New Christmasfic: Joyful and Triumphant
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sylph_ficsTitle: Joyful and Triumphant
Cowriter: [info]merfilly
Characters: Bats, Arrows, the Bird, and a very special guest or two
Rating: PG
Word Count: 4,682
Continuity:Thanksgiving fluff, Gathered Here, HappyVerse
Disclaimer: DC Comics makes the money, people
Notes: It's official... HappyVerse is our refuge from the meaner things in comics.
Summary: Delivery of the best present ever.
Early afternoon, Dec 24th
Dinah escorted Kon up to the waiting jet, her bags and his obeying his efforts so far to manipulate them into obedience. "Getting very good at that," she said.
"Finally getting my strength back," he replied. She might think he was doing okay... in his opinion, this sucked. Baggage shouldn't have been a problem. He was glad to stuff them into the storage spaces and let go, relieved to have his aura back up around him--the first couple of days had been.. uncomfortable. He dropped into a seat, looking around. "I still can't believe I get to meet Oracle--I mean, it took forever before Tim slipped and I found out she was female..."
"That's exactly how I prefer it, Superboy," her low voice said as Kon picked up the soft sound of wheels from farther up, and she came into view.
//Wow, hot...// Kon noted, watching the redheaded woman--who was really, really pretty, in kind of a quiet way... Not in-your-face like Kory, but she was really, really pretty... "Wow, and your avatar looks so mean..."
Dinah laughed, sticking her tongue out at her partner on that one. "Kon, this is Oracle...but you better get used to calling her Barbara." The blonde curled up on a seat as well, her legs tucked under her.
"My avatar looks mean for a reason, Kon," Babs replied, sending her chair rolling towards him. "Hi."
Kon walked over to meet her, taking her hand--and calluses on her hands, as much as the strength in her shake, told him this woman wasn't just the computer jockey extraordinaire. Her hand felt like Tim's, or Cissie's... She could fight, and the curves of her arms backed that thought. He shook himself out of the thought and smiled at her, "Hi, Barbara. So why's that?"
She started to answer, then turned her chair to a specific spot and locked the wheels into the frame of the plane, "Go ahead, Zinda," she said to the air, and the plane started to move again. Then she looked at him. "It makes people pay attention, more than my own face."
"I dunno, you'd sure have my attention..." She reminded him of Knockout, too, just a little bit, and half the world knew how that had ended...
"Babs had to be sure no one mistook her for a lightweight, and that mask is pretty damn scary," Dinah said, lounging casually. She was doing a very good job of keeping her excitement confined to anticipating Tim's reaction, she thought, because she wanted to be up and moving and figeting with anticipation of seeing all her family...both her Arrows and her Bats. "Of course if they ever saw her first thing in the day, no coffee..." she teased.
"Dinah!" Babs protested, glaring over at her, then looked back at the kid grinning at her. "Thank you for the vote of confidence," she replied neutrally, trying to figure out how to shut the flirtation off without hurting his feelings--Dinah would be angry with her and so would Tim. "It's good to have you back, Superboy. I heard you say you're getting stronger..." a redirect towards business ought to work.
"Yeah, but I'm so not ready to get back on the field, Oracle, sorry... I mean, if there's something big I'll try, but right now I'd probably be more harm than help.."
She nodded once, glad to see he'd apparently gained some sense somewhere along the way. "There's nothing at the moment. I was asking how you felt."
"Better," he replied with a smile. "Much better. Thanks for the rescue, by the way..."
"Not a problem." //Anytime, kid.//
"Oh sure...I'm the one facing a hike over an active volcanic area and she gets all the thanks," Dinah said, buffing at her nails. "Just doesn't pay to have the fishnets these days," she sighed melodramatically.
"I already told you thank you, Di, about half a dozen times," Kon retorted. "I hadn't talked to her yet." He'd started calling her the nickname just so he could get a word or two in edgewise.
"He's got you there, Dinah," Babs said, chuckling softly.
Dinah grinned, throwing a small pillow at her...which was effectively caught and tossed right back. Dinah curled it under her head against the back of the couch. "True...and it's been fun sharing all my favorite takeouts with you."
"Even I didn't know some of those places existed, and they're great... Thanks," and he grinned, "for pointing me at them." Not watching a woman that gorgeous lounging like that was about impossible, and his eyes tracked between them both. He really wanted to know why the chair, if it was temporary or if she was permanently... down... but that wasn't the kind of thing you asked about. He might not get social stuff right sometimes, but he knew better than that....
"Jim's picking us up at the strip?" Dinah asked lazily, looking like a very content cat more than a bird right now.
"Yes." Babs just knew her partner was hiding something, more than the presents she'd so-carefully purchased with cash, but for the life of her she couldn't figure out what it was, what was keeping her in such a great mood, why she couldn't wait to get to the Manor... //It's almost like she... no. There's no way...//
"Jim?"
"My father, Kon."
"My dad's old partner on the force," Dinah cooed. She had been very proud to have that connection to Barbara, once everyone's identity was out in the open. "He also happens to be a friend to the Wayne household," the blonde continued. "But then he's got mor e charm than the broody one there." She flicked her eyes at Babs playfully.
"Your dad was a cop?" Kon hadn't known that.
Dinah nodded. "Cop turned private eye...seems to be a popular trend for ex-cops." Her mind brushed over three in quick succession; her father, Martian Manhunter civilian identity, and Babs' own ex-fiance.
"Guess that'd make sense," Kon nodded. "Lets them stay kind of in the biz..." He blinked as the plane started to descend again, "That was quick.."
"Zinda is a mover," Dinah said, proud of her other teammate as well.
"Guess so," he agreed as the plane dipped, shaking his head as his ears popped...
In short order they were on the ground, and leaving the plane. Kon caught a glimpse of a buxom blonde leaving the jet behind them, crossing the strip in the other direction toward a big bear of a man and a smaller, yet more arrogant looking man. Dinah shook her head at that.
"Creote seems to be keeping Savant out of trouble....and she's more or less adopted them since her crush did not pan out," Babs told her.
Kon could also see their waiting ride, and his eyes were sharp enough to see 'Jim' quite clearly.
//...why does he look so familia--police, Jim, James--// "Commissioner Gordon?!" he squawked, recognizing the man from dozens of news broadcasts--he'd watched a few with Tim, when they were too far away for Robin to get back to Gotham, and well, the Joker always made the national news... The names Barbara mentioned didn't ring any bells, neither did the faces, so he didn't bother to pay attention to them.
Dinah turned an amused look his way. "Former Commissioner Gordon, now, but yes. Best cop in all the Atlantic Seaboard, after my dad left," she teased.
"Ever," Babs retorted. "Yours chose the private sector...lack of public mindedness," she added, her voice as playful as Dinah's as they picked up what was obviously an old exchange.
Jim inspected his daughter first, noting how well she seemed to be doing, then glanced at the kid with the women as they approached.
Kon filed that away, //Barbara Gordon is the Oracle...// and walked along with the two women, pulling the luggage along behind him again, a couple of pieces floating against his hands as he dragged the others along by their wheels. He was letting Dinah worry about identity messes. She was the adult, anyway.
"Dad!" she called gladly, and abandoned the exchange to wheel up to him, reaching up for a hug.
Jim leaned down and returned her hug as fiercely as she gave. "Barbara, Metropolis seems to suit you," he said. "Bullock figured you'd be home back in Gotham by now."
"Not much difference in how she lives, cooped up inside all day and night," Dinah teased.
"Hello, Dinah. And this is..." He recognized the boy, did not understand how, but accepted it and gave him a chance to choose his own name.
"Kon-El," the teen replied, shifting control of the bags to reach out. "Superboy, sir."
Jim shook his hand firmly, nodding in approval at that bold declaration. "An honor," the older man said, and he meant it. He opened the door for Barbara, and then opened the trunk.
"Leave room for her chair," Dinah told Kon when he got ready to put the bags in.
Kon dipped his head, "Sir, I've had to deal with some of your crazies, the honor's mine..." He loaded bags, then looked at Barbara through the glass. When she nodded, he loaded the chair in, too, then found a seat of his own. //Still the same ugly city...//
"God, I've missed Gotham," Dinah said just as he thought that. "Don't get me wrong, Metropolis is nice, but a girl like me...Gotham suits me better."
Jim shook his head at her. "You sound like your father. He would never move, not even when it started getting dirtier."
Kon just gave her a large-eyed, startled look, and shook his head.
As they entered the car, Dinah leaned forward. "Jim...can you drop Kon and I off at my place here? Mom's old shop? I've got some business to tend before dinner."
"Of course, Dinah," Jim nodded, and took the route towards the shop. "Do you have a car here still, or will you need me to come back?"
"I'll be able to get there on time, Jim. Thank you." She smiled prettily for him, then took Kon's hand and squeezed. He relaxed, settling back against the seats. She obviously had some kind of plan, and he could go with that. Dinah and Babs made eye contact in the mirror, communicating silently. Barbara would do whatever it took to back Dinah's plan, whatever it turned out to be.
When Jim had driven off with Barbara, Dinah looked at Kon a moment, then pulled out her cell phone. "Come on, Roy...answer your phone."
Uncooperatively, it went to his voice mail after a few rings... and a minute later, hers rang, displaying his number. She answered it, smiling to herself. "Boy-o, I need a huge favor. Got a present I'm bringing in the back way...Need you Titans to be there."
"...Di?" his voice was breathless, and confused. "What would you need to... nevermind. Okay. I'll get them downstairs... Connor, too? Or no?"
Dinah hesitated, and he could hear her weighing matters. "I think this needs to be handled within the Titans, for now," she said.
"Okay, Dinah. You've got it." //What the hell...// "Anything else? And when?"
"Leaving the shop now, Boy-o." She led Kon around to a delivery door, deactivated an alarm and opened it to show a vintage motorcycle. She looked it over real quick, nodding to herself.
"At least this time I have pants," Kon said, while staring at the bike. "Oh, maaan... talk about hot..."
Roy stared at his phone. "What the..."
Dick, from the mats--he hadn't seen the use in leaving them--tilted his head. "What's up, Roy?"
"Dinah wants us to get the Titans downstairs... not even Connor, just us..."
Dick tensed, then nodded. "Okay. How much time do we have?"
Roy shook her head. "I think she just broke out her mom's bike," Roy said. "So not long."
Dinah did briefly consider what Babs had tried to warn her of, that Bruce was going to be furious; she had no choice but betray the secret of Batman if she wanted Kon to be reunited with Tim, tonight. But, she was almost positive that Bruce would want Tim's happiness at this point more than holding a secret from another Titan.
"Okay. Get Tim and Mia, I'll meet you." Dick was cat-curious, at this point.
Roy nodded, moving quickly. He ran into Connor first, and smiled. "Bro? Can you hang on to Lian for me? Make sure she stays out of trouble? I need the juniors' help for a minute on a project."
"Of course, Roy. I believe she is once again with Alfred, but I shall locate her."
Kon waited for her, wondering what made that uncertainty cross her face, then straddled the bike behind her.
Roy moved on with a warm slap on Connor's shoulder, finding Mia in the middle of keeping a controller out of Tim's hands laughing. "You two...gimme a hand downstairs?"
Tim stopped fighting her over the controller and whipped around, falling into an alert posture. "Problem?"
Roy shook his head. "Another bird whispered in my ear," he said.
"Hey cool...I get to see your secret Lair this time," Mia joked.
Tim couldn't help but grin at that. "Hey, if you want, I'll give you the tour... Probably after dinner, though..."
Dick had thrown himself through a quick scrub and pulled on the clean clothing he'd left laying there. After a full workout, sparring with Roy, and the makeout session that had followed, he desperately needed one. Alfred would kill him if he went through the house like that again.
Roy listened to the two with fond memories of the teasing on his original team. They all four made it down into the Cave as the roar of a motorcycle could be heard in the tunnel entrance.
"Y'know, I didn't know she knew how to get down here," Dick muttered.
Roy chuckled. "She had to have Bats' help a few years back...personal case that overlapped his."
"Aah. That makes sen--who the Hell has she got with her? Bruce is gonna kill her..." He could see arms wrapped around her waist, and they sent alarm bells ringing loudly in his mind.
Mia and Roy both stared, for seperate reasons. Roy couldn't believe Dinah would do something so stupid, and Mia out of undying curiosity. The bike came to a stop, and Dinah slid off the bike, her helmeted rider a little slower to get free.
Tim tensed, seeing something gut-wrenchingly familiar in the way her passenger moved... //I have to be seeing things, what the Hell Dinah, what's going on?//
As soon as Tim tensed, Mia moved into his space, ready to take his side againt the world if necessary. The passenger flinched, reaching up slowly to remove the helmet she had insisted he wear. Dinah kept her eyes on Tim as she spoke. "I brought home another family member, everyone."
The stranger reached up and pulled the helmet off--and Dick froze, his jaw dropping. //Holy shit...// That face was damn familiar, but he was dead... Hell, he'd watched him die, listened to those last words, seen his brother fall apart at the loss...
Tim fought to keep still, watching as the helmet came down--the face was one he only saw in his dreams, one that couldn't be here, now, not while he was awake... His hands locked into hard fists at his sides, nails biting deep, and the teen with his best friend's face and body spoke. "Wonderboy, knock that off... don't I even get a hello?" That voice, god, that voice... everything was right, but it wasn't possible...
Roy's eyes went as big as they possibly could, and it clicked why she had insisted on Titans only for this...only Titans should see this kind of emotion on a Robin. Mia could feel tears waiting to be shed, a lump in her throat as she saw Superboy standing there.
Tim shuddered, trying to catch his breath, hand coming up against his throat, his head spinning, black dancing around the edges of his vision... he started to take a step forward, even though he didn't believe it he had to try--and his knees buckled under him as the black took over. He could feel himself dropping but he couldn't stop it, sick nausea in his throat....
Mia was there, arms sliding under and around to take his weight ...and then she was knocked off her feet, falling back with the heavier weight of Tim coming down on her as well. "What the f...?" she growled, taking the landing hard on one cheek and hip.
"Mia?!" Roy's protectiveness reared up instantly for his 'kid sister', knowing Dick would see to Tim.
"Damn...not what I intended at all," Dinah said mournfully, watching Tim collapse.
"Tim?!" Kon was suddenly there, kneeling at their sides, reaching out for him, "Sorry, Speedy, my control's still kind of screwed up..." He went to lift Tim off her.
Dick was there, kneeling at Tim's other side, eyes flashing dark at the boy across from him as he tried to take Tim out of Mia's arms. "Superboy..." //You'd better be who we think you are, or I swear to God I'll put you in a grave.//
The growl and the body were familiar, the unmasked face wasn't but there was no doubt who this was. "Hey, Nightwing," Kon said with a shrug, all of his attention focused on the Robin he'd pulled out of Mia's arms to let her get up. "Tim. Tim, c'mon, Wonderboy, open those baby blues for me..." //Come on, lemme see that you're okay...//
Mia made a small attempt to hold on to Tim, caught herself, and pushed back...right into Roy's waiting arms. He hugged her tight, his own eyes stormy as he checked her over, kneeling at her side.
"S'okay, Superboy." Mia had no right to be protective over Tim to the boy who had been...at the very least...his best friend, and she patted at Roy's hand, trying to calm him down.
Dinah stayed back, worried that this had all undone whatever peace Tim had finally found.
Tim's eyes came open slowly, feeling the hard strength of an inhuman body under his, familiar arms around him, scent of ozone and male and his best friend in his nose, and the voice he'd missed so desperately in his ears, trying to call him back... "K-kon?" he couldn't believe he was stuttering, and he opened his eyes, looking up at--//god, that's right, everything's right, it looks like him, sounds like...//
Kon nodded, "Hey, Wonderboy..."
"H-how?" that damned stutter was still there. //I... We closed the doorway, this shouldn't be... Hell with it, I don't care how...//
"We're not sure on the how," Dinah said as Kon looked back to her. "But 3 nights ago Oracle picked him up on her scans because of a natural disaster alert in Hawai'i. I was over the Pacific, so she diverted me."
"You've had him with you since... " Roy actually looked vaguely surprised at her ability to keep that monumental a secret from the family.
"The ultimate Christmas present...someone you love, back from the dead," Mia whispered, folding her arms around herself.
"What she said. I don't know how, but--" //but I'm back, you're glad I'm back, right?//
Tim moved, wrapped up around him, arms going around his shoulders hard, "Three days? You've been back for three days?" //What the fuck why didn't you come to me?//
"I didn't know how to find you, Tim, Di promised she'd get me to you..." Kon held him just as tight, "What else was I supposed to do? I'm sorry..."
Dick watched his little brother cling to Kon, holding on tight, and got back up to go over
and talk to Dinah. "She's sure?" He sounded right, was acting right... but he wanted the confirmation.
"Absolutely positive," Dinah said. "Another reason for the delay...one was my selfish timing, and two was taking steps to be sure." Dinah watched the boys together. "Tim, I did it. I held him hostage, getting him fed up and letting his powers get back to a more normal recovery before he saw you. And I tried to brief him, so he would not be so lost." If anyone deserved blame, she would make damn sure it was on her own shoulders.
Mia nodded, seeing the logic, but not saying a word.
Tim twitched slightly, then slowly nodded. "Okay... Okay. God... you're... you're really back..."
"Yeah, Wonderboy. I'm back, Tim... I'm here..."
One of the hands around his shoulders let go--and slammed into his shoulder hard. "Don't you ever do that to me again!"
"Yep, he's a Robin alright," Roy commented wryly.
Mia smacked at Roy's arm where it looped around her. "Don't go picking on him! That's pretty damn..." She stopped, realizing that Roy and Dinah had done this...both of them, and they knew. "Me shutting up now."
Dick couldn't help a soft chuckle at Mia's attempt not to shove her foot in her mouth, and nodded.
Tim finally realized that Kon's arms weren't the only thing holding him, and that familiar solid-nothing grip was almost enough to send him into the shakes, "God, Kon, I missed you..." low, soft almost-moan, because he couldn't keep his voice under control.
"I'm so sorry... I didn't..." //I didn't mean to die on you...//
"Kon...not your fault," Roy said sharply. He remembered the blame game Donna had played, feeling she had failed. "Just...be there for Tim now, okay?"
Tim's voice ran hard overtop of the archer's, "Knock it off! You didn't die on me on purpose--just don't do it again!"
"Trust me, I don't want to," Kon protested, shifting back enough to look Tim in the face, shaking his head. "It's not on my list!"
"Boys." Dinah's voice was calm, under all their words, but it go their attention slowly. "Jim and Babs have likely arrived above. Kon and I need to arrive soon after...so Tim...try very hard to find a balance." As she spoke, she gestured for the others to give the two space, pushing her bike around to get it aimed out of the cavern.
Kon just nodded once, waving that he'd heard her. Tim sighed, nodded... and started trying to get to 'Robin' from 'freaked out teenager'... It wasn't going well, he could hardly think past the shock and the joy--god, he was going to be completely unpredictable if he couldn't get this under control... "You're back..."
"Yeah. Somehow..." He wrapped a hand around the one Tim had been beating on him with and dragged it to his throat, making Tim feel the pulse, feel him breathing, "See?"
Mia walked a few steps with Roy, then pulled free and went to their side. She tried not to show her frustration as Kon's field kept her from touching Tim, and just showed him the loyalty and respect she had given him since this all began. "Tim...you can do this," she said softly. She did not care what Kon thought; she could not abandon the one friend she felt she had. "He's back, he's here, and he'd have to go through the ENTIRE family to get clear of you."
Kon looked up at Mia, tilting his head at the expression on her face and the tone of her voice--and shifted the aura out from under her hand before she got any madder at him. Not that he understood why she was mad at him, or their in the first place, but...
Tim shuddered as Mia's hand dropped onto his shoulder, and let Speedy's strong voice pull him back towards something that resembled sanity. "I... thanks, Mia. C'mon, Tim, pull it together..."
Dick looked over at the knot of teen heroes and smiled slightly, shaking his head as he tugged at Roy's shoulder. "Come on, Bowhead. The kids'll be fine, and you and I need a real shower and to get dressed for dinner, if Jim & Babs are here..."
"Roy...Don't forget to ask where I am." Dinah winked a her oldest 'son'. "And prompt for my luggage to be fetched in when they tell you I had business. Kon and I will need to change as well." She then looked startled and flew across to him with a little look of guilt, hugging him tight, nuzzling her cheek to his. "Missed you."
Roy nodded, "Sure, Di, I can do that. If I don't Lian will..." he smiled, then wrapped his arms around her. "Missed you, too..." His voice was warm and easy--he understood being busy...
Tim struggled to get himself together, when what he really wanted to do was say the hell with dinner and drag Kon somewhere he could lay on him--utterly bizarre as that was, he just... he needed to be where he could feel Kon, hear that breathing and reassure himself Kon was there.
She drew back from him, then smiled at Dick. "You too, Dick." She gave his hair a brief ruffle before walking back over to her bike, leaning on it as Mia just silently gave her strength to Tim. Kon could see the bonds they had forged, felt it in the way Tim accepted her touch. //What happened while I was gone?// Kon wondered, holding on to Tim until his best friend rolled his shoulders in 'let go'... which he did only unwillingly.
Tim slid off his lap and stood up, leaning back a little against Mia's hand, and Kon followed him up, looking back at Dinah unhappily. He'd just gotten Tim back, he didn't want to let him out of his sight... and if he'd known a little better how to look, he'd have seen the same thing in Robin's carefully blanked expression.
"Tim, honey...we'll be pulling up in just a few minutes...Jim won't be here that long." Dinah gave Mia a long look, and the girl nodded.
"You're hoping that's the case so you quit having to play the friends' only card," Mia teased to set the right tone they needed to be using. Dick and Roy had already vanished up the stairs--but laughter from above said they'd heard that jibe.
"Huh?" Kon questioned, baffled. //Just friends with who?//
"Long story, Kon. One you'll get later. Go, so you can come back, I've got to get upstairs." It took absolutely everything he had to say that, to be willing to let Kon out of his sight... and his hand locked hard on Mia's, reaching for her strength.
Mia let him hold on to her, and gave Kon a small smile. "I'm glad you're back too, Kon...but like he said.....hurry."
//Tim, what the hell?// "It's good to be back, Mia... see you in a sec." He went to the bike, picking the helmet up to settle behind her again, fighting not to look over his shoulder at Tim, not to say the hell with all of it and refuse to leave his side.
Tim turned as Dinah kicked the bike to life and into gear... and made himself let go of Mia's hand. "Okay, upstairs. Upstairs, Babs, dinner, nice, normal behavior---holy SHIT Mia he's BACK!" The careful, calm list dead-ended in an exuberant shout that made annoyed noises come down from the roosting bats above.
Mia grinned at that, and nodded. "Everything's gonna be great now, Tim! He's back for you, and he...Tim, I think he's kind of...crushing on you." Her voice was teasing, with the inside joke of knowing Tim's feelings went deeper than friendship.
"I can hope?" He hugged her hard, feeling like he could do just about anything, finally understanding every stupid cliche people used to try and say what this kind of joy was like...
"Mia, I..." He wanted to shriek loud enough to scare the bats, laugh for joy and spin her in circles... but he couldn't let go that far... He'd already embarrassed the hell out of himself. "Come on. I'm not letting him beat me to my own front door." He let go of her, intending to burn off energy and the bubbling delight running through his body on the trip up the stairs. Taking them several at a time ought to help at least a little...
Mia's laughter bubbled up, the joy at seeing Robin so...vibrant...more than enough to push her to keep up with him, and they ran up out of the Cave, sliding through the clock.
Cowriter: [info]merfilly
Characters: Bats, Arrows, the Bird, and a very special guest or two
Rating: PG
Word Count: 4,682
Continuity:
Disclaimer: DC Comics makes the money, people
Notes: It's official... HappyVerse is our refuge from the meaner things in comics.
Summary: Delivery of the best present ever.
Early afternoon, Dec 24th
Dinah escorted Kon up to the waiting jet, her bags and his obeying his efforts so far to manipulate them into obedience. "Getting very good at that," she said.
"Finally getting my strength back," he replied. She might think he was doing okay... in his opinion, this sucked. Baggage shouldn't have been a problem. He was glad to stuff them into the storage spaces and let go, relieved to have his aura back up around him--the first couple of days had been.. uncomfortable. He dropped into a seat, looking around. "I still can't believe I get to meet Oracle--I mean, it took forever before Tim slipped and I found out she was female..."
"That's exactly how I prefer it, Superboy," her low voice said as Kon picked up the soft sound of wheels from farther up, and she came into view.
//Wow, hot...// Kon noted, watching the redheaded woman--who was really, really pretty, in kind of a quiet way... Not in-your-face like Kory, but she was really, really pretty... "Wow, and your avatar looks so mean..."
Dinah laughed, sticking her tongue out at her partner on that one. "Kon, this is Oracle...but you better get used to calling her Barbara." The blonde curled up on a seat as well, her legs tucked under her.
"My avatar looks mean for a reason, Kon," Babs replied, sending her chair rolling towards him. "Hi."
Kon walked over to meet her, taking her hand--and calluses on her hands, as much as the strength in her shake, told him this woman wasn't just the computer jockey extraordinaire. Her hand felt like Tim's, or Cissie's... She could fight, and the curves of her arms backed that thought. He shook himself out of the thought and smiled at her, "Hi, Barbara. So why's that?"
She started to answer, then turned her chair to a specific spot and locked the wheels into the frame of the plane, "Go ahead, Zinda," she said to the air, and the plane started to move again. Then she looked at him. "It makes people pay attention, more than my own face."
"I dunno, you'd sure have my attention..." She reminded him of Knockout, too, just a little bit, and half the world knew how that had ended...
"Babs had to be sure no one mistook her for a lightweight, and that mask is pretty damn scary," Dinah said, lounging casually. She was doing a very good job of keeping her excitement confined to anticipating Tim's reaction, she thought, because she wanted to be up and moving and figeting with anticipation of seeing all her family...both her Arrows and her Bats. "Of course if they ever saw her first thing in the day, no coffee..." she teased.
"Dinah!" Babs protested, glaring over at her, then looked back at the kid grinning at her. "Thank you for the vote of confidence," she replied neutrally, trying to figure out how to shut the flirtation off without hurting his feelings--Dinah would be angry with her and so would Tim. "It's good to have you back, Superboy. I heard you say you're getting stronger..." a redirect towards business ought to work.
"Yeah, but I'm so not ready to get back on the field, Oracle, sorry... I mean, if there's something big I'll try, but right now I'd probably be more harm than help.."
She nodded once, glad to see he'd apparently gained some sense somewhere along the way. "There's nothing at the moment. I was asking how you felt."
"Better," he replied with a smile. "Much better. Thanks for the rescue, by the way..."
"Not a problem." //Anytime, kid.//
"Oh sure...I'm the one facing a hike over an active volcanic area and she gets all the thanks," Dinah said, buffing at her nails. "Just doesn't pay to have the fishnets these days," she sighed melodramatically.
"I already told you thank you, Di, about half a dozen times," Kon retorted. "I hadn't talked to her yet." He'd started calling her the nickname just so he could get a word or two in edgewise.
"He's got you there, Dinah," Babs said, chuckling softly.
Dinah grinned, throwing a small pillow at her...which was effectively caught and tossed right back. Dinah curled it under her head against the back of the couch. "True...and it's been fun sharing all my favorite takeouts with you."
"Even I didn't know some of those places existed, and they're great... Thanks," and he grinned, "for pointing me at them." Not watching a woman that gorgeous lounging like that was about impossible, and his eyes tracked between them both. He really wanted to know why the chair, if it was temporary or if she was permanently... down... but that wasn't the kind of thing you asked about. He might not get social stuff right sometimes, but he knew better than that....
"Jim's picking us up at the strip?" Dinah asked lazily, looking like a very content cat more than a bird right now.
"Yes." Babs just knew her partner was hiding something, more than the presents she'd so-carefully purchased with cash, but for the life of her she couldn't figure out what it was, what was keeping her in such a great mood, why she couldn't wait to get to the Manor... //It's almost like she... no. There's no way...//
"Jim?"
"My father, Kon."
"My dad's old partner on the force," Dinah cooed. She had been very proud to have that connection to Barbara, once everyone's identity was out in the open. "He also happens to be a friend to the Wayne household," the blonde continued. "But then he's got mor e charm than the broody one there." She flicked her eyes at Babs playfully.
"Your dad was a cop?" Kon hadn't known that.
Dinah nodded. "Cop turned private eye...seems to be a popular trend for ex-cops." Her mind brushed over three in quick succession; her father, Martian Manhunter civilian identity, and Babs' own ex-fiance.
"Guess that'd make sense," Kon nodded. "Lets them stay kind of in the biz..." He blinked as the plane started to descend again, "That was quick.."
"Zinda is a mover," Dinah said, proud of her other teammate as well.
"Guess so," he agreed as the plane dipped, shaking his head as his ears popped...
In short order they were on the ground, and leaving the plane. Kon caught a glimpse of a buxom blonde leaving the jet behind them, crossing the strip in the other direction toward a big bear of a man and a smaller, yet more arrogant looking man. Dinah shook her head at that.
"Creote seems to be keeping Savant out of trouble....and she's more or less adopted them since her crush did not pan out," Babs told her.
Kon could also see their waiting ride, and his eyes were sharp enough to see 'Jim' quite clearly.
//...why does he look so familia--police, Jim, James--// "Commissioner Gordon?!" he squawked, recognizing the man from dozens of news broadcasts--he'd watched a few with Tim, when they were too far away for Robin to get back to Gotham, and well, the Joker always made the national news... The names Barbara mentioned didn't ring any bells, neither did the faces, so he didn't bother to pay attention to them.
Dinah turned an amused look his way. "Former Commissioner Gordon, now, but yes. Best cop in all the Atlantic Seaboard, after my dad left," she teased.
"Ever," Babs retorted. "Yours chose the private sector...lack of public mindedness," she added, her voice as playful as Dinah's as they picked up what was obviously an old exchange.
Jim inspected his daughter first, noting how well she seemed to be doing, then glanced at the kid with the women as they approached.
Kon filed that away, //Barbara Gordon is the Oracle...// and walked along with the two women, pulling the luggage along behind him again, a couple of pieces floating against his hands as he dragged the others along by their wheels. He was letting Dinah worry about identity messes. She was the adult, anyway.
"Dad!" she called gladly, and abandoned the exchange to wheel up to him, reaching up for a hug.
Jim leaned down and returned her hug as fiercely as she gave. "Barbara, Metropolis seems to suit you," he said. "Bullock figured you'd be home back in Gotham by now."
"Not much difference in how she lives, cooped up inside all day and night," Dinah teased.
"Hello, Dinah. And this is..." He recognized the boy, did not understand how, but accepted it and gave him a chance to choose his own name.
"Kon-El," the teen replied, shifting control of the bags to reach out. "Superboy, sir."
Jim shook his hand firmly, nodding in approval at that bold declaration. "An honor," the older man said, and he meant it. He opened the door for Barbara, and then opened the trunk.
"Leave room for her chair," Dinah told Kon when he got ready to put the bags in.
Kon dipped his head, "Sir, I've had to deal with some of your crazies, the honor's mine..." He loaded bags, then looked at Barbara through the glass. When she nodded, he loaded the chair in, too, then found a seat of his own. //Still the same ugly city...//
"God, I've missed Gotham," Dinah said just as he thought that. "Don't get me wrong, Metropolis is nice, but a girl like me...Gotham suits me better."
Jim shook his head at her. "You sound like your father. He would never move, not even when it started getting dirtier."
Kon just gave her a large-eyed, startled look, and shook his head.
As they entered the car, Dinah leaned forward. "Jim...can you drop Kon and I off at my place here? Mom's old shop? I've got some business to tend before dinner."
"Of course, Dinah," Jim nodded, and took the route towards the shop. "Do you have a car here still, or will you need me to come back?"
"I'll be able to get there on time, Jim. Thank you." She smiled prettily for him, then took Kon's hand and squeezed. He relaxed, settling back against the seats. She obviously had some kind of plan, and he could go with that. Dinah and Babs made eye contact in the mirror, communicating silently. Barbara would do whatever it took to back Dinah's plan, whatever it turned out to be.
When Jim had driven off with Barbara, Dinah looked at Kon a moment, then pulled out her cell phone. "Come on, Roy...answer your phone."
Uncooperatively, it went to his voice mail after a few rings... and a minute later, hers rang, displaying his number. She answered it, smiling to herself. "Boy-o, I need a huge favor. Got a present I'm bringing in the back way...Need you Titans to be there."
"...Di?" his voice was breathless, and confused. "What would you need to... nevermind. Okay. I'll get them downstairs... Connor, too? Or no?"
Dinah hesitated, and he could hear her weighing matters. "I think this needs to be handled within the Titans, for now," she said.
"Okay, Dinah. You've got it." //What the hell...// "Anything else? And when?"
"Leaving the shop now, Boy-o." She led Kon around to a delivery door, deactivated an alarm and opened it to show a vintage motorcycle. She looked it over real quick, nodding to herself.
"At least this time I have pants," Kon said, while staring at the bike. "Oh, maaan... talk about hot..."
Roy stared at his phone. "What the..."
Dick, from the mats--he hadn't seen the use in leaving them--tilted his head. "What's up, Roy?"
"Dinah wants us to get the Titans downstairs... not even Connor, just us..."
Dick tensed, then nodded. "Okay. How much time do we have?"
Roy shook her head. "I think she just broke out her mom's bike," Roy said. "So not long."
Dinah did briefly consider what Babs had tried to warn her of, that Bruce was going to be furious; she had no choice but betray the secret of Batman if she wanted Kon to be reunited with Tim, tonight. But, she was almost positive that Bruce would want Tim's happiness at this point more than holding a secret from another Titan.
"Okay. Get Tim and Mia, I'll meet you." Dick was cat-curious, at this point.
Roy nodded, moving quickly. He ran into Connor first, and smiled. "Bro? Can you hang on to Lian for me? Make sure she stays out of trouble? I need the juniors' help for a minute on a project."
"Of course, Roy. I believe she is once again with Alfred, but I shall locate her."
Kon waited for her, wondering what made that uncertainty cross her face, then straddled the bike behind her.
Roy moved on with a warm slap on Connor's shoulder, finding Mia in the middle of keeping a controller out of Tim's hands laughing. "You two...gimme a hand downstairs?"
Tim stopped fighting her over the controller and whipped around, falling into an alert posture. "Problem?"
Roy shook his head. "Another bird whispered in my ear," he said.
"Hey cool...I get to see your secret Lair this time," Mia joked.
Tim couldn't help but grin at that. "Hey, if you want, I'll give you the tour... Probably after dinner, though..."
Dick had thrown himself through a quick scrub and pulled on the clean clothing he'd left laying there. After a full workout, sparring with Roy, and the makeout session that had followed, he desperately needed one. Alfred would kill him if he went through the house like that again.
Roy listened to the two with fond memories of the teasing on his original team. They all four made it down into the Cave as the roar of a motorcycle could be heard in the tunnel entrance.
"Y'know, I didn't know she knew how to get down here," Dick muttered.
Roy chuckled. "She had to have Bats' help a few years back...personal case that overlapped his."
"Aah. That makes sen--who the Hell has she got with her? Bruce is gonna kill her..." He could see arms wrapped around her waist, and they sent alarm bells ringing loudly in his mind.
Mia and Roy both stared, for seperate reasons. Roy couldn't believe Dinah would do something so stupid, and Mia out of undying curiosity. The bike came to a stop, and Dinah slid off the bike, her helmeted rider a little slower to get free.
Tim tensed, seeing something gut-wrenchingly familiar in the way her passenger moved... //I have to be seeing things, what the Hell Dinah, what's going on?//
As soon as Tim tensed, Mia moved into his space, ready to take his side againt the world if necessary. The passenger flinched, reaching up slowly to remove the helmet she had insisted he wear. Dinah kept her eyes on Tim as she spoke. "I brought home another family member, everyone."
The stranger reached up and pulled the helmet off--and Dick froze, his jaw dropping. //Holy shit...// That face was damn familiar, but he was dead... Hell, he'd watched him die, listened to those last words, seen his brother fall apart at the loss...
Tim fought to keep still, watching as the helmet came down--the face was one he only saw in his dreams, one that couldn't be here, now, not while he was awake... His hands locked into hard fists at his sides, nails biting deep, and the teen with his best friend's face and body spoke. "Wonderboy, knock that off... don't I even get a hello?" That voice, god, that voice... everything was right, but it wasn't possible...
Roy's eyes went as big as they possibly could, and it clicked why she had insisted on Titans only for this...only Titans should see this kind of emotion on a Robin. Mia could feel tears waiting to be shed, a lump in her throat as she saw Superboy standing there.
Tim shuddered, trying to catch his breath, hand coming up against his throat, his head spinning, black dancing around the edges of his vision... he started to take a step forward, even though he didn't believe it he had to try--and his knees buckled under him as the black took over. He could feel himself dropping but he couldn't stop it, sick nausea in his throat....
Mia was there, arms sliding under and around to take his weight ...and then she was knocked off her feet, falling back with the heavier weight of Tim coming down on her as well. "What the f...?" she growled, taking the landing hard on one cheek and hip.
"Mia?!" Roy's protectiveness reared up instantly for his 'kid sister', knowing Dick would see to Tim.
"Damn...not what I intended at all," Dinah said mournfully, watching Tim collapse.
"Tim?!" Kon was suddenly there, kneeling at their sides, reaching out for him, "Sorry, Speedy, my control's still kind of screwed up..." He went to lift Tim off her.
Dick was there, kneeling at Tim's other side, eyes flashing dark at the boy across from him as he tried to take Tim out of Mia's arms. "Superboy..." //You'd better be who we think you are, or I swear to God I'll put you in a grave.//
The growl and the body were familiar, the unmasked face wasn't but there was no doubt who this was. "Hey, Nightwing," Kon said with a shrug, all of his attention focused on the Robin he'd pulled out of Mia's arms to let her get up. "Tim. Tim, c'mon, Wonderboy, open those baby blues for me..." //Come on, lemme see that you're okay...//
Mia made a small attempt to hold on to Tim, caught herself, and pushed back...right into Roy's waiting arms. He hugged her tight, his own eyes stormy as he checked her over, kneeling at her side.
"S'okay, Superboy." Mia had no right to be protective over Tim to the boy who had been...at the very least...his best friend, and she patted at Roy's hand, trying to calm him down.
Dinah stayed back, worried that this had all undone whatever peace Tim had finally found.
Tim's eyes came open slowly, feeling the hard strength of an inhuman body under his, familiar arms around him, scent of ozone and male and his best friend in his nose, and the voice he'd missed so desperately in his ears, trying to call him back... "K-kon?" he couldn't believe he was stuttering, and he opened his eyes, looking up at--//god, that's right, everything's right, it looks like him, sounds like...//
Kon nodded, "Hey, Wonderboy..."
"H-how?" that damned stutter was still there. //I... We closed the doorway, this shouldn't be... Hell with it, I don't care how...//
"We're not sure on the how," Dinah said as Kon looked back to her. "But 3 nights ago Oracle picked him up on her scans because of a natural disaster alert in Hawai'i. I was over the Pacific, so she diverted me."
"You've had him with you since... " Roy actually looked vaguely surprised at her ability to keep that monumental a secret from the family.
"The ultimate Christmas present...someone you love, back from the dead," Mia whispered, folding her arms around herself.
"What she said. I don't know how, but--" //but I'm back, you're glad I'm back, right?//
Tim moved, wrapped up around him, arms going around his shoulders hard, "Three days? You've been back for three days?" //What the fuck why didn't you come to me?//
"I didn't know how to find you, Tim, Di promised she'd get me to you..." Kon held him just as tight, "What else was I supposed to do? I'm sorry..."
Dick watched his little brother cling to Kon, holding on tight, and got back up to go over
and talk to Dinah. "She's sure?" He sounded right, was acting right... but he wanted the confirmation.
"Absolutely positive," Dinah said. "Another reason for the delay...one was my selfish timing, and two was taking steps to be sure." Dinah watched the boys together. "Tim, I did it. I held him hostage, getting him fed up and letting his powers get back to a more normal recovery before he saw you. And I tried to brief him, so he would not be so lost." If anyone deserved blame, she would make damn sure it was on her own shoulders.
Mia nodded, seeing the logic, but not saying a word.
Tim twitched slightly, then slowly nodded. "Okay... Okay. God... you're... you're really back..."
"Yeah, Wonderboy. I'm back, Tim... I'm here..."
One of the hands around his shoulders let go--and slammed into his shoulder hard. "Don't you ever do that to me again!"
"Yep, he's a Robin alright," Roy commented wryly.
Mia smacked at Roy's arm where it looped around her. "Don't go picking on him! That's pretty damn..." She stopped, realizing that Roy and Dinah had done this...both of them, and they knew. "Me shutting up now."
Dick couldn't help a soft chuckle at Mia's attempt not to shove her foot in her mouth, and nodded.
Tim finally realized that Kon's arms weren't the only thing holding him, and that familiar solid-nothing grip was almost enough to send him into the shakes, "God, Kon, I missed you..." low, soft almost-moan, because he couldn't keep his voice under control.
"I'm so sorry... I didn't..." //I didn't mean to die on you...//
"Kon...not your fault," Roy said sharply. He remembered the blame game Donna had played, feeling she had failed. "Just...be there for Tim now, okay?"
Tim's voice ran hard overtop of the archer's, "Knock it off! You didn't die on me on purpose--just don't do it again!"
"Trust me, I don't want to," Kon protested, shifting back enough to look Tim in the face, shaking his head. "It's not on my list!"
"Boys." Dinah's voice was calm, under all their words, but it go their attention slowly. "Jim and Babs have likely arrived above. Kon and I need to arrive soon after...so Tim...try very hard to find a balance." As she spoke, she gestured for the others to give the two space, pushing her bike around to get it aimed out of the cavern.
Kon just nodded once, waving that he'd heard her. Tim sighed, nodded... and started trying to get to 'Robin' from 'freaked out teenager'... It wasn't going well, he could hardly think past the shock and the joy--god, he was going to be completely unpredictable if he couldn't get this under control... "You're back..."
"Yeah. Somehow..." He wrapped a hand around the one Tim had been beating on him with and dragged it to his throat, making Tim feel the pulse, feel him breathing, "See?"
Mia walked a few steps with Roy, then pulled free and went to their side. She tried not to show her frustration as Kon's field kept her from touching Tim, and just showed him the loyalty and respect she had given him since this all began. "Tim...you can do this," she said softly. She did not care what Kon thought; she could not abandon the one friend she felt she had. "He's back, he's here, and he'd have to go through the ENTIRE family to get clear of you."
Kon looked up at Mia, tilting his head at the expression on her face and the tone of her voice--and shifted the aura out from under her hand before she got any madder at him. Not that he understood why she was mad at him, or their in the first place, but...
Tim shuddered as Mia's hand dropped onto his shoulder, and let Speedy's strong voice pull him back towards something that resembled sanity. "I... thanks, Mia. C'mon, Tim, pull it together..."
Dick looked over at the knot of teen heroes and smiled slightly, shaking his head as he tugged at Roy's shoulder. "Come on, Bowhead. The kids'll be fine, and you and I need a real shower and to get dressed for dinner, if Jim & Babs are here..."
"Roy...Don't forget to ask where I am." Dinah winked a her oldest 'son'. "And prompt for my luggage to be fetched in when they tell you I had business. Kon and I will need to change as well." She then looked startled and flew across to him with a little look of guilt, hugging him tight, nuzzling her cheek to his. "Missed you."
Roy nodded, "Sure, Di, I can do that. If I don't Lian will..." he smiled, then wrapped his arms around her. "Missed you, too..." His voice was warm and easy--he understood being busy...
Tim struggled to get himself together, when what he really wanted to do was say the hell with dinner and drag Kon somewhere he could lay on him--utterly bizarre as that was, he just... he needed to be where he could feel Kon, hear that breathing and reassure himself Kon was there.
She drew back from him, then smiled at Dick. "You too, Dick." She gave his hair a brief ruffle before walking back over to her bike, leaning on it as Mia just silently gave her strength to Tim. Kon could see the bonds they had forged, felt it in the way Tim accepted her touch. //What happened while I was gone?// Kon wondered, holding on to Tim until his best friend rolled his shoulders in 'let go'... which he did only unwillingly.
Tim slid off his lap and stood up, leaning back a little against Mia's hand, and Kon followed him up, looking back at Dinah unhappily. He'd just gotten Tim back, he didn't want to let him out of his sight... and if he'd known a little better how to look, he'd have seen the same thing in Robin's carefully blanked expression.
"Tim, honey...we'll be pulling up in just a few minutes...Jim won't be here that long." Dinah gave Mia a long look, and the girl nodded.
"You're hoping that's the case so you quit having to play the friends' only card," Mia teased to set the right tone they needed to be using. Dick and Roy had already vanished up the stairs--but laughter from above said they'd heard that jibe.
"Huh?" Kon questioned, baffled. //Just friends with who?//
"Long story, Kon. One you'll get later. Go, so you can come back, I've got to get upstairs." It took absolutely everything he had to say that, to be willing to let Kon out of his sight... and his hand locked hard on Mia's, reaching for her strength.
Mia let him hold on to her, and gave Kon a small smile. "I'm glad you're back too, Kon...but like he said.....hurry."
//Tim, what the hell?// "It's good to be back, Mia... see you in a sec." He went to the bike, picking the helmet up to settle behind her again, fighting not to look over his shoulder at Tim, not to say the hell with all of it and refuse to leave his side.
Tim turned as Dinah kicked the bike to life and into gear... and made himself let go of Mia's hand. "Okay, upstairs. Upstairs, Babs, dinner, nice, normal behavior---holy SHIT Mia he's BACK!" The careful, calm list dead-ended in an exuberant shout that made annoyed noises come down from the roosting bats above.
Mia grinned at that, and nodded. "Everything's gonna be great now, Tim! He's back for you, and he...Tim, I think he's kind of...crushing on you." Her voice was teasing, with the inside joke of knowing Tim's feelings went deeper than friendship.
"I can hope?" He hugged her hard, feeling like he could do just about anything, finally understanding every stupid cliche people used to try and say what this kind of joy was like...
"Mia, I..." He wanted to shriek loud enough to scare the bats, laugh for joy and spin her in circles... but he couldn't let go that far... He'd already embarrassed the hell out of himself. "Come on. I'm not letting him beat me to my own front door." He let go of her, intending to burn off energy and the bubbling delight running through his body on the trip up the stairs. Taking them several at a time ought to help at least a little...
Mia's laughter bubbled up, the joy at seeing Robin so...vibrant...more than enough to push her to keep up with him, and they ran up out of the Cave, sliding through the clock.
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Date: 2006-11-10 08:31 am (UTC)Can I be coherent later? Because... just... SQUEE!
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Date: 2006-11-10 09:22 am (UTC)Kon flirting with Babs was hilarious and having Babs be uncomfortable with that was just sweet.
I love how Kon reacted when he found out that Jim Gordon was her father though.
I think Tim handled the revalation as well as could be expected. The poor kid needed this christmas present more than he thinks he did.
One of the hands around his shoulders let go--and slammed into his shoulder hard. "Don't you ever do that to me again!"
Hehe, A Robin indeed, yes only a Robin would attempt any kind of hit on a Superman and get away with it.
As much as I like Jim and Babs I am eager for them to keep their visit short so Dinah can stop pretending to be platonic, although it would be hilarious to see Bab's reaction to having her best friend slip into the Bat's lap, that or having Babs read into a "casual" kiss of greeting or something... something to hint that Dinah is more than friends.
Eager to seeing Batman's reaction when Kon shows up. Hope for the next chapter soon.
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Date: 2006-11-10 09:25 am (UTC)We have a long range goal on Babs...
Bruce about Kon..Dinah is still cringing some, since it was NOT HER SECRET TO GIVE! (which a little Robin may mention payback...)
Love Yena's Bats and Kon and Kyle and Babs...pretty soon she'll be writing them all and I can sit back and squee with y'all...cause she is totally nailing the personalities.
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Date: 2006-11-10 09:29 am (UTC)Eh. Bruce'll get over it. He knows how screwed up his youngest has been. Also, *chuckle* no, no it wouldn't...
*grin* Kon flirts like he breathes. Really he does. And, well, Babs is pretty.
Much squawking, yup.
Tim did need his prezzie. Very, very badly. Worlds Finest, and all that.
Yup, precisely. Kon wouldn't have dreamed of stopping that one.
I like Jim. When Filly's writing her, I like Babs. I do, however, also want them to leave quickly. *nodnod* And Dinah seems to want to keep this game of Babs not knowing alive for some reason, so. We'll see.
*chuckle* The Bat's on vacation, damn it. Bruce's reaction should be a treat, though. Nnnngh I've gotta write the Fop, damn and double---wait. Jim has to know Brucie isn't as dumb as he pretends to be... So maybe not so ver much Fop.
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Date: 2006-11-10 10:56 am (UTC)*ABUSE OF CAPS LOCK AND DOESN'T CARE!!!*
*HUGS FOR EVERYONE!!!*
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Date: 2006-11-10 01:46 pm (UTC)Glad you liked it!!!!
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Date: 2006-11-10 06:38 pm (UTC)I'm so glad you liked it!!! *BEAM*
*hugs back*
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Date: 2006-11-10 11:53 am (UTC):-)
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Date: 2006-11-10 01:52 pm (UTC)*grins*
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Date: 2006-11-10 06:40 pm (UTC)*is flattered* Thank you!
And yes. Kon and Tim are perfect. *nod*
Thank you!
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Date: 2006-11-10 12:53 pm (UTC)And yet despite my broken brain I still love whole series this. So very happy.
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Date: 2006-11-10 01:45 pm (UTC)I'm glad you enjoyed.
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Date: 2006-11-10 06:41 pm (UTC)Tim says no way... but well, the boy has been known to protest too much. Even we aren't sure how things are going to shake out with them, but they're really good friends, at this point. (*chuckle*)
I'm so glad you're liking, good to see you around!
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Date: 2006-11-11 12:08 am (UTC)Oh, Timmy! His reactions were wonderful. . and KON being so excited to see Timmy. "Not the reaction I expected." *snicker.* Be easy on him, Kon.
I appreciated the jealous Mia, also. More proof of the greatness of Mia/Tim/Kon, also.
And calling in just the TITANS - oh, Dinah, good girl.
She nodded once, glad to see he'd apparently gained some sense somewhere along the way.
*glares hatefully in Babs' direction.* Why must you always be so mean to the boys that I love, Babs? And yes, Kon gained some sense somewhere along the way. Much as I'm sure you look to see who's on the otherside before opening the door these days.
I loved every word of this, but this was my favorite line: Roy's eyes went as big as they possibly could, and it clicked why she had insisted on Titans only for this...only Titans should see this kind of emotion on a Robin. Oh, Roy, I love you. And yes. . .Roy would absolutely have this kind of thought.
Loved so much. *insert much squeeage and gushing.*
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Date: 2006-11-11 12:19 am (UTC)Glad you did sneak in a read...as we're already working the next one.
Oh, Timmy! His reactions were wonderful. . and KON being so excited to see Timmy. "Not the reaction I expected." *snicker.* Be easy on him, Kon.
Yena rules the pairing. I don't know if it's native talentor she works at it, but those two from her is magic.
I appreciated the jealous Mia, also. More proof of the greatness of Mia/Tim/Kon, also.
*giggles* We'll see...
And calling in just the TITANS - oh, Dinah, good girl.
Because my Dinah gets what it means to have a legacy and a team bond.
*glares hatefully in Babs' direction.* Why must you always be so mean to the boys that I love, Babs? And yes, Kon gained some sense somewhere along the way. Much as I'm sure you look to see who's on the otherside before opening the door these days.
Oh so harsh...
I loved every word of this, but this was my favorite line: Roy's eyes went as big as they possibly could, and it clicked why she had insisted on Titans only for this...only Titans should see this kind of emotion on a Robin. Oh, Roy, I love you. And yes. . .Roy would absolutely have this kind of thought.
Roy says of course he would...and I say thank you.
Loved so much. *insert much squeeage and gushing.*
Thank you!!!!
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Date: 2006-11-11 12:47 am (UTC)Well, whatever it is, I wish you the best of luck on it, and hope that it releases you swiftly.
Oh, Timmy! His reactions were wonderful. . and KON being so excited to see Timmy. "Not the reaction I expected." *snicker.* Be easy on him, Kon.
'Easy' is very, very much on Kon's list of things to be on/for Tim. *chuckle* And *flushes, ducks head* Thank you. So much. I struggled with trying to find an okay balance for him, because he really just wanted to shove Kon onto something flat and plaster to him for about a year--but he knew he couldn't.
I appreciated the jealous Mia, also. More proof of the greatness of Mia/Tim/Kon, also.
Jealous, what? Who? Mia's not jealous, she's protective.
And calling in just the TITANS - oh, Dinah, good girl.
Dinah did SOO well, right there. She understood what it would mean to them.
*glares hatefully in Babs' direction.* Why must you always be so mean to the boys that I love, Babs? And yes, Kon gained some sense somewhere along the way. Much as I'm sure you look to see who's on the otherside before opening the door these days.
Oh, harsh... but so very true. But then, she's a Bat, and all Bats consider all superstrong metas ridiculously rash. It was, actually, praise/compliment, however. And the other half was, 'now he might not leave Tim again.'
I loved every word of this, but this was my favorite line: "Roy's eyes went as big as they possibly could, and it clicked why she had insisted on Titans only for this...only Titans should see this kind of emotion on a Robin." Oh, Roy, I love you. And yes. . .Roy would absolutely have this kind of thought.
Considering what Roy would do to keep an outside person from ever seeing that kind of openness and vulnerability on HIS Robin... Of course he would. They are Tim's family... but Connor wasn't and isn't. Not that family. The wierd part? Had Kyle been home, Kyle would have been accepted there.
Loved so much. *insert much squeeage and gushing.*
Yaaay!
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Date: 2006-11-11 03:13 am (UTC)Thank you. I tried. He's a complicated little critter, Robin is.
I liked how they weren't just plain ecstatic, much more realistic than that.
Oh, he's happy... but he also doesnotknowhowtocope with something good happening.
The complicated interplay between Mia, Tim, and Kon was...whew, delicate balancing act
Yes, very much so. Good thing Timmy's got the World's Greatest Acrobat for a big brother!
since it seems like none of these relationships is solid yet.
Well, Dick/Roy and Kyle/Connor are... but other than that, yeah... it's still topsy-turvy.
I'm really looking forward to seeing how that plays out! *looks eager*
*grin* We're working on it!
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Date: 2006-11-11 03:58 am (UTC)And thank you...trying to keep this very HUMAN.
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Date: 2006-11-11 06:38 am (UTC)I so love what you girls are doing here, every part of this fic makes me smile..Though I feel a tinge of sad for Mia, not sure why.
These happy fics are like a cheery little oasis of happyness in a world of angst, and I can't tell you how much I look forward to reading them, you'll never be able to write too many of them as far as I'm concerned, I could read them forever.
Loving all the characterisations in these fics, just beautifull, and I'm looking forward to the Bruce/Ollie/Dinah reunion and Bruce's reaction to the revealing of his secret.
Can't wait for more.
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Date: 2006-11-11 06:46 am (UTC)Teh adults keep getting out of hand...they're worse than the kids....
And Mia...we've got plans.
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Date: 2006-11-11 06:46 am (UTC)Thank you! *Grin* Aw, don't feel bad for Mia. She's gonna be just fine.
HappyVerse. HappyVerse. *nod* There's a reason we're calling it that. *grins*W We'll keep that in mind!
Thank you, thank you! *G*
Well, the next bit is up, we'll see if it lives up to expectations...
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Date: 2006-11-11 06:42 am (UTC)See that smile? That is me. Because I squee, with glee, over this wonderfulness.
^________________________________^
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Date: 2006-11-11 06:45 am (UTC)So glad you enjoy!
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Date: 2006-11-11 06:46 am (UTC)Also, thank you!!!
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Date: 2006-11-13 10:35 pm (UTC)*steps back and blushes* yeah, I uh, kinda liked this. A bit. Can you tell?
//Wow, hot...// Kon noted, watching the redheaded woman--who was really, really pretty, in kind of a quiet way...
I like this. Sometimes I feel like Babs expects people to see the chair and not her, so I love Kon's first impression of her is her.
"I dunno, you'd sure have my attention..."
*snicker* yup, he's back.
figetting with anticipation of seeing all her family...both her Arrows and her Bats.
Mama Canarary FTW
"Of course if they ever saw her first thing in the day, no coffee..." she teased.
Honey, ain't nobody nice before their morning hit of caffeine.
She nodded once, glad to see he'd apparently gained some sense somewhere along the way.
*sigh* Yes Babs, people occasionally do that...grrrrr
Dinah turned an amused look his way. "Former Commissioner Gordon, now, but yes. Best cop in all the Atlantic Seaboard, after my dad left," she teased.
"Ever," Babs retorted. "Yours chose the private sector...lack of public mindedness," she added, her voice as playful as Dinah's as they picked up what was obviously an old exchange.
I love the banter between the two of them, you portray it so well.
"Kon-El," the teen replied
Yes! Kon, not *mutter* Insert rant number 465 about him being Kon not Conner Kent.
//Still the same ugly city...//
"God, I've missed Gotham," Dinah said just as he thought that.
I love the difference between a Gothamite and an outsiders point of view with their city.
Roy moved on with a warm slap on Connor's shoulder, finding Mia in the middle of keeping a controller out of Tim's hands laughing. "You two...gimme a hand downstairs?"
You two are awesome with the family vibe you've got going.
"Y'know, I didn't know she knew how to get down here," Dick muttered.
Dick, your paranoia is showing. She's dating your dad in case you missed the memo.
Tim tensed, seeing something gut-wrenchingly familiar in the way her passenger moved... //I have to be seeing things, what the Hell Dinah, what's going on?//
I, yeah.
now with formatting!
Date: 2006-11-13 11:09 pm (UTC)*steps back and blushes* yeah, I uh, kinda liked this. A bit. Can you tell?
*grins with glee, whooping* Yes, yes I can tell!! Yay!!
I like this. Sometimes I feel like Babs expects people to see the chair and not her, so I love Kon's first impression of her is her.
Kon... flirts like he breathes. And thoroughly likes women. And Babs is a pretty one. So, yeah. Of course he saw her first.
*snicker* yup, he's back.
I repeat. "Flirts like he breathes."
Mama Canary FTW
Yup. She's sooo happy.
Honey, ain't nobody nice before their morning hit of caffeine.
*chuckle* Ain' that the truth?
*sigh* Yes Babs, people occasionally do that...grrrrr
*sigh* C'mon. YJ Kon? Soooo not with the good sense.
I love the banter between the two of them, you portray it so well.
*G* Thank you!
Yes! Kon, not *mutter* Insert rant number 465 about him being Kon not Conner Kent.
Sweetie, they buried Conner... At least in my canon. ((And Kon did a dance of glee when he found that out))
I love the difference between a Gothamite and an outsiders point of view with their city.
Yup. It's a source of perpetual amusement.
You two are awesome with the family vibe you've got going.
Saaaankyuu!!! We're having fun.
Dick, your paranoia is showing. She's dating your dad in case you missed the memo.
*snicker* Yeah, pretty much, but... eh. He was a little out of touch, and knowing how to get into the Cave is a big, big thing.
I, yeah.
You and me BOTH, and I wrote it!
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Date: 2006-11-14 03:57 am (UTC)*steps back and blushes* yeah, I uh, kinda liked this. A bit. Can you tell?
I'm very glad you did.
I like this. Sometimes I feel like Babs expects people to see the chair and not her, so I love Kon's first impression of her is her.
*g* I was so happy with that too.
*snicker* yup, he's back.
Yeah
Mama Canarary FTW
*g* She moves into that role so easy for me. Probably that whole "Dinah, you love kids" from back in the classic days.
Honey, ain't nobody nice before their morning hit of caffeine.
Or nightly in my case...
*sigh* Yes Babs, people occasionally do that...grrrrr
Hey! Everyone keeps growling at her, but she has to be the no-nonsense...even if I refuse to completely let her be Batty-d Out.
I love the banter between the two of them, you portray it so well.
It makes absolutely no sense to me...even with the age gap that supposedly exists, that they would not have known ech other some in civilian life....I try to bring that idea over.
Yes! Kon, not *mutter* Insert rant number 465 about him being Kon not Conner Kent.
I am on that bandwagon too
I love the difference between a Gothamite and an outsiders point of view with their city.
*g* I like Dinah the Gothamite, rather than Dinah the Seattle dweller.
You two are awesome with the family vibe you've got going.
God I hope we can keep it going then...I need this fic's family vibe to help forget DC stupidity. But then you should understand that...I fangirl your fics for that very reason...the family dynamic rules!
Dick, your paranoia is showing. She's dating your dad in case you missed the memo.
And Dick was not around for the story arc I remember in Bats' books where she guested.
I, yeah.
She grabbed my throat when she wrote that one line.
Part 2
Date: 2006-11-13 10:35 pm (UTC)Yay for no brain splattering! That annoys me when you see the heroes riding on motorcycles, no helmets. Just, grrrrrr
Tim fought to keep still, watching as the helmet came down--the face was one he only saw in his dreams, one that couldn't be here, now, not while he was awake... His hands locked into hard fists at his sides, nails biting deep, and the teen with his best friend's face and body spoke. "Wonderboy, knock that off... don't I even get a hello?" That voice, god, that voice... everything was right, but it wasn't possible...
*grin* Merry Christmas sweety. Santa dropped your prezzie off early and at the wrong place but Canary picked it up for you.
Roy's eyes went as big as they possibly could, and it clicked why she had insisted on Titans only for this...only Titans should see this kind of emotion on a Robin.
I love protective Roy. And yes, that much emotion is kind of a private family thing.
The growl and the body were familiar, the unmasked face wasn't but there was no doubt who this was. "Hey, Nightwing," Kon said
Wing, if the way the younger generation is IDing you is by your growl, it isn't a good thing. Fix it. Now please.
"Tim. Tim, c'mon, Wonderboy, open those baby blues for me..." //Come on, lemme see that you're okay...//
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
"H-how?" that damned stutter was still there. //I... We closed the doorway, this shouldn't be... Hell with it, I don't care how...//
I love this has knocked Tim for such a loop that not only did he pass out, but he's stuttering, and isn't analytical.
"Yep, he's a Robin alright," Roy commented wryly.
Voice of experience there Roy?
Mia teased to set the right tone they needed to be using.
Good girl.
"Okay, upstairs. Upstairs, Babs, dinner, nice, normal behavior---holy SHIT Mia he's BACK!" The careful, calm list dead-ended in an exuberant shout that made annoyed noises come down from the roosting bats above.
Yes, yes he is. Love Tim being this out of control, so excited.
Yeah, just perfect. You handled this bit so well, with such grace.
Re: Part 2
Date: 2006-11-13 11:21 pm (UTC)Meh. Laws vary state to state, and having lived in one without a helmet law I know exactly how many people don't wear them. And it's not like Kon would've gotten hurt anyway, he's got the TTK back, but she wanted to get to surprise people.
*grin* Merry Christmas sweety. Santa dropped your prezzie off early and at the wrong place but Canary picked it up for you.
Best present ever, no? Tim thinks so.
I love protective Roy. And yes, that much emotion is kind of a private family thing.
I do, too. I'm very fond of him being protective. And yup. Sure is. Especially with the Bat-boys.
Wing, if the way the younger generation is IDing you is by your growl, it isn't a good thing. Fix it. Now please.
*snicker* He'll work on it. He'll work on it. But he is Batman's son, after all...
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
I think one of my teeth rotted, right there, from the sugar-sap, but yeah. Soooo "aww".
I love this has knocked Tim for such a loop that not only did he pass out, but he's stuttering, and isn't analytical.
Tim's freaked. Overjoyed, but seriously freaked. And yeah. Timmy stuttering is just about the cutest thing ever. And he doesn't want to analyze it, for fear he'll go away...
""Yep, he's a Robin alright," Roy commented wryly."
Voice of experience there Roy?
Oh, you know it. So many times.
"Mia teased to set the right tone they needed to be using."
Good girl.
Mia's a very good girl.
Yes, yes he is. Love Tim being this out of control, so excited.
Well, I think you would be too. Tim refuses to take crap for being happy.
Yeah, just perfect. You handled this bit so well, with such grace.
*BEAMS* Thank you!!!!! *glee* I'm so, SO glad it worked!
Re: Part 2
Date: 2006-11-14 04:03 am (UTC)Canary is one of those...rare to see her helmeted.
*grin* Merry Christmas sweety. Santa dropped your prezzie off early and at the wrong place but Canary picked it up for you.
Don't forget Barbara's part!!!
I love protective Roy. And yes, that much emotion is kind of a private family thing.
Yes, very much so. And when we reworked this section, Dinah was flat out telling me NO NON TITANS.
Wing, if the way the younger generation is IDing you is by your growl, it isn't a good thing. Fix it. Now please.
He was still upset that Mama Bird knew the way in and had brought company.
AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
So fated for each other.
I love this has knocked Tim for such a loop that not only did he pass out, but he's stuttering, and isn't analytical.
YEs! Yena made this work so right!
Voice of experience there Roy?
But of course.
Good girl.
She is showing that heavy Arrow Protective Streak too.
Yes, yes he is. Love Tim being this out of control, so excited.
It works! Tim should break out in full emotion from time to time!
Yeah, just perfect. You handled this bit so well, with such grace.
Thank you. I'll hit your other comments tomorrow..time for work now.
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Date: 2006-11-15 03:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-11-15 04:04 am (UTC)Tim was heartbroken. Is now rather happy. Should stay that way.
There's another part or two, and you should like 'and repeat the sounding joy...'....
Thank you so much, again!
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Date: 2006-11-16 05:43 pm (UTC)