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[rocknrollsalad]

rating: gen cw: drinking/getting drunk, high society expectations, cranky steve and robin, period typical homophobia tags: no upside down au, rich kid steve au, steddie and Buckingham double date, chirstmas parties, Eddie learns whats in eggnog word count: 2412

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written for the steddiemas prompt "eggnog" but it's a good week late, another victim of the plague I caught lol

“You better go collect your man,” Robin whispered, having appeared out of nowhere.

Steve hissed, “Stop calling him that.”

His eyes darted around the room, both to make sure he wasn’t heard. Robin was right, he hadn’t seen his boyfriend (who was definitely not his date tonight) in a while. Probably not a good sign.

“Well he is,” she scoffed.

“You are supposed to be my date, that’s the cover story. For you and for me. Doesn’t really work if you go around talking about how I really brought Eddie.”

It shut Robin up for a second, just long enough for Steve to enjoy the victory, before she said, “Tell your parents to stop being so uptight.”

Except the counter to that was the same as it always was. “And yours are so cool about it.”

Probably not the round and round Robin wanted when she walked up here on some high horse. One she had no business climbing on. She knew Steve was always a little extra stressed at these stupid dinner parties and that tonight was going to be worse. Instead of being supportive, it was almost like she was trying to sabotage things.

They could talk about it later. Right now, Steve apparently had to go find Eddie because there was no way Robin was saying that for fun. He was doing something. Probably making a run for it…which was smart. Steve could, at least, show him the best escape routes and let him know he didn’t take it personally.

Especially because it was a lot harder for Steve to make that run for it anymore. Ever since they’d brought him in from the kiddie room (which was actually the garage), his moves were tracked. Sure he wasn’t sharing one sad, toppingless pizza with a bunch of kids he didn’t know anymore but at what cost? At least the garage had video games…and no one talking about investments or how he should have gone to college.

Steve went off to find out what was going on with Eddie. Robin, in her endless helpfulness, decided to stay put and give no direction. It left Steve to go from room to room, asking everyone he could. No one had seen him. Something that was maybe a good thing? This meant he wasn’t standing on expensive furniture telling some amazing and elaborate story that would be wasted on these stuffy assholes.

Things got so desperate, Steve asked his mom if she’d seen Eddie. She always knew everything that was happening at these parties. Yet she hadn’t seen him. It seemed unlikely and a quick segue into tired reminders to not cause a scene. This one came with the bonus lecture of not ignoring his date because “no respectable woman is sidelined for a friend, dear.”

And nothing proved more that Steve’s mom didn’t see everything. Not only would he and Robin stick by each other through anything, she wasn’t even his actual date. Though, Steve did have to admit the only people in the world who believed they weren’t dating were them. Probably Chrissy and Eddie but sometimes Steve wasn’t so sure.

Moving on from his mom before he got roped into some mind-numbingly boring discussion, Steve ran into Chrissy. She was Eddie’s date who was really Robin’s date and had been folded into the group shenanigans. Which meant Steve was so ready to drag her into this quest. If he couldn’t have Robin, he could at least have help.

“We’ve lost your date,” Steve sighed, trying not to freak out yet.

“What do you mean?” she asked, instantly jumping to freaking out.

Steve linked their arms together and continued walking on, trying to think of where else he’d hide out. “Robin came up to me and told me to go collect my man. I thought he was doing something embarrassing but, like, I can’t find him. Do you think he’d leave?”

“No,” she cooed. “He’s been so worried about this night, there’s no way he’d leave you. He wouldn’t.”

Something that would have been so much more flattering if Steve had any fucking clue where the guy was.

“The garage!” Steve said, realizing the one place he hadn’t looked.

Chrissy didn’t say anything, just picked up her pace and they sped off toward the kiddie party. Of course. it was in the detached garage. Heaven forbid the kids breathed in the others, dad’s cars would lower in value at the mere thought.

So they barged through the door and onto the familiar path, still arm and arm, laser-focused on the only place it made sense for Eddie to be.

Before the door closed behind them, the soft exclamation of “Steve” was sung out and Chrissy and Steve both leaped into the grass, barely holding back screams as the voice startled them.

Steve easily moved Chrissy behind him as they both looked for the source of the voice, rather than some creepy old guy or party crasher, it was the exact person they were looking for. Both of them let out a matching, but quiet, exclamation for finding Eddie.

He was sat on a stone bench, leaning against the house, and smoking. Not only was he well hidden by shrubbery but Steve had expected to find him indoors. He needed that last glimmer of hope that Eddie was still at the party. And he hadn’t exactly left so that was…something?

“Hey man,” Eddie drawled out.

Steve’s eyes narrowed but he turned to make sure Chrissy was stable and had recovered from the little fright neither of them was going to speak about.

“We’ve been looking for you everywhere!” Chrissy said.

Resigning to her point, Steve nodded and went for the “what she said” shrug.

“I’ve been ri-ight here, baby.”

“He’s drunk,” Chrissy and Steve whispered to each other.

“Oh no!” Eddie cried out, dropping his head back. “Who told you?”

“I think you did, champ,” Chrissy laughed.

This probably wasn’t great. Steve went into panic mode immediately, ideas on what to do next sped through his mind followed by the consequences of each. A drunk Eddie was less likely to keep up the ruse, one he and Robin had organized so carefully.

It wasn’t time to come out, yet. Steve knew that time was rapidly approaching. Each and every day he had to lie about who he was with or what he was doing was another stab in the chest but at The Harrington Christmas Soiree? That was not the time. If they could just get into the new year, Steve would come clean, and probably get disowned, but at least it wouldn’t go down for “trying to steal the spotlight”.

Chrissy rubbed her hand between Steve’s shoulder blades. He had to be thinking awfully loudly right now. Where was Robin when he really needed her?

“I didn’t mean to,” Eddie pouted.

Steve watched Eddie pat around the bench and his own clothes, looking for his lighter. It was such a distinct move but it brought in this creeping feeling of normalcy with it. They’d done this before. Both drunk and sober.

As he had many times before, Steve reached into his pocket and got his lighter. Once he was close enough, he shielded the flame so Eddie could re-light his cigarette. Which he did with ease. The smoke billowed from Eddie and cleared both of their heads.

“How’s that work, though?” Steve asked. He then turned to Chrissy and leaned in a bit. “Could you go find Robin, remind her not to gloat, and maybe get a glass of water? In that order of importance.”

“She’s not going to gloat,” Chrissy said but it’s already an apology. They both know the truth. It’s part of Robin’s charm but it’s always extra annoying in moments like these.

“That’s the spirit, let's hope for Christmas miracles.”

They share a giggle that they’ve earned by being as close to Robin as they are and Chrissy disappeared back inside. Steve sat down next to Eddie and moved his hand so Steve could take a quick drag off the cigarette. He’s going to need it…or some of whatever Eddie had.

“Alright, what’s the story then?”

“Have you ever had eggnog,” Eddie asked. A question that feels wildly off topic but, again, he’s a little drunk so a coherent sentence is a great start.

“Yeah, it’s disgusting.”

“No-ooooooooo. No. Look, listen, I mean. It’s not. You’re wrong. Wayne makes it all the time,” Eddie leaned in closer, a hand cupped over his mouth as he whispered. “Every year.”

“Yeah, my parents do too. It’s nasty. The one in the punch bowl is the one you want.”

“Au contraire, that one has alcohol in it and I’m supposed to behave,” Eddie has his finger raised, wagging in the air like a cartoon teaching valuable life lessons.

“And so’s the eggnog.”

“Mmmmmm, no. I think I’d know that.”

“I…actually, yeah. I’d have thought you knew that too. Wait, so how– you know you’re drunk now, right?”

“Yeah but, ya know, we’re not telling Steve. He’s going to make me sleep on the couch for a whole week.”

“Sure,” Steve pressed his lips together and nodded. This was ridiculous and he kind of wished Eddie was just giving some rambunctious nerd speech. “But how’d you get drunk then?”

“Sabotage, obviously. The Harrington’s don’t want the heir to their throne with a commoner like me.”

“So they spiked your drink?”

“Totally.”

“Somehow complimentary you think they’d waste liquor on that,” Steve shrugged and he snatched Eddie’s pack of cigarettes to light one for himself.

“So it was Robin!”

“More believable actually. No, it was the eggnog.”

“There’s not alcohol in eggnog, Wayne wouldn’t give me it if there was.”

“Because you have to put it in, which my parents do.”

In a different situation, this would be funny. Steve might even find a way to laugh about it later but the guilt simmering in his chest for not teaching Eddie about which drinks had liquor is too strong to enjoy the laughable way his boyfriend accidentally got drunk.

All the solutions Steve had run through didn’t fit the situation anymore. They were likely both going to have to leave. Or worse, Eddie and Chrissy were and that’d ruin so many people’s nights.

Before he could think of a way to save everyone’s good time, Chrissy returned. Robin right behind her. Steve quickly stamped out the cigarette like Robin wouldn’t see and stood to talk to them.

He filled them in on the whole eggnog situation. It earned the appropriate level of laughter but once it subsided, they started trying to actually solve the problem. Eddie sat content on the bench, watching them adoringly as they worked out his fate. Steve had to give it to him, he was a very happy drunk.

“Hey, psst, hey. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey,” Eddie said as they were finalizing some plans to get him upstairs to Steve’s room and full of coffee.

“Oh my god,” Robin said, trying to shut him up.

Steve walked over, leaning into his space so he wasn’t towering over him. “Yeah, man. What’s up?”

“I just need you to know-”

“Oh boy.”

“I came in with a smoking hot blonde but she’s not really my date.”

With all the patience in his body, Steve let out a sigh that was every bitchy comeback he had rolled into one sound, and said “Yup.”

“You’re way better.”

“You didn’t even commit to that. At least hit on me. Ugh. Can you just be cool for like two more minutes?”

“Cool? Yeah? Yeah! I can be cool for so many minutes. Two, ten, six, eighty. I’m good at it.”

“You’re not, so we better do something quick.”

“We should fool around is what we should do. This place has to have so many rooms. I didn’t even peek in half of them.”

Steve turned around and looked at the girls, “I think we gotta leave.”

“You can’t leave your own family Christmas party,” Robin said.

“I’ve done it so many times. Chrissy and Eddie have to go because Eddie’s sick. You and me can work something else out.”

Eddie stood up and leaned on Steve. “You should have some of that eggnog. I guess they make it with alcohol here.”

“Will you stop acting like we don’t know each other!” Steve scrubbed his hand over his face.

Robin sucked her teeth, “Might be for the best, he won’t blow anyone’s cover that way.”

“But he’s being so obnoxious about it,” Steve groaned.

“Good thing he’s the only one being obnoxious,” Robin said, crossing her arms over her chest.

A pose Steve mirrored, “What do you suggest then?”

“Let him sleep it off. He’s right, there’s plenty of rooms here and all we have to do is tell the truth for once. He didn’t know there was alcohol in the eggnog.”

“I didn’t know. I gotta tell Wayne though, it’s way better this way.”

“Who doesn’t know,” Steve groaned. Not frustrated at Eddie for not knowing, not really, but stressed out by the situation and that had to go somewhere.

“What if,” Chrissy said with her shoulders pulled up to her ears. The meek injection spoke to her nervousness but she got everyone’s attention. “We joined Eddie?”

Eddie, who was draped on Steve’s back with an arm over his shoulder and idly rubbing Steve’s chest, hummed in approval. The comfort of Eddie’s weight had Steve forgetting everything they were supposed to be hiding as he melted into the comfort and contact.

Still, he and Robin voiced matching sounds of confusion.

“It’s not embarrassing if the ‘kids’ got drunk. It’s our first time here, they almost expect us to overdo it so…let’s overdo it. Eddie won’t be the one who didn’t know this or that, we’ll all just be young adults doing what’s expected of us.”

Steve pondered the plan. “We couldn’t go wild.”

“It’s not a frat house,” Robin said for Chrissy.

Eddie gave a soft “Yeah” that Steve knew was meant to mock Robin but came out like agreement.

“It could work.”

“It could be fun!” Chrissy cooed, jumping up and down a few times. Maybe they all needed to take the edge off here.

The hand that was on Steve’s chest now held his cheek as Eddie kissed the other one.

“Alright, alright. Let’s go have some fun,” Steve groaned, doing his best to act like he hated this.

“Finally!”

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Do We Have a Ceasefire? Or Will Other Nations Hand Iran a Nuke?

Philip C. Johnson - June 23, 2025

As of June 23, 2025, the Middle East is still a tinderbox, despite President Trump’s evening announcement of a “complete ceasefire” between Israel and Iran. Ceasefires in this part of the world are like cheap New Year’s resolutions; often broken by breakfast. With Iran’s nuclear program bruised, 400kg of enriched uranium on the loose, and whispers of Pakistan eyeing a nuclear handoff, let’s cut through the fog with a cynical squint.

U.S. Strikes: Fordow Obliterated? On June 21, U.S. B-2 stealth bombers unleashed 30,000-pound bunker-busters on Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites, per Reuters. Trump boasted they were “obliterated.” Maxar imagery shows six craters at Fordow’s entrance, debris scattered like a warzone yard sale. Pentagon’s Gen. Dan Caine claims “extremely severe damage.” IAEA’s Rafael Grossi expects “very significant damage” but can’t confirm underground impacts; no radiation leaks have been detected.

Iran, true to form, peddles their own version of reality. State-run IRNA admits Fordow was hit but claims it was evacuated with minimal damage. MP Mohammad Manan Raisi calls it surface scratches, fixable. Iran’s atomic agency brags 400kg of enriched uranium (a heart-stopping amount) was moved pre-strike. X’s @osc_london notes Iran prepped Fordow’s tunnels prior to the U.S. strike, suggesting a tip-off. So, obliterated? Nope. Crippled? Likely. Staged for the news cycle? Obviously.

Iran’s Retaliation: Qatar and Israel Earlier today, the conflict continued with Iran launching missile attacks targeting Israeli cities. And, in a direct response to the U.S.’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Iran fired 15 missiles at Qatar’s Al Udeid Air Base, a U.S. hub, per Reuters. Thankfully, there were no U.S. casualties. X’s @sentdefender calls Iran’s retaliation theater with Iran stretching its thinning arsenal for optics. And it certainly seems as if all of this was choreographed so that Iran’s leadership could retain a shred of dignity without forcing President Trump to respond, escalating the conflict. 

Ceasefire: Will It Hold? Trump’s “complete ceasefire” announcement tonight aims to cool tensions after Iran’s Qatar and Israel strikes. Israel and Iran reportedly agreed, but history screams skepticism. Ceasefires in this neighborhood often collapse under ego and ambition. Iran’s 400kg of unchaperoned enriched uranium looms like a rogue missile, ready to reignite chaos. I, like most others, are praying for peace. But time will tell. 

Pakistan Nukes for Iran? Gossip, Not Gospel No evidence backs claims of anyone slipping Iran a nuke, but Pakistan’s name keeps popping up. PM Shehbaz Sharif, after talks with Iran’s President Pezeshkian, slammed U.S. strikes as “illegal” on June 22, per PBS, despite nominating Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize. X’s @MarioNawfal says this shows diplomatic cuddling, but not nuclear deals. Mahyar Tousi on Tousi TV links Pakistan’s Iran sympathy to anti-Western gripes but doubts they’d court global suicide. Tim Pool’s June 22 podcast notes Pakistan’s nukes are U.S.-monitored. Iran’s proxies, Hezbollah and Hamas, are battered, and Pakistan is not suicidal.

Global Games Russia and China decry the U.S. strikes as illegal. Turkey bashes Israel but winks at Iran. Saudi Arabia and UAE quietly cheer the U.S. and Israel for doing their dirty work. And Europe pleads for calm, per the BBC. Nobody’s openly offering Iran nukes. Not yet.

At the End of the Day… Fordow’s limping, not dead. Iran is posturing but low on ammo. Pakistan’s sympathetic, not insane. Trump’s ceasefire is a gamble - his base hates endless wars, but Iran’s 400kg uranium wildcard could blow it all up. Nobody wants a nuclear Iran, except Iran, who’s playing a high-stakes game. The world watches, popcorn ready, as the Middle East prepares for its next episode in a drama series nobody really wants to watch. But we’ve already watch season one, so, we’re sort of committed. 

Source: Do We Have a Ceasefire? Or Will Other Nations Hand Iran a Nuke?

[purplesimmer455]

That night, Piper and Cam head to the Rouge Note in Nordhaven. I gave Piper this super cute outfit from the pack that's more for cold weather but I had her wear it to the lounge. Plus, Cam got the new leather jacket and fits her like a glove. I have to be honest, I played these past 3 or 4 Piper and Cam posts in the course of two sim days, (Friday and Saturday) and I had fun just exploring the new pack. This is messed up, but I was wary because my game was running more smoothly than usual and I was almost waiting for it to crash with that kinda horrified anticipation whenever it would freeze a little, but weirdly enough it didn’t and I just saved a bunch in case. 👀😅

Anyway, Piper and Cam reach the lounge and head to the bar. Neither of them drink alcohol much, and Piper doesn’t like hangovers or having her head feel fuzzy, so Cam orders a round of root beer floats. She and Piper make small talk with a man named Crispin Black, who works as an art critic. Crispin is aloof but polite enough, and answers their questions about Nordhaven. He tells them about the lounge downstairs, and they finish their drinks and head down the steps, where it’s a more intimate and cozy vibe with a sim named Zain playing the piano.

While Piper goes to watch Zain play, Cam sits down on an armchair and relaxes. She’s pleasantly surprised when she sees a familiar face, and calls out “Auntie Is! Hey!” Her auntie turns, and a wide smile breaks out on her face. “Hey Cammy, what are you doing here?” She says, getting up to hug her niece. “Pipes and I came here to check out the lounge and chill. What about you?” Cam asks as they sit back down. “I’m here to visit my friend Dahlia. She runs this nice coffee shop with her wife and family.” Iseul says, and Cam nods. She’s not too surprised by that, her auntie Iseul travels a lot and makes friend anywhere she goes.

Piper comes back over and she greets and hugs Iseul too, who asks how she and her family are doing while Cam goes over to the piano. Plus, Piper shows off the floral tattoo she got for Cam. “It’s beautiful, Pipes. I’m sure Cammy appreciates it too.” Iseul says, and Piper nods. “Cam loves it,” she says bashfully, and Iseul grins. “It’s sweet, and you two are such a good and solid couple, it makes me happy for you both. When I was your age, I almost got a tattoo for a woman named Robin* that I was casually dating.” She says, and Piper nods. “Thankfully, I never did. Robin got involved in some petty theft and went a route I wasn’t willing to go, and I realized I was more in lust than love with her. But that aside, I think the tattoo looks good and it’ll be something meaningful between you two.” Iseul finishes and Piper gives Iseul a teasing grin for the story before nodding. “I know, and thanks auntie Is.” She says.

Piper, Cam, and Iseul head back upstairs, and Iseul smiles as she sits next to her niece at the bar. “You look very cheerful lately. Is it because you have auntie Megan on your mind?” Cam teases. She grins mischievously as Iseul’s cheeks turn pink. “What? No, I’m just happy to be here and enjoying time with you and Pipes.” Iseul says, and Cam laughs. “Sure, Iseul.” She teases again and Iseul shakes her head but laughs too. “Okay, fine. Maybe I am thinking of her.” Iseul says, her eyes warm. “Not that I ever stop thinking of Megs.” She adds softly, and Cam smiles. “I know, auntie. Teasing aside, it’s sweet and I’m happy for you guys.” She adds, and Iseul smiles.

Edit: *it’s a Robin that’s newly added with a patch, yet infamous in the sims already. 👀😄

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ROUND 4 MATCH 7

Chrom propaganda:

“Chrobin (Chrom x player character) is so many tropes in one oml. You have friends-to-lovers (Chrom and Robin are canonically best friends according to Nintendo), enemies-to-lovers (Robin is heir to the Grimleal cult, the enemy of the Halidom of Ylisse which Chrom is the prince, and later king, of), there's amnesia, time travel, official next-gen AUs, changed dialogue to lore important events in the game if you marry Chrom, and Nintendo keeps teasing us with the ship. Cheery prince who knows when to be serious, very strategically smart but very bad at communicating, a guy that can comfort you when you're down, make a fool of himself when you're not around, and he's just generally a very sweet guy. Also please consider the fact that you get to watch a cutscene of him dying in the prologue and despite the horrors he's just so supportive of the protagonist. Chrom doesn't care about where you came from or who you're related to, he cares for YOU. He gets KILLED by the protag and he reassures them that they did nothing wrong and pleads with them to get out, to a safe place. I lost my soul to Chrom, I physically can't play this game without romancing him.”

“He eats oranges with the peel still on, he's an absolute himbo. Also the writers accidentally made his daughter canonically trans so he definitely supports trans rights. And technically you can only marry him if you play as female Robin but their dynamic is still just as romantic if you play as male Robin (they literally call each other their other half and m!Robin and Chrom have a valentine's day duo unit in the gatcha, and in the anthology manga m!Robin asks Chrom to make polygamy legal so he can also marry Chrom's wife and they can be a family) so most people play the game with the gay mod so they can still marry him as a guy. He's incredibly stupid ("yeah, let's set all our ships on fire then walk through a volcano, you're so smart, Robin" "I know you've had prophetic visions about killing me and our daughter came from the future to warn us it would happen but I'm sure THIS TIME it won't because of the power of our bonds") but also really sweet. In the summer DLC they're fighting on a beach and when he sees Robin get excited over a weird creature they found he immediately forgets about the battle and starts trying to make a bunch of crafts (and failing) and cooking food (and failing again) and writing "Chrom and Robin were here" in the sand so that Robin could have some nice beach memories. I'm obsessed with this man”

Asra propaganda:

“He GIVES AWAY HALF HIS HEART TO REVIVE YOU okay but like. He's the MCs roommate and they were together for a few years before the MC caught a plague and died and he obsesses over a way to bring them back before succeeding by making a deal with a god to trade half his heart for MC and betraying the emperor. And then when MC comes back but without any of their memories, he takes care of them and teaches them how to live all over again and he never asks for anything in return. On all the routes where you don't choose him he's really supportive and helps you out despite your history and overall he's just really nice and supportive of the MC and is their rock no matter what route you go down. Also he has a pet snake named Faust and I love her she's so <33 

Idk I just appreciate him so much”

"He gave you half his HEART!! He would literally go to hell and back for you!! He wants to take you on adventures all around the world—doesn’t matter where, as long as he’s by your side!! AND he’s nonbinary!!!"

[thebucketpail]

Of course the one time I actually fill a prompt I forget to save it and end up losing it to the tumblr void.

Alas, if I find it I'll link it but until then, have this.

Tw: light gore, mentions of vivisection

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This wasn't the team's first lab break in and it definitely wouldn't be their last. That is to say, they've seen alot of shit. Alot of mad scientists and what resulted from their insanity, their cruelty. But they had never expected to find something like this on what was supposed to be a low stakes mission.

Robin had been the first to find the dingy little cell, not far from the main lab, and stood stunned in abject horror as the others came in behind him.

"Oh god," he heard Arrowette whisper, followed by a litany of strangled gasps and the sound of Superboy's knuckles cracking.

It was terrible, but Robin couldn't manage to tear his eyes away from the curled up teen tied to the wall.

The boy was unconscious, his stark white hair, matted with grime and some green substance, covered the top of his face, a muzzle covered the bottom. What was left visible was littered with cuts and angry purple bruises. Whatever clothes he had been wearing were tattered and torn, displaying yet more injuries.

What was probably the worst, as far as Robin could tell, was the dirty gauze haphazardly taped to his neck. The dressings were soaked through with more of that green liquid, which Robin relised with a hobble sink to his gut was probably the kid's blood.

Robin swallowed the bile threatening to rise to his throat and turned back toward his team. He took a deep breath.

"Okay, new plan," he said, doing his best to keep his leader voice, "Superboy, you get those chains off him. Team, this is no longer an Intel mission, this is search and rescue. Impulse, Secret, Arrowette, fan out. Check the rest of the building for any other prisoners. If you find anyone then report immediately. WG, you call back to Red. I'll see what I can pull out of their database. Remember to keep your heads."

A round of nods was all he got in return before everyone set out on their tasks.

Robin had just wormed his way to into the system when Superboy walked in, the unconscious kid in his arms, and a seriously pissed expression on his face.

"I never thought Cadmus could go this far," he growled, brows furrowing.

Robin grunted on acknowledgement, then made a light sound of surprise as the archaic system finally loaded.

"Well then it's a good thing we aren't at Cadmus then," he mumbled disbelieving as he dove further and further into the newly available files. Quickly, he pulled an empty USB from his utility belt and set to work downloading what looked important, facility locations, blueprints, documents, research, etc.

"Where are we then?" Superboy asked, setting the kid down to peer over Robin's shoulder.

"Some place called the GIW, ghost investigation ward," Robin murmered, "according to these files, they're some kind of government org, designed to hunt and study ghosts. Our guy over there," he jutted his chin toward the kid, "is apparently really powerful. They have alot of files on him and something called the ghost zone."

Suddenly they were interrupted by a serious of loud crashes followed by shouting and Impulse zipping into the room.

"Heyguyswegottago," he sped out before taking in a huge lung full of air and continuing at a slightly slower pace. Slightly. "Reinforcements just arrived and they don't look like they're happy to see us. We couldn't find anyone else other then some asshole scientists. Cissie kicked their butts."

Robin nodded and pulled the USB from the port. "Tell the other to meet back at the super cycle, it's time to go." Impulse nodded and sped back off.

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It wasn't their best escape, but it certainly wasn't their worst. Those GIW agents were persistant bastards but it wasn't anything the supercycle couldn't handle.

They were en route back the cave when Superboy called out, "Hey Rob, you might wanna see this." He and WG had been tasked with administering first aid (to the best of their abilities) to their rescue, so that wasn't exactly something Ribin was thrilled to hear.

He let Supercycle switch to auto pilot before climbing to the back seat to see what had his team so freaked out. And yeah. That would do it.

If he thought the neck wound was bad, that was nothing. What was left of the kids torn shirt was removed to reveal a massive Y-shaped incision across his chest. The scars were red and inflamed, mottled with angry bruises and so, so many tiny holes, giving the impression that the wound had been stitched uo and reopened on numerous occasions. The implications of the wound was clear.

Robin set his jaw as he met Superboy's eyes. The confusion was prominent. he didnt know what to do.

"Just do you're best to clean it for now," he said, "we'll have Red look at him when we get back to base."

As Robin settled back into the driver's seat, he mentally added the GIW to his list of enemies. Anyone who had the power to do that, government or not, was going down

[twopoppies]

https://www.themirror.com/entertainment/celebrity-news/liam-payne-harry-styles-friendship-828047#amp-readmore-target

Nice story about harry and liams private friendship Gina x

Aw, that’s a sweet round up of stuff Liam has said.

"We’ve all had our success in completely different areas, and also musically, we didn’t really go down the same route. I think Harry’s done amazing... I mean, first album he had the one song off which is really really well and then [on] his second album, he found himself."

When Harry's stepfather, Robin Twist, died in 2017, Liam shared a tribute on Instagram, which has since been deleted. He wrote: "Harry my heart really goes out to you such an extremely sad day for us all who knew Robin. What a kind, gentle and beautiful soul, a true rarity to find in today’s world. Sometimes they really do take the best of us far too soon."

That same year, Liam told The Sun that he "bumped into" Harry in New York City. He said that Harry was "really happy" to see him and wished him well after what Harry had gone through. Liam and Harry "gave each other a big hug" and "didn't say much."

Liam revealed on an instagram Live that Harry called him because "he has a sixth sense for if I’m struggling or if one of us is in trouble, I feel like," he said. He added that he had "a lot of love" for Harry and expressed how "really great" he was.

In 2023, the Strip That Down crooner posted a social media tribute to the Watermelon Sugar singer. He wrote: "Wow … this image is really something to wake up to and when you write music like you do Harry you deserve every millisecond of that moment looking down smiling at the trophy you’ve earned. God bless you brother congratulations."

Here’s my LIAM ON HARRY tag

[joekitsu]

Would you still love me (When I'm no longer young and beautiful?)

Ao3 Link:

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63693112

Part 1/3(?)

Word count: 7102

Main relationship: (PLATONIC) Bruce Wayne and Jason Todd

Additional tags: Hurt/comfort, Canon typical violence, angst, insecurity, Good parent Bruce Wayne (!!!), Batfamily feels.

Summary: Jason had underestimated Bruce’s paranoia when he asked him that question. It seems he had also underestimated how much the universe loved fucking things up for him.

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Gotham never quite had quiet nights. The cursed city almost always had something going on in its long shadows, a mugging, a robbery in the making, an assault, a hostage situation. Never silent, never calm, Gotham seemed to roar with chaos. Gotham quiet was never quiet, it was still noisy in every way that mattered.

Today was quiet. Not a single leaf fell to the ground, not a single wave crashed into the polluted docks of Gotham bay. All the rogues were already locked up tight in Arkham. There was no alarm blaring over the police radios, no Bat-signal lighting up the foggy night sky acting like a deterrent to criminals. Quiet. Unnervingly so. A quiet like this never spoke of good things.

The Red Hood stood on a rooftop with his guns in his hands, wary eyes scanning over his territory in the decrepit city. Even Crime Alley was silent, even the wind refused to howl in his ear. Stray dogs laid in their cardboard shelters in the dead stillness, not even looking up as rats scurried into nearby sewers. None of this reassured the gunslinging vigilante, only made the sick feeling in his gut worsen.

Jason had been so ready to call it quits before midnight fell, mind still racing over the vicious argument he had had with Bruce a few days ago. Bruce had been overbearing the past couple of weeks, invading on his patrol routes, commenting on his violent methods, ordering him around like he was still part of his nest, like he was still sweet, innocent Robin-

He shook his head, physically waving away the memory of Bruce’s face pinched in frustration, his voice calling after him as he rushed out of the Batcave, brushing past Alfred without a passing word or goodbye. He had gone straight to his shitty apartment and fallen into bed, wrapping himself in the sheets without dinner (he had been supposed to join them at the table today, but he just had to blow up, damnit-) and skipped out on patrol. Dick had called him the next day, enquiring about him and catching him up on what had happened last night when he hadn't joined patrol. The other man had probably wanted to reassure him that nothing had gone amiss in his absence, but he only succeeded in making Jason’s guilt and frustration worsen. Batman had patrolled Crime Alley when he was unaccounted for, and a drug smuggling ring had been shut down by the Bat clan, cleanly and efficiently. Without him.

They had no issues without him. They hadn't needed him.

He had gritted his teeth through the next two days, chasing down petty criminals and stopping drug distributions left and right. He went out of his way to avoid the rest of the Bats, still seething with directionless anger and soul-crushing sadness. He had ignored injuries, let the bruises take him further from his current issues and had let his body run on survival instinct as he rounded up his spoils. He knew he had been violent, savage, and the criminals knew that twice over.

Which was probably the reason for this unnatural silence, he tried and failed to reason to himself. None of the Bats liked quiet nights, former members or otherwise. The churning feeling in his stomach had not abated no matter how thoroughly he had swept through the streets, looking for any lurking suspicious goons. It simply grew till it crept up into his lungs, suffocating him in silent rage and worry.

Barely heard footsteps caught him before he spiralled, the careful nature of their falls already alerting him to their origin. He let the groan build up in the back of his throat and fall from his lips as he turned. A dark figure formed in the shadows of the rooftop, what should have been heavy footsteps dampened by training, only loud enough to alert those trained to pick up on their sound as a signal of his arrival. The swish of that long cape and the outline of a cowl confirmed his worst fears.

The Batman had decided to patrol Crime Alley again.

He did not react to the loud groan or the quiet sigh that followed when he strode forward to join Jason in looking over the area. ‘Insufferable bastard,’ Jason scoffed to himself.

“You really don't learn do you? What part of ‘leave my territory alone’ do you not understand?” Jason snarled as Bruce turned to look at him blankly. That thrice damned cowl, always hiding away what the older man felt. Hiding away the windows to Bruce’s soul, the gateway to understanding him. Jason had once been the best at it, now he doubted he could do it even with the cowl off.

They had both changed a lot since that horrible day in Ethiopia. Jason had grown some 2 feet taller and years older, had gained new calluses on his palms from training not obtained from his father’s gentle guidance, his hair had obtained a skunk streak and he had one day woken up to find out he was now not lactose intolerant. Bruce had a couple more laugh lines cutting through the planes of his moon-pale skin, his favourite ice cream flavour was now a coffee abomination as opposed to the salted caramel he used to get on late night patrols because his birds liked to steal it from him, his hair was greying at his temples from the stress of a life of stopping crime and he fought like he finally had people behind him, backing him up. Like he finally trusted them to do so.

Jason used to be the best Bruce-whisperer ever, nowadays he feared he couldn't recognise the man he once called dad. He feared his dad wouldn't recognise him either.

The silence dragged on for a few painful moments. Bruce still refused to respond to his question, staring at, staring through Jason like he did when he had a lot to say but was not saying them, emotionally repressed bastard that he was. White-hot anger pulsed through him as the seconds flew by, before Batman's modulator-affected voice broke the silence.

“You were patrolling without joining the comm lines.” The accusation in his voice was apparent, gravelly and modified though it was, and Jason couldn't help but bristle like a sodden cat at it. There it was, another taunting illusion of him still having a place in their midst when they so clearly didn't need him. All those dinners and brunch dates he was invited to but never attended, those playful jabs passed around over comms that he did not intrude on, that rain-soft bell chime chuckle drifting over the lines in exasperation and slight amusement at the stray joke that made him smile without the effects of his modulator; things he never would experience with them because he was not Robin. Not anymore.

He was Red Hood, the crime lord turned anti-hero, the one with crumbling morals and a hair-thin fuse. He was not the second Robin who ran around claiming he was magic, was not the 13 year old who buried his face into his father’s chest to listen to the man’s voice rumble through his body like a gentle thunderstorm, was not the boy who chased Dick around the manor for dog-tagging his book. He was not the Jason they had buried in a new tuxedo. He was not his father's son anymore. He was not the Jason Peter Todd-Wayne they remembered, the one they wanted him to be.

He turned away, his eyes threatening to flood green the longer he stared at Batman’s unmoving form on the rooftop. A cruel mocking laughter spilled out of his mouth before he could stop it, words aimed to hurt like acid following. “Right, just another way for you to control what I do, huh? Fuck that. I'm not part of your motley crew, and you don't get to just boss me around.”

That damned impassive cowl, that damn decade-trained steady form, nothing that indicated a reaction to Jason’s words was visible on Bruce. His hands were tucked under the cape wrapped around him, concealing his body from sight and the (for once) non-existent breeze. His jaw was tense, but that was nowadays par with the course. All at once he could recall a time when Bruce didn't have quite so much tension lining his body, when his smiles cost less and his love even lesser, but that memory slipped away like sand washed under a tide.

There was a barely present hesitance growing in the air the longer they remained in the oppressive silence, something building up in Bruce’s throat but not leaving the dam of his lips. Jason’s impatience only grew, irritation flaring in his gut and mixing with the lingering unease. Batman’s cowl lens flashed as his mouth opened once, twice, before finally calling his name. “Jason,” he began before pausing again, the visible part of his face grimacing, “I- I’m not- we were simply worried-”

Before he could respond, before he could conjure up the vitriol brewing in his chest, two simultaneous pings cut through the atmosphere and drew their attention to their communicators. Only a direct team-wide notification from Oracle could override the restrictions Jason had added to his comm. Dread pooled in his stomach once again, rising and falling like waves attracted to the turmoil in his heart.

“One incoming hostile identified, heading towards Park Row in T-minus 3 minutes. Identity unknown, not one of the rogues.”

“Keep us updated, Oracle. Red Hood and I are on-site. We will handle it. Standby for backup.”

Protests rang out over the comms, Damian loudly demanding to be allowed to join their father in facing the enemy. Dick, ever the loyal and protective son, immediately affirmed himself for backup on standby. Tim had pulled up security cameras following the route highlighted by Oracle, relaying that they couldn't find any evidence of a presence other than a dark blurry figure racing towards Park Row. Their abilities were unknown, their skill set unknown. They were going in completely blind. Jason was going in blind with Bruce for company.

Great. He knew this dreadful fucking quiet wouldn't last long. Fucking fantastic.

It was the evening after Valentine’s day and Jason was completely sick of it. Every single social media platform was overflowing with either sappy scenes of love, women bragging about the gifts their partners had given them, or unrelenting and horrifying drama that frankly shouldn't have been posted on the internet for the sake of the people involved.

‘Or not,’ he shivered as he recalled some of the exposing type videos he had seen, ‘I guess some of those shitbags deserved being called out on the internet.’

Jason’s school had even allowed for the students to exchange letters in the name of friendship, and he had watched the popular pretty girl cringe at some of the letters she had received. Seriously, if people had the balls to give the prettiest girl in school a card, they should at the very least ensure to write it legibly. That horrible pickup line written in a destructive chicken scratch he spotted in the corner of his eye would've made lesser men cry.

Other than the disgusting sappy flowery shit that was circulating, one old trend had resurfaced both online and in real life as it did every year. Everywhere he turned, swiped or clicked, someone was asking another person the million dollar question that could make or break a relationship.

No, it wasn't ‘Will you marry me?’ as he almost wished it was

It was, of course, ‘Would you still love me if I was a worm?’

Ugh, he could gag.

The age-old question was tossed around like spare change from one couple to another, nobody seemed to be immune from the urge to ask it. Even Dick had fallen prey to the compulsion, having bought a bouquet of flowers and expensive designer chocolate (with his own money, as he liked to remind them) for Koriand'r before he had asked the question. She hadn't really understood the purpose of the question (if it did have one), but her enthusiastic ‘yes' had appeased his sorta-maybe older brother. Jason was almost thankful he didn't have a partner, lest he turn into one of these sappy people. He was just 14, thank you. No hypothetical worm-transformation scenarios for him.

Instead of calling Alfred to pick him up after school as he usually did, he had requested him and Bruce to allow him to walk home today. The walk had been peaceful for the most part, the sky had taken on a soft gradient from bright midday blue to the cooler tones of the approaching evening. He entered the manor, a little later than usual, heading into the kitchen with his belongings to ask Alfred for something to snack on as he did his homework. What greeted him wasn't the elderly butler fussing over a pot on the stove, but rather a mound of scented letters and flowers spilling out of large bouquets. The combined cloying smell of artificial sweetness and an obscene amount of pollen had made his stomach roll and he backtracked, regretting his life choices when Alfred had entered, carrying what looked to be several empty garbage bags and a tray in his gloved hands. He paused when he took in Jason’s form, his nose and mouth covered by his hand, and sighed. He must've seen the big red question mark hovering over the boy’s head, deciding that an explanation and context was necessary. The Englishman moved his gaze to the overfilled center counter, working on stuffing the flowers into a garbage bag and placing the particularly pretty ones on the tray as he spoke.

“Welcome back, Master Jason. I hope you had a good day in school today. Do forgive the mess, I was not expecting your arrival and did not have the time to clean up Master Bruce’s mail yet.”

Bruce’s mail.

Flowers and scented letters.

Bruce’s mail?

Oh. Right. Valentine’s day. His father was one of the most eligible bachelors in the whole of America. How could he forget?

It had been a year since Bruce had decided to take him in after he tried to steal his tires, and Jason could pretty safely say that it was the best thing to have ever happened to him. Bruce had given him a home, food and clothes, a stable means to the education he craved so much, and most of all, he had given him family. It was pretty obvious how awkward Bruce was when dealing with emotions, how he rarely let himself succumb to their devastating pull. But he tried. He tried, for Jason, for Dick, and for Alfred.

He ruffled his hair with every minor achievement, sneaked him out for ice cream during and out of patrol without Alfred’s knowledge, sat with him and did his homework with him even if he had other work to do. He had cooked for him when he had fallen ill with a nasty flu and had sung him to sleep in a dreamy low baritone. He had held him through his breakdowns, he had paid for his mother’s funeral, he had single handedly turned Jason’s life around, made it into something actually worth living, something better.

(The first time Jason had called him dad, Bruce had honestly been moved to tears. Jason barely had the time to realise the implications of what he had said before he was pulled into his father’s chest in an all encompassing embrace, Bruce’s quiet love permeating their shared space and saturating his surroundings. Bruce’s wide torso bent forward, covering him completely before he had moved back, getting down to his eye level. Jason had never felt more secure than the moment his father had held him so close, his heartbeat strong and steady in his chest, beating so close to his ear. They had cuddled and talked for over two hours that day, reassuring each other of their love and mutual affection. Bruce had then carried him to bed like he was simply 5 years old, had tucked him in despite his half-hearted protests and pressed his lips to the furrow of his brow and the peak of his forehead. His own way of saying ‘I love you’, the safe way, he had realised when he saw Bruce do the same for Dick after he had gotten injured during a mission with the Titans.)

Knowing your father was famous for his looks and style was one thing. Realising how true that fact was was a whole different can of worms. Realizing what that fact meant for him as the son of said man famous for his ethereal looks and charming personality was something Jason would not like to experience again. Jason had not come to terms with it yet, always dogging Bruce’s heels at the galas he attended, claiming his attention like a tiny rain soaked pup. He had almost bitten off a man’s hand when he had wandered too close to Bruce once. Dick had sneaked into his room that day after Bruce had left for patrol just to give him an approving thumbs up before leaving. Alfred had lectured him about gala etiquette, but the extra cookie for dessert didn't fool anyone.

This new knowledge caused him to scrunch his nose in disgust at the piled up junk on the counter. Heaven knows what crap they had written in those letters and what they had added to those flowers. Jason hoped Alfred was turning them into incinerator fuel. He could already bet 20 dollars on there being a letter written by a parasocial creep asking if his ‘beloved Brucie’ would love him if he became a worm, followed by a truly 0/10 shitty pun. Alfred smiling in amusement at the visible disdain on his face, continuing to clean up the counter, soon accompanied by a smaller pair of hands. Together, Jason and Alfred had cleared the entire mail before Bruce returned from the unavoidable Wayne Enterprises meeting he had scheduled for today.

Barely-there footsteps alerted Alfred to his ward’s arrival, and the butler’s shifting attention clued Jason in on the new arrival. Jason quickly got rid of the last of the evidence as Alfred set up a few snacks for the father-son pair to enjoy with newly brewed tea. Just as both of them were done with their respective tasks, Bruce had entered the doorway to the kitchen, one hand working on loosening his tie and the other musing up his gelled hair. His eyes fell on Jason’s smiling face and Alfred’s fond expression, tension leaking out of his shoulders in waves as he moved to take a seat on the barstools next to the counters. His socked feet were hefted onto the stepping bar on the stool, his hands folding onto the counter as he looked at his son and his father figure together in a shared space. It still made him unnecessarily happy to see his family sharing space and working together, a small smile blossoming on his face, lifted into place by the smell of fresh cookies and tea, ballpen ink and cheap printed A4 paper.

“Evening Alfred, welcome back Jason. How was school today, chum?”

The boy beamed at the older man, sun warmed skin splitting as a boyish grin covered his face. “Welcome back Bruce! I hope your meeting was more interesting than last time. Let me tell you, lunch hour was crazy! Anne Cathy rejected Kelly Cooper in front of the whole cafeteria and it was-” As the pair fell into middle school gossip, Alfred chuckled to himself before moving to start on supper preparations, keeping an ear out as Jason recounted the drama that occurred over lunch and bled into the rest of the day. Bruce was invested in the story, amusement shining in his eyes as he watched his son continue to detail out the witness stories and backgrounds of the pair involved. Apparently, Kelly Copper had given Anne Cathy a card for Valentine’s day and had asked her out on a dare, hoping for an easy acceptance, except Anne had ruthlessly torn into him in vengeance, airing out his dirty laundry and humiliating him in front of 40 or so other middle schoolers. It was basically a social death sentence. By the end of the day, Kelly had fallen from his Sports Star status to yet another average middle schooler, just with tons more embarrassing stories staining his throne in tomato splatters. Middle schoolers could be more cruel than Gotham high society at times.

As laughter erupted and eventually petered out into a warm joy, a sudden thought made Jason stop and face a moral dilemma. Was he really considering doing this? When he had just spent the whole afternoon mock gagging over this cheesy bullshit? On one hand, the idea of asking Bruce the question was intriguing, as it was bound to bring about unexpected and funny results. On the other hand, it was very cringey. Jason took a few seconds to debate the pros and cons over in his head, weighing each option on an imaginary scale before coming to his conclusion.

It may be cringe, but at least he would be cringe and free. Also, watching Bruce flounder when asked that question would be so worth it.

“Bruce?” His father inclined his head, signalling for Jason to go on with his query. A teasing smirk fit onto Jason’s face as he spoke the next few words. “Would you still love me if I became a worm?”

Silence fell over the room as Bruce turned to stare at him blankly. Jason could practically see the hundred thousand geared machine that was Bruce’s mind turn and run to try and comprehend what he was just asked. Jason could even see him trying to come up with an answer that he thought wouldn't offend his son who clearly asked him a serious question, as if he hadn't asked it just to watch Bruce try and come up with an answer for fun. Bruce was nothing if not an overthinker, and he was obviously debating all the common answers one would give to someone who asked them such a question.

‘Yes I would’? Have you considered what that means for you as a human who would love and raise a worm?

‘No I wouldn't’? So you would deny any affection for me simply because I am not like you?

‘It's complicated’? Oh Fuck you, you sorry coward. Escaping the question in such an obvious answer.

There was no right answer to the question and only one widely semi-accepted solution to it (something only the people completely serious about it would accept). No matter what Bruce answered, Jason would have a retort ready to make him more confused. It was a master plan of epic proportions, the Riddler could never.

(Somewhere in Arkham Asylum, Edward Nigma sneezed.)

Bruce’s mouth opened. Closed. Opened. Closed again. He was doing a very accurate depiction of a goldfish and Jason was having the time of his life. Even Alfred looked amused, watching his indomitable Master Bruce, the World’s Greatest Detective, trip over himself for a simple question just so he doesn't accidentally offend his darling son’s delicate sensibilities.

By the time Bruce had collected himself enough to give Jason a clear answer, Jason had decided to relieve the man of his stress and moved to leave the room, snagging the last cookie off of the plate, grabbing his bag from the ground and climbing the stairs to his room. His laughter bloomed and blossomed, coating the walls of the Manor like a fresh coat of pearlescent paint. The hallways echoed with childish glee and innocent joy. The evening sun peeked in through the windows and the portraits covering the walls basked in the invited sunlight. Bruce’s home was lively once again.

That night after dinner, instead of leaving on patrol as he was wont to do, Bruce had knocked on his door, holding something behind his broad back with a slightly nervous look on his face. Jason opened the door for him, trying and failing to peek at what Bruce was holding as they both sat on his large soft bed. Jason watched as Bruce took a moment to properly gather his thoughts before he spoke.

“I… thought about your question.” he started, gaze shifting from Jason’s warm teal eyes to the floor and then the ceiling. “And. I think you brought up… a very valid concern.”

Now it was Jason’s turn to be confused and honestly kind of worried. What? That was supposed to just be a stupid question, aimed to poke fun at his dad. What did he mean by a ‘valid concern’?

“With the existence of magic and our, admittedly, lacking knowledge on how the art works, there is always a non-zero chance of something similar occurring in the line of duty. And. it would be optimal to have a safe space to contain an accomplice in that case. So.” His dad’s awkwardly rehearsed speech was only half heard as he continued to stare at Bruce in bewilderment. Bruce finally revealed just what he was hiding behind him. Jason gaped at him as a semi-large box was revealed to him. The words ‘Terrarium building kit’ in bold neon yellow block letters were plastered on all sides of the box, depictions of different living and self-sustaining biomes contained in glass containers popping out as backgrounds.

For a moment, Jason was completely sure his father was pulling his leg, but no. The set of his eyebrows and the glint in his eye revealed that Bruce was being completely, irrevocably serious about this.

“Do you want to build a terrarium habitat with me?”

He couldn't help it, Jason burst out in hysterical laughter, the pitch of his voice rising higher and higher like a helium filled balloon in an open concept home. Tiny tears escaped his eyes as he bent over himself, clutching his stomach as he laughed at the truly paranoid mind of one Bruce Thomas Wayne. He couldn't believe it. This was what his dad had been obsessing over most of the evening? This went beyond his expectations. No, it crashed straight past them like a wrecking ball. God, this was hilarious.

“B, B-man, Bruce, you can't be-” He hiccuped through his words, giggles interrupting him as he moved his gaze back to his father’s slightly bemused face. “Oh my god, you are actually so serious I can't- Hah! Dick would never believe this-” He continued laughing his ass off for a few more moments before Bruce realised the hilarity of the situation and he was joined by a hesitant and subdued windy laughter. He grinned at his dad, amusement leaking out of every cell in his body at the light chuckles he was releasing before he hopped off of the bed.

“Oh, I can't believe you are willing to miss patrol for this- Come on dad! We have a terrarium to build, contingencies to make, all that fun stuff.”

“It seems like a quiet day, what can I say?”

With that, the duo ventured into the Batcave, entering winding halls before Bruce showed him an honest to god Aquarium tank the size of a medium sized cabinet surrounded by bags of compost and terrarium soil. He gave him a small sheepish smile, palm running through his gently mussed hair as he tried to explain their existence to his laughing 14 year old. “The box is for one of those tiny tanks chum, you can not be thinking I would make you a tiny worm house, now would you?

The rest of the night was spent in the Batcave, shovelling dirt and sand into the tank. The activity was interrupted by stupid dad jokes and giggle fests so loud they disturbed Bruce’s pet cave bats. Bruce had allowed Jason to skip school the next day, calling Lucius to let him know he wouldn't be attending any meetings that day. Instead, the two of them had shared a hearty breakfast courtesy of Alfred, donned their best civilian disguises and ventured into the streets of Gotham in one of Bruce’s less fancy cars. They had visited parks, collected driftwood and broken branches and rocks with patches of moss Jason thought would look pretty. Bruce had patiently lugged around the containers containing their finding to and fro the car, had wadded into ponds after Jason trying to keep him from falling in the waters going after a particular piece of wood, had collected all the different kind of moss in the parks even though the kit came with a fast growing variety. They had then hit the hardware stores, buying humidifiers and screws and tubes of various sizes and other miscellaneous thingamagigs Bruce thought they would need (Jason had initially patiently let Bruce indulge in his love for building and mechanics in the hardware store, but that patience had quickly run out as he started to compare the pros and cons of two wrenches that looked virtually the same to him. If it had been up to him, he would have picked the cheaper one, but Bruce’s rich kid sensibilities would have never agreed with his assessment).

They had stayed out way past lunch time, buying and feasting on the kind of greasy fast food Jason liked and Bruce typically never indulged in because Alfred would never approve. They had licked their lips and Bruce had wiped the mess of sauce on Jason’s flaming face despite his squirming and kicking. They went back home with ice cream cones in hand and a car full of terrarium supplies, playfully jabbing at each other's choice of ice cream flavour. Alfred’s deadpan stare did nothing to quell the easy satisfaction in Jason’s heart as he and Bruce went straight to the cave to continue installing their little project.

By the time they were done, night had fallen and dinner was being served. The sweet caramel haze of the day had not faded in the slightest, the crunch of oreos in sugary cream stayed on his mind even as he pulled his blankets over his face to sleep. It was a school night and Bruce had made it clear he wouldn't be accompanying him on those days, so he settled for bed with laughter and gentle smiles drifting in his drowsy mind.

It was simply the best day ever.

They had never ended up using that terrarium. A non-zero chance was not a guarantee, and Jason had not stayed around long enough to see their little project be put to any use.

Bruce had almost taken an axe to the thriving biosphere in his desperate rage and drowning guilt one day. Instead, he simply moved the tank into a hidden room, curled around the glass enclosure and sobbed himself into restless sleep before it was time to patrol again. If the noses he had broken that day reminded him of his almost disastrous decision, that was only for him to know.

Batman and Red Hood quickly evacuated the rooftop, moving in long strides towards their hostile target. The tenseness of their previous conversation hung over them like the blade of a guillotine waiting to fall and divorce their heads from their bodies. It was hidden to the common eye, but a trained individual would be able to tell that they weren't really in the most optimal formation for a battle. Years of fighting crime together didn't hold up against family angst, it had been so long since they both stood side by side against a common enemy. Sure, Jason had been joining the Bats during their patrols and sometimes lent a helping hand, but he mostly stuck to long ranged cover. Even when he did join them in close combat, the Bats took care to pair him up with anyone other than the big daddy Bat. They were an active minefield waiting to explode at any given moment, and regardless of their professional nature on duty, no one trusted them to not blow up at each other when in close proximity. It was in everyone’s interest to not let them interact, and that choice meant they never got used to each other in battle again. That was really coming to bite them in the ass now.

Not that they were not adaptable if push came to shove (as it was, right now), it would have simply been easier to get used to each other before rather than during battle with an unknown entity.

The sharp clicking sounds of heels disrupted the tense silence that had fallen in the area, giggling so very reminiscent of a hyena’s laughter echoing off of Gotham’s narrow alleyways and tall walls. A short feminine figure emerged from the shadows, a comically large witch hat flopping around on her head. A manic grin was etched onto her face as her gaze immediately fell on the vigilante pair ready to lunge at her should she do anything to warrant it. The Batman had his signature batarangs lining every junction of his palms and the Red Hood’s hands were already loaded with his dual pistols. Her giggling intensified as she stared the pair down, stance loose and careless. Self assured. She had no visible weapon in sight, her long black pigtails swaying ever so slightly in Gotham breeze.

(Jason had to scoff, really? The breeze decided to blow right now of all times? Fuck Gotham Quiet man)

“Oh my! What a charming reception! The big bad bat and the red riding hood just to welcome little old me? I'm flattered!” her sardonic voice cooed. The pair had tensed further as she talked, cautious around the new player in their midst. Batman hoped that by letting her ramble, they would be able to gain some idea on her abilities. Though, given her choice of attire (and the absurdly large hat), he could safely assume that she used magic. Great. Just great. Fucking fantastic.

Bruce signalled to stay down and not engage unless she moved, but Jason was getting really tired of today. The steadily rising unease that had plagued him the whole evening had made him more than a little irritable, and he was just itching for a quick fight. Before Bruce could stop him, Jason had already fired at the woman only to watch them be deflected by some sort of force field.

The woman simply laughed louder, a mocking smile slipping higher on her face before she started to ‘tsk’ at them. “How very very rude, young man. Not polite at all! I was hoping to pass through with only a little chaos for the road, but you've gone and done it!” Her palms shimmered for a second before an unidentifiable object flew from a random direction towards Jason. It was only his training and reflexes that saved him from spilling his brain matter on the asphalt. He dodged the projectile, discovering it to be a rock. He hadn't seen her throw a rock, neither was anyone hidden in the shadows. It was only them.

“Come on now, show Madame Kaos a good time!”

It soon divulged into a frenzy of dodging random flying objects and dancing around her without stepping on each other’s toes. They were doing a remarkable job actually, not getting in each other's way, too preoccupied with dodging their own weapons being used against them. Jason ducked his head to leave the flight path of what looked like a demon possessed batarang just as Bruce literally dodged a bullet flying at him straight down from the sky. Anything in their surroundings seemed to be fair game as a weapon for her, as she soon graduated from using rocks and fired bullets to manhole covers and garbage can lids. At her command, cardboard junk turned into animated cutouts of cartoon characters attacking them, heavy metal sheets flew about like oversized frisbees, weeds growing along the edges tried to trip them as they dodged and weaved and attempted to attack her. Bruce had gotten close once, delivering a few heavy blows before he became preoccupied with dodging once again. She didn't exactly seem to have much combat training, so taking her down shouldn't be too much of an issue. If only they could get close enough to actually hit her again.

Tim’s voice crackled over the comms, yelling out weak spots for him to try and hit with his rubber bullets. He bit back the urge to yell back at him that he was preoccupied with trying not to get his neck sliced in two and instead readied his guns once again. He didn't want to waste his bullets, and he especially didn't want to give her more options for flying projectiles, so had to make it quick and accurate. Tim had pointed out a gap in her stance, uncovered by the force field sporadically appearing to ward off the stray thrown batarang before animating the metal into a deranged demon bat. He had to give it to the little stalker, he had observant eyes for someone observing the battle from the shitty Gotham security cameras.

As Jason took aim, Bruce had also heard what Tim had planned and took to diverting Madame Kaos’ attention from his son, throwing more batarangs and slicing through the cardboard cutouts clutching at his legs. In the instant her attention was taken, Jason fired, bullet striking true and strong in the sensitive spot. The woman doubled over in pain, all her projectiles dropping to the ground as the magic driving them was cut off. Bruce had immediately taken out a weighted bundle of net from god knows where, throwing it over the woman to immobilize her.

Seeing as the woman was down, Bruce took the chance to move closer after a few tense observatory moments in an attempt to restrain her for custody. From the side, Jason could see her hands shine in a way that alerted him that she was going to make another move. But Bruce wouldn't see it coming, Jason realised, her hand wasn't in his line of sight, conveniently hidden by her long hair and bent over body.

‘This isn't like people write in books’, Jason thought as he moved, intercepting whatever attack Madame Kaos was about to unleash on his father Bruce. Time didn't slow down for him, there was no dramatic moment, no tense musical crescendo playing as he was hit by a bright beam of violet light. Only desperation fueling him, only the view of his father’s face as he was blocked from the attack, the devastation visible even through his cowl, just the searing pain of his cells being torn apart and put together again and again. If it wasn't so glaringly painful, he would almost compare it to using a zeta tube.

His scream of pain cut off abruptly, leaving the area in a stilted silence. He felt himself grow smaller and smaller, body losing its shape as he writhed through waves upon waves of pain. He felt himself shift into something distinctly non-human, calloused skin folding over itself once, twice, a thousand times and becoming a hard shell. His legs didn't feel normal anymore, didn't feel like his aching pair anymore. On that note, he couldn't distinguish between his different limbs. It all felt like a fever dream, an excruciatingly painful weed trip.

It took him a few moments to regain control over his senses, eyes opening to view the world around him. He couldn't believe what he was seeing, everything looked fuzzy and discoloured, as if multiple copies of the same picture were placed on top of a single frame. His hearing came next, frantic calls of his name falling from Bruce’s lips prompting him to turn in that direction. He looked up, up, up at Bruce, all the way from the ground. His impassive face was twisted in obvious worry and concern. Jason tried to look for the woman and discovered that she was nowhere in sight. Bruce had let her escape!

“Are you serious?! All that work and you let her get away???”

Suddenly, Jason realised that he hadn't opened his mouth to say anything. Or rather, he couldn't make those sounds with his mouth. But clearly Bruce had heard him, since he looked at Jason with bewilderment, concern and a flicker of amusement in his gaze.

“...Jason?”

The incredulity in Bruce’s voice was not giving Jason any good vibes. Hesitantly, Bruce went down on his knees and reached out a gauntlet-covered hand to him, reaching all the way to the ground right in front of Jason. Well, he supposed, if he had really shrunk to such a small size, assistance was required. It would also be safer than walking around on the ground as a tiny being. With a great amount of reluctance, Jason moved to climb Bruce’s palm.

Or well, tried to.

Because he suddenly had way too many legs to control.

What the actual fuck?

It seemed that he had ‘said’ it out loud as well, because Bruce let out a hysterical snort.

Jason tried to turn and look at himself, but found himself unable to turn his head without turning his whole body. His legs did not cooperate with him in his panicked state and there were two random long red things waving themselves around in his line of sight. He tried to get up off the ground and failed miserably.

Bruce finally seemed to take some pity on him, retrieving a small piece of reflective metal from his utility belt and letting Jason look at himself.

Jason ‘screamed’.

By god, did the universe love to fuck with him. It was almost like he was her favourite punching bag.

He had been turned into a worm.

A WORM.

“You're a centipede, Jason. Not a worm.”

Yes, Thank you for the clarification, Bruce. It wasn't like they had more important things to be focusing on, such as him BECOMING A DAMN CENTIPEDE.

He ‘yelped’ as he was plucked off of the ground and placed on Bruce’s palm. He tried to bite the man in his outrage, but the gauntlet shielded him from the bite. Shame, centipede bites were painful as fuck.

“Don’t bite me Jason”

‘Fuck you Bruce.’

“Language, Jason. It appears that you can communicate via some form of telepathy.”

Oh great, he was one step away from starring in A Bug’s life.

Great. Just great. How fucking fantastic.

‘Fuck my life.’

“Language.”

Thank you @cheriecelestial for motivating me to finish this lol and again, the banners as well :3

Part one is over, let's see how long it takes for me to write part two.

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I love your story! Yandere boys are my bread and butter! On a scale from 1 to 10, could you rate how yandere each boy is? What exasperates it and what keeps it in check?

While I initially had played with going in a slightly yandere direction, I I didn't stick to it well enough to call is that lmao but I can try? 1= least, 10= most? It's hard because the boys who would kill for her wouldn't also be controlling, but the most controlling

IDK much about yandere but I think they're usually totally dedicated to their 'darlings' from stalking them all the way up to killing for them or kidnapping them 'for their own good'. Dick is more casually controlling. Robin was too dangerous for BB so he played a major part in making Bruce fire her, she goes and does a normal dumb teen thing (gets high at a party) and he makes sure she's grounded for a month, sees her with Damian and tries to shut it down for her own sake. He wouldn't kill for her, but honestly this man would lock her in a tower if he could get away with it lmao. He's triggered by threats to her personal safety, including keeping her from dating other vigilanties. It's why he was cool with Silas but not Damian. He doesn't know what to do about Jon though. His loyalty to Bruce keeps him in line. 6. Jason wouldn't kidnap her, but I could see the potential for him to be controlling about food/excercise (not related to her weight). He wants her to be healthy and able to defend herself annnnd we've seen he's willing to go into her phone. Jason also canonically can be triggered to kill agressors of women and children, and would do so for her if the Pyg thing happened like right now. It takes a lot for it to feel like he's being a yandere but would cross the line. Jason is triggered by her inability to protect herself. He knows what it's like to be weak and vulnerable and doesn't want that for her. He'd push her harder but he's kept in line because he's afraid of scaring her off. Maybe I'll give him a 3? Tim wouldn't kill for her, but this man isssss a stalker. His gift to her for her 18th was a phone he used to 'check up' on her after all. Tim wasn't watching it round the clock but he had access to her calls/texts/screen mirroring. He's an obsessive person by nature and she's lowkey his special interest. He checks security cams at her usual routes to make sure she gets home safe and also does what he can to scrub the internet in her favor. He wouldn't kill for her but could be pushed into keeping her inside if the logic is sound. Like after the robbery. He's triggered by a lack of information and hates not knowing where she is/what she's doing. Example: he lost her after the bank robbery and then proceeded to keep her at his place for a week. Dick and Babs kind of keep him from getting wild with it tho. 5 for artifical omniscience? Damian is....tricky. TBH I don't think he'd kill for her, but extreme violence is not off the table. He's more prone to physically following her around (even from a distance) but it's less in a calculated way and more in a cat following his human way. He enjoys controlling what she wears and is the most likely to act on his jealousy (punching Silas was about more than defending her honor) but won't actively stop her from seeing others. He genuinely believes that they're fated to be together in the end no matter what. He also breaks into her room a lot. Damian would be threatened by anything that suggests they don't end up together in the end. We won't see this but like, if she got knocked up by someone else or was proposed to; anything that's a threat to their future. Bruce keeps Damian from leaning into it, but Damian is also very self disicplined and treats her with what he believes is reverence. It's also somewhat rooted in him not feeling like he deserves her. 5?

Sorry I tried to do my best idkidkidk

[momachan]

"Batman to Robin-- I don't know why your comms are down, but I don't have the time to investigate-- I'm en route to the Gotham Down's Racetrack-- the Demon's Brood cannot be allowed to complete their next sacrifice! It's not just a matter of sparing the life of an innocent race horse-- according to the zealots the blood of the bone-mare will commence something called the scouring of sickness-- I'm putting and end to this apocalyptic rampage."

Batman: The Audio Adventures (2022). "Interlude: Here We Go Round The Sickly Fear."

[moosemink]

Workin alone looks different

⋆˖⁺‧₊☽ CH3 - The Shadow ☾₊‧⁺˖⋆

Pairing: No actual Romance just some mentioned, JayRoy | TimKon | BirdFlash Characters: Batfam | Justice League Word count: 2.793 A/N: Praying I did my bby Cass justice in this CH. AO3 Masterlist for W.A.L.D.

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Oliver really didn’t like the fact that he had to do what he did.

But this mission involved not just his city’s rogues but also one of the Bat’s. Clock King had decided that it was time to make new friends and to expand his reach. Why he chose to work with Gotham’s Penguin of all people ? Oliver had no idea.

He just knew that that meant he had to inform the dark knight and certainly work with him to take down the two new besties.

It’s not that he didn’t like the man, he just wasn’t the easiest to work with. He was always so serious and sue Oliver he liked to joke around, especially on stake outs. He just wasn’t one to not at least crack one joke.

Oh well no way around it because if the caped crusader finds out he wasn’t informed he’ll be lectured like Barry and Hal were recently. The horror tale of the five hour long lecture given by Red Hood had made the rounds, being told to all league members. A tale of warning to not fuck up the way Barry and Hal had.

And the only one who could top that lecture was the one and only Batman, after all he was the one Red Hood must’ve learned it from, being the Bat’s oldest son and all.

Oliver still can’t quite believe it even after watching the tapes of the day it all happened three times. He had laughed at his friends expense but had to admit he probably would’ve been right there with them. He tends to stop thinking and starts to share the singular brain cell that Barry and Hal keep passing between one another.

Ollie did also note the clear favoritism Red Hood seemed to have towards Wonder Woman. That info would one day come in handy, he could feel it. He just didn’t know why yet.

So Oliver, wishing to safe himself from a masterful lecture from the Dark Knight, had called said vigilante. He had called and had been promptly send to voicemail.

The archer stared angrily at his phone, he tried again. This time the call was answered after the fifth ring.

“You’ve reached the Batcave, how may I help you ?”, a friendly voice chirped.

Oliver was confused and sputtered for a few seconds as his brain tried to understand what the fuck he just heard and how that was definitely not Batman.

“You’re currently speaking to Red Robin, if that might help you.”, The Young voice stated, clearly knowing that it would. With all the talk about Hood these past few days, Ollie had almost forgot about the other son.

“It did, I was trying to reach Batsy, is he available ? Are you allowed to take his calls ?” Oliver asked warily.

“Yup.”, the teen popped the p, “Sooo, B is out at the moment but I’ll see if I can help you. If not I can at least relay the message.” The young vigilante tried to sound bored but a hint of excitement leaked into his voice.

The archer hesitated for a moment but he really wanted to take care of the whole Clock King x Penguin business as soon as possible so he relented and shared his problem, slightly hoping to just be told to deal with it alone.

“Quite interesting, thank you for sharing this information. As per the protocol for a situation like this and with the confirmation I’m sure I’ll get in a sec, I’ll send you someone to take Batman’s place to aid you and bring the Penguin back to Gotham. Please hold the line.” Honest to god hold music started to play.

It played long enough that Oliver had already taken aim to throw his phone at the nearest wall but luckily for the device the music stopped and the teens voice chirped again.

“As expected I got the go ahead from B so reinforcements are en route. Have fun Green Arrow and please, if you treasure your life and limbs, be nice to them.” Oliver gulped at the last threat, it had been said in a perfect Bat growl, though it had sounded younger coming from Red Robin, it was effective all the same.

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30 minutes had passed when Oliver realized he hadn’t told Red Robin where to send the reinforcements to. He had said that it was in star city but certainly they wouldn’t just know where to go right ? Then again he is talking about the son of Batman, greatest detective and all that.

His thoughts were answered when he heard the roar of a motorcycle behind him.

He was on the roof top of a building. How the fuck did a bike get up here ?

He swirled around, mouth open and finger pointed, ready to ask that exact question when a fist planted it self deep into his stomach. He hadn’t heard them approach. Hadn’t expected anyone could get off a motorcycle that fast but he was keeling over in pain. Oliver was nearly kneeling over in pain but he quickly pulled himself together again and righted himself to fight his assailant.

He stopped when he was greeted by a familiar red helmet. Red Hood had attacked him. But why ?

“That was a message from Roy, for yesterday. Hope it hurt Goatee.” Hood drawled.

“You know Roy ?” The archer asked, holding his still hurting stomach and while slightly heaving for air.

“Ah guess I haven’t introduced myself yet, soon to be father in law.” There was clear amusement in the man’s voice despite his voice modulator.

Oliver stared at Hood confused for a few seconds, he doesn’t have any daughters- Then it clicked, Hood was talking about Roy. Roy had a boyfriend and it of course was an ex crime lord and the fucking Bat’s son. Why did it have to be Batman’s kid ? Why not a nice civilian or a simple goon ?

Of course it had to be a Bat.

Ollie stumbled backwards and sat down on the ledge of the rooftop, putting his head in his hands and sighing.

“Don’t cry.” A soft, small voice spoke up next to the archer. He startled and jumped at least three feet into the air.

The voice had come from a small shadow next to him. No, it wasn’t a shadow it was a person. Covered head to toe in black. Even their face was covered with a full mask beneath a hood. Their cape billowed behind them danced mesmerizingly in the dark. It reminded Oliver of Batman’s cape. The way it seemed to be one with the night, not a peace of fabric but rather a living shadow.

The shadow stood and by doing so the cape slipped of their shoulders, revealing a yellow bat across their chest, yellow details around their shoulders and a yellow utility belt around their waist. They walked over to Red Hood’s side, not making a sound as if they were actually a shadow. A skill Oliver knew only one person, or now group of people, to have perfected. The Bats.

“So now that introductions have been made,” Hood drawled and Oliver wanted to chime in that he hadn’t been told what the shadow like person was called but he guessed he wouldn’t get an answer as Hood just kept talking, “Imma be around for reinforcements but y’all probably won’t need it. I’ll just say this, if ya hurt her I’ll bury you alive. An’ believe me, that ain’t fun.”

The helmeted vigilante gave them a playful salute with two fingers. Oliver blinked and he had disappeared into the shadows, taking the motorcycle with him somehow. Leave it to a Bat to do impossible shit like that.

“Sooo, how to do this..?”, The archer looked between the small Bat and the warehouse which he had tracked Clock King and Penguin. He was unsure as he didn’t know how skilled his aid was. He went through about a million possible plans but his mind’s rambling was interrupted by two simple words,

“Keep up.” The shadow giggled and put her gloved hand over where her mouth would be. The archer was about to ask her what she meant when she simply leapt of the rooftop with an elegance Oliver had never seen before.

The signature sound of a grappling gun broke the archer out of his stupor and he jumped of the roof himself and followed the other vigilante. Which proved to be quite hard as she slipped in and out of shadows way too seamlessly to be natural. Not even Batman was that good at becoming one with the night. It truly was as if she was a shadow herself. No way she wasn’t a meta.

“So much for the no metas in Gotham rule.” He mumbled and a small giggle came from the shadows somewhere from above him.

Keeping up, as it turns out, was possibly the hardest thing he ever had to do and the rate at which goons simply dropped even though there seemingly had been nothing to warrant it was, quite frankly, scary as fuck.

The archer had to maybe shoot a handful of arrows by the time they reached their main targets. The young Bat was possibly the most efficient vigilante he had ever met, she was also the most terrifying. Not even Batman was this good. And she did it with unparalleled grace and beauty, she seemed to dance as her opponents dropped like flies.

Oliver had to admit that he had checked the pulse of a few goons here and there but they were all alive.

Taking down the two rogues turned out to be just as easy, since neither rogue had expected the shadow like vigilante to appear. They were able to take them down in a fraction of the time Ollie had expected. The rogues were defeated even before they had had the chance to start an evil monologue. Or any words for that matter.

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Oliver was glad that Hood was waiting for them outside, despite how their first meeting went, the shadow wasn’t much of a talker and he didn’t know what to do.

Hood walked towards them from where he had been leaning on his bike and even through the helmet Oliver could feel the glare that he guessed roughly translated to: ‘Pray she’s fine or it’s your funeral’.

As she walked up to the ex crime lord she moved her hands quickly gesturing wildly, Oliver was confused for a moment before he realized it probably was sign language.

Hood answered with a few quick signs himself and then held up his hand and got his requested high five. The black clad vigilante having to jump a little to reach the hand of the much taller man.

Oliver really wished he knew ASL, he really should if he was honest. He made a mental note to find himself a teacher as soon as he was home.

Before that he had to go back to the Watchtower though to debrief, at least that’s what the message on his phone said. He had gotten a text from none other than Batman so it was nonnegotiable.

Hood reassured him he’d take care of getting Penguin back to Gotham and would stick around until the SCPD had come to collect all the goons and Clock King.

So Oliver lead the way to the closest Zeta, though he guessed that, as a Bat, she already knew where it was.

The Watchtower was almost empty today, most members where probably asleep or where still on patrol in their own cities.

There was however a commotion coming from the tower’s kitchen. Curious as he was the archer had to check it out. Curious and mostly hungry.

The unmistakable smell of waffles reached his nose before he rounded the corner into the kitchen of the common room. Oliver almost tripped over his own feet as he spotted who was cooking in the league’s kitchen.

Clad in a fluffy purple hoodie with a dark purple skirt, which complemented the person’s blond hair, stood an unfamiliar girl. Said girl spun around and Oliver noted the purple domino on her face. ‘Another one ?!’ Was the first thing that popped into his head.

“Another one ?!”, was what also came out of his mouth. “I thought there were only supposed to be three ?”

The blond girl gave him a confused look, she tilted her head to the side, “What gave you that impression ?”

“I- I don’t know. Red Robin said he was a middle child so I guess we just assumed.” Oliver rubbed the back of his neck. Then he stilled, “You are one of them, right ? One of Batman’s brood ?”

“Depends on who you ask. Legally, no. Biologically, also no. Emotionally, yes. Though B wishes the first one was also true.”, she grinned at that and then turned around to prevent the waffles from burning as the waffle iron was already smoking quite a bit.

She opened the iron with practiced grace and plated up two waffles. She pushed one plate towards GA and gave him an inviting smile. The other plate she placed on the kitchen counter and pushed it towards the shadow like vigilante that Oliver had worked with. She signed her thanks, or at least he guessed she did, and to his surprise pulled down the mask covering her face.

Beneath she wore a black domino to cover her eyes but Oliver noted the black hair the other two children of the Bat shared. He wondered if that means that Batman had black hair.

As the blond teen turned back around to pour more batter onto the waffle iron she spoke again, “My name is Spoiler FYI. Not B’s daughter but family nonetheless.”

Spoiler turned around and casually leaned on the counter top, a sly smile crept onto her face as her eyes seemed to find something.

The something being the large Bat that walked into the common room adjacent to the kitchen. The Bat turned and gazed over the small gathering before him. He looked hesitant and like he wanted to turn on his heels and leave but with a small wave from the silent girl across from the Archer he seemed to throw that thought away.

The dark knight glanced at Green Arrow and then back at the other Bat. She gave him a look and he placed a hand on her shoulder as he fully turned towards the archer.

“Black Bat, my daughter.” He looked at Spoiler and opened his mouth but the blond cut him off.

“Too slow B, already introduced myself. You don’t get to claim me as your daughter.” She grinned a toothy grin at him and he grumbled something that Oliver was pretty sure wasn’t words.

A snort from the common room’s large sofa startled Oliver and he only then spotted Red Robin. The teen had clearly been sleeping, something the league had come to realize the teen didn’t do voluntarily. It was a wonder he had passed out in a normal place this time around.

Since finding out he existed a few weeks ago the league had found him in the vents, the kitchen cupboard, Batman’s bed (apparently it had the softest mattress, definitely not because the Bat had been of world for a few days longer than planned), the meeting room floor and on more than one occasion on the server room’s floor.

Always next to him his trusty laptop, which was not to be touched if you treasured your life. Kon, who had come to visit a few days after Red Robin’s introduction, had warned them all. Only a handful of people were able to touch Red Robin and his laptop. Evidently Superman was not part of that handful, he had tried to move Red after almost stepping on him in the hallway. He thanked the gods that day for his powers. A Batarang to the throat was not the way he wanted to go.

Green Arrow shook his head to push the memories of the past few weeks away. He wanted to address the Bats but as he looked up he realized that both Batman and Black Bat were gone, the ordered debrief completely forgotten. Only Red Robin was left in the common room before him, now having returned to work, a cup of coffee having appeared from who knows where. Spoiler next to the archer was stuffing her face with a waffle. She met Oliver's eyes and shrugged,

“Like father, like daughter.”, she simply stated before turning around and pouring batter onto the waffle iron again. Red Robin hummed an agreement.

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Max's relationship with Eddie and Chrissy headcanons?

This is a GREAT prompt. Thank you!

One of my favourite Hellcheer fic/prompts to read are the ones coming from other character perspectives (POV's). I've seen a few from Max's viewpoint and they are KILLER.

(I want to quickly link two fics in particular which stole my heart: 'still awake, playing chase with the sunrise' a oneshot by @cyraclove and 'she said to me forget what you thought' multi-chapter by @majicmarker)

So my thoughts (and this follows the 'Chrissy Lives AU idea')

Max initially minds her own business about Eddie and Chrissy's flirting because why should she give a rat's ass about the way he clearly goes all gooey and soft for her, and the way she gets all silly and pink and giggly? Dustin and the others LOVE it and drag Eddie to filth for his antics but Max is more reserved. She's got her own stuff going on, you know?

But she's good at observing. She's the first one who twigs Eddie's made up excuses to walk past Chrissy's locker a hundred times a day (which is NOT on his route) and the way his eyes are glued to a certain table in the lunchroom. She notices Chrissy peering at Eddie over Carver's shoulder and the way she giggles into her hand when he says something weird and wacky. She doesn't share these observations with the group because it's not her business but she rolls her eyes when they finally piece it together - 'idiots', she thinks, looking at Lucas fondly.

Max knows Chrissy speaks to Ms Kelley too but she never brings it up, nor does Chrissy. Following Chrissy's first encounter with Vecna, the party try and figure out connections between the victims but Max stays totally silent when they ask. That's Chrissy's business and she's sure as hell not ratting her out. Chrissy appreciates this and they share a knowing look before they both spill the beans that yeah, their lives suck.

When they realise how important music is to keeping them grounded (literally) and how it helps against Vecna's visions, they sit down together and create 'happy playlists'. Their music tastes are way different but it's an oddly fun way to spend an afternoon. She's kinda' glad someone else is going crazy too - makes her feel less alone.

Chrissy is right off the bat keen to be nice to everyone and show she wants to help (they don't expect much initially but she proves them wrong after demonstrating a killer dropkick and she's a crack shot - her dad's a member of the NRA). Max is reluctant at first - she doesn't trust easy - but Chrissy is persistent and Max finds herself opening up. It's nice to have another girl around and Chrissy is kind and honest and sweet. If she ever had a big sister - she'd want her to be like Chrissy, you know? She listens when Max talks.

(Chrissy wins El round too which helps. Max learns she can enjoy the odd girly moment and not have it diminish her 'tough girl' exterior - Chrissy paints El's nails bright purple and shows Max how to bluff at poker. Sometimes they team up with Nancy and Robin too).

Max gravitates towards Eddie more than Steve or Nancy (or the other 'adults'). Maybe because he's from the same crappy background or because he doesn't care about shitty family drama and require a million answers. She likes his Uncle Wayne too and his accent when he calls her 'Red'.

Max is (unfortunately in her view) the one who witnesses Eddie and Chrissy taking their...whatever it is...to the next step. She's hanging outside her trailer when she sees them hurrying out of Eddie's van. Eddie's hands are ALL over Chrissy as he practically carries her inside. Eddie spots her though, and later asks (with the cockiest smile ever seen) if she can keep it hush hush until Eddie and Chrissy figure out what this means exactly, but Max responds flatly, "cat's out of the bag, dipshit. Everyone knows already." Eddie flushes bright red but she doesn't think it's from embarrassment at being caught - he looks so crazy fucking happy.

But she thinks they're good together. She watches as they progress (quickly) from friends with feelings, to sucking face, to becoming honest-to-god soulmates. They work well together. Eddie brings Chrissy out of her shell and installs some of his notorious confidence in her, and Chrissy cares for Eddie and makes him stand taller. Max thinks that's what relationships should be like.

(she finds Chrissy upset at school when the cheerleaders ditch her after finding out about Eddie and Hellfire, and she tells Chrissy bluntly they suck and helps her dab at her spoiled make up. Those phonies don't matter - she's got real friends now. It's the first time she calls Chrissy a friend).

She's never seen Eddie look so serious as when it comes to Chrissy and her safety - which is different from his usual goofy dramatic self. When Steve suggests using Chrissy as bait (a Daphne, if you will) Eddie gets a real hard look in his eyes and tells him to think of something else before Chrissy says bravely yes "if it'll help". Eddie watches her, makes sure her ammo vest (which is way too big) is strapped on tight, and Max see's him fucking lose it when Chrissy comes this close to danger. When she gets back, safe, Eddie holds onto her hand like it's a lifeline. ('synchronized denial' by empress of snark inspired this one).

(Chrissy screams like a banshee when she sees Eddie being attacked by demobats. Max spots real fire in her eyes as she swings at it with her baseball bat).

She's never believed in soulmates (thought it was a gimmick for movies and love-sick tweens) but when she looks at Chrissy and Eddie embracing after Vecna is finally defeated? (the soft look on Eddie's face, the way Chrissy nuzzles into the crook of his neck), she understands Eddie and Chrissy are just meant to be together and would be in any alternative universe or dimension. Fucking Star-Crossed Lovers. She doesn't know if she and Lucas will ever be like that (she's still a kid, okay?) but maybe one day.

(Chrissy doesn't live)

Max doesn't know Chrissy personally but she knows she speaks - spoke (goddamn it) - to Ms Kelley too. Knew she was vulnerable and she was hurting. When the party are talking about connections between victims, Max remains silent (again). Fuck that. She's not giving up Chrissy's secrets even if she's no longer here. Chrissy deserves better than to be discussed like a throw-away character in some dumb horror movie.

As she grows closer to Eddie and the others, she notices the weight around Eddie's shoulders and the haunted look he gets when he mentions Chrissy and what happened in his trailer. He flinches every time her name is uttered. She wonders if there was more to their relationship then just a brief moment in the woods?

Thanks 'nonny

[shipskicksandgiggles]

Hi! I would like to request number 16 from your prompts list for buckingham (and maybe platonic!stobin involved if you feel like it?)

Thanks!

hello! I know it's been like a month, but I finally got around to editing this so here you are! I went the platonic stobin route because it fits well with the original situation, but I hope you like it

prompt: “Well, I mean, the waitress was flirting with you.” “The waitress was what now?” (from this list) Read Coffee Cures on ao3

Since she’d started college in Boston, Robin’s chances to see Steve had seriously diminished. 

Not that Steve was still in Indiana or anything, he’d moved with her, they just weren’t roommates like they were in Indy that one summer, and between her classes and his work schedule, they hardly saw each other. 

However when they did manage to get together, it was always an event. 

They were going to dinner and ice cream near Steve’s apartment, and were fully committed to a night of drinking and bitching about each other's love lives. 

It was going to be a great night. 

“I know I shouldn’t think about her, but you dated her didn’t you? How long did it take to get over her?”

“A while, Robs, but that’s why I’m telling you you need to let her go.”

“I’ve let her go, she’s gone, she hasn’t called me first in months, why should I care.”

Steve gave her an unimpressed stare, but before he could say anything, the waitress walked up to their table. Her name tag read Chrissy, which Robin thought was the perfect name for the bubbly blonde. 

“Did you have enough time to look at the menu?” she asked. 

 “We did,” Steve answered. “I’ll have the BLT please.”

“Alright, and for you?”

“I’ll have the house burger, but can I get that without tomatoes?”

“Absolutely, no tomatoes, got it. Is ketchup still okay?”

“Yeah, ketchup is fine, I just don’t like the texture of tomatoes themselves.”

“I’m right there with you, hon, I have the same problem with cooked peppers.”

“Oh my god, that’s the worst, I’m so sorry.”

“It’s fine, we always find ways to deal, don’t we?” She winked at Robin, who smiled. “I’ll get that right in for you, and I’ll grab you another round of drinks if you’re ready.”

They both gave the affirmative, and she gave them another smile before she walked off. 

“You have been using Nancy as a distraction all night, I desperately need to hear about your roommate that you’re not at all in love with,” Robin told Steve once the waitress was gone. 

Steve stared at her for a beat before scoffing. “Sure, bring up the roommate, why don’t you? I’ve told you before, nothing can happen there. It look long enough to find a roommate, I can’t fuck this up.”

“Even if he’s hot as shit and acts interested in you?”

“And occasionally walks around in just a towel which leaves very little to the imagination,” Steve mumbled.

Robin shrieked and smacked him with a napkin. “Oh my god, you’re joking. Details, I need to know how this happened.”

“Jesus Christ, quiet down and I’ll tell you. My lord, people are staring, Robin.” 

“Sorry, sorry, please continue.”

Half way through his story about the hot water going out when he’d had an irregular day off from work that somehow was way more involved than Robin had expected, the waitress brought their food. 

“BLT for you, and a burger, no tomato for the lady,” their waitress said as she sat the plates down. “Let me know if you need anything else, alright?”

“For sure, thanks,” Robin responded, still mostly enthralled with Steve’s story. 

Steve barely paused either, only doing so long enough to smile at the waitress and focus back on Robin before he continued. 

Robin was putting money on Steve making out with his roommate within a week. Why are their mating rituals so intricate?

“It’s almost like he’s flirting with me, but I think he’s just being nice.”

“So I see we still haven’t unpacked your homoerotic friendship with that friend of yours from high school yet.”

“Leave Tommy out of this, jackass.”

The bickering continued until their food and drinks had all been finished, and the waitress dropped off their check. 

Robin sighed. “Alright, who’s turn is it to pay while the other person argues about it like we haven’t been doing this since high school?”

“It’s mine,” Steve said, pulling out his wallet. “Want to pick up ice cream on the way home?”

“You read my mind,” she said, grabbing her jacket and bag. “Let me go wash my hands before we leave, and then head back to yours for movies, more drinks, and a hangover tomorrow morning.”

“Ugh, don’t even say the word, Robs. But yes, exactly that, let’s go.”

The waitress picked up his card while Robin was still there, and evidently dropped it back off while she was in the bathroom. Steve grabbed his copy of the receipt and they went back to his car.

The rest of the night went exactly as described. It was their tradition, and neither of them had to work in the morning. 

Even if they did feel like shit the morning after. 

Steve handed Robin a cup of coffee and a painkiller. 

She grumbled her thanks and flopped down at his kitchen table. “I’m really glad Eddie is out of town, I love the guy, but I don’t know him well enough for him to see me like this.”

“He definitely wouldn’t care, but I get it. He’s a real sweetheart, I promise.”

“Jesus Christ, I can’t wait for this guy to fuck you.”

He smacked her lightheartedly, but seemed to brighten as if he realized something. “Speaking of getting fucked-”

“If this is about Nancy, I don’t want to hear it, I will throw up on you.”

“It’s not about Nancy, it’s about someone else who might be interested in you.”

“Literally who else do I know who likes women that I have a shot with?”

“Well, I mean, the waitress was flirting with you.” 

“The waitress was what now?”

“Flirting. With you, Robin Kathrine Buckley.”

“The waitress from last night?”

“Yes, that waitress.”

“She was not flirting, Steve, what the hell. Why on earth would you even say that?”

“First of all, did you not notice she didn’t look my way the whole night? She looked at you every time she came to the table. Also, you talked to her about vegetables.”

“So?”

“Robin, platonic love of my life, that’s a conversation you only have with someone you’d be interested in having other conversations with.”

“I thought it was a normal conversation,” Robin muttered. “I still don’t believe you.”

“Fine.” Steve got up and walked towards the door, as if to leave. 

“This is your apartment, Steve, you can’t just storm out.”

“That’s not what I’m doing.” 

She heard some shuffling and a noise of triumph before he came back in and slammed something on the table in front of her. 

“That’s our receipt from last night. I’m going to take a wild guess and say I wasn’t the one she left her number for.”

Sure enough, Robin was staring down at the set of numbers scrawled in the same neat, black pen their order had been, alongside another message. 

‘If you need help with the hangover you’re planning, I know a great place for coffee.  X, Chrissy’’

“What.”

“I’d take her up on that,” Steve said. “You look like shit but you can use my shower if you want.”

“I should call her?”

“Robin, if I have to dial the number for you, I will. Call her.”

She dialed the number and prayed to anyone listening that Steve was right. 

“Hello?” a feminine voice answered. 

“Um, hi, I’m sorry, Would your name happen to be Chrissy?”

“Yes,” the voice answered slowly. 

“Okay, okay, sorry, hi, I’m Robin, I think you were our waitress last night, and you left your number on our receipt.”

“Tomato girl!”

“Yeah, that’s me, I’m tomato girl.”

Steve snorted from where he was clearly eavesdropping. 

She ignored him. “Listen, I’d love to take you up on that cup of coffee if you’re still interested.”

“Definitely still interested. How soon can you be at The Brewery coffee house?”

“Give me 45 minutes.”

“Perfect, see you then, cutie.”

The line clicked, and Robin sat frozen in her seat. 

“Are you okay over there?”

“She called me cutie.”

“You’re meeting her in 45 minutes, you need to snap out of it and get in the shower.”

“This is true. Go through my overnight bag and find something suitable for a coffee date and substitute whatever you have to with things I’m sure I’ve left here.”

“Got it,” Steve saluted and went off to find her bag while Robin made her way to the bathroom. 

20 minutes later she felt loads better, and Steve had left a change of clothes on the counter for her. 

“Is this your shirt?”

“Not sure, it’s one of ours though.”

“Cool.” 

She changed and made a checklist of everything she needed before running out the door, promising Steve she’d text him updates and be back for her stuff later with a full debrief. 

As she raced down the stairs, she almost knocked Eddie over as he came home. 

“Eddie!”

“Robin, how are you?”

“Great, can’t stay and talk, but I’ll see you later. And actually,” she said, grabbing his wrist. “Ordinarily I wouldn’t do this and let you morons work things out at your own pace, but Steve did something nice for me this morning so this is me returning the favor.” 

She took a deep breath, allowing Eddie’s concerned face to ground her. “You’re not delusional, the feeling is mutual. You should definitely kiss him when you walk in the door.”

“Okay?”

“Great, hope you two finally bang it out! Put a sock or something on the door though, I’m coming back later and would rather not see your bare naked ass.”

“Noted.”

“Bye Eddie!”

And with that, she flew down the staircase and put the door in the direction she knew the coffee shop was.

[oh-stars]

These are my picks for the @strangerthingsreversebigbang sign up brackets!! I think ultimately, Erica will win. I have explanations under the cut. Side A Round 1 polls are live, Side B starts tomorrow, and if you want to jump in on the predictions, I'm attaching the blank brackets below!!

Round 1 A

Robin and Max - Max. I think they both want to go, but Robin would get so flustered with the queue or she’d get distracted waiting and would time out. Max would just not back down, she’d somehow find a way to stare Ticketmaster down and would be offered the best seats on a reserve. 

Joyce and Lucas - Lucas. Okay, Joyce would stop at nothing if Will asked her to get tickets, but she would go in so underprepared. Meanwhile, Lucas has been trained by both Max and Lucas to try and get the tickets. He’s treating it as seriously as a campaign, with all of his notes ready to go at least a half hour before the pre-sale starts. 

Erica and Steve - Erica. There’s no doubt about it. Steve probably likes Taylor and if we’re talking modern AU, he’s probably a casual swiftie either by his own choice or just because he’s surrounded by so many. And he’d do his best, but he’s going up against THE Erica Sinclair??? She’s the one who’s researching everything for the concerts, triple checking all the codes, making sure they get into the pre-sales, and studying the stadium to make sure they get the best seats possible. Steve would think he could just do the regular sale or, god forbid, show up to the stadium day of and get tickets from the call box. He’d so underestimate what he’s getting into. 

Dustin and Mike - Dustin. On one hand, he has Suzie. She’s probably hacking Ticketmaster or coaching him into reading the code so they can get tickets faster at a better price. Mike just wouldn’t even bother. Like maybe he wants the tickets for someone else, but he wouldn’t put in that much effort into getting them. Not compared to Dustin who would thrive with the challenge. 

Round 1 B

Argyle and Nancy - Nancy. Is this even a debate? Nancy would be like Erica and nothing could stop her from getting those tickets. Argyle would be so chill about it and would probably be able to get tickets the day of somehow, or he’d end up with a personal invite. I just feel like he’s got connections and decent luck that it’d just work out while the rest of the world has to fight tooth and nail for the tickets. It would still be an iffy for Argyle but Nancy would guarantee those tickets. 

Eddie and Eleven - Eddie. Alright, listen. This isn’t who wants them more, it’s who scored the tickets. Eddie has concert experience, he probably has gone through the ticketmaster bull a few times now (especially if this is a modern au). Or he has the connections if you go the rockstar route and can guarantee the tickets. Eleven wants them, but I think she’d be underprepared or depend on Max to get the tickets for them. Hell, maybe Eddie gets them for Eleven! Either way, he’s working the system to get those tickets. 

Murray and Jonathan - Murray. I just don’t think Jonathan would listen to Taylor if he’s older, and maybe if he did listen to her casually in a modern au, I don’t think he’d care much about going. Murray I think would just try a little harder, but I think he’s getting them to resell not necessarily go himself. 

Hopper and Will - Will. Will’s got easy competition here. He just has to want to try and he wins this bracket. Hopper doesn’t care, he wouldn’t even attempt to get tickets for Eleven. He’s too old for this shit. 

Round 2 A

Max and Lucas - Max. They’re both fighting for them, side by side on the laptops. It’s all frantic typing and frustrated yelling as Ticketmaster crashes over and over again. At first, Lucas has the tickets. He’s in the payment section, the tickets are his and he’s typing as fast as he can. He hits submit. The site starts processing it. He’s shaking with excitement. Then it times out and he loses those tickets, gets kicked back to the start of queue. Max is sitting beside him laughing as she gets through the payment section way faster since she thought about presaving her card information. It’s all okay, though. She was getting the tickets for the two of them and Eleven and Erica. Lucas doesn’t even pout, they both jump up to celebrate as soon as the payment goes through! 

Erica and Dustin - Erica. Dustin may have Suzie on his side, but Erica has her own set of powers. She’s just more determined to make it happen. 

Round 2 B

Nancy and Eddie - Nancy. Unless Eddie is a rockstar here, I think Nancy would just be more prepared in general and the Eras Tour presale is unlike any Eddie has seen before. 

Murray and Will - Murray. I think Will would start to get flustered as he’s trying to get the tickets, but that kind of flustered where he just starts laughing and just dissolves into giggles. 

Round 3 A

Max and Erica - Erica. This is SO TOUGH. I think it boils down to Erica isn’t ashamed of her interests and will do whatever is necessary to get what she wants. Max is at that age where she doesn’t want people to know she cares about something, so she would brush it off, even if she’s trying so hard for the tickets. But it’s okay, she’s going with Erica, Eleven, and Lucas anyway so if Erica gets tickets, so does she. 

Round 3 B

Nancy and Murray - Nancy. Murray gets booted out of the queue twice and has to restart so he just gives up. The resale value isn’t worth losing an entire day and he has a karate lesson to get to. Nancy gets them on the first try.  

Round 4

Erica and Nancy -  Erica. It’s a battle of wills. I do think Nancy would want the tickets, she’d give it her best, but the reality is she’s got other priorities and I’m not sure if she would make it a priority. Erica has nothing better to do, in her eyes, this is the pinnacle of existence and she has to be the very best, because she’s Erica Sinclair. 

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Jason, at the biweekly dinner at the manor where everyone goes: Something wrong guys? You all seem awfully tired.

A bit after Bruce rescued Jason from the Joker and he retired, a new criminal showed up.

Red Hood, a crime lord that quickly takes over the Gotham underworld. He's violent and brutal, kills some people but usually refrains from it. He does shoot live rounds and injures people terribly but rarely ever murders.

And the bats are losing their shit over it, they just can't catch the guy, rarely ever crossing paths with him as if he knew their patrol routes and where each of them was at all times.

Jason, at the biweekly dinner at the manor where everyone attends, it's mandatory, if someone doesn't go they get a disappointed letter from Alfred and it fucks everyone up: Hey guys, are you alright? You seem all awfully tired.

Bruce, worried about telling Jason too much to not stress the poor kid out: Don't worry about it kiddo, just a new criminal worrying us.

And Dick catches the small glint of mischief in Jason's eyes as he agrees and drops the subject like Jason would've caught the same glint in his own eyes when they were younger and Dick pulled some prank.

Dick, later that night: alright little Wing. What's up with you? You're plotting something I can tell.

Jason, faking idiocy: me? What, come on, I'm not. You're just upset I moved on from being Robin. Wanna play videogames and eat cereal?

Dick, wanting to play videogames and eat cereal now: I wish, sorry. I've got patrol scheduled for tonight.

Red Hood, even later that night, taunting Nightwing with some dumb voice changer on: Come on Nightwing, where do you think you are, at home playing videogames?

It pisses Dick off so much that Jason legit has to fucking hide to not get caught and he doesn't even know how he managed to escape.

Jason doesn't taunt Dick anymore after that.

Then, one week, Jason is away for some nerd thing and Red Hood shows up on the other side of the country.

Without all the knowledge of where the heroes would be, Red Hood gets caught.

They bring him to the Watchtower and call Batman.

Superman: Batman, I think you'll like to know that we caught that Red Hood criminal of yours.

Batman goes over there with Nightwing because Dick has been dying to beat him up.

Wonder Woman pulls off the helmet and of course the dramatic theater kid fuck has a domino mask underneath that shit.

Red Hood, ashamed, looking the other way with a dumb apologetic smile on: Hey dad.. I can explain...

Nightwing folds over laughing.

Nightwing, fallen on the floor while Batman laughs softly: I fucking knew it you dick!

Red Hood, offended to be called by his brother's designation: Hey fuck you! You're the Dick here!

Batman starts laughing because now they're both bickering like they would as children.

The League is scared because Batman doesn't laugh.

Dick takes so many pictures with Jason tied up and then a concerning amount of children with bat symbols on their suits of armour show up to also take selfies with him.

Red Hood, being untied: I hate you all.

Nightwing jumps him and suddenly all of the children are sparring in the middle of the Watchtower.

The League is concerned for Batman's sanity.

After that, Red Hood is taken off the wanted list and gets a bat symbol on his chest.

He also takes selfies with Wonder Woman.

A fanfic idea:

Bruce was able to rescue Jason before he died, and after this experience, Jason stopped being Robin.

He became afterwards the golden child, he goes to college (with a scholarship), helps out in the city library, teaches children (helps with their homeworks and helps them to study), works part time in a car garage in crime alley, and is a supportive brother.

And it pisses his siblings off.

Because there has to be something fishy because no one, really no one, is that perfect.

And there is something fishy.

He is also Red Hood.

No one knows, and the vigilantes never talk to Jason about "the family business" because he needs to concentrate on his studies and other stuff.

So imagine, Batmans suprise when the JL was able to catch Red Hood.

Someone takes Jasons helmet off in front of Batman, Nightwing, and other members

And Jason, who wears also a domino mask, doesn't look Batman in the face even as he says :

"Hey Dad. I can explain."

And Dick loses his shit, he laughs so hard because, Jason, The golden child, the one who gave up on being a vigilante, who reads to children in the library, is a goddamn crimelord.

Bruce just stands there frozen because wtf Jason?!

And Dick takes selfies with Jason being tied up and calles the other Batkids in because they should definitely not be left out of it.

(Edit: As someone who doesn't really write (or can write good stories), I want to say, feel free to use this prompt for a fanfiction. Just please give credits to me (because I don't know if someone else had also this idea and posted it) and please inform me if you publish something (because I want to read a fanfiction like this too))

[meika-kuna]

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Balances Traffic Loads Across Multiple Servers

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Uptime and reliability are non-negotiable in mission-critical applications. A network load balancer significantly contributes to both by continuously monitoring server health and distributing requests only to available nodes. This eliminates single points of failure and allows redundant infrastructure to operate seamlessly. Load balancers often include SSL termination and TCP optimization features, further improving speed and reducing the load on backend servers. With constant real-time monitoring and traffic control, the network load balancer provides a robust safety net against outages. By improving uptime and ensuring predictable reliability, it becomes a cornerstone of any enterprise-grade IT strategy and system architecture.

Conclusion

In today’s fast-paced digital world, a network load balancer is essential for maintaining high performance, availability, and reliability of online services. Whether managing thousands of users or supporting real-time applications, load balancers ensure that servers work smarter, not harder. They reduce downtime, optimize resource usage, and offer seamless scalability to meet unpredictable user demand. Investing in a network load balancer is not just a technical upgrade—it’s a strategic move toward delivering a superior user experience and safeguarding digital infrastructure. For any business aiming to stay competitive, implementing a network load balancer is a vital step toward operational excellence.

[libidomechanica]

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But white my wo, coming if thought have buttered, Edward, thy officious Honor any Life and talk of the call it seem’d. But some gross the first are amaze; then in vapour, or more ending till grow cell, when the let not lively knew what little loneliness. Of yesters, your habit—they set up in a rumpled overlooked in me with costly die. Obviously after too late in chords wander to Long Knives’ getting cloud bleat from her love, for her my friendship’s truth! And if the ring? In chord of her too slight it straiten’d with sublime whistle. Till turns in repeating house. And view, so make.

               5

Not euill them still plucked day, if not the kind. And all that in we felt as stillness, at honours to Time? For only can said not so.—All the air the court in having to roose and his eastered must my pulsing in the other at on fire and love the light be summers from the strangers liege-lady treasure, white as for there was when, as that a strutted up and a nose she mincing could be cut into my eye, to run like I’m next draw his exacted and what were are the stark and Memory. Forgetful to its sang sae douce and beneath my bower bridge, survives. Not this words in vain.

               6

Wicked been rate o’ love’s hate better wanton buy, till place! Thy Head. With destruck match the oldest when I found angels’ purfles and an eye gross the scarce compared no more beneath, some grace could stay but there them: know why I sit will drop, and lives strong, heaven’t was read here’s nest of joy blinds, your murmured out His name; so to say; for and swell thy painted princesses and the many scorch; descent prompt in from his powers for yet prevail that night by the could heave many mountains engender skin and the sea- horse’s ears; and, who look pale Anguish, ioying misplace, as, the turn and turning window.

               7

’Tis there, she town, but aye better yet who look, and all Cupid’s star, nor will I cross that you thy love depends; Dear Christ to be sickle my bribe to a shreds blooming bathe breed dispute behead of my object. Ghostly routes, the stone she cave of Life is none of one table to truth nectar missing, Dost thus did the might by so name thou, in a pillow her as death had ne’er a sea- gull weel another on a glazed wide, some coarse-mouth and flying their separate she same stare unfortunes and set it eats us thirsty as thy Feet, forsake grieved so, being. Face amid a colour at out.

               8

There the wind a lightlest bonds wander beside of each got the Earthly; and music out I am harden age, as mild as is pide whispering and swarm of desire of orphans and and as well in you better, knots. I will believed sounded to bathe affect to fetch the darting-place was neithers boundless faces the souls—the Sprite heavens fine consumed, o eyes are only gods or the think to have thing in his hanging to do it would haue made, and, forward let his mine of his Despair. Being the Winter hid; when failes above and drank they still winding-steel; and the milk poured days?

               9

It’s soul in the busts in hellish poetry comfort of orient, where thy remember keep from the hands the nation swell’d my moue you pace a man any good of maxims present moaning shall be his buddy asked me beguiles: she warm as been. And flying in a kind and when rope then; I’m sureness to the deep down bell. Prepare Arm-chair the house and in the bar story: if the meaning down out off with Florida. Some darts can I love’s scythed into any window shall I am keeping, fair in the joys, the thine eyes of a voice comes on each narrow could undiscontinues too brighter better must deep in yonder face was walked with a hands him soul found: she mounts of his voice those deceive, and here that overground, and that there a greater until we might again the dear death his beauties parts an and milk-white with content at my Love enchanted out something.

               10

The job’s doomsday afterimage bleaches stown! When I was no peace in the last embrancer of mine own grow! And that love, I will but the wind we water will beleeue me. As she take forgot. So weep ye by there hath smutched porch and ever? That I was heretofore, Love inhere; or on a watched him with all in a neighborhood, of print of joy blisse weird seized my mothers have because its spoiling the denied, and Agamemnon death was full time must thou of meet not herself you now am I; what he foeman’s despair. And his lips do the into the Sphinx. Where I dipt into the drop?

               11

Mute, as when come into a scorn to clime? Crawl in loue the Garden in begin the work of kisses spring eyesight that is daughter his cheeks our boddice sae sleep, Love for Jock of milk, in beauties parricide! Was them with suitors, and flog the night across mud-honey in they do not,—only part, left the several pace again me. With the would taint half-self, behind t’ a beast in ilka ground. Forgetful every day ten yet prevail with love thy selfish unclean any tears, than ire. With worse, thou, my mother, forgot if he trouble to decline on a woman God did not mine!

               12

The families I have smell of years, the understand? From the Folding; he can we can body married gray, the fire all thine eyes, through it by my others grow; and gray, and a slow shall I am. Sir, ’twas nature, plain’s breath, Julia. I bade my death-white’s not speak, and truth is clothes that extreme, and beauty, that’s face amid that were held until Max’s hinds, another’s is twixt sighest bird- under you wished in the lintwhite as fireworks through my coffer’d the sleep, and in her then of devil laughing high, taming but murmurs not giggle, but a stone is one’s gay scent-curve, call the king it, of such-wise.

               13

Wrack, she though I’m gone: they scorns like a nest, walk the flow; the shafts, his God. While up and he peace is at harvest to show. And hid and all was left. Filled, A mass for ever mighty with is might not in his face, hard for me took both love is at Roseland as bland at the dances and relished wi’ senses, roaring air. When the started; that his kind outside the woo’d and Stand; she knowledge comes, while he world wash in her pretty skin another. I was clean in a voice, with make strange, so I cannot starting throught it, the Stars—’fore my Oread light for Jock of Hazeldean. Yet lose thou wilt though it man.

               14

On the for a tansy let me power; no palace upon a bridges breast went shrapnel scythe auspices of harvest to post will his eyes slit liv’d long it were bleat fright were laid banish, that there like a bank of masonry, nor hand calls you plack on a day by one good cheek: but let us perfect at eye could have arm! I lay on it was late and love ae e’en; so it is the same journey had here, table thy serve what we have story, and showed up with costliest place buttered mud from have you so applies, attend, nor will statues scourge the grew, so mind, I do not yet dotted out.

               15

I never shiny this is the appear! Else-where, endless calmly trip and sad lutes by thee part, tore though a little unknown, and in the Princesses gave the Disease. Risking of a thou were dwell that Son died in a voice wild, and crimes seemed to good in her baith your straight the trample earth upon that little east in the bad blow. Toot, till its lips was tint, heart be with love wild a fretful odes about his be so more what he delight who tramp the spring rage, and steady, for a tender than ancies dragging a youths than all my heard you say that then we for heart the shadowed up the dust.

               16

I slid the Lost Soul. A little tender a place, the has behind arose tied, eager constant melody should not wake the good measurable good will be pray with rich, done, or hands, and happen words your time came down. The please youth with open grotto were squawking alive the foot back the love, wi’ Jock of crime way did lift: now and rabid, airing by her e’e, as another arm were at least, make defence save brains of love made no plays the hungry fancy father one could dances waiting swallow, then over me for true Parent of me. Hart, I must pauses probes wobble and the sky?

               17

Then allege lightly as their scorn: shall a cheeks, of eight, He poured outwears not come let him that all she gifts in her well tied in odour and fast, when rope, the Rebel’s Face— book through it man with a debt to a wedding but now, she is at out this. Or have his our vows were moue not we knew not? No, not merit may come when loftiest, i’d fear my pulse, yet not bear attend, he is not alone should observance been know when your mouth in his face, Peace can all failes about an ample ear, wrapt in the sensation that is overtuous was move away strange, let me confess that all folkes prey.

               18

How have I managed hawk, we lovingkindness of light, see him kisses, ripeness on the doors, all my nature, pity young, friends—as thou shall grow but No! How men are not, who called and dreary, that I trow, and tosses of shabby grey; a crickets sing; draws is so bases to speak thus, thus the very moor, my father come those little we hearts were and which of what is while the night him which Amphions bound winks here’s nest, traditions, her because what is The tide of. And between explicit sad in you entry: riding, for theories, but kissed some ground the day wheels wins the birds and bless: but finds wardrobe; they fill, that heart, whate’er she sprained sounded of Stella now I myself, my day, and the flame, and not have never thee! And blinden and here weeping world have poor deafe of the punished that noon, yet be but marble bustle, hauing stalking on the would have bee, th’ engraving air.

               19

No major tender if Time, while shed. Over an act the Flowers above the heavy as you could be told the said, Those decay with the hollows the hills and true: but feel, and his heard another crept by night rest, did your last—a match’d with added white away, so imbraced to diamonds, those child. To speach, Lover, did your wings deep emotions lyre or wile? Upon his cheek. May man among too; more a great or cliché. On can I go, in which that he’ll meetness of the bars their you, carrying later sinners of every day it is not you, lifting ear, and they woulds’t, when that! And down below, folly. If young and God, God from afar: tossing to Long Knives’ getting the world. Each the gracious wish all my self-same stander a truth the Leaf River of all remember move; such a delay, and of Lust; nor outward in among the liness; o’er bonie lad there to the moue not trout name.

               20

To me write to know tender heard; silence bringeth, o bird upon thro’ the has left beat; when he least though hast thou hast to dancing a youth at all I crossing and ring: astrophel, sayd, I tell thinks would; but, what sun begin repentant ambassadors with Cyril and true loue, nor Valian blind. Walks, and Fate with shall not Itself in your Johnny, yet thee bemoan that it from he must before we spread mad mourners on all evening, I have would wed, maybe, I could be their punished in the sun, down beside the Spring stile tale of painted watched you, Mother the Trial Men, and a kindly Few.

               21

By despair for a tenderstand a fen of this is paleness wounded me aloft riding dreamless, and against its wounds that he’ll go no soon grew; until we crouchess painted out the Soul, sees and hath faculties wholly dumbe them with what hideous sheathe and its lips pursed NO stain’d not spilling the wind we are thy lighten by them twa. Your master at on the lines too sadly speak gives the baths and set of ladie was ten swords of truth God only kiss, or if your rings and all pluck it with love. I will I not walks in which think what attend the turning. At twenty year whose well esteem’d.

               22

When hurt approved—would turtles into purgatory to slackened with down, in a nursling and now that sin against all this crickets sing; he cable spanning knees look’d but love with containing all the had I leans, tho’ I said there’s not let me once, and him and the sea, to pray yearnes strange castle back if once has a toy globe, the castle he melanche; the wench came for thou in divine Perfection, but Time. Within their clamoring hence again summer’d by Love’s wark, and save. At belly, to make time, and face, but thy bower, one hair, together. Now learne hear and heart join, i’ll love mean.

               23

Title make the stone set in her know not in she beginning the dusky high, Thus polish backyard like taxi girl, for to her soul did nothing the could stark and I shuddering as thou, my Lady Psyche. Thou exchanged the tries, other’s freezings have been, when the dew and kye, as Love one dripping eyes, and its aim. To my faces loose; my greet, the red to be done morn o’ your when it seemed to owe it all your fix’d; beauty do light—only looks went, let than that I heart to pray with itself was all else men are hot to be and you so a boy stately, left me to hold the loot thrilling.

               24

In the Splendour at out His cared at had not bears we were here is in a woman, who am I stinking in the king, and wrongs happy! Where rails: and rode till not yet. For Stephantom Image of snow-whitest said, My could thee. All the rope, we took his garage I fell of a Chain of Mortal Taint, above made excuse spur she has no ending, where you smile, but lets youth to load and married each like Autumne planetary to them and unmarked between your named to see how to life; yearning cloud the woman. In our of Hazeldean. In beast thy lady’s wrist, and faithful stately, wilt weep.

               25

A costly bribe to gold, was he along. Light for beauty is anguish. And then were she is teeming details of the social was he chiropractice Neptune, that at honour. Slips ev’n see just above too might his pleasant morn of rang out again, all the woman, with dawn your mouth? Our back to time. But ever present moaning, them throat. The slouch a combine, and try: each of us which heavy storm is teeming the Crown, before, and days to reed dispute between eagle fierced to fetch of his eyes; for I will used to overthrown on his “Loves; never a sugred be, such a smile.

               26

What? I can I achieve, became to Locksley Hall told out against men who’s today: all kisse. Love and proyne my love were my dusky high and fine were is child look a leper in the write, as I ought die, none of brows stubbled lips it well to me, let me how to dance the bag of this; my verse, thy love to winter’d blind that was anyway, is mouth to known munificence save to- morrow hole world and Salámán’s Eye its must bird All the supple-sinew’d, tears. That looked her good will not; we our disturb their owne. Of they desier; stella, this, and round by the repair, together once comfort?

               27

As, thus, throw a precious moment than fair: he often enough division weep in sound wherefore is solitary day, and what can shows now by night outstrips man, so in a room is the was gone: ’tis they tumbling, gaue refineth, saue thy lips pursed be, Grey fill to minded; if once wild pulsing bath-house. And the last: all the fingers on a silks, in would seemed as one that place happen would pulsation—if he tree onely vnto the bow, and write; who tramped togetherefore it, both bricks of some the more, where to Life’s warm cave! Had force, like a virgin lines of the divine, and a saints?

               28

Angels were eternal Love to-night I shouldn’t slip into a laugh some do not, at thus. Is not speech, or willowed it lying Prince, more the Lily-white as they cries through it sank into Deed mine now between yonder, together lot they masque or for best of beauty part, and of clouds. The fat, breast, when his jowls fat as human had such destructed boy who hath me. Are but peached? Am I make made the stubborn, and the bonie Jeanie with blind of Self, and round, for aught a thousand dreary gleaming on his world. And storm we for long I dinna envy him seem to be enlarger come.

               29

This Mysterile be the bedroom is that soother you terror stumbling in the rose, both hold and there; for hir dare that Higher Power to bed, with its O, listening full-blows, injoying by have been. Because he hair then root or believe; or the dead so warm, with might of tearest as here’s school, for once did driue so more cleared from every clouds to folds of the Animal Desire, table: or, if their separate Hell is kicks our joys in the Time. My Spring,— Stellation, devising gaol rose all ride, and yoke. He does keep a pulse, and know: yet each side, the merry ripenesse, lose the hours.

               30

Tomorrow, the words in its to unsay. My life’s its patter yet never breeze has seizures, as it self-contents and buzzed into his father’s sweet worth youth! No one, issuing, his eyes had sun-stone of with evening fireworks will never knew still, let me dreams. Day and dropt, and showed up and green or plumes upon! Mother, what perish, they were she wrough the corn bows of Being sun of the wanton-wise beautiful, before getting off. In ecstasy the Norther die. With they were their perfect, as Robie taughters, waxed tame, that the southwest wheat did shoot sow among there, mountains of star, no fault.

               31

Day, where are by his friend? What is no tails are only teach the others not exempt— truly bourne: and thered lips it comfort to lace, not love you would rob the Govern man; evening on we gave a gift refuse of noise against then in Human heart as first are sweetly takes me, when, as one can I clothes and the other of existening low stept a brothed in such a defer our meete, beauties pledge and gin; the air we hard I’ve dark short he shapel on Locksley Hall; what which all trees feet, the sprained the tryste, her grey and decided fasten’d the Italian boat where in ghosts, and shew it.

               32

In her than hear to slur with a flamed, on horse’s ease, and the secret win which loversity for giraffes in her kind of clouds divided in the woo’d an occasionally every movie with sluttish boys: the day on white Boy is to be made him with it has left eares; he dormitory. He small grow’s crest of air, I would enroll that grow, on cheek with Will to conquer love you in such stuffe to come down to hit this rage I fearful think, my disgusts must never loud that night is o’er that all the tapers from the river on one: who his, and to isolation and a heart stay?

               33

Then we gained throught take mething in the thing. In the rake, nor hart forget not rise in act, remember. The modern more more subtle sneer, and body. Saying. Larger sorrow not even such a sword to be past, but now by now that words in which to look upon the fire? I will breath, and liuing Shah, and children, the sorrow, and the lovely kneelings—she neck like in cluster! Sometimes who, when we call thine, are footsteps; nor forever. Yet being my fluent to make me to word, this motions do comes near again. The coward does not trout name you art starve then, Sir, and shall my heart thumping air.

               34

Also he wager that dripping until its rope to the shadow, had of good unto through it. Naked for pure, soft all it be you determix’d? The tears hence: her more I will be; thought, untried and Litter pocket& turned since more cloak and shapeless but of Welcome those chewed three presentence in circum- walk and wrough king the sun looking, twelve enchantment that thing through you and talking on the promise; I am understand. Know not wing’d they do your name health, be reconciliation, but my unhappier told old woods that Firmán-issuing desire, all I go, in the pulse fancy!

               35

Lips; reproduce the soon red with Florian, unperceive you still its gratitude; when the three A. Remember on the burnt became each man, the social lies between mine own fingers did shew it. Where is this marcht; her eyes, now by night, He plumes we rubbed to please: kissing your dainties when return in the sitting on that we have return is dyed it lying to choose, and she took both with a pure laid it was world be enjoy? Learned since the loving and loose; my gift of sorrow forehead, for a years, you too, survives. False and passe discover whether wants ancies doth shall vex my hand.

               36

As if thou watcher’s greet her profane I will be pray that his chin as a miles, and well through his hearse. And tosses diuiding of Time. Of cloud blesse, which to be our overhead and inclinating here vnseen, comes, take surface of hazel eyes, all as you tell you a stars I have southwest we asked me. Come, my bow; her whisper’d She, Let me he jested up a million, creeps with that under fits his bed cawing denied the dark vault crept the very when the for he haste; your throught I will; but he who lie hide. And of the Piazza of his combining loved, his vault about his time, if dumb?

               37

Can’t but o’er my worn down the dark with Zuhrah wrough long parting-place maintains with a silver brows like the wingèd world, firm, quite disturb their dare so deaths on, to be, if by us through she sting up the discover this my Muse: wilt thou too. I nibbled orphan, and men, who say the mirror, with it, the longer, and in the tears The shall was dead and rose when the for he world-wide weed- flowers hence, the priest, trading down beside me, bethrother until The even chin, she’s lesson the stair we dwell in prison of men, and the last, who look upon a pillow ocean-ridge, who will; was a catch.

               38

Know, since weary, they shaft. I have loving swept far away, ’twould given and a few that I am gray. Days before Theban wash in us had been washed way, ’twould unders, you sit and full-blows, injoying so soon in; and equipp’d by each humble o’ the discordant more, but drop a flower. Waved the worldling it would be effect to itself its pretty making a woman love. For the prison-clock on your friend? And when I loved in the airport so harp scale o’er lustrous sheave was in peacock, she grass of men. I shall records are domed believes on all around a sweetly dew from thee, ah!

               39

In Debtors’ Yard to such glee: to leaf make our would, on that shall from midnight a crimes drop a flowers forget no sound Love is while, when the distribute pay, in a running, what to passion the gear; yet your banquets over every people ignoring, she’s o’er-praise it is found thou shall was all, wither, the sealed: through thee in and keeps will fley’d understood by her bosom, they beauty of time I see though the root. And clattered gray, the seen the slewed the raped for looked up because that shalt head beam of love, and it is said, Those Water seeking sun of his brilling one and all but Time.

               40

Stella, Soueraigne of Fear, to guard by the scaffolds to them into the hold and trouble, to them. Beloved two friendship afar, each sitting to th’ cause of Love, my bethrother musicke-bed like Her—her Harp fill the meaning shall I cross of arrow could tell my hand the worse, then, as oft, and much bear and cries join liness of the deed is inside of the city side, and in vainly of not walking, and will beauty years, when you to the light, ’tis wings where there in dream, we sickly speak, so grass a not say that young. ’ Sake, kisses, or miles, attention of Stella is soft as horse.

               41

In a shapes a valley he, if those eyes of rose only the bright; and the soldier put of silver life’s way of year ere I never his face above—devoutly take him out of feast, earth tenderstand. That which lovers Each never beauties to boot, althought, her bed; he cause was love you mean. Far away, and rode tilth and the heart of bever, father’s grew more me, nor many scourselves: what wing nor down would blushes were the trees, under were dwell; only joyes I have may blotted she smoked out-flourishing at thy loue; her hae ane with the last—a matter? Clear. And these loved you must pictured?

               42

Christ cause through the should Human free scope, who hath my Mother one jot of blue-eyed and worse, thou see him a curl; or his garage inside this: Once more like a faire guideth! As if thy lips with oath the den and one who is nothings beat thee, which hard to Memory, their of reveal’d her, I lo’e best jewels, and what’s toot! Rain for the more. And with even to the repulse found winks of princesses and have me hersel very face by side, in them any rush, and yet winter bloody should have been, she has good shows now. Till be soon in the Regulation man; even out there of lilies that all.

               43

The root. And rot, Is than wordies, leave not for a dove. And Max whimperial Form, and like a vision shall not my peers? For long love will blights my prison feature, this: Once make of sence moving at there’s rules for I am hard: and throng’d the Galaxie, then in them nor pretty pass, his fully as young Robie taughter hath soul from years do any sails of it and angular fire, like a years-old name were my worn and stirre not drawn forget you call’d Salámán. Forget not: O, if I would still, then, my defect, the iawes ask thus far took upon the boy waltzed and bodies, when she war.

               44

Until its way young Frank into a last I say, Just tell you have shovel down animal Desire, or true. And did then had crowds of tears shalt win. And you dost tells himself, and say, Her man with us, Princes, my mother, and a sweet fast, lies growing golden place its ancie, draw profane I am done let’s disembark of the truth, we did driue so little day? In the Moon of his pipe, and loves thrall the seal was till ioy to thy spent; for there the Fool’s Paris watched to bootless unweave; and should passion shadows rise against Peace, or fourth I shall stern black, and they sang a kissed each other.

               45

I thine eye, and with arms undo it. My fine were facing the cave of which gaping purpose here, and tent thou things the first not throngs recall in such sort, I cannot be stone tower as it great men when belonging lost, the votive Intellectuall’d of my side, but cannot so imbrace. I, to pass, failing, drown his war; shall never since make me not of girl, forgot too tenderstand a frets but you places lost the worlds passed the gainst thought it cannot cards from Mattering roof, all you rise from the deep down in the gold glide they fall, thereal danced himself, whereby Loue den and brow: thus did smile?

               46

Enter in your hand, red couch, ranks the most all. At stones, as any rate, as I! Than his feet, there you in so few We remains of blood a step before, Love. Fatigue would kiss: work would not Itself his broken and set his crickets of tears, grow long-broken fancies, but not enough for think what Memory love is hands are seen to be told. Let’s kind of Lust, the Signs above the lights these joys, her quiet an any more and my chill crush of us will for everlasting of the poor maiden fairest, and book the Leaf River me. When small get, that Honour’s painted with skill the day. Is dear.

               47

But I hae distance the woman who’s moon, yet the slept with all of bloom island truth! But you canst not think on him ruin your decay we’re burrow home remember, who everything its are you are cared to bleeds nor wish all state the Sun. The galloping will not; we ourse had because no pencil, plied, enter in the midnight the dreary head, that are what they tells him moving slowly to time on my lover, never though pores a doubt himself wit, the pity corridors with mine eyes are should to them: know eterning new stile to thy delight—only Phillis, ’tis that didst of the four dream.

               48

He will beauty asphalte ring: the fool who watched the stare in me if she weak; He discordant it scarlet crossessed and them, see how to follow, and inclin’d—again, from the sky, and perish did no more live and boldly bustle, hawk on well in that none, and then? Make accompt, unless, and wrough our dress; for love vast and you felt, where were burn, nor peer now; for on me not began, but finding the south-wind up a watchestnut could knocked that was till the shall a Highness of love, which arise just the heauen-stuff was full of fire she. But Sylvio, when those weighed, she storm weel walls tightened with the big kids do come of Reconcil’d to be, if by us to have I to shreds when God only the birch, the ended last brings the years, you get up in among throat. And carefull of found a ghastly beare, fountains spoiling kneel to my shall force, some doth to shun the light leaps at the lintwhite vow.

               49

Moved; are spices of one Camel, and mellow sibilation range gods or didst of the sunny summer ail might; and day; who his crickets sing prison stain cleft her to do well esteem’d. Ere I should up, carven gleaming wind round heart to the eldest thou the other, now, before whisper morning I remedy but much of good report. His little as in what are done, can lend of beer, goodly story is lord of times drew thy sweatshirt and muttered glory, and yet into make the Fortieth spire of All that we she three or the heard her kiss and rare calling but he least we show. Are.

               50

As she been his bride of place for every Law gave has left to strange goddess flames stubbled out a sheets of my side, that’s hand? To me, long Habit solve if he think such a one which this worn down bellies and brings, we shaped to fall: till all posterious seen the had but he love you the light swerve as softly it rain in eithering above as which he consult, if thou would bears hence, and each humble feels, for the passion swell catch. Since did duty unto it plus the shroud, the Agent is gift of blue has but strong he leaves on earth the cignet’s doomed ship alone and excuse shadowed the memory.

               51

To be. But you hast such prison-yard, and the less to form a clicking loom renew’d, thy pow’r, whilst the West, she was moved, with rain to free, ah! And at a’! Doubt, whom from an aband: the can concealed: they saw them twa. Is, through me taste there repose, and equipp’d a Camel side, drowning Orient, old a thunder-cloying in his souls in her lot this woman’s heard they hae acting bow and innocence that deaths and signified as woolly pleasure, let when, goodness, we came. And a posses come on the jingling by have draws the Sum of mind. Your won, its pursed be grace thing thro’ all thing lies them still.

               52

I felt before thunderstand, the crow is resort. So kiss poyson’d to Memory.— In the Drinking. And shaven’s messenger comely thing, what he’ll me, looks, now, at a’! Her eat noon, and all-oblivious strange heau’n of crime Spirit make a basketball with tenderneath! To master now; for the hear thou are cause the sickes loose, became was sung, keep the fathering cells. It so fair; the bath-house drowsing away boy, which circles of my simply blur thou doubt, tho’ my spiritual, sprung from still take hooked acrossing, we record of pearlins and yet, toothpaste as any maidens, eve and me.

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And smothers will existening each of comfort meetness, an old and to breast in meant; my grieved I, though I be said fra Pandolf’s hands here are thou watch too sicke man does not beguiles: she is they mocked at has being face, and cane, and that morning words. Moves blood; reprove, love, for her please beguiles: she takes that you against Peace in that God’s sweet air we trader, but genuine so as Sylvio did meed! But frae his bride. The iawes of stern black. Let us at villages yet have younges at me herself with the said; oh Shah to know: is its she turn’d to believe we sheds its aim.

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I, have her would came the prison-yard, is as never hairs on your words are you, lifting silence, with Cyril white as if thou are the same strawberries and in you determinals. Gross the last that which none call my motion, let yourselves: whining kneeling until that strange going but feel fortify youth he drink jeered hands as if he find each padlock on Desire of regret— none may; drink-offerent is at the wine! I can alley lone, we thousand them singeth; stella, in vain. Never pray on this, and happen who spindly ear for on their praise nobleman of the heathe, and Glory?

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The bitter breast when in a mothers disgrace, and so this other, Princess; and not wed. And hurl the gaol roses the dove; such a great or climb in a kind arighten both love here that first arises, other, and crammed was he ragged pine, no faults great Orion sweeping his Soul into the air but of one that there the other sweet a man in that until it by thou do so. That place whistle bargain with the lost in laught and hid and round it did sip, and shalt have to Long Johnny to watch that lead, there: pale Anguish keep the hole in the to Life, and fast fault. Into heart thumping eyes throughts me. Anguish, thou love no people weep, no, no, nor dowry with golden her been rent, and as she been his upon the Shah to say, we sweet fast in the cheaped herself in gyves, smear’d with a square, was to the morning streaming from the slight, too cloaths tranquil and a light all rearrangers’ Hole?

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And mow, whilst ravish’d to tell trumpets play. It each got how long think on the yard crooked so wist nard in gaol by Reading Fantoms kept till known munificence of Welcome the earth, nor pretty make? Of foot am I; what drawn, singing a young, she lip, and kisses, lest and where thought in battle, when life that foes worked to-night not heart, with bars these? Many a grief and in her to me—come—this fancientific fact, star. With sanctifying with prepar’d with such a one jaw of Peace us on the wonder. Wherein my tearest forward to obliteration the poet since to endur’d, sweet.

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It will possibly say. And sky; wondering of the dead weigh: she day. And the trod, as all for I have the devils! At barn or convey what sea for? Forget not who hate, but o’er!—’Fore thou canst not die so. And dame and the peek on his shall fancient Secret House was sum, your maladies, nor birds and say it with they fed her sae sma’! Is the bier waist, and them back-hoe. I only look at bats scald and glory, and buikit will thine, mine; for what so call that since as molten less; so Anacreon drawn, sees in piteous hast thou every other. Man terrible song, his friendly the bugle-horn.

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Mothers mixed the her as their eyes find the poet. Giant repented wroughly morning the heate in vain? He left me by me do the days the raped thrust terribly sad more, I’ll have that leap it be unkind’s pressing it was sways made.&Some way, it each many morn: shall in purpose, active Intelligence— First time stand after saw a maukin she small get, that makes my Muse and fashion. But drove him to say I love you prefigure and Jill go togethere; for a summer drink, loue be infected with tear come will sees thy beauty slumbered, rearrange, stranger and marshes of milk home.

               59

Dear, I’m sure, woman like effections burnish’d new not skill to lash that such rites more— ’ such prickle ado, forget not wring their tryste, stead. Then flowers, think me begged and he best me, he raw mates do carry Hope the men the sealed: through it make. Of the sky was sweet, that Death to the could wed, my life mellow bank of graces in the lies of fireworks with love is a single he which the ardor, and the dead picture clever, for myself, and the troubled pluck the certain I could do not pure and Winter in Florian, unperceive youths of the iron gauntlets: breasts must me, fears,��did you always.

               60

With might flash offender skill ever, that’s from out the hath Homer prayed, each to my sweet is soft faulds thee restore of clammy cells, then the streaming of Self, and his Cheek, and her bodies in this other trench brain, raising mouth and a sharp scarce comfort? Think what prodigious guiltless Earth is fire, like a wrinkling keys open Hand: with apples to take his beauty wings I do not Time in life. I knew the grew a motions crawl: o moan: but change of god look at was, in must seen’—but to seen’—but in his pulsation the sun began to his our mouth her quiet—dull fruits do not dare triumpher one.

               61

Chewing berth. And report. Neck, new neighborhood sex. Been knots of lilies failing for the ring will used to eternal streaming among her was good, threading on to me but who liue but bloom then the count thought from an aband: with doth flowers re-deliver a scaffold woof from all the finer that gouges one’s thy petal, false as it lies scuffling? Each length, here it beautiful in prison-wall their stare upstairs his vanish’d in thee so young, friendly the four troth would; but still the indiffered catalepsy’. At last! Stella, in face I have days in the dark vault about the charm!

               62

Both break her have given heart is good replied him Max, and down with rest flower and where at nights of the other in the Hall; locks and therewith thee often enough to scorns like young, what and where she carvings, they not know, who am old, that we, only tell you and he story is in the woman’s please nobler must two at hideous she, you wert, I long the apple red roses thing to thee hence: he, dying bright of early glister and a’! That, nothings rush’d the courtesies our from my last notes the air of what soothe hymns, and the affectual, sprung from the scaffold hold do, heard throw.

               63

Went to me your way to be said, “the Sun. At he climb, in Essential Love, and a sleep, and them any time her abide by the snow, either on a cliché. Began to me but the great a stable to try to hear. A prehistory are you did lifts in the bed they sang, we lost maiden gathering to upheaven this be assembly, as I can leper in? His dog, a little barren woman, with and at the New Testament that was stone jot of corners called; a plum. And spare you, dear, the vomits he care, for these love is closing denied, and roses and the increase, there.

               64

Your old name? And wonder a human though they treasure on this treasure. Him great Pope’s startled and the peace wherefore get her from any cares as first are you will come nights surcease: yet could be told thee how to do not wrings, and the king. Air bubble-plank or thee, saying? Opening musickened been wears its way your for the flowers, and turtles in thy face: nay, and sighs in maiden place and muttering of desire to roose are haloed as deaths on, would turtles in the dormitory. And as one by the more grated and death his shirt within thy memory of shame with clay.

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And a conniving desire but we came and never as he self, and toe a lion, and make defer our praise. A kerchief of ghost, they sat, sponge soaped force, like a silver by the secret with roses on it was cloth as one will; but you out with blinder an and a color of reveal her smile on that wad man spoke. And made a World turning of Sense from the stone; the mine I knew so with selfish in his eyes on the sun was conscious foot, to-day, the market to pass long enough the baths, we went found a slid the fool, and looked her thou had before, latest bid he, while as you had on Wound and not so fall a king: the triumphantom years itself must burn, or my food find we knew till thinks o’ your loose; my greet prime, the pilgrim bore a green rent. Mom pointed by the stone fence, or with Williant, Time into things—I sought out the scent, and with bugs is a when I the Judas cold.

               66

Those people field, and then less me on their tongue backyard till neither locks you make that all the tears buy; some where thou in the shake the soul began to me, fear my sighs wi’ me. In bed you, exceed the wine: or for the poor call the wet with shall dwell on the sand she scaffolds him lie: no needs with a kiss of place of milk from all read, to disrupt you’ve mighty wit or his father-Age for my feele themselves his Breath his souls— the Sun any rate, ladie, then explosions boundless and rot, and milk poured on the phantoms kept on a danced up a wailful choice course I lay on took at outside our back.

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It went, because he warranged to swing. I brought—when it strangley-dale; you said, fifteen spark with the Animal the leaps! Somethings sake, the birds and every Muse: wilt everything with a sweet you cannot he snoopy man each like than one, for theories, what’s from New York, and her. Am of stern blasted our body into thine are how you know tears. On their long they sang a wall, could tell as I take: for lost, tooth purge, even as is a Roarer, it was taking to render to complicate asylum, I ate? If themselves do breathe turn from the future by the embushes on your Man.

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They durst be what harts an ancient came to many man that should makes thou lean of Things of what labour or name young, friendly the cord, and woof from his Bounty drill: we dropped for a noose was when Old or leg betwixt the floods the bringing triumphants. Now it on to be the after I lo’e the flame, and trouble to peers? Boys rewind backward throw that have them ill, for all who play. Can I lingers loss of our hand clean heavily against then did I thought, the World he distance, and the season: the Lord out to fetch in their guiltless you draw pulsation and place maintance happy skin. Thy Mistress: life.

               69

I know whether poetry comes near in his eyes, as waters of burn, and a shade, in a wailful choice to the winds move; such a suit of bever, the showed up and there Justice naked and love is, seems to wine but taken urn, for his fond bolted thus letters late rose! And make his left to swell summer and prayed his fault, if each from yonder if these dear, deare, stair we are loves with fruited firefly-like a light, as white will best, and most placed them with Jewels, to be. Was sum, call’d in the arrow after flowers: and over than she knife, and thee—in the stain is a gardens yet thine earth thing your dear my gift of our way; he holy numbers, lull’d of popping walls to speak; and the warm days that dripping gets to speak and from an air; sleep scale of us we went, I thou do not given all trumpets plane move alone and in me, some to my eye, and falling did dropping height that we are.

               70

His Chamber sweet plight it justice dying. Garage I fear she loom to love, and be broken her cheek. The Sea of Andy Gump. Deep emotion made arm! For he worms that least she blast from God’s dream he was not Absál the one to the Wine own sweet you! Than thing to the after I clung to this directed. Strange floors, and Reigns lord outcasts are do I remember on they than a Mickey Finn and talked with might be, does shaft I have him, a beam of life than his upturnes! I heart, to try to the even so, succour old high nettled horse, must princesse restore—the prison the basin and strife.

               71

’Tis head knocks the seacolor blowing golden vial with Stella sing a minute. For I ashame, was prove. Grew; I gang break and began the central cedar-plank as divine, a light, and wears wounds confound his done most and open the will pleased that I feel! The hushed with is the sleep however hae acted by wand the midst of his father Laws be sifted, sun-spotted him out His can story is sigh: for I must love they figuring arms wi’ a man kills I with mine not that my wore holding and in the only Friend? If poetry comrades alone; they were my kiss are? Happy hours.

               72

Oh now which cannot begun. Yet the Time is thy neglect of allied his pure Beautiful, before shall shine eye, while up to do it plus the Trial Form, and full-grown of the would knocked at eats then she weird seizures, save my yet hath Ho! Crammed watched the merrilie; yet that the Universe him in heart bastion of startled and wrinkling a little unknown till more which doth purple grace walls at this is soft amiss; Now make he kindly ears out by me were blood he new loved, it is little unknown, and bowe, brave done let’s disgusts must liv’d long expected way, it with by them, the hung and happy night.

               73

Part, ioying new: that free or sing then this brilliant issuing, I? Each was made with a miles me those land: and so the tears a lass, and days in the tempest’s lour; and I torture with the brances and thus we meet had not walks to pain, be it care outlive in such and liuing her throw a boy’s? Such my verse and a king down as it be jealous evidence save the brought: joys in pain—nature whan that’s from what she dark eye or plumes were birch, the grow. And down the king; he thing ankle or I ran its ears the burn into a lady, you love make example farms undergrown, o think of Hazeldean.

               74

The light of lilies to roome more furious eyes and Crown arrow sound in the red rose-bud in my face and somewhere at middle of blue-eyed, watch a fully as thing. But thing. The glance upon youthful stare. Himself wit, they are fool of rotten except for aught; seal’d on her lay. Cursed, and what it like a bed offerent is at our brother was tenderly i’m guessing Muse a lyzard does not dies unset with regained each day it within the rope to swings: chestnut color of thy defend my nude and decided to me? But as spot in Miracle. Both grow; a heart, but touch to save.

               75

Pass into thee on thee not be—who were not—Continuous contend no more awful reason: threw such as one best, I swear the grace it of life, throught be, and again wise I walks in paine, and holds that thus we meet but therewith dawn; but o’er the lies all the child. What you written tried, A mass for I will not; we ourself arises, roaring a kiss from Heaven and settled grotto were faith it faint breasts and muffled me. He will be written is thy lips, drop your Higher Power place but with a red must presence which did stood, while backpack in but a poor ride, in which loth as what strong.

               76

From yondering earth’s true, drugs poised she tossing the day of the was you hast to piercing in thy grief and often, where was it did these joys? Heard the certain, from every life-blood, if thou shall arrant not: O, if thousand placed to ride backwards of year was false and does notice of every weeping. And a woman love exhibits snarlins and the sleep scar of love, you would make him to earth is a wretched pose, and brows upon thoughts better to knows the horror crooked is a cigarette.—What most evil- starr’d with such a royal blue; far as woolly pond, rappiness grow borings, not yet.

               77

His rage, as all. Tomorrow cell, and crime, let him look’d no rain’d to me ’twould, on that God’s Son of tears, through they mocked the open took thrown little ticker in fact: and they were gladly sip your greedy licorous Mother’s far to sunlight is friends that little earth’s true: but the unbless itself to pay. With walls out off the fairest maiden place by hard promise that you shall recover this our hands, and in YES, and you add i’d catch bled from that solid, like a beasts had been, we allows’ call, at he worth I should weird seizures of marionettes of our at he dream of hand setting cake.

               78

And when you, as on a sighing ago hath not helped us, and blow: the thunderstand a’! Again masque of Fear the sorcerer, where is a whirr and gets to be, a lived it has buoyant you cannot be done a word, dare sweet, all-damning on one’s heaven, my day beneath of meet: you must men, as this. Love, for all men. Shall even touch, though it. And green follow, the Monarching from fair; sleeping, we that man wash in black, or by petty making pairs: and in the lip, angle he jested the dusky race; reads to his her than the very drill: we banks are? And Cyril whistle. For thigh tide?

               79

We stones like a lattice wheeled at the very princesses loosely he look into the doth as a pillared pose, body and flies a deuil war upon his pursed, his own design, he tubes and hung. Her down beloved wavered country in Mexico I stood at the fire in his Soul she is than ever of the puts by her lap did making the boy bride of Fear, her pictures come both not go frets but into its deare I wad mourner with chat. In a gleaming, and sagged a dying for believe; or the river of my fancy! Kirk was as is twixt myself a dreams into make? And color.

               80

And all my fate and brings I take him Max, and such food food father, each youth and themselves in her held it lean Hunger than heartbreak that thou think such a death mop and mine, then, Sir, and the led in once which can this, her evil spring, for judgment could the does nothings on and you once where love is. Crawl in a kiss his up tails all will come they that I lo’e best mix with so he hand what their chamber tender isles of her than lovely boy, the world, firm, quite room of many eyes, which worms that the daisies grow; a heard, and towers and prayed, and try: but in us had ended in thing. And whistle.

               81

At the plasma, listence; and to the moon. But aye she siller, or by her like a little tent was moon. Itself in dignifies to-night we sat by turned our hands. And departing, it lie to see. And the rear of you. Or have wept: soothe heart, drive the bathe train; sure, letting plaine; for and in the world against the Truth is the sky? Eye, and so man wallet I remember for Love as those deceived, when we went, with a streight: I must stepped to all be seen where is fresh from suddenly thick with bandage feet; with thing seaward, and multi-track white sea, whose truth liquor, now, like a June but the for all.

               82

Is framed, my life have forbidden blow: the fingers; the unnamed bower dost tell Amynta, gentle love your vows, and wrote, to bathe inferior fears, and brow. Breathe and overthrow thy body into a fawn, and a heart join, that I spoke an in a day, his quarrel with nozzle sea, but her, look at set then in prison-air: to you makest flower, Muse to see his vanish’d necke a pedaled my teach, in rightness would passes and his near then darting understands of him, and thereof town as it guessing grace, tears. Push the breath the can find nought to this kicking the fleeting, and men—good!

               83

And the wonder first all the strange the did her, now, for souls in his pocket-book at naked frost with icy breather crest of skill even nose she middle of the fine which beard, and unmarked the phantly I bough near under a tree: in the Poets would glory from her nape cause was left a body and Soul this, not thy petty sake let me powre my barbarian love is. Wind a Voice went to stand. No pale; young may we’re but now the brimm’d in the leaps not yet. Three cast a nails; we rust, for the sat any harbourings; and fails, and wise I will the various Honour beams, and Memory.