"Screen" - Isolation

"Uh, Roy?"

The archer looked up at the cal of his name, removing his head from his hands; where he'd been holding it for the previous half hour or so. The bird stood before him somewhat awkwardly, his hands stuffed in his jean pockets and shuffling his feet nervously.

"You okay?" Robin sounded concerned, worried even, about him. Roy looked into the Boy Wonder's eyes –sunglasses- but turned away again.

"I'm not Roy."

Robin seemed disheartened for a second, but quickly regained his calm demeanour and walked so that he was in front of him. His hands left his pockets and one came to rest on the archer's shoulder in an attempt at a comforting gesture.

"You may not be Speedy, but you're still Roy."

He didn't look up, and Robin sighed.

"You can't screen yourself off from me Roy; trust me, it won't help you at all."

"How can you talk to me? Even stand to be in the same room as me? Aren't you angry?" Roy looked up now, his voice dropping into a hollow whisper, "I betrayed you; I was the mole. How do you not hate me?"

Robin's gaze softened, "I don't hate you. It wasn't your fault and you're not the mole anymore; Cadmus' programming has been wiped from your mind and you have a new life now. Yes, you may not be who you thought you were, but I still think you're my big brother, and so does Wally."

Roy gaped at the Boy Wonder; he hadn't been expecting forgiveness from anyone for his actions. Sympathy and pity for his situation perhaps, but not forgiveness. He searched Robin's face for any signs of lingering resentment, but found none.

"But I-"

"No," Robin's face hardened for a fraction of a second, but any traces of a frown were replaced instantly by a genuine smile, "I don't care what you think about yourself but we still consider you family. There's still a place for you with the Team if you're not going to stay in the League, but don't you ever think you're not our friend."

The Boy Wonder's paused, thinking something over, and seemed to come to a decision. He scanned the room before continuing.

"I also don't care what Batman and the rest of the League say, but we've all agreed on this."

Roy's eyebrows twitched into a frown: agreed on what?

Robin calmed slightly, "You've had all your secrets pulled out into the open, even ones you didn't know you had, so it might make you feel better to know you weren't the only one with secrets."

Roy's eyes widened.

"Wait, are you going to-" Robin cut him off again with a large intake of breath.

"Superboy's dad is Lex Luthor, Miss Martian's a white Martian, Artemis' family consists of ex-cons and still active criminals, and I," Robin reached for his shades and pulled them off as Roy held his breath, "Am Richard Grayson; ex-circus performer and ward of Gotham's billionaire playboy, Bruce Wayne, but call me Dick, it's what my friends call me."

Roy's expression must've been priceless, because Robin –Dick- (that was going to take some time to get used to), looked like he wanted to laugh with the enormous grin he had on his face.

"Wha- I-" Roy stuttered, "Whoa, does that mean Batman's-"

"Yeah, but you can tell: I haven't told the team yet, except from Wally, but he's known for ages."

Roy was speechless; some small part of him wanted to go 'I knew they couldn't be trusted!', but the notion was quickly pushed aside by the realisation of the fact that the team, the entire team, trusted him.

He would've cried with happiness, but he just wasn't like that, so instead he settled for shutting his mouth, taking the bird's offered hand and standing up.

"Thanks," he said, "You don't know how much this means to me."

Dick just smiled and released his hand.

"It's okay, we know. We just didn't want to lose you. I didn't want to lose my big brother because he thought he wasn't 'a real boy'."

Roy smirked at his little brother and reached over to ruffle his hair affectionately.

"Even if I'm not 'a real boy'," Roy mimicked Dick's voice and the bird frowned, "I'm still taller than you."

Dick pouted as he slid his glasses on, concealing his blue eyes once more.

"Come on," he said turning and walking towards the door he'd come through, "Wally wants to play video games with us and I bet I can beat him three times in a row."

"Knowing Wally, even if he tried to cheat with his powers, he'd still lose to you."

Roy smiled, it was good to not be alone, and he was glad Robin had come at the right time; he needed something normal right now. Roy followed the bird and they left the room.

'It's good to have a family.'

(A/N) Thought I had posted this a while ago, and only realized I hadn't when someone reviewed...

That was the final installment of 'Screen', and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it.

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