81. Hope
Cassie looked up at Wonder Woman. Her favorite superhero had just told her that her father was Zeus and that she was a demigod. That's a lot to take in for anyone.
Diana looked Cassie levelly in the eye, "I'm offering you a chance to control your oncoming powers. Surely you've noticed how you're different from other girls your age."
"Does this mean I'll get to be your sidekick, like how Batman has Robin?" Cassie easily saw the brighter aspects, aka the ones she wanted to hear.
Wonder Woman placed a strong hand on Cassie's shoulder, "One day, you may be able to be a hope to the people of this world, just like any other superhero. Including me. But first, you need to train."
"Yes! I say yes! One hundred percent agree!" The only thing keeping Cassie from jumping up and down with excitement was Wonder Woman's stabilizing hand on her shoulder.
82. Clumsy
Artemis looked on during another one of Black Canary's infamous training sessions. She muttered under her breath, "Has Wally always been such a klutz?" Just then, the computer designated that Wally was the failure in a fight between him and Kaldur, big surprise there.
Robin covered his laugh with his gloved hands, "You should've seen him when I met him. He was going through a growth spurt and had braces. Now that was a klutz."
"You've got pictures right?" Artemis whispered back, making it seem like a shady business deal. Which it wasn't, just blackmail.
"Please, I've got videos."
"I always knew we'd get along Bird Brain."
83. Band-Aid
Raquel smiled at her son as she finished smoothing a Band-Aid onto his knee. "Is that better Amistad?"
He nodded mutely. His bottom lip still curled into a pout.
She always knew the best way to cheer Amistad up, whether he was sick or still broken up about his skinned knee. "Do you wanna hear about Robin and Kid Flash and Aqualad finding Superboy again?"
The pout quickly morphed into a smile. The mute nod from before was back again with a silent glow of excitement around the expression.
84. Bugs
Conner glared at the bug on the TV screen. It was interrupting his static. No one or bug can do that. Especially not today, not after having been up all night with missions and then having to sit through class all day.
The clone swiftly picked up the remote sitting on the table. Without a second thought, he threw it at the bug. Now, if anyone else had thrown it, say someone without super strength, the TV might've had a chance at survival. But taking into account who threw it, the TV was completely busted. Screen shattered, internal tech sparking kind of busted.
Robin chose that moment to walk into the living room. He immediately threw his hands up and declared, "I am so not going to be the one telling Batman this happened."
The fly responsible for the catastrophe flew off into the kitchen for a snack, completely oblivious to the humanoid chaos going on around it.
85. Lies
Robin liked watching his teammates. Picking up with their quirks went along with that. Such as how they lie.
Kaldur tries not to lie. It goes against his moral code by all means. But when he has to, he has a bad habit of touching the heads of his eel tattoos. Almost like he was reminding himself of whom he was as he forgot himself in his words.
Wally lies a bit more often, but it's almost always over stupid stuff. His tell is that no matter what he's doing, he always wipes at his mouth like there's a bit of sauce left over from his last meal. It's like he's trying to wipe away the words rather than the physical mess.
Robin didn't think Conner had the capacity to lie, he's far to blunt. At least as of yet. But that can all be observed later.
M'gann almost never lies. Well, about certain things. But when she does lie, she speaks out loud. She sees thoughts as too sacred to trample on like that. It's actually endearing when it comes down to it.
Artemis lies the most often out of almost any of them. She's been getting better since having been around the Team for so long, but she still does. After all, having been raised to lie is a hard habit to break. Artemis lies with her facial expressions. It's the small things that give her away. The way she bites her lip or looks at that little spot on another person's face in between their eyebrows, like she doesn't want to look the person in the eye, or be too obvious.
Overall, they all have their untruthful moments. But they still have each other in the end.
86. Underwear
Artemis laughed as she unpacked boxes in her and Wally's new apartment in Palo Alto. She took a moment to giggle/snort as she put clothing away into its appropriate drawers. "You sure you still wear these?" She called out to Wally, who was currently assembling their new entertainment center.
Within a second Wally was in the room, blushing up to his ears at the boxers in his girlfriend's hands. Those darned Flash boxers that Dick had given to him years ago as a joke gift. Sure, he wore them, they were practical and at least they were clean most of the time. "Uh, from time to time, yeah."
The archer smiled at her boyfriend's red face. She smirked and whispered in his ear, "They'll look better on the floor anyways."
87. Photo
Tim smiled at the picture in his hand. He had taken it at a 'Bat Family Dinner' as Dick called it. He wasn't in the picture, well his thumb was in the top left corner, but that's beside the point.
Barbra was caught mid-glare as Dick tried to hug her from behind and sneak a kiss on her lips. Bruce was sitting two feet away, trying not to smile at his first son's antics. He was perfectly aware of the relationship going on between the two, and he approved. Barbra could put up with all of Dick's quirks and level him down. While Dick brought Barbra up, helped her to see the lighter side of the world besides police scanners and spandex suits.
Alfred was looking on with a smile playing on his lips. He watched patiently as the family he had somehow had a part in raising congregated. They were all uninjured and happy, that was all that mattered.
88. Play
Robin pranced around the Cave, a book in his hand as he shouted lines from it. "A plague on both your houses!"
Wally stuck his head out of his door, "What're you doing?"
"My English class is reading Romeo and Juliet; we've all been assigned parts. I'm Mercutio."
The ginger smiled, "Need someone to practice with?" The idea of going around shouting in Elizabethan was sounding very attractive at that moment.
"Sure! You can be Romeo."
"Now I just need a Juliet," Wally plucked at the collar of his shirt, already having someone in mind.
Robin beat him to casting Juliet, "Artemis, get out here!"
89. Insomnia
The first night the Scarab attached itself to Jaime's back, it wouldn't shut up. It kept going over how inadequate everything was by its almost godly standards. Jaime couldn't sleep for a week because it wouldn't shut up. It got him in trouble too. His mom thought he had gotten into drugs. It was pretty hard to explain that there was just another voice that now commented on his every thought, and it wasn't his conscience.
90. Warmth
Artemis hugged Wally like he was the last person on earth. He mine as well have been. All the time she had put into getting him back from whatever pocket dimension he was in was worth it.
"Whoa, Arty, I missed you too and everything, but I like breathing," Wally hugged Artemis back, no matter what his casual words stated.
"Just shut up, please shut up," Artemis whispered through tears. She buried her head into his chest and relished in the warmth that only speedsters had. That only her speedster had.
A/N: It's been so long since I've updated this. Sorry story, sorry I've been ignoring you like you're the child that got sent to time out. Well, I've been on a creative streak all night. This is the third chapter to any of my stories that I've completed tonight. That's pretty big for me. I like it. Well, have a nice day.
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