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"What is it?" he asked as he rubbed a hand over his face. |
"Well, I was wondering if you'd like to hang out today," she smiled brightly. |
"Day off," he answered as he tried to rub the sleep from his eyes. |
"Oh... we could..." she started. |
"It's a sleep day Kara," he answered. "Alone," he emphasized since the shower wasn't running. |
"Oh, I understand," she nodded. He just shut the door and sighed. He hadn't slept with Kara in over six months, and he hadn't touched Kori in about seven months. If he was going to have to deal with old lovers showing up here now he was moving. Walking back to his bed he saw Raven curled up in the center of the bed, his red t-shirt pulled over her head and he stopped for a moment. |
This was perfection. |
With that in mind he crawled back in bed, arm falling around Raven's waist. |
"No shower?" he murmured. |
"Sleep," she hummed. |
"Good plan," he yawned again. |
"Hmmm.... I'll leave in a minute," she promised. |
"Just stay," he replied. |
"I'll stay," she whispered and he was sound asleep again. It felt good to just be here, to sleep. Raven was there when he woke again at dusk, she didn't move and he wondered if perhaps it would be worth it if they were more than fuck buddies. |
They were doomed. It was all he could think as he dangled from the ceiling, also tethered to the floor to secure that he could not fly. Not to mention the explosives which were tamper proof set at the bases of the teather, the platinum chains binding him and the fact he was spread eagle without his tools, his gear, or his shit. There was no moving, and he, his brothers, and Roy were dangling like this helplessly. The Kryptonians were locked up with kryptonite, Star was sedated, Beast Boy was in a strange container which shrunk and grew no matter the animal size he shifted into, and Cyborg was currently dismantled, his human self on life support at this moment. |
Frowning Dick examined the locks, but they'd been smart about the locks and had two of them on his forearm plus the one on his wrist. The only members of the Titans or Outlaws whom had yet to be captured, were Raven and his wayward brother, Red Hood (a.k.a. Jason Todd). And to be perfectly honest, Raven would do something rational, like outsourcing to the League for help, or Bruce, while Jason... well, Dick was betting that Jason was going to try to come storming in, guns blazing, and all hell breaking loose before he too was caughter. |
"We're fucked," Dick muttered as he let his head dangle. |
"Raven and Red are coming," Damian muttered. |
"No, they aren't," he sighed. "And even if Hood does come in here bullets flying and shit, how long do you think he can stand alone against a fucking A.R.G.U.S. army!?" |
Yes, Dick was mad enough to be swearing. It was always the redheads which got him into trouble, and they wouldn't be in this mess if he hadn't blindly helped a stranger and walked into a trap. |
"It's cute that you think you were our target," said redhead (whom had claimed to be named Noel) mused from her perch. |
"We're after the Hood," Waller said walking out. |
"What?" Tim stuttered as they blinked. |
"Yes, you're merely bait," Waller smiled as she moved herself towards them. Dick frowned. "He'll do anything for his brothers now. Before he'd have killed you all on site, he was reckless, uncontrollable, and unpredictable without a weakness or moral. Now he's got a weakness again, family. He will come for you, and when he does he will be caught and you will be set free." |
"And what makes you think that that's how it will go, your guys manage catching the most powerful Titan," Damian smugly pointed out. |
"Ah, Rachel Roth, better known as Raven, she's passive, hardly a threat and she will not endanger her precious control on her emotions by coming for you," Waller stated smugly. |
"Now that's just fucking insulting, wouldn't you say little bird?" a voice called out from the shadows and everyone tensed. |
"Agreed," a monotone answered as the room seemed to darken as a chill spread over them. Dick shuddered as that primal fear in him raced down his spine and his eyes wildly scanned the surrounding shadows. But there was a scream of a man, four narrow red eyes loomed overhead. There were shots fired and a manic laugh. |
"Neat trick sunshine," Jason's voice teased, every soldier in the place was tense. |
"Don't call me that," Raven answered. |
"What do you say we teach them some manners about insulting a lady's honor?" Jason cackled. |
"Are you going to defend my honor now Red?" Raven asked stepping out of the shadows. |
"It's a gentleman's duty, and Agent A would have my head if I didn't do that at the very least," Jason mused appearing beside Raven. Dick just blinked at how casual they seemed to be as they stood there. |
"Very well then, I will collect our friends," Raven stated. |
"I'll save some for you," Jason said. |
"Very well, I have a passive reputation to fix," Raven said icily, the shadows moved. |
"Well don't just stand there! Catch him," Waller shouted. Jason cackled as he leapt up, guns drawn, Raven pulled back, slipping into the shadows when a large bird flew from them. Dick just stared at them as they moved. The chaos Jason instigated as he laughed, firing and twisting through the air, Raven's shadows occasional giving him a step or a shield as she flew down to the Kryptonians. |
"Get them out of here!" Jason shouted. Raven disappeared as did her shadows. |
"You're alone now," Waller said, standing in a safe box. |
"That's what you think bitch," Jason countered. Dick felt the cool hands of Raven on his wrist then as she used her magic to break the chains, Dick leapt over her into the fray of Jason's whirlwind of a fight. |
"So you and Rae?" Dick asked as he sprung off Jason's shoulders to catch a guard with his knees as he twisted around to land on the ground, snatching up a baton. |
"She's fucking pissed, Waller shot her," Jason shouted as he slid low, Dick rolled out of the way of the bullets being shot and the bodies dropping. |
"You two seemed to have done this before," Dick commented as he smashed his fist into the gut of one guy before twisting up on the man out of the path of a bullet. |
"We have," Jason stated as they stood back to back. |
"What!?" Dick shouted and Jason laughed before Dick again was springing off Jason at the coming guards. "When!?" |
"Well, first there was her brothers, then Trigon, then the Church of Blood, Court of Owls, League of Assassins, and hey, shit happens!" Jason mused as they now stood in the carnage of a tactical assault. |
"You... Raven and you?" Dick asked stupefied. |
"Sure, took her on a date the night she was shot," Jason shrugged. |
"No shit?" Dick blinked. |
"First date too," Jason stated absently. They looked up at Waller, Dick noticed that Raven had collected all the teams now and the only one remaining, standing, other than them was Waller. |
"That all you got!?" Jason called out. |
"No," Waller started, but froze. Jason grinned maliciously and Dick shuddered as the wall behind Waller became blacker than a Gotham night, the four red eyes emerged again. |
"Should we stop her?" Dick asked. |
"Remember Dr. Light?" |
"Then let her be," Jason shrugged. There was an all-consuming blackness, Raven's demon snarl and Dick winced hearing a cry of true pain and terror. Then the blackness receeded before Raven's soul self landed in front of them, and she looked up at them with large white glowing eyes before the glow also faded. |
"Everyone is safe," Raven stated. |
"You're dating Jason?" Dick asked then as Raven opened a portal and froze. |
"Uh..." she fidgeted and blushed, Dick felt her hesitance and her slight joy through their empathy link and he grinned. |
"This is great!" Dick shouted and he caught them both by surprise in a tight, (super rare, almost extinct with them), much needed and deserved hug. |
Jason had been a kid who had kept everyone at arms length away, emotionally and physically, even after his death. Dick got it, to some extent, Jason had rarely ever had good human physical contact and that hadn't changed for a long time. Dick knew he was a bit better about it because of Roy and Kori. |
Raven however had been elusive and with her empathy she had strove not to have contact with people. She didn't like the intake of emotions which weren't hers', and Dick got it to an extent. But at some point he just didn't care and would hug her if he felt she needed it because everyone needed hugs. |
"THE HELL!?" Jason shouted as he struggled to escape the hug Raven just stiffened in his arms. |
"You two are not out of this, but this is awesome, and Jason, you fuck this up I'll kick your ass," Dick warned, keeping them both trapped in the hug. |
"Whatever Dickhead! Let go!" Jason squirmed. |
"Never! I will be telling your grandkids about this day, forever and ever!" Dick decided. |
"Grandkids!?" Raven and Jason shouted simultaneously. |
"Of course! You're going to be perfect for each other!" Dick decided firmly as he released them and stepped back. He meant it, he truly did. he didn't remove his hands from their shoulders as he looked them both over. |
"I'll shot him, you send him to another dimension and we say it was an accident, love," Jason blurted out to Raven just nodded. |
"You won't!" Dick decided as he kept them trapped and slung arms around the both of them. |
"The hell we won't!" Jason argued. |
"I know a dimension with no women," Raven piped up. |
"Good, send him there!" Jason shouted as he tried to escape, but Dick held firm on the larger young man. |
"I want to know all about how this started!" Dick decided. |
"NO!" they both shouted at him, he laughed. |
"I can't wait for the wedding!" he decided. This would be a good thing for them. |
"There'll be no wedding!" they both snapped at him. |
"And let me go!" Jason roared. |
"Never!" Dick declared as he took to wrapping himself around Jason firmly, and releasing Raven who was quick to put herself out of reach. |
"What the hell circus freak!? Raven!" |
"You are on your own." |
"Some friend you are!" Jason growled as they all fell through Raven's portal. |
"AH! You're friends too! Even better!" |
"I'm going to kill you Dick!" |
Watching the Other Sleep... |
Bolting up in a cold sweat he gasp desperately as he looked around wildly, the all too familiar terror of a nightmare pounding in his ears and body had him tense and on edge. |
There was a muffled noise behind him which had him scrambling back, his hand grabbing the knife he kept under the pillow when he stopped. |
The empath lay there, on her stomach, sound asleep, her tat was showing from the shirt which had ridden up and her legs were spread out, the blanket a tangled mess around her and she was shivering. He softened slightly as he rubbed his face over and sighed. |
He wasn't wherever the nightmare had dragged him to, he was here, in her apartment, and safe. Dragging a shaky hand through his hair he set his knife aside and just trembled. One would think that after all these years he'd be over the nightmares, but nope. They came raging in on him when he least expected it and robbed him of his sleep. It was hell, a different hell from what he'd lived through, but a hell all the same. Getting out of the bed he walked to her kitchen, their dirty dishes were in the sink and he just started doing them, it kept his hands busy. Then he got the water he wanted before he walked back to the bed and sat down on the edge of it. |
For a long time he just watched her, watched the rise and fall of her breathing and he counted her breaths too. |
He and Raven hadn't been dating long, he'd only asked to stay the night because of a blizzard raging outside. Else he'd have taken the train back to Gotham and to his place. Instead he'd asked to stay, too tired to take the train at this hour, and Raven had said yes. |
No, he hadn't had sex with her. Not that the thought hadn't crossed his mind, but he knew she hesitated with sex, her powers, and emotions. He found he could follow Raven's lead on intimacy in their relationship. He'd never dealt with a virgin, and he actually liked Raven's company. She was calming, he was always in a state of chaos and Raven was calm. Jason liked that about her, he could just be himself; no matter how dangerous, chaotic, or wild that was, he could just be himself and she accepted that. He, in turn, accepted that Raven was always calm, or worked at it, almost emotionless, and if given the choice between company and a book; the book won. |
"Jay?" she mumbled as she turned her head to him. |
"Sorry," he whispered. |
"Nightmare?" she asked as she shifted onto her side. |
"Yes," he admitted. |
"Mmmm," she hummed. "You were thrashing, I could... calm you?" she said uncertainly. |
"I'm fine," he lied as he set the glass aside and laid down. |
"There's no shame in accepting help," she mumbled sleepily. |
"Rae... I..." he couldn't scare her off. She, aside from being his girlfriend, was slowly becoming a real friend to him. |
"I'm an empath, it's not going to scare me," she murmured as she pulled herself into his side. |
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