An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 7/7
Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jazz/Prowl (Transformers), Hound/Mirage (Transformers), Jazz/Hound/Mirage, Jazz/Hound/Mirage/Prowl, Prowl & Springer (Transformers)
Characters: Prowl (Transformers), Jazz (Transformers), Mirage (Transformers), Hound (Transformers), Autobots (Transformers)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Royalty, Early Modern Europe but Make It Robots, Protestant Reformation, Politics, Indulgent terror, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, mild robogore, Depictions of past Abuse
Series: Part 1 of Early Modern Europe But Make It Robots
Summary:
Prowl, widowed consort of King Tarantulas of Polyhex, finds himself making a humiliating bargain with his bonded’s assassin and successor in order to save his own life and that of his sparkling. King Jazz, meanwhile, is looking forward to helping Prowl get back to his normal life and away from courtesan politics… not that he asked Prowl about it first.
or
The One Where Prowl’s the Royal Mistress And Is Plotting Jazz’s Downfall
or
The Protestant Reformation AU no one asked for.
We’re here! It’s the end! Holy crap.
Special thanks to my beta, @sroloc–elbisivni for cheering me on, tolerating my penchant for ellipses, listening to me yell about world building and robot pronouns, and going “oh mood” when I complain about characters misbehaving. And thanks to my beloved partner for not laughing at me (too much) when I suddenly made us pivot mid-binge to begin watching every Transformers series ever made.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 6/7
Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jazz/Prowl (Transformers), Hound/Mirage (Transformers), Jazz/Hound/Mirage, Jazz/Hound/Mirage/Prowl, Prowl & Springer (Transformers)
Characters: Prowl (Transformers), Jazz (Transformers), Mirage (Transformers), Hound (Transformers), Autobots (Transformers)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Royalty, Early Modern Europe but Make It Robots, Protestant Reformation, Politics, Indulgent terror, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, mild robogore, Depictions of past Abuse
Series: Part 1 of Early Modern Europe But Make It Robots
Summary:
Prowl, widowed consort of King Tarantulas of Polyhex, finds himself making a humiliating bargain with his bonded’s assassin and successor in order to save his own life and that of his sparkling. King Jazz, meanwhile, is looking forward to helping Prowl get back to his normal life and away from courtesan politics… not that he asked Prowl about it first.
or
The One Where Prowl’s the Royal Mistress And Is Plotting Jazz’s Downfall
or
The Protestant Reformation AU no one asked for.
I once again want to express all the love in the world to you lovely people who have been reading and leaving comments. You guys have made it so much fun to dip my feet into Transformers. You might notice we now have a chapter count (just the epilogue left!) and a series. That’s because I am, in fact, working on a sequel, set 14 or so robot-years in the future (as in, Springer is a teenager), and I have a few AUs/side-stories/other POV things planned. If you’ve got something in particular you’d like to see in that series, I’d love to hear it, either in the comments or over on Tumblr. I’ve got two partially written already, those being “Prowl asks Hound to help him interview royal mistresses and Hound realizes things are weird” and “Mirage and Prowl met at school.”
Chapters: 5/?
Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jazz/Prowl (Transformers), Hound/Mirage (Transformers), Jazz/Hound/Mirage, Jazz/Hound/Mirage/Prowl, Prowl & Springer (Transformers)
Characters: Prowl (Transformers), Jazz (Transformers), Mirage (Transformers), Hound (Transformers), Autobots (Transformers)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Royalty, Early Modern Europe but Make It Robots, Protestant Reformation, Politics, Indulgent terror, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, mild robogore, Depictions of past Abuse
Summary:
Prowl, widowed consort of King Tarantulas of Polyhex, finds himself making a humiliating bargain with his bonded’s assassin and successor in order to save his own life and that of his sparkling. King Jazz, meanwhile, is looking forward to helping Prowl get back to his normal life and away from courtesan politics… not that he asked Prowl about it first.
or
The One Where Prowl’s the Royal Mistress And Is Plotting Jazz’s Downfall
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 4/?
Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jazz/Prowl (Transformers), Hound/Mirage (Transformers), Jazz/Hound/Mirage, Jazz/Hound/Mirage/Prowl, Prowl & Springer (Transformers)
Characters: Prowl (Transformers), Jazz (Transformers), Mirage (Transformers), Hound (Transformers), Autobots (Transformers)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Royalty, Early Modern Europe but Make It Robots, Protestant Reformation, Politics, Indulgent terror, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, mild robogore, Depictions of past Abuse
Summary:
Prowl, widowed consort of King Tarantulas of Polyhex, finds himself making a humiliating bargain with his bonded’s assassin and successor in order to save his own life and that of his sparkling. King Jazz, meanwhile, is looking forward to helping Prowl get back to his normal life and away from courtesan politics… not that he asked Prowl about it first.
or
The One Where Prowl’s the Royal Mistress And Is Plotting Jazz’s Downfall
or
The Protestant Reformation AU no one asked for.
Hey, it’s the yelling and communication chapter! This one got long. I actually had to cut it off earlier than I planned, which is horrifying considering the word count.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 3/?
Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jazz/Prowl (Transformers), Hound/Mirage (Transformers), Jazz/Hound/Mirage, Jazz/Hound/Mirage/Prowl, Prowl & Springer (Transformers)
Characters: Prowl (Transformers), Jazz (Transformers), Mirage (Transformers), Hound (Transformers), Autobots (Transformers)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Royalty, Early Modern Europe but Make It Robots, Protestant Reformation, Politics, Indulgent terror, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, mild robogore, Depictions of past Abuse
Summary:
Prowl, widowed consort of King Tarantulas of Polyhex, finds himself making a humiliating bargain with his bonded’s assassin and successor in order to save his own life and that of his sparkling. King Jazz, meanwhile, is looking forward to helping Prowl get back to his normal life and away from courtesan politics… not that he asked Prowl about it first.
or
The One Where Prowl’s the Royal Mistress And Is Plotting Jazz’s Downfall
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jazz/Prowl (Transformers), Hound/Mirage (Transformers), Jazz/Hound/Mirage, Jazz/Hound/Mirage/Prowl, Prowl & Springer (Transformers)
Characters: Prowl (Transformers), Jazz (Transformers), Mirage (Transformers), Hound (Transformers), Autobots (Transformers)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Royalty, Early Modern Europe but Make It Robots, Protestant Reformation, Politics, Indulgent terror, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault, mild robogore, Depictions of past Abuse
Summary:
Prowl, widowed consort of King Tarantulas of Polyhex, finds himself making a humiliating bargain with his bonded’s assassin and successor in order to save his own life and that of his sparkling. King Jazz, meanwhile, is looking forward to helping Prowl get back to his normal life and away from courtesan politics… not that he asked Prowl about it first.
or
The One Where Prowl’s the Royal Mistress And Is Plotting Jazz’s Downfall
or
The Protestant Reformation AU no one asked for.
Chapter Two is up! Don’t ask about the turn around time. Or how long this fic is going to be.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Transformers - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Jazz/Prowl (Transformers), Hound/Mirage (Transformers), Jazz/Hound/Mirage, Jazz/Hound/Mirage/Prowl, Prowl & Springer (Transformers)
Characters: Prowl (Transformers), Jazz (Transformers), Mirage (Transformers), Hound (Transformers), Autobots (Transformers)
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Royalty, Early Modern Europe but Make It Robots, Protestant Reformation, Politics, Indulgent terror, Misunderstandings, Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Past Abuse, Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
Summary:
Prowl, widowed consort of King Tarantulas of Polyhex, finds himself making a humiliating bargain with his bonded’s assassin and successor in order to save his own life and that of his sparkling. King Jazz, meanwhile, is looking forward to helping Prowl get back to his normal life and away from courtesan politics… not that he asked Prowl about it first.
or
The One Where Prowl’s the Royal Mistress And Is Plotting Jazz’s Downfall
or
The Protestant Reformation AU no one asked for.
Hi, first time Transformers writer here. I have no idea what I’m doing, but I’m told that’s normal.
This fic is inspired by a lot of things. My far-too-many-credits in Early Modern European History, my deep and abiding love for fantasy politics, a desire to play with robot caste and gender, and Jazz and Prowl’s dynamic in Clipped Wings and Awful Things by prisonmechanic.
Since I’m new here, I took one look at the Transformer’s wiki page for units of time and ran away screaming. We will be using earth units of time. It’s a translation convention. Same with body parts.
The abuse and assault tags apply to Prowl’s past relationship with Tarantulas, which is shown partially through flashbacks.
This fic is tentatively slated to be five parts, but anyone who knows me also knows that I shouldn’t make those kind of guesses so I’m not making any promises. Special thanks to @sroloc–elbisivni for being my beta, and whatever the opposite of thanks is for them dragging me here in the first place. Also thanks to the car server for encouragement.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Wonder Woman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Major Character Death
Relationships: Diana (Wonder Woman)/Steve Trevor, Diana (Wonder Woman) & Everyone
Characters: Diana (Wonder Woman), Steve Trevor, Clark Kent, Nubia (Wonder Woman), Donna Troy, Cassie Sandsmark, Phillipus (Wonder Woman), Artemis of Bana-Mighdall, Beatriz da Costa, Michael Carter (DCU)
Additional Tags: Fix-It, Character Death, Inspired by Orpheus and Eurydice (Ancient Greek Religion & Lore), Friendship, Grief/Mourning, Angst with a Happy Ending
Summary:
Steve is dead. Diana can’t accept that.
Happy election day for those of us in the USA. Go vote if you haven’t yet. If you’re not American, I’m sorry for once again subjecting you to our bullshit.
Speaking of American bullshit, fuck Tom King and his Wonder Woman run! I was ignoring it as best I could, and then Issue 14 came out. And I was filled with rage. Steve really got killed by the gun that killed Abraham Lincoln for no fucking reason, Diana sobbed into a flag, and Steve magically lost his sister and niblings. Wild stuff. Anyways, I’m here to fix it.
Inspired by a talk in my comic server where I interrupted discussions complaining about Trinity to complain how Diana going to get Steve back should be interesting, and a good storyline, but Thomas Monarchy is a coward. Anyways, this fic is dedicated to “Tom King, Answer for your Wonder Crimes” thread, particularly Cait, Morg, Bri, Tux, and Rena, and my magnificent beta, @sroloc–elbisivni.
Title comes from Hadestown. If you know, you know.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: DCU (Comics)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Tim Drake/Kon-El | Conner Kent
Characters: Kon-El | Conner Kent, Tim Drake (DCU)
Additional Tags: Pre-Relationship, Alternate Universe - Vampire, Inspired by Interview With the Vampire
Summary:
A young enterprising reporter named Kon gets a rare opportunity to interview a vampire.
For @gnomewithalaptop, who asked for TimKon Vampires. I’ve been on a bit of an Interview with the Vampire kick lately, so I decided to play with it in that sort of playground. Of course, I had to give it my own twist, because where’s the fun in playing things straight?
This fic was written for DC Gotcha for Gaza, if you’d like to learn more go check out the twitter!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Batman (Comics)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Alfred the Cat & Cassandra Cain
Characters: Cassandra Cain, Alfred the Cat (DCU), Damian Wayne, Titus | Damian Wayne’s Dog
Additional Tags: Animals, Fluff
Summary:
Cass isn’t used to pets. Damian, however, has lots.
For h4shira, who asked for some Cass-centric Batfam fluff! I’ve been wanting to write Cass and animals for a little while now, and the idea of Cass coming home from Hong Kong to realize that Damian’s got a menagerie amuses me.
This fic was written for DC Gotcha for Gaza, if you’d like to learn more go check out the twitter!
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 8/?
Fandom: Batman (Comics), Grayson (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dick Grayson/Tiger
Characters: Dick Grayson, Tiger (DCU)
Additional Tags: Canon Rewrite, Spies & Secret Agents, Humor, Canon-Typical Violence, Dick Grayson is Agent 37, Adventure & Romance, Mistaken Identity, Dick Grayson-centric
Summary:
After his death is faked and identity exposed, the Bat Family sends Dick into Witness Protection in Iowa. Stifled by suburban life, when Dick is mistaken by a rookie spy as the famous and mysterious Agent 37, who no one has ever seen, he jumps at the chance to infiltrate the up and coming spy agency. Under the watch of the strangely familiar Matron and partnered with veteran spy Agent 1, Dick is going to have to navigate agency politics and his cover as an ordinary civilian… all without telling his family what he’s up to.
Dick reaps the consequences of his actions and growing suspicions from his loved ones, meanwhile Tiger learns that leadership is hunting for a mole within Spyral.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 2/?
Fandom: Batman (Comics), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Stephanie Brown & Percy Jackson, Stephanie Brown & Nico di Angelo
Characters: Stephanie Brown, Percy Jackson, Leslie Thompkins, Nico di Angelo
Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Fish out of Water, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Not Canon Compliant - The Heroes of Olympus, Friendship, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Canon Divergence - The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson), Post-War Games (DCU)
Summary:
After Leslie realized that Stephanie Brown was a demigod, she evacuated her to Camp Halfblood for medical treatment. Steph woke up to a whole new world. One where she’s apparently the daughter of the Apollo, where there’s a war going on, and where there’s a whole bunch of kids her age who are in over their heads, just like her.
… well okay then. Let’s do this.
Chapter Two: Steph Catalogs the Differences Between Brooding, Sulking, and and Lurking: Steph meets Nico and Mr. D, does some parkour, and learns who her father is. A mixed bag, she has to say.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 7/?
Fandom: Batman (Comics), Grayson (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Dick Grayson/Tiger
Characters: Dick Grayson, Tiger (DCU)
Additional Tags: Canon Rewrite, Spies & Secret Agents, Humor, Canon-Typical Violence, Dick Grayson is Agent 37, Adventure & Romance, Mistaken Identity, Dick Grayson-centric
Summary:
After his death is faked and identity exposed, the Bat Family sends Dick into Witness Protection in Iowa. Stifled by suburban life, when Dick is mistaken by a rookie spy as the famous and mysterious Agent 37, who no one has ever seen, he jumps at the chance to infiltrate the up and coming spy agency. Under the watch of the strangely familiar Matron and partnered with veteran spy Agent 1, Dick is going to have to navigate agency politics and his cover as an ordinary civilian… all without telling his family what he’s up to.
A battle with a dangerous enemy leads our two heroes to some new discoveries… but also risks of exposure.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/?
Fandom: Batman (Comics), Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Stephanie Brown & Percy Jackson
Characters: Stephanie Brown, Percy Jackson, Leslie Thompkins
Additional Tags: Crossovers & Fandom Fusions, Fish out of Water, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Not Canon Compliant - The Heroes of Olympus, Friendship, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Canon Divergence - The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson), Post-War Games (DCU)
Summary:
After Leslie realized that Stephanie Brown was a demigod, she evacuated her to Camp Halfblood for medical treatment. Steph woke up to a whole new world. One where she’s apparently the daughter of the Apollo, where there’s a war going on, and where there’s a whole bunch of kids her age who are in over their heads, just like her.
… well okay then. Let’s do this.
So waaaaay back in the day @jewishsuperfam messaged me saying “consider: demigod Steph.” And it derailed my brain. So here we are, ages later, with a Daughter of Apollo Steph hangs out at CHB post BOL/War Games. It inspired me to reread the original series, and send Alix a lot of notes like “Ares/Aphrodite/Demeter cabins deserve better” and “Rick missed the point of this myth, I’m gonna have to fix this”, and realize just how weird things have gotten over in Riordan-ville while I haven’t been paying attention.
So if you’re a fan of HOO/TOA/etc., I just have this to say: HOO lore is broad strokes canon (Roman pantheon, Camp Jupiter) but not others (Amazons. Not sorry). TOA won’t be canon because I haven’t read them and so the only thing I’m using from will be descriptions of inhabitants of Apollo Cabin since it’s fun. Hope you guys enjoy!
I’m not even going to guess how long this is going to be because I already have a section in my outline that says “yeah this will explode on me” and that’s not promising.
Rereading GCSS bc it is in someone's bookmarks I'm trawling through and I had A Thought. So question: Would you ever consider writing a snippet where Harley and Guy politely discuss custody?
So you know, I've been sitting on this for a while, going "I'll write a snippet for this eventually."
And then whoops.
I don't think this is a snippet anymore.
Enjoy!
On Ao3
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Guy Gardner meets Harleen Quinzel for the first time on the day of Crystal Brown’s wedding.
Guy was what the bridesmaid’s had dubbed a “Guysmaid” which was hilarious. He didn’t like Arthur, but he was willing to keep the peace because it made Crystal happy, and she was practically glowing, and only partially because she was three months pregnant under that concoction of taffeta and lace that was a wedding dress.
Harley wasn’t in the wedding, mostly because while Arthur and Guy got into aggressive staring contests on occasion and argued about petty things, Arthur hated Harley.
Which, in Guy’s book, signified that Harley was obviously a great person.
Once the actual ceremony was over, and Guy had managed to snag his dance with Crystal, which had Ma Bellinger having yet another fit about his involvement in the wedding as a whole, he grabbed two beers and went in search of the brunette.
They didn’t exactly get along, in the end. They were very dissimilar people. He was loud and abrasive and ready for a fight at all times, with a chip on his shoulder and a heart of gold. She was, in those days, a doctor with a romantic streak, with a bad tendency to psychoanalyze people after she had a few drinks.
They didn’t fight, because it was a wedding, and neither wanted to upset Crystal.
But in the end, they withdrew to their separate corners (Harley to the college friends, Guy to the Bellingers) and mutually resolved to spend as little time as possible with the other.
And then, a few months later, Crystal had the baby.
Harley gets the call first. Then, after Crystal rejects every single one of Arthur’s suggestions for godfather, Crystal calls Guy.
Guy is only a little bitter about coming second, but he gets that Crystal wanted someone more local first. He’s in Michigan, in those days, playing college football and working through his degree in special education, and he’s not sure where he’s going to end up next. Even if Harley leaves Gotham, she’ll probably just go to New York, which is hardly any distance at all from New Jersey.
He does, however, double down on spoiling Stephanie every chance he gets.
And when Harley disappears and becomes Harley Quinn…
Well, he triples down instead. He’s got to make up the difference, you see.
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Harley and Guy both get the call at the same time, because the social workers in question aren’t sure how to find Harley, and Guy’s got an out of state area code on his phone number, so they’re not sure if he’s even available.
Guy has a slight head start, since the call to him is direct, rather than having to go through Harley’s mom, but Robinson Park is closer to Manchester, so Harley has a shorter drive.
Harley gets there first, in the end, by a slender margin, which is probably for the best, because if Guy witnessed her be confused about Crystal and Steph, he might have thrown something.
Guy shows up a few moments later, before Harley even gets in the house.
He looks at Harley, and squints for a moment, because of the blonde hair, but he places the heavy New York accent quickly enough.
Harley, now that she’s in the right mindset, recognizes him as well, and the two manage to keep their mouths shut until the social worker is out of the house and Steph is upstairs packing.
Then they start the hushed-tones argument.
“If you think for a moment I’m letting you take her to the Joker,” Guy says through gritted teeth.
“I’m not—we’re broken up! I’ve got a house! Well, it’s Selina’s house technically, but Mister J’s in Arkham right now, he’s not—anyways, you live out of state!”
“At least she’ll be safe with me,” Guy snaps, because he’d been friends with Bruce Wayne long enough to know a few things about Gotham City.
“She’d be safe!” Harley protested hotly. “I’d never let anything happen to her!”
“It’s fucking Gotham,” he points out. “Nothing’s safe here!”
“You really want to take her away from her mom?” Harley retorts. “And school starts soon, you want to… uproot her life? It’s good for a kid to have stability?”
Something shifts in Guy’s face. “Fuck. Crystal.” He points at Harley. “Put a pin in this, because we’re not done here. I need to make a call. I’m getting Crystal moved to a better facility.”
“Hey, I was going to do that!” Harley protested. “How do you have that sort of money?”
“I don’t. But I can call in a favor,” Guy said. He steps outside to make the call.
Harley puffs her bangs irritably, and then winces when she spots Stephanie Brown’s ponytail poking around the corner, obviously eavesdropping.
In the end, Harley suspects she knows how this is going to go. They’re probably going to have to take the issue to Steph herself.
Living with three supervillains but staying local, or going to Rhode Island to live with her Uncle Guy, who she actually vaguely knows?
If it weren’t for the fact that Stephanie Brown is so obviously Crystal’s daughter, Harley wouldn’t put money on her own chances of custody.
But then she starts hearing shouting coming from outside and she throws open the door to find out what’s going on, and she and Stephanie both get full view of Guy transforming into a Green Lantern to yell at Batman.
Her long-lost godmother is actually Harley Quinn, and she lives in a mansion in Gotham City with Poison Ivy and Catwoman. Uncle Guy, who she hasn’t really seen in-person since she was five, but who she knows from birthday cards and Christmas presents and fuzzy childhood memories, is apparently Green Lantern, and he lives in Rhode Island with the Justice League.
Also, he knows Batman, and is yelling at Batman for showing up at her house.
Guy clearly puts it together that she’s Spoiler on the spot, but he doesn’t call her out for it because Harley is there, but he lets Batman talk to her.
Before Batman can leave, but after he’s given her a communicator to contact him in emergencies, a third car pulls into the driveway, and Poison Ivy and a woman wearing a pantsuit that she assumes is Catwoman get out, and then Harley comes out of the house, and there’s more yelling.
Guy asks her if she wants to go inside to finish packing while the grownups hash it out, and she tells him no, since her life is being yelled about, and he shrugs and lets her stay.
He does give her a Zesti from the fridge though and lets her order pizza before he wades into the fight.
She sits down on the couch, watching Harley Quinn loudly promise to not break the Joker out of Arkham if she gets custody of Steph, while Guy points out that she’s a felon, and if it weren’t for the fact that Gotham City is a certified disaster zone, Harley wouldn’t even be eligible for custody.
Which sets Catwoman off about felon disenfranchisement and Batman looks like he has a headache, which is objectively hilarious.
She suspects that, no matter where she ends up next (she’s leaning towards going with Uncle Guy, personally, because even though Poison Ivy and Catwoman seem chill, it might be nice to live with people who aren’t supervillains for a while, plus Uncle Guy apparently lives with Big Barda, who is objectively one of the coolest people in the whole galaxy), her life will never be the same.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Batman - Fandom
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Stephanie Brown & Cassandra Cain
Characters: Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain
Additional Tags: train surfing, Stephanie Brown is Robin, Cassandra Cain is Batgirl, Stephanie Brown-centric, Gen or Pre-Slash
Summary:
A very important part of being Robin is train-surfing. Cass calls dibs on taking Steph on her first trip.
Hello hello hello! Welcome back to this very-special fic!
This was written for @batgirlzine​! This was my first project of the kind for me: an opportunity to be paid for my writing, which absolutely blew me away. If you didn’t purchase this zine when it was out for pre-orders, keep an eye out! There’s going to be leftover sales in the near future, and you can support me and numerous other delightful and extremely talented artists, merch creators, and writers in the process! Check out the collection on Ao3 to read the other incredible pieces in this story about my favorite girls.
This piece also contains illustrations, done by the incredible @byeara! Check out their work and be sure to tell them how much you love Steph and Cass being adorable.
Special thanks to @lunaresolis​, who recruited me for this project and @sroloc–elbisivni​ for being my beta!
