a mission for us"

"Mission assignments are the Batman's responsibility"

"But its been over a week and-"

"You'll get one soon enough, for the time being enjoy each other's company"

"This team is not a social club"

"No, I'm told socialising is an important team building exercise perhaps you can keep each other company by familiarising yourselves with the cave"

"Does he think we're falling for this?" Robin says

"Oh! I'll find out.. uh I'm sorry I forgot he's a machine, inorganic, I cannot read his mind"

I saw a nice bird so I was looking at it, then another bird flew next to it and they nuzzled there heads together,they looks so peaceful yet so worries for the others safety.

My thoughts are interrupted by a buzz from my phone.

From dick? I look to my left and he smiles holding his phone, I open the text.

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𝙳𝙸𝙲𝙺𝙴𝚈 𝙱𝙸𝚁𝙳💙

𝟷𝟷:𝟸𝟹𝙰𝙼

𝙵𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙼'𝚐𝚊𝚗 and won’t leave her alone.

𝙼𝙴

𝟷𝟷:𝟸𝟺𝙰𝙼

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚢 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍, but 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚛𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚘o ^_^

𝙳𝙸𝙲𝙺𝙴𝚈 𝙱𝙸𝚁𝙳

𝟷𝟷:𝟸𝟺𝙰𝙼

𝚆𝚑𝚢? 𝚈𝚊 𝚓𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚞𝚜? ( ˘ ³˘)♥︎

𝙼𝚎

𝟷𝟷:𝟸𝟻

𝙶𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚠𝚎'𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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I look up from my phone feeling it buzz a few times before putting it in the back pocket of my jeans.

I look to Rob and see him frowning I giggle and shake my head before looking to Wally who's leaning closer to M'gan.

"Can you guess what I'm thinking right now?"

I walk over to him and smack him is the back of his head lightly but still.

"We all know what your thinking" Robin says

"And now we tour the club house" Aqua Lad says.

"Well super boy and I live here we can play your guides" M'gan says and we look to super boy.

"Don't look at me" super boy said

"Private tour sounds fun" Wally says.

"She never said private tour idiot, don't mind him M'gan" I say and we all walk in.

Robin and I look at each other and nod both of us grab one of Wally's arms and pull him back on to the floor before we speed up to the group and Wally's on the floor.

M'gan shows us all around the cave, the group were talking about the cave when M'gan said

"If villains know about the cave we must be on high alert"

Robin grabs M'gan's hand

"The bad guys don't know we know so we're safe here" M'gan looks to me and takes her hand away from robin and Wally takes his place.

I looks towards M'gan

"hey" I start freaking out hearing M'gan's voice in my head.

The feeling causes a pang of pain.

"I can communicate with people telepathically." She says

"Oh it’s just you! That’s really interesting M’gann" I say before she starts speaking again.

"So Robin huh?" She says

"what no we're good friends that's all." I say before she smiles and says

"we can talk more about this later they might think it's weird we're so quite."

I nod and we look back to the boys.

"Uh he means we're hiding in plain sight" Wally says.

"Oh that's so much clearer" M'gan says

Super boy starts sniffing the air?

"I smell smoke" He says

"Oh no Night our cookies." She flys off and I follow behind her. Ignoring that I almost tripped over air.

M'gan opens up the oven to reveal burnt cookies

"Oh M’gann, I’m sorry I put the heat to high" I say

"Of course you did" Robin says and smiles slinging his arm around my shoulder.

"Hey, I bet they would've tasted great, he doesn't seem to mind"

We look to Wally watching him eat the burnt cookies

"I have a serious metabolism" he Replies with

"We'll make more?" M'gan says

"Honestly Wally, keep eating stuff like that and your going to get sick" I say

"Pfft don't even worry about it n/n" Wally says

"N/n?" M'gan asks, Robin and I glare at Wally

"Dude!" We both say

"It was sweet of you to make any"

"Thanks"

"Thanks Aqua lad" M'gan says

"We're off duty call me Kaldur'am"

"Actually my friends call me Kaldur"

"I'm Wally"

"You could not have said that in a creeper tone" I say

"Agreed" Robin says

"Whatever, anyway I trust you with my identity unlike Mr and Mrs Dark glasses over here, Batman's forbidden boy and girl wonder from telling anyone their real name"

"Shut up Wallace" I say

"Mines no secret it's M'gan M'orz but you can call me Megan it's an earth name and I'm on earth now"

“I think M’gann sounds like an awesome name” I say smiling.

M'gan starts to stare at super boy then out of no where-

"Get out of my head!" He yells

We all look to M'gan and I hear her voice in my head.

'What's wrong? I don't understand this is how everyone communicates on mars'

"M'gan stop" Kaldur says

"Things are different here on earth, your powers are and invasion of privacy."

"P.S the Genomes at Cadmus left a bad state In his brain" Wally adds on

"I-I didn't mean to-" she was interrupted by Super Boy

"Don't. Stay out" Super Boy leaves and we all look to M'gan.

Then she slaps herself in the forehead

"Hello M'gan, I know what we can do" and she flys out, the three boys and I look to each other and Robin shrugs and we all walk up to follow her.

"Wait where did M'gan go" I ask Rob

"Went back for Super Boy I think" he answers

"Oh yea-" As I am about to finish my sentence I trip over my stupid shoelace, From behind me I hear Robin laughing causing Wally to start laughing.

Still laughing slightly Rob walks over to me and grabs my hand to help me up.

"How dare you both laugh" I say huffing and turning around to not face the two boys hunched over laughing.

I walk over to Kaldur to get away from them

"Hey Kaldur"

"Hello Nightingale, are you ok? That was quite the fall" he smiles

"Yes I'm fine but those to idiots won't stop laughing at me" I point to the two laughing on the floor.

I look at them and start remembering something from when me and Dick were little.

"Miss Y/N, your father would like to see you down stairs"

"Okay Alfred!" I say walking out of my room and see the huge stairs so I slide down the rim and land.

"Y/N" I hear my father say, I look up to see my father, and a boy?

"This is Richard, he's going to be living with us, you'll make him feel at home won't you?"

"Yes daddy!" I walk over to the boy slightly taller than me

"Come with me" I say smiling

"We can play with my toys" he looks at my hand and back at me I smile again and he takes my hand.

"O-ok" he says quietly

"Yay!" And I lead him to my room

"Bye daddy, bye Alfred" I say and we walk into my room and sit near my toy box.

"My names Y/N, your name's Richard right?"

"Yea but you can call me dick"

"Alrighty, here you can be the dude in distress and I'll be your hero!" I say passing him a blue cape.

"Ok.."

"Daddy and Alfred can be the baddie's c'mon!" We leave the room and Dick sits on a couch being surrounded by Alfred and I say.

"Stop right there evil doer's!" Alfred smiles at the cuteness of the child, then daddy jumps in front of me.

"Careful hero, any closer and the cookie prince is gone." Daddy says

"Let him go or I'll use my super hero moves to defeat you!" I say

He doesn't move so I slide under him and tap Alfred with my plastic bat-a-rang and throw one at daddy.

"Sir are you ok?" I say in a deep voice

"Mhm Thank-you" dick says and we start running around giggling and I pass him some of my plastic gadgets and we play hero's and villains laughing and enjoying our selves

I was so happy

Coming back from my flashback the boys have stopped laughing and we all head to the elevator

"My Martian bio ship" M'gan says and we all walk over to the red oval shaped ship.

"Cute. Not Arrow dynamic, but cute"

"It's at rest silly, I'll wake it" she taps the ship and it enlarges

"Sweet!" I say

"Well, are you coming?" We all walk over to the ship

"Strap in for launch" robin, Wally and I look at each other and run to a seat in the ship I sit in front of robin.

After we're in the air robin says

"Incredible"

"Mhm she sure is- I mean the ship which like all ships is a she" Wally responds with

"Fast with his feet not so much with his mouth" I say

"Dude!"

Me and Robin look to super boy then M'gan

"He'll come around" Robin says

"Just give him some time" I say smiling

"Thanks but he doesn't seem to like me" M'gan says disappointed.

"You guys remember he has super hearing right?" Wally whisper shouts

"Oh my gosh, thanks Sherlock Holmes" I say in a sarcastic tone, robin chuckles at that.

"Hey how about you show us some Martian shape shifting?" Robin says

M'gan gets up changing her look into a- female robin? My jaw dropped

"that's hot" I say before asking a question

"Wait M'gan can you do me in robins suit?"

"Sure can" she says changing into me with Robs suit

I turn around to see Rob red in the face which makes me turn red so we both turn away. Weird.

"Red tornado to miss Martian, mission alert has been issued at a power plant, I suggest you investigate, sending coordinates now"

A huge tornado crashes into us moving us the wrong way but M'gan is able to land the ship.

Robin looks at me and I nod and we vanish into the shadows but not before laughing his famous laugh.

"Goddamn you dumb Tin can" I say before getting blown back and flip off the wall avoiding getting smashed against the wall.

Looking to my left I see Rob get thrown to the wall smashing into it, I run over helping him up

"Who's your new friend" Super Boy says as he lands next to Robin And I

"Didn't catch his name!" I yell over the tornados coming from the machine that looks similar to red tornado.

"He plays kinda ruff!" Rob adds on.

"My apologies you may address me as Mr.Twister"

The team start to split each doing a different thing to try take this guy down.

Most of the team excluding Me and robin get thrown down to the ground

"I was prepared to be challenged by a super hero I was however not expecting children"

Twister striking a nerve in Rob.

"We're not children!" He yells and he throws bombs towards Twister

"You will fail just like the rest of your team. Now leave your presents is disturbing my plans"

"Well we hate to see you disturbed, let's see if your more turbed once we kick your can" Robin says using another one of his words that he made up.

We all get flung by the tornado Rob, Aqua Lad and I get thrown into each other causing a collision.

"Hey.. are you ok?" Rob says helping me up

"Yea let's go"

We all run towards where KF was after all the Team starts yelling at the tin can asking him why he's doing this and what he wants.

M'gan saved KF.

"M'gan read his mind" Aqua Lad says

"You said not to"

"It's ok with the bad guys" Robin says in a rush

"Hello Megan, Twister is Red tornado is disguise he's a inorganic android"

We all are super pissed thinking red tornado is playing a stupid joke on us.

"We know who you are and what you want" Robin says then a huge storm appears

"Can red tornado do that?" I ask

"You think I'm tornado?" Twister says almost laughing at the remark.

Super boy jumps up and attempts to punch twister but gets thrown to the ground.

I get him to throw me towards twister in attempts to get a bomb on his power source and I do and get thrown to the ground with the rest of my team everything going black due to the impact.

I get shook awake

"Wake up Night" Robin says and Super Boy starts yelling at M'gan.

"You tricked us into thinking Twister was red tornado!"

"She didn't do it on purpose" I say struggling to stand due to the pain on my back

"It was a mistake we shouldn't have listened to her" Robin says holding me up by my waist

"Hit the showers we'll take it from here. Night are you coming with us?" KF says

"Yea I'm coming, let's go" I say looking to M'gan with a sympathetic smile

I expect Robin to let go so we can follow KF but he looks at me for less than a minute in silence

"Uh yea let's go" he says and we run off to go help KF, Aqua Lad not far behind

Robin throws a bomb at twister and I mange to get a few bomb on him causing him to stumble.

Robin, KF and I are hiding behind a boat.

I pull out my utility belt and so does Rob

"You guys brought your utility belts?"

"Never leave home with out it first thing Batman taught me"

"Dad said I need to have it with me at all times" I say.

'All of you' I hear M'gan's voice in my head

'I have a plan'

Red tornado flys down

"Hit the showers kids, I was hoping you could handle this"

"But we have a plan now" robin says

"Go back to the cave" Red tornado says

And we walk off.

After getting the signal from M'gan everyone does there part of the plan KF starts to make tornados, super boy beating the android up throwing him to the water.

Aqua Lad from the water rips his arms off and throws the android back to land and M'gan holds him up in the air and Rob and I throw our bombs causing him to plummet to the ground.

We stand informer of twister and he opens up to reveal- a man?

"I-I call foul" the man says and M'gan telepathically picks up a rock ready to smash him.

"M'gan NO!" Aqua Lad yells and the boys were all shocked.

"Don't know how things are down on mars but on earth we don't execute our captives" Robin says not realising why she smashed the man.

I hit him on the shoulder

"How about you trust her Rob" I say

"Yea, you said you trust me" M'gan says

Robin looks at me confused as to why I would be ok with this till he turns around revealing the 'man' was a crushed android.

"That's why I couldn't read his mind, thanks for trusting me Nightingale" M'gan says

"No problem" I say smiling

Wally picks up the androids eye

"Cool, Souvenir!" He says

Rob pulls me to the side

"Sorry for not believing you or M'gan, I should've known you wouldn't be ok with that if there wasn't a reason." He says

"Heh your all red" I say smiling

"Oh yea?" He looked at me and pecked my cheek causing me to go bright red

"Who's all red now?" He says before slinging his arm around me leading me over to the group.

"M'gan, just ignore him we're just all turbed your on the team" Rob says to M'gan

"Thanks" M'gan says

We're all gathered around a table looking at the crushed android and analysing who he was and what he wanted.

"Is that why you didn't want to help, because he was an android?" M'gan asks

"No this was your battle" Red tornado says before walking off

"Guess if we're gonna have a babysitter, a heartless machine is exactly what we need"

"Dude harsh" Wally says

"Inaccurate I have a heart, steal alloy. I Also have great hearing" red tornado says still walking off

"Hehe right sorry I'll strive to be more accurate" Robin says

"And more respectful" Aqua Lad says.

“Yea Robin, more respectful” I say before we all walk off to the zeta, to go home for the day.

#dc x reader #dick grayson #dick grayson x reader #young justice robin x reader #younge justice x reader

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star-gazing-knight · 2 years

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Oh my GOD the latest chapter!!! The boys need to COMMUNICATE I’m so excited so upset so !!! Everything.

Poor dick just doesn’t think he deserves nice things and it makes me so sad like Wally pls just tell him u love him oh my god

But also!! A gala?? For dick?? Me thinks slade will show his face soon bc He Knows Where They Went Now

Like no joke I thought it was gonna be slade coming in the mountain not Wally just bc it was mentioned that Bruce doesn’t want dick by himself at the mountain in case slade finds him

BUT ALSO if Wally & dick are both asleep. And alone. What if. Slade does show up. Idk idk idk that’s prob not what ur gonna do but Oh My God

Also I’m just still waiting for Conner & the others to find out abt renegade & momentum like it’s only a matter of time and I can’t wait to see that shit show play out

Anyways lovely update as always!! 💙

The boys do need to communicate, but I don’t know if you’ve noticed, communication is hard (especially for Dick).

Dick doesn’t think he deserves nice things. Least of all, Wally. The Gala was in the past while Wally was away. I didn’t write it because I wanted to hurry up and write their reunion. Maybe I’ll be a side-piece of the Gala with the Waynes. Maybe from a different perspective and stick in the Alt-POV fic? IDK, what do you think??? IF so, from what POV?

Not to spoil or ruin anything, but Slade is tagged as (Mentioned). As of right now, he has no plans to show up in the fic, but feel free to imagine, lol. Spinoffs and AUs of AUs are fun. I have a couple of AUs of the SOS AU myself.

#Shaking off Shadows #SOS DC #Star talks #Anon Talks

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they-write-once-in-a-blue-moon · 3 years

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The Muggle Witch

Sirius Black x Reader Fluff

Words: 2297

Warnings: Halloween, shitty friends, a pov change? female pronouns Bit of Slytherin hate, I don’t hate you guys!

A/N: A Halloween fic! It’s not Halloween? Welp better late than never! anyway, hope you enjoy!

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-Sirius had insisted that the boys go trick or treating in the muggle town closest to James’s house, he’d only ever heard of it but never had the chance to do it, this would be the first holiday he hasn’t had to stay at Hogwarts or at his old house. That was the main reason the boys agreed to go. And to say Sirius was ecstatic would be an understatement.

It was Friday night, the night before Halloween. After a day of classic marauders shenanigans they started to get their costumes together. It did take them a bit to figure out what they would or could go as, they all agreed that the majority of the magical creatures are a big no, particularly werewolves.

James went as a mummy, Peter went as a pirate. Remus joked about going as himself but ended up going with “Where’s Wally” and Sirius was going as a wizard, just for the irony.

After a night of no sleep from both excitement and Peter’s snoring it was finally Halloween, Sirius couldn’t sit still, it was honestly quite adorable.

They spent the day decorating the house, scaring each other, and Mr Potter got them all pumpkins to carve (Remus thought it was a bad idea to give the marauders sharp objects but he went with it)

And then, the time came, about 9pm they got dressed and ventured to the town, all very excited for different reasons

- James was mostly happy that he got to take his honorary brother trick or treating fo the first time - Sirius was probably the most excited, he looked like a ‘puppy on steroids’ as Remus put it - Remus was just happy it wasn’t a full moon, and he and Peter had a deal that Peter would give Remus all his chocolate for exchange of his candy - And that was all peter was excited for, was free candy

After going around the block getting enough candy to give a giant diabetes, they ran back to the Potter's house and dropped their candy off, James had spotted a small Halloween fair and wanted to check it out.

Wandering around they find a haunted house, and think “hell yes” James and Remus go and get tickets for it while Sirius and Peter wait near the entrance, Peter is to entranced in the house to notice Sirius leave around the corner, he heard yelling and he wanted to check it out

Turning the corner he finds a group of friends, well they don’t look like good friends.

There’s about six of them, one of them, who’s wearing a wizard custom like his, is standing on one side, looking scared and the other five on the other.

“I really don’t wanna go, you guys go in and I’ll wait here” She has her hands crossed over her chest and holding her shoulders

“You such a baby, honestly just go home if you’re not going to have fun with us, it’s Halloween you're meant to be getting scared” The group walk off, leaving her by herself, even from his distance he can see the shimmer of tears forming under her eyes. ‘I can’t leave her like that’

“Hey, you ok there?” he asks gently with a smile She jumps slightly wiping her eyes “Oh yeah I’m ok!” she smiles back looking at the line to go into the house where all her friends are laughing together

“Why’d they leave you alone?” He’s frowning looking at them ‘Bet they’d be slytherins if they weren't muggles’

“Oh, I just didn’t want to go in the house, I’m a bit of a scardy cat, thanks for coming over, I’m just gonna go home. Happy Halloween!” she turns to leave but Sirius catches her arm, making her jump, again.

“Why don’t you come with me and my mates?” He motions his head to the boys, laughing and having fun

“Oh, uh thanks, but it’s ok, I don’t want to intrude on your friends, you don’t even know me. Plus I’m still terrified of this building” The pair of them jump as someone screams inside the house.

Once he’s calmed down he looks down at his hand, the mystery girl had grabbed his hand

“Uh, I’m so sorry!” She snatches her hand “Uh, thanks for talking with me” she gives a weak smile

“Nope, you’re coming with me and my friends, can’t leave a pretty witch alone, you can hold my hand”

She chuckles at the comment on her costume, even though she still looks hesitant, but Sirius can tell that she’s going to say yes “Plus Imagine your ‘friends’ faces when you come out of the haunted house with two cute guys” he winks

“There’s four of you?”

“Well, I’m not cute, I’m hot, and then there’s Peter” “I-” she sighs shaking her head “I guess it would be fun to see their faces”

“That’a girl! Come on, I’ll introduce you to the boys...uh, wait what’s your name?”

“Oh, I’m Y/n”

*Your Pov*

Sirius lead you over to the other marauders “Guys this is Y/n, Y/n this is James, Remus, Peter and my name is Sirius” The boys give out a chorus of greetings “Lovely Y/n is going to be joining us, as payback to her shitty friends”

“Sure it’s not just cause she’s pretty?” James nudges Sirius, making the other boys laugh “That’s more of a bonus” He winks at you making your cheeks heat up.

“I’ll be right back, gonna get a ticket, you sure it’s ok I come with you?” They all call out yes! At once As you walk of the James, Peter and Remus turn to Sirius “Sirius, you can’t date her, one she’s a muggle and we go back to school soon and you’ll never see her again” Remus raises his eyebrows “You’ll end up hurting her”

“Well! If you had given me a chance to explain why I invited her, heard her friends yelling at her for not wanting to go into the house and she was ‘bout to cry, if she went to Hogwarts, we’d do the same in a heartbeat, why not make someone feel better for hour?”

Looking at Sirius they could tell he was sincere about that, it wasn’t that she was pretty, it was cause he didn’t want you to feel alone.

Before someone got a chance to say anything, you had come back to the group.

“Ready to go!” James called heading over to the line, the boys all being pumped up made you actually happy that you were going with them, still pretty terrified, but you felt at ease with these guys.

They told you all about their school though strangely worded, they kept staring eachother down when they said some things, like Peter had said “Slughorn took our wands for that one” and all of them jumped on him and Remus hit him on the back of this head, their explanation was something about a inside joke at their school.

The joy of being with them stopped as everyone gave the woman their tickets, she was dressed up as some kind of ghost maybe. Sirius noticed you were hugging yourself again as they went into the introduction room to say the rules, blah blah don’t touch things blah blah.

Sirius whispered in your ear “Want to hold my hand?” he held out his hand. You looked at it for a moment before there was a scream, making you grab it straight away.

“Right this way, and don’t worry they don’t bite” then she muttered just loud enough that we would hear it “too hard”

Going through the house, it was a lot bigger than it looked, probably had a part that wasn’t in the house, just couldn’t see it from the front.

There was some kind of story, you weren't paying that much attention to it, you were too busy trying to to pass out or break Sirius’s hand from holding it.

There was a section where there was a fake full moon and as you went though a wolf howl, the boys all tensed and Remus’s eye were wide, he snapped his hand to his mouth and left that part as fast as he could.

James going up to him, placing a hand on his shoulder and whispering something to him. Remus just nodded and took a second to breathe, Peter was now in front of the group.

Seeming like he was hating life.

After what seemed like days they made it to the end, the whole group sprinted out and stood outside bent over breathing hard before looking at eachother and laughing.

“I may have hated every second of that, but it was pretty fun” You smiled at the boys “Can we go get food?” Peter practically pleaded. “Of course you want food Wormy '' James laughed helping him up.

As the group of new friends made their way to the small food truck, Sirius was still holding your hand. “If you want you can let go of my hand” you chuckled squeezing it

“What if I don’t want to?” He winks making your cheeks heat up again “Plus, I see a particular group of tossers looking at the most beautiful people in this whole fair holding hands”

Discreetly looking over your shoulder, turns out your friends were watching the five of you walking off to get food together, they all whispered before getting up and coming over to you and Sirius.

“There you are Y/n! We were looking for you!” Before you had the chance to say anything you felt someone lean their arm on your shoulder, it was James.

“Well clearly not, since you all have empty food packets” He smirks “Oh babes, Remus found food, would you like to join us?” He did an obnoxious bow putting his hand out.

“Or you could come sit with us, your friends not some random boys you’ve known for like a hour”

“Uh, I’d love to join you boys, considering I’ve been your ‘friend’ for a few days since we live in the same apartment, and you only invited me cause your parents forced you.” You raise your eyebrows “Plus, I’m not even going to your school, see you next holidays!” smiling you turned to head over to Remus and Peter. James and Sirius were grinning ear to ear.

Before going after you Sirius says to the group “You guys remind me of some kids at our school, don’t ya think Prongs?” James picking up on who he’s talking about.

“Ah yes, the ones who bully first years into doing their homework? I see what you mean Padfoot” “Well good day to you, be glad your muggles, or I would have hexed you into the forbidden forest” James winks “Tar Tar!!” Sirius calls as they turn and walk away

“Definitely Slytherins”

“Agreed”

You and the marauders ended up hanging out almost everyday till they had to leave to go back to school.

“Urg it’s the last day till we have to go back to school” Sirius complained as the group sat together in a park “I’m so stressed, I’m going to a new school”

“Our first day was terrifying, the grounds are huge, we still get lost sometimes with how the stairs change- uh have to get changed all the time cause they break” Peter says stress eating some candy “Nice save” Remus mutters rolling his eyes

“Uh guys we gotta go pack, hope to see you again sometime Y/n!” James says hugging you The boys all say varius goodbyes with hugs, as the boys start to walk off, Sirius jogs back to you and hugs you one more time.

“Till we meet again” he smiles holding your hand, you squeeze his hand, acting on impulse you kiss him quick before turning and starting to walk home

“Till we meet again!”

His cheeks heat up before running after the boys “GUYS! HOLY CRAP! SHE KISSED ME! WOO!” He cheered.

***

The train ride back the boys told Lily about Halloween and all of the things they did.

Entering the great hall for the first feast, Dumbledore makes his first welcomes etc, Sirius isn’t really paying attention, he’s heard in like a million times, but his ears prick up upon hearing Dumbledore say,

“We have a new student starting today, she would have started next year, but plans changed, so, Professor Mcgonagall please bring out the sorting hat, for a second time this year. Everyone give a warm welcome to our new student Y/n Y/ln!”

You walk up to the front, your eyes on the ground, not a big fan of a hall of people you don’t know clapping and staring at you. If you had looked up you would have seen the marauders all wide eyed with dropped jaws.

“You guys already swooning over her? She just walked in!” Lily whisper yells at them, getting shushed by all of them.

You sit up at the stool and only after a short time the hat yelled “GRYFFINDOR!” the table erupts in the cheers, the boys all standing up, you look up to see who the hell stood up for that. Your eyes instantly go wide and you have a huge smile.

“You're kidding me!” You yell hugging Sirius and Remus who was next to him, sitting beside Sirius “I can’t believe you guys are wizards! let alone are going to Hogwarts, in my year”

“Of all the things I’ve seen, this is the weirdest thing, and I’ve seen some weird shit” James jokes After a bit of talking and explaining everything Sirius takes your hand and kisses it.

“We did meet again” “We did”

“Is this the girl?” Lily leans over to James “Yep”

#Harry potter #hp #sirius black #sirius #sirius x reader #sirius x reader imagine #sirius x reader one shot #sirius black imagine #sirius black fanfiction #sirius black one shot #sirius black blurb #sirius black drabble #sirius black x reader #sirius black x reader fanfiction #sirius black x reader one shot #sirius black x reader imagine

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elareine · 3 years

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Come morning light

For @scootboot97 Chapters: 1/1 Relationships: Dick Grayson/Roy Harper/Jason Todd Rating: Mature Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Nightmares, Canon-Typical Violence, Canonical Character Death, Self-Esteem Issues, Discussion of Addiction and Mental Health Issues, there are some parenting choices made in here, Fears of misgendering (no actual instance) Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Protectiveness, Fluff and Angst, Cuddling & Snuggling, Developing Relationship, Trans Roy Harper, POV Alternating, Loyalty, Phone Calls & Telephones

Ten times Roy, Jason, and Dick protect each other.

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Jason’s ready to vibrate out of his skin. They’re going to the Titans Tower. How cool is that? Sure, it’s only to gather some intel and offer cooperation on a common enemy—or so Bruce says.

(Jason suspects it’s code for “I miss Dick and don’t know how to tell him that.“ Why else would Bruce have waited until Nightwing returns from a solo mission to suggest visiting the Tower?)

Doesn’t matter. Jason is excited.

Dick is always fighting with Bruce, so Jason doesn’t see him much. After those first few months, he was always nice to Jason, though. Maybe they’re not brothers, exactly, but Jason doesn’t give a shit. Bruce isn’t exactly his father, either, and he’s still pretty good. Dick doesn’t need to be perfect for Jason to like him.

…okaaay. So Jason thinks Nightwing is the coolest. The way Dick fights is just amazing. If Bruce is like a tank, Dick is like a hurricane. And he’s smart, too! Jason’s spent hours reading his old case files, trying to learn how to be a good detective from them.

Of course, everything goes to shit as soon as Batman and Robin arrive.

“What are you doing here?” Dick asks as soon as they enter, and the conversation doesn’t get any friendlier from there.

Jason can tell that Bruce and Dick are trying to keep their arguments away from the others. Well, Dick is. Jason is familiar with the signs (too familiar, and thinking of his mother still hurts), so he doesn’t protest when the other Titans herd him out of the room.

There’s some silent communication—the kind that tells Jason that these people are actually friends, and he tries really hard not to be jealous at that—and then one of the boys, Speedy, steps forward. The costume is pretty stupid (Robin Hood much? Is he trying to bait a bull?) and goes terrible with that hair, but he’s got a nice smile and some cute freckles.

“Wanna join me at the target range, Robin?”

Jason shrugs. “Why not.”

As they walk over to the range, Speedy nudges his side. “I’m Roy, by the way.”

Jason nods, says: “Cool,” and doesn’t introduce himself. He’s not supposed to do that. The older boy doesn’t seem bothered by it.

Roy is, as it turns out, pretty cool. Well. A smarmy fuckboy, Jason guesses, but he’s really fucking good with his arrow, and his jokes are funny enough to make up for it. They don’t do much, just shooting at moving targets with increasingly stupid contraptions. Jason discovers that he actually has a decent aim with a crossbow, so that’s neat.

Finally, Bruce calls him on the communication. “Robin, we’re leaving.”

He doesn’t sound happy. Jason’s tempted to just stay down at the range, to tell Bruce that he’ll catch up with him later, but… he threw his lot in with Batman, and that’s what he gets for it. He and Roy make their way up the flight deck, where everyone is gathered.

Dick is still trying his best to make peace, it seems. “That was a good catch. Gotham will be safer with that gang behind bars.”

“No thanks to you,“ Bruce says, and that’s his guilt-trip voice.

Jason hates that voice, and his reply slips out before he can think about it. “What? Because you’re in the thick of it, with your rich-boy mansion at the outskirts of town?“

Bruce turns to him and stares.

Jason would be scared, except behind Bruce, Donna Troy has literally slapped her hand over her own mouth to choke her laughter, and Wally is giving him a thumbs-up. More importantly, Dick has lost that terrible expression, the one where he’s trying to be stoic to mask the hurt. That’s enough to counter the growing dread in Jason’s stomach, the conviction that This is it, this is the day he throws you out—

So what, he tells himself. I’ve survived before. I will again.

He meets Bruce’s eyes without flinching.

After a moment, Bruce turns back to Dick, acting as if nothing happened. “We’ll let you know if there are any developments.”

“Have a good flight.”

With a nod, Bruce gets into the plane.

Jason gives a tentative wave to the group and turns to follow. Before he’s taken more than three steps, he’s stopped by arms wrapping loosely around him from behind.

“Please tell Alfred you called it a rich-boy mansion,” Dick chuckles, his entire body shaking with suppressed laughter. “He’ll get a kick out of that.”

“We both know it’s his mansion, really.” Jason can feel the grin stretch over his face. It feels nice, knowing that he pleased the older boy.

Dick lets go, turning Jason around with a gentle hand on his shoulder to look at him. “Don’t be a stranger, alright?”

The other Titans say good-bye, too, still awkward, though sincerely friendly. Roy hangs back, only walking up to Jason when the others have stepped back. He’s smirking, and Jason bristles before Roy even ruffles his hair.

“Maybe you’re not so bad, kid.“

(Keep reading on ao3.)

#elareine writes #jayroydick #come morning light

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Came up with an h/c prompt! H/Cs for post-burn Kabal feeling down and lonely but is asked out on a date for the first time since the accident? What's going through his head and how does he handle the date? Post-burn Kabal needs so much love and care! Thank you! :) :) :)

I love post burns Kabal to death. He needs all the love. Every last drop. So here’s a cute little scenario. :D

Holy shit this whole post got away from me!

Word count: 2,297!

-You work at a comic book store and notice Kabal come in every week to pick up his subscriptions. When you first saw him, you were curious about him. The mask, hoodie, and gloves made him look like he was going to rob the place. And then guilt hit you when you noticed his burned neck while he was browsing. It explained his mask and wearing his hoodie zipped all the way up on a hot day.

-Every time he came to the register you tried small talk with him. “How are you today?” “Man, it’s hot/cold outside!” “Did you find everything ok?” “Need help with something?” “God I’m tired of hearing this damn song play.”

-He would just grunt or not say anything at all. It made you think he hated you, so you just carried on with your normal routine of ‘greeting the customer, telling them their total, and thank you/have a great day’ spiel.

-Until one day, you were on a ladder hanging up displays on the wall. You were being stubborn and instead of taking the old Star Wars toys off a detachable hook to move it up higher, you decided to just grab it with all the toys on it and lift it up to the next spot up. You learned quickly that was not a good idea! But you were already committed to this dumbass course of action and stubbornly stuck to your guns of “I can fucking do this” and tried to lift it over your head.

-Your dumbass could not fucking do it.

-You foot slipped, tweaking your ankle, and you fell backwards. Star Wars toys going everywhere while you braced for impact. Only for Kabal to catch you bridal style and shield you from the toys flying everywhere.

-He asked if you were ok and you were stunned. That was first time he ever said anything to you! And his voice was didn’t sound like the one you made up in your head at all. You expected something more gravelly or raspy. Not the pleasant audible chocolate you heard.

-When you came to your senses and told him that you were ok, just a little shook from falling to your doom, he nods and is still holding you. Both of you just staring at each other. You looking at his mask, him looking at you through the mask. Until one of your coworkers comes to see what the commotion is about.

-That’s when you both snap out of the trance you were in and Kabal tried to set you down, only for you to cry out from trying to put weight on your ankle. Kabal picks you back up, surprised that you’re not protesting him touching you, and brings you to the chair behind the register and sits you down. Your coworker getting you an ice pack and stool for your ankle.

-Kabal sits with you for a minute, making sure you’re ok and you thank him over and over again. When you call him your knight in shining armor, he goes rigid and doesn’t say anything. He stutters out a few unintelligible words and says “I uh.. I gotta go.” And he leaves immediately.

-You feel sad as he speeds away and your coworker chimes in “Man. Has he got the hots for you!” You ask what would make them say that and they answer with “He mostly comes in when you’re here. And when you’re not he doesn’t browse, he just gets his stuff and goes. He also stutters when you talk to him. Seems like a shy guy.”

-”Shy guy, huh?” It made you think of the Mario character ‘Shy Guy’. Which really fits Kabal as he wears a mask and hoodie just like the character. That was your secret name for him now.

-The next time Kabal comes in, you greet him with a big smile and wave at him from behind the register. He stands completely still for a second before he nervously walks up to you and asks how your your ankle is. That’s when you take the opportunity to really get to know him. You noticed he always picks up certain comic books and you decide to ask him questions. “So what do you like most about the Flash?” “Who do you like more: Barry Allen or Wally West?”

-That’s what started the friendship between you two. Everytime Kabal came in you two would talk about the latest issues, as well as good story lines, who would win a death battle, and all kinds of nerdy things. Even your coworkers will join in the conversation and give their opinions. It got to the point where Kabal was so comfortable with everyone there, he would just pull up a chair and sit there for an hour or two and talk.

-You really liked Kabal and desperately wished that he would ask you out at some point. You didn’t care about the burns you were able to see. You enjoyed his humor, his wittiness, and his personality. All of your coworkers knew you had a crush on him now. Whenever Kabal left for the day, they encouraged you to be the one to ask him out first. They inferred that maybe he was a ‘Shy Guy’ and you would reject him because of his burns.

-You didn’t know the whole staff planned to force you to ask him out the next time he came in. Kabal sat down at his usual spot, you behind the register unable to go anywhere else, all your coworkers seemingly elsewhere. Until one of them walks by “Hey Kabal, Y/N has something to ask you!” and then proceeded to walk the fuck away! That son of a bitch!

-You blushed profusely as Kabal looked at you. “What did you want to ask me, Y/N?” Your whole face was red and you looked down as you stuttered for a bit. “Well, I uh.. I… I really like talking with you. And I was hoping that, maybe, if you’re interested, and if not that’s fine. But if you are, would you like to maybe have coffee or tea sometime with me?”

-You looked up at Kabal and he stared hard at you! Not being able to see his facial expressions made you even more nervous so you went into a blabbering mess. “I mean it doesn’t have to be tea or coffee or anything like that. It was just the only thing I could think of. And don’t feel pressured to say yes if you don’t want to. I just really like talking to you and I would like to see you outside of this store. But if not, no pressure! Please don’t feel obligated to say yes if you don’t want to. Or even if you want to think about it first and then get back to me. Take you time. I’m babbling aren’t I? I always babble when I’m nervous. I’ll just shut up and-”

-”Y-yes. I would.” Your eyes widened and a big smile spread across your face. “Really?” You asked. Kabal nodded his head and you two agreed to get some coffee down the street on your lunch break the next day.

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(Since this got away from me, and the original ask was from Kabal’s POV. We are now switching over to him. Enjoy! :D )

-Kabal had been coming to this comic book store regularly ever since you tried to small talk and flash him those bright smiles. It was an instant attraction from the start, and he was too nervous to ever say anything back. And yet you kept trying anyway. He knew it was an unhealthy crush as he would never get anywhere with a sweet person like you. But it lit up his day to walk in and hear you greet him and talk about something as mundane as the weather.

-But the dynamics shifted when you fell from that ladder and he caught you in his strong arms. When you came to your senses and said that you were ok, he realized that you didn’t protest him holding you in his arms and he just stood there like dumbass staring at you.

-It just felt so nice to be able to hold you. And not once did you cower away from him. You didn’t even ask him to put you down! But he set you on a chair behind the register, and when you called him your knight in shining armor, he froze. He was glad his mask hid the furious blush on his face and he high tailed it out of there.

-Whenever he came back, that’s when you became friends and he talked to you and your coworkers about all the nerdy things he enjoys. It was wonderful to have that human interaction again! He’s been so lonely and depressed he felt like he was drowning from it. And not one person asked about his burns or treated him differently because of it.

-His crush for you grew also. He never thought he would find someone that loved nerdy things, was smoking hot, and talked to him like another human being. But he still wouldn’t ask you out. You gotta have a boyfriend/girlfriend at home. You had to. No way were you single. And if you were, he didn’t think you would find him attractive. So being friends had to be ok.

-And when you asked him out for either coffee or tea, his whole body froze. Did he just hear right? Were you asking him out? Was this a joke? But when you started babbling and he heard “I really like talking to you” he realized you weren’t joking. And you, this perfect and incredibly hot nerd, wanted to go on a coffee date with him, his entire nervous system shut down!

-”Y-yes I would.” Shit! Did he really just say that? His mouth was moving before his brain caught up. He was going to take it back until you flashed that radiant smile at him, and suddenly you were making plans to go to the coffee shop a few stores down from here. He felt like a thousand butterflies were swarming around in his stomach.

-Kabal was so nervous that night, he didn’t get much sleep. He looked through his closet and wondered what to wear that looked nice, but didn’t show much skin. He called Erron, who thankfully happened to be in Earthrealm at the moment. Once Kabal said he has a date and he needs some help, Erron came over to help him out.

-Kabal blubbered on and paced around the room, nervously explaining to Erron that he has a coffee date with you. What should he wear? Does he wear a button down with a turtle neck underneath to hide his skin? Does he go buy a new hoodie? Should he show up in a tux? WHAT THE FUCK DOES HE DO?!

-Erron finally smackes him on the back of the head and makes Kabal realize it’s ‘just a cup of coffee.’ “They like the clown shit you’re into? Wear one of those damn hoodies with the funny lookin’ characters on it, some jeans, and your boots. And your least scary mask, boy.” Kabal does just that and leaves to go meet you.

-You and Kabal sit in a quiet corner away from everyone else. You offer for him to sit down and order your drinks for him so he doesn’t have to face to the barista. And he’s very thankful for that. He orders a frappe so he can drink something through a straw. Thus not having to take his mask off. He just needs to lift it up a bit and get the straw in his mouth.

-He’s too nervous to start a conversation and he’s thankful that you’re pulling most of the weight. Asking him random things “Did you grow up here?” “What’s your family like?” “Do you have pets?”

-He’s answers them, still a nervous wreck. But all of that changes when you make a bold statement. “Superman is faster than the Flash.”

-WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY? “Flash ran so fast he went back in time to save his mother and changed HISTORY! How the hell is Superman faster?”

-You both went back to talking about nerdy things and it helped Kabal relax and be more himself. The topics shifted to different topics so naturally after that. You talked about family, friends, pets, work, embarrassing moments, funny moments. It’s been a long time since he’s had a wholesome conversation with another person and feel like he himself was good enough.

-The date seemed to end far too quickly as you had to go back to work. Kabal walked you back to the store and you both paused in front of the door, looking at eachother.

-”I had a great Kabal.” You smiled brightly at him.

“I did too.” He felt the butterflies in his stomach again. And he decided to take the plunge and ask you out. “Y/N, would uh… like to have dinner sometime?”

Somehow, your smile got bigger and your eyes lit up. “I would love that.”

His breath caught in his throat and he shook his head. Say something you moron! “I’ll call you to plan something.”

“I look forward to it. I had a great time Kabal.” You opened the door to the store, still smiling at him.

“I did too. I’ll call you later!”

“You better Shy Guy.” You walked in and waved goodbye at him.

He waved back feeling like an idiot in love. “Shy Guy huh?”

#kabal #mortal kombat x reader #mortal kombat imagines

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Hey there, visas and green cards. It's our ninth blogaversary! Wow, we've been going for quite a long time. Long enough to completely change platforms at least once. Considering we just finished our whole backlog, I think we should try something new in honour of the amazing coincidence of these two events synching up. Before we start on another backlog of terrible comics (trust me, I have something in mind), let's do something we've never done before on this blog. We've only ever really covered comics issue by issue. How would you feel, dear readers, if we instead did an entire storyline all at once?

And oh boy, do I have just the storyline in mind. Here's the cover:

Oh yeah. We're doing this. This story has kind of hung over this blog, mostly due to its connections to Red Hood and the Outlaws. It also prominitely features Harley Quinn, who also appeared in Suicide Squad (which ended before this story took place). And personally, I am a fan of Harley, Booster, and the Titans. And oh boy, does this comic shit all over them, in some of the most truly appalling ways possible. This is Heroes in Crisis. All nine issues. Let's jump right in~

I won’t be going over the covers of the individual issues, or even this one so much, but I do like that quote at the top. It is actually some good superhero artwork! It is an extremely awful story, but the artwork is fine~

So the first issue starts like this: Booster Gold's in one of those tiny middle-American diners. The host's loving it, since she says superheroes never show up and eat here. And oh look, here comes another one! Booster replies that that's no hero, as Harley Quinn walks in. Clearly he hasn't been reading her solo series. Harley orders some pie, and she and Booster eat in terse silence. Until suddenly Harley grabs a knife, and the two begin a real knock-down, drag-out fight. And lemme tell ya something, Harley keeps up with a guy who can fly and project forcefields pretty well. Eventually the pair are exhausted, and Booster says he's gotta bring Harley in, after what he saw her do. Harley protests, because she didn't kill all those people. She saw Booster do it.

All this is intercut with two different scenes. One is sort of a confession-cam style thing, a bunch of heroes (including Harley, Blue Jay, Booster, and Hotspot) all admitting they're here for therapy. And the second is Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman talking with each other as they land in a particular site. This place is called Sanctuary. It is currently full of dead heroes. Among the deceased here are Hotspot, Lagoon Boy, Wally West, and Roy Harper. And this is my first major complaint. Do you know what all these characters have in common? Hey, DC: Stop using the Titans as your cannon fodder. Stop treating them as a joke. Every iteration of the team deserves more respect than this.

So Harley and Booster are going to be our POV characters for this story. I like both of these characters a lot, so this is probably going to be pretty painful seeing them written horribly. Harley goes off to the Penguin for protection, and we actually get to see her in her old costume. It is a breath of fresh air, honestly. Booster, meanwhile, mostly just tries to rationalise his actions with Skeets, his robot buddy. Booster suffered kind of a psychotic break back in the Batman storyline "The Gift", which is why he was in Sanctuary to begin with. This story is basically a follow-up to that one, and has the same sort of tone.

Harley confronts the trinity in Gotham, revealing she set the whole thing up with Penguin just so she could get close to them on her terms. She uses the Lasso of Truth to confess she saw Booster Gold do it, then uses the Kryptonite in Batman's belt to skip town. The next time we see her, she's at the docks, giving a eulogy to Poison Ivy, another victim of Sanctuary. Booster Gold, meanwhile, has rationalised that Batman would solve the crime himself rather than turn himself in, and goes to Barry Allen to check in. Of course, the trinity are the only ones who know about the accident yet, so when Booster tells Barry that Wally's dead, he gets super pissed. Just like the readers are!

Issue 3 is a flashback issue, showing Booster's first day at Sanctuary. Sanctuary works like this: everyone gets their own private quarters, and if they want to visit the common areas, they wear a mask and cloak to preserve anonymity. Here's the first really big problem with Sanctuary: while therapy for superheroes is a good (possibly necessary) concept, Sanctuary is only one kind of therapy. It essentially assumes everyone responds the same to the same sort of therapy. The kind here is that Sanctuary gives you a private room that simulates your traumas (with a holodeck) and has you physically confront them. Lagoon Boy, for example, is shown to be facing the laser that killed him over and over again. Wally sets up superhero battles that still have his kids with him. And while this sort of therapy might help some people, it's definitely not universal.

Booster starts his first session, which ends up just being a hologram of himself, talking to him. Before he can get much further, though, alarms go off and everyone is urged to emergency evacuate. Lagoon Boy is killed--in a deliberate callback to his previous death, no less--and we see a few other victims, including Red Devil, Commander Steel, and Gunfire. Wally clutches Roy's body as he dies in his arms, and Harley smacks Wally in the face with her hammer. She greets Booster cheerfully, and he admits he's having a hell of a first day.

After a brief scene of Aqualad (Garth, in this case) drinking in a bar--and who can blame him for wanting to drink after experiencing this story?--Batman and Barry meet, thus showing they're still unsure who did it. Booster is being interrogated under the Lasso of Truth, and he relays the previous issue to us. In his mind, Harley did it. Harley, meanwhile, has tracked down Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) and surprisingly... they hug. Babs promises to help stick by Harley and prove her innocence. After all, Babs has been through trauma, too. The comic reminds us of this with another confession-cam video, showing Babs display the scars she received from “The Killing Joke".

So, about these confession cams... They've been interspersed between scenes, showing everyone from Batman down to guys like Gunfire or the Protector relaying their problems by confession. Again, this sort of therapy isn't for everyone, but it's the only one Sanctuary's got. Superman tells Batman that Lois has been receiving these videos anonymously. Batman responds that there are no videos. Sanctuary does not keep records, to preserve patient confidentiality. Supes replies that there are videos, he's seen them, and now the media has them. The issue ends with a breaking story about "What is the secret superhero Sanctuary?" exposé airing on television...

Speaking of breaking, Blue Beetle (Ted Kord, who I'm as surprised as anybody to find out is alive again post-Rebirth) breaks Booster out of the Hall of Justice where he's being held. The pair watch the breaking news report on television while they try to come up with a plan. Booster's idea is to confess to Barry again, figuring they won't expect the stupidest possible move, making it actually the smartest possible move. Booster has not really recovered from his insanity, I see. He and Beetle do exactly that, surprising Barry at work, which is apparently all the advantage they need. This is because Barry, as a forensic scientist, has access to the data on the autopsies.

While Superman makes a public statement to the press regarding Sanctuary, Batman passes Skeets into Batgirl's care, and she immediately violates that trust by in turn passing Skeets to Harley. It's implied Harley tortures the information regarding Booster's whereabouts out of Skeets, but it's okay because he's just a robot. Babs and Harley turn up at Booster's place as he's analysing the data he obtained from Barry. Here's where it all starts to fall into place: the data on Wally West says his body is five days older than the rest of them.

Issue 6 is kind of a triple piece, but one that can be summed up fairly quickly. It focuses on three specific characters who were all at Sanctuary. The parts regarding Gnaark the caveman (another Titans alumnus) are ultimately pointless, since the issue ends with his death. The parts with Harley focus on Joker's abuse of her and Posion Ivy's care towards her. This also ends badly. Wally's parts focus on the DC Rebirth story where he essentially willed himself back into the universe. And while that story is really good and it was a joy to see Wally again, it ultimately ended with the knowledge that Wally's family did not reappear with him. His kids are gone, his wife is with someone else and does not remember him, and until he forced his way back into everyone's memories, no one else recalled him either. This would traumatise anybody. But it may have really traumatised Wally.

The next issue starts really well, honestly. Booster and Harley are fighting it out--again--while Babs and Beetle just watch. Like, they aren't even stressed, they're both familiar with their respective charges, and this is really no surprise. In any other comic, this would be a great scene. Shame that it's in this one, and it's not nearly enough to save even a lick of it. Eventually Babs works out that Booster's forcefields are only currently working because of some jury-rigged tech that's powered by Blue Beetle's consciousness. So she knocks him out with one hit. Harley prepares a killing blow, but ultimately cannot go through with it, proving she's a good person. She and Booster just collapse on the floor, and bond over the fact that they both kind of suck as superheroes (from their own perspectives, at least).

With Booster, Beetle, Babs, and Harley (Barley?) all on the same side now, the group decide to get to the bottom of everything together. Meanwhile, the rose Harley dropped off the docks is picked up by Wally. See, while the body they found of Wally is five days older than the rest, this means he time-traveled and is still at present alive. Wally channels his Speed Force into the rose, causing it to grow rapidly--and Poison Ivy blooms from it, restored to life. I don't get it either, but if it means Ivy didn't die in this stupid story, I'll take it. Wally then apologises, since Ivy just returned to life and now she has to see death so soon. Those five days are up, and a second Wally appears, ready to literally kill himself.

So here's what really fucking happened.

Wally had been at Sanctuary three weeks already. He's frustrated because the therapy's not helping as fast as he thought it would. He does a jump into the Speed Force and basically exists everywhere at once. Spread across the time stream, he witnesses everybody's confession cams all at once. He sees "the trauma of a thousand heroes in crisis" (hey, we have a title, ladies and gentlemen). And... it's too much. Realising everybody's personal pain breaks him. He unleashes the burst of pent-up energy he'd stored to do the time jaunt thing and kills everyone at Sanctuary.

Lagoon Boy. Protector. Hotspot. Red Devil. Arsenal. Gnaark. Solstice. Tattooed Man. Gunfire. Blue Jay. Commander Steel. Nemesis. I want you to remember these names. These were all pre-existing characters. Half of them were members of the Titans at one point or another. Wally West, the Flash, killed them in a stupid, stupid storyline that not only assassinates his character, but also literally assassinates all these other characters.

Wally uses his super speed to set up the bodies, rig the crime scenes so it looks like Harley or Booster could be responsible for their deaths. He then travels forward in time to the present moment, where he has just confessed all this to Poison Ivy. He kills that version of himself and travels back in time with it to fake his own death. He then uses the VR tech of Sanctuary to trick Booster and Harley into believing they saw the other commit the deeds. Neither of them even knew they'd never left their respective therapy simulations. This leaves Wally with a five day window to figure out something good he can do to make up for killing everyone.

So the final issue wraps it up like this: Booster time-travels the group back to where Barry is about to kill his own paradox clone. Harley and Ivy reunite, which is nice. So here's the plan: this doesn't have to end with any more death. In the end, what Barry did was all an accident. So Booster travels into the future to make a clone of the paradox-Wally. This gives them a five-day-old body they can leave at the massacre, in order to close the timeloop. The present Wally turns himself in and is arrested, while the five-days-ago paradox Wally merges back into the Speed Force, still running to try and find his family.

And the "good" thing Wally did to make up for killing everyone? He was the one that leaked Sanctuary's existence to the media. In his mind, the idea that heroes are seen as constant paragons was too much pressure. By letting the public know that even superheroes need therapy, even superheroes suffer trauma just like everyone else, he he could let people know that heroes are just that: people. People like everyone else. And that it is okay for anyone to seek help if you need it. This seems like a nice sentiment, until you remember the reason Wally killed everyone is because he was impatient about how his therapy was going. What an awful story.

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Like, legitimately, this story is just awful. The basic premise--that heroes could probably do with therapy--is not a bad one. The execution is just really completely mismanaged, though. Start with the beginning. Why are Harley Quinn and Booster Gold chosen as the focus characters? Because they're the ones you could believe would orchestrate a mass murder, right? Except no. You would never believe that. Booster is not that much of a screw-up, and Harley is not that much of a villain. Neither of them have been those things for many years. The readers know that, but it feels like the writer didn't.

And that's the worst part of it all. The superficiality of the story. In the end, why was this story written? To explore the concept of therapy for superheroes? Well, then, it went about it in the worst way possible. Not everyone experiences trauma in the same way. And therefore, not everyone responds to therapy in the same way. The way therapy is depicted in this story is just wrong. Frankly, Sanctuary looks like one of the worst places to get treatment, right alongside Arkham Asylum. Do you think anybody's really going to take away from this story "It's okay to talk about your traumas if you need to"? In or out of universe?

I didn't really talk about the confession cams, but they seemed highly unnecessary. They were always the same, a 3x3 of panels featuring a superhero talking about their traumas. Most of them didn't factor into the story, and at most they felt like a common scene transition. They tried to give them some weight by revealing that the contents of all these possibly got leaked? But then they just kinda dropped that subplot. Which was really kind of serious, because the traumas range from the Protector (a character created for drug PSAs) confessing that he has done drugs to Superman talking about the burden of keeping his identity secret. How much of these did the public actually get? And if it was none, what was even the point of it being a subplot~? Like, leak that Sanctuary existed, sure, but why did Lois Lane get sent all the videos that shouldn't have existed~?

What this story has done to Wally is awful. They have completely tarnished this likeable, amazing hero by having him kill twelve people (thirteen, if you include Poison Ivy), several of them colleagues and friends. All because he's trying to fake his way through therapy when it isn't helping him as fast as he wants. Know what would have been a good story? How about he learns to cope with his trauma? How about he actually gets his family back? It's unrealistic as hell, but it's a fictional story. It's escapism. It's okay to have a happy ending. I ''want'' my stories to end in happy endings, because it's so hard to get them in real life. I want something better than this.

DC Rebirth was a breath of fresh air. Wally's return to the DC universe felt like the clouds were lifitng. The stories following Rebirth felt like a return to form after the darkening of the New 52. It felt like the stories were getting good again, like the comics were getting fun and hopeful again. It couldn't last, though, could it? This story is only three years after the Rebirth initiative. Three years? That's all the hope we get in the universe? I sincerely hope this story ends up an abberation, and not a return to form of the darker, more dour universe we put up with in the New 52. Especially given current events, you can understand why a brighter, optimistic fictional world is appealing. I sincerely hope that when comics resume publication after the pandemic, a more positive outlook continues, and stories like this are left in the garbage where they belong.

This book is fucking awful, and I am done with it. Next week, we'll start reviewing an all-new series for the Taiblog. Let's just say I'm not done ranting about injustices against the Teen Titans~

#comics #reviews #Heroes in Crisis #Taiblog

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cosmicheromp3 · 4 years

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happy new year to dani @leonardodvnc, here’s my gift for you for the AHN gift exchange! i hope you like it and that i didn’t do too bad by your requests haha, i had a lot of fun writing lian’s pov for the first time! ❣️

you can also read on ao3. enjoy!

“Here’s the plan.”

Wally looked at the sheets of paper Dick had just placed on the counter, next to where Lian was sitting on top of it (to be on everyone else’s level, of course). “Tell me he doesn’t seriously have a strategy for baking cake.”

“Have you ever met Dick?” Donna asked with a raise of her eyebrows.

“Don’t complain about the plan, I helped come up with it.” Lian crossed her arms. She was proud of their plan and wouldn’t let them put it down. “We need one, so all of you don’t burn down the kitchen.”

She looked pointedly at Wally, who acted surprised – eyes wide, eyebrows shooting up, pointing at himself and mouthing “me?”. Lian couldn’t keep up her stern face and giggled at the exaggerated expression.

“I doubt it’s even possible to burn down the Watchtower kitchen.” Donna said, looking around at the professional grade kitchen. It was very big and clean, with marble countertops and the biggest fridges Lian had ever seen. She had never been here, since there was a smaller and less intimidating kitchen that everyone – or at least her dad – always used.

“Why are we at the Watchtower, again?” Wally’s mouth made a funny shape.

“It’s the most accessible to everyone.”

“Roy could come here.”

“He’s not going to, I checked.” Dick was very patient.

Lian not so much. “Can we please get back on track?” She pleaded, finally shutting Wally up.

When they were all quiet again, Dick continued. “So, the plan. Donna and I will make the batter while Wally and Garth make the frosting, and–”

“I don’t want to be on team Wally.” Garth complained, very rudely interrupting Dick.

Wally huffed. “What are you, ten?”

“Hey!” Lian smacked Wally on the arm. “I’m ten.”

“See, Garth? Lian’s ten and more mature than you are.”

“That’s not–”

“Everyone!” Donna’s shouted above the complaining. It was impossible to stay on topic with these four – if Lian hadn’t seen them come together as a team, she’d doubt how they got things done. “Wally and Garth, you are both children. If we actually want to have something to give to Roy by this evening, I can trade places with Garth. If that’s okay with Lian and Dick?”

Lian made a serious face, narrowing her eyes, hands on her hips like she’d seen her aunt Dinah do. She traded looks with Dick, who made a move with his head as if to say it was her choice. “I’ll allow it.” She’d heard the phrase on TV, and it made her feel like an important grown up to say it.

Dick and Lian gave everyone their specific instructions. Lian wanted different flavors for the cake, and she wanted it to be tall. Not so tall that it would fall, but tall enough to look cool. And have loooots of filling. So they had a lot of work to do.

It went a bit smoother after their initial discussions. Lian’s task was the most fun, that’s why she had picked it. She was supervising everyone else so they wouldn’t burn anything down – this was, as previously stated, her biggest concern; she could picture a big fire coming out of the oven and Garth having to explode the pipes to put it out with water –, but she was also making decorations.

She started making a bunch of little arrows, cutting fondant into stripes, triangles and feather shapes that she assembled. Then she made quivers and bows. She had seen so many of these in her life that she worked totally by memory, even for the details (because, of course, she was adding lots of details).

She was very, very focused on cutting the shape of a bow with an arrow nocked into it, tongue sticking out of her mouth in concentration, when she was startled by Donna raising her voice.

“Wallace Rudolph West, I did not just see you use super speed to add more sugar to the frosting.”

“What could go wrong about more sugar!”

“Uncle Wally! Don’t ruin the cake!”

“I won’t, sweetie, I totally know what I’m doing.”

“He doesn’t.” Garth mock whispered to Lian, but he was on the other side of the kitchen so it was actually loud.

Lian glared at Wally with all the intensity she could muster. She thought she had a pretty good intimidating face, if you asked her. When she was satisfied he would behave, she shoved him so he’d get back to work.

Team Batter had been suspiciously quiet about what they were doing, so Lian checked on them from her place on the other side of the counter. They were taking pans out of the oven.

“That is not cooked, Dick.”

“It should be done by now. The timer went off and it’s brown on the edges.”

“That’s liquid in the middle. That’s so liquid my hydrokinesis probably works on it.” Dick opened his mouth to reply but Garth cut him off. “I know that’s not how it works, I’m just making a point.”

“Okay, okay, we’ll put them back in.”

Donna was looking at the same scene next to Lian, who had the urge to smack her hand on her forehead. “I think you’re my last ally.” She told her, very seriously.

Donna nodded solemnly. “I will not disappoint you.”

In the end, seemingly baked cakes came out of the oven (they smelled great, at least) and something that looked like and hopefully tasted like frosting was sitting in a few different bowls, some of it white and some of it colored red.

Putting it all together was fun but, if Lian had thought it was messy before, this was even worse. When they were done, everyone had frosting on their faces, the cake looked more pink than red, the lettering on top was wobbly and the decorations were placed in no discernible pattern and slipping on the side. But it was as big and tall as Lian had wanted, they’d made it from scratch all together, and she knew her dad would love it, so it was actually her favorite cake, ever.

Roy woke up from his nap to the movement of someone jumping on his bed, but was only really awake when the shouting started. This would’ve sent warning bells off in his brain if it wasn’t something he recognized.

“Daddy! Daddy! Daddy!”

He tentatively cracked one eye open and found Lian’s face directly in front of his, a cheerful grin taking up her entire face. Even though years had passed, seeing her like that still made something in his chest warm.

“Hi, baby.” He said, his voice raspy with sleep. He hadn’t been able to take a nap like that in ages, but he’d never complain about Lian waking him up.

“Get dressed! There’s a surprise for you!” With that, she jumped back off the bed and, after giving him one last look and motioning for him to hurry, scurried out of his room.

Roy couldn’t help being confused, but did as he was told. After he’d thrown on a t-shirt, still wearing the sweatpants he’d been sleeping in, he walked out of the room and could already hear voices – and Lian trying to shush the voices – from the hallway.

He was greeted by a chorus of “Happy Birthday!” when he walked into the room, which only served to confuse him more.

He was excited about seeing Dick, Donna, Garth and Wally all in regular clothes just hanging out in the kitchen, normal like they rarely got to be, but also: what. “My birthday was over a month ago.” He said, and he couldn’t decide whether to smile or frown.

“You were off-world in a League mission then.” Donna explained. “We know you did something with your family when you came back, but Dick and Lian schemed to get us all together.”

“I knew Dick was up to no good when he asked to borrow Lian this afternoon.” Roy’s eyes switched between the both of them, Lian smiling widely and Dick doing his best not to look overly proud of himself. It had been a while since they’d last hung out as a group. “You guys planned this?”

“Yep!” Lian said, popping the p. “We also made a cake!”

Only then he noticed the cake sitting on top of the kitchen counter, fully decorated, several layers and leaning sideways a bit, but clearly made from scratch by everyone in the room. His throat closed up just a little. He must have been getting old for these kinds of things to get him so emotional.

“That looks amazing.” Thankfully his voice didn’t crack, so he maintained some of his dignity. “Thanks, everyone.”

Lian ran up to him to wrap her arms around his torso, and squeezed. Roy automatically placed a hand on top of her head to stroke her hair, and when she let go of him he hoisted her up to carry her, getting a delighted yelp out of her. He was barely able to do that anymore, with her growing quickly at ten years old, but he’d still take any opportunity he got.

“Come on, old man, blow the candles!” Wally cried out from where he was, next to the cake with the lighter in hand.

They all clapped and whooped when he did – after he joked that Lian help him blow them out, like he used to tell her when she was younger, and even though she acted like he was being dumb she couldn’t hide her smile.

He cut a slice for everyone, and they all scattered around his small apartment, throwing themselves on the chairs and the sofa. He was too happy to make any comments about them making a mess, which they were surely going to make.

He sat down on the sofa in between Garth and Dick, with Lian on the floor with her back on his legs. He had barely settled down when Dick huddled closer, their sides pressing against each other. It was a warm, familiar feeling.

He turned to whisper to him, through the bantering that was quickly filling his home. “Thanks for this. I needed it.”

Dick gave him a small smile, his hand coming up to wrap around his arm. “You deserve it. It’s the least I could do.”

He didn’t have the words to reply to that, so instead he returned the smile and quickly placed a kiss on his cheek. He was pleased when he saw a light blush creep up Dick’s face.

“Keep something for the rest of us, Harper!”

“I’ll save some especially for you, West.” He winked at him, Lian made an ‘ew’ sound as was her ten-year-old given right, and everyone dissolved into laughter.

Later, after they were done with firsts, seconds, and thirds, Dick stood up to collect the plates and leave everything in the sink. He came back and sat sideways with his back on the armrest, propping his legs up on the couch, on top of Roy’s lap and extending to poke Garth on the side – Garth, who had somehow ended up upside down, his head dangling off the couch and making faces at Lian.

He looked around the room at his friends. Donna was sat on the floor, her back to Wally who was on the armchair braiding her hair. He was talking animatedly at the same time, telling everyone a story about the twins, managing to gesticulate wildly with his arms without messing up Donna’s hair. The moment had, at some point, transformed into something quieter, the room filled with only the sounds of Wally’s voice and Donna’s soft melodic laughter.

Lian crawled up the couch to fit herself between Roy and Dick. As Roy lazily drew shapes on Dick’s leg through his jeans, he could feel Lian’s breath growing softer until she fell asleep, curled on his side.

When it got late, everyone started trickling out one by one, saying their goodbyes to Roy and hugging him as best as they could without disturbing Lian. He picked her up to carry her to her room – she looked so content in her dreams it made Roy’s heart burst, a bit.

As he was closing the door to her room, taking one last look at her calmly sleeping, he felt arms curling around his waist, a body pressing to his back and sighing contentedly. He turned around in Dick’s arms, leaning down for a kiss that tasted like cake and frosting that was just a little too sweet.

#dickroy #roy harper #dick grayson #lian harper #fab five #my writing #fic #i honestly have no idea how this got to 2k #i was shooting for 1k but before i knew it the first part had reached 1k on its own #and i realized roy wasn't even in the first part so i had to make it at least close in length #so here we are. did i overthink this? probably

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heller-obama · 5 years

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Operation Newsboy

I totally didn’t have time to publish this last night or this morning so I just decided to post both this chapter and the next one tonight. Also I start school tomorrow so these might be the last of the regular updates.

Oh, and when I was writing this story, the POV kinda sorta just changed from third person to first person and??? I think it works better??? So yeah sorry about that I was not about to rewrite the whole first part in first person.

Here’s the prologue, chapter one, chapter two, chapter three, and chapter four if you hadn’t read them

Chapter Five

Words: 2,086

Warnings: the author is a lazy little shit, no others really (just wait till the next chapter)

Editing: the usual grammarly and read-through combo

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The day went on. No (possibly) magical time assassins trying to murder a kid. Nothing that special happened.

Except for the fact that I was really hungry. By the time all of the papers were sold, I was nearly swaying on my feet like I was tipsy.

I was standing with Davey, Les, and Jack, and the latter was trying to make plans for the brothers.

Honestly, I was completely spaced out, trying to figure out how to cover all the boys tomorrow during the strike. I overheard Jack’s voice, sounding slightly uncomfortable, surprised, and off-put. “Oh, youse got folks, huh?” I could tell he thought they were orphans.

Les, innocent Les, spoke next. “Doesn’t everyone?”

I saw Jack shift nervously, and Davey said something quietly to his little brother.

Davey looked at me and Jack, with something between pity and uncertainty. Of course, he thought I was an orphan because no one told him I wasn’t. Heck, I hadn’t told anyone anything, so I could say I never lied. I just omitted stuff that was semi-important.

“Our dad tangled with the delivery truck on the job. Messed up his leg bad, so they laid him off. That’s how come we had to find work.” Davey explained, with his specialty mixture of pity and uncertainty clear.

Jack looked uncomfortable, like he was caught with his hand in the cookie jar. “Oh, ye-yeah, that makes sense. To-too bad about your dad, though.”

Davey had that look in his eyes that I was sure Jack saw a lot: the oh-you’re-poor-lemme-help-you look. “Look, why don’t you come home with us for dinner? Both of you. Our folks’ll be happy to have you.”

“Mom’s a great cook!” Les blurted.

I wouldn’t have minded it at all, especially if it involved food, but Jack looked like a deer in headlights.

“Ah, thanks for the invite. But I-I just remembered, I got plans with a fella! He’s probably waitin’ on me right now.” He looked at me, and it was as if his entire body screamed HELP!

I, stupidly, wasn’t looking for anyone suspicious. The only few minutes out of the day I wasn’t looking…

“Is that the guy you’re meeting?” Les yelled.

I looked to where the kid was pointing, and my (empty) stomach plummeted. There was a suspicious-looking guy, slightly resembling a mean pitbull with a mustache who was out looking for blood.

“Kelly!” Pitbull growled. Well, that rules out some anonymous time assassin, at least, I thought. It’s just your friendly neighborhood…pitbull…thug.

Jack’s face turned to one of terror. “Run for it!” He said to me and the two brothers.

We ran, me trailing behind to protect the boys who were so important to history. Sure, they might’ve gotten away originally, but with two time travelers on the table, all bets were off.

We kept on it, ducking and dodging through streets and alleyways, the early evening punctured with the Pitbull’s distant calls of “This way, officer!”, “Get him!”, or the insanely common “Jack Kelly!”

Finally, after ducking through a back door, Wally found himself in what appeared to be the backstage of a theatre.

“Slow down, I think we lost them.” Jack heaved. Davey and Les looked totally out of breath as well. I wasn’t that out of breath, because of my speedster reasons, but I pretended not to be that out of breath as to not raise any red flags.

“Does someone want to tell me why I’m running?” Davey protested, glaring at me. “I got no one chasing me. Who was that guy, anyway?” I shrugged. I mean, I honestly didn’t know.

“That there was Snyder the Spider. A real sweetie,” Jack said, with a level of disgust he didn’t think was possible.

“I thought he was more of a pitbull,” I said. Les smiled, but Jack wasn’t having it.

“He runs a jail for underage kids called The Refuge. The more kids he brings in, the more the city pays him. The problem is, all of that money goes straight into his own pocket. Just do yourself a favor. Stay clear of him and The Refuge.” Jack looked almost haunted as well as disgusted, and I wondered if he had spent time there.

A lady walked by below us. “Hey, you up there! Shoo! No kids allowed in the theatre!” I thought we were busted before Jack spoke up, all hints of Snyder and his unpleasantness gone from his face.

“Not even me, Ms. Medda?” He called charmingly.

She put her hands on her hips. “Jack Kelly?”

“Yeah!”

“Man of mystery! Come down here and give me a hug!” She called, clearly happy to see Jack.

He ran down and gave the lady, Ms. Medda, a hug. I made a mental note that, when he wanted, Jack could be really charming, inspiring, or threatening, depending on the person. You did not want to be on any side but his good side. Jack kept talking to Ms. Medda, charming her.

“Boys!” Jack said. “May I present to you Ms. Medda Larkin, the greatest star on the Bowery today. She also owns the joint.”

“The only thing I own is the mortgage,” she joked.

When I turned around, I saw Les, bent over double, gaping at two of the dancers.

Davey tapped Les on the back. “What’s wrong with you?”

“Are you blind?” Les retorted. “She got no clothes on!”

I hid a smile. I mean, I knew that 1899 fashion was a bit--scratch that, a lot--more conservative than 2018 fashion, but little Les was just so dumbstruck at the fact that the ladies were wearing just leggings and some kind of leotard. Oh, God, I thought, if only he walked around in the 21st century for even an hour…

“That’s her costume.”

“But I can see her legs!” Les sounded like he’d never seen a lady’s leg before. Although, in all honesty, he probably hadn’t.

“Well, step out of his way so’s he can get a better look.” Ms. Medda said. The performers struck a pose, revealing more of the tight leggings. Ms. Medda continued to say something about theatre being educational, but I wasn’t really listening, making sure no one was watching us.

Suddenly, a man with a mustache came running in. “Ms. Medda! You’re on!” He shouted.

“I am?” Ms. Medda said. “How am I doing?” She looked at the mustache guy, and then scoffed, and then looked at us, and we started laughing. “Boys, lock the door and stay all night. You’re with Ms. Medda now.”

We followed her to the curtains, Les and Davey watching from behind the curtain, but Jack and I snagged two seats. Ms. Medda continued to sing about being rich, but I wasn’t paying much attention to the words. Again. Oh, us millennials and our attention spans, I thought jokingly. But it was because Ms. Medda had an amazing voice. When the song was over, Jack gave a standing ovation, and I did, too. I mean, she did hide us from the cops. Well, I guess they weren’t cops. Abusive prison wardens?

“And now, gents,” she called, “let’s have a big hand for the Bowery Beauties!”

“Hey, Wally,” Jack said, poking me. “Look who’s here.” He pointed up to what looked like a theatre balcony.

I looked up and saw a lady sitting inside. “Wasn’t that the girl you were hitting on earlier?”

“Oh, yeah.” He had a stupid grin on his face. He ran up to Ms. Medda, who was now off-stage. They conversed quietly, and then Jack ran up to the ladder to the little balcony and climbed in.

I couldn’t hear them, but as they talked, Jack’s face varied from cheeky to downright flirty, and the girl mostly looked either uncomfortable or mocking. I smiled. She’s gonna have fun with Jack, I thought.

I watched the two of them, not exactly sure how it was going to play out. Well, until the girl yelled: “Do you mind?”

Some guy in the audience rapped his cane on the structure. “Pipe down up there!”

“You got in for free!” Ms. Medda called. “At least pay attention!”

Jack whisper-shouted something down, probably something along the lines of I’m sorry.

And then he, of course, started serenading her. Of course, he did. And…was he drawing something, too? I shook my head. Jack Kelly, the romantic. Who’d have thunk?

The song went along…and so did my attention. I have issues, I thought.

When the song(both Jack’s and the ladies’) Jack snuck down the ladder, not before leaving something on a chair.

He practically skipped over to Davey, Les, and I. After the brothers left, on our way back to the Lodge, then he started to boast about his serenading epicness.

“Did’ya see that? I’s got her hooked!” Jack whooped.

“You sure did, pal,” I said. Suddenly, the smell of a bakery wafted into my nose. “Hey, Jack? What’s that smell?”

Jack grinned. “Oh, that’s the Cooks’. Yep, they’s called the Cooks and they cook. If you’re hungry”--I could’ve sworn he heard my stomach growling--“they sometimes gives us a loaf of bread.”

“Well, I think you know the answer to that question, Jack,” I said. I fingered the dollars I took from the Waverider before dragging Jack to the street. There was about $20, which was a lot in this era, especially for the newsies. It was for an emergency, but if this wasn’t, I didn’t know what would constitute an emergency anymore. Jack started moving into the store, but I put a hand out in front of him. “Lemme try. They don’t know me.”

Jack shrugged. “Have at ‘em.”

I walked into the store, slipping my cap into my bag. A newsie with 20 bucks would raise all kinds of alarms. I walked up to the front, where a young girl was sitting, looking quite bored.

“How can I help you today?” She asked, looking like I was the most interesting thing that had happened to her all day.

I looked behind her at the vast shelves of baked goods, breads and pastries galore. “Uh, can I have ten loaves of bread? And one of the pumpkin loaves?”

The girl’s eyes widened to the size of saucers. “You got money to pay for it?”

“Yeah.” She gave me a once-over, like ‘why can this kid afford ten loaves of bread?’ Then she shrugged. Business was business.

“$2.50.” She said, gathering the load of loaves.

I pulled out some money and gave it to her.

I just really hoped she didn’t pay much attention to the dates on the bills.

She handed me the loaves, and I put each in my bag. “Thanks,” I said, and flashed a smile at the girl. She just nodded.

I walked outside to where Jack was waiting. He looked at me and only saw the emptiness of my hands.

“Ah, youse struck out, huh? Well, sometimes they’s just want the Jack…” He trailed off when I patted my bulging bag. “No way.”

I smirked. “Yes, way. Ten loaves of bread, and one pumpkin loaf.”

“How’d you…?”

“She just was begging for business. I don’t think they sold a thing all day.”

“Good on youse! We’s’ll eat good tonight!” Jack whooped, patting me on the back.

We walked back to the Lodge, Jack’s arm around my shoulder. By the time we got back, the sun was nearly set. As soon as we opened the door, the newsies were on us.

“Where were youse?”

“We’s been waitin’!”

“We’s thought Snyder got youse!”

Jack held up his hands, and they all quieted down. “Now, me and Speedy was busy.” He took my bag of bread from my hands. “Seems ol’ Speedy ‘ere has got a bit of charm!” The shouts rang out again.

“Is that bread?”

“WOAH!”

“Did’ya steal that?”

“FOOD!”

“A’IGHT!” Jack yelled. “All of youse get some! Obviously!”

Jack and I distributed the some of the bread to the newsies, and only after we finished did Jack take any. I assumed that was normal, knowing Jack.

The boys all got a large chunk of bread, and against Jack and I’s protests, the boys insisted we share a whole loaf.

That night, all of the newsboys at the Newsboy Lodging House went to bed with full stomachs.

I hope that doesn’t screw with the timeline.

You know what? Screw the timeline. Just seeing the joy on those kids’ faces when they realized they didn’t have to go to sleep hungry was enough.

#Jamie writes stuff #operation newsboy #newsies #jack kelly #Katherine plumber #medda larkin #legends of tomorrow #Wally west #fanfic #fanfiction #writeblr

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bookdragonlibrary · 5 years

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Second Tuesday YJ appreciation

1-3 ; 4-6 ; 7-9 ; 10-13 ; 14-16 ; 17 ; 18 ; 19 ; 20 ; 21 ; 22 ; 23 ; 24-26

—————————— First Impression

- Is that... a Reach ship? Could it be linked to the machine? It’s fonctionning, nothing good...

- 4 days later.

- I love how Garfield is respectful and aknowledges Kaldur and M’gann efforts despite the situation. Batman should take him as an example...

- A public Team. So is that what he had in mind in the previous episode? I’m relieved. So much clever that what I thought! But the bad guys will probably guess if there is a public Team, there also is a covert Team. Not all of them were aware of this...

- Kaldur being a protective Big Brother :)

- Lex restricted even more the JL? What does he want them to do? Charity missions and gala?

- Strikes against meta people :( Not really surprising as we have strikes against POC and queer people... Humankind really doesn’t like difference, does they? :(

- Of course bad guys would find a way to make profit of humans. We already do it with pollution,

- Gar has good points actually! My boy had mature so well!

- It’s me or Traci is drown way differently when she is in civics and hero costume? Her face seems different.

- It’s them at the end of the previous episode! And there’s a picture with Gar and Perdita. #RelationshipGoals I agree!

- “We’re gonna start a revolution! A... a small one anyway.” xD It would be a revolution in YJ verse and against the Light actually :)

- “Get on board or get out of the way!” xD And Conner is not really proud about this and probably wonders who told this to Gar xD Who bet Wally?

- “Green skin. Can’t hide.” He’s already a famous star anyway. But easily recognizable because of it.

- “Public doesn’t always get I’m a different guy.” Aw sweetie :(

- “They already know what I have become. Now I want to show them who I have become.” So powerful :)

- “And there were no way I was gonna let this be a no girl squad.” / “Group needed a little color.” Seriously writers? Can’t they have real character motivation? Like Cassie wanting to be aknowledged as a true hero (to show her growth since her insecurities in season 2) or Virgil wanted to be known as a hero (since in the previous episode the girl didn’t know Static). This kind of comments are in the 4th wall dimension, something the fans see, not something the writers say to show they have included diversity in their characters. It’s something you show, not tell, or it doesn’t have the same impact on the fans.

- But I like Jaime and Virgil friendship

- “Not ready. Noy yet.” That would also have been a great occasion to give them character development. Like Forager is supposed to be dead, Terra still copes with her abduction and Traci doesn’t trust her control on her powers yet (her hero insecurities) and develop why Halo isn’t ready yet.

“Guessing we’re too old. Whoa. When did that happen?” Technically Conner is 8 so he can still be part of their Team and I would have love Artemis being with them as their Team lack of martial arts :)

- So it’s Teen Titans Tower but in Hollywood instead of San Francisco? And it’s called the Hub.

- Wait... where’s Traci? I know she’s the only one who isn’t part of the Outsiders or lives there but still!

- “This is so crash!” I agree Bart!

- “Finally! I mean: thank you!” Brion is so glad to have his own personal space again :) The bioship should have felt pretty small compared to his room in a royal palace.

- “Who’s paying for all this?” “Gretchen Goode.” xD

- “Now that what I call payback!” “This is a sympathy bump.” I love Cassie and Virgil frienship! Finally a girl and boy being BF without love involved! :D Please, writers, let’s them stay BF! :( I want Cassie to give poor flirty advice to Virgil when he meet a girl he like xD But fans, still feel free to ship them ;)

- Poor Forager :(

- “No way 6 teenagers are gonna to live here alone and unsurpervised.” *she says while looking at Violet and Brion* “Yeah, who knows what might happen?” Those two make love (with their respective boyfriend) in the Cave, didn’t they?

- “I would be happy, honored to act as a den mother.” Helga, stop saying honored, that’s weird and suspicious... What everyone else doesn’t find it suspicious?!

- 3 days later. It feels like it’s the same day, doesn’t it?

- Nowadays teenagers reflex: record it before to go in safety...

- Does he... play against himself? Super cute!

- EyeSpasm? What kind of technology is that? Something to make livestream? I don’t like the “Spasm” on it... Look like Granny’s goggles to me...

- So the Reach ship makes a move 6 days after?

- “Mother of God!” Brion is still so funny while he’s angry xD

- “No drill, the Reach are back!” “No, just no!” My poor babies, please no more trauma for them :( maybe we’ll have flashbacks of Bart’s past and Jaime’s while on mode?

- Kaldur is so great and... beaten to easily? I know it’s Reach tech but I thought he would manage longer as he put Blue inconscious in season 2...

- He’s DEAD? No, he’s ok! Don’t give me heart attack like that! I had enough with Forager already!

- “Chill, Aquaman!” Is that supposed to be a joke? You know, because it’s winter and/or Kaldur is Atlantean.

- *fangirl laugh* I hated that... I just hope she won’t get hurt because the fangirling makes people dumber...

- “My spectacles” Is that an old word for glasses? “Gratitude.” This girl definitely has a high rank vocabulary.

- “Stay calm, citizen, and stay inside.” Cassie feels a little unease and in a confident character :) Not confortable yet with speaking with the population yet :)

- “Superamalgamated.” No clue of what she said...

- Love that Virgil has a techonological plateform now :)

- Helga seems so proud of Brion :) Ok, maybe she’s not evil, but just overprotective like I thought...

- “Please, miss, you must get to cover.” Give up, Kal, she’s a teenager AND a fangirl, no way she stay out of danger...

- Wait, why Joan is at hospital? What happened to her? :(

- Aw... Ed showing the Team to his proteges :3 And Wendy is laughing!

- “Maybe it was a bad idea to do this in mid-air.” You think? Didn’t Scarab tell you about this? “This is a really bad idea, Jaime Reyes. You should...” “Don’t worry, Scarab, I’ll handle this!” By the way, why we don’t hear him? It would be interesting to have his pov since it’s the Reach in front of them!

- The scream doesn’t seem to be Jaime’s voice but Brion’s...

- Aw... Mom Arty is sad they’re leaving :( Or did they already have? Violet is crying :( “One last sleepover.” They haven’t leave yet.

- So cool Gar is introducing his team :)

- The Sheriff is funny but what kind of American accent is that? Is it cliché? I find it annoying :/ (no offense, it’s just difficult to understand)

- “We prefer protégé.” = “don’t call us sidekicks!” in season 1 xD But more diplomatic.

- Whisper A’Daire and Intergang are back! Blue already met her in season 2 with Superboy. And here are Scorpia A’Daire (her little sister I guess?) and Cairo Defrey. Is she from Egypt? Is she old or does she have metapowers with her white hair?

- Scooby Doo vibes? I mean the Team appeared in an episode, so why not? Wait, so the two girls are from Scooby Doo Team too? (Don’t know their names in English...)

- This bip doesn’t look good... The big ship is awake again! So the Reach will come? But it seems pretty empty so? Did the signal activate because of Whisper’s line? As she said they didn’t succeed?

- “Look what they’ve done to our library!” It’s just a glass sir, pretty sure it’s no big deal compared to a destroyed city... Have you seen Central City after Neutron?

- Tommi Tompkins, sound like a boy name... Wait! Is Tommi transwoman and his dad just use his dead/birth name? He’s really a jerk :(

- He’s on Lex Luthor’s side, that’s why...

- The ship is huge! Is it the same than where the heroes and Runaways were abducted in season 2?

“This is so moded!” “No way...” “Yes way! I mean: look at us! We’re in chackles!” They still have the same dynamic! :’)

- When the bad guys told you to call the JL, you know you’re in trouble! Except if you’re a dumb jerk...

- He called the US Air Forces. Is he dumb or... No, there’s no other explanation that stupidity (I mean a lack of knowledge, but essentially common sense...)

- And... they’re dead... Mayor, your stupidity caused two deaths (maybe 4?) of soldiers. Are you proud? Remorsed? “No, no, no!’ He’s a stubborn dumb jerk, isn’t he?

- “Mine aren’t (tied). Just handcuffled.” and they break free so easily it’s funny xD Why do you think they use collar in Belle Reve, stupid mayor?

- Tara’s flashbacks are heartbreaking :( She couldn’t see her parents again after her kidnapping :(

- “Do you see how brave Tara and Violet are? You can be brave like them.” *Violet hides because of thunder* It was sweet and funny :) And Artemis is educating Lian to be brave like her parents and auntie :)

- Big sisters Artemis and Tara :) It’s rare to see Tara smiling, those family moments do good to her :)

- Gar still likes to perch on people’s shoulder :)

- “No baddies, just their bones.” Bart, the Reach are insect-base, they don’t have bones... Wait, could be the bones of the abducted teens in season 2 who didn’t have the metagene? Virgil said there were kids they never saw again and they were only 5: the Runaways plus Chimmer. Where were the other kidnapped kids? Dead. And that won’t make any sense the Reach stay on that ship to die at the end of season 2... And the Team didn’t kill anyone while saving the abductees. So yeah, it have to be the murdered abducted kids :’(

- “bad news, there are still militaries air force.” The mayor is really stupid or the soliders didn’t get the memo their colleagues are dead in one blow?

- “Good news.” “Please no bad news, Please no bad news.” “Bad news.” “Urg!” xD

- Virgil’s sarcastis comments are back! xD

- Gar still has clever solutions :)

- Of course, Ed is worried :) And Wendy doesn’t have the collar anymore! The Team did inspire her! :D

- Joan :(

- Big Bro Kaldur is so proud of them!

- “No concept of how much that thing is gonna cost to get out of my lake?” Sorry, mayor, we thought Brooklyn was a democraty, not Tompkins’ kingdom... And the taxes aren’t your money either but serve the city... --’

- “A Young Justice League” that a recall of the show title, isn’t it?

- “We are all Outsiders.” Catchy indeed!

- “Relax, your time will come.” Tara can’t wait to act, but against what? against who? Those family moments didn’t stop Tara for working with Slade :(

- Is she looking at Lian? Why? :o :(

- So the ship was indeed empty for 2 years. Man, Jaime and Bart would be so mad at them when they’ll learn the Anti-Light thing and that they knew there were no Reach on it...

- Lag’aan! Is still in the hero game! Only for Atlantis or he’s part of the League now?

- Oracle!

- So Kal was indeed holding back!

- Who is the second guy? He looks like Garth’s old brother. Edit: name’s Wyynde. he appeared in the tie-comics.

- “I don’t think he’s ready for that, for this.” M’gann also talks about the lies and secrets the Anti-Light has to come up with. She doesn’t want that responsibility and burden on her brother’s shoulder. And maybe fears his reaction to this.

- What is the Anti-Light mission?

- Brucely and Wally plushie! Wait... is that text sounds? This’s Tara but where is... In Lian’s room? In her own room? Are they sleeping in the same room just like Violet and Artemis?

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