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          clint nodded “yeah, sorry. it’s habit to call him that.” he shook his head, chuckling at himself “oh, i already do. once august starts so do the nightmares. i’ve fought aliens and gods and robots and monsters, but nothing is as scary as telling a bleach-dyed blonde in uggs that they can’t have their pumpkin spice.” he let out a laugh as he lifted the bar flap “come on back, i’ll show you around the kitchen.” clint waved him back behind the counter towards the kitchen door “oh, i’m not gonna let you try and pander to me. i want you to make whatever you think is your best pastry or whatever.” if clint was going to work with someone, he wanted to know what they were good at so he could put their skills to use in the most effective way.

“I think it’s hilarious, bucket head I think works as well,” Conner suggested, laughing with him. “I’ve fought war conquering tyrants, aliens, gods and robots, too. I’ve learned the art of telling people to fuck off, works like a charm. Maybe not for business so I wouldn’t recommend it, but there are ways to do so. A friend of mine has a butler who’s literally the best at insults and clapbacks, he could shows us all a way.” he grinned. “My best pastry? See that’s the hard part since I think everything I make is pretty amazing, but how’s about I make cinnamon roll pancakes, strawberry shortcake, pinapple upside cake, croquembouche, and plum pudding? but the pudding I’ll bring to you next week.” Conner said ready for the challenge as he went to the back, with his super vision he already picked out everything he needed, speedingly gathering most of the things he needed before getting started. 

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          “i’m about ready to call in some favours and get cap and shellhead to do a commercial with some puppies or another cute animal to promote anything other than pumpkin spice. i need variety in my life.” he grinned before getting to work on the drink. “yeah. i use local bakers, either home based or a mom and pop kind of place, and my usual guy is having to cut back due to some family issues.” clint shrugged. he wasn’t upset at the guy, clint had made it clear to all of his employees and contractors that family came before the shop. if something came up, clint wouldn’t hold it against them at all. “well, how about this.” he finished up the drink, topping it with the crumbled candied pecans before setting it in front of the male “i have a barista that will be here in about ten minutes, so if you have the time why don’t you take over the kitchen and show me what you can do?”

“Shell head? Is that Iron Man?” Conner couldn’t think of the hero that Clint was mentioning, but he found it hilarious nonetheless. “I definitely think you’re going to be seeing pumpkin spice and uggs in your nightmares.” he grinned. “Alright, sounds perfect to me then, because I didn’t use to be a cook or a baker, but somehow life turned me into one and here I am.” seeing the man top a drink and then proceed to ask to show him his skills he grinned. “Okay, that I can do. Got anything that you really love, any flavor that you just have to have? Because nothing’s off the table for me.”

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          “it’s so repetative. i honestly don’t see why it’s so popular, i can spend hours creating the perfect candied pecan latte that smells and tastes like fall yet all they want is pumpkin spice.” he rolled his eyes before dropping the spoons into the sink, “last year i tried to use real pumpkins, turned the kitchen into a warzone. took me one week to change my mind and go back to the flavoured syrup.” clint chuckled before grabbing his cup, taking a sip as he leaned against the counter “i’m actually in the market for a new baker, my current guy has been sending smaller orders and things are picking up so i need to keep things stocked.”

“it’s popular because someone said it was and others just followed the trend, and damn candied pecan latte actually sounds a lot more delicious than pumpkin, set me down for one,” conner mused before looking over at the man. “real pumpkin is a lot to work with, you’ll have all the guts everywhere and the smell. really a new one?” he smiled as his brows shot up. “sure thing i can usually whip things up pretty quickly, and i just tend to bake for my online shop but i’d like to start actually working somewhere you know. ever since moving in with my boyfriend and our daughter, i’ve been looking for something like this.”

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          clint let out a sigh as the last of the large group of women walked out of the shop. it was the thing he hated the most about this time of year, the ugg wearing women coming in wanting their blessed pumpkin spice drinks. if it wouldn’t kill his business he’d not sell anything pumpkin, but he had to sell them so when he was working at the shop he’d put on a brave face and pretend like he wasn’t sick of pumpkin spice. “i never thought i’d say this but i miss summer. can we go back to the days when no one wanted pumpkin spice?”

“You’re telling me.” Conner sighed. “Everybody is always mass ordering pumpkin flavored treats now from me, and I really hate that I just end up smelling like it at the end of the day. It sorta just stays with you,” he liked the fall, but he wasn’t really a fan of all the trends that came about with the season, and how businesses just had to adjust. “Even if the things I bake are pretty good, I’d rather be using a lot more different flavors. Oh and if you’re ever looking for a baker, just let me know.”

Roy thinks that Oliver and Dinah might just be happy knowing that their boy isn’t dating Jade again or another super-villain. Which would be the best way to accept his boyfriend. He didn’t have a big family growing up but after being adopted that really changed his life for the better in some ways. Introductions can be thought about later, involving a trip back to the west coast to visit Star City where everyone is currently.  Unless they were on some special mission but that can be thought about when the trip is going to be planned. Which won’t happen anytime soon at least.

Instead, Roy is focusing on the here and now. “More of me?” He rather likes what that seems to be implying. He was lucky enough to have an entire floor to himself in the tower, primarily to give Lian room to grow. She wasn’t home at the moment, gone for the night to celebrate her birthday at a friend’s house for a sleepover. He couldn’t exactly host one here, too much for civilians to discover even if they were children. Their parents would need to come in and it would be too risky. “What if we break something?” The redhead asks while closing the distance between them. “It’s a risk I’m willing to take though .. where should we start?”

Conner knows that being part of Roy’s family was important to him, and even if he already knew them, it would be a different kind of meeting than just teammates since this was a lot more serious. It was funny how most of the sidekicks grew up with adopted families, how all these heroes just took these wayward souls and have them a better chance at life, while cracking a few skulls along the way. “Yes a lot more of you,” Conner grinned as he came closer wrapping his arms around Roy. They had a very spacious place, and it was great for Lian to grow up in, and now that they were alone, they got to play. “Oh we’re definitely breaking a few things, but nothing that I didn’t already have set aside in order to be replaced. I might’ve thought a bit ahead,” he chuckled. “Don’t know, you should definitely decide and might as well rip those clothes off...actually just take them off I really like that shirt.”

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“Oh please, if I could survive the Joker when I was 9 years old you’re easy peasy.” Dick waved off, pretty much joking. Though, it was accurate in the respect that there was little that would faze him nowadays. He’d been crime fighting for over a decade, he knew his stuff. He grimaced at Connor calling himself an experiment, hating that technically… it had been true. “You were an experiment,” He made sure to correct it. “Past tense.” He wasn’t anymore, and never would he be again. Then Dick laughed. “You’re kidding me- no way!” He grinned. “I’m gonna take some pride in that.” If that’s what people wanted to look at go ahead, it was distracting from the much colder world out there so Dick didn’t mind. “Yep.” Dick agreed without hesitation. “If it wasn’t for Alred I doubt anyone of us would be where we are, especially Bruce.”

“I guess that’s what being raised by Batman leads to, huh?” Conner laughed. Even though their childhoods had been very wild, but Conner thought of his own as less of a childhood and more of an experiment that was saved by what would be the young justice team. “You’re right, and I love you for that, and I guess there’s just a lot of love in my life now. Since I’m...dating Roy too.” he blushed not really sure if he should be telling Dick the news but he was important to Conner, so he did feel it necessary.  “Well, listen just cause I never told you how I felt about you way back when just means I can do it now, easily. Since we’re family and friends more than anything.” he grinned. “besides I sorta knew I had no chance with you when I was still kind of figuring stuff out.”

Roy chuckles a little, thinking of something smooth that can be said. He always had luck when it came to this but never held a relationship for long. Maybe after things fell apart with his past few relationships it didn’t feel like that was something he deserved to have if they kept ending over one reason or another. He also believes in everything happening for a reason though so maybe all of those failed to teach him some lessons before getting to be with Conner. “I’ll take you to dinner but we kind of did things backwards. Dessert before dinner? What would my parents say?” > He doesn’t even want to think about what Oliver would say — remembering his rules for living under his roof growing up. No driving his car, don’t bring anyone back home, and don’t get anyone pregnant. He obeyed two of them at least.

“You literally baked six cakes? Babe …” Roy smiles fondly at how much Conner was willing to do for their daughter. It’s sweet seeing how dedicated that the man is to the family they’ve made. He just hopes that the Kryptonian is ready for dealing with the arrow family. It meant accepting Dinah and Oliver into your life and also his siblings Mia and Connor. There’s even more than that but doesn’t dive too deep into that thought.

Soon enough Lian went off to her sleepover and they were alone. He doesn’t often have a quiet apartment so this is nice. Long as nobody else in Titans Tower comes down here and bothers them. “I can think of a few things. What are you in the mood for? I think that will help me decide.” Roy asks with a smile as he leans in the doorway.

The fact that they were together now probably meant that it was the right time for them to jump into this, and Conner might’ve had to wait a little but the outcome was definitely worth it. Being able to call himself Roy’s boyfriend, Lian’s other dad, it was all definitely worth it. Their time spent together before, building those years of friendship surely meant something and now that they were both single, they took a chance on each other and it turned out to be the best thing he could’ve ever asked for. “If I remember correctly you actually had the other kind of dessert first before anything, so I don’t know what they would say exactly. Not that I’m complaining,” he mused before smiling at the man. 

“Yes,” he blushed, “Everything had to be perfect,” he said finishing his plate before crossing his arms at the other man. Conner wondered if he had told Oliver that they were already together, and he was sure Oliver would give them a hard time, he wasn’t really sure about Dinah. All of them had pretty big families, Conner even had Jonathan, Lois, Clark, and pretty much everybody else who took him into their lives without question. 

Roy tends to bounce around with what teams he has been part of. He has been a founding member of the Teen Titans and stayed with the group when they got older to just become the Titans. This doesn’t even count his current adventures with the Outlaws or past experiences with the Outsiders and being his father’s sidekick. He kept himself busy more often than not. When the two of them met they were very different people. Roy didn’t have Lian yet and they were on separate teams. He wasn’t really involved with Young Justice much but would come hang out occasionally to see his friends but that opened up the chance for getting to know Conner. Maybe it wasn’t something either man expected to grow up to have a family together but Roy wouldn’t change anything. He likes the life they’re building together.

His lips stretch into a smirk when his boyfriend comes back around to join him after helping to hand out the last for the cake. “It’s my first time. I would remember a handsome face like yours if I’ve been here before.” Roy teases with a wink, before taking his first bite of the cake in front of him. It’s amazing as always, anything that Conner makes is. “I tried bringing all her favorite people together. It wasn’t just me though, you helped a lot too. We did this together.” Anyone that could make it had been invited. Of course there were friends and family who couldn’t make it. Garth is busy in Atlantis and who knows where her grandparents are. They’ll make up for it a ta later point as always.  “I love you too. The cake is delicious by the way, babe.” He admits while nudging the Kryptonian with his foot under the table.

Conner remembered how Roy’s life truly turned around when Lian was born, as if the light was rekindled in his eyes and he found another purpose to live and fight, for her. It was like that for a lot of them, the life of this little girl precious to all those who loved and cherished Roy. Conner was smitten with the baby girl when he first saw her, vowing to protect her from any and all danger, and now that he was a father to her as well, he could do a much better job of that. Going from uncle to dad was a shift, but it was one he was happy for since it meant he and Roy were in this together. They were a family and it was official. “Oh so the gentleman does flirt, well if you want to bed me you might want to treat me to dinner first, but a face like yours would certainly have me come back here some more.” he muses.

“Not gonna admit that it’s my best work, but I did go through half a dozen cakes before finally deciding on which one would be the best for her.” He grinned a bit sheepishly before looking over his boyfriend. “We did, but you’re certainly the star when it came to making all this possible. Can’t believe it’s been another year though, feels like just the other day I was too scared to hold her in my arms when she was nothing but a baby, and now look at her.” he said looking over at his daughter with a smile. Just two dads talking over cake as they looked at their child. It wasn’t long before the party came to an end and they had to make sure Lian was packed and set to go onto her sleepover, giving her a big hug and kiss before sending her off. Cleaning the place was pretty quick work thanks to his speed otherwise he would’ve dreaded to do so. “So now that we have the place all to ourselves, what kind of romantic gesture were you planning on?”

There was a point in his life when Roy didn’t think that such happiness would be possible again but it’s very real and in his grasp. His family slowly started growing since Conner came into his life in a more romantic sense. The redhead always did want his daughter to have two parents. Her mother isn’t around for one reason or another — but never felt like there was a void or anything. There are so many people around Lian to love her in Jade’s place. “You’ll be cooking for us, ain’t that sweet? Maybe we can assist you sometime? If you don’t mind a few helping hands.” Roy says while heading over to where they’d be doing the cake. “I’ll get the candles.” He also announces to the rest of the guests that it would be time for cake. Which meant all the other kids ran over to grab a seat or stand around with the older guests. There really was so many people here, huh? 

It doesn’t take long to put the candles in the cake and light them with the lighter one of his friends handed to him. Which made it time to sing happy birthday now — something that was leaving Lian with a grin on her face. “Make a wish, sweetheart.” Roy says before it was time to blow the candles out, having his phone ready to take some more pictures to capture the moment. A few minutes later, the cake was sliced and passed out among everyone. Roy stood back against one of the walls with a plate of his own, watching Lian interact with all of her friends at the table. This couldn’t have gone better and smiles at Conner from across the room after taking a bite. It was easy to get separated from the chaos of distributing the cake.

Conner grew up from being that boy who was found by the founding members of young justice, having missed Roy in that fated encounter but who would soon find his way into his life regardless. It had always been so difficult to talk about his feelings, and actually knowing how to go about them. Conner never knew that what he felt the very first time he met Roy would lead him to this, raising his daughter as his own, and becoming a family. It was truly something out of a fairy tale, being able to live like this with them. “Of course, and I’ll have chefs hats and aprons ready for both of you. Papa’s princess can’t be helping me unless she’s dressed for the occasion, she knows what’s best.” As Roy went off to get the candles, he readied himself as he set Lian down, watching her and all her friends surround her by the cake, singing along to happy birthday.

This was something he would treasure forever, watching her grow into an adult, and hoping that he could play a big part in that as well. After taking a small slice for himself and making sure everybody else was set, he went off to Roy’s side after kissing the top of Lian’s head. A bit nervous for everybody to try out the cake, as he had spent a good chunk of time deciding on what flavors and ingredients to put into them. “Hey, come here often?” he teased setting himself before Roy and smiling. “Today’s been perfect, and well it’s all thanks to you. Lian’s having the time of her life. I love you, Roy.”

“Hey,” He have a slight playful shove toward the other. “Don’t say that about yourself. There were a lot of things you didn’t know, and that wasn’t your fault. But it didn’t make you a meathead.” Dick assured him. “You were smarter than you give yourself credit for, you are.” He laughed. “And-! If being a meathead equated to being angry, a ton of the Justice League are meatheads too.” He pointed out with amusement. “Well, you’re welcome than.” He chuckled. “Glad to be of use.” He grinned. “Yeah, living with Alfred I became a master of the puppy dog eyes, the only way I got extra choclate chips in my cookies.” Ah, what he wouldn’t do for Alfred’s cookies. He nodded, still smiling but more serious. “Yeah, you did. And you should be proud Con.”

“Still, I could’ve tried to manage it better, but you’re right, as per usual. But don’t let any of my words go to your pretty head, otherwise I’ll smack you upside that pretty head,” Conner smirked, smiling at the fact that Dick said he wasn’t a meat head. “Okay now that’s very true, a lot of them have very deep rooted anger issues, so I guess I get a free pass being an experiment and all,” he chuckled. “People only speak of nightwing when they’re talking about that ass more than your heroics,” he teased. “Who wouldn’t want more of Alfred’s cookies, even I know the man is a genius when it comes to...well everything. Who else do you think I asked for recipes on how to cook? It wasn’t martha stewart.”

It warms his heart when Conner is lifting Lian up onto his shoulders. It’s an adorable sight and can’t deny how much it makes him smile. His little family all together is all that matters. He wishes Jade wanted to be part of this but she made her choice to leave their daughter behind. Roy worked hard to play both roles and had been doing really well in making it work. They’ll have the night to themselves but for now it’s all about her. “I think that would be okay. Can I call you papa?” Lian asks as she rests her arms on the top of Conner’s head, a bright grin on her face as she giggles. “Daddy and Papa are dating!” Which makes Roy chuckle at the enthusiasm rather fondly. “We are, that’s right, sweetheart. Which means Conner will be spending more time with us. How about we go celebrate by finally doing cake?” Which is followed by more excitement because who doesn’t like cake?

Conner loved the fact that they could call themselves a family, having Lian as his daughter, being able to see her grow up more closely, it was a dream to him. He loved that he was able to do this all with Roy, able to just become a part of something much bigger than he was. “Of course you can call me Papa,” he grinned at the girl, blushing slightly at her enthusiasm about them dating, almost announcing it to the crown. It made him chuckle, nodding when Roy said it was time for cake. “I’ll be living with you guys from now on, and that means I get to cook for the both of you, so more delicious treats will be coming your way Lian,” he said before giving Roy a kiss. “Let’s get cake then, do you want to go start the candles or should I?”

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“In the beginning, everything made you angry.” He teased of him, good-naturedly. In the beginning, to put bluntly, they all had been young. Called Young Justice for a reason. Utterly utterly inexperienced in so many things. In the beginning, Dick himself had a pention for running off and doing his (Wally proclaimed) ‘Ninja thing’, all of them had things they needed to work on. Things they grew out of. None had gone forth that development more than Connor. “And hey,” He smirked. “I am adorable, so you aren’t wrong.” Dick let loose a laugh. “Oh come on, could we go a month without bringing up the tights?” His deepest shame, of course. He nodded his head as Connor described the dish, not being much of a cook himself but retaining interest nonetheless. “If you wanna put some of those smores and cheesecake aside for me I won’t stop you.” He nudged him. “Though, it is pretty cool you became such a good cook.” 

“Yeah, and?” Conner said raising a brow at the man as his cheeks burned red. “You don’t really have to remind me of how much of a meathead I was every second, Dick.”  The days where they were young justice, a rag tag team of the so called sidekicks, and him the hybrid experiment boy they had unearthed from a lab. The one who tried to model himself after Clark Kent, but it was truly something that wasn’t entirely accurate, and it took him a while to get to where he was today. “Adorable? And no I’ll bring up the tights. I mean it’s thanks to those I realized that looking at boy butts wasn’t all that bad. Made it pretty hard to concentrate out there, Robin.” he mused. “I’ll do that, since you’re practically giving me puppy dog eyes to do so.” he groaned. “Saying no to you has always been extremely hard, Dick. Thanks, it took a lot of practice and pans thrown into the wall, but I got here eventually.”

Roy doesn’t really believe it but maybe his confidence is so shattered because of the mental struggles throughout his life. He doesn’t know why someone would want to look at him — always feeing that way when growing up with his crush on Donna. Now, this viewpoint isn’t much different. He thinks people should look at Conner more than himself but can’t argue against the logic. “I’ll have to give you a neck rub then if you’re turning it that much to look at me.” He says softly with a bright smile on his face. Although being called muscle man makes him laugh, but he needed to work extra hard to be able to keep up with those heroes with superpowers like his boyfriend here. “I need to work harder than others since I’m just human. These biceps are necessary.” He whispers but it isn’t that much of a secret. Working out and staying in shape is important. He files away the thought of wearing his old uniform for a later point. “I’m really glad you’re in our lives. We really love having you with us. It makes the apartment at the tower feel more like a home.” Roy admits before kissing his cheek more subtly and having an excuse to whisper into his ear. “I’ll remind you later tonight. Lian is spending the night at a friend’s house and we’ll be alone.” Speaking of the birthday girl … she was running up to see them now.

“What are you two talking about?”

“How adorable you are, of course.”

Conner could see the way Rory didn’t really believe anybody could fall in love with him, and how past brushes with love had left him far too scarred. “Yes you really do, you’ve got my neck hurting a lot recently,” he smirked, smiling with his boyfriend. Conner truly loved him, wanted to spend his days with Roy and Lian whom he already viewed as his daughter. “Oh those arms sure are great when they’re around me, and well I can’t really deny that all of you is truly beautiful. Sadly I can’t show you that right cause it would require for me to kiss you in areas that are not apt for an audience,” the alien laughed before seeing Lian run up to them. “We’re a family and this is one of our homes, we’re going to be moving, I’ll make sure of it.” he grinned. “So we’ll be alone?” he raised a brow before his daughter finally reached them. Picking her up, he lifted her up on his shoulder. “And how I hope that you, birthday girl, are okay if I start calling your dad, my boyfriend, and if you’d like I could be your second dad, Lian.”

It was kind of amazing how far they all had come. From Young Justice, to the Teen Titans, and look at them all now. All grown up and such different people but a still a family nonetheless. Dick remembered that angry boy donned in all white he had met, he couldn’t be prouder to see the person he had become. Someone who used to tower over him, now almost the same height. Someone who had briefly been his enemy, now his family. “Glad to hear it,” He grinned approaching his former teamate. “I don’t know what I would have done if I was one of the low points.” He joked. “So what’ya cooking? Anything good?”

He was still that same boy he had met so long ago who had freed him on a hunch and helped him grow out of just being that angry lab experiment. They were family, and that was something that would never change. “I mean maybe in the beginning your face made me angry, or maybe I just thought you were cute, who knows. But you’ve always been a high point, Grayson. More so as nightwing than Robin, seeing you in green tights was kind of hilarious.” he teased. “I’m actually making a traditional dish from the caribbean, mofongo, it’s just friend mashed plantain but I hear it’s great and later I’m making a s’mores cheesecake.”

“Believe it or not, nobody is ever looking at me. I’m not the kind of guy who makes people turn heads when they walk into a room.” Roy became okay with that over time, accepting that was how his life would always be. He might just not have a lot of confidence in himself. Roy smiles though because it’s a silly name for a cat, he knows. “My old band was called Great Frog. She saw a lot of those old logos around my room when she was younger so meeting the cat she named it after what she saw all the time.” That old name has some bad memories attached to it. “You want me to try fitting into my old suit? I might rip it trying to get it over these arms of mine.” Roy playfully flexes one of his arms to show off his bicep. “You’d really help build it for me? I don’t know what to say except thank you when our life takes us down that path.“ This reminds him oddly enough of the time they had an arrow signal but that didn’t last long. “You’re such a sap and also so dirty. My skills in the bedroom really left an effect on you, huh?” His voice a whisper with that part.