Poolside bbraeweek21 day 2
(So this fic is actually based on my headcannons for BB and Rae’s Future kids, Phoenix and Mavis. Phoenix is 6 in this and Mavis is about 1 ½ I have another fic during this week that features them but background info Phoenix has her dad’s powers and Mavis has her moms but Mavis has cuffs on her wrists that block them because a toddler with emotion based powers is a recipe for disaster. That should be everything you need to know before going in.)
“MOOOOOM!” Phoenix complained as her mother was trying to get sunscreen everywhere her bathing suit didn’t cover.
Raven continued despite her older daughter's protests, “Oh, I’m so sorry I don’t want you to get sunburnt. I’m the worst mom in the world, they should throw me in jail.”
“Can I even get sunburnt?”
Raven paused, that was actually a good question. She’d have to ask her husband about that one later. “Do you really wanna find out?”
“I wanna go play in the pool!”
“And you will, if you can be patient for five minutes while I get the rest of this on you.”
Phoenix huffed but complied as her mom finished applying sunscreen to her emerald skin.
“Go, but no morphing into salt water animals, just because I know CPR does not mean I want to use it.”
“Ok!” Phoenix shouted behind her as she ran into the Titans tower pool diving in feet first spraying droplets of water on her mother.
Just then, the door to the roof slammed open and Gar appeared carrying Mavis over his shoulder in a fireman’s carry.
“Why is it that trying to put my children in bathing suits is like trying to wrestle baby alligators?” he grumbled before Mavis kicked him in the face with a jelly shoe.
“At least Phoenix can dress herself now,” Raven replied.
“Ok, Rae” Gar said, handing her a wiggling giggling Mavis, “You can do this, I believe in you!”
“I’m going to need more than your belief Gar, I’m going to need a miracle.” Raven said, placing the girl in her lap as she squeezed sunscreen into her palm.
Raven attempted to work quickly before Mavis could realize what she was doing but it was too late. Mavis immediately threw her head back and arched her back as far as it could go to get away from her mother. She kicked and screeched and bit at her mother in an attempt to get away from her and the sunscreen. Succeeding only twice as Mavis was like a greased up pig at this point. Eventually Gar had to step in and hold his screaming child down while Raven rubbed the rest of the sunscreen into her skin, all whilst Mavis was screeching at the torture she was being made to suffer.
Finally finished with her work, Raven and Gar let Mavis go while she ran and threw herself down next to the pool, now able to throw a proper tantrum.
Door to the roof opened again revealing the rest of the former team along with the new titans as they filed out.
Cyborg stood at the door, hands on his hips glaring at the couple, “Yo what did you two do to my baby!” A long time ago this sentence would’ve meant the T Car but now exclusively meant Mavis whomst Vic had a huge soft spot for.
“We dared to put sunscreen on her.” Raven deadpanned.
Vic picked up the crying child and held her to his chest shielding her away from her parents, “Well don’t do it again,” he narrowed his eyes at the empath.
“Yeah Raven, how could you?” Gar added in sarcastically moving to retrieve his child from his best friend before she could push any buttons on him and blow everyone up.
Kori softly chuckled at her friends' interactions as she approached with Mar’i in her own arms.
“Raven, would you like me to watch over the little ones so you can have some time to yourself?”
Raven stood stunned for a moment, alone time was a rare treat and one she didn’t take lightly since having children and here Kori was offering it up like it was nothing. She could cry, she could’ve kissed Kori at that moment!
Gar was more hesitant however, “Are you sure, Star? Mavis is a handfu-”.
“Thank you so much Kori!” Raven interrupted shooting her husband a dirty look. HIs overprotectiveness was NOT about to ruin this rare opportunity for her.
Gar sighed but handed over Mavis to his friend and threw himself in the pool identically to the way Phoenix did spraying Raven with more water this time. Raven didn’t care though as she had already started lounging in a chair near the poolside with a book she kept in her bag just in case a rare opportunity like this occurred.
Gar swam over to Phoenix who was at this point testing out different freshwater fish she could turn into whilst doing laps. Upon seeing her Dad she morphed back into a girl and swam to meet him. “Dad! Dad! Look what I just figured out!” she shouted before morphing into an green lizard-like creature with fuzzy antennae on the sides of her face.
“Good work Nix, and that is called an….”
She morphed back into a child to answer, “Axolotl, a freshwater anphi, anphoebe, ambphibi,”
“Amphibian” Gar chuckled out.
“Yeah that one, and it comes from mexico.”
“You got it kid!” he said, giving the girl a high five.
Much to her delight her Dad then picked her up and threw her over his shoulder into the water. Phoenix emerged from the water, squealing “Do it again!” and he complied, throwing his child again and again as she cackled at their little game.
As much fun as Gar was having as well, he knew something was missing and that something was his wife. He knew how much her alone time meant to her, but with having the kids the time he had with just Raven was far and few between.
Phoenix swam back over to her Dad to get thrown again when he grabbed her up and whispered in her ear, “Hey Nixie, ask Mom to come in with us.”
Phoenix looked over at her mother fully engrossed in her reading at the poolside. “Mom doesn’t want to get in the pool”
Gar rolled his eyes “I know but she’s more likely to say yes to you than me.”
Phoenix regarded her mother lounging again, Phoenix really wanted to get ice cream after the pool and she knew that was more likely to happen if her mother was in a good mood and reading definitely put her in a good mood.
“No.” she said, staring at her Dad straight in the eyes.
Gar narrowed his eyes at Phoenix and threw her over his shoulder again but with less mirth this time.
Gar swam to the edge of the pool near Raven gave her his best puppy dog eyes, “Hey Ra-”
“No.” she said without looking up.
“Come on! I just want to have fun with you!” he complained.
Raven tore her eyes away from the book in her hand to glare at her husband, “Who stays home with the kids?”
Gar sighed at the familiar argument he always lost, “You do.”
“And when you’re on set, you get breaks right?”
“Yes”
“Do I ever get a break from being the mom?”
“No”
“So when I get a get a rare break, I’m going to enjoy it to the fullest, Gar”
Gar pouted and looked up at his wife, “but I miss you.”
Raven sighed and grumbled something to herself about him being as bad as the kids. “I promise we can do something together after the kids go to bed, but right now I really just want to read my book.”
Gar's ears drooped but he resigned, “Ok, enjoy your book Rae.”
“Thank you, I appreciate it,” Raven smiled.
Gar offered a half smile, still disappointed but deciding it was best to give her space.
Meanwhile Kori was sitting with Mavis and Mar’i on a beach towel while the girls were playing with toys. Mar’i was trying to wrestle the plastic elephant out of Mavis' hands whilst Mavis kicked and screamed at the other toddler.
“No, no, please girls no more fighting,” Kori implored the children.
The two girls had done nothing but fight since Kori had brought them over and she was at her wits end. She hadn’t truly understood what Garfield had meant by Mavis was a handful until this moment.
Mar’i had finally ripped the toy out of Mavis’s hands and threw it into the deep end of the pool. Mavis, outraged, bit the half tameranian on the arm leaving deep teeth marks.
Kori was shocked and scolded Mavis whilst running to get the neosporin for Mar’i.
Mavis took this as her opportunity to go retrieve her elephant and waddled her way over to the pool's edge.
Gar was throwing a beach ball back and forth with Phoenix when he saw something that made his blood run cold. Time stood still as he watched his youngest daughter trip over the edge of the pool and begin to fall in. He couldn’t move. He couldn’t breathe, all he could do was panic as he watched her tiny body disappear into the deep end.
“MAVIS NO!” he screamed, willing the inevitable to stop.
Raven’s eyes tore away from her book and it was discarded in an instant as she sprinted to where her daughter had fallen in jumping in without a moment’s hesitation. Mavis had barely been in the water for a few minutes before rising to the top, struggling and splashing to keep herself afloat as Raven snatched her up and breathed a sigh of relief that she came back up quickly and didn’t try to inhale water.
Raven clutched a sobbing Mavis to her chest, shaking and attempting to stop herself from thinking about what could’ve happened. Gar swam over to examine the pair and make sure everyone was ok before hugging them both. Phoenix swam over as an axolotl to the deep end and cocked her head to the side in silent questioning at her mother.
“Everyone’s ok Nix. Thank you.” Raven replied, finally calming down at the same time as Mavis.
Gar smiled at Raven and then began to chuckle.
Raven narrowed her eyes at her husband, “I fail to see the humor in this situation Garfield!”
“Good Job, Mavis. You somehow got your mom in the pool!” he said through his laughter.
Raven’s eyes glowed with black magic as she sent a tidal wave crashing over her husband whilst holding both of her girls to her.
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