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Title: Piercings
Rating: K
Pairing: Superboy X Miss Martian, if you squint
"Why do Earth women feel the need to put holes in their bodies?" Megan asked, closely watching a teenager dressed in ripped clothing with multiple piercings on her body.
Superboy, who was actually thinking the same thing replied, "I have no idea."
Megan (who was secretly happy that Superboy actually responded to her - she had trying to get his attention for the last half hour) smiled. "Maybe we should ask the rest of the team?"
Superboy grunted. Megan considered it a victory.
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"Superboy and I were talking yesterday, and we were wondering why Earth women put holes in their body."
Wally internally snorted at the variety of jokes that could have come from the last part of Megan's sentence. Then, his head snapped toward Megan so fast that Robin wondered if he ever got any whip lash.
"He actually talked to you?" Wally turned towards Superboy and gaped. "I was trying to talk to you yesterday and didn't say one thing back to me!"
Superboy shrugged, and Wally tried to continue, but Megan swiftly cut him off. "So do you guys know why they put holes in their bodies?"
"Holes? Do you mean piercings?"
"That... Doesn't sound much better."
"It's actually a pretty wide spread idea among ancient cultures," Robin shrugged. "You know, the Romans, nipple piercings, ancient Egyptian pharaohs getting bellybutton piercings?"
Wally stared. "Dude. Why do you know that?"
"I get bored easily."
"What? So you just go and search random-"
"I think it's a great thing that Robin knows so much information," Megan quickly cut in. "It could come in handy sometimes."
"Oh yeah, cause knowing that the Romans had a nipple fetish is so gonna come in handy," Wally grumbled.
"What was that, Flash Kid?"
"Oh it is so on-" As the wrestle ensued, Megan internally sighed. She supposed she couldn't stop every squabble in the group. At least they got their information. Megan turned toward Superboy. He seemed to be thinking to himself, but Megan knew he heard.
She knew.
Title: Bath
Rating: K
Pairing: None
"Hey, Kaldur?" Wally called to him, the day after the Santa Prisca incident. It was a little past noon, and everyone was at the base, trying to heal their wounds.
"Yes, Wally?"
"Well... You know how taking a warm bath relieves pain and relaxes you and stuff?" Kaldur nodded. "When you're in Atlantis, how do you take a warm bath or a bath at all?"
"Since we do not sweat - as we are constantly immersed in water - there isn't much use for a bath," Kaldur thought for a moment. "You could probably go to the pacific ocean if you wanted to relax in the warmer waters, as Aquaman often does. Which also isn't needed, as Atlantians don't feel any changes in water temperatures," Kaldur's brow furrowed.
Wally slowly slinked away after a while as Kaldur questioned his mentor.
He never got his answer.
Title: Remember
Rating: K+
Pairing: None
Robin remembers his first night living with Bruce Wayne very well. The bed too large for his small body, the room too large for any sensible person. He remembers the sharp feeling of the cold spiking his nerves.
He had briefly debated going into Bruce's room, as he was so nice in the orphanage. Then he remembered how his personality had turned foul the moment they were alone in the car. Dick decided to stay put.
He remembers the warm feeling of his mother's hands as she put him to bed. She would snuggly tuck in the covers under his body. Dick remembered she called it a cocoon, and that when he woke up in the the morning he would be a wonderful butterfly, ready to face the new world.
Dick remembers feeling bad as he wrestled with the sheets, ruining the cocoon to get into a more comfortable position.
A thick sob escaped Dick. He'd never see his mom ever again. In his whole life. Or his dad. He was alone.
More sobs tumbled from his lips and the thought of staying silent escaped him. Dick's whole body shook violently and he pulled his legs to his chest and wrapped his arms around them.
He hadn't realized someone was in his room until he felt him lie on the bed next to him and sigh. Bruce slowly unwrapped his arms and pulled the child's body closer to his.
Dick buried his face into Bruce's pajama top and sobbed helplessly in his chest. Sometime later, he calmed down. The silence in the room was deafening and Dick stiffened. He wondered if Bruce would leave.
He felt Bruce sigh again, before running his hands through his hair. It made him relax, reminding him of what his father use to do when he was sick or hurt or just... Whenever. He felt himself drift to sleep.