The morning after the events of Perhaps, Rex and Shayera are going to meet John Stewart. Rex wants to know a little bit about the man they are about to meet (Shay hasn't told him about John yet). Rated T for mild language. Hope you like it, please R&R!
Set 14 years after Starcrossed.
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"Who is he, Mom?"
"Later, Rex. When you meet him."
"Fine. What does he look like?"
"He's… amazing…"
"Mom, I really don't care if he's cut or not. What does he look like?"
"He's an African American from Detroit. His hair is cut sort, because he used to be a marine. He has a beard…heheh…"
"Mom, what's so funny about him having a beard?"
"Nothing, sweetie. Just an inside joke."
"Whatever. Anything else?"
"As I mentioned before, he's very… athletic in build. And broad shouldered. Looks very good in that spandex costume of his…"
"Read my lips, Mom: I don't care. Just tell me what he looks like. Try describing 'That spandex costume of his' rather than how he looks in it."
"It's green and black, with the Green Lantern symbol on his chest."
"What does the Green Lantern symbol look like, I can't remember?"
"A green lantern. Obviously."
"I seem to recall it being black on the costumes."
"Smartarse."
"Well, you are my mother."
"I guess I have only myself to blame. You obviously didn't get your sense of humour from anyone else."
"So my dad couldn't take a joke?"
"I thought we agreed you'd stop interrogating me about your father."
"Fine. Can Green Lantern take a joke then?"
"Not really, not much, at least. He's a real stickler for the rules. It's an army thing."
"Ah. So he's a member of the Founding Seven, right?"
"Yep."
"Who does he hang out with, you know, in the League? Who are his friends?"
"Well, he gets on pretty well with Superman, and everyone's got a soft spot for Flash, even Batman, though he'd never admit it. He and Captain Atom share the whole army thing, but I can't say I've ever really seen them hanging out. He sits with Batman on the few occasions the Dark Knight eats in the cafeteria. He argues with Green Arrow a lot, but I think they count each other as friends. And of course, there's his girlfriend Mari, or Vixen. She's a supermodel, but she's cool."
"Never heard of her. What can she do?"
"Never heard of Vixen? She's in the news all the time; the press love her. You know, the one with the necklace that gives her the abilities of animals?"
"I don't read the newspaper. It's biased against anything who flies with wings."
"Rex…"
"No, we are not having the 'You do not have to resent people for not trusting me after what my people did' talk. Back to Green Lantern. What colour eyes does he have?"
"Fluro green."
"Seriously? I thought you said he was a human?"
"It's an affect of the Green Lantern power ring. When he takes it off his eyes are different."
"Black?"
"From a distance they look like that, but they're actually very dark brown. They're… beautiful. Everything about him that matters the most, everything he hides from the world, you can find in his eyes…"
"I got my eyes from him, didn't I?"
"Yes."
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