#comingcclean

His nose is killing him. He's lucky if it's not broken at this point. It's weird, getting injured outside of karate. This time, he just ate shit while out practicing some new tricks with Danny. He had wanted to cover it up and deal with it on his own, but Theresa had seen it before he'd had the chance to, and wasn't having it.

He's still not used to all the maternal attention he'd sometimes get from her. Truth be told, he's only started getting used to Ryan. Out of the three of them, Danny was the easiest to deal with. Someone his own age, who didn't have any preconceived expectations of him.

He follows her order, pinches his nose, and leans forward. It seems counterintuitive to make it easier for the blood to leave his body. Still, he does what she says. He doesn't really know why, but he trusts her. He thinks he'd still trust her just as much, even if Ryan hadn't been the one to introduce them.

Was this what being stuck with only a single person as a normal point of contact was like? Somehow, when he had been brought in on this undercover gig, he'd been excited. Probably due to the completely incorrect image of being a superhero James Bond that had soon been replaced with the unromanticized reality. Being unable to actually be yourself because you had to be on your guard all the time, live the lie until it becomes your life. The only person he could be real with was Barbara, and that, well, might not be going too well right now.

she  believed  there  was  a  ghost  inside  her,  a  ghost  in  the  walls  of  her  mind,  echoing  secrets  of  the  past,  another  life.  she  draws  her  knees  to  her  chest,  wraps  her  arms  around  herself.  they  were  watching  a  movie  with  the  volume  on  real  low.  reggie  was  already  disinterested,  looking  vivian's  way.

Artemis' always suspects the worst every time her phone rings. At least the phone that she uses for Justice League and Team communications. So when it rings in the middle of the night, and she taps at her bedside table to find it, her stomach has already dropped low. She can hear Wally grumbling beside her and curling her into him, but she pays him no mind.

When she presses it to hear, she is met by Dick's panic. A frantic and stumbled story of Barbara and the hospital, and a slash to Batgirl's spine is enough to rush both Artemis and Wally immediately when she yells at him to wake.

A few hours later, Wally has steered Dick away from Barbara's hospital room in an attempt to keep him calm and get Artemis a coffee. She had remained behind, still wrapped in her pajamas and one of her boyfriend's hoodies, waist-length hair a mess from essentially rolling out of bed. She holds Barbara's hand as she waits, and finally, she hears a croaked groan.

the front bottoms starters

the front bottoms starters