#dc mpreg

[goddessofroyalty]

Filing this under panels my omegaverse/mpreg addicted ass should not have access to.

[goddessofroyalty]

Fandom: DC Comics

Pairing: Clark/Lex

Tags: omegaverse, past-mpreg, hidden pregnancy

Watched the new Superman movie and also someone left Kudos on my Non-standard dynamics TimKon omegaverse fic where I implied Kon was actually a Clex baby instead of a clone. So finally wrote the conversation of Clark confronting Lex about it I’ve only been promising for years now.

More comic based than movie based but like the movie is why I wrote it.

Also, man picking the year of Kon’s conception made me feel old as hell.

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“Lex!” Clark says, landing in the floor of Lex’ office because that is the only way to get him to have an actual conversation anymore these days. “We need to talk.”

Lex mutters under his breath about making him pay for the windows one of these days but otherwise just stares him down with an eyebrow raised and cup of coffee held neatly balanced against his hand. His scent giving off nothing under the layers of suppressants he wears near constantly.

“Well?” Lex asks after a moment. “What is it that has you barging in here, destroying my property? I haven’t done anything recently that would warrant this over-reaction.”

That just means he’s no doubt plotting something. Using his intelligence to try and find a new one to ruin Clark’s day and prove himself better than Superman instead of helping better the lives of people like he could if he would just let go of his ego and fears of inadequacy that Clark still does not know the causes of.

Clark isn’t here to rehash that old discussion.

“I’m here about Conner.”

“What about him?” Lex asks, curling his nose in mocked confusion. “He’s off running around with his Titans getting kittens down from trees or whatever it is that they do. And when he’s not with them he’s living on your parents farm hauling hay and herding cows. I don’t see what I have to do with him currently.”

“He’s not a clone is he?” Clark still isn’t sure if he believes it. Or maybe he doesn’t want to believe it. But Kon had told him that Tim had told him what Bruce suspected and the evidence lined up well enough that he couldn’t stop thinking about it. He knows the only way he’s going to be able to stop wondering is to go straight to the source.

Lex’s heart skips a single beat and his eyes dart towards the draw in his desk they both know has the kryptonite for a moment. His voice still perfectly patronising and steady when he responds because Lex is a very good liar.

“Of course he’s a clone. What else would he be?” Lex asks, staring Clark down. And Clark stares right back because he has known Lex a very long time and has become very good at reading him.

“When Lex?” Maybe Clark should be more ashamed at the number of times he and Lex have had sex over the years. It’s hard to when they are some of the few times he gets to see Lex without the armour of the Luthor persona surrounding him. And it had stopped after he and Lois got together.

The coffee mug is put down on the table so Lex can cross his arms. He knows he’s been caught out but is still trying to put on the in-control front.

The laugh he gives is bitter.

“Of course. Because I am an omega and we’ve fucked I must have at some point given in to the biologic desire to be a mother and of course the only alpha I would possibly think of having a baby with is the great Superman. Savior of humanity.”

“That is not what I’m saying Lex.” Clark knows the defensiveness is somewhat deserved – Lex has fought hard to not be belittled by those around him for his designation. But Clark has never treated him as less, has never thought of him as less. And he doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with the other alphas that have made the foolish decision to try and use Lex’ designation against him anymore than Lex could ever be thought to fit within the model of omega most expect.

Lex glares at him but goes over to the liquor cabinet beside his desk. Filling a crystal glass with expensive scotch.

“Do you remember the alien invasion in 2008. The Khunds, or whatever, likely distant relatives of yours.”

“Yes.” Clark chooses to ignore the slight included because he does remember that one. And remembers Lex providing the extra fire-power needed to repel the invaders because he is at least consistent in wanting to ensure Earth is not overtaken by aliens even if Superman seems to be his least favourite among the lot.

“And you remember what happened after I hope,” Lex says, swirling the golden liquid in his glass.

“Yes.” Clark had followed Lex home to thank him for his help only to be pulled into a kiss and then pulled into the bedroom of Lex’ penthouse for what could be considered to be a very personal shared celebration of saving the day and just how good they can be when they worked with each other instead of against.

“Then,” Lex says with a shrug before downing the entire glass.

“You never said anything.” This whole time Clark had a son. Yes, of course he considers Kon family and tries to his best to guide him even if the boy hardly needs or wants it. But he could have been there from the start with him like with Jon instead of meeting a 16 year old apparent ‘clone’ of him wearing a leather jacket and an overconfidence that made complete sense once the other half of his genetic origins was revealed.

“Of course I didn’t,” Lex says, slamming the glass down onto the table of the cabinet. “As soon as I realised what was happening I knew what I would do. The clones were proving so unstable one could not predict when they would degrade and die, only that they would. It was a chance at another, hopefully more stable, possibility. I wasn’t about to tell you about it anymore than I do any of the other contingency plans I put in place for when you inevitably decide you want to rule over humanity instead of continuing your facade of protecting it.”

“He’s not a weapon Lex.” He’s a person.

“Yes, I realise that now that he’s off playing hero with his super-friends instead of doing anything I had planned for him,” Lex says, angrily grabbing the glass again to pour himself another drink.

“Where did you keep him all those years?”

“In the test-tube he broke out of,” Lex answers with a shrug. “What? It’s not like I could exactly trust him with anyone else and I don’t exactly have the time or inkling to look after a small super-powered child. It was easier to use what I already had thanks to all the clones than try and find a different solution.”

“Don’t look at me like that,” Lex says before Clark even realises his expression has changed. “I was trying to keep him from being poisoned by your chronic idealism so, no, I wasn’t about to hand him over to your or your parents. All the good that did me. Apparently your genes are as strong as your sperm and he still chose to go hang around with lycra-wearing-do-gooders and go live on a farm in the middle of nowhere.”

“He got your flare for the dramatic,” Clark says to break Lex off his tirade but also because it’s true. Clark has seen Kon purposely wait for the exact time to join a fight because it would give him the coolest entry. “And your expensive taste.”

“Tell the Kents to send me the bill,” Lex says with a gesture of his glass before drinking. They both know neither Clark nor his parents will.

“So what now?” Lex asks after a moment of silence. “What changes now you know that he isn’t the result of me stealing a lock of your hair and mixing it in a test-tube with some skin of mine but instead the result of you knotting me in a moment of mutual stupidity?”

“I don’t know.” Now the adrenaline of the argument he knew he was going to face has died down Clark doesn’t know what he wanted past confirmation of whether Bruce was right. He doesn’t know what even could change – his relationship to Kon has finally found a comfortable place between the two of them that he wouldn’t want to threaten by changing and his relationship to Lex was already overly complicated thanks to their past and present that this just feels like another item on a very long list.

“Well then you know the way out,” Lex says with a nod to the broken window. “I would like to return to the important work I was doing before you decided to demand my attention for this conversation. I’m sure you will do it again if you do decide on how this could possible change anything.”

He shoves past Clark to get back to his desk, which considering the amount of space around is intentional but also to be expected from Lex. And something Kon had done to him a number of times over the years as well.

[goddessofroyalty]

What do you think Conner's reaction would be to finding Tim with two little babies held protectively to his chest in the middle of a LoA base?

Does he immediately assume the babies are his, like Kon isn't dumb, can he see how one baby has his deep blue eyes and the other his freckles? Or does he assume Tim found these babies and is trying to save them, or maybe even Tim had them with someone else?

I also think that Tim would condemn himself and beg/demand for Kon to take his boys and save them, forget about Tim, he's done so many awful things, but his babies are innocent! Kon just rolls his eyes, used to Tim's self sacrificing nature, and grabs all three of them before flying back to safety, maybe going straight to Gotham or Titans Tower

Eventually tho, no matter what, I can see Kon being a Very Good dad, like very doting and protective and soft, even if he doesn't quite get with the program at first, ya know?

Kon's very first assumption is going to be Tim found the babies. Bats tend to have the odd luck of often ending up with rescued babies in their possession and this very much feels like that (even if he has a lot of questions about how those babies ended up where they are - honestly probably ends up with a weird human sacrifice theory).

If Tim could see a way to get himself out as well he would take it. But he does definitively prioritise getting the babies out with Kon. He'll be fine (and probably wants to rain some hell onto Ra's) and even if he's not that's fine as well.

Kon is a lot more of the mindset that they're getting them all out of here, no he doesn't care what Tim's thoughts on that are. Kon has missed him and fuck whatever mission Tim's doing here he can take a break and also explain where these babies came from and what they're meant to be doing with them. (He's going to be very surprised to learn they came from Tim and that Tim at least is going to be raising them).

One of the things about Kon is that he doesn't really have long-term goals for his civilian identity (partially because he doesn't have one for the first few years). So it's very easy to see him becoming the House Spouse to Tim's Corporate Climber. Add in two babies and, yeah, it's easy to see Kon throwing himself into being the Best Dad Possible. A bit fumbly and almost comedic at first but once he's got it he's got it and there's probably a fair few in their greater social circle that are very jealous of Tim.

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Files this away in “panels I probably shouldn’t have access to”

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I can honestly see Ras finding a way to get his hands on at least one of Tim's twins and hold them hostage, using them as leverage against Tim

And maybe this changes everything, like Ras let's Tim help in finding Bruce, but he forces Tim to stay close to his side if he wants to keep his kids safe, and so Tim never gets to go back to Gotham and go through all that drama and stress of saving "everyone Bruce loves" and taking control of WE (which Ras doesn't feel the need to take bc Tim can't reasonably blow up the LoA bases like he does in canon when Ras has his sweet, innocent little baby locked away somewhere, maybe even both the babies by now)

How long do you think it would take anyone to figure out that Tim is with Ras, held against his will? Bc I can see Bruce returning and being the one to initiate the rescue to save Tim, or I can see Kon follow Tim's heartbeat, desperate to save his bf (if they're even dating at this point)

Ra's is going to use every advantage he can get in order to get and maintain control over Tim and those two babies would just be too obvious of a way to get that. And Tim is so busy trying to get Bruce back, again without any of his old support system, that it wouldn't be that hard for Ra's to be able to get one of them.

Of course that's just going to magnify Tim's guilt about the whole situation. And a guilty Tim is a self-destructive Tim. So I could see him doing something very self-destructive to try and rescue his babies and at least get them back to Gotham (or even just the superhero community generally - somewhere they will be safe from Ra's) even if it's not as risky as he did.

Conner doesn't even need to be dating Tim to be listening for his heartbeat. That's just what he does generally canonically (if I remember correctly). And after coming back from the dead it's something I could see him doing to try and 'ground' himself again - make sure Tim's okay by checking on his heartbeat. Funnily enough I think at first he wouldn't be stressed hearing Tim's heart coming from the middle of nowhere - Tim is a superhero. And missions take you all over the world. It's when the heart beat doesn't come home and he starts hearing from others that, yeah, nobody's heard from Tim for a while that he starts worrying.

Thing is all that could still just be 'Tim's gone on some deep-cover mission' which happens, rarely, but it does happen. I still think Conner would go find him because he misses him after being dead and wants to make sure Tim hasn't gone into a bad headspace after everything that happens. Which then ends up as an impromptu rescue mission (with no backup) after he realises what's actually happening.

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My mpreg and omegaverse addicted ass is taking this phrasing and running with it.

Or: this reads like a line from one of my fics.

[goddessofroyalty]

So I’m in The Monthly Mood(TM) and my brain keeps supplying me with ideas of John Constantine having to do some sympathetic magic spell that involves him going through a full pregnancy and birth for reasons. 

You know - all the pregnancy and birth suffering without having to actually give him a child. 

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Damian gets annoyed when people point it out but he definitely took to Dick as a comfort. It's not uncommon if Dick is around for Damian to be right with him. This is how Damian managed to be the one to realize Dick is pregnant. He smells the very faint start of his scent changing. Kid probably is a but jealous, whether it's because he'll have to share his omega brother with another kid or what depends on the universe, lol.

Oh Damian so hates when people point out how much he clearly sees Dick as a comforting presence. Damian is an Al Ghul who was raised and trained in the League of Assassin, he doesn’t crave an omega parental figure’s softness. He respects Dick as Bruce’s second in command and someone worthy of the Batman mantle that’s it. The fact he gravitates to being near Dick whenever Dick is around is just a holdover from when he was Robin to Dick’s Batman and that’s it. The fact he only does it to Dick and much less so Bruce despite currently being Robin to Bruce’s Batman of course is circumstantial evidence and proves nothing.

Of course everyone else knows the truth. They just also know pointing it out gets a very angry Damian spitting at them about how they’ve misread the situation, Damian isn’t so weak like that, etc, etc.

I agree that Damian would likely figure it out first seeing he’s the one most familiar with Dick’s scent and the most likely to be close enough to Dick to notice the scent change (within the Batfam).

And then the really complicated emotions hit Damian. Because he thinks it shouldn’t bother him. Dick isn’t his parent, isn’t his blood relative, it shouldn’t matter to Damian that he’s pregnant. Other than the fact it means they’ll have to protect Gotham without Nightwing’s help, which itself isn’t that big of a deal weeing NIghtwing isn’t bound to Gotham and so often isn’t around to help out because he’s off dealing with other problems. But Damian does find that he doesn’t like the fact that Dick is having a child of his own (something that is very, very, clearly something Dick is excited about).

And Because Damian refuses to acknowledge the real reason he’s so attached to Dick and has the emotional processing skills of the average Bat he... absolutely ties his anxiety and dislike about the situation to the fact Dick can’t be Nightwing for about a year and blows up about it.

Also he hates whoever the sire of the child is.

Everyone knows the real reason Damian is extra defensive and angry about it. Including Dick. But Dick was also bracing for some negative pushback over it (more from Bruce though) and already has his arguments ready that is absolutely is using on Damian now and it probably gets a bit tense between them for a little.

They sort it out eventually and they probably can more acknowledge the fact their relationship probably sat more as parental than siblings and is probably more healthy for it. Sure, Damian still feels somewhat conflicted about it and his response (and probably still really doesn’t like the sire - whoever they are they’re not good enough for Dick), but it’s better.