Chapter 1

The first thing that Jinx heard when she stepped through the doorway in her apartment was a 'whoosh' followed by a warm arm wrapping around her waist. Quicker than she could turn around, she found herself being lifted up in the air and spun around.

"Woah, there," Jinx greeted as she looked down at the red-headed male standing before her, "what did I do to get such a friendly welcome?"

"So we're just going to pretend you didn't just get back from a month long assignment then?" her companion retorted, flashing her a wide grin before lowering the young sorceress and pulling her in. "I've missed you, I hate being apart for so long."

"Oh, shut up. You know what we do-"

"-is important work, and if we didn't do it then no one else would, I know. You're forgetting that I'm the one who told you that to begin with, my Lucky Ducky."

Jinx pulled away from the young man and placed her hand on his cheek, momentarily changing her teasing gaze to a more gentle one, one that she saves just for him. But just as fast as it had appeared, it vanished.

"What did I say about calling me that?" she teased.

"That I'm lucky I'm so dashingly charming or else I would get the actual shit hexed out of me."

"I don't know if those would be my choice of words exactly…"

"You were thinking it at least. But let's be real," in the blink of an eye, the warmth that was in Jinx's arms moments before moved, and the freckled young man was laying on their couch in front of her in the most seductive pose that he could think of, "you know you want me."

"Modesty never was your strong suit," though she was rolling her eyes, the young man chalked up a mental win looking at the wide, cat-like smile that was made its way on her.

"When you've got all this," he gestured to his body, tossing her a flirtation wink, "you've got no need for it."

"Why do I put up with you?" Jinx pushed his legs off the couch so she could sit down besides him, he quickly repositioned himself so that his head was laying on her lap. He reached up and started playing with a loose lock of hair that had fallen out of her usual horseshoe updo.

"Because you love me?" he guessed. "You should wear your hair down more often, it suits you."

"Maybe," Jinx responded. "So what have you been up to while I've been gone?"

"You know, the usual. Gaming with BB and Cyborg, had to stop a couple break-ins. Like I said, the usual. Though, there is something I had to do…"

"Oh? What's that?" Jinx had just barely finished her question when the next thing she knew, there was a bouquet of roses being shoved in her face. "Roses?"

"Yeah, I figured it was symbolic. Maybe even poetic." Jinx looked at him in slight confusion, and he took that as a sign to continue. "You didn't forget, did you? I thought girls were supposed to be good at this kind of thing."

"What are you…?"

"Our anniversary passed when you were gone. Not the romantic one! Then one from when you first met me."

"Back when I was still in the H.I.V.E. Five…" Jinx shook her head, not wanting to deal with the memories resurfacing of her former colleagues. Though she had been their leader, she had ultimately betrayed them and joined their worst enemy. "That seems like a lifetime ago."

"It might as well have been. I've got to say, I'm quite fond of the Jinx that you've become."

"You've got to be one of the few, I'm pretty sure the others think that I'm just a timebomb waiting to go back to my old ways." Jinx admitted, prompting her boyfriend to pull himself up, off of her lap, and kneel down in front of her, taking her hands in his and rubbing circles on the back of them.

"You really need to learn to stop dwelling on the past," he said simply. "You're my Jinx. My lucky charm. My light. And I'm you're…"

He paused, a small, dark chuckle exiting his throat.

"You really can't even think it, can you?" he questioned, and Jinx looked at him in utter confusion.

"What are you talking about?" she asked.

"My name. Are your fears so deeply implemented in your mind that you can't talk about me, let alone think my name? And yet, here I am. In your dreams so clearly."

Jinx looked around in horror, the furniture was gone and walls suddenly melting away revealing nothing but darkness, surrounding them, taking them in when suddenly the only two things there were her and the red-haired man. Although mere moments before he was in front of her, now he stood about ten feet away, his back turned to her. He was wearing his red and yellow costume, but it was covered in more red than what she was used to seeing. The longer Jinx looked at him, the more and more the red overtook the yellow, and Jinx's entire mind was screaming at her, telling her that it wasn't paint that was dying the suit's color.

"I'm not afraid of you…" Jinx defended, and he just shook his head.

"I know, you're afraid of yourself because of what you did to me, isn't that right?"

"I told you I was bad luck! But you- you wouldn't go away!" Jinx stuttered out, the water threatening to pour from behind her eyes. No, she wouldn't let it. She was strong, she wouldn't start crying over something so easily.

"You regret that day, don't you?" he asked, still making no effort to turn around to face her. "Meeting me."

"You'd still be here if it wasn't for me!"

"Would I? What if that was just a fixed point in time? Where us being together or not would have nothing to due with the outcome of those events."

"It wasn't," Jinx disagreed, "I wish I could convince myself that. I really do, but you and I both know that's not the case. It's my fault you're gone!"

"What will it take for you to stop telling yourself that?"

Just like the walls and the furniture, the man too melted away into darkness.

"No, please! Come back!" Jinx ran forth towards where the man had once stood, reaching out, desperately trying to find any trace of him. "Please don't leave me… not again…"

And just like that, she woke up to a bang.

And there we have it folks, a new beginning to an old story. I'd like to say that it started off with a bang. Anyways, I really should apologize for the delay. Life just got in the way. So as part of my apology, there are a few things that I'm doing for you guys! The first was this chapter: since my original story basically had no cute Flinx moments, I figured I at least owed you guys a bit of a Flinx interaction. Even if that interaction was a pseudo-memory/nightmare sequence. You gotta admit, it was almost cute! Plus I honestly felt that the beginning in the original was to rushed, it just kinda jumped into it without giving you much clarity. I mean, that was part of the original idea. You learned what happened to Teen Titans Kid Flash through Jinx's memories, which started from her early life and then dove into her more modern ones before finally revealing what happened to Kid Flash. I'm probably going to still go that route, but I'm definitely going to include more hints so you guys have a better chance of figuring it out ;)

And my second apology for taking forever is the fact that I am uploading not one, not two, but THREE CHAPTERS. HAPPY EASTER YOU BEAUTIFUL SOULS! Okay well I mean, technically all three are like an extended prologue, none of them are that long. But it's to help get me back into the swing of writing these! It hasn't just been this story I've quit, but for the most part writing in general. Yet I've been reading quite a bit so I would like to think that my writing skills have improved from comparing it to various things that I've read and I was able to see what type of writing was successful and what kind wasn't. Also this would have came out sooner BUT APPARENTLY NETFLIX TOOK YOUNG JUSTICE OFF OF IT OR SOMETHING BECAUSE I CAN'T FIND IT AND THAT'S WHAT I USED TO WATCH THE EPISODES IF ANYONE KNOWS A GOOD PLACE ONLINE I CAN WATCH THEM PLEASE TELL ME.

Fun Fact: the little scene with Jinx and Kid Flash was not planned at all, it just kind of came to me and I was like 'okay let's see where this goes.' That's my first time writing a scene like that, so let me know what you guys think.

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