#damiannette

• Hawkmoth is left to metaphorically lick his literal wounds • In that time of temporary peace, a strange, new office building is erected in Paris, not far from the school and bakery. • Despite its bland appearance, it really is quite the HQ      o it has a fully decked out gym and showers,      o dormitories for hiding out in case of an identity crisis, including spare rooms for persons of interest and loved ones to hide out in as well,      o a very large kitchen with all amenities,      o several meeting rooms for tactics, team building, what have you,      o a special, reinforced training chamber for advanced power containment (sparring room with several-layer thick metal walls and special equipment meant to suppress Kryptonian abilities enough for more balanced physical training/sparring),      o several discreet entrances,      o an advanced infirmary,      o a workshop/armory for them to store their special/magical weapons and batarangs as well as develop *cough*design*cough* armor, suits, and tools for special occasions      o and, of course, a trophy room/storage room • about two months after the building is complete, one nightly patrol, Robin and Calliope don’t show up, instead the two receive a call from Robin to meet on top of the office building. • They arrive and don’t find anyone there, though they do find a wide-open door, practically begging them to come in, • They’re cautious, but enter, fully prepared for a trap, they follow the lit hallways towards a large steel door, opened enough for them to see Damian and Marinette, tangled together on a large cushioned mat, under clear LED lights with what appear to be soft green neon lights as well (think about the supergirl series) • As they get closer, they hear Damian gently instructing Marinette along in how to escape from their position and Marinette slowly follows along as he instructs her. • Pixie and Chat walk into the room and do a quick visual sweep of it before stepping in, o No cameras o No obvious traps, o It looks like some of the panels in the walls can be opened but that may just be storage or design, • Chat clears his throat and draws Damian’s attention, but in his distraction, Marinette turns the tables and flips over him pulling him into an armbar. • He lets out a breathy laugh before easily pulling himself out and coming to a stance above her. • he then helps her up and they turn to face the newcomers, giving Chat and Pixie a chance to notice their athletic wear, • Marinette was wearing a fitted crop top and a pair of shorts of her hero persona’s colors, she seemed physically drained, which Rose didn’t notice was unusual until she realized that, Marinette is literally never tired. • Damian was wearing a simple red tank top with a pair of green gym shorts, and while he may not have seemed as worn out as Marinette was, unlike her, his skin had a particular sheen, and his shirt was damp in a few places as if he were working out. • The blonde pair take a second of awkwardly staring at the two before they gasp simultaneously. • This is about when Damian turns the green light off, and Marinette immediately starts to look energized. • Marinette assures them that they don’t need to reveal themselves, she’d already spoken with Fu about how important the Miraculous secrets are. • They’re both excited to have their own base of operations and training center and everything. • Marinette gives them a tour and even shows them their own rooms, while Damian hits the showers o While they’re separated, Pixie can’t help but ask about Damian and Marinette’s relationship o Marinette is caught off-guard and is too flustered to answer o Rose will drill her for information in class, later • Unsatisfied with this answer, when they all meet back up on the roof, Pixie asks Damian about it • He says one of those things that is simple yet kinda profound? o Marinette.exe has stopped responding • They decide that patrol can be put to rest that night and Pixie and Chat head home, excited about their new base and knowing that their friends are also their partners in heroism, • Damian walks Marinette back to her place, and they have one of those short talks that people have in front of the door, because they want to spend a few more minutes together. • They talk about training and classes and homework, and while Damian, very briefly, looks away, she strikes, leaning in close to plant a kiss on his cheek. • Fortunately for both of them, Damian’s distraction ended as she started leaning in. • As he turns his head back to her, her lips make contact with the corner of his own. • She pulls away surprised that he turned, and they stare at each other, both increasingly red-faced • A switch in Damian’s head switches to ‘Screw it’ and he takes her hand, gently pulling her a bit closer,      o “For a girl with superhuman sight and reflexes, you have terrible aim.”      o They kiss for real. • The moment is ruined when Clark opens the door to leave and catches them, with Jon still hugging Sabine and Tom, goodbye, right behind him,      o “Oh, there you are!” ~Clark      o “I knew it!” ~Jon and Tom      o *Already planning ways to spoil her grandchildren* ~Sabine

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·         “Riiiiiiiight-wait ‘angel’?”

·         “We’llreportbackifwehaveanyfurtherinformation. Robin out.” Damian quickly hangs up the video call and shuts off the computer.

·         A muffled voice can be heard from within the closet, “Ooooh ‘angel’ huh?” followed by a pair of separate voices snickering.

·         Damian would deny blushing as much as Marinette would deny giggling at it before heading to the closet.

·         When she opens it Billy Batson (not transformed), beast boy (his name is Garfield right?), and Wally west come stumbling out.

·         Apparently, people from all over the JL have been visiting for a couple of weeks now.

·         After Diana and Arthur return to the tower, they gush about Paris’s heroes, everyone has had to stop by and meet Superman’s niece and her young hero team

·         It’s just everyone showing up in groups at night, during patrols

·         Of course, they “need to” bribe them to keep quiet about it

o   Damian wouldn’t have actually said anything because he didn’t care as long as they didn’t’ cause trouble, but he doesn’t say that out loud so that people give him weapons and junk

§  It had nothing to do with the fact that he liked seeing his team happy.

o   Marinette wouldn’t have said anything because she wouldn’t have wanted anyone to get in trouble

§  And maybe she likes when people give her things and hang out

o   Chat and Pixie are stoked to be meeting

·         At the end of the third month, Marinette’s trying to find space for all the little doodads that they’ve been receiving. Swords, clothes, magic weapons and materials, a mini star chamber (little metal box with a literal star sitting in a vacuum for Marinette to absorb power from if needed, courtesy of the flash)

·         Damian was running out of space on his pegboard to fit all the weapons and the little bookshelf of video games was starting to spill out.

·         Rose had a rather large box of autographs and an external hard drive full of pictures of her being carried by, hanging off the arms off, and otherwise participating in tomfoolery with the foreign heroes.

·         Now Calliope has a litany of outfits and armors to wear, and thanks to the sorcerers and magicians that visited, a lot of them are magic-proof or at least partially warded against magic

·         She’s even made a few suits for Damian as Robin, the one he wears the most is called the “Starling Suit”.

o   He denies that it’s his favorite, but it so is,

o   Most of the suit is nearly black, but in the right light it reflects blue.

o   It has slightly reflective, spots and lines to break up his silhouette at night, along the cape, his sides, and his legs

o   The cape itself splits into two large wings that fan out to catch wind.

o   It comes with a domino mask with an additional part to cover and protect his nose and a separate, aerodynamically designed helmet that includes a magically enhanced respiratory filter.

o   This suit, like a bunch that Marinette made, included grasping points on a subtly sewn-in harness that Marinette can use to drop Robin in from above.

o   “Justice rains from above!” -Chat one time

§  Robin and Calliope understood the reference, Pixiebug just smiled and googled it later

·         On the topic of visitors, however, there are a few that arrive with permission from Bruce and Clark

·         And when I say permission, I mean they couldn’t stop them from visiting if they tried

·         The specific visitors are Kara, “Auntie Kara” to Marinette, the Kents, and, of course, the Batfam.

·         When Kara, or her alter-ego Supergirl, shows up Marinette has to pick her up in the strongest hug she can, often lifting her up with Kara commenting on how strong she’s getting.

·         When Jon and Kon visits it’s the other way around for a second as they pick her up in bone-crushing hugs and Marinette just laughs at them before instantly turning the tables until they say “uncle”.

·         She does her gentle hug with Aunt Lois

·         The batfam visit all at once.

·         The class is stoked that the Waynes, and others drop by

·         They’re around for a week and pester Damian and totally “approve of Marinette” the whole time.

·         Damian doesn’t know what they mean and doesn’t understand why she gets embarrassed when they say that.

·         One day everyone from both fams including Ma and Pa Kents visit at once. Bruce decides to take them all to dinner by completely buying out the most expensive restaurant in Paris for an evening.

·         The people who made reservations were bummed and akuma happens.

·         Pixiebug and Chat Noir show up, five minutes after the akuma alert to find everyone still enjoying their dinners.

·         Everyone gushes over the two heroes and they get caught up in the moment too much to notice the human burrito in the corner, very tightly wrapped in several tablecloths.

·         Ten minutes later, Pixie remembers why they’re there and everyone points to the burrito.

·         The victim’s lucky that they don’t remember what happens during the fights because they’d have ptsd.

·         At the end of dinner as everyone starts to rise from their chairs and start to say good bye… “So ‘Angel’, Huh?” -Bruce, very loudly

·         Everyone freezes and stares between a red Damian and a shyly smiling Marinette.