A/n: Yes, everyone's OOC. That is the point. The pairing is so implausible in cannon that it's really fun to speculate on.
He shouldn't be with her and she shouldn't be with him. They were both lethal to each other, opposing entities. She shouldn't love him, when she knew he could snap her like a twig. He shouldn't love her, when he knew that she was one of his greatest weaknesses. No matter how they tried to spin it, no matter what angle they looked at it from, it was wrong. For better of for worse they loved each other anyways.
- Break Line -
Conner walked down the hall of Mt. Justice and opened the door to his room. He was surprised to find Batman standing, in his 'intimidation mode' as Wally called it in the center of the room.
"Superboy, I need to discuss something with you."
Conner sat on his bed, confused. "What about?" he asked.
"Your relationship with Zatana."
The boy's eyes narrowed suspiciously. "What about it?"
"To simplify, you can't be dating, you can't be together, and you'll only hurt each other. "
"We both agreed, we don't care, we love each other regardless of what anyone says. No matter what her father or anyone else wants."
Batman sighed. Why had he let Flash convince him that he should be the one to talk to the kid? "Conner, you have the same weaknesses as Superman, which means your vulnerability to magic is considerable, but you can survive near it, and Zatana has full control over her abilities. You on the other hand, have dangerous amounts of power and little control."
Conner crossed his arms, "She said she trusts me."
"She may trust you, but do you trust yourself?" Batman left the room, his cape billowing out behind him as he left the teen to contemplate his words.
- Break Line -
Zatana walked into the kitchen to see her boyfriend leaning against the walls brooding. She walked over to him and placed her arms around him.
Conner turned to look at her, still wearing his 'deep thought' look.
"What's wrong?" the witch asked.
Conner bit his lip, "Have you ever thought about what would happen if I lost control?"
Zatana stepped back, looking up at him confused, "No, what's wrong?" she asked.
Conner looked at her, so beautiful, so fragile, so… breakable. He pushed her away softly. "I'm sorry… I can't do this."
Zatana looked at him, shocked. "What? What do you mean 'you can't do this'? What's wrong?"
"I'll only hurt you." Conner said softly, a bitter tint in his voice. "We can't be together anymore."
With that he walked out of the room, leaving behind a devastated young witch.
- Break Line -
Zatana sat on her bed, sobbing. Why had Conner suddenly done that? Did he really hate her? She felt a soft hand on her sholder and looked up to see Cassie, Me'gan and Babs standing next to her.
Artemis was sitting next to her on her bed with an arm around her shoulder. "Girls night out?" she asked.
- Break Line -
Robin glared at a security footage, which he had brought up on his gauntlet. Watching it for the third time, exactly what had happened began to set in. He rushed out of the room. Conner wasn't going to go back into his shell, not after it took so long for the boy to open up to them.
Robin headed down the hall and stopped at the training room. Conner was punching a punching bag, and slowly turning it into mulch.
"What the hell dude?" Robin said.
Conner turned around, surprised to see the ninja.
"Last week you told me that she was the best thing that had ever happened to you! And now you turn around and dump her?" Robin seethed.
Conner turned back to the punching bag, avoiding eye contact. "It's for her own safety." He muttered.
"What gave you that idea?" Robin's eyes narrowed.
"If I lose control of my strength, she'll get hurt." His voice was numb and resigned.
"Who told you that?" Robin asked.
Conner punched the bag, shattering the chain and sending it flying across the room where it made a crater in the wall. He stormed off, brushing past Robin who immediately began scanning the security footage on his gauntlet, looking for the source of Conner's sudden attitude change.
It didn't take him long to find it.
Dick groaned, "Wonderful, just wonderful."
- Break Line -
Conner punched a hole into the wall, leaving a large crater.
He sighed and picked up a pen.
Dear team,
I'm quitting… or at least leaving, for a while. Had a little romantic fall out and I don't want it to affect the team.
-Conner Nelson
Yeah, so it was short, why should he care? It said what he needed to say, and people would understand it.
He looked at the note and remembered the day he discovered the real reason they had given him the last name 'Kent'. Obviously Conner had immediately changed it. They'd been upset but when he pointed out that the most accurate last name would be 'Luthor' they'd let it go.
Conner walked out.
Yeah, Cliffie, this is going to be a two shot. So look out for the next chapter.
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