note: just because youâre in place of Black Cat doesnât mean this is fem!reader! this is very gender neutral besides the mention of lipstick brieflyâŠeven then thatâs not lady exclusive :)
content/warnings: this is seemingly set during s1 like my other yj fics but I imagine everyone being way older đđđœ itâs weird but just roll with it pretty please. alsoâŠa bit suggestive??
word count: 3.6k
a/n: I wouldnât have done this but this anon gave me the idea and I HAD to expand on it unfortunately
THE TEAM (platonic)
Lots and lots of flirting from reader, OBVIOUSLY. do yâall even KNOW Black Cat????? it would be relentless. and no matter how annoying and probably overwhelming it got, you wouldnât back down
with even the toughest/hardest to crack team members
itâs not even like youâre attempting to lure them inâŠor get romantically involved (unlessâŠ), itâs just how you are. who can blame you! flirting is fun
you started off as just another âvillain of the day.â Someone they could take on easily. They thought of you as a pity mission. An bad guy as small as a simple thief? What fun was that?! Theyâve taken down Gods, magicians, robotsâŠand Red Tornado assigned them a thief??? It was a joke.
until it wasnât. until Batman saw potential in you (because of course he did. Robin was not happy about this.)
You earned the nickname Cat, which was a nickname in itself for Kitty Cat (Wally's idea, not yours, you gave him hell for it)
your first mission with them was definitely something. messy, to say the least
it was weird, the whole mind link thing. you made jokez and flirted through the link as a way of coping becauseâŠwell you felt out of place
everyone was so close with each other, not to mention they didnât come from a background of âbad guy shenanigansâ
you felt like an outcast for the longest time, until everyone was revealing vulnerable secrets with each other before a mission. you finally spoke your insecurities with your place on the team
you and Artemis had the same worries (more or less) and bonded over that
you finally were able to let loose and justâŠbe yourself around them
you became soft
the flirting and teasing was still there, however it was saved for missions
you preferred to keep Black Catâs reputation
individual relationships
ROBIN (romantic)
He was very much against the idea of you being on the team. Sure you werenât a crazy villain that hurt people (maybe not physicallyâŠbut you were definitely a heartbreaker, Robin concludes)
You were still a thief at the end of the day. A bad person. And he didnât like that.
It was Batmanâs ideaâand usually Batman had great ideas. This was a very bad one. He hated every bit of it.
âŠuntil he got to know you better
Taking you down was easy. âEasiest job Iâve ever had,â Robin boasts.
You pout, âthatâs not very nice.â
Ha. He knocked you down a peg. Good. You needed a little humbling-
â-How come youâre lying to me, Robin? I thought we had something.â
Uh oh. He absolutely hated when you used that sickeningly sweet voice on him.
Of course you didnât believe his lie. Of course you could tell how difficult that mission really was.
Itâs not apart of his proudest moments. He hesitated to stop you on the mission, completely caught off guard by your flirtatious behavior. I mean, who wouldnât be?!
In a moment of weakness, he let you go. Awestruck by the kiss you left imprinted on his cheek. Something he got teased relentlessly for.
The rest of the team finished the job for him after that.
In the back of his mind he knows the only reason he didnât like the idea of you being on the team was because heâŠknew it wouldnât end well for him. He was sure to be on your long list of broken hearts (a list that was never confirmed to even exist)
It made sense in his mindâŠhe was Robin. A bird. And you were a cat. A right recipe for disaster. Youâd trap him in your greedy little claws and eat him alive.
Over time that perspective changed.
Robin hates to admit it, but heâs softer now. Softer around you. For you.
âI know who you are,â he says with that arrogant smirk.
âSo why canât I know who you are?â
âOnlyâŠreally important and trustworthy people know. The only person who knows besides Batman is Wally. Heâs my best friend.â
âWhy doesnât that include me?â youâre practically purring, rubbing a finger down his face, âam I not important enough to you?â You pout for show
He looks dejected, like he was having an internal battle with himself. And you could tell which part of him was losing.
Your fingers inch slowly towards his mask, ready to lift-
âRobin.â And the stupid, stupid monotone voice that belonged to Batman interrupted you.
Youâll get him back for that.
Robin was now being scolded, but he was having none of it.
âIt was a moment of weakness.â
âIt will not happen again. No more moments of weakness. Youâre growing, your body is going through a lot of different things. Keep it in your pants-â
âWhoa old man! Whoa! Thatâs going too far. And what about Selina?! Youâve had many moments of weakness because of her. You canât scold me for this one time.â
âItâs because of my experience with Catwoman that I know better. Iâm trying to stop you fromâŠgetting hurt.â
Robin calls bullshit on that. What could you possibly do to hurt him? (Thoughts that completely contradict his first impressions of you)
The next time he sees you heâll spill everything. Heâll let you know that he does trust you and that you do matter. That youâre important to him.
Just to spite Bruce. And maybe because he really likes you and wants you to know it.
It was his idea to bring you onto the team anywaysâŠheâs just giving Bruce exactly what he wanted. A warm welcome to a new teammate.
WALLY (romantic)
Wally was so happy someone FINALLY reciprocated his advances. And especially with a catch like you? Black Cat?! He was over the moon.
At first.
It quickly came to be too much. He's been waiting, praying for someone to match his energy, but now that he's got it? He's not exactly sure how to handle it. He's gotten so used to being blown off, teased, and scolded for his flirting that it was weird when you flirted back.
He was of course the first to tease you when you officially joined the team. He gave your your nickname, Kitty Cat. You despised the name and him for the longest time.
Wally was annoying. Taunting you at all times. Calling to you as if you were an actual cat.
He'd click his tongue, "here kitty kitty."
And for that, your flirting was meaner towards him (compared to how you treated everyone else). Which is the exact reason why he couldn't handle the teasing from you. It wasn't the normal way Robin would, "oh yeah, Wally can't phase the way Flash does. Otherwise he gets a nosebleed. Right, loser?" Or the way Artemis would, "ugh, you flirt like a divorced 40 year old who's desperate for a rebound. Loser."
No, your teasing was quite different. You laughed cruelly, throwing your head back for show, "Come get it before it's gone, loser."
So. He was still a loser to you, but it seemed you actually liked that about him. Maybe.
Wally didn't like it as much as he thought he would. It ruined his cool guy facade (one that didn't exist, Robin would say). It was humbling, the way he suddenly tumbled over his words, face flushed red and all.
More than humbling. It was embarrassing.
You bring him down to the mat with a loud THUD. Much like the time Black Canary beat him during their first time training. Except you used your weight, tumbling on him (and straddling him in the process. Great).
Embarrassing embarrassing embarrassing.
The only person that was able to truly catch him was his best friend, Robin. And that's with years of experience with the speedster. You'd know him all of a few months and you're able to do it?!
"It won't happen again,â referring to his teasing of your name, naming you Kitty Cat and clicking his tongue at you.
âOr Iâll have to teach you a lesson. Much different from this one.â And you casually walk away.
Wally desperately wanted to get up, to humble you back. But he couldn't. He felt physically incapable of doing so.
You had really done it. You slowed down the (second) fastest man alive.
Wow.
"Wow. That was extremely painful to watch," of course Robin had something to say about it.
"Shut up man."
KALDUR (romantic)
It was "unprofessional," he said.
Unprofessional your ass. It was perfectly professional. A lot of people on the teams had partners within those same teams. Black Canary and Green Arrow, Superman and Wonder Woman (exesâbut that still counts for something), Conner and Mâgann acted like a couple and no one said anything! So what was the problem?
Well apparently there wasnât a problemâŠseeing as this ârelationshipâ was more welcomedâas in, Kaldur didnât tell the Black Cat off when they made advances towards him. Besides when he called their behavior âunprofessional.â That was once. He didnât say a word of it after that.
In fact, he allowedâdare anyone say encouraged it.
On missions you were attached to his hip. Even if he assigned you to be by Artemisâ side or assist Robin, you wouldnât listen. And he didnât say anything about it, instead informing the team to continue on with the plan.
His professional act as the team leader never faltered, not even you could break it down. He merely tolerated your flirting (his words, though you knew better. He loved it).
The team was each in their individual positions scoping out the area, ready to attack at a moments notice. Kaldur was squatted down and you decided it was the perfect opportunity to pounce on him (as you usually did). You wrapped your arms around his neck, now on his back.
âDoes the team leader have time for some sweet talk?â
âI, we have a job to do, Cat. Focus.â
You hum, âWhat are we doing here again?â
He starts relaying the plan to you, you taking note of the way he doesnât scold you (he repeated the plan to the team multiple times on the way over, he surely wouldâve berated one of the other guys for not listening). You never had any intentions of listening, only wanting a chance to annoy him.
âBlah blah blah, is this your version of sweet talk?â You squish his face between your fingers and plant a kiss on his cheek.
He only sighs, âLater. After the mission is complete.â
For once, your find yourself surprised. Heâs promising to reciprocate your advances?
This should be fun.
CONNER (romantic)
M'gann was more subtle with her flirting (not really, especially with the way she blushes), more timid and on the nose about her feelings. You? You got straight to the point. Kind of like how open Artemis was when she first joined the team. She had no shame letting the team know telepathically how attractive she thought Superboy was. Seriously, what was it with new recruits and taking an immediate liking to Conner? Why not the other three boys? What did he have that they didn't!
Although Artemis gave up on that crush at first sight almost immediately
You? Not so much. it was very noticeable that the Black Cat was adamant on cracking the boy of steel. it seemed like an impossible mission, but with a little determination and a couple sultry words? it was pretty damn easy
This is very much an enemies to lovers type relationship (kinda):
At the beginning, when you first met, he was open to new relationships. Getting to know people he could count on within the team, though that openness completely died down. Your flirting was nonstop. Even on missions! How was he supposed to concentrate on the task at hand when you found time to graze his arm or speak soft words to him?
You annoyed him, sosososo much it wasn't even funny. Even more than M'gann did. Both of you were insistent, that's for sure. But one was more bold than the other. He tried telling himself it was because he didn't like you: at least with M'gann he wanted a relationship to come from it (not necessarily romantic)
But with you...he hated you. No. He hated the way he reacted to your advances...he hated admitting to himself that your words affected him. That he felt something not so platonic for you. Damn you and your stupid flirting. It was surely going to be the death of him. And that's saying something: the clone of the man of steel actually breaking down? unheard of.
But you managed to do it. Unfortunately.
Conner finds himself thinking about you, more than he'd like. Another reason to dislike you. You take up his mind. Every waking moment and every dream. It's infuriating.
And now he was starting to worry about you during missions. He saw you get knocked down, away from the rest of the team. The fall looked nasty, and with the way you seem to lie there with no intention of getting back up, he's sure you've been knocked out
Conner tries to ignore the way his heart clenches at the sight, kind of like the way it does when concerning you in different context
It gives him the courage to voice his worries, he calls out to you, and as expected: he gets no response
The enemy leans down to your level, ready to do more damage. Conner is quickly snapped out of his daze and starts running over to you
Until he abruptly stops. Because you open your eyes to wink at him, jump up, and take the enemy down with ease.
It's right then that he takes back every thought of admitting he doesn't hate you. Because the stupid smirk you're sending his way reminds him of every reason why he dislikes you.
Everyone is home or in their respective rooms already, leaving you and him. You're behind him, massaging his shoulders gently (your touch wouldn't have persisted if he showed any signs of discomfort, he leaned into it in fact, allowing you to continue)
You bring your head down, cheek to his,
"Oh come on. You can lie to everyone and yourself. But you can't lie to me. I know you were worried back there. Just admit it, Loverboy."
He can only roll his eyes. And blushed. You were never going to live this down.
"I wasn't. Now leave me alone." If only his actions were as convincing as his stern words. Words that would've scared off the likes of M'gann had she been in your position. But you knew better, knew that his shaking hands and quickly warming face meant that his words had no meaning.
Your hand dragged from his shoulder to his chest, right over his heart. Yeah, his words were meaningless with the way his heart was beating for you.
Conner was finally warming up to you and you had him right where you wanted him.
And so you let go. "Whatever you say, Loverboy," and with a kiss to his pink cheek, you leave him alone to ponder his complicated feelings.
Feelings that were in fact not complicated at all. Because Conner was finally, finally ready to admit to himself and to you that he wanted you. So badly.
If only you hadn't pulled away so quickly, he couldn't reciprocated the kiss or two...it would've been an easier, showing you how he feels instead of saying it out loud.
He'll kiss you next time.
MâGANN (romantic)
The Martian can't hide her liking towards you for the life of her. She couldâve even if she tried.
It was near painful, you pitied her. You almost felt bad and stopped teasing her. Almost.
It was fun though, how could you stop?
Mâgann would actively seek out your approval and attention when you joined the team. It was only natural, she did it with the rest of the members, so you were no exception.
Besides, the only teammate she was kind of close with was Artemis. Was it sooo wrong of her to want to get close to you?!
Nope! Though she does wish you werenât soâŠforward sometimes. Not that itâs unwelcomed, sheâs just unsure of how to act because of it. Is she supposed to reciprocate? Mâgann has never seen nor experienced such a dynamic on Mars, much less on Earth. So she awkwardly blushes and smiles.
Eventually she gets used to it. And gets very much into it. She wonât vocalize her feelings, instead sheâll mind link and talk that way. Often times itâs easier to communicate through touch. Which says a lot, Mâgann would rather use touch?? Not the mind link?? Which was the main source of communication on Mars? Whoa.
It was mainly becauseâŠshe didnât want to reveal all her feelings to you. Sheâs usually able to control what goes through the mind link, having done it since childhood, but youâve made her mind a complete mess. She all but short circuits when youâre around.
Can anyone blame her?
"You know what I'm thinking?"
"No."
"Well you can read me, can't you Martian girl?"
She giggles at herself, how could she forget? "Hello Megan!"
Her smile turns timid once she reads your mind.
"Oh."
ARTEMIS (romantic)
It was honestly unfair how fast the blonde caught your attention. Her voice. Her stupid raspy voice.
Unfortunately for you, Artemis wasnât exactly buddy-buddy with you at first. Well, she wasnât really with any of her teammates. But with time sheâs learned to get along with everyone.
âI just wanna get to know you, Blondie. Whatâs wrong with that?â You asked in the sweetest voice you could muster up, one that usually made everyone fall.
Yet she rolls her eyes.
So thatâs how itâs gonna be, huh? Fine.
It was right after a mission, everyone was surrounding Red Tornado, relaying the events to your mentor.
âYou know we couldâve took that guy down way faster had you not been on Robin the whole time.â
âJealous Blondie?
âStop calling me Blondie!â
You had sleepovers, movie nights, and other hang out outside of missions. With or without the rest of the team. They were fun, the first time you were alone with her is what really got her to warm up to you.
âUgh! Of course literally everyone else canceled but Cat.â She really seemed to hate you.
You were outside her window, watching as Artemis complained to no one but herself. She once offhandedly commented on how her place was off limits for hangouts (refusing to explain why, which was okay with the team).
You were definitely crossing a boundary doing this, but she seemed upset in the group chat. You couldnât just leave her by herself.
And thenâŠthe Sportsmaster walks in her room. One of the teamâs enigmas. A thorn in their side. What the hell?
He does nothing but berate her for not âjoining them.â Joining who? Then proceeds to say heâd be happier if she ever thinks to change her mind
âIâm never going to be apart of your messed up team, dad.â
Oh.
And then heâs justâŠgone.
Youâre stunned, and only then does she finally notice you. She ushers you into her room, now berating you for your actions and spying and breaking her boundaries andâŠ
âYour secret is safe with me, babe.â It was meant to be a term of endearment to reassure her,
Friends called each other babe, right?
âBabe?â
âYouâd rather be called Blondie?â
She rolls her eyes, âwhatever.â And as annoyed as she wanted to seem, she smiled and hugged you gratefully.
It was the only time you allowed yourself to be any kind of vulnerable around her. Or any of the team for that matter.
Once she got over her high horse, it was a very reluctant friendship turnedâŠsomething more? Thatâs to be determined. But with the way she now flirts back? Youâd say that was a good sign.
âHey Blondie.â
âYou calling me Blondie is the equivalent of Wally calling you Kitty Cat. Maybe Iâll have to teach you a lesson this time around.â
âI like the way you think, babe.â (You say not so platonically this time)
ROY (romantic)
You were on him as soon as he rejoined the team. How could you not be? He was even grumpier than Conner was when he joined, making him extra fun to mess with.
You had no chill when flirting with him, he decided immediately that was annoyed with you. And did not want to be friends.
Because his actual friends brought him joy, they made him laugh and they listened to him when he had bad days. You? You made a bad first impression, therefore he refused give you the chance to do any of those things.
Often telling you to buzz off and if you didnât heâd âchoke you with a hair ball.â Kinky, you replied.
He hated it.
Until you found out about his girl, his other Cat. Cheshire. Thatâs when things changed. You were lessâŠon him.
"Me and her were never a thing!"
"Getting defensive there. Afraid I'll get jealous?"
"I could care less about your feelings."
âOh really? Is that right?â
His eye twitched. He couldnât believe he was trying toâŠreassure you? Was that what he was doing?
He was trying to make sure you knew he wasnât with Cheshire. That her feelings were one sided. Itâs something he shouldnât be doing, he tells himself. In fact, he should be doing the opposite. Tell you that she means something to him, or maybe stay quiet and insinuate that they had something going on.
To get you off his back.
You seemed to back off completely when you found out Cheshire flirted with him often on missions when the goal was to take her down. Much like how the teamâs predicament when they first met you.
It made youâŠupset?
And for some reason that made him upset.
âSo youâre my Roy Toy? Mine completely?â Wally and Robin had originally griped about the nickname until it eventually made them laugh. They came to appreciate it.
âIâm no oneâs. Not yours, not Cheshireâs, not the Justice Leagueâs nor the teamâs.â
âYou will be mine one day, Speedy. And youâll love it.â
Roy doesnât respond but he feels likeâŠthere is some truth to your playful statement.
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