Coincidental Pasts 2

Ok, a quick thanks to bookworm4497, who's recent review gave me an idea for a new Coincidental Pasts

-Jumbleyard of Drabbles-

"Hey! Circus Brat!" Dick groaned, it was Mitch and his football team lackeys again, he turned around

"What Mitch?" Mitch gave him a shove

"Don't use that tone with me charity case. You made me look bad in class today." Dick thought back, and quickly remembered the teacher asking him to give the correct answer to one Mitch had gotten wrong. He rolled his eyes at Mitch

"Well maybe if you actually studied, you would have gotten the answer right when Mr. Briggs asked you, instead of me having to correct you." Mitch grabbed him by the front of his shirt and hauled him up

"What was that, Freak?" Dick wished he could stand up for himself properly, but if he did, if he flipped out of Mitch's grasp and sent him flying, someone might piece Dick Grayson and Robin together. He braced himself for a punch, when someone suddenly cut in.

"YO! What do you think you're doing?!" Dick looked over and saw the Quarterback from Jump City High storming over. Mitch sneered

"Back off Stone, this is between me and him" 'Stone' gave Mitch a shove, pulling Dick from his grasp at the same time. Then he gave the rest of the team a glare

"You lot shove off, unless you want to deal with me and my buds over there." He pointed over his shoulder at the rest of the Jump City football team. Mitch and his cronies exchanged nervous glances and ran off. The heavyset African American teen looked down at Dick

"You OK kid? Aren't you a little young to be in High school?" he asked gently, Dick nodded

"Yeah, I'm a bit of a genius, but thanks, you didn't have to do that, I'm used to Mitch and his cronies by now" Stone shook his head and gave him a smile

"Nah man, it's what any decent person would do. I'm Victor Stone" he held his hand out, and Dick smiled and took it

"Richard Grayson, Thanks again" Victor nodded

"No problem, hey, next time you're in Jump, look me up." Dick nodded flashing a genuine grin.

-Jumbleyard of Drabbles-

Dick and Victor stayed in contact, e-mailing back and forth, becoming close as brothers. Dick loved having an older brother that he didn't meet through his 'other' life, one he could just be Dick around instead of Robin. Two years after they met, Dick became devastated at a news article from Jump, saying that an explosion in STAR labs had taken the lives of both Victor and his mother. He didn't come out of his bedroom for nearly a month, and when he did, he wasn't quite the same. He was more serious, and he smiled and laughed less, Kid Flash once commented that he was acting more like Batman then Robin.

-Jumbleyard of Drabbles-

Something about Cyborg had been niggling in the back of Robin's head, like an old, half-forgotten friend. It wasn't until Cyborg made the holographic rings and went on that mission as 'Stone' that he figured it out. About a week after Cyborg got back from HIVE academy, Robin went into his room one night. Cyborg looked up in surprise from his desk, where he'd been designing a new upgrade for his car.

"Hey Rob, can I do something for you?" The metallic teen asked, glancing at his leader, Robin rubbed the back of his neck

"Um…Cyborg, your name didn't used to be Victor Stone, did it?" Cyborg dropped his pencil in shock

"How-How'd you know that?" He stuttered, human eye showing his confusion. Robin smiled and, to Cyborg's, Victor's, shock, pulled off his mask and looking him in the eyes

"Just a guess" Victor's jaw dropped, staring at the face of his 'little brother' from Gotham

"Dick!?" Robin smiled brightly

"Yeah, it's me…" Victor let out a laugh and shook his head

"I don't believe it Dick Grayson, ward to Bruce…Bruce Wayne is Batman?!" Robin, or rather Dick nodded

"You can't tell anyone" Victor nodded and pulled Dick into a one armed hug

"No problem man! I just can't believe it!" Dick enthusiastically returned the hug

"I thought I'd lost you Vic! When I heard you'd died…" he trailed off, but before he could even lose his smile, Victor gave him a noogie

"This is our little secret, right bro?" Robin nodded

"Right" Over the next few weeks, the other Titans noticed that Robin seemed to be a bit happier, but they couldn't figure out why. Only Cyborg knew that the reason Robin smiled more was because he got back the brother he thought he'd lost. And Cyborg was happier too, not that it showed; because now he had someone he knew from before, who he could really talk to about things.

-Jumbleyard of Drabbles-

The end, yeah, I got hooked on the idea of 13-year-old freshman Dick Grayson being bullied, and Human!Cyborg standing up for him.