Fandoms: HOTD, GOT, Modern Family, Resident Evil (games not the Netflix series.), Detroit Become Human, Stardew Valley, JJK, Solo Leveling, Frieren, DAN DA DAN, Black Clover, Demon Slayer, Dungeon Meshi, Superman (David Corenswet), Jojoās Bizarre Adventure, more to be addedā¦
(characters aged up where applicable cause some of them are in high school or teen aged.)
Requests: Closed.
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Heyy are u planing to continue the HOTD series with jacaerys??
Hi pookie!!
Yes I am!!
With the release of season 3 I will inevitably be ripping my hair out because HBO writers are somehow incapable of writing well, or following canon without thinking they need to be quirky and change somethings to stand out
So I will try to slip chapter 17 in at some point!! I donāt know if Chapter 17 will be the last chapter before the epilogue but we will see!! ā„ļø
Hope you're doing good n that writing isn't taking too much of a toll!
The song 'Super Trouper' by ABBA randomly came on shuffle the other day and i literally just couldn't stop thinking about your Alpha footballer Jacarys series. Hope you don't mind the little ramble below xoxo
Just imagine that even though Jace always tries to join (y/n) on tour, he isn't consistently able to 'cause of training camp and games. When (y/n) started touring early in his career it was great! Joined by friends and a crowd who loved him. But tasting heaven by touring with Jacarys, knowing he was watching him on stage and cheering him on (plus the dates and insane sex afterwards), touring without JAce now just felt like a drag. (Y/n) would just drag through shows and go back to his hotel room after a meal with his friends, like bro just wants to home to his Alpha (and kids oop-).
But then, on a random show in Europe, as you put on a smile to go on stage, the big screens pan to a VIP booth and show Jace and the kids cheering you on. (Y/n) couldn't feel blue, like always, 'cause somewhere in the crowd were the most important people in the world to him.
HI MY BELOVED šā„ļø
Iām doing good!! This Superman req you blessed me with is coming together!! š
(Y/n) Kyleā¦son of Selina Kyle and Bruce Wayneā¦heās a thief like his momā¦he gets into some things for sure š¤
I literally neverā NEVERā mind babes it makes me so happy to see you mention it ā„ļøš
oh (Y/n) would literally be so spoiled by Jacaerys and the kids being on tour with himā¦(Y/n) would hate it when his tour dates happen to be when Jacaerys has training camps and games like BADLY
(Y/n) would literally probably only fall asleep after FaceTiming Jacaerys to say hi to the kids and him, and then actually fall asleep on FaceTime with Jacaerysā¦
and Jacaerys being a real lover boy doesnāt hang up, he falls asleep too, so he can be the first one to say good morningā¦
(Y/n)ās team would be so confused cause heād for sure be annoyed and not as up beat because Jacaerys isnāt waiting for him, and then BOOM!! The energy switches up once (Y/n) hits the stageā¦
(Y/n) would def cry on stage once the camera pans and he sees Jacaerys and the kidsā¦(Y/n) would be a fucking messā¦then heād kill it, and when theyāre back stage heās tackling them all and making sure they know how much he missed them.
brooo, just finished the Jaehaerysā part on F&B and I gotta say⦠Aemon isš¤š»
He really wouldāve made a great king. And, Rhaenys would be his heir. Imagineā¦
(All credits to the artist)
HONESTLY!!
also George RR Martin is foul as fuck for how he did Alysanneā¦
like this part from F&B
Queen Alysanne reflected on his words. āHe was wrong, I think,ā she wrote, āfor surely the Mother Above loved my children more. She took so many of them away from me.ā
always has me fighting back tears because oh my god š
Imagine a toxic situationship with a religious man, who believes that being gay is a sin
He liked spending time with you. He may not agree with your lifestyle, but the man couldn't deny that he enjoyed being around you. As prolonged looks and late-night talking slowly developed into blushing and touching, he could feel shame and excitement fight for dominance inside of him. It was unavoidable that one night, it escalated, and the two of you were in your bed, hands roaming each other's bodies as you made out.
His hands were trembling yet forceful when he pushed you off. No words came out, no matter how hard he tried; he couldn't act like he didn't want this more than anything. Instead, he got out of your bed and kneeled, clasping his hands and mumbling a quick prayer. It jarred you, maybe even offended you a little, but you quickly got over all of those complicated feelings when he promptly finished his prayer and got back to devouring you.
It became routine. He would come 'round, the two of you would hang out and then things would heat up. Though after a good hour of his tongue wrestling with yours and his hands groping your body, he would push off of you. Kneeling on the floor, the man would pray, attempting to atone for the sins he was about to commit. Over time, you tried to understand him less and less; you stopped getting offended when he called what you two shared a sin and instead focused on how the rosary he held in his clasped palms framed his veiny, masculine hands so nicely.
Many nights of desperate moans and ragged breathing, followed by skinship and pillow-talk, obviously led to the man lowering the many walls he had built. Conversations of religious guilt, of your coming-out story, of love as a concept, they all flowed so naturally whilst his fingers brushed through your hair and your eyes fluttered shut as exhaustion hit you.
Of course, because being gay is obviously natural and not sinful, his feelings just kept growing. The war inside of him between shame and guilt versus love and warmth kept eating at him, until one night, the man began to cry in your arms.
"If this is so wrong, why does it feel so right..? Why does my heart ache for you? The thought of you with another feels like a greater sin than our love..." The man mumbled into your neck, his tears slowly dripping down your shoulder.
"You show me colours I can't see with anyone else! You've taught me a language I can't speak with anyone, even with God"
"I... I don't think I care if it's blasphemous or sinful anymore... I need you (name)... I love you! I feel with you what others claim to feel in the presence of God"
Toxic as fuck, but I've had this in my notes app for (I promise I'm not exaggerating) YEARS!! So hot imo, so hope you guys enjoyed! Yearning and toxic yaoi? Hell yeah!
(;¬_¬) Not my problem - Nate Jacobs x male reader
Word Count: 2000
Plot: Repressing his sexuality led to Nate standing at the altar in front of Cassie, despite spending most nights in his high-school fuck-buddy's bed. But unlike everyone else, you don't entertain Nate's bullshit; you couldn't care less about him figuring himself out
Featuring: Top Nate x Bottom Male Reader
Note: Haven't touched Season 3 of Euphoria guys but wtf is this shit that I've seen on TikTok??
Basically all of S3 plot is irrelevant except Nate & Cassie being together, Nate getting his dads bussiness, and Cassie doing BTEC Only Fans
Warnings: amab m!reader / FDNI ~ MINORS DNI
The sound of skin smacking against skin was one of many sounds bouncing around your bedroom. The smell of musk and expensive men's aftershave was one of many things overwhelming your senses, and the feeling of hands roaming your body - from the small of your back, to your throat, to your ass - was one of many things you were experiencing. Out of all five of your senses, only sight was the least overwhelmed; that being because your eyes were currently tightly shut, so the only thing you could see was black, along with random patches of white spots appearing and then disappearing.
Pornographic moans were being forced out of you; every thrust from behind hit you at the core in the most amazing way, but forced your body forward, pushing out gasps, and groans, and moans, and high-pitched whines. The weight of the man behind you, more on top of you really, kept your chest against the bed, rubbing your nipples raw against your bedding. However, his rough hand on your hip and your natural instinct to push towards the pleasure kept your hips up, just off your bed. The muscular, veiny arm around your neck prevented you from resting your head on the pillow you were tightly scrunching in your fists. Though you had no complaints, not only was it hot as fuck to get fucked whilst you were technically in a headlock, getting to drool all over Nate Jacobs' bicep and forearm was sexy yet felt like payback for him being a douche. Nate's head was resting right next to yours, his massive, muscular body draped over yours as his hips thrusted his huge dick in and out of you.
His breath was hot against your ear; his rough moans, his groans, his rare whines that he cut short the moment he was letting such a noise out, they were the main sounds echoing throughout your head. The background noise of rhythmic, animalistic skin slapping against skin - from either Nate's hand crashing against your cheeks to spank you, or from the sheer force of the man's hips fucking against your plump ass - joined the harmony of sounds within your bedroom. Your own moans and rough breaths, along with the drowned-out, fuckboy music Nate had put on beforehand, were also adding to the sonic ambience of your bedroom. While the shockwaves of pleasure zapping throughout your entire body and stimulating every single nerve ending were the main source of your pleasure, you couldn't deny that the fact Nate Jacobs was fucking the shit out of you also incredibly turned you on. Sure, he's ridiculously attractive in that all-American, quarterback way. But it was mainly the fact that the dickhead who would bully you in high school, then fuck you in the back of his truck, was still so wrapped around your finger. Among the sexy moans and groans Nate would let out, Freudian slips of compliments and desperate statements would also pop up. On a nightly basis, you would hear many things along the lines of "Fuck- you're so beautiful", "A-Ah- Shi- (nameeee)... Fuck yeahhh~", "I need you so bad... please- fuck- I want you....", and your personal favourite "I'm sorry- augh- please just- just be with me... Ngh- please". Fuck yeah, that fed your ego.
Although when it got to this point, when your sight had gone blurry, your body trembling and your voice hoarse, you found you struggled to focus on the pathetic fall from grace of Nate Jacobs. Instead, your focus was on the intense muscle spasms across your body and how your moans would increase in pitch with every one of Nate's thrusts. Your focus was on how Nate's eight-inch, uncut cock had practically moulded your hole to its shape; his thick, mushroom head hitting your prostate and further every. single. time. Literally making you see stars in the form of white dots. Your focus, however little was left of it, was on the way the leaking tip of your dick would rub against your bedding in rhythm with the man's thrusts and send your body into overdrive. You could hear Nate's voice change in tone and volume, his groans becoming even more annoyingly attractive somehow as the rhythm of his thrusts began to become slightly erratic. You knew he was desperately close, and so were you; despite him already making you cum from his fingers and mouth alone during your heated foreplay. Finally, your release hit; your muscles tightening, dopamine and serotonin hitting you like a truck as your moans became pathetically whorish. Your dick almost hurt as it gushed a second load, shooting straight onto your bedding and soaking whatever Nate had put below your hips to help keep you up. Nate, on the other hand, was groaning your name along with unintelligible strings of compliments as he buried his dick as deep as he could inside of you. His muscular hips, his perfect V-line, was pressed up against your plump ass as hard as he could, grinding his dick into you as he shot his thick load inside of you. You know for a fact he was pent up. Not just from the sheer volume of cum and how hard his orgasm had hit him, but also from his constant sob-stories and complaining about Cassie.
............
Your entire body was drenched in sweat and littered with love bites, your neck tattooed with hickeys. The cacophony of sex had quietened down; now, all that could be heard throughout your bedroom was you and Nate catching your breaths out of sync. The real-estate developer had moved off of you, lying beside you, an arm still draped over your waist. These days, he tries to keep the physical contact going; whether that's conscious or subconscious, you don't know.
You weren't facing him. You didn't like facing him right after; you liked to give yourself a moment. Instead, you lie on your bed and look outside your window. The city skyline on a rainy night was one of your favourite views. You'd done well for yourself after high school. In those five years, you'd gotten a degree and landed an internship you'd studied hard for. You make enough to pay for a whole floor to yourself, even though you're still entry-level at your current job. It's not a penthouse, but you have no neighbours; good thing, 'cause they would hate you for how loud you can get with men.
Nate's voice broke you out of your thoughts and admiration of the California night sky.
"Y'know... I'd leave her for you" The man mumbled behind you.
You quietly sigh and turn over to face him.
"Nate... I don't want you to do that" You chuckle.
"Wh- (name), c'mon... please... Y'know I..." Nate's words die on his tongue.
"Know you... what?" You play dumb. You knew exactly what Nate wanted to say. You also knew he could barely bring himself to say something like that.
"Fuck's sake... You know I'm gay, (name). You know I haven't stopped fucking thinking about you for five fucking years-" His fingers tighten around your waist. "I fucking..." Nate's words die on his tongue again.
Every night, Nate shocks you with how much less prying it takes for him to admit that he's gay. But honestly? You don't care.
It shocks you because the quarterback who would publicly slam you into lockers and call you fag would never have admitted he was screwing you and saying 'I want you' on the weekend. It doesn't shock you because you hope that one day, the two of you will walk off into the sunset hand in hand towards a happily ever after. Maybe the insecure gayboy you were in high school truly hoped for that when Nate would cuddle you to sleep and would smooth-talk you, but he's shown you time and time again his selfishness and his own insecurity. You don't care about him anymore; he's just a screw. A really good, mind-shattering screw. But nothing more than that.
"What about Cassie? I remember you saying she was the right girl for you, especially since she was y'know... an actual girl haha" You giggle again, remembering the speech Nate gave you when he broke things off with you to get with Cassie.
"I don't fucking love her- She's tryna get famous by doing borderline porn..! I'll divorce her right now, just give me the signal!" Nate insists.
In all honesty, you didn't care about Cassie in this situation, just like you didn't care about Nate. If that made you a bad person, you, again, didn't really care. Both he and she were far removed from your life at this point, no matter how hard Nate tried to force himself back into your life. Really, you didn't know what to expect when you ran into Nate for the first time after high school. You definitely didn't expect to start fucking again, but you didn't mind it. A consistent, no-strings-attached fuck buddy who was really good at sex? Didn't seem like a bad deal. You really didn't expect Nate to catch feelings for you again, and you absolutely didn't expect him to seriously insist that he'd somehow grown up and was becoming more confident in his sexuality.
"Nate... Baby... You can leave her if you want. That doesn't mean I'll be waiting for you with open arms" You say in a slightly patronising tone.
"But why?!" Nate sat up, forcing you to lie on your elbow to be able to face him. "I fucking... I fucking love you! Why won't you just let me love you?"
It was so weird hearing that from Nate. Only once had he said it in high school, and once since you'd started screwing again.
"Because I don't believe you..? Obviously?" You said it like it was common sense.
The look in Nate's eye did tug at your heartstrings a little. He looked hurt, not understanding why you assumed he was so untrustworthy.
"Nate. You told me time and time again that you'd fuck everyone off and date me no matter what people think, then the next morning act like I was stupid for believing you. Why would I believe you now? Why would you want me now, all of a sudden? 'Cause you find me a better screw than Cassie? Or is it 'cause I'm making more money than your failing business and you need me to send you money like I used to in highschool?" You dished out some low blows, but they had to be said.
"What?- No- I- Ngh fucks sake (name), no! I just... I love you... I don't feel like this towards Cassie; I never really felt like this for Maddy. It's always been you 'n I've just been too much of a bitch to grow up and make you mine!"
"Nate... Just leave it. You're married to Cassie. We've both ended up fine; there's no need to fuck it up. If you wanna keep screwing, then I'm down, but I'm not taking your word on anything" You say as you turn back around, facing your window and closing your eyes to fall asleep.
Nate doesn't quip back at you; he sits with what you said. His arm tightens around you and pulls you into him. As you fall asleep, Nate tries to come to terms with the fact that you find him untrustworthy. One way or another, he needs to make you his. It feels like he's drowning; he's in a shit marriage, married to a woman as a gay man, and his business is slowly losing money. Nate feels like he's drowning, and that you're like a breath of fresh air, giving him a break from life every second he spends with you. Slowly, Nate falls asleep, thoughts of divorcing Cassie, and doing anything to prove himself to you, running through his mind as he dozes off to the feeling of your warmth in his arms.
YO YO YO! The yaoi prohet, the gay gangsta, the male reader maniac has returned!!
That was cringe but highschool english taught me rule of three so i stick by it! Anyways I've officially finished my second year of University! Very fun but a lot of work; I also earned a role on a society (club) commitee so I was just real busy sorry guys. Also got a boyf and broke up with said boyf cause he was not for me lmfao so yeah busy busy!
Idk if I'll be writting often but it's still my only way of expressing creativity so I don't see myself fully stopping anytime soon yk
Anyways hope you enjoyed this fic cause wtaf is Euphoria becoming?
P.s HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!! You don't owe anyone an explanation of your sexuality, especially if it puts you in danger or bad situations. BUT don't be like Nate Jacobs over here, don't internalise homophobia and try to bury your sexuality, Lots of love - MRM
The calloused fingers tracing the edge of the ceramic mug were too large for the delicate thing, though Toji handled it with surprising care. Steam curled lazily from the chamomile tea insideātoo sweet, but heād added the extra honey anyway, just how he liked it. The kitchen was quiet save for the hum of the refrigerator, the dim overhead stovelight casting small shadows across his knuckles where they gripped the cup.
Down the hall, the bedroom door was cracked open. He could see the edge of the comforter tangled halfway off the mattress, the way it always was when sleep turned restless. He didnāt need to step closer to know the sheets would smell like salt and exhaustion, the pillowcase damp in patches. His throat tightened, but he forced his feet forward, the mug radiating warmth against his palm.
"Youāre supposed to be asleep," Toji murmured, nudging the door wider with his hip. The figure curled on the bed didnāt stir, but the hunch of his shoulders said enough.
The tea found its place on the nightstand, condensation already beading on the ceramic. Toji sat heavily on the edge of the mattress, the springs groaning softly under his weight. He reached out without thinking, fingers brushing against the back of his neckācold and sweaty, despite the blanket pulled up to his chin.
Tojiās fingers lingered against the chilled skin of his omegaās neck, the contrast between his rough touch and the fragility beneath it sharper than ever. The scent of chamomile mixed with something sourāsuppressed grief, maybe, or the remnants of tears wiped away too quickly. He exhaled through his nose, slow and deliberate, before sliding his hand down to rest between his husbandās shoulder blades. The ridge of spine beneath his palm felt too pronounced, as if the weight of the last few days had carved him hollow.
"Teaās gonna get cold," Toji said, voice lower than he intended. The words werenāt about the tea, and they both knew it.
A shaky inhale. Then, muffled against the pillow: "I donāt want it."
Tojiās jaw worked. He couldāve pushedācouldāve nudged the mug closer, reminded him that he had barely eaten since Fridayāwhich was two days ago, that the hollows under his eyes were dark enough to bruise. Instead, he let his hand press a little firmer against his back, grounding. "Then donāt drink it," he conceded. "But youāre gonna sit up for me."
The mattress shifted as Toji leaned forward, his free hand sliding beneath his omega's shoulders to ease him upright. The movement was slow, deliberateāthe way he'd handle a spooked animal, all measured pressure and no sudden motions. His husband's body resisted at first, limbs heavy with exhaustion, but eventually he relented, allowing himself to be guided up against the headboard. His face stayed turned away, the sharp line of his jaw clenched tight even as his fingers twisted weakly in the sheets.
Toji didn't comment on the damp streaks glistening on his cheeks. Instead, he reached for the mug again, pressing it gently into his omega's hands. The warmth seeped into his pale fingers immediately, his grip so loose Toji had to curl his own larger hands around them for a moment, just to make sure he wouldn't drop it. "There," he murmured, thumbs brushing over his knuckles. "Just hold it for now. Don't gotta drink."
A shuddering breath escaped his omega's lips, his shoulders curling inward as if the weight of the mug alone might crush him. The scent of honeyed chamomile wafted between them, undercut by something sharperāgrief, thick enough to taste. Toji stayed close, his knee pressing into the mattress beside his hip, close enough that their body heat mingled in the scant space between them.
"Should've been stronger," his omega whispered finally, voice cracked at the edges. His fingers trembled around the ceramic. "IāI could'veā"
Tojiās fingers tightened around his omegaās before he could stop himselfānot enough to hurt, never enough to hurt, but enough to make the words stutter to a halt. The tea sloshed dangerously close to the rim of the mug, but neither of them moved to steady it. "Donāt," Toji growled, the sound rough but low. "Donāt fucking say that."
His omega flinched, but Toji didnāt let go. Instead, he shifted closer, his free hand cupping the back of his neck, forcing his forehead to rest against his own. The scent of salt and chamomile filled the space between them. "You think I give a single shit about āstrongā?" Toji muttered, breath hot against his lips. "Youāre here. Thatās all that matters."
A broken noise escaped his omegaās throat, something between a sob and a laugh. "Butā"
"No." Tojiās thumb brushed the hollow under his eye, smearing the dampness there. "Listen to me. This wasnāt your fault. It wasnāt you." The words came out sharper than he intended, but he needed them to stick, needed them to carve through the guilt festering in his husbandās chest. "You didnāt fail. You hear me? You didnāt."
Tojiās words hung heavy in the air, but they didnāt landānot really. His omegaās breath hitched, then fractured entirely, a wet, ragged sound tearing from his throat as his shoulders crumpled forward. The mug slipped from his grasp, tea splashing across the duvet, but Toji caught it before it could shatter against the floor, tossing it carelessly onto the nightstand. His hands were back on his husband in an instant, gripping his wrists as his omegaās fingers clawed at his own chest, like he could dig out the grief festering there.
"I felt it," his omega choked out, voice shredded. "I felt whenāwhen it stopped." The last word cracked like a whip, and then he was sobbing, really sobbing, his entire body convulsing with the force of it. Toji hauled him forward, crushing him against his chest as his omegaās fists pounded weakly against his ribsāonce, twiceābefore going limp, fingers twisting desperately in Tojiās shirt. "I hate this," he gasped, the words muffled against Tojiās collarbone. "I hate that I couldnātāfuckā"
Tojiās arms tightened around him, one hand cradling the back of his head as his husbandās cries turned raw, guttural. He didnāt try to shush him. Didnāt tell him it would be okay. He just held him, let him scream into his shoulder, let him shake apart in his arms, his own jaw clenched so tight his teeth ached. The anger was there, simmering under his skinānot at him, never at himābut at the fucking universe for carving this pain into someone who deserved it least.
His omegaās nails dug into his back, sharp even through the fabric. "Itās not fair," he spat, the words ragged with fury. "We wanted them. Weāgodāwe picked out names." The last syllable broke into a wail, and Tojiās grip on him turned bruising, his nose buried in his hair as his own vision blurred. He hadnāt cried. Not yet. But feeling him like thisāthe way his body heaved with every sob, the way his scent had gone sour with anguishāit was fucking breaking him.
"Let it out," Toji growled against his temple, his voice rough. "Fucking let it out." He didnāt care if the neighbors heard. Didnāt care if the whole goddamn world heard. His husband had been swallowing this grief for days, choking on it, and Toji would be damned if he didnāt let him scream it into the open air.
His omega went rigid for a moment, as if fighting the urge to collapse entirely.
Then he broke.
Completely shattered.
A sound tore from his throatāsomething primal, something woundedāand Toji felt it in his own ribs, a phantom ache. His husband clawed at his shoulders, his hips, anywhere he could reach, like he was trying to anchor himself. "Why us?" he gasped, forehead pressed hard against Tojiās sternum. "Whyāwhy our baby?" The question was a blade, and Toji had no answer to give. Only the steady press of his palms against his back, the unyielding heat of his body.
The anger burned hotter then, sudden and vicious. His omega reared back, eyes wild, teeth bared. "I shouldāve known," he snarled, fingers twisting in Tojiās shirt. "I shouldāveāfelt it sooner, done somethingā!" His voice cracked, and then his fists were slamming into Tojiās chestāonce, twiceāweak punches that barely registered before he collapsed forward again, his breath coming in sharp, wet hitches.
Toji caught his wrists, not to stop him, but to hold him together. "You couldnāt," he said, low and firm. "You hear me? You couldnāt." His omega whimpered, a broken sound, and Toji hauled him closer, tucking him under his chin. "This wasnāt your fault," he repeated, lips moving against his hair. "It wasnāt. It wasnāt."
His husband shuddered, then went stillātoo still. For a heartbeat, Toji thought heād finally exhausted himself. Then, with a ragged inhale, his omega whispered, "But what if it was?" The words were so quiet, so small, that Toji barely caught them. His grip tightened instinctively. "What ifāwhat if I did something wrong? What if Iā"
"Stop." Tojiās voice was sharp, but his hands were gentle, framing his husbandās face. "Look at me." When he didnāt, Toji ducked his head, forcing their eyes to meet. His omegaās lashes were clumped with tears, his cheeks flushed and damp. "You didnāt," he said, each word deliberate. "You loved them. You wanted them. Thatās all that fucking matters."
His omega stared at him, lips trembling. Then, with a ragged sob, he buried his face in Tojiās neck again, his body wracked with silent cries. Toji held him, one hand cradling the back of his head, the other splayed across his spine, as if he could press the shattered pieces of him back together through sheer will alone.
Minutes passedāor maybe hours. The room grew dimmer, the shadows stretching longer across the floor. Eventually, the sobs quieted to hiccups, then to uneven breaths. Toji didnāt move. Didnāt loosen his hold. Not until his omega shifted, his fingers uncurling from Tojiās shirt to press weakly against his chest.
"Mā sorry," he mumbled, voice hoarse. "IāI didnāt mean toā"
"Donāt." Tojiās hand slid down to cup his jaw, thumb brushing the redness of his cheek. "Donāt apologize. Not for this."
His omega swallowed hard, then nodded, his gaze dropping to where his fingers now rested limp on Tojiās chest. The silence between them wasnāt comfortable, but it wasnāt suffocating anymoreājust heavy, like a shared weight.
Toji exhaled slowly, then reached for the discarded mug on the nightstand. The tea had gone cold, but he drained it in one gulp anyway, the bitterness of oversteeped chamomile coating his tongue. "We should eat," he said, setting the mug down with a clink.
His husband shook his head, pressing closer to Tojiās side as if he could disappear into him. "Not hungry."
"You will be." Toji pressed a kiss to his temple, then shifted to standāonly for his omegaās fingers to tighten in his shirt with surprising strength.
"Stay," he whispered, voice cracking. "Justājust a little longer."
Toji hesitated, then sank back onto the mattress, pulling his husband into his lap. He didnāt speakādidnāt trust himself to say the right thingābut his arms wrapped around him all the same, solid and unyielding. His omega melted into the embrace, his forehead resting against Tojiās shoulder, his breath warm against his collarbone.
The silence stretched, thick with unsaid words. Then, a shuddering inhale. "I keep thinkingā" His omegaās voice was raw, barely audible. "What if I dream about them? What if I see them andāand it hurts?" His fingers twisted in Tojiās shirt again, knuckles white. "I donāt want to forget, but I donāt want to remember either."
Tojiās throat tightened. He hadnāt considered thatāthe way grief could twist even sleep into a battlefield. His hand slid up his omegaās spine, fingers threading through his hair. "Then you wake me up," he said, voice rough. "Every time. You wake me up, and Iāll be here."
His omega made a soundāhalf a sob, half a laughāand pressed closer, his nails digging into Tojiās back. "You canāt fix this," he murmured, the words muffled against his skin.
"I know." Tojiās grip tightened. "But I can be here."
Authors note: Well Iām back on a small steady track of posting stories. I hope to keep it going but generally weāll see. Anyway I hoped you enjoyed, please leave any tips, comments, or suggestions down below.
Scarlet Solarium: When the Sun Kneels ā Chapter 1
A/n: (Y/n) Zatara. Son of Giovanni Zatara, brother to Zatanna Zatara, beloved friend of the Justice League. Also the axis on which reality turns, the balance by which creation weighs itself. (Y/n) Zatara, the Scarlet Witch, a being of unfathomable power, condensed into human shape.
Warnings: A/B/O dynamics (male reader is an omega, Clark Kent is an alpha), Graphic violence, Gore, Body Horror, Character Death, Mind Control, Body Manipulation, Child Injury (Done to (Y/n) in a flashback), Angst/Comfort
P.S: I had this in the tank for a while, please enjoy while I work on reqs š«¶š½
Credits: banners/dividers are made by @/cafekitsune
The sulfurous scent of Hell fills the air and your lungs.Ā
āJohn, why am I having to barter with another demon for your soul?ā You ask unimpressed, arms crossed.Ā
A nervous laugh leaves him. āUhā ācause you care about me?ā
āāSides ābarterā is a generous word for whatever youāre doing with him.ā John snorts.Ā
āI guess so.ā You laugh, hand still glowing red.
Both of you watch as the demon tries and fails to put himself back together.Ā
His body chases after his head, before falling apart at the joints once more.Ā
āTake the human mongrel with you!ā He snarls. āJust put me back together!ā
His screech sounds like a cacophony of voices with no end or start.Ā
āIām not dumb,ā You breathily laugh, āgo ahead and cancel what contract you have with Constantine.āĀ
When the demon hesitates, you lift your hand, the red glow getting brighter and meaner as you threaten him.Ā
āVery well! John Constantine, I release you from your vow!ā The demon snarls.Ā
āThere we go.ā You whisper, your magic stringing the demon back together. āWord to the wise, avoid making deals with John Constantine.āĀ
The demon vanishes in a puff of shadow and smoke, the air still reeking of sulfur and brimstone.Ā
āAye, cheersā mate, thanks for helping.ā John chirps.Ā
You barely hear him as your attention is pulled elsewhere.Ā
Back in your home dimension, right on Earth, you could feel the fabric of reality tearing apart.Ā
āJohn stop talking.ā You grit out, eyes narrowing as your consciousness tries to home in on the disturbance.Ā
āThatās bloody rude of ya.ā John scoffs. āAnyways mateāāĀ
Johnās eyes widen as his mouth disappears.Ā
āI said stop talking.ā Your voice loses all friendliness and pretense.Ā
John starts to sweat seeing your magic coil around you in wisps, like a cobraās tail rattling.Ā
You continue to refine your focus until your consciousness locks onto Metropolis.
āWhat the fuck is Clark doing?ā You groan loudly.Ā
John makes a muffled sound that vaguely resembles a āwhatās going on?ā.Ā
āLex Luthorās cheap imitation of a boom tube is causing a tear in my domain.ā Your fingers pinch the bridge of your nose.Ā
You sigh heavily.Ā
More annoyed and put off than anything else.Ā
āIām gonna kill him.ā You say pragmatically. āIf that rip in space-time doesnāt do it for me, that is.āĀ
John makes another pathetic sound.Ā
With another red wisp Johnās lips unfuse, he takes a deep breath through his mouth.Ā
āBloody āell mate, just tell me itās serious next time.ā He struggles to get his breathing under control.Ā
āJohn when have I ever not entertained you?ā You shake your head. āIf Iām asking you to stop talking, that should be sign enough.ā
āLetās go.ā You say, as your red magic punches a hole through time and space.Ā
The edges warble, crackling like static and lightning.Ā
You both walk through, the sun shining and blinding as Metropolis opens up, coming into view.
The world shifts beneath your feet, depositing you and John on the roof of the tallest building giving you the best view of the mayhem.Ā
āYouā¦you donāt need me āere for this do ya?ā John canāt meet your eyes. āThis is more your jurisdiction than it is mine anywaysā¦ā
āYeah.ā You snort. āYeah, go on get a head start on tomorrowās hangover.ā You wave him off.Ā
John gives a sheepish wave back as you tear open a portal under his feet.Ā
You donāt hear his parting words as he falls through.Ā
You sigh softly.
You rest your head against your fist, a small smile on your face.Ā
Youāre hyper focused on the way Clarkās muscles ripple just underneath his suit.Ā
You shake your head when you realize youāre swooning over Superman.Ā
Not exactly new, but youāre here in an official capacity.Ā
You wince as Ultraman gives Clark a run for his money.Ā
Even as Clark gets his ass kicked he doesnāt give up.Ā
The fight rages on, completely consuming your attention, until you feel a hum, a slight distortion in the air.Ā
āHey Zee.ā You say, line of sight never breaking as Superman fights Ultraman.Ā
Zatanna laughs as she rubs her cheek against yours, scenting you before she sits down next to you.Ā
āI thought I felt you blip back here. Is today the day you tell him?ā She wiggles her eyebrows.Ā
āNo, Iām here on business.ā You chuckle.Ā
āWhat business could you have in Metropolis, that doesnāt include Superman?ā She asks raising an eyebrow.Ā
āThe kind that rips open reality.ā You say pointing down to the giant multicolor divide in the city.Ā
Zatannaās throat works.Ā
āWhat are you gonna do (Y/n)?ā She asks softly.Ā
āWellā¦ā You lean forward, āIāll see what happensā¦if Lex falls into that rift then nothing, but if he doesnāt then Iām wiping him out.āĀ
āBut this is Metropolis.ā She says gently. āClark isā¦heās new so he doesnāt know the agreement you have with the league.ā She whispers.Ā
āThis is his bad guy.ā She adds.Ā
āNot anymore.ā You say unmoved. āBesides even if he is new, Iām sure they gave him a briefing of some kind.ā You wave off her concerns.Ā
You both watch as Superman finishes off Ultraman, tossing him into the tear in reality.
āAlright then, (Y/n).ā Zatanna stands up. Ā
āLatrop.ā Her magic glows blue, opening a seam in the air.Ā
āIām heading home. Mom made your favorite.ā She singsongs as goes through.Ā
āSee āya.ā You chirp.
Superman gives him one last look, before flying straight into LuthorCorp.Ā
You raise an eyebrow. āWell Smallville, go ahead and show me what youāre made of.ā
You hold your breath.Ā
You have high hopes.Ā
Had high hopes.
You sigh dramatically, shaking your head as you see Lex walk out.
Still breathing, still unfortunately alive, just in handcuffs.
You stand up, hand patting your clothes to get rid of any dust on them.Ā
A swirling cloud of red smoke opens behind you.Ā
You walk through, ending up back home.
The wards of the estate hum in a low register.
The soft blue light feels like home.Ā
Itās warm, and always seems to greet you just as happily.Ā
You walk through the estate, moving towards the lush gardens.Ā
You smirk to yourself hearing a manās voice in the kitchen.Ā
āHi Dad!ā You greet.Ā
You snort as he jumps.Ā
ā(Y/n) Zatara!ā He chides. āYouāre going to give me a heart attack.āĀ
āYouāre Giovanni Zatara, Iām sureā I know actuallyā a simple scare wouldnāt kill you.ā You snicker, continuing to the garden.Ā
The plants seem to bloom brighter as you walk past them.Ā
You open your hands, letting your magic seep and permeate the grounds, rejuvenating the foliage.
You take a deep breath letting the crisp clean air fill your lungs.Ā
You cross your legs.
You start to float upwards, stopping a few feet off the ground.
You slowly shut your eyes, as you hover in place.Ā
You project your presence, your consciousness, into the very prison theyāre holding Lex Luthor inside of.Ā
You walk through the doors, phasing past the bulletproof glass and heavy steel.Ā
āHey, you canāt be here!ā One of the guards yells.Ā
āYou shouldnāt be able to see me.ā You think.Ā
You donāt say anything, making intense eye contact.Ā
The guard freezes, his eyes unfocus.Ā
He twitches, making a choked sound.Ā
Your head tilts to the side ever so slightly, staring him down as he tries to fight against the telepathic command, against your hypnosis.Ā
āBawk!ā The guard screeches, arms folded back like wings.Ā
He duck-walks before trying to peck at the imaginary seeds on the ground before him.Ā
You walk right through the security holding Lex Luthor.
The other guards either ignore you, or cannot see you.Ā
You keep walking until youāre face to face with the bald menace.Ā
āGodāā Lex jumps in his cell, clearly annoyed at your presence.Ā
His eyes scan over you.
His face scrunches up in disgust.
āAnother meta that thinks heās so much better than the rest of us normal people.ā He snarls.Ā
āNo.ā You say concisely. āI know Iām better than you. And youāre certainly not normal.āĀ
āYou donāt mess with the multiverse, especially when you donāt know what youāre doing.ā You state.Ā
Lex scoffs,Ā shaking his head laughing at you.Ā
āāDonāt know what Iām doing?āā He parrots back. āI am the smartest man on the planet, probably in existence. What you saw was exactly what I wanted to happen.āĀ
Your eyes go over his face, you can tell heās lying.Ā
He may have let it happenā¦but it wasnāt something he planned or willed into existence.Ā
āHmm, right.ā You say unimpressed. āAnyways.ā
Red smoke leaks from your being with no obvious source.Ā
āWhatās that?!ā Lex screams scrambling back deeper into his cell.Ā
You donāt answer, lips pressed into a thin line as the smoke enters Lex through his ears, nose, mouth, every open orifice.Ā
In an instant he freezes, body shaking, trembling from the sheer weight of your magic.Ā
You see his memories play out in milliseconds.Ā
Every single thing heās done from his birth, all the way to Superman, to cloning, and finally to invading Supermanās home.Ā
You grit your teeth hard enough the concrete around you cracks soundlessly.Ā
āW-whatāreā y-youāā He says strained.Ā
A billion billion different iterations of himself flash across his mind.
His psyche shatters in countless fractals, conjoining incorrectly, before shattering again into even more pieces.Ā
āYouāre too dangerous to leave alone. If just one of you was willing to let the fabric of our universe unravel, ācause of some petty one-sided grudge against Supermanā¦the whole lot of you are.ā You say nonchalantly.Ā
āActuallyā¦some of you arenāt so bad.ā You say conflicted. āYouāre a hero in a different universeā¦āĀ
āSo Iām getting rid of every last one of you.ā You shrug your shoulders. āEvery Lex Luthor that would risk reality.āĀ
Before Lex can beg for his life, your magic forces his head to twist around.Ā
Bone and cartilage stretches and compresses before shattering.Ā
Lexās head does a complete 360°.
Blood trickles from his eyes and nose.Ā
You take a step back, letting your magic surge and explode from the inside, sending countless pieces of Lex Luthorās brain flying and painting his cell in him.Ā
His body slumps forward, twitching occasionally on the ground.Ā
You grimace as the blood pouring out from his neck touches your shoe.Ā
You roll your eyes, before focusing on Lexās signature across creation.Ā
You start to feel every one of him across the multiverse slowly snuff out of existence.Ā
When the last Lex Luthor that has ever risked his own universe has died, when every Lex Luthor that couldāve risked the fabric of reality has been prevented, your consciousness dissipates from the prison, immediately rejoining your physical body.Ā
You slowly open your eyes.Ā
You look down to the ground, you can still see the blood pool.Ā
You shrug, clapping your hands together.Ā
āHey (Y/n)!ā Zatanna peeks into the garden. āThanks again for saving my boyfriend he said to tell you he owed you one.ā
āSāno big deal, Constantine can be fun.ā You snicker.Ā
āI hope youāre hungry, mom just finished dinner.ā She says happily, tugging you along with her.Ā
Clark wakes up bright and early.Ā
He stretches in bed sighing happily, before using his super speed to get ready for his work day in mere moments.Ā
Itās only been a few weeks since Lex Luthorās arrest.
Clarkās managed to clear hisāSupermanāsāname after seeing the rest of the video his Kryptonian parents sent him to Earth with.
He takes his time.Ā
Being painfully human.Ā
He rides the subway before walking to the Daily Planet with pep in his step.Ā
āC-Clark.ā Lois says shaken.
Lois pushes him into a private room thatās been in disuse for as long as she can remember.Ā
āHi, to you too Lois.ā Clark chuckles. āWhatās the matter?ā
Clarkās face hardens seeing the sweat on her brow, the instability in her body, the way her heart pounds in her chest.Ā
āItās Lex Luthor.ā She says softly. āLook.āĀ
She holds up her phone playing the video the federal government has released.Ā
āWeāll never truly know what happened to Lex Luthor, or who got to him.ā The news anchor solemnly says.Ā
āThis is the only video evidence weāve been given, and we have independently verified it has not been tampered with.ā He says before letting the video play.Ā
A guard speaks to someone, or something, before he seems to dissociate.Ā
The guard shakes, before he drops down, mimicking the actions of a chicken.Ā
The video cuts to Lex Luthorās holding cell, clearly showing heās speaking to someone despite there being no one else in the shot.Ā
The rest is blurred just enough to be able to show it on the news, but Clark watches in horror as Lexās head spins around before exploding.Ā
Clark shuts Loisā phone off.
He pulls his strength back at the last second, stopping himself from crushing her phone.Ā
Clarkās face contorts into a horrified expression at what he saw.Ā
āI have to do something.ā Clark utters.Ā
āNow Clarkā¦just a secondā¦ā Lois hesitates. āDo you really?āĀ
āLex literally let a tear in reality travel all the way through Metropolis, and God knows how much farther it wouldāve gone if you and Mister Terrific hadnāt stopped it.ā She elaborates.Ā
āLoisā¦ā Clark says horrified and disappointed.Ā
āI know!ā She huffs. āI know itās bad! But look at what he did to you, to the city!āĀ
āHe was a personā¦regardless of what he did to me, or our fine city.ā Clark says hopeful. āHe mightāve changed. He couldāve learned his lessonā¦now heāll never get that.āĀ
āCover for me will you?ā He asks, fire shining behind his eyes.Ā
āYeah. Sure, okay.ā Lois utters leaving Clark alone.Ā
He watches Lois leave, sighing heavily the moment the door closes.Ā
Clark uses his super speed to quickly get out of the building before anyone spotted him.Ā
He dons his Superman costume, before flying off to the Watchtower.Ā
The doors open the moment he arrives, he waits for the hum of the airlock. Clark braces himself for the pressurization, before walking in all the way to the war room.Ā
āBatman.ā Clark says clipped.Ā
āSuperman.ā Bruce answers.Ā
āI take it youāve seen the news.ā Batman says, eyes never leaving Clark as he takes a seat.Ā
āSuperman, you know Guy Gardner, Wonder Woman, John Stewart, Martian Manhunter, The Flash, Zatanna Zatara, and Giovanni Zatara.ā Bruce quickly introduces them all.Ā
āNice to meet all you nice folks.ā Clark smiles before turning back to Bruce.Ā
āHow long did you know?ā Clark asks hurt.Ā
āThe Watchtowerās sensors picked something up approximately two weeks ago.ā Bruce starts. āA disturbance in the multiverse, inexplicable ripples, that left no consequences.āĀ
āWe knew Lex Luthor was dead before the news did.ā He admits.Ā
āAnd you didnāt think to tell me?ā Clark whispers.Ā
āThe government reached out to us to assess.ā Bruce hesitates. āAnd we did.ā
A silence falls across the room.Ā
One that only seems to bother Clark.Ā
āWe decided it wasnāt worth intervening, once we saw whatā or rather whoā caused Lex Luthorās death.ā He says pragmatically.Ā
āYou mean his killer.ā Clark snaps. āDonāt speak about Lexās murderer like theyāre untouchable. Like theyāre just a climate event we need to survive.ā
āIn this case Iād wager he is.ā Bruce says dismissively.Ā
āPlay the video. I know the cameras the Watchtower uses are leagues better than what anyone can get on earth.ā Clark demands.Ā
āVery well, but do not, I repeat, do not go picking a fight with the man in the video.ā Bruce almost sounds like heās pleading.Ā
The keyboard clicks rhythmically as Bruce pulls up the video.
The moment it fully loads, Clark is already on the edge of his seat.Ā
The censorship is gone, and now a man is on screen where he wasnāt before.Ā
Clarkās eyes widen as he finally eyes Lexās killer. āFreeze frame.āĀ
There you are on video.Ā
Standing over Lexās corpse, looking entirely unfazed.
āHim. He killed him.ā He utters.Ā
āHe did.ā Bruce doesnāt disagree.Ā
āWe need to bring him in.ā Clark asserts.
He looks around hoping the League will side with him.Ā
āI wonāt be helping.ā Bruce states.Ā
āMe neither.ā Wally echoes.Ā
Guy shakes his head. āListen Supes, youād be in over your head.āĀ
āSuperman, weāve only just met, but I would urge you towards caution.ā Diana says regally.Ā
āCount us out.ā Giovanni says, looking to his daughter.Ā
They both share a look.Ā
They knew youād do something like this, but neither expected you to be so brazen about it.Ā
āYeah Superman, good luck if you go after him.ā Zatanna adds, leaning back in her seat, arms crossed.Ā
āJohn Stewart? Martian Manhunter?ā Clark asks softly.Ā
āSorry Big Blue, good luck.ā John says with a laugh.Ā
āI refuse.ā Martian Manhunter says without elaborating.Ā
āFine. Iāll bring him in myself.ā Clark whispers turning on his heel.Ā
Clarkās cape whips dramatically. āWhere is he?āĀ
āRight now?ā Bruce says unimpressed. āThe map readings say Metropolis.āĀ
Clarkās eyes widen, nearly bulging out of his head.Ā
In an instant heās gone, blitzing down and coming to a sudden stop in Metropolis airspace.Ā
Clark squints his eyes scanning the city.Ā
He stops when he spots the same face from the security cams, just lounging, having a drink outside a cafe.Ā
He flies forward until heās hovering overhead, just high enough to lord over where you sit.Ā
āHey.ā You say calmly.
You blow a small stream of air, cooling your drink before taking another sip.Ā
You sigh contentedly.
āIs that all you have to say?ā Clark seethes.Ā
āUsually people introduce themselves when speaking to someone they havenāt met yet.ā You say sternly, lacing your fingers together as your eyes meet his.Ā
āClarkā¦āĀ
Supermanās eyes widen.Ā
He heard your voice by his ears.Ā
He felt the warmth of your breath brush against his skin.Ā
His head snaps around, but no one seems to be reacting to his human name.Ā
Your voice was carried straight to him by the wind, your magic, or telepathy, he doesnāt know.Ā
āIām Superman. As you might well know.ā He says strongly.Ā
āNice to meet ya, Iām (Y/n). (Y/n) Zatara.ā You introduce yourself, smirking and holding back a laugh at the incredulous look on Supermanās face.Ā
āYouāre related to Giovanni and Zatanna.ā He states incredulously.Ā
āYeah. My Dad and sister.ā You give him a look. āI donāt really need the family tree lesson Boy Scout.āĀ
āTheyāre heroesā¦ā He murmurs.Ā
āSo am I. In a sense I guess. Itās a family business reallyāā
āNo, youāre not.ā Clark immediately rebuffs.Ā
You raise an eyebrow. āOh? And what makes you the judge of that?āĀ
āWhat you did to Lex Luthorā¦ā Clarkās hands tighten into fists, āno hero wouldāve done that.ā
āMaybe none of you all would, but I would. I did. Thatās what sets us apart.ā You argue.Ā
āHe trampled into my domain Superman.ā You stand up, getting agitated.Ā
Your scarlet magic wisps together coiling like snakes before falling back into your being.
Ā āHe got what he deserved for fucking with the fabric of reality.ā You snarl, slamming your hands down onto the table, sending a red shockwave at Superman.Ā
His eyes widen, he braces for impact but the moment it touches him the shockwave shifts into red bubbles, each popping on their own.Ā
āI donāt want to fight you.ā Clark admits, he can smell your sweet scent from where he is. āBut Iām taking you in one way or another.āĀ
āOh?ā You laugh again, insultingly, mockingly. āAnd how will you accomplish that?āĀ
Clark uses his super speed, trying to blitz behind you and hold you in a bear hug.Ā
He thinksā heās convinced if heās moving fast enough you wonāt see him.
If heās fast enough you wonāt be able to counter with a spell before he touches you.Ā
His arms lock around your midriff, but they crash into each other, instead of locking you down.Ā
Clarkās eyes dart around, to the ground, to his sides, before they find you now floating where he was.Ā
āI had youā¦ā He murmurs.
āGonna have to move a lot faster than that to get the drop on me.ā You say.
Your magic condenses in your hand, before you fire an energy blast at him.
The scarlet blast hits Clark in the chest.Ā
The people watching gasp in horror, as Superman tumbles through countless buildings.Ā
Before any of them can panic or react, they all freeze.
Each of them feels a wave of dread wash over them as a pair of hands land on their shoulders.Ā
Behind every single bystander, countless projections of you appear behind each civilian.Ā
You lean in close.
Close enough they can all feel the warmth of your breath breaking against their skin.
āRuuuun.ā You drawl, before fading away from their perception.Ā
Their voices form a maelstrom, all screaming, as they run away from the epicenter.
āSuperman is fighting (Y/n).ā Bruce sighs.Ā
āOh god.ā Zatanna softly says. āDad, letās get down there.āĀ
āItās Superman.ā Giovanni waves her off. āIām sure he can handle what (Y/n) throws at him.āĀ
āAnd thatās exactly why we need to get down there.ā She stresses. ā(Y/n) will know, heāll feel how much Superman can take before breaking, and itāll be a whole lot more than the city can handle.āĀ
Zatanna starts whisperingĀ a transportation spell.Ā
Giovanniās eyes widen, his expression tightens.Ā
āGod youāre rightā¦heās grown into himself with restraintā¦but he isnāt one to pull his punches if attacked first.ā Giovanni murmurs, getting up and moving to Zatannaās side.Ā
āKeep comms open.ā Bruce orders without looking at them.Ā
He lowers the universal star map, turning all sensors to high.Ā
āYouāre worried Batman.ā Diana laughs.Ā
āI donāt know why you arenāt.ā He counters.Ā
āBecause I know him.ā Diana says fondly.Ā
Your eyes quickly dart around, making sure all civilians are gone from the immediate area.Ā
You close your eyes, picturing the city block youāre fighting on.
You can feel every pulse, hear every heartbeat, see the warmth of each body present.Ā
āNo signs of life other than him and me.ā You smile to yourself.
Your eyes snap open as you hear stone and concrete shattering as Superman shoots out of the rubble.Ā
He flies straight at you, arms extended, hands clenched into fists.Ā
You just smirk, bringing your hand up, and snapping.Ā
Clark disregards it, but suddenly heās flying downward.Ā
He keeps telling his body up, but he only goes down quicker.Ā
He moves left when he intends right, and vice versa.Ā
He struggles to get the hang of it, but manages to shakily fly back up to your level.Ā
āSorcererā¦using magic against me?ā Clark snarls.Ā
āOh please. Like using your strength against someone physically weaker isnāt the same thing.ā You scoff. āBesides, Iām just keeping the fun going.āĀ
Clarkās lips twitch, at your words, he closes his eyes taking a breath.Ā
You raise an eyebrow, you can feel it in the thrum of the air, in the fabric of reality somethingās coming.Ā
Clarkās eyes snap open, two beams of concentrated heat shoot out.Ā
You groan, flipping backwards, as his heat vision hits you directly in your chest.Ā
You come to a halt upside down, eyes bright and locked onto Superman.Ā
āSee, I knew you had more tricks.ā You giggle.Ā
You look down at your singed clothes and bright red flesh.Ā
You make eye contact with Clark who looks smug at landing a hit.Ā
Your eyebrows twitch, your hand smoothes down your chest leaving your shirt intact, like the laser beams never struck you.Ā
āBetchaā canāt do that again.ā You goad.Ā
Clarkās face cracks seeing you shake it off like nothing.Ā
āOkay then.ā He answers, before firing off another pair of beams.Ā
Clark watches as your scarlet magic condenses in your hands, before you toss a black orb towards his lasers.Ā
The hair on the back of Clarkās neck stands up.Ā
A queasiness settling in his gut.Ā
In an instant the black ball swells into a spiraling black hole, sucking in the lasers before they ever reached you.Ā
Clarkās eyes widen, his instincts were already telling him youāre dangerous.
Now?Ā
Heās sure youāre lethal at best.Ā
And planetary destruction at worst.
The glass and buildings near it crumble as theyāre sucked in before the black hole snaps out of existence.Ā
Clark feels his muscles relax, the sweat from his brow disappear.Ā
āAre you starting to understand youāre fighting someone above your weight class?ā You project.Ā
āIt doesnāt matter. I will bring you in. I will win.ā Clark answers.Ā
āBoring.ā You yawn. āTry something new.āĀ
He tries his heat vision again, but nothing comes out.Ā
He tries again and again, only straining himself and his eyes.Ā
You roll your eyes. āSay Supes, whatās the chance your eyes donāt work, or worse they misfire?ā You tilt your head.Ā
He doesnāt answer, but you nod all the same.Ā
āProbably low, maybe even zero, but if you keep trying Iāll just keep dialing the chance itāll misfire up.ā You warn.Ā
āWhat are you doing to my body?ā Clark asks, unnerved.Ā
āWhat I want.ā You say with a smile, like itās simple and obvious. āBut donāt worry, Iāll fix your ups and downs, your lefts and rights,ā You chortle to yourself, ācause this,ā your hand motions between you and him, āis getting boring.āĀ
Clark can feel the change instantly, his body isnāt inverting its electrical signals anymore.Ā
He sets his jaw, fists clenching at his sides. āYouāre going to wish you didnāt do that.ā
āOooo, Iām so scared.ā You sarcastically remark, before flickering out of the way.Ā
You lift your hand, an enormous red magic construct bleeds into the air.Ā
You snap your hand down at the wrist.Ā
The red construct seems to groan before mimicking your action, and smacking Superman down, slamming him into the ground again.Ā
Clark winces as he stands.Ā
He looks back up to you, he notices the crater is deeper this time.Ā
He floats up, getting ready to charge at you but as the air shifts his head snaps to the side.Ā
āZatanna, Zatara, thank God youāre here.ā Superman says with a smile, relief bleeding into his voice, as he fully turns to them.Ā
āI know heās your son,ā He squeezes his eyes shut, ābut I need you two to shield me magically.ā He pleads.Ā
āOh no can do.ā Zatanna laughs, before clearing her throat.Ā
āWeāre just here to set up a magic containment field, layered over the one (Y/n) already set up.ā Giovanni elaborates.Ā
āā¦what?ā Clark whispers, stunned.Ā
āSuperman, listen, youāre in over your head.ā Zatanna says matter-of-factly. āJust apologize and Iām sure (Y/n) will let this go.āĀ
āHeās a murderer, and neither of you are even the slightest bit shocked or upset?ā Clark asks incredulous, flying closer to them.Ā
āThe multiverse was at risk of being torn apart. (Y/n) acted as he needed to protect all of existence.ā Giovanni says pragmatically.Ā
āNo. Heās a murderer. And none of us, not even him, are above the law. Do what you want, but I will take him in.ā Superman asserts before flying back into the sky.Ā
āYou got anything else in the tank Supes?ā You ask with a lilt.Ā
āYouāll tire yourself out before I even break a sweat.ā Clark responds, he blitzes forward, before immediately changing his angle.Ā
āI like the sound of that.ā You sultrily speak. āI hope you can make good on that.āĀ
He keeps moving like a pinball, all while your eyes keep tracking him.Ā
He feels something coil in his gut as he notices your eyes go to where heāll be before heās even there.Ā
He manages to get behind you, punching you square in the back.Ā
You fly forward, but freeze right in front of a building.Ā
Your body turns in red butterflies that all rush over covering him head to toe.Ā
Clarkās eyes widen.
The video of Lexās execution replays in his mind.
The red smoke.
The way it entered Lexās body.
He brings his arms up, covering his face, preparing for the worst.Ā
When they dissipate, youāre standing behind Clark.Ā
Before he can react, or lower his arms, you deliver a hard kick, forcing him down to the ground, though he manages to land on his feet.Ā
āIām bored, so I think itās time we end this.ā You say looking down at him.Ā
āAnd how will you manage that?ā He asks smugly. āJust admit it! You canāt win this fight.ā
āItās already in motion.ā You say with a smirk.Ā
Superman flies back towards you, but he overshoots it.Ā
He shakes his head, before blitzing you with a combo that keeps phasing in and out of your body.Ā
ā(Y/n) stop! This isnāt a game!ā Zatanna shouts from a nearby rooftop. āYouāre going to kill him and destroy the Earth!ā
āIāve got this Zee.ā You telepathically project.Ā
Clark makes a face at her, watching the horror on her face solidify.Ā
āDad, say something.ā She begs, head continuing to snap back to the sky, before she looks to Giovanni.Ā
ā(Y/n) Zatara.ā He starts sternly. āYou know you shouldnāt do that.āĀ
Your shoulders jump.
You sheepishly look over to him. āBut Dadāā
āNo buts (Y/n).ā He interjects.
Superman manages to get a look at the sky, but itās clear blue, not a single cloud in sight.Ā
āDonāt worry, itās almost over.ā You assure Giovanni, watching as Clark starts slowing down.Ā
Each punch feels heavier than the last, even staying in the air is harder than it was moments ago.Ā
He feels sick, clammy, cold sweat across his forehead.Ā
He canāt get enough air in his lungs.Ā
Every cell in his body is screaming for mercy.
He throws one last punch that manages to touch your chin.Ā
It has as much strength as a newborn, before he falls backwards plummeting from the sky.Ā
As his body lands an echoing thud rings out.
The concrete cracks, spiderwebbing out in a radius.Ā
His vision wavers and feels cloudy as you descend from the sky.Ā
ā(Y/n)! Change it back now!ā Zatanna yells, pulling your ear.Ā
āOw ow ow! Okay! Okay!ā You whine.Ā
Clark can feel the air shift, the temperature rising, but nothing changed, at least nothing he could see.Ā
You kneel down beside him.Ā
ā(Y/n) donāt do anything youāll regret.ā Batmanās voice comes over the comms.
āNever Batsy.ā You say softly, yet your voice is carried through the mic like youāre speaking directly into his consciousness.Ā
Clark can feel his heart rate spike, as you approach him and kneel down beside his body.Ā
When he saw your hand held out, he expected to be pierced through his chest, his head to explode, something anything, he expected death.Ā
And yet within seconds he saw scarlet wisps coalesce in your palm, before a yellow light blinded him.Ā
He groaned softly feeling his cells rejuvenate, and swell with solar energy.Ā
His eyes opened a little wider watching the nuclear fusion taking place in your hand as if you were just holding a baseball.Ā
His eyes flutter shut the moment the light fades.
Clark wakes up in the Daily Planet, seated at his desk, fingers typing away.Ā
He freezes.
He remembers the fight.Ā
The sudden awareness that he was a big fish in a little pond and now a guppy in the ocean still hasnāt settled over him.Ā
The dreamscape seems to melt and shatter into scattered starlight, before shifting to Metropolis airspace.Ā
Clark can hear the cars honking below, the millions of conversations taking place, the hum of carsā engines as they sit in traffic.Ā
āOh Claaaaark.ā Your voice calls out. āWhatās wrong Boy Scout?āĀ
āBit off more than you can chew?ā You wonder.
Clark tenses feeling your hand gently cup his cheek.Ā
He almost leans into it before stopping and throwing a blind swing.Ā
His breathing gets heavier as he turns around to find himself still alone.
āI have to bring you in. I have to arrest you.ā He says pragmatically.
āLex Luthorāsāā
āBefore? Sure, maybe.ā You admit.Ā
āBut you know thatās not true now.ā You whisper. āCan you hear that?ā You ask.
As if the worldās volume is dialed down to zero everything quiets immediately.
Clark feels a chill wash over him.Ā
Before he can get used to the sudden quiet, a rhythmic thumping echoes through the city and its alleyways.Ā
Clark can somehow feel you smiling softly.
Clark stiffens again, as your hand reaches out to touch him.
His eyes widen as the once rhythmic thumping starts to speed up, becoming erratic and out of sync.Ā
āThatās you.ā You whisper.Ā
āI make you nervousā¦I wonder why?ā You giggle.Ā
Clark gasps loudly, jerking forward in bed.Ā
His hand shoots to his chest, clutching at the fabric of his suit.
He takes deep heaving breaths as his eyes adjust to the light in the Watchtower med-bay.Ā
āAh, youāre awake.ā Bruce says standing up. āLetās debrief.ā
āSure.ā Clark manages to get out.Ā
He catches his breath, hand dragging down his face as he struggles to accept what heās seen.Ā
āIt was just a dreamā¦nothing deeper than thatā¦ā he tells himself, even if it feels like something halfway between a truth and a lie.Ā
He begrudgingly rises following Bruce out and towards the war room.Ā
The gentle hum of the machinery and wiring does nothing to ease him.Ā
Nor does it rid him of the shame, and something deeper, something warmer he canāt and wonāt name, he feels reluctantly blooming in his chest.Ā
The doors hum lowly as they slide open.Ā
They both step through the threshold.
Clark immediately spots Guy Gardner, John Stewart, Wonder Woman, Zatanna, Zatara, Batman, and shockingly Klarion the Witch Boy.Ā
āSo Big Blue,ā Guy starts, holding back a laugh, āwhere is he? I thought you were going to bring him in.āĀ
āVery funny.ā Clark tersely answers.Ā
Guy manages to make a shocked face, before laughing hysterically.Ā
āNow, now, Superman is just inexperienced with (Y/n). I shouldāve warned him.ā Bruce starts. āThough he shouldāve taken our warnings.ā
āListen he just caught me off guard is all.ā Clark defends himself. āBesides family or not, Zatanna and Zatara shouldāve helped me.ā
āThereās nothing they couldāve done against the magic (Y/n) wields.ā Klarion interjects with a sneer.
As he quiets, his familiar Teekl purrs, before jumping onto his lap, flicking her tail.Ā
āWhat is he doing here?ā Clark asks eyeing the Lord of Chaos.Ā
āI know Superman. Trust me I donāt want him here either.ā Zatanna says shooting Klarion a glare, that earns her a mocking laugh from the witch boy.Ā
āI felt what happened,ā Klarion shrugs his shoulder, a small spark of his magic circling as he waves his finger, āIām making sure (Y/n) is okay.āĀ
āWhy is no one bothered a Lord of Chaos is in our midst?ā Clark asks the room at large.Ā
āWe have a sort ofā¦.truceāā
āI wouldnāt call it that.ā Klarion cuts Zatanna off.Ā
āAs it pertains to (Y/n).ā Zatanna finishes.Ā
āAbout that magic, Zatanna, thereās no lingering damage, or any at all really, to the universe. It blipped in and out like it never existed, though our sensors still registered it as an anomaly.ā Bruce reveals.Ā
āDoesnāt make it any less frightening.ā She laughs before leaning back against her chair.Ā
āWhat are you talking about?ā Clark asks.Ā
āYou didnāt see it?ā Zatanna asks confused.Ā
āYou kept looking at the sky Superman, I thought youād seen it.ā Giovanni adds.Ā
Clark scoffs, crossing his arms. āThe sky was fine.āĀ
āI donāt know why you two were acting all out of sorts.ā He adds. āItās not like he was fighting either of you.ā
Clark finally walks over to his seat, sitting down.Ā
āBatman, play the footage!ā Guy begs wiping a tear from his eye. āI gotta see his face when he realizes.āĀ
Klarion laughs too, dramatically, a high falsetto as he sees Clark more confused than ever.Ā
āSee what?ā Clark asks again trying not to snap.Ā
No one responds, but the sound of keyboard tiles clicking registers as the lights dim.Ā
Incident Log #378 - Metropolis AnomalyĀ
Flashes across the screen as the video plays.Ā
Diana and John Stewart recline in their seats like theyāre watching a highlight reel.Ā
Guy Gardner sits up straighter, still eyeing Clarkās face.Ā
Klarion conjures a bowl of popcorn, sharing some with his familiar.Ā
Bruce doesnāt react, but thatās not exactly shocking.
Zatanna and Giovanni donāt flinch either, as though itās not the first time this has happened.Ā
Clark watches with a stone face.Ā
Rather he tries to.Ā
His eyes widening as the fight plays out again, but this time he can see what had Zatanna and Giovanni freaking out.Ā
ā(Y/n) stop! This isnāt a game!ā Zatanna shouts from a nearby rooftop.Ā
Her head snaps over to the horizon.
The camera follows her line of sight.Ā
The yellow star, Sol, the celestial giant that holds the solar system together, crackles and warbles.Ā
The video glitches like itās skipping a few frames, before stabilizing and catching the star collapsing in on itself.Ā
In mere moments it becomes a swirling black maw, drawing in all light and space debris.Ā
The smile stitched across your face stretches further as you see the solar power draining from Clark.Ā
The video continues showing the skirmish.Ā
The moment Clark falls from the sky, the black hole shrinks, and the yellow sun returns instantly, like it had never left.Ā
You approach the same as he saw, scarlet wisps combining in your hand as you recreate a yellow star in the palm of your hand.Ā
You bathe Clark in its light before your red magic swirls and punches another hole in reality that you walk into.Ā
Clark sits aghast at the video.Ā
His hands tighten around the armrests.
The lights brighten, as the incident log closes.Ā
āCould I perchance get a copy of the footage?ā Klarion asks innocently, a wicked smile stretched across his face. āStrictly for archival purposes.āĀ
No one acknowledges Klarion but it doesnāt take the wind out of his sails.Ā
āBatmanā¦ā Clark grits his teeth, hands clenching into fists against the table. āHeās a monster.āĀ
āWatch your mouth, Superman.ā Giovanni icily says.Ā
āThatās my brother youāre speaking about.ā Zatanna says. āTread lightly.ā
āMonster?ā Klarionās voice loses that recognizable falsetto. āCareful, alien, heās my favorite thing in this wretched plane of orderly existence. Disrespect him at your own peril.ā Klarion says hands glowing, twitching with magic as he spins in the chair heās occupying.Ā
Even Teekl seems upset at Clarkās word choice.Ā
āSuperman, do not think to disrespect (Y/n).ā Diana says, voice sharpening.Ā
āHe could destroy your home, the way he nearly destroyed mine.ā Clark crosses his arms, disbelief mounting that no one is siding with him.Ā
āAnd he has not. He could rend the multiverse itself into threads, and he has not.ā She defends. āYou only see a monster because he does not fit your morality. You do not see the boy behind the power.ā
āWonder Woman has a point Superman.ā John interjects, a small smile tugging at his lips. ā(Y/n) is a good kidā¦just more powered up than most his age. He holds the multiverse together, he helps us when we need, he is a friend.āĀ
āHeās an adult!ā Clark roars.Ā
āHeās a young man, Superman.ā Giovanni defends. āMy son. Iāve raised him well.ā
āSnapping Lex Luthorās neck in a jail cell doesnāt seem like a very high bar to clear.ā Clark retorts, seething. āAnd you want to talk about it like itās something to be proud of?āĀ
ā(Y/n) does what he deems necessary to protect the multiverse.ā Giovanni counters.Ā
āSuperman, believe me Iāve had my fair share of problems with him.ā Batman takes a breath. āNo one here, especially not me, has forgotten what he did in Gotham.ā
ā(Y/n) could handle every problem in existence, and make a utopia. He doesnāt because he respects self-determination. He lets us handle our villains as long as they donāt cross into his jurisdiction.ā Batman says plainly. āLex Luthor played in a sandbox he had no business being in.ā
Clark laughs breathily, looking around to everyoneās faces. āDo you all hear yourselves?ā
āYouāre making excuses for a murderer.ā He says quietly. āNo one is above the law.ā
āYou donāt protect people by deciding who lives and who dies.ā He adds.Ā
āNo one, asterisk, except (Y/n).ā Guy laughs. āFace it Big Blue, no matter how much you feel itās injustice, or unfair, or whatever else gets your cape in a knot, youāre not someone (Y/n) will answer to.ā He states with annoyance that Clark isnāt letting this go.Ā
āSuperman is not wrong to be horrified.ā Diana chimes in.Ā
āThe act is horrific.ā Bruce adds. āThat does not mean the act was unnecessary.ā
āIf none of you are going to physically help me, then at least tell me how to find him.ā Clark asks, jaw set, teeth grinding against each other.Ā
āI host him from time to time on Themyscira.ā Diana says smiling softly. āThough I doubt he would continue to look fondly on me and my sisters if I told you when he was coming to visit.ā
āHowād he swing that?ā Guy asks bracing himself against the table.Ā
āThemyscira is known for being barred to men.ā John adds.Ā
Diana smiles softly, taking a breath.Ā
It was an ordinary day.Ā
Or as ordinary as it could be really on the Zatara estate.Ā
Giovanni was wrapped up in his spell books, believing Zatanna was with you.
She was.Ā
For the most part.Ā
She was responsible.Ā
She played, she entertained you, until nature called.Ā
Zatanna stepped away for the briefest of moments, needing to use the restroom.Ā
She was gone for five minutes, at most.Ā
To you, as a little four-year-old, Zatanna was gone five minutes too long for your liking.Ā
It was small, innocent.Ā
āZeeā Iām boredā¦.ā You drawled, lying on the grass, watching ants march in single file across the air.Ā
As soon as the words left your mouth the air shifted.Ā
The pressure in the garden seemed to lessen and increase.Ā
Scarlet wisps pooled into reality, concentrating in the air just before you, swirling like water down a drain.Ā
You stared into it, eyes wide and shining, before looking over your shoulder to see Zatanna still wasnāt back.Ā
āIāll ownly be a minuteā¦ā You giggled walking through the portal you unknowingly opened.Ā
In an instant you found yourself on the shores of the beach closest to your home.Ā
You squeal with joy, running around, feeling the sand between your toes, collecting shells, and letting the sea salt flow through your hair.Ā
You donāt know how long youāve spent here, but another portal opens, just as welcoming as the first.Ā
You donāt hesitate as you run through.
You found yourself running through the streets of Rome.Ā
You ooo and aaah at the marble columns, the giant colosseum that looked like it had held a thousand battles.Ā
You can almost picture the men and women in bed sheets walking around.Ā
āI wanna see something older. Older than daddy.ā You laughed to yourself, arms stretched out, taking steps and balancing yourself on the banister of the arena.Ā
Another portal opened, swirling more intensely than the last one, like it was fighting against something.Ā
Red lightning occasionally crackled across the diameter, not in warning, it felt warm as it touched your skin, welcoming still.
You ran right through, styling yourself an explorer.Ā
You unknowingly breached wards.
A barrier older than anything youāve ever knowingly seen.Ā
Erected by the first gods, that lead to a beautiful island, untouched by mankind.Ā
āThe sand āeels different here!ā You giggled.Ā
Even the waves that lapped against the shoreline felt ancient.
Within seconds you felt the curtain-like-thing draped across the land react and warble.Ā
āI wonder whatās that āboutā¦ā You mused to yourself running onto the marble floor.Ā
Your hands went to your ears, your face scrunched up as the magical background hum became even more incessant.Ā
A beam of golden light projected down, circling you.Ā
You felt a tug, a push, a pull, something that wanted to move you.Ā
It was heavy, suffocating, as if trying to pin you down before you could go farther.Ā
You didnāt recognize it as the islandās magical defense.Ā
It had no discernible voice.Ā
No authoritative words telling you to go home.Ā
āI donāt wanna go yetā¦ā You whined softly.Ā
In an instant your red magic pooled forth, and took the shape of your chubby little hand, before extending a single digit.Ā
With all the innocence of a four-year-old, it touches the column of golden light, shattering it instantly.Ā
āI can stay?ā You ask aloud, waiting for another golden column to come down, but it never does.Ā
āYay!ā You giggled running again touching the architecture.Ā
You could feel the ground shaking like people were coming towards you.Ā
Diana ran faster than she had before jumping over her sisters in a blur of gold and red.Ā
āMagical intruder.ā She quickly thought. āCirce?ā
āNoā¦itās too raw and uncontrolledā¦chaoticā¦ā She surmised.Ā
She leaped through the air again, eyeing the small intruder, skidding to a stop before you.Ā
āIdentify yourself.ā She said with powerful regal presence.Ā
āHuh?ā You asked looking up to her.Ā
You thought she was pretty, like the princesses in the books your dad or Zatanna read to you.Ā
āHi!ā You said excitedly, you reached out your hand to introduce yourself, but your magic responded to your excitement.Ā
A tiny red lightning arc jumped from your fingers.
It wasnāt on purpose.Ā
It dealt no damage, merely tingled and felt like a tiny zap.Ā
She didnāt hesitate, her instincts overrode everything else.Ā
āOof!ā You groaned in pain as her heel came in contact with your chest.Ā
You felt the air forced out of your lungs in a single choked sound.Ā
Diana watched as you flew through the air, before slamming into a column.Ā
A cloud of white dust billowed up from the impact.Ā
Diana braced herself, ready for the next attack, but it never came.Ā
She heard a wet broken sound rip from your throat.Ā
āHeās a childā¦!ā She thought frantically.
She could see you struggling to get up, holding yourself against the broken marble.Ā
Your shirt torn, your chest bruised in ugly angry colors from her strike.Ā
She was sure she could see and hear your tiny ribs snapping into place again.Ā
āLittle one, Iām soāāĀ
Dianaās hands shot to her ears, the weight of the air, the pressure of your magic, dropped her to one knee.Ā
Your sobs grew louder, interrupting her apology.Ā
She watched heart heavy as your chubby hands smeared your tears in uneven streaks against your skin.Ā
She started approaching but noticed sheās not getting closer with each step.Ā
āSpatial distortion?ā She questioned.
She ran towards you, picking up more and more speed.
She almost made it to your side, her hand outstretched.Ā
Her fingers just barely touched the back of your hand, before the ground stretched again and forced her back to her starting point.Ā
Your sobbing slowly quieted down to hiccuping sniffles.Ā
You looked upset, angry, Diana wanted to apologize again but the air shifted.
Her warrior instincts were tearing her in half.Ā
One part of her could see you, the child, right in front of her.Ā
The other saw a being with raw magical might, a threat to Themyscira.Ā
Dianaās eyes widened as you threw a red blast at her.Ā
She put her arms up, crossed in an X, aiming to let the strike dissipate across her gauntlets.Ā
She groaned fighting against the concussive force of the strike, her feet dug into the marble as she tried to stop herself from skidding back any more.Ā
She didnāt lower her arms, but she moved to get a good look at you.Ā
You quickly lifted an arm, hand curled into a chubby fist again.Ā
Diana waited, she could feel it.Ā
Before she could react a red fist erupted from the ground.Ā
It was as tall as a skyscraper, carrying strength proportional to its size, forcing her to the sky.Ā
Diana caught herself midair, she could see the very ground beneath her shake and screech.Ā
āHeāll destroy Themyscira at this rate!ā She panicked.Ā
Her eyes flitted about the ground wildly, looking for you.Ā
She felt the air still, no more accurately, she felt time stop.Ā
Oppressive, haunting, chilling, she couldnāt move.Ā
She felt your tiny fist poke her back.Ā
It carried thrice the concussive force the earlier red blast did.Ā
She could feel her armor start to warp ever so slightly.Ā
She surged forward body slamming into the ground, the marble cracked in spiderweb before giving way and leaving a crater.Ā
āDiana!ā An Amazonian shouted.Ā
A multitude of warriors nocked their arrows, all aiming for your head or chest.
Her eyes scanned your tiny body.Ā
She immediately noticed the tremble in your finger, the way your magic fell from your body in wisps before shooting back, the way your eyes narrowed and your lips quivered.Ā
āTheyāll loose their arrows before I can stop them.ā She quickly assumed.Ā
āDonāt fire!ā She yelled.Ā
It was enough to make you look to your right, seeing the countless women aiming at you, primed and ready to fire.Ā
Before you could react defensively, you felt a soft warm hum around your body.Ā
You looked down, spotting the golden end of the lasso wrapped around you.
When you looked back to Diana, she was holding a golden magic-imbued rope.Ā
āI didnāt know you had magic here too!ā You said excitedly.Ā
The change was instant.Ā
The damage you caused reversed.Ā
Not with conscious decision, but on instinct.Ā
As if when the fear loosened and the anger softened, your magic had responded in kind.Ā
The hole in the ground your construct erupted from knitted itself closed.Ā
Before Diana could respond, the world shifted again.
Reality blurred, Diana felt the wind against her skin.Ā
She hovered in the air, ensnared by her own lasso, while you stood where she did, holding the end of it.Ā
āWhy did you hurt me?ā You asked, fear heavy and thick in your cadence.Ā
The golden rope hummed, glowing brighter, responding to your magic.Ā
āThis island is my home. Men are forbidden to set foot here.ā Diana answered, compelled by the magic of her lasso.Ā
āI didnāt know thatā¦ā You softly spoke, face breaking with guilt.Ā
Dianaās chest felt even heavier.Ā
āMāsorryā¦I was just soooo bored.ā You sheepishly said, looking towards the ground like someone scolded you.Ā
āI-Iāll go home.ā You said lowly, your shoulders slouched and your sniffles echoed in her ears again.Ā
She couldnāt reconcile what was happening before her eyes.Ā
She didnāt know how to accept the guilt on your face when she struck you first.
Before she could speak again the end of her lasso you were just holding fell to the ground.Ā
āWaitā!ā She called out, but you had already disappeared in a puff of red smoke.Ā
The scent of magic and a childās milk cream still heavy in the air.Ā
Diana wanted to go forth, out into the world of men, one goal in mind.Ā
Find you.Ā
She hoped to apologize, to invite you back, to show you the wonders of her home you had wanted to see, but her duty demanded she stay and help rebuild.Ā
Days later she felt the barrier to her home shake again.
Not with the raw chaotic energy it did when you breached it, but precise, surgical.Ā
Whoever was coming, was coming with purpose.Ā
āMotherāā
āI know.ā Hippolyta responded immediately, heading with Diana to the source of the intrusion.Ā
The raw magic crackled and surged through the air as Giovanni Zatara and Zatanna Zatara walked through the barrier undisturbed.Ā
āGiovanni Zatara, human magician, man.ā Hippolyta spoke.Ā
āThis island is forbidden to your kind.ā She reminded.Ā
Giovanniās jaw tightened hard enough his teeth creaked.
āMy son (Y/n) Zatara, found himself on these foreign shores some odd days ago.ā Giovanniās voice didnāt waver, but his fury was evident in the way his magic responded.Ā
āHe returned home with a boot-shaped bruise on his chest.ā He snarled, eyes landing on Diana.Ā
She tensed, freezing, hands clenching at her sides, but she didnāt run, she didnāt hide.Ā
ā(Y/n), honey, what happened here?ā Giovanni asked softly, eyeing the black and blue on your chest.Ā
āI went to a beautiful island!ā You said excitedly, playing with your toy boat.Ā
You didnāt notice the way the bubbles came together behind you to form the very island you spoke of.Ā
The curl of the shoreline, the rising marble, you didnāt know its name, but Giovanni did.Ā
āThemysciraā¦ā He thought to himself.Ā
āIt was oldā¦older than you daddy!ā You giggled.Ā
āI was playing with a pretty lady, but I think she got too excitedā¦ā You said softly, almost guilty. āShe got too woughā¦I didnāt know I wasnāt āpose to be thereā¦she coulda asked me to leaveā¦āĀ
The soap bubbles reform to show Giovanni Wonder Woman.Ā
Giovanniās hand curled around the rim of the bathtub, his magic coiling tighter around him, like a promise or vow to protect you, to make sure this doesnāt go unanswered.Ā
āI dunno why she hit meā¦ā You whisper.Ā
āShe may have not meant to, (Y/n).ā Giovanni whispered, tousling your hair.Ā
āI dunnoā¦seemed like she didā¦ā You whisper, chubby hand smacking the water.Ā
āDid I do somethinā wrong?ā You looked to your dad.Ā
āDoes she hate me?ā You sniffled, eyes watering.Ā
Giovanni could already feel the universe at large stretching and responding.Ā
āOf course not.ā Giovanni whispered, pulling you out of the bath and into his arms.Ā
āSometimes adults make mistakes. And just like when you do, they apologize.ā His hand gently patted the back of your head.Ā
āIāll make sure of it.ā He said, putting you back into the tub.Ā
āNow none of that, little one.ā He cooed, wiping away your tears.Ā
āWhy donāt you pick what we eat today, hmm?ā Giovanni offered watching you brighten up instantly.Ā
āWeally?ā You giggled, slapping the water with your hands.Ā
āReally.ā He assured you.Ā
āYay!ā You laughed, splashing your dad.Ā
āI would like an explanation,ā Giovanni took a deep breath trying to calm down every cell in his body, āas to why she struck my four-year-old son.āĀ
The air around Giovanniās hands crackled as he squeezed them into fists.Ā
āDiana.ā Zatanna stepped forward. āWhy did you hit him?āĀ
Her hand stretched out in front of Giovanni as if she alone could hold her father back.Ā
Diana walked forward, steadfast, head held up high, even if she felt the weight of her actions bearing down on her.Ā
āHe breached our wards.ā She said pragmatically. āSomething only the likes of Circe and gods have managed.āĀ
She cleared her throat. āI am beholden to my duties first, Giovanni.ā
āI struck on instinct, not by intent.ā She whispered sadly. āI tried to defuse the situation after I realized he was a child.ā
āYou dare to compare my son to Circe?ā Giovanni seethed.Ā
āDad.ā Zatanna said softly, hand going to his shoulder.Ā
Giovanniās face softened, he took a breath.
The space, the air, itself relaxed.Ā
āIn raw power. Magic itself. Not in attitude.ā Diana clarified.Ā
āHe is a child. (Y/n) did not know better.ā Giovanni snarled.Ā
āGiovanni, he traipsed into our home.ā She stepped forward.Ā
āUnintentionally.ā He defended.Ā
āAll the more reason to guard our shores.ā Diana whispered.Ā
āGiovanni, you can attest to how difficult it is to push through Themysciraās barrier.ā Diana said. āYour son broke through without meaning to. The island itself tried to reject his presence, send him back from where he came, and he broke the enchantment.āĀ
āA single touch of his finger is all it took, for millennia-old magic to fall before him.ā She paused. āMore than that, we exchanged blows after.ā
āI will not hold him to my standards or yours. Any child cornered might lash out.ā She shuddered remembering the force behind your tiny grubby fists. āHe nearly destroyed Themyscira.āĀ
āI am sincerely sorry I struck your son. I have been wracked with guilt since our encounter. But I am not sorry, nor will I ever apologize for defending my home.ā Diana said steadfast.Ā
āThen apologize to him.ā Zatanna suggested softly.Ā
āAll he spoke of when I asked him about his bruise was the beautiful island, and the pretty woman who gave it to him.ā Giovanni icily said.Ā
Diana felt an ache in her chest, a surging shame she couldnāt hold up.Ā
āIf youād have me as a guest in your home despite my actionsā¦Iād be more than happy to apologize to him myself.ā She said softly.Ā
āIf youāll have me in your home, Iāll apologize to him there. Or host you here, and show him Themyscira as it should have greeted him.ā She whispered.Ā
Giovanniās body relaxed.Ā
His alpha instincts still prowled, but seemed sated for the moment.Ā
Zatanna sighed softly, she couldnāt physically smell the furious pheromones coming off of her father, but she could feel them in the waves of his magic.Ā
āThat is acceptable.ā Giovanni spoke.Ā
āThank you, Princess of Themyscira.ā He murmured.Ā
āThank you, Giovanni Zatara.ā Diana answered with a smile. āWhen should you expect me?ā
āA week from today.ā He responded.Ā
āExcellent. I look forward to speaking with the little magician.ā Diana smiled warmly. āIāll be bringing a gift. A token rather. So when he returns, heāll be received as a guest, not an invader.ā
āYou honor us Princess, even after I, of necessity, broke through your barrier.ā Giovanni bowed ever so slightly. āI look forward to receiving you. If your wards ever need reinforcement, you need only ask.āĀ
āLetās go Zee.ā He whispered, already turning away.Ā
Zatanna looked back to Diana, mouthing āthank youā, before following her dad.Ā
The hole Giovanni cut open slowly sutured itself back up, shining blue before returning to that misty gold.Ā
āI hope you know what youāre doing Diana.ā Hippolyta spoke, watching the horizon.Ā
āI do, mother.ā Diana responded, before turning on her heel. Ā
The days bound together, bleeding like starlight before scattering.Ā
The rain poured from the sky, as though a spigot has broken.Ā
Diana could hear the way the raindrops pelted the ground as she approached the Zatara estate gates.Ā
She smirked to herself, shaking her head and laughing under her breath.Ā
āOf course.ā She thought to herself as her eyes drifted upwards.Ā
The rain stopped right outside the gates.Ā
She could see faint red wisps that stopped the weather itself.Ā
The gates opened for her, reacting to the sigil Zatanna had given her the week prior.Ā
āMake sure no one comes in with you.ā Zatanna said with a smile.
Diana looked around, lifting her foot and striking the ground to scare off any would-be intruders.Ā
She passed the threshold, turning around and watching as the gates closed by themselves.Ā
She approached the door, hand outstretched to knockāĀ
āHi Diana.ā Giovanni said with a tired look on his face.Ā
āHi Giovanni.ā Diana greeted, walking in as he holds the door open wider.Ā
āNeed I ask?ā She chuckled hand lifted, thumb pointing to the rain that wouldnāt reach their home.Ā
āHe wanted to play outside. I told him no because it was raining, and wellā¦a few seconds later it wasnāt.ā Giovanni laughed softly. āI think a hole in the sky opened when I heard him mutter that he wanted to splash in a puddle.ā
Diana laughed with him. āMy, myā¦The little sorcerer sure is something.āĀ
āHeās in the backyard.ā Giovanni said, showing Diana to the estateās sprawling patio.Ā
Her eyes widened, her mouth dropped open at the floating boats littering the sky.Ā
Her eyes found you instantly, posturing in the crowās nest, telescope in hand.Ā
A giant whale jumped from one cloud, diving into another, the sky itself splashing upwards like its water.Ā
āTry not to be so surprised, Diana.ā Giovanni laughed, walking outside, watching with warm loving eyes as you played in the cloud.Ā
Diana walked forward, past Giovanni.Ā
The moment her foot touched the grass, the clouds froze as if paused.
The drops of sky that were still settling back halted, your attention snapped to her immediately.Ā
She felt her body tense up, instincts screaming to be ready for a fight.Ā
She didnāt act on it, trying to be as non-threatening as possible.Ā
She gasped softly when you disappeared in a puff of red smoke.Ā
She panicked eyes flitting about before she turned to look at Giovanni.Ā
āDaddy thatās herā¦ā You whispered, hiding behind his legs.Ā
Your chubby hands gripped his coat like a lifeline.Ā
āI know, son.ā Giovanni whispered, kneeling down, hand on your back.Ā
āShe has something sheād like to say to you.ā He said gently.Ā
āWhy donāt you come in front of me?ā He said gingerly, trying to push you in front of him.Ā
āMnh-mnh.ā You shook your head, burying your face into his coat, fingers hooked into the fabric.Ā
Diana took one step closer, but no further.Ā
She could already see the way reality prepared itself to stretch and warp for you.Ā
She dropped to one knee.Ā
āLittle one. I am Diana of Themyscira.ā She said kindly. āYou might also know me as Wonder Woman.āĀ
āWhatās your name?ā She asked gently.Ā
You didnāt answer, still eyeing her.Ā
āItās okay, honey.ā Giovanni whispered.Ā
ā(Y/n)ā¦Zatara.ā You say muffled.Ā
āA strong name for a strong boy.ā She smiled. āA few days ago, you came to my homeland, and I acted too swiftly in defense of it.ā
āI did not know you were a child, that does not erase the harm. For that, I am sorry.ā She hung her head.Ā
āYou areā¦?ā You asked voice small, unsure.Ā
āI am. I wish I could go back and stop myself.ā She admitted.Ā
āI have a token for you, if youād be kind enough to receive it.ā She smiled and reached into her pocket.Ā
Your fingers unfurled from your dadās coat.Ā
You walked over slowly.Ā
āUhmmm hiā¦ā you looked to the ground, already shy.Ā
āHello (Y/n).ā Diana answered, she held out her hand, an Amazon ward carved from Themysciran marble, inscribed with protection wards, sat in her palm.Ā
You looked at her hand, before looking to her face, your hand reached for it before pulling back.Ā
āIt is yours, bearing Queen Hippolytaās seal, I had it made just for you.ā She assured you.Ā
You took it from her, your lips curling into a smile as you looked it over.Ā
āIt has magic!ā You said excitedly.Ā
āI would be honored if you came to visit that beautiful island again. This time Iād like to show you everything you didnāt get to see.ā She said cheerful. āWould you like that?ā
You kept looking at the stone in your hand.Ā
Diana wondered if you understood the significance of it.Ā
āThank you Diāana.ā You said brightly, arms looping around her neck as you hugged her, tiny hand clutching onto the stone like itās your most prized possession.Ā
āYouāre welcome (Y/n).ā She responded patting your back.Ā
You pulled away running back over to Giovanni.Ā
āDaddy! Daddy! Look what the pretty lady gave me!ā You beamed showing off the Amazon ward.Ā
āSuch a thoughtful gift isnāt it?ā He smirked, kissing the crown of your head. Ā
āQueen Hippolyta and I have hosted him countless times since.ā Diana recounts fondly.Ā
āThatās the kid I know.ā John leans back chuckling to himself.Ā
āSo,ā Clark takes a breath, bracing himself against the table, ā(Y/n) breaks into your home, fights you, nearly tears apart your island, and you make him an honored guest?ā Ā
The silence that follows makes Clark recalculate.Ā
Clark shakes his head, clearing his throat. āI see the restraint youāre talking about, Wonder Woman. That doesnāt change the fact that (Y/n) showed none to Lex.āĀ
āNone of us are above the law. And Iād just as quickly arrest any one of you for breaking the law.ā He adds.Ā
āIāll find (Y/n), and have him answer for what heās done, even if I have to do it alone.ā He says strongly.Ā
āWow, Big Blue.ā Your voice echoes in the war room.Ā
The sensors start blaring, before the noise shrinks and fades, though the warning lights havenāt changed back.Ā
āI havenāt had such a romantic declaration.ā You giggle.Ā
āIf you wanted to look for me, all you had to do was ask nicely.ā You tease, as a portal rips open in the war room.Ā
You walk through before it snaps shut behind you.Ā
You pull on Klarionās chair.
He doesnāt even react aside from the small amused smile.Ā
The chair stretches as you conjure an exact duplicate next to him.Ā
You plop down as he laughs and smirks to himself over the casual chaos.Ā
āHi Diana, Hi John, Hi Jāonn, Hi Guy.ā You greet excitedly.Ā
āHi (Y/n).ā Diana responds softly.Ā
āHey kid.ā John nods.Ā
Guy raises two fingers in greeting.Ā
āHello (Y/n).ā Jāonn says softly.Ā
You gasp loudly, as you make eye contact with Batman.Ā
āHi Bruce!ā You run over, hugging him, laughing as his body tenses.Ā
āItās been ages! I havenāt been able to stretch my legs in Gotham.ā You say excitedly.Ā
āHowās Jason doing?ā You ask warmly, moving back to your seat.Ā
āI miss the little nights out weād have with Harley and Ivy.ā You say fondly spinning around in your chair.Ā
āHeās doing well.ā Batmanās hands relax, his jaw eases. āHeās asked me to lift your Gotham ban a few times.āĀ
Bruceās signature scowl seems to twitch, but no one else notices. āObviously thatās not happening.ā
āGuess Iāll just have to keep sneaking in then.ā You shrug your shoulders. āAllegedly.ā
āIāll catch you one day.ā Bruce says offhandedly.Ā
āSure you will, I love our little cat-and-mouse game.ā You chuckle.Ā
ā(Y/n).ā Clark sets his jaw, crossing his arms. āDo you have no boundaries?ā
You make a face, you lean back in your chair crossing your arms. āIām an honorary member. I can be here.āĀ
āIs this still about Lex Luthor?ā You ask tilting your head. āI thought the smackdown in Metropolis was enough to make you get over it.ā
āYou killed someone.ā Clark reminds.Ā
āIf you miss him so much, I could always bring him back?ā You sarcastically offer.Ā
The room tenses, Zatanna looks uncomfortable, Giovanniās lips purse into a thin line.Ā
Diana and John both tense, eyes quickly meeting before settling on you again.Ā
Clarkās eyes widen, his mouth drops open.Ā
The knowledge didnāt shock him.
It was the implication.Ā
The fact your voice was solid as you casually spoke of bringing Lex Luthor back to life.Ā
As if he were in another room and not dead.Ā
The silence stretches far into the moment, refusing to move, just like anyone.Ā
Your expression cracks, the silence gets you just a bit.
āJust kiddinā Boy Scout.ā You purr.Ā
āI refuse to raise the dead, but more specifically thereās nothing left of Lex Luthor, in this universe or any of the other infinite ones to pull from.ā You say candidly, waving your hand.Ā
āWhat does that mean?ā Clarkās teeth audibly grind at your flippant attitude. āHe doesnāt exist anymore. That one, and every iteration of him that would risk reality.ā You bluntly say. āNor will that category ever rise again. A risk to the multiverse is a risk too high.ā
Clarkās eyes widen, his hands drop to his side. āYouā¦you what?ā Clark laughs in disbelief. āYou justā¦what? Erased him?ā
āYeah.ā You affirm, not understanding his attitude. āPoof. Gone. And the multiverse breathes easier because of it.āĀ
āBesides itās not so different from you yanking the president of Boravia to āhave a chatā when he wanted to invade Jarhanpur.ā You say tilting your head and shrugging your shoulders.Ā
Clarkās jaw tightens.Ā
āItās how I operate, Clark.ā You say his name softly.Ā
Clark feels his face warm up, his heart skipping a beat. āHow you operate?ā
Clarkās voice wavers, a disbelieving laugh leaves him.Ā
āYouāre a monstāā Clarkās voice stops mid-breath.
His eyes widen, his hand shooting to his throat.Ā
He exhales in a steady stream.
Clark wheezes, lungs spasming as he tries and fails to draw in another breath.Ā
His eyes water, turning red, before they flare like heās going to fire off his heat vision.Ā
The warning lights blink faster, the buzzer echoes once. A hairline fracture appears on the Watchtower viewport.Ā
Clark falls to his knees, fist landing against the table.
When you realize youāre causing it, your mouth drops open.Ā
You collect yourself, face steeling.Ā
You close your eyes, softly exhaling, reining in your magic.Ā
He feels the crushing pressure around his trachea disappear.Ā
Clark takes deep ragged breaths as he feels the air rush back into his lungs.Ā
He can smell and taste chocolate and brandy, before it turns to ash on his tongue.Ā
āYeahā¦I guess I am, Supermanā¦ā You flash a quick smile, before your eyes dart down to the table.Ā
Clark feels his alpha howl at the loss of his nickname.Ā
He canāt stand the conflict inside him.Ā
He canāt stand the way he enjoys having gotten to you.
He canāt stand the way he wants to apologize immediately.Ā
He didnāt think heād hate hearing his hero name fall from your mouth like this.Ā
Your chair skids across the floor before fading into red smoke.Ā
ā(Y/n)ā¦ā Zatanna whispers, her hand going to yours.Ā
āHoneyā¦ā Giovanni says softly.Ā
ā(Y/n)ā¦ā Diana says gently, leaning towards you.Ā
āKidā¦ā John murmurs, eyes pained.Ā
You donāt answer as a portal rips open behind you.Ā
It swirls angrily, the edges more frayed than they normally are.Ā
You turn around, walking through the portal without another word.Ā
It slowly swirls shut, leaving behind scarlet wisps that fade into nothing.Ā
āYouāve got some nerve calling my little prince of chaos a monster.ā Klarion seethes. āAt least he was born here, you foreign invader.āĀ
He stands up just as abruptly, fading into the shadows. Ā
The silence is palpable.Ā
Itās an oppressive air that threatens to crack Clark under its weight.Ā
āWeāre going to check on (Y/n).ā Zatanna projects into Bruceās mind, as she and Giovanni stand up.Ā
āLatrop.ā Zatanna casts.Ā
āZatannaāā Clark sputters. āZataraāā
Neither sticks around long enough for him to finish, walking through a conjured portal that zips closed behind them.Ā
Clark looks to Diana. āWonder Womanāā
āToo far, Clark.ā She says. āI understand your frustration, but you donāt know him.āĀ
John doesnāt say anything as he leaves.Ā
āThis guy can bench-press a planet but (Y/n) is the monster?ā Guy mutters as he follows after John.Ā
āYou intended to speak the truth.ā Jāonn speaks as he stands. āTruth without empathy harms more than anything. Especially someone whose pain radiates through all of existence.āĀ
Jāonn places a hand on Clarkās back. āAnd disregard the Witch Boyās comment, his words are provocation, not truth.ā
āBatman, there are cracks in the viewport of the Watchtower.ā He adds before taking his leave.Ā
The room feels colder to Clark, he stares at the space you walked into when you left.Ā
He almost wishes he had followed.
Clark shakes his head.Ā
āIf your goal was rallying them to your side against (Y/n), evidently youāve failed.ā Bruce says pragmatically, heading over to the sensors, and watching them intently.Ā
āBruce, you must understand where Iām coming from.ā Clark says exasperated. āYou said it yourself, no oneās forgotten what (Y/n) did in Gotham.ā
āBe that as it may, Iāve never called him a monster.ā Bruce states.Ā
valarr targaryen x male reader; a sweet first kiss that Valarr will remember for years to come
"Valarr⦠are you feeling all right? You're burning⦠Do you have a fever?"
The prince stepped back as if scalded by wildfire. [Name] from [House Name] stood a few steps away, looking at him worriedly.
"I'm fine. Nothing serious, anyway." Valarr muttered in response, putting down his sword. The servant took his weapon. He felt [Name's] burning gaze on him. His best friend was looking at him as if he were insane. Maybe he was, Valarr couldn't tell.
He felt like he'd been mad for a long time. He'd forgotten what it was like to feel different. All the responsibility for his condition stood a few steps down the alley. [Name] His best friend, the boy he'd played with as a child, now a young man ā Valarr's friend. The bearer of his secrets. Someone Valarr had fallen in love with.
[Name] handed the sword back to his squire. "You look really bad. Maybe it's a cold⦠better let the mester see you before you get seriously ill."
Valarr wished he could argue with him. He really did. But he couldn't. A blush burned his cheeks as [Name] helped him off with his armor. He insisted on doing it himself. He insisted on escorting him to his chambers. He had the maester summoned. He stayed until the old man left, assuring him it was just a minor cold.
"You're making too much of a fuss." Valarr sighed, but deep down, he was happy. [Name]'s attention was focused solely on him. He was here only for him. Even though Valarr almost made a fool of himself in front of him every time.
[Name] smiled and shrugged. He lay down beside him on the bed. If anyone else had done so, they would have been thrown into the dungeon. But it was [Name], so all Valarr did was blush even harder. His friend crawled under the silk covers and rested his head against the pillows.
"I'm worried about you," he said quietly, playing with the silk, crumpling it between his fingers. "You've been⦠different lately. I feel like you're avoiding me. Did I do something wrong?"
Valarr felt trapped. He just shook his head. How was he supposed to explain this? What was he supposed to say?
[Name] sighed. "You run away from me, Valarr, as if I were burning you. Every time I touch you, you run away. Are you disgusted by me?" he asked quietly.
That [Name] preferred men was a secret everyone probably knew. However, no one could do anything about it because of the young nobleman's position. Valarr didn't mind, but the older he got, the more he envied the boys [Name] kissed secretly. He wished he were in their place.
"Iā¦" You're a prince. A future king. Be brave, stupid. "ā¦I like you. Like⦠you know how." He said after what seemed like an eternity. Or at least, it felt like an eternity to Valarr. He looked away.
"Really?" A soft laugh surprised him. "Stupid, stupid⦠both of us."
The kiss that followed would remain in Valarr's memory for years to come. Sweet, smelling of a bath after a sparring session and tasting of willow bark syrup from the maester. But he was theirs. And that was the best part.
Even if he caused the kingdom to ignite with gossip, rumors, and whispers from the people and nobles a few years later, when he placed the crown on [Name]'s head and it took another year to calm the situation down, Valarr claimed it was worth it.
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