Title: A Secret Rendezvous
Characters/Pairings: Artemis Crock/Roy Harper (Red Arrow), Dick Grayson (Nightwing), Zatanna Zatara, (mentioned) Roy Harper/Arsenal, (mentioned) Lian Harper (mentioned)
Rating: T
Author's Note: Written for the Longshot Lockdown
Background: I'm not a full Chalant shipper, but this was something I saw in The New Adventures of Old Christine and I knew I just had to use two different people to watch this. I forget what episode it was, but I remember howling when I saw the episode. Don't judge me so harsh, though, because I had a cold in the actual week and I had no time to really plan this out. I'm working on the next three, but I may have to add different stories throughout the Longshot Lockdown for a while.
So for this story...okay, maybe not my best, but I rarely had time to plan and plot out this story, but if you have any suggestions for the other three-identity, simmer, and phantasmagoria-please let me know, and I'll credit you with the idea.
Rendezvous n. a meeting at an agreed time and place, typically between two people
-The New Oxford American Dictionary
To begin with, Artemis was unknowingly in denial to admit to herself that she found her recently widowed brother-in-law so attractive-and it was not just physically. There was something else about him, something that she felt an unseen tugging for…yet it all came out during a League anniversary party in which they were invited to attend.
It began in October. Roy started slow and first, by asking her to be his date at the Justice League party instead of his daughter's babysitter ("Arsenal will do fine with her," he said reassuringly), and she agreed. Roy (her widowed brother-in-law, she reminded herself with a firm but shaky reminder) loved his daughter, but he deserved an occasional break from fatherhood and his baby to kick back, hang out with friends, and practice communicating with former strangers. He was not ready to be on the search for a potential stepmother for his daughter, and the idea disgusted him, though a secret part of Artemis hoped that either he had her serve as the nanny/mother figure in Lian's life or it would take him years to find a suitable stepmother for a young girl.
On November 14, he waited outside until she crawled down the fire escape and she looked adorable in a flowered top with thin butterfly sleeves, a V neckline, skinny jeans, and knee-high boots that contrasted her olive skin well. He always thought that Artemis was attractive, if not good-looking, but he would have never said something like that to Jade's face.
Also in attendance were Dick Grayson and Zatanna Zatara, who dressed formally in a suit and black strapless dress with a waist-high slit. They watched Roy patiently wait by the bar (where he told Artemis to meet him at six) and Zatanna leaned toward Dick's ear.
"This is so weird," she whispered as they sank to a slow dance. "I mean, they're in-laws…"
"Well, yeah," Dick said remembering that Jade had died and Roy was free to mingle with other singles, "but it's kind of cute."
Dick Grayson-ladies' man, little charmer...Zatanna briefly understood why Babs declared Dick was not ready for his redheaded childhood friend.
Zatanna giggled anyway and leaned closer toward his ear. "Hey, remember our little rendezvous-men or women?"
Dick snickered and pushed Zatanna closer to his waist. It had been years since their puppy love spark had fizzled, but they still felt a special connection to each other. Roy claimed it was the 'Dick Charm,' but Zatanna thought that it was just something he was born with-possibly the Romanian heritage, or the physique.
"Women." Dick's breath was warm in her ear and made her arms prickle in goose bumps.
The childhood friends innocently pretended to walk to the coffee machine until they knew no eyes were on them, and the raven-headed young adults snuck into the women's restrooms. In front of the sinks, the bird boy and the young magician began nuzzling and stroking arms and caressing the other's hair. Their innocent and attractive sparks from their youths sparked again, and her hand trailed down his side and into the pocket of his pants.
It was with a click that Zatanna stopped, almost grabbed Dick's arm and pulled him into a bathroom stall when she could hear someone approaching to open the door.
Zatanna gasped and hastily pushed Dick into a bathroom stall and locked the door as he struggled to place his feet on the toilet lid, Zatanna making it worse when she stepped on his feet and tried to keep her head hidden. She and Dick peeked through the stall and felt a wave a shock seeing Roy making out with Artemis, kissing her neck and her fingers undoing the button and zipper of his pants.
If the back of Dick's neck was not already sore, he would have already passed out from a guilty 'you're busted!' moment.
Zatanna's mouth dropped, and she watched Roy scoop Artemis up in his arms and carry her to the neighboring stall, where they heard more zipping and kissing and passionate moaning. Dick's face turned red and Zatanna silently giggled…until Artemis cried out in fresh yet passionate pain. Then the banging started and the crying became more audible.
Artemis groaned and cried out and Roy groaned and grunted, whispering in her ear, while she gasped phrases or words that neither Dick nor Zatanna could make out. Nevertheless, Dick felt perspiration forming on his back and underarms, Zatanna's hair starting to frizzle and droop.
"Tell me I'm a good aunt!" Artemis screamed weakly.
"You're a good aunt!" Roy yelled as the banging grew louder.
"I'm a FILTHY AUNT!" his sister-in-law roared.
"Oh, you are so filthy!" Roy sneered. "More filthy than any other woman I know!"
Artemis panted louder and the banging increased until they heard the unexpected sound of a flushing toilet. "Uh-oh, my bad," Roy said, but his voice sank under the banging and groaning.
"Do-do that again!" Artemis gasped as if she was running out of oxygen.
"Okay, okay…" Roy sounded excited yet also nervous.
Dick's stomach coiled and Zatanna blushed. Her knees started to weaken, but she felt too interested in the ongoing action to move.
There was the sound of a flushing toilet again. "NOT THE TOILET, YOU MORON!" Artemis roared through bursts of laughter.
"Sorry, sorry!" Roy, however, grunted more and Dick stared for an entire hour as his large, calloused fingers, gripped onto Artemis's as if holding on for dear life. Artemis gasped when it was all over…and the flush-faced archers walked out, Roy's hair a mess as if he stuck a fork in an electric socket, and Artemis's eyeliner smeared under her eyes and lipstick rubbed around her mouth. They quickly left, but Dick and Zatanna remained in the stall for thirty minutes, with nothing but the scent of body odor and toilet water.
When they did walk out, they noticed the redhead and blonde touching each other, pecking when others weren't looking, and silently caressing body parts. His fingers often tugged on the ends of her hair, and sometimes her fingers slipped under the low back of his shirt.
Zatanna leaned towards Dick's ear with a mischievous smirk. "And Babs and Wally said you were a dog..."
Dick playfully frowned and almost splashed his champagne over her face.
Secret: Recently I've been watching the CW's Arrow, and I have two secret yet stupid dreams-that the main cast of Arrow actually served as guest voices for minor characters (which now looks impossible unless they did a full YJ movie), and the four who voice the Arrow family (Alan, Vanessa, Crispin, and Stephanie) made guest spots on the live series.