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#revenant fanfic
boobav · 4 months
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Sanguine
Revenant x Reader
content: angsty & smutty drabble, I guess a happy ending?
word count: 1k
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He could offer you nothing.  
During dark hours where his metal hands slithered along your body is when he felt this realisation most deeply. He could give you no warmth, no child- he couldn't even kiss you. Kaleb wasn't even sure if he could love you, a simple thing to most, but to him, one who hadn't felt the touch of such a thing during centuries of life, he wasn't sure at all. 
And yet, time and time again, you came to him.  
You pressed hot kisses against this face forced upon him and sighed in content at each one. His fingers knead the flesh of your hip as you straddle him in his plain, undecorated room, and he listens as your heart thrums quick and hard between your ribs. He undoes your shirt buttons deftly and hums as your hands move to cup his face.  
He was vile. He was the villain in countless stories, the shadow waiting in the dark; he'd told you so countless times. Months upon months piled up like paperwork, but for some reason, you continued to disregard his verbal attacks and senseless force. You stayed, a thorn in his side that continued to remind him that he was still much too human. When he fucks you like a man starved, he finds himself yearning for his long-dead body, for his blue eyes and smooth voice, not for himself, but for you. So you could be normal, you could be warm, and safe, and content. So you could feel more than steel and rage with your gentle touch. 
He brushes his unmoving, metal lips over your neck as your shirt is thrown across the room. He knows that you'll leave him- of course you will. As he helps you discard your shorts, he thinks, and he knows. How could you ever be content with a monster? With a monster who lacks every desirable aspect of humanity, with a monster who can't mutter out I love you, even when it weighs down on his fake tongue and strangles him with its twisting fingers.
And as he enters you, silicone and steel, he knows he will never be enough. No amount of metal can recreate what you need, what you deserve. His hands squeeze your thighs as he fucks up into you, carnally, face shoved into the crook of your neck to stifle his own noises as you moan his name, his real name, and he thinks of what a sick joke his life is; he holds perfection in his hands, he hears it cry his lost name, but he will never be enough. 
"Are you okay?" Your voice comes out breathy, broken, and Kaleb stills within you. You bring a hand to his face, guiding it away from your neck. Of course, you could decipher nothing from his expression, for it never changed, still as the mountains no matter the situation. But you could tell from his silence that something was bothering him behind those yellow eyes.  
"Yeah." Is all he says, and leans in, waiting for you to press a warm kiss against his cold lips. And you do, humming as he moves his hips again, slowing the pace slightly.  
You want to prod; you want to beg him for his real thoughts. But getting those out of Kaleb was nigh impossible. Rarely, on a cool summer night stargazing, something about his past or present turmoil will spill from his lips, and you cherish it, you love his words because you love him. But you knew that pushing him for vulnerability was a mistake, no matter how much your heart hurt for him.  
And he knew he was stupid. He knew that he was ruining the one good thing in his pathetic life by not opening up, by fucking you and pretending there was nothing to it besides lust. His eyes are trained on you as you throw your head back with a moan; he eyes the bead of sweat rolling down your neck, he eyes your lips, your closed eyes, the curve of your nose. He feels the ghost of his heart flutter and thump with humanity, and he hates it.  
He hates it because he knows, deep down in the pitiful thing he calls a soul, he knows that you will leave him. He knows that this will not last, that the butterflies in his chassis that swarm when he sees you will die, because you will realise that he can offer you nothing. He shoves his face back into your neck as he cums, mechanical hips stuttering against your bruised skin, a synthesised groan of both ecstasy and agony crawling from his throat.  
You drag him down into bed with you, and unlike every other time, you are met with no resistance. You cling to his metal frame like ivy, sighing at all the words left unsaid that linger in the air, making it stale and unbreathable.  
"Kaleb?" You ask with a nervous lilt.  
"Hm?" His hum sounds somehow exhausted.  
"You know I'd never leave you, right?"  
"I know. You tell me this every day." He wants to slam his head against the wall for responding to your sincerity with sarcasm. Yet, despite your constant statements, he can't bring himself to believe you- because he knows better. He knows that eventually you'll run off. As soon as you get a taste of the humanity absent in Kaleb through someone else, you will leave. It'll fill your lungs and pump through your heart like fire, and you'll be wondering why you wasted your time on him at all.
But, even so- as you mumble against his chest and hold him somehow tighter, he can't crush that fluttering of hope inside him that maybe...  
Maybe you won't leave.
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danddymaro · 6 months
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Stunt | Revenant x Reader
Obv. Rev has feelings for the reader.
It's just a fun scenario I considered.
Some Mirage X reader (you'll see)
Wordcount: 487
Stunt
Revenant stared down at the device in his hand, a searing glare shot down at the bright, flat screen that stared back at him with vibrant colors.
The image moved in silence, displaying only a preview before he decided to simply click on it, his curiosity getting the better of him. 
-Something in him was burning, somehow aching. 
Slowly, he pressed the tip of his finger over the screen, holding in an imaginary breath. 
The overzealous brat Mirage spoke, his elated words heightened by that damned smile of his that had begun to become even more infuriating as of late.
" I'm just here with my favorite girl!" he claimed as he had an arm wrapped around you, surprising you as you nearly dropped your recently purchased drink.
It took you a moment to compose yourself and smile too, though, still seeming more entertained with your tea.
Elliot pulled you close, his cheek pressing right against yours for just a second before he pulled back and continued to address his audience instead, something you didn't seem to mind much as you focused on your straw.  
Occasionally during the live feed, you laughed, showing no signs of wanting to peel yourself off of his side. 
countless shares and comments were left just as curious as Revenant was, and the replies were no better, insinuating something he's tried to not think of. 
Lately, you've been busy....is this why?
Him...
"Ohhh man...." he heard a familiar voice mutter beside him, and that breath alone was an indicator of who it was.
The accented rasp in his voice was unmistakable, and it made Revenant feel even more irritated.
The speed demon stood still, and Revenant could see from the way his unobscured, brown eyes glanced over to the screen that he was just as surpised, yet strangely not all too taken back. 
" Tough luck amigo," Octavio added as he shook his head, and it made Revenant snatch the phone away from his sight with a low grunt.
"- Like I give a damn," he said back as he pulled back his arm, his fingers pressing down on the device with an iron grip that began to overwhelm the phone, crushing it in a matter of seconds.
And it was something Octane saw and snickered at, 
"Right..." Octavio said lowly before relaseing a short sigh, and halfhearted shrug.
“He just snatched your girl right from under you,” he muttered with just a bit of tease.
 "- Why should you care?" he added with a little hum, discreetly eyeing the broken piece of technology still in the bot's hand. 
He only mused over how much 'Che would have the time of her life gloating over how she just knew the Simulacrum had something of a heart in him. 
"You're crazy," Octane said while walking alongside his childhood friend. 
"Come on Silva, just think about it," she urged him. 
"I've never seen him act so...so unlike himself," she said. " just pay attention," she advised him, and from then on, he had kept a close eye on you and Revenant.
And he was surpised to notice the little things. 
Like, your laugh around him. 
There was a little pitch you reached that made him roll his eyes when he noticed. 
And the bot's eery way of standing over you had become less intimidating the more he paid attention.
Instead, it seemed cheesy, like a man leaning in for some attention, lingering for something more.
Octane then began to chuckle lowly, almost losing himself in a fit of giggles as he wondered what the Simulacrum would do when he found out it was nothing but a PR stunt.
"But just don't tell anyone," you said after he'd caught you and Mirage talking about it. 
"I mean, I love my girl," Mirage said with a smile, "But it's just business," he told the other male offhandedly.
"Just a bit of teasing the crowd," he added simply. 
"You think anyone could really hold down all this?" he asked while slowly turning as if proving a point, and it made you stare flatly at Octane.
"It's just such a shame," you grumbled, not really convincing anyone you were heartbroken about the reality of your romance.
You loved Elliot, but he really was something of a manwhore, and while he was a funny guy, you pitied the person that actually fell for him.
" Anyways, It's innocent too. We're just spending a bit of time together to get some buzz, especially since they're coming out with new merch for this one," he said while pointing at you, reminding Silva of the new, upcoming event. 
"It's really been up to the fans for debate, which is fun," he added with a chuckle, but you disagreed, cringing at some of the comments.
-And the fanart?
You burned with embarrassment at some people's talent.
Meanwhile, Octane nodded, understanding. 
Was it meant to tease the bot? 
Perhaps, but there was just something exciting about it; 
"Senior loincloth, if only you'd been faster," he added with yet another chuckle as he drew back. 
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melodygatesauthor · 11 months
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Miscellaneous Characters
Masterlist
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The Miscellaneous Characters Masterlist is for characters I have only written a very small amount for and don't intend to write for much more than I already have. - Some characters I haven't written for but intend to write for at some point and they are on this list because I don't know how much I'll write for them.
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Revenant Masterlist (Apex Legends)
Duke Leto Atreides (Dune 2021)
Basil Stitt (Lightningface)
Laurent LeClaire - (In Secret)
Nathan Bateman Masterlist (Ex Machina) - Coming Soon
Rydal Keener Masterlist (The Two Faces of January) - Coming soon
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cryptonite-exe · 1 year
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i see you’re taking request!! would you be willing to write some more dating rev head cannons? maybe how he’d treat you during downtime with everyone else? :) so far i’ve fallen in love with your crypto content!
dating the devil | revenant headcanons
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𓆩♡𓆪 pairing ; revenant x gn!reader
𓆩♡𓆪 a/n ; AAAA MY FIRST REQUESTTT thank you so much you kind soul!! really hope you enjoy this! (apologies it took long) <3
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the mellow afternoon sun slowly descends, the light of day fading. the hazy atmosphere and silence of the dropship’s clinic was comforting. you sigh deeply and shut your eyes. you relish in the peace of this unoccupied area of the ship, the vibrations of the moving ship was soothing to you. you were hooked on an iv bag to get the fluids you needed to make a full recovery. with an arm taped with wires and strict orders to rest there, you recall the events of the past day as sleep dawned onto you. the match today did more damage than good. your entire shield batteries and med kits being completely shredded by the damn charged rifle ash kept poking you with. the bandages on your waist fit you tight, the inflammation on your skin was no joke. perhaps having personal relations to the other simulacrum has its cons.
the recent schedule of back to back matches took a toll on you- no, rather all of you. octane, who lives for the adrenaline of battle, even expressed how he needed a breather after the recent games. quoting “more stim’s been going than coming, my stunts won’t be as cool without my stim!”. after the complaints, the syndicate announced a week long break with olympus being the stopping place. the legends rejoiced and gushed about their plans for the week filled with partying and clubs, and some choosing to remain in the comfort of their closed quarters.
the next thing you knew, you were coming to your senses. your attempt at going back to sleep was futile, the pillow your head was laying on was so uncomfortable you were convinced it was a brick. no amount of shifting and turning can soften that so called pillow. the white lights of the dropship nearly blinded you when you attempted to open your eyes. you groan and rub your eyes. now pissed and awake, you tried sitting up because you don’t remember the clinic’s pillows were this hard. you immediately stopped midway as a sudden shock of pain presented itself. the pain had you yelling before you can even register where it was. “easy there human” a familiar voice greets you. your hand lays on your abdomen but your eyes pan to him. “what the hell are you doing he- wait, where even am i?” you ask when you saw the unfamiliar room. it was the standard room the syndicate assigned to everyone but there was nothing.
“my room. how idiotic of you to simply sleep there. have you no regard for your safety?” he spoke, standing up. “you were looking for me?” you asked with a laugh, tilting your head to the side. “don’t get all cocky with me, human” he defensively replies. despite his relentless remarks, he places a hand on your back and offering the other to you. you accepted it immediately, he helps you stand up and walk. he doesn’t let go, perhaps waiting for you to tell him off. but you just lean in further into his gentle embrace, one that showed he was scared of harming you. “oh my knight in shining armor.” you gush, half jokingly. he only groans in response.
‘this will be a fun week’
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he's a literal 6'8 (semi) gentle giant
there are the usual homicidal remarks here and there but never towards you
he'd be bored AS SHIT during the break
he complains that "skinsuits are to be killed"
he ends up following you everywhere like a curious cat, always looming over your shoulder to watch whatever you're doing
he doesn't care about pda at all, he let's you do what makes you happy. but when someone points it out he hisses like a cat in water
when the other legends saw him walk behind you everywhere, someone was bound to make fun of him for it
it just happened to be mirage
"who would've guessed murder bot is a murder PET now hah! hahah..." he laughs, fading at the end when revenant snaps his head in mirage's direction
various curses and profanities were thrown that you had to slap him on the arm for it
"hey- no that was too mean!" you express, crossing your arms
"whatever he deserved it" he murmurs, then stomps away like a literal kid
(is back to your side in 5 minutes)
not the best person to gossip to but he does keep an open ear and sometimes asks for details
he'll groan whenever you're rambling for a long time, but he actually feels bad when you shut up
his form of an apology is sticking by your side until you start talking again
he absolutely cannot be left to do a task unless you want claw marks left everywhere
folding clothes? ripped. wiping down tables? scratches. he wants to hand comb your hair? no you're going bald.
he doesn't understand your liking for kissing him but doesn't oppose it
rev : what are you doing?
: kissing you
rev : disgusting. do it again.
doesn't do pet names. you are clinically insane if you hope he calls you one
the most he'll do is "human" or "sweetheart" and not with romantic intent
is scared to even lay a finger on you, what if those hands do to you what they were designed to do?
you have to initiate any intimacy, placing his hands on your waist reminding him it's okay or resting your head on his shoulder to calm him down
treats you like absolute glass- like you would break at a single push
possessive to the power of 10, and it cannot be overstated
no other legend would dare to even flirt with you, an invisible mark that indicates his property is on you
"mine" he mumbles, pulling your waist closer to him as his other hand grips his scythe- bloody from an entire squad's futile attempt to ambush you alone
some would question your taste in significant others but if they asked, you'd answer
"if only you knew"
if only they knew the quiet moments you had just observing each other, curiosity indulging itself
if only they knew the stories he shared from his memories, how his early days as a human haunted him to a point of endless jealousy and anger
if only they knew how tired he was of waking up from every death he hoped was the final one, how you were the only thing he looked forward to seeing
if only they knew how you were the only person he trusted enough to shut down and sleep
if only they knew how you wake up at 3am to see glowing dots on your ceiling, no hesitation to pat the bed as an invite and just go back to sleep
if only they knew how he nudges his head against yours as a kiss, how he caresses your hands feeling the warmth of being human
if only they knew your selfish thoughts of wanting to be one of his kind to accompany him in his lonely nightmare forever
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probablyspooky · 10 months
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Season 17 (Revenant X Gn!Reader)
Revenant isn’t feeling well, something is wrong, something is horribly wrong.
This is short because I’m a little sad they’re revamping Revenant by possibly replacing the one we’ve all come to love (maybe)
“Get this shit off me,” a robotic voice growled, followed by the smashing of metal of the ground.
You stared with tears in your eyes, as the device you were using to monitor the electronic signals in Revenants  body was now shattered on the floor. Revenant stood, his never changing staring holes through your body, yet you could tell by the aura he was giving off, he was pissed.
“I was just trying to...” you whimpered, kneeling down to pick up the pieces of your monitoring device.
“Trying to what? Help me? Cure me of these annoying noises?” he growled, stomping around you, “It won’t kill me, nothing will.”
You sighed, wiping your eyes, lately Revenant has been complain about random pains in his head, along with hearing high pitched ringing in his head lately. You’ve tried a handful of things to see what the issue was, even going as far as to destroy one of the bodies Revenant was using so he was respawn in a new one, in hopes that the current one he was using was faulty in some way, but it just seems like you couldn’t discover the issue. Revenant hates feeling weak, especially around you.
“I’m just worried...” you said, looking up at him
“Well don’t be, I never asked for your help,” he spat, looking down at you with his piercing gaze, “Next time mind you-ARRRGHHHH!!” 
He gripped his head, the pain was back, he began to use his sharp claws to scrape the metal of his face, tearing the fabric of his headscarf, he knelt down to the ground groaning and clutching his head in agony, you quickly rushed over, putting your arms around his back.
“I’m here...I’m here” you whispered, waiting for the pain to subside.
For a brief moment, there was silence, only the  sounds of Revenant’s circuits and joints clicking, as he knelt on the ground in your arms.
“Thank you...(y/n)” he whispered
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r-ando-m-w-rite-r · 1 year
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Simple Beginnings
Rev x reader
hey im back for now
actually found some inspiration
rev headcannons enjoy
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-There is usually only two things on Revenant’s mind: murder and revenge.
-He only thinks, craves, and fights for blood.
-He is out for Hammond Robotics; it is his mission to corrupt their whole system and seek the revenge he rightfully deserves.
-But lately, other things have been distracting him from his plans.
-And by ‘other things’, he means you.
-Ever since you joined the games, there had been something about you that had caught his eye.
-Whether it was your small, defenseless form or the way you pridefully carried yourself, having all the confidence in the world despite your size, there was something that drew him to you.
-Of course, at first he had kept to himself, and you hadn’t approached him in any way, instead sticking to that birdie Valkyrie.
-But you had caught him staring once or twice, to which he responded by clearing his throat or casually looking the other way to not draw suspicion. 
-As the time went on, you had ended up on his team multiple times, to which he would treat you outwardly about the same as he would anyone else.
-But you did notice over time how he tended to drop good loot and ammo that you needed in your path.
-This was, of course, intentional, but you didn’t know that.
-It confused you that the murder bot himself was being nice to you in his own way, but you truly didn’t think much of it.
-Well, not until the one night at the bar that changed everything.
-It had been any regular Friday, you chilling at the bar after a game, grabbing a drink with your fellow Legends. 
-The group started slow, but after a few rounds had been passed around, people began to disperse.
-Fuse and Bloodhound were the first to sneak off somewhere, and then Mirage disappeared after the clones that he had set to attend the bar began to act up.
-Octane had ran off to a bathroom to hurl up his 17 shots, leaving you and the couple making out beside you, consisting of Loba and Valkyrie.
-You rolled your eyes at this, walking over to the bar and taking a seat on a barstool.
-Your vision was wobbly and your senses were all mixed up, so you hadn’t realized that you had sat next to someone.
-Revenant watched as you plopped down, tipsy and obviously slightly out of it.
-He had watched you get drunk; in fact, he had watched your group tucked into the corner of the bar all night getting drunk.
-As much as he ached to get closer to you, to at least try to get to know more about you, there was absolutely no way he was going to even go as far as to approach the other Legends.
-It was just in his stubborn nature.
-Looking down at you, he finished off his beer before slamming the glass down onto the counter.
-You looked up, jostled by the loud noise, and towering over you was none other than Revenant himself.
-At first, his eyes scared you; the two beady yellow LEDs burned into you.
-But after a moment, you felt yourself warm to them.
-Your intoxicated brain knew you were at least in his favor, as he dropped little hints sometimes within the games to lead to such a conclusion.
-Without thinking, you leaned into him, wrapping his torso in a bear hug.
-Revenant’s eyes widened in shock, what were you doing?
-He knew you were drunk, but drunk enough to hug a blood-thirsty assassin robot?
-Despite his mechanics speeding up at the sudden arousal within him, he didn’t dare move, too afraid of injuring your fragile form.
-You mumbled incomprehensive words into his middle-section before reaching up and groping for his large claw.
-Upon finding it, you tugged at it until he let you take it and place it on your back.
-You then did the same with the other, making him hug you back.
-He still didn’t move, slightly awed by how cute you were being, whether you realized it or not.
-He did look around, however, and after realizing the bar was pretty much empty, he let himself relax a little into your touch.
-The two of you sat there for what seemed like hours, your thoughts blank, his running faster than Octane on stim could accomplish.
-This was soft for him, but he also secretly liked the attention.
-And it wasn’t the same attention he got when he was killeader in the games or won as the Champion squad.
-This attention was a loving one, one that he hadn’t experienced in centuries.
-You had always seemed to catch his attention, so he wanted this...right?
-Yes, he did.
-Coming to his decision, he quickly withdrew himself from you, careful not to nick you with any part of his arms or hands.
-You let out a whine, obviously upset by this, but squeaked as he picked you up bridal style.
-You would be coming home with him, but not for sex or anything of that sort, just to cuddle and be with him.
-You had tempted him, and he had taken the bait.
-You grasped around his neck, clinging to him for dear life as he turned and began walking towards the exit of the bar.
-You looked into his face, confused and tired from your drunken state.
-He looked back down at you, reading your overall puzzled expression.
-Although he couldn’t reach up to comfort you, he stretched his head down to nuzzle you in the side of the neck.
-Heat rose into your cheek as he did this, and you returned it by smooshing your face into his; it wasn’t the same, but he appreciated the effort you put to replicate comfort for him.
-He pushed out the swinging doors of the bar, taking in your scent, comforting you, and feeling like the luckiest simulacrum alive.
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hangryyell · 1 year
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Just a taste because I just started writing a couple of hours ago and I’ve only got four paragraphs 🥹🥹😂😂
“What are you looking at skinbag?” Revenant snapped as he stood at his full height of six feet seven inches. I rose a brow, the growl of his words sent a shiver down my spine. The swirl of his orange optics searing into my face.
“I don’t know who you’re talking to. But keep it up and you’ll be fucked in one of these abandoned building with your sister watching.” I countered, gesturing to Ash.
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quadrantadvisor · 2 days
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Alright new Jason Todd headcanons in a dpxdc setting:
Danny is a "liminal" ghost, rather than a "half" ghost. He's alive and dead at the same time. (He's like Jesus Christ (in the church denomination I grew up in), fully ghost and fully human.) Danny, in human form, can go through a ghost shield, because he IS a living human.
Jason, however, is a reanimated corpse. He isn't a ghost, wouldn't have a ghost core, etc, he has a normal human system that runs ON ectoplasm. Jason CANNOT go through a ghost shield, because he is always an ectoplasmic entity. Danny can go through the Fenton Ghost Catcher and be split into a ghost and a human; if Jason went through the ghost catcher, he would straight up die.
(For my purposes I'm gonna say that Jason became an ectoplasmic entity upon his resurrection, but wasn't very stable. Dunking in the Lazarus pit stabilized his system but also poisoned his ectoplasm.)
I do think that Jason could learn certain ghost abilities if he learned to harness his ectoplasm, especially if they detoxed him off the Lazarus waters. He's probably already enhancing his stealth and strength in ways he hasn't really noticed. I think he's held back by the amount of physical matter he's lugging around, so maybe he couldn't fly, but I'm imagining temporary invisibility, or intagibility of like, a limb at a time. Maybe he can't walk through walls, but in a fight he can dodge by instinctively making the targeted part of his body intangible.
#i saw someone call jason a 'revenant' in a fanfic once and that is juicy as hell so I'm stealing that- that's what he is in this au#Jason's ectoplasm does react to other ectoplasmic entities so they can sense eachother#but for ghosts he's fucking weird because he doesn't have a core for them to resonate with or w/e#danny would probably think that he's another halfa/liminal at first but the more time they spend together the more that doesn't add up#so I know that I'm trying to give Jason ghost powers but honestly this whole thing is kind of a bum deal for him#he gets all of a ghost's weaknesses and barely any of the benefits#honestly I'm conceptualizing this as more of a disability than a superpower#discovering that youre less alive than you thought you were and you're technically just a walking talking corpse running on supernatural goo#is fucked up and creepy and upsetting!#and it's something that he would have to come to terms with before he could start exploring what new opportunities it might give him#and i think that's really interesting#it's part of why I love messing with Jason in dpxdc stories so much#danny is fully ghost and fully human and he never feels like he fits in anywhere already#Jason is not quite human and not quite ghost so you can imagine how that would go for him#anyways i think they should be best friends and visit frostbite in the realms to make sure jason is healthy and also they should maybe kiss#and listen to the black parade together and talk about dying and stuff#danny fenton#jason todd#dp x dc#dpxdc#danny phantom#dc#batfam#my rambles
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new-revenant · 1 year
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A So Called Tamaranean
Edit: Ao3 Link!
Danny falls through a portal leading to a world full of superheroes. Unfortunately, he happens to bare an uncanny resemblance to a certain race of aliens here-Tamaraneans.
So my post about Danny being mistaken for a Tamaranean is being seen by more and more people, so I’ve decided to finally post this one-shot I’ve made around the time I made the original post. I have no idea if I’ll continue this or not, I kinda just wanted to write about my little idea for a bit and figure out how to write Nightwing. I think he would good with kids. I also only refer to Dick with they/them pronouns because it makes it so much easier to differentiate who’s who when referring to someone.
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The last thing that Danny remembered was green. Lots and lots of green ectoplasm. And before that? He was trying to escape from one of the many dangers of the Ghost Zone. He couldn’t even see what it was, but he sure as hell could sense it. Both with his ghost sense, and by being beaten up by it.
He never meant to go so far from the portal, so far from his home. And he definitely didn’t mean to get hit right into a different portal.
When he woke up, he couldn’t sense any ectoplasm at all. Death and decay, however, he could sense. And smell. He mostly smelled burnt rock, just like all the other times he got slammed into the ground by ghosts. He really needs to learn how to dodge one day.
His eyes fluttered open, then closed them just as quickly as dust went right into his eyes. He had seen smoke and rock, just like he expected. He groaned, trying to push himself up, but fell in an instant. He was so tired. And yet, he could tell he was still in his ghost form. How could he still be in his ghost form when he had no energy left? He had no idea.
So Danny laid there, trying to think about where he could be and why was he stuck in his ghost form. At least he thought he was stuck in his ghost form as he usually turns back into a human when he passes out.
Then he heard something. Something other then the ringing in his ears. It was a voice, maybe a masculine sounding one, that had an “are you okay?” tone to it. Danny would know because he’d been asked that hundreds of times before whenever he’d gotten injured. Instinctually, he tried to say that he was fine, but all that came out was a whimper.
Then the ringing in his ears got quieter, and he could hear the stranger’s footsteps coming closer.
“Hey kid, are you okay?” Danny could finally make out the person’s words. His eyes fluttered open again, revealing the person to have black hair, a pale face, and what looked to be a long black sleeved shirt with some blue on it, and a domino mask.
Was he in the 18th century again? Wait, had he’d ever been to the 18th century before? Well he couldn’t be now, not with the striking blue the guy had. Pretty sure they didn’t have blue dye like that back then. Oh god where the fuck was he? He had heard from all his ghostly friends-mostly Frostbite and Clockwork-that the Ghost Zone could bleed into other universes and timelines. Danny really hoped that was not the case. Danny had to get up.
He was in so much pain, his entire body stinging. But he pushed himself off the ground anyways, like he always did. When he sat up he saw the stranger stretch out their hand to him. Danny hesitated for a moment, before scrambling away from them because he did not trust them one bit. Well, maybe two bits but nothing more.
He hovered a bit off the ground, a good few feet away from the masked guy. They looked surprised, and looked at him rather analytically. Danny looked back at him analytically as well. The person seemed to wear this one-piece suit with black gloves and boots, with the wings of a blue bird-like symbol on their chest going across his shoulders and extending to their hands. They were lean and muscular and could probably take down many normal humans in a fight. And Danny.
Danny only hoped that this guy wasn’t some sort of weird murder or something. Maybe they were normal for this world’s standards. Maybe he was normal for this world’s standards. Probably not to be honest.
And then Danny was taken out of his questioning by a question posed by the stranger, “Are you a Tamaranean?” they asked. They weren’t speaking English, Danny could tell by the way their mouth didn’t match their words. Hurray for ghost speak.
“May-“ Danny coughed, his throat sore, but it was fine, he’ll get over it, he always does. “Maybe I am, why do you want to know?”
The guy smirked, making Danny feel a bit uneasy, “You did answer my question back in fluent Tamaranean.”
“So I did, again, why. Do. You. Want to know? How do you know about Tamaraneans? Who are you?” Danny was so confused about everything in this situation and he thought he asked decent enough questions. He had no idea what theses “Tamaraneans” were but he’ll play along as long as he won’t get shot.
“I’m called Nightwing,” they said calmly, “And I want to know what you are because I want to help you,” then they took a step forward. Danny was not expecting this and instinctively shot at them with ectoplasm. Danny yelped, both in surprise that he shot at them and at the fact pain almost immediately shot up his left arm. He could almost feel the nerves in his arm burn. That’s not good.
And yet Nightwing dodged it easily, skillfully, and didn’t seem too bothered by it. In fact, they seemed more concerned for Danny’s well being.
“I’m not going to fight you,” they tried to talk to Danny, “And I know how to help you, I’ve met other Tamaraneans, Tamaraneans who have powers like you.”
Okay so these Tamaraneans could also shoot green beams and fly, duly noted. And not all of them had these powers. God this place was weird. Danny couldn’t care about how weird he was or how weird his world was, but this place just felt weirder.
“You have?” Danny asked in a whisper to put less strain on his throat, floating down to the ground, holding his arm. “Who?”
“Starfire and Blackfire for one, those two have powers,” Danny noticed them happily say Starfire’s name and the tone of distaste they had for Blackfire. So Danny had an idea for which of the two was probably evil. Not really because the guy he was speaking to could still be evil and not to be trusted.
Nightwing then started to list more names of Tamaraneans, which Danny tried to pay attention to so he could give a good enough fake name to them.
“So kid, again, I just want to help you,” Nightwing bent down to one knee, like every non-teacher adult does when they want to talk to a small kid. “I may not know exactly what happened to you, but you don’t have to be alone.”
Danny didn’t expect to feel so...touched. Maybe this guy wasn’t too bad. Maybe he should just tell the guy what he was-actually that could still be a bad idea. Danny didn’t know if they would just flip like a dime and turn around and try to rip him apart. Molecule by molecule.
“What’s your name?” Nightwing asked. Their voice and face was soft, Danny noticed, but their body seemed alert, just ever so slightly tensed, ready for combat on a moment’s notice.
“My name…” Danny mumbled, looking away from Nightwing to think. In a moment of panic and many racing thoughts, he was able to think of something.
“Nightgale,” Danny said, a mirage of a smile on his face, “A bit like your name, isn’t it?” He was somehow able to remember that his last name used to be Fentonnightingale earlier in his family line, and got the name ‘Nightgale’ from it. Thank you infini-map.
“Yeah it does!” Nightwing laughed, “Well, it’s nice to meet you Nightgale.”
Danny really should’ve expected them to stretch out their hand again. He really should’ve been a bit less on edge then he was at that moment. And yet he shot Nightwing in the face when they tried to outstretch their hand.
“Sorry, sorry! I didn’t mean to-oh no no no no,” Danny panicked, looking around to see where he could escape to and he was in a goddamn field with a city surrounding the entirety of the park. Danny just now realized that he had absolutely no idea where he was. He just shot his only hope at figuring out how to get home-probably, knowing his luck, definitely.
And yet Nightwing practically brushed it off. Yeah they stood up, stumbled backwards, swore in pain, and had to remove their mask for a quick second to rub their eyes, but then blinked a few times and seemed okay.
“Well that wasn’t as bad as when the other two did that,” Nightwing muttered in English, “Did the other two do that? Yeah probably. Anyways” -Nightwing switched back to speaking in Tamaranean- “It’s fine kid, you can calm down.”
So Danny did calm down. Mostly. Not really as he was still muttering apologies. His arm hurt even more now.
“I can ask Starfire to teach you how to control your powers,” Nightwing started. Danny has heard this spiel before, but this time he actually had a bit more trust in this random, and honestly somewhat terrifying stranger than he had with Plasmius. And Danny did not want to wait through it.
Danny grabbed Nightwing’s hand and looked up at them with the most pleading eyes he could muster. It worked as Nightwing’s face softened and they had finally shut up.
“Okay Nightgale, we’re going to go somewhere safe, then I’m going to get Starfire over to help you out, does that sound good?” When Nightwing asked that, Danny didn’t felt like he was being talked down to, unlike when other people said similar things. Maybe it was their tone.
“Where are we going? Where are we now?”
“Oh, right, I probably should’ve said that earlier. Well, for one we’re on the planet Earth, and right now we’re in Blüdhaven, New Jersey, the town I protect.”
“Protect?”
“Yeah, I’m a vigilante, which basically means I fight crime and protecting people who can’t protect themselves.”
Ah, now things started to make sense. This guy is a superhero. No wonder Danny felt oddly safe being with Nightwing. They just radiated safety-ness. Danny’s eyes lit up with glee, someone he could finally related to!
Even while slinking into the dirty, bloodstained shadows of Blüdhaven, Danny was skipping around Nightwing. He was in a weird place and situation, but he felt like a giddy kid. Nightwing moved with precision and grace that Danny wished he had.
Danny saw billboards and signs that seemed to mention other heroes as the two went. Random people calling out to Nightwing when they saw them, Nightwing sometimes giving them a little wave. Danny mimicked them, and each time the people gasped at him. Danny was able to pick up that these Tamaraneans that Nightwing thought he was weren’t common, so that’s probably why they looked so shocked.
It was nice, and for a moment, Danny forgot that he was a stranger to this world-that he wasn’t supposed to be here. This place was new and exciting, yet familiar all the same. Maybe he’ll stay a little longer, it’s not like he could just will himself to leave anyways.
For now, Danny was just a kid, exploring a world similar to his own, yet alien at the same time.
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reds-skull · 5 months
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Not Alive, Nor Dead
[NEXT PART]
Okay I'm trying to be brave and post this before I chicken out, first time writing a fic, and I'm not sure if this is any good.
So, since I don't have time to draw out all of the revenant au story, but I still want to share it, I'm writing it instead.
Will continue this if people are interested!
[this isn't requiered but reading the comic might help you understand this better]
[also there's a Soap pov version of this by Badolmen, it doesn't line up 100% because we didn't work together but it's very very good and you should read it regardless]
“No.”
“I wasn’t asking, Ghost.”
He shifted in his place. Can never get used to Price’s voice in his head.
“You know I work best alone. All he’s gonna do is get in the way.” 
Price’s mustache twitched, as if he’s fighting a smile. Bastard is about to drop something to win the entire argument, Ghost already knows.
“He’s a revenant. Strong one too.” 
Fucking figures. Still, he could argue he doesn’t need any support-
“Intel is rigged with explosives. And the Sergeant just so happens to be explosion-proof.”
…Fuck.
Ghost sighs heavily like he was presented with an unreasonable amount of shit to deal with. He watches as Price sits there, shit eating grin spitting at him. He looks back to the folder, at the details of this already annoying mission, “you said there are 2 buildings?”
Price snaps from his self boasting to confirm “one suspected barracks and the other an abandoned warehouse. Warehouse contains the majority of explosives.” 
Finally finding something to work with, Ghost straightens his back to his usual self-assured posture, “the Sergeant can deal with the warehouse, I’ll clear the barracks. No need to work together.”
Price seems less happy about that. Serves him right. He sighs and drags a hand over his face, and Ghost almost feels bad for ruining his plan to get him to play with a team. Almost.
“Will it kill you to try and work with the lad?” Price asks offhandedly, while organising the folder back to the never-ending pile of documents on his desk.
“You mean again?” Ghost would wear his own shit eating grin if his face wasn’t permanently covered.
Price still seems equally pissed. Probably saw it in his literal mind’s eye. “Get out of my office Lieutenant, wheels up at 0500.” He gets up and walks around his desk to face Ghost, “don’t scare the kid off alright? I have a feeling you two could mash well together.”
Ghost tilts his head and projects the most doubt he could muster at Price. “Yes sir.”
This is going to be a bloody long day.
It’s not that Ghost hates people per se, it’s just that most of them seem hell-bent on being annoying, disruptive, or boring. Useless on the field for someone of his caliber, and even more useless off-field.
He knows he’s not exactly easy to relate to, but he couldn’t care less about trying to be. He’s here for one purpose. And it’s not “making friends” or whatever Price and Gaz has been trying to push him towards.
He wonders which category the Sergeant currently standing in front of him will fall into. By his fidgeting nature and easy smile, Ghost would put his money on “annoying”.
The Sergeant, “Soap” apparently (Ghost wonders if that callsign was given to him before or after he died a probably painful death), now directs that smile at him, seemingly undeterred by the giant man wearing a skull like a stereotypical grim reaper. He has to give it to the lad, at least he hides his discomfort well.
“You must be Ghost, eh? Let’s get ourselves a win LT” The Sergeant says with an obvious Scottish accent, fist-bumps his shoulder and walks off towards transport.
Oh, annoying is definitely winning.
Despite that, Ghost can’t feel like Soap really fits it. He’s unlike the other muppets in the category, He’s not poking him like the rookies do, trying to make him reveal his powers.
No, the Sergeant is annoying like an overly friendly dog is to someone that doesn’t want to be licked. He’s acting like they’re just two normal soldiers on their way to a normal mission, not the unnatural, unexplainable phenomena they actually are.
Ghost will have to keep watching. Certainly on field he will be able to find out his true colors.
On the helo, Ghost picks his usual spot near the ramp, where the lights don’t reach as much and most prefer not to sit, and observes Soap. His fidgety nature stayed the same, but the carefree expression he wore on ground morphed into a determined one, face stern and serious. He seemed lost in thought, eyebrows twitching here and there. He sees how his fingertips flicker, watching flames dance between them before the rapid movements put them out.
Well, at the very least Soap doesn’t fall into “boring”.
Clearing the barracks is a laughably easy job, even without using his powers. Although, it would’ve been so much faster with them… too bad he doesn’t hate the Sergeant enough to send him to Limbo.
They practically run through both buildings, untouchable storms. Ghost has to admit, Soap is clearly competent, disarming bombs and taking down hostiles at an impressive rate.
God, he hates when Price is right.
“Ground floor clear, heading to the basement” Soap relays on comms. 
“Copy, clearing third floor, keep an eye out for Intel.” 
“I have to say LT, you’re not quite like I expected.”
Feeling’s mutual, Ghost thinks to himself. “That so?”
“Aye, you’re not a major cunt for starters.”
That startled a small huff out of him. What the hell do the rumors say about him? He would have to ask Gaz about that, “Could still change that Sergeant.” he mock-lectures him.
A small laugh is what he gets in return, “I doubt that. I’ve worked with some bastards before, you barely make top 50.”
“Only 50? I hoped for at least 20”
“Got work cut out for you then, sir”
“That I do.”
Ghost continues clearing the floor methodically before faltering for a moment. Why was he entertaining the Sergeant like that? Since when does he joke with people? 
Though, he would’ve done it more if he had someone so ready to joke back…
Useless thoughts. 
Cursing Price, Soap, and all other stupid distracting things swirling in his head, Ghost takes down another hostile.
The mission is going without a hitch. Which is usually when something “hitches”.
A couple of minutes after Soap’s last words, Ghost sees a bright light flash from the warehouse, before a soundwave shakes the windows of the now barren barracks.
One of the explosives went off… “Soap, what the hell happened there?”
No answer.
Ghost knows he’s fine. Price wouldn’t brag about how “explosion-proof” he is otherwise. But he’s not answering…
“Sergeant, give me sitrep, now.”
Ghost stands still for another minute, listening to static. He checked the last room right before the explosion went off, so he just has to go to exfil and wait for the Sergeant at this point. His part of the work is done.
He should just go to exfil.
Ghost climbs down the stairs and heads for the warehouse, a foreboding plume of dark smoke billowing from its roof.
If asked why he didn’t ignore his gut feeling and use his brain like always, he wouldn’t have an answer.
Maybe he just wanted to exchange one more joke with the Sergeant before they finish the mission and never see each other again.
Arriving at the doors, he sees how the ground floor caved in, creating a ramp down to the basement. He starts making his way down, when he sees bodies littering the debris. Was Soap ambushed?
“Soap? Where the fuck are you Sergeant!” Ghost shouts. He has half a mind to be quiet, not wanting to attract enemies to their location, before realizing no one would’ve survived this. No one but-
“LT…?”
“Soap, why weren’t you answering comms- what…”
He stumbles upon Soap. Soap, who's laying on the grey concrete floor, wheezing and shaking, a metal rebar in his hands. Ghost walks closer and realizes the rebar is going through his stomach and pinning him to the floor. 
The Sergeant’s eyes blearily look at the metal “I need, I n-need to get this out…”
He lifts himself half an inch and Ghost sees how the blood rushes out of the wound, how Soap pales. 
Ghost rushes to his side. “Stop fucking moving”, he slides his hands under his torso, feels his gloves getting soaked in blood, “let me help you”.
Soap’s breathing becomes less harsh, and he looks up at him, “you… you don’t have to-”
He slowly lifts Soap before he can say another useless remark. The muscles under his fingertips clench and the Sergeant chokes out a scream.
“Fuck” Soap mutters between pants. 
“We’re halfway there, you’re doing good.” Ghost lets him rest before continuing to lift his body up. The blood keeps rushing out of the wound, enough that he doesn’t understand how Soap is still conscious. The sergeant let go of the rebar, and is now gripping Ghost’s forearms like he’s about to fall to his death.
After a few seconds, which Ghost is sure felt like hours for Soap, he eases him off the metal and onto the ground. Soap immediately collapses, shuddering and holding his hands around the wound.
Ghost then realizes he’s not sure how the Sergeant’s powers work. Is this supposed to even happen? Is he actually dying?
Soap looks up at that moment, giving him a small smile that looks more like a grimace, “I just… give me a minute to heal, I’ll be ready to go soon.” he uncurls and drags himself to sit against a piece of wall.
Ghost frowns and slowly steps towards Soap and slides to sit next to him, “take however long you need.”
He doesn’t look, but from his peripheral, he sees Soap’s head whipping around and staring at Ghost like he told him he’s giving him a million pounds.
He seemed to find something in his expression (however much he could even see of it), and looked down at his bloodied hands, “thank ye…”
Ghost blinks down, “I hope this doesn’t lower my cunt rank.”
Soap lets out a small laugh that turns into a fit of coughs. More blood rushes out of his wounds, and Ghost internally winces.
“Ha… I think it takes ye off the list, mate.”
Ghost heaves an over-the-top sigh, “shame”.
Soap smiles at him, and Ghost notices it’s different from the one he gave him before the helo. This one is… warmer. Or at least it makes him feel so.
Soap lifts his shirt to inspect the wound, and Ghost can’t help by take a look. The wound stopped bleeding, and when Soap wipes some of it away, he can see how it’s already closing.
So he does get hurt… it just heals. Ghost still wonders how it all works, but he knows their powers work with bizarre rules, weird exceptions and what not. He can almost hear his Reaper laughing. Or whatever you would call that chilling noise it lets out when it finds something funny.
It doesn’t matter either way. Not like he’ll get to work with Soap again. 
The Sergeant exhales and lets his shirt drop, “a’right, let’s fuckin’ finish this.” he slowly starts lifting himself up before Ghost wordlessly grabs his arms and helps him.
Soap mumbles a thanks, “did you find any intel?” 
Ghost looks ahead. The climb out of the basement won’t be easy on his wound… “Negative. We’ll keep looking.”
Eventually they reach a door labelled “storage”, that is blocked by several tonnes of concrete and metal. Ghost internally curses.
Soap, who’s been trailing behind Ghost, reaches the door and looks around. Ghost is about to ask him if he’s got a few C4’s hidden somewhere when the Sergeant asks him, “permission to use my powers, sir?”
Ghost raises an eyebrow, “what are you planning?”
“Gonna blow it up sir” Soap says like it was obvious.
“...go ahead.” Ghost replies, half baffled Price forgot to mention the Sergeant, besides being unkillable by explosions, can also create them. 
Was probably in the folder he didn’t bother reading.
He takes a step back to let Soap Have a go. The Sergeant rests his palms on the debris, inhales, and…
A loud boom makes Ghost’s ears ring. He’s momentarily blinded by the bright explosion before he regains his vision, and sees Soap stepping around the remains of the door into the small room.
Ghost shakes away his slight shock and joins him. Soap’s powers intrigue him… he wonders what else he could do.
Somehow, the intel survived the explosions. Ghost could barely care. At least they won’t have Price on their case later on. 
As they walk towards the exfil point, a heavy feeling sinks within Ghost. He’s not sure what to call it, but if he had to it would be “regret”.
Regretting what, he’s not sure. Maybe he should’ve prolonged their walk.
And from a glance at his face, Soap might understand this feeling as well.
“You did well Sergeant.” He has the sudden urge to say. Maybe it will make him regret less.
Soap casts a smile at him. It doesn’t warm him in the slightest.
The chopper blades slashing through air never made him feel worse.
“I guess this is it then.” Soap says when they land.
Ghost turned to face him. That heavy feeling in him just kept getting heavier throughout the flight. Why?
“So it seems.”
Soap stares for a moment longer before sighing. Ghost wants to do something about the annoyingly heavy air of despair around them.
“Soap” the Sergeant hums, “Why did the Scotsman’s prank fail?”.
Confusion takes over his features, “what?”
Ghost inhales, “because no one let him get away scot-free.”
Soap stares at him like he brought shame to his entire bloodline. Ghost grins like he did.
“Steamin’ Jesus LT, that was horrendous.”
“Ah Sergeant, just admit my jokes are better, no need to be a sore loser.” 
“My gran got better jokes than this, fuckin’ hell” Soap laughs.
“I’d like to meet her.”
“So you two could battle? I rather not see you die of embarrassment sir.”
Soap’s transport decides to arrive at this moment, chasing away the small joy they both found.
Soap looks back at it and turns to Ghost.
“It’s been great working with you sir.” if Ghost was feeling bold, he would say Soap almost looks sad, “I hope we’ll get to go another round later.”
Ghost hates the hopeful tone in his voice. Hope is uncertain, leaves everything up to chance.
Useless.
“Likewise, Sergeant.”
He stays standing there for a few minutes, staring at the truck vanishing towards the horizon. As if it will lighten the boulder in his chest.
“So, Simon, what’s your verdict?” Price finishes after debrief.
Ghost thinks about the entire endeavour. Not annoying, not disruptive, or boring.
Soap is…
“He’s something else…”
Critiques are welcome! Nobody beta'd this so I'm sure there are mistakes lol (that and this isn't my first language...)
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boobav · 2 years
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Rookie
Revenant x reader
content: blood, canon-typical violence, evil robot threats, kinda angsty
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Beads of sweat slip down your face, onto your jaw and then down your neck, meeting the already-damp collar of your shirt and wetting it further. Your grip on the R-99 nestled between your clammy hands is tight and unrelenting, but your mind lacks the same level of dexterity. You're a rookie to the games, to the psychological effect they have on participants, morphing their minds into ones belonging to more primitive creatures... But you're not a rookie in R-99 usage. And for that you were thankful.
Explosions sound around your tiny hidey-hole as you press your back more firmly against the steel wall; you were currently on the second floor of a shabby hut on Worlds Edge, carefully watching the stairs and straining your ears for any incoming footsteps. They occasionally patted around outside like wolves, but so far in this hectic game of life or death, nobody had pounced and discovered you. Round three, and still there were so many people left, mercilessly fighting outside for a chance to win the Apex Games, writhing and flailing against one another piteously. You felt slightly pitiful yourself for staying up here instead of joining the fight(s) outside, but both your teammates were no longer with you. The chance of dominating the enemies outside was close to 0%, if not that exact number.
Your heart hammered against your chest as gunfire and arcstar explosions continued. You were in a pretty good position inside the ring, but that introduced the risk of another squad barging in and displacing you, if not killing you outright. This, you worried, was inevitable, but the fighting was almost immediately outside so silently slipping away seemed too risky to attempt. No matter what plans formulated behind your tired eyes, you felt already that your fate was sealed. Perhaps this was the consequence of risking your entire life for money. Perhaps this was the consequence of having no other options left to turn to.
Your teammates, where were they again? Oh, right. One was some irrelevant rookie like you (John? Jack? You couldn't remember his name) who had sacrificed his life in a vain attempt for fame and fortune. He'd been shot and promptly bled to death mid-game, thinking he could take on a whole squad whilst you and your other teammate had fled the scene due to your terrible, low-ground position. Said other teammate was the infamous Revenant, less than happy to have been paired with two idiots who were clearly incompetent. The two of you had been split up about an hour ago and lost contact thirty minutes later. You guessed he'd done that on purpose as, admittedly, you'd been a burden the entire game. At least, retrospectively, you thought so. Well on the bright side, you weren't dead like your other teammate James. Or was his name Jones?
An explosion right outside your door shook you from your reverie, your slack grip tightening once again. Footsteps smacked against the roof above you, below you and generally around you. A shape- no, a head appeared as its owner clambered up the stairs, blood dripping from their dark hairline; your eyes widened, jaw clenched further, regret for a deed undone already filling your veins. But you couldn't hesitate further. You emerged from the darkness, scowl pressed deeply into your skin as you pushed away from the wall, aimed down-sights and sprayed bullets against the enemy who only had a moment to swivel and notice you. By the time they'd processed what they were looking at, you'd sprayed their body with light bullets and left them limp and flopping down the stairs, clattering down each step with a mildly annoying 'clap' at repeating intervals. No more noise was heard once they'd dropped off the final step; they were dead.
A sound akin to scraping metal yet slightly off-tune rattled behind you, and before you could turn- a voice.
"Nice shot. Although, I was kind of hoping you'd be dead by now, skinsuit." You swiveled to meet the tone, gun raised in preparation to whack the owner over the head as soon as the first deep syllable was uttered, but upon seeing who had spoken, your guard dropped instantly... Perhaps foolishly fast. Revenant caught your wrist, bone-like metallic fingers crushing your delicate skin.
"Oh- God, sorry. I'm jumpy. Where have you been?" You met the glowing orange gaze of your teammate whilst attempting to retract your arm, but he didn't let go. Footsteps still patted above your head, but thankfully the enemies above were engaged in a long and intense firefight which forced them to ignore your scuffle beneath them. Your free arm was shaking, shuddering even, mainly due to your kill, but Revenant held your trapped arm perfectly still. He said nothing, and so you spoke again. "Can I have my arm back now?" The simulacrum responded by moving in closer to you, forcing you backwards against the wall you'd been cowering against for the past ten minutes. His eyes shone in the darkness, but not in the comforting way a light tends to shine. His face grew ever closer, but there was no breath, no heartbeat, nothing human to seek comfort in. He inhaled, a long, sharp hissing noise that sounded like a strange imitation of the human action.
"What would you do if I said no? Fight, or run?" He hummed, not in a questioning way, but instead in an introspective fashion. "I could rip your hand clean off in an instant. Tendons, bones and all in one messy tear. Do you know how much blood a human body can lose before it keels over and dies?"
His grip on your wrist did not tighten nor loosen. Your nerves felt like they were frying, your chest felt as though a demonic hag was sat upon it draining your life force. For a brief moment, you were so overwhelmed that you prayed to God to end you right then and there so you did not have to deal with this murderous robot, and moreover your murderous self. But thankfully a less dull part of your spirit was less dramatic.
"...Maybe you could ask that guy down at the bottom of the stairs?". A pathetic attempt at humour maybe. But somehow it made Revenant bark out a very disingenuous and plain 'ha' and drop your wrist; you recoiled, holding the bruising limb to your chest whilst shuffling away from your 'teammate'.
A brief silence followed, but you spoke instead of prolonging it, just in case Revenant decided to threaten you more. "Anyway I've been under the impression you've been dead for half an hour. What happened?" Another, slightly less dull laugh left his mouth (mouth being inaccurate, as his did not move. Voicebox?) in response. Hearing laughter from a creature without a moving mouth is surprisingly disturbing, you noted. In your mind, a robot's mouth was supposed to light up to indicate speech, but you weren't sure where that idea came from since all your experiences in life had denied its validity.
"I wish." He paused momentarily. "I've been enjoying myself without you slowing me down. Though now it seems I might need a meat shield to finish this off." Flattering.
Silence fell over the two of you again. Although, it wasn't really silence as explosions came often and bullet-fire as constant as your own breathing. You folded your arms and settled into some kind of staring contest, wherein the two of you were analysing eachother or perhaps just observing. Was his rouge colouring a purposeful design choice, or was that just the cheapest paint? You personally thought his palette added to his fear-factor, so it was likely on purpose. The thought of the killer-robot painting himself red to seem scary was funny but probably just fiction.
The majority of the Legends were intimidating, but most agreed Revenant was the most endowed in that regard. Little was known publicly of him besides his brutality in the field; this mystery, you felt, also added to his acute ability to strike fear in others. You were quite thankful that he was your teammate rather than enemy... But that usually distinct line was rather blurred with him.
"Stop staring." He spoke abruptly, ignoring the fact he'd been doing the exact same thing. He stood up straight, rolling his head in a way that would crack his neck joints, had he owned any. He moved his hands in a similar way, cracking the nonexistent knuckles and rolling the nonexistent wrists. For a moment, he was quiet and unmoving, but then his forearms raised, looking as though they were fighting against wind to move upwards. His eyes flicked to the floor and his hands snapped into fists as a fiery totem raised from the ground, erupting into your view as a shadowy mass of orange and black. It was triangular in shape, although said shape seemed to be changing and wavering in an odd way.
"Touch it. Now. Plan is, we go up there, you take all the bullets and I slit their throats."
Underlying threat laced his tone, directed to both you and the people above. A similar aura of threat emanated from the totem, forcing itself into your senses and overwhelming them like a terrible smell.
"You first." You replied, more sheepishly than you'd intended. He kept his eyes fixed on you, fingers skidding along the totem and then disappearing as he pressed his hand into it- through it. Smoke enveloped his sharp fingers, moving up over his skeletal arm before engulfing his whole body with a machine-like hiss. His new form writhed, clearly unstable, but his eyes continued to glow somehow more threateningly than before.
The difference between flesh and metal cannot be understated. The fact of this difference made you extremely hesitant to jump into that shadowy realm Revenant had entered... But upon seeing the menace in his lit gaze, you muttered a curse and squeezed your eyes shut, simultaneously shoving your hand into the uninviting grip of the totem.
The resulting sensation was immediate and it plunged you into a horrible agony that could be felt even in the marrow of your bones. The feeling in your limbs disappeared for a moment but quickly returned, however instead of feeling normal they felt as though they'd been set alight and left to fry. It was like your nerves were past the point of rot and death, but they continued on feeling just to spite you. Your entire body was engulfed in black and orange flames, undulating and eating at your skin like an army of unrelenting maggots.
Revenant gave you a one over, and began his skulk towards the room's singular door, which opened up to a tiny balcony. The urge to follow him was palpable and you realized this totem thing linked the two of you in some mentally unseen way. You weren't sure whether the burning in your mind was his or yours.
"Go through other end skinsuit, catch 'em by surprise." His voice held a mocking lilt, so apparently this enduring pain was yours alone. Unless he was simply used to it.
The edges of your vision wavered as you skipped down the stairs and barged through the first-floor door. You clambered up the side of the building, a complete lack of exertion needed; the totem gave you an infinite second-wind, an infinite source of adrenaline that spread into a (false?) sense of invincibility. The squad atop your building seemed ignorant to your advancement as you pulled yourself onto the roof; they were still busy in their ongoing fight, tunnel-visioned and stupid. There was no hesitation this time. You pulled your strangely tangible R-99 from its holster and fired directly into the back of the unnamed fighter, earning a gargled cry from them as they collapsed and fell from their perch, smashing against a railing below. Their two teammates immediately span, but you kept spraying, stopping only when the magazine ran dry. Their bullets pierced you but your flaming agony did not increase nor decrease; almost instantly after you'd been shot a few times, your vision went hazy, and then completely black, just as you saw Revenant crawl up behind one of them and slice clean through their chest.
You gasped, heaved and almost retched all over the floor you'd collapsed onto as you returned to the totem. Blood rushed to your head, hands and feet like an emergency transfusion. An intense bout of pins and needles and nausea ravaged you for a moment before a skeletal hand grabbed a fistful of your jacket and yanked you to your feet. Your vision fuzzed as Revenant grabbed your jaw unceremoniously, turning it to face him and almost snapping your neck in the process.
"One squad left. Come on, don't give up now, not after how far you've come." His mocking awakened your pride and flushed the nausea from your body. "Why'd you come here anyway?" He let go of your face and took a quaint step back. "Mommy and daddy unable to pay their medical bills? Someone got blackmail on you? Or-"
"No- just be quiet for a second please," Your voice was nothing more than a mumble as you gripped your head, small noises of pain leaving you. He, shockingly, stayed silent as you recuperated. He crossed his arms, the contact between them emitting a light scraping sound. "It was either die here, or starve and die on the streets. At least here I have a chance at life, albeit a small one." You paused, sighing as the pain in your body let up, "I guess I got lucky with you on my team."
"Yes, otherwise you'd be dead."
"Probably." You couldn't deny the fact he was most likely right. He only hummed in response, a low sound that was perhaps more akin to a growl. Only now did you realize, in a sudden moment of consideration, that this robot was nearly 7ft tall. Yep, whatever he was made for, striking fear must've been a part of his role. He glared down at you, face set in a constant state of displeasure, nose caved in like a skull.
Before you could continue your conversation, two pairs of footsteps began advancing on you, however a third you couldn't hear.
"Two left, okay..." You reloaded your gun, the mag clicking into place. "Sounds like they're coming from below. I'll slip out the balcony and get up behind them, you stay here." You spoke, nodding towards your teammate, who'd been staying perfectly still. He hummed again and slunk into the corner, his lanky figure twisting into a crouching position and staring at you like something you'd encounter in an unpleasant bout of sleep paralysis.
The footsteps grew closer and you heard the first floor door smash against the dull wall as it flung open; you moved quickly, hopping over the balcony as they ascended the stairs. There was a brief silence as you landed, a little jolt going through your ankles, but it was soon broken by the intense fire exploding into your ears from above. Fuck- you slid back into the building, hoping Revenant had been able to at least down one. There was no fucking way you'd be able to take two people on in this adrenaline-fueled state; your hands shook and you were on the brink of heart palpitations. You flung yourself up the stairs, almost tripping over the fresh body spurting blood at the top of them; it acted as an irritating extra step. Eyes widening, you saw Revenant shoved against the wall by a hysterical man, advanced by some kind of cybernetics running over his exposed skin- not a Legend. You grunted through grit teeth and slammed your R-99 over the side of his shaven head, sending him stumbling away from Revenant and through the open doorway that lead to the balcony. He gripped the railings, reaching blindly for his Wingman, but your hesitation was minimal, and so you aimed down-sights and shot.
"You are the Apex Champions." The monotone announcer spoke as your enemy's body flopped over the railings and smashed onto the floor below, exactly where you'd landed moments ago. You let out a sharp breath you'd been unconsciously holding in as your teammate skulked up behind you, uncomfortably close as per usual. You glanced aside and up and him. His sharp, robotic jawline had a single scratch on it.
"Don't expect a thank you, rookie." He threw his gun to the ground nonchalantly, flexing his fingers as he did so. They did a strange thing then, stretching in a ghastly way that didn't seem possible for something made of metal.
"Yeah," Your blinked the glaze in your eyes away, dropping your weapon like the seasoned Legend beside you. "So what now?" Revenant kicked the nearby body down the stairs, a streak of blood following its tumbling path.
"Our wonderful hosts are gonna force you into joining me up in that tower for all the special snowflakes who are adept at murder. The legends, that is." He descended the stairs, not looking back for you. You followed anyway. "You'll get some sponsors. Lots of people love bloodsports, you know."
"Can't I just get my prize money and leave?" Other nobodies had won before and left without being heard from again, cheering in glee at the fat cheques clenched between their bloody fingers. "I thought everyone did that. Unless you were, like, contracted into the games."
The two of you exited the building and he stopped, turning slowly to face you.
"And that's what really you want?" His mocking tone was gone, replaced with a dead seriousness, perhaps with a tinge of genuine curiosity. You narrowed your eyes and opened your mouth to object, but no words came out.
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Handsome | Revenant x Reader
Based on one of his new skins
Word count: 981
Handsome
He'd caught you by surprise, your eyes skimming over him at first before they took a long pause, one that lasted long enough for him to notice and feel tense.
He's always been one attentive to his surroundings, - having so many enemies did that to him.
And as the assassin he was now and had been for centuries, he couldn't overlook the feeling of being watched.
Much less, with the intensity in that look directed at him.
"What are you staring at?" said his artificial voice, the underlined threatening tone always present in it, even if you two were fairly accustomed to each other by then. 
It's not like you were friends, but you did say hi every now and then, to which he occasionally offered you a dismissive wave, a little acknowledgment that encouraged you to keep greeting him.
It took you a moment to answer, and during that short pause you continued to stare, your eyes wider than they'd ever been as they resumed staring at him and his new attire, which wasn't a simple paint job. 
There was a more human touch to his appearance this time, even if it was the smallest bit, and for whatever reason it had you staring. 
Slowly, your eyes trailed down, skimming his entire form before your sights fell to your hands and the over-excessive way your fingers toyed with each other, which further surprised you. 
You hadn't even realized it. 
 'Do I always do this...?' you wondered idly before you remembered he'd asked you something. 
Shaking your head fast, you choked out a response, "Nothing!" you insisted, peeping out the response. 
"I was just...thinking," you added and before you could finish he was already on his way, brushing past you with something close to a grumble, an annoyed one.
After all, idle chit-chat wasn't something he was accustomed to.
His clear bother made you feel somewhat guilty because you weren't doing it to be rude, and you wondered If he got the wrong idea.
You could feel a thick lump in your throat as you swallowed down and he continued on his route, leaving you staring at his back. 
'That's not what I wanted to say,' you lamented as you trailed behind him, something he noticed. 
Your mirroring steps had him seconds away from snapping at you, from asking you what had gotten into you because it wasn't like he invited you along.
Nor did he imply you were welcome. 
Meanwhile, you struggled, wondering Why it was so difficult to offer him a simple compliment. 
Sometimes you even stumbled to thank him for proper teamwork, which hadn't happened with anyone else, even when you'd been new.
It's not that he terrified you, entirely, that is. 
There were other Legends that sometimes intimidated you, all for different reasons, and yet you remained composed.
"-I meant to say, you look nice," you corrected yourself, your voice softening down right from the start of your praise. 
Slowly his steps stalled before he took a pause, while you felt your heart pick up its pace, suddenly feeling excited. 
Why? You weren't sure.
But it was enough so, that you hadn't had much time to really think over what you were saying as you stood right behind him, at arm's length. 
"You always look good, but today, it's diffrent. Today, you look..."
'He looks...' So many words hit you at once, but only one left you. 
"- Handsome," the single word escaped you, and when it did, he finally looked back at you from over his shoulder. 
You watched as he looked back at you, the bot taking in the slow realization that shifted your features to a more timid expression that reflected your immediate regret. 
Your hands had even moved up, fingers brushing over your lips as you covered your soundless gasp. 
Beneath the digits, your lower lip found itself captive between your teeth as he continued to look at you and that endearing face you continued to make.
-Handsome?
Were you teasing him?
He wondered if you were, but judging by the way your eyes looked over at him with helplessness, the consideration didn't last long. 
You wouldn't do that, even if you had decided to tease him in some way, it wouldn't be like this.
This wasn't planned at all.
"Is that so?" he asked simply, and you nodded shortly, 
"Yeah," you breathed.
Even if it had been so sudden to say so, it was true.
Even if you felt your face nearly melt, you owned up to it.
"hm..."
It took him a while to respond with anything more, inwardly musing over all the diffrent things he could say, ultimately deciding that he'd leave it at that for now. 
Mercy was his form of gratitude, and as amusing as it was to watch you look so helpless, he'd grant you that.
Much more, he wouldn't put you through hell for complimenting him. 
He'll take the praise, and with a bit of satisfaction too considering that you weren't hard to look at.
'I suppose... there's something about her,' He thought dismissively before he dropped his shoulders with a bit of defeat as he corrected himself on the matter because you weren't just easy on the eyes. 
He actually viewed you as quite lovely. 
He rolled his shoulders back and he stood tall before quietly turning back with a little, amused hum. 
As you watched him leave, you felt your body shrink with relief, your hands slowly falling to your side as you let out a tired sigh, 
"What was that about?" you wondered, asking yourself what had gotten into you. There was leftover tension in the air and you sighed at it.
And his response was just as questionable.
Which, while it had been nothing but a simple glance and humored sound, left you feeling nervous, the knotting in your stomach unbearable. 
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your-poetic-lifeline · 2 months
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Maybe some head canons of characters received gifts or small amounts of affection. Revenant perhaps?
showing kindness to robots sure turns them squishy like humans, hm?
think of this as a late valentines post
The Legends Receiving Gifts & Affection
characters included: revenant, loba, caustic
consist of: sweetness! long ass headcanons oops! and some vague gift ideas.
word count: 900+ (906 if you’re curious)
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- There isn’t a lot he’d expect as a gift, given that a lot of things wouldn’t be of use for him. The idea of gifts actually slipped his mind completely until the first time you gave him one. It was a nice little headband.
- He stared at it blankly in his hands. He wasn’t sure why you were giving him gift, but upon looking at it some more, he came to appreciate it.
- He gives thanks with a simple hum. When he’s alone, he’s fiddling with the fabric and deep in thought.
- He likes it a lot. He thinks it’s practical. And subconsciously, the color/pattern is a nice contrast to the red that takes over his design. Makes him feel… a little nice about himself?
- He never thought he’d have the capacity to accept and appreciate a gift. He certainly can’t remember the last time he did or if he ever did.
- Is secretly hoping for more. if his faceplate could move, the idea of getting gifts from you would bring a faint smile to it.
- He also craves affection (it’s a co-requisite with pretty much any other love language you choose to express)
- the act does something funny but exhilarating to his processors.
- Any act of affection could make him swoon in some way, but he usually tries to play it off with a sound feigning annoyance.
- Is secretly holding back a love-filled sigh when you give him soft kisses or subtle, fleeting touches
- my boy just wants some love. it’s a different experience for him and he chases it willfully
Loba
- Loves and appreciates every gift you give her. It doesn’t matter if she can steal anything she desires. The love put into a gift is more than thieving can outdo. The gifts she receives from you makes her swoon every time.
- “Oh darling… this is just as beautiful as the last. Thank you…”
- Biiiig smooch on your cheek or forehead as she continues to look over the item.
- She truly accepts every gift whether it’s jewelry or otherwise, expensive or not. She likes that the gifts you give her reflect your inner mind. Even if it was some obscure, handheld item, she’d find it cute/interesting and would find somewhere to display it or put it to use
- And she’s a huge gift giver herself! She’ll give you anything you ask for or even vaguely mention.
- “Now it’s my turn to give you something nice darling. No really, you deserve it my love.”
- Pretty much gives you twice the amount of gifts you give her
- She’s also very careful with you. If she decides to get you anything expensive, she’s sure to double check that it’s nothing too expensive or rare enough for someone to try and track. She doesn’t want you in danger because of a reckless steal.
- Is elated sharing gifts and other things with you. She’s very, very affectionate and seeing you in a good mood puts her in a good mood.
- She sometimes glances at you and simply decides to attack your face with kisses. Is always caressing your face as she just adores you.
- “You are so gorgeous…”
Caustic
- Ugh i cant stand this guy (lying)
- If you give him something, you may have to be a little patient with him.
- When you first started giving him things, he refused them.
- “You can have it back. I have no need for your obnoxious trinkets.”
- After a couple of attempts though he starts to accept them, but usually doesn’t even open them until days later. Chances are if you place it somewhere where he can see it constantly, he might open it a little sooner.
- If you give it to him unwrapped, that’s even better. It pushes him to see it for what it is and accept it. His reaction is barely a hum of approval, but he takes it nonetheless and moves on.
- When he’s alone he observes it meticulously. Truthfully, he thinks fondly of your gifts. Even if he wouldn’t deem them useful, they still get some appreciation.
- Has a spot somewhere where your gifts are all huddled up and subtly on display. He personally doesn’t like gifts, but the fact you occasionally give him things is something he can appreciate as well.
- He kind of wants to give you something in return, but is super bad with gifts.
- And being genuine.
- And nice. lol.
- He’s quite the observer though so he recalls your interests or anything else you’ve talked about to come up with a gift idea.
- Goes for something simple. He’s way too flustered to give you anything too specific because he knows you’d point out his attention to detail.
- He’d try not to make it a big deal when he gives it to you as well. Will stomp up to you and simply place it in front of you.
- Behind his brash demeanor, he’s actually smiling, satisfied with himself when your reaction to the gift is positive.
- When it comes to affection, he prefers to keep it to a minimum. But moments like these where you’re really happy loosen him up a bit and he may let you dote on him however you’d like.
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cryptonite-exe · 1 year
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the funniest thing about revenant is how this motherfucker really believed humans can casually climb a hundred story building
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probablyspooky · 2 years
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Me looking for the finest revenant x reader smut that will translate into my dreams later tonight
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aprocessionofthoughts · 7 months
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Slightly Less Partial Explanations
Ectoberhaunt’s 2023 day 16- revenant TW- none summary- Danny tries to explain
ao3 ectoberhaunt23 masterlist part 4 of DLM
“I’m guessing that you died, but then came back somehow.” 
Jason wanted to deny it, but something stopped him. 
The same thing happened to me.
It wasn’t possible. He had gone through a very specific set of experiences. They didn’t even know what brought him back originally!
But maybe… Maybe this kid knew.
“What do you mean?”
The kid gave him what looked like a sad smile. “When I was fourteen, I was in an accident. It killed me, but at the same time I was brought back to life. Now, I don’t know exactly what happened to you, but I can tell that you’ve also died and come back.”
“I’m alive though.” He had to be. 
“Mostly. You’re more alive than me at least. I’m half dead, and you’re more like one-fourth dead. If I had to guess, I’d say you’re a revenant– a spirit who came back to its body. Not that the GIW will care.”
“That’s the second time you’ve mentioned them. Who exactly are they? You said they’re part of the government, but I’ve never heard about them before.”
“That’s because they’re a secret branch of the government.”
Jason raised an eyebrow.
Danny rolled his eyes. “They were formed to hunt down, experiment on, and exterminate all ectoplasmic beings. Like ghosts.”
“But how does that not go against the Meta Protection Act?”
Danny shrugged. “The government classifies any being that produces or needs ectoplasm to survive as non sentient and non sapient. They also say we can’t feel pain, which is a load of bull, but whatever.”
“That doesn't even make any sense.”
Danny shrugged, sipping at his hot chocolate. “It is what it is. Now I’ve got to head out. I’ve been here long enough. You’ve been really helpful and I wouldn’t want to bring trouble to your doorstep.”
Danny started to get up.
“Wait! What if… What if I told you that I know someone who can help?”
“Help with what?”
“Help protect you from the GIW and take them down too.”
Danny looked skeptical. “And who would do that?”
Jason hesitated. “I have connections to the Justice League.”
Jason hadn’t exactly known what reaction to expect, maybe surprise or disbelief, but definitely not the sneer Danny gave him.
“Those sanctimonious pricks won’t lift a finger to help.”
And wow, Jason never thought he’d be defending the Justice League but… “I know they have their issues, but they can help you.”
“They didn’t before, so why would they now?”
“What do you mean?”
Danny sighed, but sat back down. “When my town first got invaded by ghosts–”
“What!”
“We tried calling the JL. Several times! But they never answered. Even as the town was getting destroyed, even when we got pulled into the feakin’ Ghost Zone, they never responded.”
Jason frowned. “Look, I’m usually not one to defend the JL, but that doesn’t really seem like them. But all I want to say is that regardless of what they’ve done or not done, I know one of the members who for sure would help you out.” And he’d probably adopt you too, Jason thought, looking at this kid who was prime adoption bait.
“And who would that be?”
Jason was about to respond when Danny stiffened, his head tilted to the side.
“They’re here.” Danny turned to him. “I’ll try to lead them away, but I recommend laying low for a while. You’ve got something weird going on and your ectoplasm hasn’t yet fully integrated. I’d hate it if the GIW caught you before you really had a chance to live again.” Danny smiled sadly. “Hope to see you again, Jason. Take care of yourself.”
“Kid, wait–” Jason started, but suddenly he was alone in his kitchen. The only sign that anyone had been there, a dirty mug on the table and some bloody bandages in the trash can.
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