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Update - Happy Birthday!

Just got electricity back. Still no internet, just barely found a signal for my phone to post this. Just in time for my birthday too. Lucky me!

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Stay Safe

Sorry we've been away again. I was away visiting family across the country, Mod K had a brand new nephew be born. I started school again while Mod K got a new job. I was just recently starting on all the requests again but, unfortunately, those will have to wait. As a South Floridian, I am preparing for Hurricane Irma and I doubt I will have electricity for awhile, much less an internet connection. So wish me luck and for anyone also caught in the path of Irma.

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HEY FLORIDA.

The governor just stated if you can’t get out of any mandatory evacuation, whether for fuel or any reason at all, call 1-800-955-5504, right now! The’ll help if you don’t have money, if you have pets, etc. They want you to call NOW because there is time to help you. (I guess signal boosting this is an upside to being subjected to the weather channel while living utterly landlocked.)

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Happy Birthday~ <3

Oh no, it wasn't either of our birthdays. It was the character Sailor Moon’s birthday. Thank you though. We will definitely tell you when its ours but this blog is a place of worship to the O.M.G (Original Magical Girl). Proper congratulations had to be made for great Senpai in the Sky.

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Ask Box Is Empty

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Being Artemis' younger sister and getting seriously hurt in a mission

It’s a mix of things inside her. She stays by your bedsidefor as long as she can. She even begins to read to you. She feels responsibleand forgets that it was your choice to be a part of this life and lets all theguilt settle on her shoulders. The rest of the team have to convince Artemis toleave your side to live out her life. When she’s at school, there is a never-endinggnawing in her gut. She can’t focus on anything. She also has a small butgrowing frustration. She has no idea how to get into contact with Jade to tellher about their baby sister. When you start to recover and become lucid again,there is some strain on your relationship with Artemis. She thinks you shouldput down the mask for good. You knew she just wanted to protect you. However,every time she came to visit you, the room was always filled with the sound ofarguing over your choice to continue to fight. Stubbornness runs down everyside of the family it seems.

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A True Hero

     “I’m still in the heart of the ship, Aqualad.”

     “What? Why?”

     “Ran into a bit of hiccup setting up the bomb.”

     “What do you mean?”

     “… The self-destruct mechanism has been damaged. The only way for this bomb to go off is to do it manually. I’m here holding down the switch.”

     “Absolutely not. Abort mission and get out of there.”

     “You think I want to do this? Kal, this was our plan Z. We need to take down this ship today or they strike. You said it yourself, if they succeed a majority of the Earth will be uninhabitable. Millions will die.”

     An ice-cold grip squeezed Kaldur’s heart at the sound of you dropping the formality of code names.

     “Then put something heavy to hold down the switch and get out of there. You still have time!”

     “… I can’t.”

     “Why not?” He roared.

     “One of their soldiers is here. I’ve got a force field around me and the bomb, he’s waiting for me to drop it and run. If I do, he diffuses it and they win. I have to stay here and protect it.”

     “It does not have to end this way. We can still save you. We can still do someth—“

     “Please, Kaldur, let me speak. There’s not a lot of time left and I have so much I want to say.” Your voice cracked in unmistakable fear.

     “Go ahead,” his own voice was raspy from the force it took to control himself. Tears streamed down the faces of most of the Justice League. Kaldur was one of the few still trying to hold together mostly due to shock that this was happening,

     “Tell my family I love them. We didn’t always get along, but I always loved them. Even if both of us forgot it sometimes.” A loud sob ripped through the command center of the Watchtower. 

     “I want to thank all of you. I wasn’t in any way qualified to be a superhero but you all took me in and gave me proper training. I wanted to quit half the time and only stayed because I believed that since I had the capability to help, even if only somewhat, it was my duty. I was a theatre major. The only thing I was adept at was memorizing scripts; never missing any of my cues was my proudest skill. I was not the strongest or the most skilled. I wasn’t even the one with the most conviction, but you let me train. You all pushed me farther than I ever thought I’d reach. And Kal, you made a person like me, who was terrified of every fight and who wanted to run away all time, believe that… I could be a little bit brave too.”

     M’gann curled into Connor, sobbing. Superman’s heart cried out as it always did for fallen heroes, but this was the first he had to witness first hand. Wonder Woman’s shoulders shook with a violent rage that was silent. Her hand gripping the shoulder of her protégé. Even the Batman himself had his head cast down, the rest of his children did the same in respect for their comrade. Your voice finally shattered and your sobbing words echoed for all the League to hear.

     “I got to save people, didn’t I? I’m saving people now. Did I do enough? Am I hero too now, Kal? Have I done enough? I think I did.”

     “Of course, you are. You did more than enough.” He clenched his eyes shut for a moment. He didn’t even get to see your face. All they could do was stare out the window into space, at the latest giant alien ship bent on destroying Earth. The one that was about to become your grave.

     “Great, my big heroic moment and I can’t even do it gracefully. I’m ruining it because…”

     “Because, what?” He didn’t want to hear the answer but you deserved to say all that was bottled up right now.

     “I’m so scared. I don’t want to die, Kaldur!” You let yourself sob for a moment. When you opened your eyes again and saw there was only seven seconds left, it gave you the strength to pull yourself together and allow yourself to be brave a little bit more. 

     “I love you, Kaldur’ahm.”

     “I…” He finally let the tears fall and took what he swore was only a second to compose himself in order say what the two of you always knew and understood wordlessly. When he opened his eyes all he saw were the large plumes of fire in space before he could say the rest.

     The entire Justice League watched the enemy ship fall apart and due to the vacuum of space couldn’t even hear the result of your efforts from behind the safety of the glass. All they could hear was Kaldur’ahm scream your name and the sound of each other crying.

Mod J: There has been a lot of fluff lately, time to fix that.

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One Step Forward

     You knew your ass was going to hit the floor one way or another, how long that would take was only a matter of time. The single advantage you had was that you could teleport but that would take a toll on your body with each use. Tim is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, something you were an amateur at. As you both waited for Dick to commence the match, your eyes wandered to Karen, who gave you a thumbs up. You hoped you would manage to survive a significant amount of time, without too many injuries. Your eyes trained back to Tim, who was watching you closely, most likely thinking about the quickest way to take you down.

     Dick gave the word and Tim didn’t hesitate to act. You teleported away as he got closer and tried to find a way to retaliate. He would most likely be trying to find a pattern in your teleports and he knew your weaknesses. You decided to buy as much time as you can by teleporting away from him and keeping in mind the strain on your body. Tim maneuvered his way to you with each teleport and you hoped your plan paid off. Once you felt your body about to give, you turned to defending yourself physically. Tim noticed the change and immediately went for the finishing blow. Using every ounce of energy, you teleported behind him as he made a move towards where you had been.

     Swiping his feet underneath his body, you tried to pin him down. However, due to the exhaustion, your grip wasn’t strong enough. In no time, Tim had flipped you two over, pinning you to the ground with his body. You flushed involuntarily at the closeness.

     “Y/N, you all right?” You nodded to Tim, not trusting yourself to speak. Thankfully, he got off you and offered you his hand. You took it, noting how warm his hand was before letting go, hoping you weren’t holding it for too long.

     “That was a good plan.”

     “Uh…thanks.”

       The conversation died there and you walked away to allow the next fight. You slumped against Karen, telling her all she needed to know.

     “You chickened out.”

     “He said I had a good plan! And all I could say was ‘thanks.' I couldn’t come up with a way to keep the conversation going.” Karen patted you on the head, a sigh escaping her lips.

     “Looks like I have my work cut out for me.” Your spirits had dampened.

     “I’m a hopeless case.”

     You spent the rest of the time watching the others fight, your thoughts darkening at your lack of progress with Tim. But, what could you do? Holding a conversation was difficult as of late and finding reasons to talk to him was worse. At this rate, you were most likely to die first than confess your feelings. Once the training was done and everyone was going their separate ways, you finally found the courage to do it.

     “I’m gonna go tell him!” Karen looked at you, surprised by your outburst.

     "You’re going to tell him what?” Before she finished her sentence, you had scurried off towards Dick and Tim’s direction.

     “Hey, Tim!” Both Tim and Dick turned, Tim surprised that you had called him out and Dick looking a bit smug, knowing what you were going to do. You flushed and all your courage had left you at the sight of it.

     “Y/N, what’s wrong?” Dick chuckled and excused himself, going to stand beside Karen. Your mind was working overtime to come up with responses.

     “Uh..n-nothing’s wrong! There’s just something I needed to ask you!” You could do this, you would confess your feelings to Tim. Well, that is until your eyes met Tim’s.

     “What do you need?”

     “Could you help me train?” You wanted to slap yourself now.

     “Sure.”

     The following conversation consisted of setting up a time to train with him, when you both weren’t busy with missions. Tim bid you a good day and left as you numbly walked towards Karen and Dick. Dick snickered, having heard the conversation while Karen patted you on the head to try and to comfort you.

     “I’m doomed!” Dick left to give you two some privacy and Karen gripped your shoulders.

     “You aren’t doomed, think of this as a first step. You managed to have a conversation with him and now you have a reason to talk to him.”

     “But the whole point was to confess.”

     “I know sweetie but you aren’t ready to take that step. To gather courage, you should think of this as training for you to get comfortable around Tim.” You didn’t really believe that it would eventually lead up to you confessing but it’s better than having nothing planned. Karen patted your head affectionately as you both went to go hang out at her house.

     “Don’t worry Y/N, you’ll get there eventually.”

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Hey! Could you please do a Red Arrow x Reader where the two go on a mission and have to pretend to be a couple?? I dunno, maybe they have to spy on a few people in some big formal party or something, you decide ;) Thanks love!

“James Tanner and this is my wife.”

“Well it is a delight, Mr. and Mrs. Tanner.” The villain you and Roy were trying to oust this evening kissed the back of your hand, his lips lingering a little too long for propriety. You grinned, flattered.

“Charmed.”

“I wasn’t sure if I recognized your husband or not but I know for sure I have never seen you before. I would have remembered.” He turned, addressing Roy now. “Is this your first time at my gala, Mr. Tanner? I thought I knew all the city’s elites. New money, I presume?”

“Actually yes. Startup software company started by the missus and I.”

“Lovely and sharp as a whip, I see.” He schmoozed, you all chuckled fashionably. You wanted to rip that snobby diamond pin off his tie and throw it into one of the glasses of the champagne fountain. “Well, I must be off to greet my other guests. Do enjoy yourselves but don’t make yourselves scarce. I’d love to get better acquainted with the pair of you. Tata for now.”

You nearly gagged on how ritzy he was but smiled and lifted your glass of champagne in lieu of waving. Roy’s smile dropped like a priceless French vase off a high shelf.

“With the way he’s showboating tonight he’ll be behind bars before they serve the entrée. Maybe even before the hors d'oeuvres run out.”

“Smile, Roy.” You whispered. “We’re supposed to be starry-eyed and in love.”

“Well that bit shouldn’t be too difficult.” A small but genuine smile pulled across his face.

From anyone else’s perspective in the room, James Tanner leaned in to whisper in his wife’s ear and smiled, love struck, as he watched her giggle.

Mod J: Sorry this took so long. Enjoy :)

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AAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHH!

Mod K!!!!!

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Mod J is speechless

Didn't like I pointed out the beaming Dick and wants me to change it now but I don't want to. -Mod K

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Mod J has lost it

Go take a look at "baby steps" to the part where you hear your name called. "She turned to a beaming Dick" has Mod j rolling around in the floor with laughter

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Baby Steps

     “You’re telling me that there is nothing going on between them.” Karen let out a sigh as she sipped her drink while you were watching the scene unfold. Currently Tim and Cassandra were going at it while the rest of the team watched on the side lines. 

     “You know, you wouldn’t have to worry about such things if you just tell him how you feel.” You turned towards Karen, a look of incredibility on your face. 

     “There’s no way I could do that! He obviously doesn’t feel anything for me so why should I go and embarrass myself!” Karen could only shake her head in disappointment. 

     “Honestly you should go and make the first move but if you want to sit back and watch someone else steal your crush away, be my guest.” You punched her in the shoulder, a bit offended. 

     “That was uncalled for but… maybe you’re right. Might as well gather up my courage and confess. What’s the worst that can happen?” Karen continued sipping her drink as the various scenarios blinked through your mind. She hit you in the head and you rubbed the spot as she continued. 

     “Stop worrying so much and go ahead. If the worst comes to worst, and no I do not believe that will happen so stop looking like a kicked puppy, I can treat you to a girl’s night out. Chalk full of ice cream and horrible romance movies.” You smiled appreciatively as you hugged her. 

     “Thank you, Karen! I’ll try to confess to him.” 

     “Confess to who?” You froze, hoping to whoever was watching over you that the voice of the person who just spoke isn’t who you thought it was. You slowly turned, your body flushing red. You were met with Dick’s blue eyes, his eyebrows raised in question. You gulped and ended up stuttering a response. 

     “Uh…nobody really?” Dick’s expression changed to a mildly amused one. 

     “But you just said you were going to confess to someone.” You had hoped that a hole would suddenly appear underneath you and swallow you up. You shot a glance at Karen, pleading through your eyes for some sort of help. She only chuckled and waved Dick over, whispering something in his ear. 

     You prayed that whatever Karen was telling him, it wouldn’t be your crush on a certain birdie. Your heart dropped when Dick nodded at Karen and sent you a wink with a devilish smile on his face. 

     “What did you tell him?” Karen looked sheepish and said, “well, I just thought you needed a push in the right direction. So, in order to confess, you need to be on speaking terms.” You looked at her, a bit insulted when she continued. 

     “And no, waving and saying hello is not ‘speaking terms’. I mean having full on conversations without turning red and stuttering.” You held back your remarks, knowing what she was saying is true. 

     “So how do you propose I do that then?” Suddenly you heard your name being called and turned to a beaming Dick. 

     “Sorry I didn’t catch that?” Dick grinned as he repeated. 

     “Since Cassie and Tim’s battle is over, you and Tim are next.” You looked horrified at Karen, who took another sip of her drink. 

     “Baby steps y/n, what better way to get to know each other than fighting?”

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A convenient and more efficient way of navigating our blog (fair warning this is still being edited)

- Whole Team  * Ice Skating

-Series    *Burden (Complete)      Burden (Part 1)      Intervention (Part 2)      Memories (Part 3)      Goodbye (Part 4) -One Shots / Drabbles    *Asleep Beside Him

-One Shots / Drabbles   * Cuba Libre   * Mistletoe   * First Christmas   * A True Hero

- One Shots / Drabbles    * A Lost Bet   * May I Have This Dance?   * Mistletoe

-One Shots / Drabbles  * Injured  * Sibling Injured

- One Shots / Drabbles  * Confession

-One Shots/Drabbles  * Undercover

-Series   *Confession Series (Incomplete)     Baby Steps (Part 1)      One Step Forward (Part 2) -One Shots / Drabbles   * Shitty Gifts

-One Shots / Drabbles   * Set Up

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Goodbye

     Your gaze met a familiar pair of shocked blue eyes. Your thoughts disappeared as you tried to process what was happening. It had been months since the two of you were alone together. You didn’t think you could handle being alone with him yet. You tried to form words, but you couldn’t utter a sound. Dick appeared to go through the same thing. Something in your mind clicked and you realized it was too much of a coincidence for him to be here. Artemis had texted you that she was running late and then Dick showing up told you she had set you two up. You wanted to furiously text her, but you couldn’t bring yourself to ignore Dick to do so. You decided to swallow all your negative feelings and wave him over. You had already made eye contact so it would be awkward if you pretended to not have seen each other.

     Dick’s form appeared to freeze a moment, his eyes darted between the door and you. You waited as he made the decision to come over. He tried to cover his awkward response with a smile, though you could tell it was a forced one. You suddenly recalled the stares of those around you and were sort of grateful he had at least tried to disguise himself. It would be best not to add fuel to the fire. However, those stares were making you extremely uncomfortable and Dick noticed that. He suggested to go hang out elsewhere and you gave him a small grateful smile. You called over the waitress to pay for your coffee.

     The waitress was amicable, despite the cold attitude towards her earlier. The same couldn’t be said for Dick though, who she shot glares at. Once she came back with the receipt, you and Dick made your way out of the café. 

“Thanks for that, I don’t know how long I could stand their pitying stares.” Dick waved it off. 

“It was no problem, though I’m curious about why you were at that café?” You released a sigh and checked your phone for new messages. There were none. 

“I was supposed to meet Artemis half an hour ago. What’s your excuse?” 

“Wally wanted to hang out, I was running a bit late. Though it isn’t hard to figure out this was a set up.” You chuckled at that. 

“Kind of pathetic, isn’t it? When our friends are left with no choice but to intervene to get us alone together.”

     Dick’s smile had faltered a bit as you two walked aimlessly.

 “I agree with you there. We haven’t spent any time alone since…” His sentence was cut off but you knew he was referring to the night you two had separated. 

“Yeah but we must have worried them if they resorted to scheming behind our backs.” The two of you had entered a local park and Dick had motioned towards a park bench to sit down. You wondered if you could handle being so close to him, but you didn’t want him to think anything was wrong. 

“Do you want anything to drink?” You gave him an embarrassed smile. 

“It’s not necessary, I drank enough coffee to keep me awake for a week while waiting for Artemis.”

     It looked like Dick suddenly remembered something. 

“Why was everyone glaring at me when I walked into the café?” You held back a snort as your body relaxed. 

“They thought I had been stood up by my imaginary boyfriend no matter how many times I told the waitress that I was waiting for a friend. Thanks, by the way.” 

“It’s no problem and if it helps, someone would have to be an idiot to stand you up.”

 “Yeah.” You two fell into an awkward silence as the world around you continued. You racked your brain for things to fill the silence, things that wouldn’t open old wounds. However, Dick had different thoughts.

     “You know, these past couple months, I couldn’t stop thinking about you.” You froze as Dick leaned closer, gazing at the ground as he pressed on.

 “Your expression that day keeps playing in my mind, no matter how many times I wish it didn’t. Our relationship would have put you in danger and I believed I had made the right choice.” You turned to face away from him, your hands tightening on your lap and you tried to hold back any tears. 

“I still do, even though I find myself missing you so much, no matter how much I try not to.” You started laughing, tears streamed down your face while Dick was confused. 

“You’re an idiot you know.” Dick watched you as you try to swipe away tears, a bittersweet smile on your face. 

“You say it was for my safety, but don’t I get to decide that for myself? If you had even tried to ask me, I would have told you that I didn’t care because I knew you would keep me safe. I would have chosen you.” You tried your best to compose yourself. 

“You say you did it to protect me, to keep me safe, but you won’t even tell me what you’re trying to keep me safe from. It was hard for me but I accepted that the one you were trying to protect wasn’t me, but actually you.” Dick sprang up and grabbed your shoulders so you would face him. 

“That’s not true!”

 “Don’t lie!” That made Dick freeze as you tried to hold back sobs.

 “I tried to be understanding, tried to accept what you told me as the truth, but I have had time to think clearly about the things you’ve told me and I realized one thing. You would have told me, told me what threatened my life so much if you had trusted me.”

     Dick gave no response but that only confirmed your suspicions. 

“You made a choice that day and decided that your secret was worth more than me.” It was hard for you to fake that everything was fine, to try and form a semblance of a friendship with him. You still loved him despite everything and that made it hurt more. Dick suddenly pulled you into his arms and that made it so much harder to keep everything in. You let yourself go and sobbed into his arms as he tried to comfort you. 

“I never meant to hurt you."

A/N: (Mod K) So this is extremely late because of a mixture of the writer’s block plus having no idea how to approach this final chapter. However I’m glad to say that the Burden series is now complete! (heads up-anyone asking for a sequel will have to deal with Mod J’s over protective mother instincts because if anybody knows how overboard I can go, it’s her - not that I’m complaining). So the ending of this piece is based on what you guys want to happen: do your forgive and forget or separate and live your lives? Concerning updates and such…we have no steady schedule. It’s mostly requests and whether or not we each have an idea for a one shot.

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