#young trinity

I must admit, it’s not a lot different from how I saw it happening pre-Reboot, just without a lot of the specific details. I do have this delicious fantasy scenario where it plays out as a subplot over the course of several story arcs. 

First, Cassie and Kon kiss impulsively and it makes things awkward between them. Then Cassie and Tim kiss impulsively and it makes things awkward between them. And then Kon and Tim find out they both kissed Cassie and it makes things awkward between all three of them, with Bart as the glue that helps keep the core team together. 

So it goes like that for a while until Cassie finally has enough and asks Tim and Kon to meet her somewhere private, like maybe her dorm room/apartment. At which point she sits them both down and demands that they all clear the air between them, because they all love each other too much to risk ruining it with all this awkward. 

And then she drops the bomb: “I love you. Both of you. And I want you. Both of you.” 

“I’ve seen how you two look at each other. We can make this work, the three of us. Together.”

Tim and Kon glance at each other. Like they’ve never considered this before, aren’t certain whether it’s allowed. Then Kon sighs. “I’m not saying you’re wrong, Cassie. But let me try something first.” 

He kisses Tim. It’s awkward, at first. Neither of them has seriously kissed a guy before. But soon enough they both melt, and it feels so right. When they finally pull apart there’s another moment of staring before Kon finally asks, “Okay?” 

Tim sighs, relaxing for the first time in ages. It feels right. “Okay.” 

Cassie pulls them both in for a hug on the bed. They’re all holding each other, and holding hands. “Okay.” 

And then you see the title of the issue, and it’s Trinity. 

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(Afterwards/next issue there’s a scene where Bart bursts in and sees the three of them all being affectionate together and he winds up being the first person they come out to. They’re all on-edge, clearly worried that he might take it badly, and at first that seems to be the case. 

“If you three are together now, that means that I’m…I’m…”

“Oh Bart, it’s not that we don’t–” “It’s not like that, really–” “We still love you, buddy–!”

“…now I’m EVERYBODY’S FIRST BEST FRIEND!! 🤩🤩🤩”