prey for gotham

YOU CAN TRY TO BREAK ME, I CUT MY TEETH ON PEOPLE LIKE YOU. IT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT MORE TO TAKE ME DOWN. I'M A STEP AHEAD, WATCH ME WEARING MY CROWN. DON'T NEED A KNIGHT TO GUARD THE CAVE, CAN'T COUNT THE DRAGONS THAT I'VE SLAYED. YOU CAN GIVE IT ALL YOU GOT. 'CAUSE LOVE IS RUNNING THROUGH MY VEINS, OH THIS LION CAN'T BE TAMED. THERE'S FIRE IN MY BLOOD. BURN. I COULD BURN THE CITY DOWN, I COULD PUT YOU UNDER GROUND. MAKE THE STARS FALL FROM THE SKY, MAKE THE CLOUDS AND HEAVEN CRY. independent dinah laurel lance/black canary of dc comics. canon divergent and multiverse friendly. semi selective. 21+. loved by vanessa.

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Star leans over and tilts her head at the screen, beaming like a kid in the candy  store. Her and Peter are so cute! It’s crazy thinking about how long it’s been since this picture was taken and how they’re still those kids inside. The good, hopeful ones who fell fast and hard. Normally their PDA made her cringe but there’s always fondness behind it. 

She snickers. “ You know what? Yeah! I do that’s nasty this is a christian cafe ma’am. “ She jokes but the sight of each picture had her gushing out loud. “ Aw! Look at you guys! “ She bumps shoulders with her gently. 

She pauses for a second, really letting those words fill her belly with warm that she releases into the atmosphere around like a cozy fire. “ I feel the same way. Like…I wanted to say it before but I chickened out. Didn’t want you to think I was weird. “ She admits meekly. 

“ But hey we can take one now? “ Her eyebrows raise. “ We’ve got drinks and we’re at my favorite place in the world. “ She nuzzles into her side habitually and flips the camera on her phone to face them. “ Say beansssssss. “ She sings and a smile splits her face in two as she help up a peace sign. 

Oh my God! There was slight embarrassment that took over when Star made the comment of this being a Christian cafe, hoping she wouldn’t become too nervous and accidentally click the folder that shouldn’t be viewed by anyone. Even if her cheeks were still burning, she relaxed and forgot all about it when she could feel the emotion that took over Star at the pictures.

“I could never find you weird. Never.” A hand automatically brushed her hair out of her face in a comforting manner, tucking it gently behind her ear. “I know it’s scary, to let people in, but I’m not going anywhere. I don’t want you to ever be afraid to express yourself around me, thinking it might negatively impact us in any way, because nothing in this world could ever do that.”

Honestly, if Star asked her for the world? She would give that to her, so the happiness that consumed her right there to take their first picture at a spot that meant something to the teen? It was close enough.

“Beeeaaannnnsssss!” She said, laughing in the end at how open and wide her own smile turned out to be in the picture, and how she hugged Star like her pride and joy. Wait until she went home to Peter to tell him all about the day she had with Star, and it was just beginning! 

“Oh, and the rule is you can’t redo any of them! A second go wouldn’t be able to recapture the moment we just did. Airdrop it to me, okay? It’s going to be my background.”

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“I fell in love with him the way you fall asleep, slowly and then all at once.”

- The Fault in Our Stars (Hazel Grace)

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ZENDAYA for Squarespace

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zendaya Don’t really have a caption…just happy

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Star laughs at the comment about her eyes but never interrupted. Mom is right apparently. I do look like a cartoon huh? She thinks and listens and all the while her eyes follow how Dinah comes to life. You could argue that most of the time she was a ball of energy that can’t be contained but right now she had a unique glow about her, the kind you get when you talk about one of your favorite people. 

She drags the chair round so they could be close and watch together without the awkwardness of angles and lighting and presses play and sure enough there they were. “ She’s really beautiful. “ She can’t help muttering. May buzzed and Dinah looked like she was going to explode with so many emotions. Peter’s timid voice going on and on…and on in the background. It was a tug or war and Star cackled at how ridiculous it was. 

It made her happy to see this side of them. It also made her feel nostalgic for moments she hasn’t even had yet. Boyfriends…girlfriends…they were off the table until she could get things under control and that meant missing out on a lot. thing they’ve experience even then when the world was filled with so much uncertainty. It made her hopeful and it made her feel that much closer to Dinah. 

Soon the video ends with their laughter and Star looks over at Dinah, her eyes a little watery and irises a pleasant lilac. She hands the phone back, bumping knuckles and sending a ripple of butterflies through the other woman by accident. “ That was awesome. Do you have any of those pictures you were talking about? “ 

“See what I mean?” She says this with a sniffle and soft chuckle. “She was home. I wish you two could have met...” Wishes that burned up like passing shooting stars. Because everyone knows you can’t make a wish on a star. Wishes... magic... she was tired, if not, done with all the tricks.

But, Star made her feel things from a different perspective, something forgotten. The ripple of butterflies made her remember every emotion she felt on the night of her first date. “Yeah, yeah I do have the pictures on here. Let me...”

Her hands were slightly trembling and cheeks a pink hue, like she was suddenly a teenager again. Excited, nervous, scared. That’s right - scared! She remembered how her voice squeaked ‘Auntie!’ after May helped apply color to her lips, and teased how kissable they were. May’s laughter from the shriek was engraved in her mind like a core memory.

“Yeah, right here. There’s quite a few.” May snapped shots as soon as they walked in, so Star would see how successful their first date was on their faces. It was quite a difference, nerves no longer present on their features. “Don’t worry, nothing over the top PDA. Unless you count the hug sandwich we did to May.”

It was a series of self timed burst photos of all of them laughing, hugging, and smiling. For Dinah to be sharing these memories stuck in time with Star was like pulling an old shoebox and living it out all over again.

“I can see us making memories like this, you know?” Now she was smiling at Star. “Because I did mean it back there - you really are like a sister to me.”

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Peter gasps and claps a hand over his mouth like this is the very first time he’s seen such a thing. He takes her hand and gazes at the ring from all angles. “ No, no don’t stop! You’re right. I really must of liked it a lot if i put a ring on it. “ The grin that broke across his face was childlike. He kisses her hand and then her cheek. “ You think it’s to early to renew our vows gorgeous? “ He asks with a head tilt. 

She could feel those butterflies that he spoke of when he kissed her hand and then her cheek, her heart all aflutter. Things that you didn’t think would be possible to actually feel, but there she was, being wooed time and time again by the love of her life. “Peter, are you.. are you asking me to marry you again?” Yeah, no one could tell her that she wasn’t living out her very own epic romance novel. “No, I don’t think it’s too early.” She giggled, unable to contain the happiness, resting her hand on his cheek as she adoringly gazed into his eyes. “I would say ‘I do’ to you every single day if I could.”

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There’s a tiny flicker of pink in her eyes and then another and another as her own powers tried forcing their way through the muting barrier on her wrist. It’s only ever happened a few others times. At school with miles, that boy is always stressing over something and with her mom when she tried to hide an injury she got from working so freaking hard all the time. She cares about Dinah a lot just like she did about them. 

She relaxes her shoulders and scoffs. “ Clean? Oh god. Yeah… she’s gonna love you. “ She laughs. Dinah is gonna be yet another person her mom calls her “ kid from a different home “ or “ the good one “ she can just tell and the image warms her a bit.

She gentle boops the other girls shin and smiles. “ You never talk about May you know that? How am I supposed to know how awesome she is if you keep those secrets to yourself? Huh? It’s a little selfish if you ask me. “ She gently fishes. 

It was the spoon full of sugar she needed, Dinah unable to keep from laughing at the tease over how selfish it was to keep the memories of Aunt May to herself. There was truth to that remark as well, because the memory of May deserved to live on.

“Yeah. Yeah, you’re right. I swear I remember her more than my own mother. That’s no fault to my mom, though. I was just always going over there, and if I could create scents from the memories I have of May, you’d be making those eyes you did at the smell of the coffee when we walked in here.”

“She was the one you could run to when life was so overwhelming. The one I remember who brushed and did my hair nearly every morning in elementary. She was so knowledgeable. There’s no word in the dictionary to describe how special she was. Hold on -”

Sometimes she wondered if Strange sneaked in another spell for everything to remain in tact when Dinah remembered who Peter was, because pictures and videos on her iCloud storage remained the same since before the spell took place. 

“She helped me and Peter get ready for our first date. I was in her room and Pete was in his room, so she was running back and forth and made us come out at the same time - you can get a better experience if you put these on...”

She placed the wireless earbuds on the table and her phone. When Star was ready to play the video, she would hear May’s warm voice and see her bright lovely face, excitedly speaking with the background blurring behind her as she hurried to get them ready.

“The whole time she didn’t know it was recording. She didn’t get our first date pictures until we came home, and it kind of became a tradition after that.”

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Sister? Star stood stunned under her arm almost forgetting everything up until this point. She’s just joking. She had to be otherwise they were on the same page and Dinah saw her the way she did. Unfortunately she couldn’t think too much about long about it otherwise this was gonna get awkward. The girl at the counter was already standing there, attentive, smiling. 

“ Yeah! I do! Um. Right! “ Her hands clapped on the counter and she scanned the menu although she knew what she wanted. After telling her she looks over at Dinah with a smirk. “ Wait so you support operation piercing! She’ll probably be a little mad but I mean I won’t. i’d think you were awesome. “ 

She walks up and grabs the drink from the bar, taking a sip. At her question Star holds out the cup so she could try it. “ I got vanilla bean. Three shots of espresso and caramel drizzle and bites with whip cream and three cherries. Try it. “ her favorite part is eating the cherries after she’s finished it all. 

“ Lemme try yours too. Yoink! “ She takes the drink and quickly sips. “ Oh this is fire. “ As they exchange back she leads them back up the stairs to a table. Sister – the word is still floating around in her head new. “ Did you actually want to have dinner with us tonight? Because my mom would love that! She’s always saying i should have more friends over. “ 

“Next time? You’re going to call the shots on my order.” Dinah said, hooking her backpack on the back of the chair before sitting down. She observed Star briefly, sipping quietly away at her drink before pulling back, not allowing her senses to pick up on what the teenager was feeling at that moment.

It took a lot of control to not be so invasive, and find a different focal point, like their surroundings. Clean up was still going on back at the damage site. If she wasn’t working on the crime reports and analysis, then Peter took over. It left a nice balance, so one wasn’t overwhelmed with other priorities.

“Of course I want to have dinner with you and your mom,” she smiled, bouncing in her seat. “I think it’s high time to personally introduce myself. I’ve never made tamales before, but I would be happy to learn and help in any way. Aunt May used --” 

She stopped there. Talking about Aunt May in the past tense was still hard, like it was never going to become any easier to adjust to. Clearing her throat as she used the straw of her drink to move the ice around a little, she tucked away the memory of helping May in the kitchen. 

“Anyway. I can even stay to help clean up.”

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Waking up to your husband holding your half naked body with his. Peeling him off of you and crawling out of bed. Sneaking down to the kitchen. Putting in your headphones while you cook breakfast for the two of you. Hearing footsteps but pretending not to notice. His hands on your hips as he sneaks up behind you. You spin around for a kiss. Eating breakfast together on the porch of the house you own together. Taking a hot shower. Together. Crawling back into bed as the sun goes up into the sky. Sex. Napping. Laughing. More sex. More napping. More laughing. Take another shower. Get dressed up. Go to dinner together. Have a couple drinks. Have really good food. Walk around the city under the lights and the stars holding hands. Drive home. Take off all the fancy clothes. Climb back into bed. Fall asleep next to the love of your life, again.

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She wasn’t listening at first, too busy gliding a hand and her eyes over the cover of each book until they stopped on an empty space on the table. That’s probably where the books were. Now, all that’s left is disappointment, aw! The mention of coffee had her perking up though. 

“ Did you say coffee? I want coffee. “ There’s a warm glow in her eyes. “ I’ll come with you my order is kinda crazy. “ She starts down the stairs and stops in the middle only to run back for Dinah with a giggle. “ Come on slow poke! “ 

She drags her right up to the counter and brings one of their menus closer. The cashier, late teens with an eyebrow piercing gives them a smile and Star gasps, smacking Dinah’s arm. “ You see her piering? I want one too but my mom says I can’t have one till i’m 18 but I have a plan. I’m gonna show her how cute it would look with the false ones from the mall. “ She snickers. 

Was that gonna work? Probably no but a girl can dream. 

Dinah made an instant face and mouthed out an ‘ow’ when she felt the teen smacking her arm. It didn’t actually hurt, but she couldn’t help and lay it thick on any form of “injuries”. Still, it didn’t pull her attention away from what Star was telling her, smiling kindly at the cashier who was cheerful in her greet before asking what she could get for them.

“Hi there, I’ll have a Iced Cafe Cubano, and my oh so adorable little sister right here.” She brought an arm around Star to pull her in real close for a side hug. “Tells me she has something crazy to order.”

Letting Star go, Dinah reached inside her bag for her debit card to pay, handing it over to the cashier when she rang it up all up.

“Your mom probably won’t be my biggest fan after today, huh? From letting you have what is probably too much sugar and caffeine after four, and encouraging the operation eyebrow piercing plan. I can even hear my own mom scolding me. ‘Dinah Laurel! Only when you have your own kids, then you’ll understand.’“

Their drinks were up at the bar, and Dinah made sure to leave a tip, eyes going wide as she took a sip of her coffee. “Oh... oh, that’s real good. I might have to get me another before leaving. What did you get?”

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They’ve been together so long and she still makes it feel like the first time in moments like these. He can’t but laugh. “ I can keep going? Okay! You look so good I got literal butterflies. I lost myself and almost asked you out again like is she single?! “ 

“Well. Stud.” She was aiming to come off alluring, hand slipping into his as she leaned against his side. “Do you need help finding your way back?” Fingers crawled slowly up his arm. “Because, oh! Remember now?” She brought her hand up to eye level, showing off the ring. “You liked this. You liked it a lot.” With a playful hair flip, she giggles. “Okay, okay. Let me stop.”

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At the first statement Star only rolled her eyes. It sure sounded like a tingle to her but as she went on she got a better understanding. Honestly it sounded a lot like her powers when they’re out of control. Only her radio was like fifty talk show hosts talking at the same time with their voice overlapping at max volume.

 “ Damn so you knew I was there the whole time? I was hoping you showed up before things got worse and then you did. It kind of felt like I was calling out for you you with my mind and poof you were there. Which sounds kinda dumb now that I said it. “ She chews on the inside of her cheek and then looks up to notice the sign hanging above. 

Starlight cafe. She gasps. “ This is the place! We gotta go in there’s a book I need to get! “ A burst of energy hits the teen and she’s tugging Dinah inside with the chime of the door. There are people in their own little world scattered at the tables. It’s warm and smelled like old books and freshly ground coffee. She inhales the scent and hums loudly. Her mom says it makes her look like a cartoon character when she does that. 

She was practically buzzing. “ Come on! “ She calls back having let go to dash up the stairs to the indoor deck area with all the books. She quickly sunk into the new release section to peruse. 

“ Hmm… not this one. Nope. No….aw man this is not looking good. Did you monsters get the last copy? “ She whines. 

“Oh! Whoa! But I thought - okay, okay.” Quiet laughter filled her lungs, softly apologizing to customers they buzzed passed inside. So, this is what it was like to have a counterpart so energic, you were kept on your toes to keep up. It was also the very reason why Dinah was so protective of the teenager, wanting her to live her youth that way it was meant to be lived; care-free.

She had never stepped foot into this cafe before, taking a little bit longer to go up the stairs. The name itself was rather appropriate, she thought to herself. It was like stepping into Starlene’s mind when she could find peace. Was that why she liked it here? She had to wonder. Everyone needed a place of their own, a place to escape, and this had its perks.

“This place is amazing - wow! Are there other hidden rooms in here?” The indoor deck put on a spectacular show. You could see the world, nearly bathed in color from an approaching sunset. It felt different, like New York was suddenly otherworldly. Her attention instantly snapped back to Star, concern on her expression. 

“What are you looking for? Maybe I can ask for you? They could have some copies in the back that they haven’t put out here. And, weren’t you thirsty just a second ago? Coffee, tea, what’s your poison?”

That’s when she realized, yeah, she really did ask a lot of questions! But, that was nothing new. She was big on learning and it went hand in hand with caring for others. 

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@hopeclaimed​ said: peter voice: HOT

“Ohh staaahp it!”

“Just kidding. Green light, go.” Bats eyelashes. “Tell me more!”

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