[I do not own Teen Titans or any characters mentioned in this story. Yeah, guess who's back? This was a request from my tumblr gaybaconprincess, I hope you like it!]
Crowe stood face to face with the most revered teenage heroes in their time. The Teen Titans. Of course, he just had to trip the security beams didn't he? Jericho had been getting tired of all the Titan rules Robin had been going over with them, and he needed a break from rules. Or as his partner in crime had said, 'rulebreaker'. Crowe noted to himself how it took true, unrelenting love to look over his boyfriends cringey puns.
The point being, Jericho came to Elliot asking for a favor. Just one night on the town. Used to be, Crowe refused to work with anyone by his side. Now? Well, it seemed Crowe and Kyd Wykkyd were the destined battle partners. They perfectly covered each other's weakness without even realizing and played on each others strengths at just the right time. Now Crowe couldn't stand going on a heist or vandalizing anything without knowing Kyd Wykkyd was somewhere nearby. They were practically inseparable. Amusingly, it seemed where the villains used to proclaim Robin and Starfire as the ultimate power couple, Crowe and Kyd Wykkyd were now in their place.
Crowe and Kyd Wykkyd were only planning on busting into the Jump City mall for the fun of it, who knows maybe something might've caught their eye and they would take it. Crowe had even neglected to assemble his makeshift team to come with him. It comprised of himself, Blackfire, Johnny Rancid, Angel, Punk Rocket, and of course his Kyd Wykkyd.
But unfortunately, it seemed Crowe had underestimated the public area's security and tripped the security beams accidentally. Soon enough, the five super-powered teen Titans came hurtling through the doors ready to bust some actually bad evil doer. Most of the Titans rarely took Crowe or Kyd Wykkyd seriously at all. While they weren't the Doctor Light status of incapable, they also weren't planning on massacring the face of the Earth. Robin on the other hand was another story.
Robin obsessed over catching Crowe to the point where Crowe was almost as high up as Slade on his list. Mainly it was because Crowe was the only person besides Jericho to ever beat him in a one-on-one fight. Robin hated losing, especially to some sentient chess piece whose gender you could barely tell. What infuriated Robin further was that while they were fighting Robin had to keep utmost concentration to make sure to at least block all of Crowe's attacks, whereas Crowe could distract himself easily with dirty insults thrown at the boy wonder and still win without breaking a sweat.
The minute Crowe and Robin spotted each other, both Crowe's partner and Robin's Teen Titans all sighed in exasperation of what was to come. Crowe and Robin paid no mind to this however, focusing only on beating the other to a pulp.
Crowe sneered at the other, completely aware of his soon to be victory as Robin glowered at the slightly shorter girlish boy. Hilariously, Robin and most of the Titans also didn't know Crowe's gender. While Kyd Wykkyd took offense to their rude ignorance concerning his boyfriend, Crowe simply found it hilarious that half of the time they were 'fighting' the Titans were actually just conversing with each other on whether to say 'bad-guy' or 'villainess'.
Crowe quickly unhooked his bo-staff from his belt as Robin grabbed his, both shifting into their fighting stances like some quickdraw scene.
"Come back for more already Robin? Are you sure your bruises have healed up yet?" Crowe asked in a mock-concerning tone as he reveled in Robin's further scowling. This didn't last long however, as his scowl melded into a smirk.
"At least my bruises are on my limbs, not on my neck. Been having some fun with Wykkyd have we?" Robin asked as he noticed the hickeys now visible due to Crowe's attire. Crowe blushed angrily and gritted his teeth, making sure to break Robin's in a moment. He also made a mental note to kill Kyd for making the hickies so visible.
Just as Crowe was starting to advance towards Robin, Kyd caught him by the skirt of his tunic like dress and glanced towards a conspicuous hole in the roof. 'Stand down...please. We can escape easily, just calm down and don't let him get to you.' Those eyes told him warningly. Crowe softly and grudgingly nodded, still seething from Robin's comments. Crowe and Kyd slowly started backing up, the Titans all silently deciding it was better for the duo to get away than to waste all their energy fighting them to lose and have them get away anyway like they always did.
Crowe slowly turned around and walked with his arms crossed angrily just in time to hear another one of Robin's comments trying to draw him back to a fight.
"What? Gotta have freaky-deaky over here save you butt already? It's not like you could escape or really do anything without him anyway!" Robin said confidently, he'd surprisingly learned from Crowe. Not just new fighting technique, but that insults are one of the most efficient ways to draw an enemy back. Strangely, their hatred for each other had actually heightened both of their skills tremendously. Not that either would ever admit that, especially to each other.
Crowe stopped momentarily and bit down on his black-stained lip hard, struggling against the urge to turn around and murder the idiot. Kyd put an arm around Crowe's waist, not so much holding him as pushing him forwards and away from Robin. In actuality, Kyd was doing this moreso for Robin and the Titan's safety than Crowe's, he'd witnessed an angry Crowe before and he would not enjoy that experience a second time. Kyd mouthed the words 'breathe' at the small boy before they started walking again.
Crowe slowly started moving again, his legs feeling like lead weights pulling him back towards where Robin stood with his nasty smirk. Finally, on the last comment Robin made, Crowe snapped.
"I guess it's not really your fault, you're probably both bastard children of some more important evil doer. So sad even after all this you still can't earn daddy's love." Robin yelled.
For everyone, time seemed to slow down. Crowe's eyes snapped open in the angriest way Kyd had ever seen as Crowe's posture stiffened. Kyd slowly backed away from his boyfriend, there was really no stopping him now. Crowe turned around slowly, in an almost eerie way and smiled creepily at Robin. In a flash Crowe was only inches from Robin's face, smiling sweetly yet in an impending way.
"Care to repeat that, Sidekick?" Crowe whispered sharply as his eyes narrowed dangerously. Of course, Robin being Robin he never knew when the time to stop was. He also felt he had to say something back to the large stinging ache that came with 'sidekick'.
"I'd rather be a sidekick than the bastard offspring of a father or mother who was never there, or possibly even both." Robin said confidently, completely unaware of what he just set in motion.
Crowe tilted his head to the side in mock curiosity, still smiling creepily. His hands were clasped tightly onto his staff behind his back.
"...that...so?" Crowe said, smiling so hard it hurt his cheeks. Robin had about a split second to look confused and a bit worried when Crowe kicked his feet out from under him and pinned him down with his staff. Robin laid on his back dazed with Crowe's staff held across his neck, never being this scared of what his friends saw as 'harmless'.
"At least this bastard son of an international criminal mastermind...still has a biological father, Grayson." Crowe spat at him before pulling away his bo staff to punch him as hard as he possibly could across the face, making sure it left a hefty bruise. This was all blocked out by Robin's working mind however, how did Crowe know him? Know his parents? The pure fact he had brought it up meant Robin had obviously crossed a very deep line.
Robin quickly turned them over to where Crowe was pinned down, but was surprised to find Crowe's smiling face before Crowe launched Robin off of himself by kicking him as hard as possible with both feet straight in his stomach. Once the two were on their feet again, it was a flashed blur of staff hitting staff and bruises that were soon to form. They both fought harder than ever, Crowe easily beating Robin to the ground almost. Time seemed to slow down again as the crowd of teens in the room heard a feral, desperate scream of 'I'll kill you, you sick little child! I swear I'll kill you!'. While Kyd was having the time of his life watching Robin get beaten into the ground, this was where he had to step in.
Crowe held his staff above Robin's chest with a dangerous gleam in his eyes. Kyd quickly wrapped his arms around Crowe, trapping his arms as he screamed at Kyd to let him go. Kyd picked him above the ground so that all he could really do was screech and kick his feet uselessly before mouthing the word 'run' quickly at Robin. Robin had never run from a fight before, but it was far better to live to fight another day.
Kyd was left with Crowe's guttural screeching melding into heart wrenching cries of sadness. He sobbed loudly until Kyd finally put him down, sure he wasn't going to hurt anyone. Crowe's stiffened angry muscles soon went limp against his body. Crowe turned around and sobbed harshly into Kyd's chest, who stroked his hair soothingly until his loud sobs turned into low hiccups.
"I hate him. I hate him...so much. He...He made me...I...I-I almost…", Crowe sobbed into Kyd's chest. Kyd continued stroking his hair soothingly, he hated seeing Joseph even slightly upset. Seeing him cry like this made Kyd want to kill Robin himself.
"...i'm...like him...S...S-Slade." Crowe hoarsely whispered to where only Kyd could hear. Kyd quickly pulled him away before leaning down to Crowe's height.
"No. You are nothing like him. You never will be. Trust me, if Robin dared mention something like that to me I would kill him too." Kyd said before twirling some of Crowe's hair in his hands and stroking his thumb across his boyfriend's cheek.
"I promise that I will always protect you, even if it's from yourself." Kyd said in the most serious tone Crowe had ever heard. Crowe eventually smiled through his tear stained face and chuckled as he hugged Kyd by the neck again.
"Thank you." Was all he could really manage at the moment. Soon he opened his eyes to find Kyd had teleported them back into his room where they were previously. Kyd kissed his forehead as Crowe giggled at the action before resting their foreheads together.
"I love you, don't ever forget that." Kyd said finally, smiling. Crowe took off his mask slowly before hugging him one last time before he headed home.
Funny, as the bastard son of a villain, Joseph had more friends and felt more love than he had in years. Meanwhile as Jericho, he felt only neglect and sorrow. Maybe...just maybe being the bastard son of Slade wasn't so bad after all.
[This came out much more emotional than I thought it would...oops? Reviews are greatly appreciated as are requests!]
