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Good Father Lex Luthor.

(Where he picks up Conner as a baby)

Lex would freak out, then take a deep breath and freak out again.

And he would become an icon of philanthropy, completely unintentionally.

Of course he created projects to end Suicide Slums, for God's sake, that place is a hole and God forbid his son fly near that hell, Conner could catch an infection, half alien or not, there were so many criminals in that forgotten place and half of the possible attacks that the rich suffered came from people hired from there.

Lex suffered an attempted kidnapping by a bandit from there after he won Conner and simply declared war on that place, because not even if he were dead would his son get near there.

So he creates clinics, daycare centers, remodels the neighborhood, creates squares and community projects, because he will eliminate the problem at its root. Lex finds a way to generate jobs in the neighborhood, he opens Lex Corp stores, invests in local businesses and voila, the place looks decent.

Lex looks for a daycare for his son and almost has a heart attack with the public system, that wouldn't work, half the city studied in those places and he won't allow his son to be surrounded by idiots when he grows up. So he donates, opens schools, creates scholarships and voila, the ratings go up.

He also makes a point of controlling air pollution on his properties and if he threatens other rich people to do the same, that's his problem, Conner needed clean skies of pollution to sunbathe.

And he continues doing good deeds and the city thanks him by making him an icon of goodwill and charity.

…

Journalist: Mr. Luthor, you paid to clean and modernize the city's water supply. Everyone thanks you for your care and asks why you did such a good deed? It can't have been cheap. You are known for your good deeds and care for the city and its youth, but we still want to know what came up with the idea of ​​modernizing the water treatment.

Lex, who didn't care about anything except Conner and was terrified at the idea of ​​his son drinking poorly treated water: Huh…

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One of my favorite YJ8 headcanons is them attending illegal races and competing. Give me a Fast and Furious shit.

Bart doesn't see the appeal of racing, so he just helps with car maintenance and modifications. Racing is his only chance to experience speed with all his friends at the same time, so he usually just hitches rides with whoever is racing and enjoys the moment.

(Sometimes he drives, it's a moment of pure terror for everyone involved.)

Cassie likes to race, usually on motorcycles. She's good at it, she likes tight turns and dangerous overtaking. When she's a passenger in cars, it's not uncommon to see her hanging out the windows screaming and laughing. On motorcycles, she'll lean back and spread her arms wide.

Tim likes to race his motorcycle, but he also drives cars. He doesn't race like he does everything else in life. It's not thought out or calculated. It's pure instinct. He gets into corners he shouldn't, laughs when something goes wrong and recovers like crazy. It's his time to let off steam. Then you'll hear him swear at everyone and everything while his friends laugh.

Kon, my God, Kon is just cold and calculating in this shit. He'll drive his cars in silence, with a small smile in the corner when something happens. He's strategic. He thinks and executes, and damn, he's good.

Cissie, Anita, and Greta race motorcycles or sometimes as passengers. When they're together, they can spend the night in different races around the city. They usually stay behind the scenes watching everything and making sure they don't die. Cissie is good at medical care, Greta takes care of making money from bets, and Anita helps with the organization.

(Despite the madness, they drive very well when they are in their daily lives, calm, controlled and smooth, nothing like the adrenaline junkies in racing)

(The best races are the ones where everyone can squeeze into the car of whoever is racing, they will scream and laugh the whole thing while drinking and eating, it's good, it's young, it's just them.)

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Genshin

Harbingers: (1), (2), (3)

Tartaglia: (1)

Drafts: (1)

Talking to Myself: (1), (2)

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"You don't seem surprised by that." Ozaki frowns at him as Dazai leaves the office, the boy was staining the carpet with blood with his sticky footprints "Wasn't that a little…"

"Too much?" Mori finished, amused by her hesitation, Ozaki rarely spoke of Dazai's actions, she doesn't like to meddle in other people's creations, she likes working with Dazai even less, it's a pleasant exchange between them, she doesn't comment and Mori doesn't make her work with his pupil if it's not necessary "I admit, I didn't expect such a thorough job in this regard, but he's young, it's good to let off steam a little."

"He decimated an allied gang by himself in one night, he got involved in a shootout alone without backup, Boss, from the news there was no way to recognize half of the bodies."

Ozaki closed her eyes, reflecting on the hectic morning, where she and the other Executives were trying to figure out what the hell caused the shooting in one of the territories and what led to the end of a smaller gang that did some work for the Mafia, only for Dazai to enter the meeting room covered in blood in the middle of her meeting with Mori and give a quick report about having solved a problem, Mori agreed with the boy and told him to go clean up.

"Chuuya talked to me, over the weekend he went out to a bar with some of the girls and Dazai, they were in plain clothes downtown to enjoy the night, he said he drank with some people from the gang and ended up in a brief shouting match." Ozaki's expression cleared with the memory, she gave Mori a surprised look "Was that why?"

"There's a saying in the Port Mafia… The greatest misfortune for Dazai's enemies is that they are Dazai's enemies. But, the greatest misfortune for Chuuya's enemies is that they are Dazai's targets."

Mori smiled at Ozaki.

Ozaki stared at him, as if for the first time understanding the lengths Dazai would go to for Chuuya, she seemed momentarily terrified by this, that her precious student would be the target of something as dangerous as Dazai's affection.

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It took me a long time to see a clear dynamic between Conner and the Kents, in terms of how to write them, nothing seemed to fit well until I remembered something, my headcanon of Lex Luthor being HALF Latino.

His mother was Brazilian, nobody hates like we do.

So when I realized that Conner is basically the average Brazilian kid, raised by his grandparents because his parents were too busy.

He did his shit on his own, helped his grandparents, stayed with his dad on the weekends because that was when he could and it was like that for a long time, it wasn't ideal, but it was what he could, because let's be honest Clark wouldn't be able to support himself and a teenager alone in Metropolis, he wouldn't have the time or money.

And that was fine, it was good, Clark was in all the school stuff, Conner was in town every weekend, they made it work, but it doesn't change the fact that Clark didn't raise him, he knows that no matter how close they are, he'll never be able to interfere in certain things in Conner's life because he didn't raise him.

Conner is the oldest son, always at family events, never in the day to day, he's on the phone once a day with Clark, Lois or Jon, he shows up but doesn't stay, because that's how he and Clark are, family, but if they're together too long they start to clash.

(Oh, they know why, too much time together Clark will see Lex in his smile, in his jokes and other things and it will hurt. He will look at Conner and drown in guilt, for not having done more to keep him close since forever)

(Kon will feel, he will feel that discomfort that he hates, the small envy in seeing Clark raise a child that wasn't his, sometimes he and Kara talk about it, about not having been lucky enough to be able to have Clark.)

Oh, to love, understand and still hate the circumstances that brought them there.

He is the oldest, the son who when they see the pictures on Clark's desk he laughs and says something like "My oldest, he's living alone in college." or "Lives alone, amazing kid, got into MET-U" he is the child that no one expects to see with the Kents of Metropolis and Clark is the father that no one expects to see in Conner's day to day life.

It hurts, it's something they'll never be able to close, Clark's guilt, Conner's anger for understanding the whole situation and still feeling a little angry, the combo of both trying, really trying, but not being able to stay together for more than a few days consecutively before Conner feels suffocated by Clark's fatherhood and Clark feels frustrated with him, because he's not Jon, Conner will respond, he will argue and Clark sees a lot of Lex's argumentative streak in these moments for his own peace.

When Jon reaches the rebellious phase, it's a shit show, he yells at Clark, uses Conner as an argument, uses Conner as a complaint because Conner did a lot of things when Jon was age and Jon can't? Clark wants to yell back that he would have forbidden Conner too if he had the chance. Jon yells, turns red and flies to his brother. Conner brings him back, he always does, after calming the boy down and mediating both of them.

Because he's the oldest, that's what he does, he keeps the house in order, because their relationship isn't the model one, but they are family and Conner is grandson, son and brother, Clark is father. They are father and son, through thick and thin.

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Do you know how Skirk mimics Cryo and no one knows the story of how Childe gained hydro vision. ?

TWO OPTIONS.

I

Ajax, fresh out of the Abyss, who wasn't feeling very human at the moment watching the element he was trained in being conjured in Teyvat : well that's not very Teyvatian of me.

So he goes with physical ability for the next few months and only shows the element that Skirk trained again after the mayor picks him up from the trash.

Ajax, after demonstrating: so I know how to do this.

Pulcinella: I'll call the Doctor.

Dottore, in disbelief: we should call the Director.

Pierro, on the verge of a nervous breakdown internally: let's see with the Archon.

Tsaritsa, not understanding why they brought a child to her: What's this about?

See the boy.

Tsaritsa: What the hell, sure, let's find some disguise for this, it shouldn't be hard to get a vision to disguise it, don't worry, dear, while my efficient Harbingers search, why don't we wrap you up and have some tea?

Hours later, a Hydro vision is delivered to the Archon's tea room, it's a practically perfect replica, she doesn't know how it was made or how it was obtained, but it doesn't matter.

(Columbina, and no one know HOW)

II

Skirk after throwing Ajax out of the Abyss, remembers that there is no such element in Teyvat: OH SHIT.

She searches. She searches some more. She gets a Hydro vision, opens a portal again where she senses Ajax, throws the vision without even looking, closes the portal and disappears: Perfect, no one will find out.

Pulcinella, who just received a Hydro vision to the head: What..?

Ajax holding the vision: Cool.

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my version of the baby clone.

something lie

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when he realizes what he's created Tim's first instinct is to scream for Conner, because when shit goes south it's the first thought he's had since he can remember, screaming for Conner.

Then he looks at the little developing embryo in the capsule in front of him and remembers that, shit, Conner is dead.

So he calls Cassie, because shit, Cassie is all he has in the community right now and Cassie knows about the cloning and has yelled at him for it and she knows, she knows Tim was kind of crazy and she's okay with it (most of the time).

Cassie arrives minutes later, she looks at the embryo, she looks at Tim and sighs so loudly, but she gently touches the glass and murmurs that "We're taking him to the Farm."

Tim wants to argue, but Cassie is right, there is only one place in the world where no one would try anything against the poor life in the capsule, no one from Gotham would go near the farm, no one wants Clark's wrath upon themselves.

Oh my God, Clark.

Jesus, Kara.

Tim transfers the life form to a smaller transport capsule, Cassie is sending messages to the rest of the girls, asking them to go to the farm discreetly for the next few days, when he is ready, Cassie holds him around the middle with one arm and hugs the capsule with the other.

They fly for hours, Tim sleeps and only wakes up when they land on the farm, Marta is at the door, Clark and Kara next to her.

Kara collects the capsule from Cassie, she packs the thing carefully, eyes wet with tears, she looks at Clark, who seems as emotional as she is, hugging the capsule to his chest she goes inside the house, Clark follows her after a brief glance at Cassie and Tim, clearly checking for injuries.

Marta is the one who hugs him tightly, carefully, bringing him inside, where food is on the coffee table and the familiar warmth makes Tim want to cry.

"I…" he starts looking at Kara and Clark, both standing admiring the capsule on the coffee table in the living room "I didn't think I could do it, not like this."

"But here we are." Clark was still looking at the capsule. "Accelerated development?"

"I think so, it should take less than the traditional nine months."

"Maybe the Fortress is the best place." Kara touched the glass carefully. "Safer, he's so small."

"And too far away, he'd be alone most of the time, it's not good." Marta shook her head, approaching the capsule, her hand trembling when she touched it. "Here it's safe and discreet, he'll also be close to his family, much better."

"Yes, family is important." A tear ran down Clark's face, he wiped it away with the back of his hand, a shaky smile forming on his face "Sorry, he has a weak pulse, his heart is still forming, but he looks so much like…"

Tim knows, he reminds Kon, he looks away because the only experience he had with a grieving father was Bruce and it wasn't a good memory, grieving doesn't suit Clark, he's too enlightened to have such suffering.

Kara is crying, Marta hugs her, Clark takes a deep breath and looks at Tim trying to appear normal, he fails miserably.

"You're not staying here." He states the obvious "You're not coming back until you've checked all the possibilities for your theory, I know, just like your father, but this child wasn't made alone Tim. You have until the birth to sort out your life, until then the child will stay here in our care. When it's born, we'll discuss the situation again, but don't worry, El House doesn't abandon its own."

Tim swallows hard, it's better than he expected.

"I'll be back before he's born." He promises, the child is half his, he's a father, Tim won't be an absent father like his was "I promise."

"Call me if you need one of us, Krypto is missing, but I think he'd come back if one of you called." Clark nodded at him and Cassie, finally looking back at the embryo and managing to give a positive smile "Hm, Jon will like being an uncle."

"You guys are so cool about it."

"Life is giving us a second chance, it would be foolish not to embrace it and let's be honest Cassandra, there's very little Tim could have done that Conner wouldn't agree with." Clark chuckled softly "I spent years listening to him babble about every absurdity you did on your missions, totally in love with every crazy thing you did."

And that's a punch in the stomach, he starts crying again full force and Cassie hugs him, but she's crying too.

It's a collective cry until Marta Kent has had enough and they go back to the planning table.

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When Connor comes back and finds a baby floating in a capsule in his room, he shrugs and thinks "damn, I need to talk to Tim."

He does so in Paris.

Kon after the hug: So the baby…

Tim: OMG I'M SO SORRY…

Kon: I don't think we should raise him in Gotham, that city is really weird, he needs sunlight, you know? Maybe Metropolis for the first few years for the support system, but we can move to San Francisco later if you want? Maybe somewhere else.

Tim: What?

Kon: No seriously, I plan on starting college after I get high school sorted, I don't know what you plan on, but in Metropolis we have literally super babysitters available to help us, it's close to Smallville, so Ma can help too. The daycares are also really good from what Lois said.

Tim: Kon…

Kon: And your family doesn't even know about him, not that I don't trust your family to help us in Gotham! I mean I kind of want to punch half of them, but that's not why I promise! It's for the sun Tim, kids need sun! And like, there's so much kryptonite in that cave plus Anita and Greta offered to move to Metropolis to help, but they would never go to Gotham and Cissie would never step foot in that hole either, so we can't stay in Gotham…

And he keeps talking about baby stuff and Tim just can't help but kiss him.

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Draft of a scene from "The Young Master of the Fifth District" a series parallel to The North (main fic) that tells of each of the school holidays Ajax spent at home before his consecration to Tsaritsa.

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The mayor gently placed the back of his hand on his forehead, frowned and looked at him wearily, it was a little surreal to have the man sitting in the kitchen of his family home, but the mayor arrived early and walked in as soon as the door opened.

Ajax was surprised to have received the visit in person, he had no illusions that his transgression (returning home without medical attention after the fight) would not be reported, he had expected to wake up to a Fatui agent with a written order or a doctor knocking on the door, not the mayor.

"You have a fever." he said, Ajax was not surprised, he knew that, that was why he had been lying down all day "Pale and weak, you may have an infection from last night's injuries."

"I think the Legacy is still eating away at the Erosion from some of the wounds, that's why I still feel so weak."

"You're going back to the Capital with me."

"What?"

"You heard me."

"Mayor, I'm on vacation for another week. It hasn't even been three days since I got back here. I just got back."

"Consequences of your choices." The mayor shrugged. "Returning without being treated after a battle is a rookie mistake, Ajax. I trained you better than that, and now your body and health are paying the price."

"Did you hear me? The Erosion is being eaten away. There's nothing wrong with me. I was exhausted and needed sleep, that's why I came back."

"You're sick and you'll be treated in the Capital."

"It's not fair!" he exclaimed louder, loud enough to make one of the brothers and the parents jump in the living room and look towards the kitchen, he sighed and lowered his voice, reaching for both of the mayor's hands "I just got home, please let me stay."

The mayor's hand strokes his hair lightly and carefully, Pulcinella shakes her head at his plea and sighs "Go get your things, we leave in five minutes."

Ajax deflates, he stomps out and goes up the stairs, the mayor hears a door slam violently and the sound of the hinge breaking.

"I take no pleasure in doing this, but you are sick and clearly not trustworthy with your own health, I take no joy in punishing you, be angry with me all you want, it doesn't change the fact that we are going back to the Capital and you will see the Good Doctor." Pulcinella raised his voice to be heard, upstairs Ajax snorted in disbelief "I don't joke about your health Ajax, you know that, not after we worked so hard to get you healthy again."

"Of course, imagine the mayor losing an investment."

Imagine the mayor losing his son! rises in Pulcinella's throat, but he swallows, gets up, says goodbye to the family who watches the show of screams without reacting, out of surprise, and goes to wait in the car.

Ajax doesn't speak to him the whole way back, he goes to the appointment the same day, is medicated by the Doctor, who says there was too much Erosion for the Legacy to handle at the normal pace.

As Pulcinella tucks him into bed, Ajax holds his hand and opens his bleary eyes for a moment, the fever having refused to break all day, he is clearly exhausted. "Sorry about early, please don't be mad at me."

Pulcinella walks over, looks him in the eye and says, "I care about you."

Ajax nods, "I guess I forgot what it's like to have someone who cares up here."

Pulcinella sits with him until he falls asleep.

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Every time I write about Childe, I try to include something that "went wrong" from his time in the abyss. It's practically mandatory that he had physical/mental after-effects after returning, some things that haunt him to this day, in anything I write.

My list of Ajax's post-abyss oddities, in no particular order or severity.

He was severely malnourished when he arrived in the army. His taste and appetite were greatly affected by his time down there. He got used to eating abyssal things and normal food had too much flavor for his poor lost taste buds. When Pulcinella caught him and took him for a general examination, after the results, Ajax was put on a diet to recover nutrients. The mayor filled him with supplements and made him do monthly exams to monitor everything. It took almost a year for him to fully recover. Childe still does these checkups to this day.

He can see very well in total darkness. His eyes have gotten used to the abyss. So he can see a little poorly in the light, but perfectly in the dark.

The Legacy eats abyssal energy. Like, really eats. It's not strange to see him in Legacy form sucking an abyssal dog or something. It's a way for the Legacy to stay strong during the transformation. The mayor had a stock of abyssal creatures in the basement to feed the Legacy, when Tartaglia received the property that came with the Harbinger rank, there was already a basement installed with the same convenience.

And what about the Legacy? Dude, this shit is sentient, the kid talks to the thing, he talked a lot more before becoming a Harbinger, Ajax could control his transformations so well that he can turn into parts of the Legacy without turning into the creature completely, once he went on a mission and pulled his claws and helmet out, his men found him licking blood from his hands.

(The Legacy wanted violence, but found the world above quite interesting, he asked about everything, he wanted to destroy everything. The Legacy became much calmer after Ajax knelt in front of the ice throne. Ajax thinks he was too impressed with the Archon, now he sleeps and wakes up only outside the North.)

Sometimes he was seen drinking a strange substance that smelled of the abyss and was purple in color, the mayor's refrigerator was full of these special drinks, people thought they were blood. (It was a protein shake that Skirk made for him down there and Pulcinella stocked it after they discovered the recipe.)

He had to be trained to make noise again when he was in civilian mode, Ajax was practically a ghost when he arrived at the mayor and this scared all the employees, the mayor helped him with that.

…

Basically.

Childe does the most feral, inhuman and scary thing in the world.

Fatui: MAYOR HE NEEDS AN EXORCISM!

Pulcinella: he is just a bit of a misfit.

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He is on duty in the tower, sitting at the long conference table reading some documents. Superman has just returned from another planet and is writing the report. At another point on the table, Batman is silently reading a report from the Titans.

The tablet that Tornado is using is receiving a video call. It is his personal device, and the call is from the civilian number of one of his terrors. Cassie.

"Is this a good time, Tornado?" Her voice makes everyone in the room look up from their tasks. Tornado makes no attempt to explain himself. He just moves the tablet away from him so that Cassie can see him properly. She is in civilian clothes and her face is sweaty and dirty with dirt. "I can call Snapper if it's not."

Tornado feels the fatigue in his mechanical bodywork. Cassie called him, which means it's a problem for him to solve.

"What did you do?"

"Nothing," Cassie says too quickly, someone snorts near her, it sounds a lot like Cissie's high-pitched tone, Bart runs after her with a torch in his hand and my God, is that a bird on his shoulder? "Okay, so something happened."

"Cassie, what did you guys do?" Tornado asks again very, very tiredly "Send me your location, where are the rest of you? Do you need a doctor?"

"Uh… Look, it was unintentional, it really wasn't our intention, I swear, but you know we take our collective bimonthly day off, right? So we went on an adventure, that is, following Tim's parents' old theories about lost places and well, we kind of found an entire city under a part of the Amazon jungle?" Cassie says with a forced smile on her face, Tornado doesn't have the strength to be surprised "So some strange magic turned Greta into a bird and now we're stuck solving a puzzle to bring her back, don't worry, Tim is almost there, we'll explore for a few more days for fun and then come back to tell the world about our discoveries."

"My mom would be so excited!" Tim appeared on the screen with a huge smile on his face, dirty with dirt, sweaty and for the first time in months, vibrating with life "It's incredible Tornado, there's so much to see and dig."

"Okay, Indiana Jones from Gotham, go back to finding out how to get Greta back with two legs and not two wings." Cissie pulled Tim off the screen, in the background Anita appeared holding a torch, on her shoulders sat a small monkey "We called you to tell the Supers not to be surprised by the difference in Conner's heartbeat…"

"What happened?!" Clark arrived at his side in less than a second, picked up the tablet and looked at the children worriedly "Is he okay? Where is he?!

Anita raised the monkey in front of the tablet and the animal waved, Clark went white and had to lean on the table.

"Don't worry, we'll get them back, the answer is here!" Tim shouted off-screen and added quietly "Somewhere."

Cassie took over the screen with a frozen smile "We just thought it best to let you know about the change and that it will take longer than expected to return."

"Okay." Tornado took the device back from Superman's hands "The break lasts three days, how long should I wait before I come after you?"

"Two weeks." Cassie said.

"That's a long time to be away." Batman's voice appears, the dark presence appears next to Tornado and addresses the screen "You have an ongoing case with Spoiler and Batgirl."

Cassie is static on the screen, the call drops Suddenly. Tornado sighs, the oldest tactic in the book, but for the kids' credibility he says "The signal must be bad in the middle of nowhere."

Batman doesn't seem convinced, it's not Tornado's problem, he needs to send messages warning the kids' guardians about the change of plans.

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Headcanon that despite being the head of the mafia, Mori is first and foremost a doctor.

Mori taught Dazai how to shoot, but he also taught Dazai how to bandage wounds, how to do sutures and casts.

He taught him how to dose medicine for himself and others.

He made Dazai read books about all sorts of things in the medical field, he taught Dazai absolutely everything that could be useful and everything he knew. At eighteen, the boy was a capable surgeon and helped with the most difficult cases of the Mafia.

Mori made Dazai a killer, but also a savior. A doctor capable of taking care of himself and others if necessary.

Dazai never worked as a doctor for others again after he left, only for himself since he was immune to Yosano, he will never say how grateful he is to Mori for having taught him.

Mori will never hide his pride in seeing his student alive despite everything.

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Since Cap is out of the field at the moment, Pierro will probably take over as #1 again and that would be really funny.

Imagine, your boss who usually works outside the company suddenly has to come back to the office every day and everyone gets a little confused and so does he because he doesn't know how things work on a daily basis.

Pierro: I met Sandrone earlier, she seemed really tired, and she was looking for coffee, apparently the machine in the workshop had run out of beans and could only be delivered next week, I told her to go back there and order a batch for delivery urgently, they must have been delivered by now.

Pantalone, completely horrified: Why did you do that?

Pierro: What?

Pantalone: ​​She has a weekly limit of safe coffee consumption, determined by the Good Doctor, because if she doesn't she goes completely crazy. She had a serious caffeine overdose a few years ago.

Pierro: I don't think someone of her caliber will be affected by caffeine consumption.

*Later that day *

Pierro sees Sandrone levitating and chasing agents through the palace screaming like a wild beast, Columbina is trying to get closer to restrain her, but she holds Pantalone tightly in her arms and uses him as a human shield, complete chaos unfolds and is only contained after someone shoots Sandrone with tranquilizers.

Pantalone letting go and glaring at Pierro: I told you.

Pierro: I didn't…

Pantalone: ​​I'll give you a report on the rules.

Pierro, watching Columbina poke Sandrone's unconscious body with her foot and only then remembering that without the Captain there, it was his duty to police her and the Doctor, as well as everyone else (except Tartaglia, because the boy is the mayor's responsibility): Please do it.

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I really hope that when Tartaglia's family shows up, their relationship is a complete mess.

I need them to have a fraught relationship with each other, a brother who can't forgive his parents for sending him away, parents who fear him, a brother who hates/envies him, one who ran away from the whole mess that is his family.

I need to see resentment on all sides and them trying their best to pretend that everything is okay.

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so I'm back with more sad (?) sht

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"I thought you were off the streets today?"

The voice modified by the helmet reaches Tim, he doesn't turn to acknowledge Jason, just waits for him to approach, Jason comes to the edge of the roof and looks at what Tim is observing hidden.

A few rooftops away, Batman and Robin fight a fair amount of thugs, Bruce and Damian alone, they are good, of course they are, familiar fighting styles and Tim swears he saw Bruce smiling at Damian's skills at some point.

"What? Planning to pull a Red Hood on the kid? No offense Red, but we both know the problem is the Bat, never the Bird."

Tim frowned and looked at Jason in confusion.

"What? No. I mean, sure it sucks to be replaced by a kid after having been through so much shit in that position, but no, God, I can't pull a Hood on the kid, that would be stupid… No offense."

Jason knew very well that he meant to offend.

"So? What are you doing here? Reviving the old habit of stalking?"

"No, I just needed to make sure you two were well adjusted to each other, I'm pleased with what I've seen so far." Tim stepped away from the edge of the roof "Finally free."

"Of what?"

"Of the weight." Tim answered easily, he looked at Jason with a hint of curiosity "I understand all the bitterness of losing the mantle and the place in the family, I really understand Hood, but didn't you feel relief?"

Jason considers in silence for a long time, Tim realizes that probably not, Jason was dealing with a lot more along with the loss of all aspects of his life in Gotham, he had lost his life in general, so he rephrased the question.

"After you stabilized a bit, wasn't it better? Easier to breathe? Without all that weight."

"Robin should never be heavy, kid." Jason looked at him, Hood's helmet conveyed the expression of displeasure very well "It should be light, because birds must fly."

"Hm. I guess you and N. were always stronger than me then." He looked back at the place where the fight was taking place "I think D. will be the lightest of us." Tim shook his head and smiled "I hope so."

"What were you talking about before? About relief."

"Isn't it a relief not to be responsible for Batman anymore?" Tim asked bluntly, Hood just blinked "If we're not Robin, we're not subject to his shit, I mean, fuck if the patrol sucks, fuck if something puts him in a bad mood, fuck if he's angry. It's not our problem anymore. It's not our responsibility to try to make him see reason. To bring him back from his dark mind to the real world. To be the light. That's Robin's job."

Jason is silent, he stares at Tim completely surprised at how relieved the boy seems, it's like a weight is lifted off him with each sentence, it's like Tim is returning to his normal posture after being crushed for years.

"Don't you think that's a lot of responsibility for a child?"

"Oh, yeah, sure, but D. will do fine, he has plenty of people on his side to intervene if something goes off the rails." Tim shrugged and with more bitterness than he should have said the next part "Someone always intervenes for him. Besides, he has Nightwing."

"We both had him too."

"Not the way he does it, you know that." Tim laughed at Jason's speech "Well, it's not my problem. Not anymore. Dealing with B. is Robin's responsibility and the current one will have to deal with it."

"You're telling me, that the first time B screws the boy over, because he will, you and I both know, you won't jump in to solve the problem?"

Tim looks at Jason, really looks at him with a look that borders on physical pain.

"Of course I'll go." Tim says easily, "Because I want to, because Robin is a child and we have to protect children, not because I need to keep B in line. It's good to do things because you want to, not because you have to."

Jason almost asks if someone ever jumped between Batman and Tim's Robin, if someone ever interfered in their disputes, if someone looked at the boy walking next to the bat and saw a child and not the sidekick.

He knows the answer, Jason himself hasn't done it before.

Instead, he sighs and says, "Want to go blow up a gang downtown?"

Red Robin smiles at him, "Yes, please."

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This is a funny one actually, more angst soon.

Okay, sentient cities, right? But make Metropolis completely in love with its special little aliens and humans.

And everyone knows that Kon-El is the favorite, like everyone just knows.

How could it not be?

Half of Metropolis' most trusted protector, Kal-El, the little alien who loved the city so much that he put on the cape and began to protect its citizens, the protector who brought the spark, a presence, a presence that made Metropolis look and fall madly in love with a ghost.

Kal-El brought a shadow, a specter of a brilliant civilization, Krypton, for years Metropolis felt the presence, admired its echo surrounding the man of steel, caring, helping Metropolis to prosper, Krypton materialized completely when Kara (sweet and brilliant Kara, beautiful, sun, strength, Metropolis loves her), Krypton materialized completely and Metropolis loves, loves what was left of a ruined empire, cares, gives love and together they protect their city and their Supers.

(Gotham sympathizes with Krypton, something about Krypton carrying a dark weight is more tolerable than the happy glow of Metropolis.)

So, Kon-El's other half is simply the most illustrious resident of Metropolis, the prince of the city, Metropolis loves Lex, has loved him since the beginning, he is the epitome of determination, he worked hard to build his company, to dominate the city with his shadow and he is so smart, how can Metropolis hate the man who doubled the city's economic numbers? Lex is so special, so full of overflowing emotions, he is so interesting and fun.

Kon-El is the favorite, technically he is the son of Metropolis and Krypton right? Like, Metropolis gave Lex, Krypton gave Kal, so Kon is theirs right? It's practically the same thing! It's like Metropolis went through childbirth!

(When Kon dies, it rains for a month in Metropolis, the sun doesn't come out, Krypton takes over everything until the city recovers)

It's so funny, no matter what Kon does, the city will always protect him, public opinion is always in favor of Kon-El or Conner (Luthor) Kent, it doesn't matter, anything Kon does is headline news for weeks, the elderly love him, the young people want him, the children admire him and the villains find it ridiculous how the boy always seems to get out of everything they put against him, even in the most unlikely moments.

Metropolis pampers, Krypton pampers, the heroes are so good, so much light, so much emotion, so much, they've been through so much (Krypton has scars, Metropolis sometimes wanted to hold Kara in his arms and never let her go) so the city shines for them, that's the least.

If Kon wants it, he gets it, the city (Lex Luthor's money) will get it all for him.

So when Conner Kent looks at Tim Drake with bright eyes, when he lights up, Metropolis smiles, because yes, they like birds, it would be nice to have one in the city, so much wonder in that poor little bird, Metropolis can help, he needs light, yes he should come and stay with Conner.

Gotham stirs, never been good at letting things go, be it their vigilantes or villains, they stay in Gotham or its outskirts, never fly very far.

Metropolis holds Krypton by the hand, looks at Gotham on the horizon, looks at their most beloved son holding a little bird tightly in his arms below them, Conner wants it, it's in his eyes, Conner wants it so badly and what Conner wants, Conner gets. Gotham stirs on the horizon, the shadows rise, it looks like the threshold, Metropolis shines brighter in defiance, the excitement rising, this is going to be so exciting.

BONUS

End of the world happening in Metropolis

Everyone fighting aliens, exhausted and with several injuries,

Jonathan Kent flying through the sky carrying Damian and eating an ice cream: Man, what a nice lady, she's my favorite.

Kon carrying Tim, also with an ice cream in his hand: She had my favorite too.

Damian and Tim completely in disbelief of what they were seeing: what the hell is this?

Batman watching Superman simply receive a box of popsicles in the middle of the end of the world on the other side of the city: And they say Gotham is weird.

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