Unboundpen: Hiya, so you have clicked on one of my fill stories for the YJ anon meme. I honestly had no intention of starting out fills when I have other projects to do, both for school and other story ideas of my own. But this prompt intrigued me so much. The chapters may end up short or whatnot, but they seem pretty powerful with the burst of inspirations I get time to time.
I'll be honest, my updates don't come in a routine sort of way. (They never do.) So don't expect weekly updates or the like. And I'm not sure if the OP for the prompt is still reading or whatnot, but if I'm not encouraged then I tend to think that the story isn't all that good and may discontinue the project all together. So please be kind and review, and I'm not just saying that for myself, other writers appreciate reviews. I'm not that much of an angst-y writer so bare with me.
Prompt: So it's a pretty well-accepted idea in this fandom that Green Arrow is closer with Roy than he is with Artemis, for a variety of reasons. The end of this episode? Sort of confirmed it. Notice how when everyone else was sort of lurk/hovering anxiously over their protege, GA was standing back and just watching?
Yeah. There's a point to this, I swear. Can I see the repercussions of that distance? Like, Artemis reflecting on how their relationship is different from, say, Batman and Robin's, or Green Arrow feeling sort of guilty about it? Gen, het, what have you. I would prefer that there wasn't any Green Arrow/Red Arrow, though.
She sees him watch her silently as Superman keeps a firm grip on her arm to keep her up. Involuntarily, she winces, playing it off as if she were in pain. Well, she was in pain, but it didn't really compare to how the others were feeling. That she knew for sure.
What did hurt though, was how his eyes were watching her every movement with silent judgement. Even through the domino mask, it was a cold, calculating look, but she knew the hidden message behind it.
You're not Roy.
Her mouth tips downwards into an upside down smile full force and she yanks her arm away from Superman and glances at Superboy who had a bit of a smile on his face as Captain Atom helps him. She inwardly curses the Man of Steel for leaving her teammate alone. She was right when she had called her team family and she sure as hell didn't want them hurting as much as they should be.
The others...she watches the others react with their mentors, each pair with a sense of closeness she had longed for for quite sometime. Robin and Batman's relationship was one of silent ease, comfort, while the Flash was animatedly speaking to Kid Flash as he tries to get his partner out of the stone.
M'gann was worrisome for she was solemn as she hugs her knees to her chest as silent words stream out of her mouth. Her uncle, with his hands on her shoulders and a grim expression on his face, talks to her mentally, no doubt. Even Kaldur was being praised by Aquaman for keeping his cool under the most unbearable circumstances that had occurred just ten minutes ago.
At least Black Canary gave her a comforting smile when their eyes met, but it wasn't the same. Her eyes stray back to Green Arrow, her supposed mentor, and saw the disapproval written all over his face. What she didn't understand was what did she do to deserve that look.
That was what she convinces herself to think, since she was not in the wrong. She was never in the wrong but...
I'm not Roy.
