Teen Titans: Kid Flash/Jinx: Friend
Title: Friend
Fandom: Teen Titans
Characters: Kid Flash/Jinx
Prompt: 007: Friend
Word Count: 1582
Rating: T
Summary: It's not only demons from your past that come back to find you. Sometimes it's your friends.
Author's Notes: Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans.
The sun had just begun to set when the call came in that a gang of thugs was causing havoc in the warehouses. Jinx and Kid Flash had gone out with a shrug, expecting a short fight, easy victory, and to be back home before the evening set in.
What they hadn’t expected was that there would be eight thugs. With guns. And knives. Which wasn’t all that bad either- all it meant was a slightly longer fight- except that there weren’t any people in the warehouses to mug, and there were certainly no valuables for the stealing. But criminals had been known to do stranger things, so Kid Flash took the thugs on the left while Jinx dealt with the thugs on the right.
Her eyes glowing pink, Jinx dealt each thug a dose of hex, dodging the occasional bullet, and, when she was close enough, fighting hand to hand. When one of the thugs tried to rush at her, she put her hand out as if to say “stop” and a blast of hex threw him back just as she turned to slam her fist into the chin of one of the other gang members.
It went on this way for a little while, until at some point Jinx realized that she had been moving backwards, towards one of the open warehouses. Not only that, but she seemed to have lost sight of Kid Flash. There was a slight lull in the fight- just a moment or so when Jinx was able to catch her breath- and in the second she turned her head to try and catch a glimpse of Kid Flash’s uniform she was suddenly shoved backwards, the momentum of which slammed her into the back wall of the warehouse.
Jinx cursed softly and rubbed her head as she stood up. Looking around for the thug that had taken her by surprise, she suddenly noticed that the garage-style door of the warehouse was closing- and fast.
Jinx broke out in a run, willing herself to go faster, but the door was faster than she was, and it slammed to the ground seconds before she reached it.
Taking a deep breath to regain her balance, Jinx raised her hand to deliver a hex that would hopefully blow the door to kingdom come, when a sound behind her caught her attention. As she turned around in the dim light of the spacious, empty warehouse, Jinx heard the sound again.
Jinx narrowed her eyes; most likely it was the thug that had been bothering her, and it was probably a better idea to open the door and then take the guy out, but the sound of footsteps made Jinx turn completely from the door. Eyes glowing pink, hands raised in anticipation, Jinx waited as her pursuer approached from out of the shadows. And she gasped.
“Hey, Jinx.”
She’d honestly expected- well, at least she’d hoped- never to see him again. Because as close as they’d once been, as close as they’d once been to being more than friends, as much as she had regretted never properly saying goodbye to him, Jinx knew that if they were to ever meet again, this was how it would be. On different sides of the world. On different sides of the law.
Jinx lowered her hands, but only slightly, and spoke quietly. “See-More.”
He smiled. “It’s been a while.”
“Yeah.” Jinx shifted nervously, her eyes darting from him to the emptiness all around them.
Seeming to sense her worry, See-More said, “Oh, don’t worry about those guys. They’re ordered not to hurt you- either of you,” he added, “and they won’t attack right now.”
“How do you kn-“ Jinx narrowed her eyes. Suddenly she understood. “Did you hire them?” she asked incredulously.
See-More shrugged. “I had to find some way of seeing you.”
When he didn’t deny it, Jinx took a step back. But then what he’d said started to sink in.
“Wait,” she said. “What do you mean?”
“I mean…” He was silent as he picked his words. Finally he settled for what had already been said. “I wanted to see you.”
“Why?” Jinx asked, a little harsher than she had intended.
“Because,” See-More began, taking a hesitant step forwards. “I- I missed you.”
Jinx stood silently, her hands still glowing, but down by her sides. Regarding See-More uneasily, she tried to make sense of his words.
He missed her. He missed her? Of all the things she had expected him to say, this had never even crossed her mind. Why should he miss her, when she had left him for the opposition? When she had pulled him from the HIVE to join her team, only to ditch them soon after? When she had taken advantage of his feelings for her, knowing she would never be able to reciprocate them?
Why should he miss her?
“You shouldn’t miss me.” Jinx said softly.
See-More shrugged. “But I do.”
Jinx’s eyes started to glow pink and See-More stepped back, having spent enough time with her to know what this meant.
“You shouldn’t miss me!” she screamed. She wasn’t sure why she was so angry, only that she was, she was furious, and she couldn’t bottle it up any longer. “You shouldn’t want to see me! You should hate me! You should want to see me dead!”
See-More opened his mouth but no words came out. Hurt shone in his one huge eye.
“Why would you want to see me, See-More? I betrayed my own team, I betrayed you, I joined the other side!” Jinx raised a glowing pink hand, but when See-More flinched in anticipation she stopped. She wasn’t angry with See-More. She was angry with… her.
Jinx lowered her hand. Her eyes returned to their normal color and she shook her head. “You shouldn’t miss me.”
“Jinx,” See-More began hesitantly. “I didn’t… I really…” He bit his lip and looked away. “Do you really think I should hate you?”
Jinx frowned. “Why shouldn’t you?”
See-More smiled lightly and turned back towards her. “I don’t know.” Before Jinx could interrupt he continued, “But I don’t. Not anymore.”
A knot started to form in Jinx’s stomach at his words. “Did you?” she asked, unsure of what she wanted his answer to be.
“The team was mad,” See-More conceded. “It got pretty bad there for a while. I- I wouldn’t go making trouble in their stomping ground for a while if I was you, but things have cooled down a little at home.” It didn’t get by Jinx that See-More had not quite answered her question.
She was silent, looking at the ground between them, and then, “I’m sorry.” See-More didn’t try to interject, so Jinx went on. “I’m sorry I left the team. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. I’m sorry I…” She looked up at him. “I’m sorry I messed everything up.”
See-More nodded, and in that one small motion relieved her of everything she had feared. “Are you...” He motioned behind Jinx, to where Kid Flash was presumably still fighting. “Are you happy now?”
Jinx couldn’t help it: she smiled lightly. “Yes.”
A pleased smile passed over See-More’s face. “That’s good.”
Jinx looked back over her shoulder for a moment. When she turned back she asked, “What if I had been hurt? Or what if…” Motioning over her shoulder, she finished, “What if he had been hurt?”
See-More smiled again. “Oh, come on, Jinx, I know you better than that. A couple hired hands couldn’t touch you even if they hadn’t been hired by me. And I figured you wouldn’t have left us for someone that couldn’t handle himself in a fight.”
The corners of Jinx’s mouth rose again, slightly. “Thank you.”
A look of confusion crossed See-More’s face briefly. “For what?”
“For…” Jinx spread her hands around her. “For understanding me. For finding me. For everything.”
See-More smiled, and opened his mouth to respond when they heard Jinx’s name being called from outside the warehouse.
“Looks like your hired help wasn’t very competent,” she teased.
Shrugging, See-More responded, “You get what you don’t pay for.”
Jinx laughed, but See-More’s face had grown sober.
“You’re going to get in trouble if they find out I was here and you didn’t catch me,” he said seriously.
Jinx turned around. She was aware she was breaking all the rules in the book, but there was no way she was going to arrest See-More. “I can’t catch someone I never saw.”
She could still feel his gaze on her back. Finally he said, “See you around, Jinx.”
Jinx swallowed. “Goodbye.”
Behind her Jinx could faintly hear shoe steps as See-More retreated. She counted to ten in her head, wanting to turn around yet not wanting to for fear of who she would- or wouldn’t- see. A hand on her shoulder made her spin backwards.
“Jinx, are you okay?”
When she came face-to-face with Kid Flash her expression changed, whether for better or worse she wasn’t sure. Jinx suppressed whatever she was feeling and
nodded. “Yeah. I’m fine.”
Kid Flash looked around. “What happened? Was someone in here?”
Jinx nodded. “Yeah, but I lost him.” She wasn’t lying- only telling part of the truth.
“Well, the rest of them are rounded up. One of them by themselves isn’t going to get very far.” They started walking back towards the exit. “After all, what’s one person without their friends?”
Jinx laced her fingers through Kid Flash’s as she answered.
“Nothing.”
Fandom: Teen Titans
Characters: Kid Flash/Jinx
Prompt: 007: Friend
Word Count: 1582
Rating: T
Summary: It's not only demons from your past that come back to find you. Sometimes it's your friends.
Author's Notes: Disclaimer: I don't own Teen Titans.
The sun had just begun to set when the call came in that a gang of thugs was causing havoc in the warehouses. Jinx and Kid Flash had gone out with a shrug, expecting a short fight, easy victory, and to be back home before the evening set in.
What they hadn’t expected was that there would be eight thugs. With guns. And knives. Which wasn’t all that bad either- all it meant was a slightly longer fight- except that there weren’t any people in the warehouses to mug, and there were certainly no valuables for the stealing. But criminals had been known to do stranger things, so Kid Flash took the thugs on the left while Jinx dealt with the thugs on the right.
Her eyes glowing pink, Jinx dealt each thug a dose of hex, dodging the occasional bullet, and, when she was close enough, fighting hand to hand. When one of the thugs tried to rush at her, she put her hand out as if to say “stop” and a blast of hex threw him back just as she turned to slam her fist into the chin of one of the other gang members.
It went on this way for a little while, until at some point Jinx realized that she had been moving backwards, towards one of the open warehouses. Not only that, but she seemed to have lost sight of Kid Flash. There was a slight lull in the fight- just a moment or so when Jinx was able to catch her breath- and in the second she turned her head to try and catch a glimpse of Kid Flash’s uniform she was suddenly shoved backwards, the momentum of which slammed her into the back wall of the warehouse.
Jinx cursed softly and rubbed her head as she stood up. Looking around for the thug that had taken her by surprise, she suddenly noticed that the garage-style door of the warehouse was closing- and fast.
Jinx broke out in a run, willing herself to go faster, but the door was faster than she was, and it slammed to the ground seconds before she reached it.
Taking a deep breath to regain her balance, Jinx raised her hand to deliver a hex that would hopefully blow the door to kingdom come, when a sound behind her caught her attention. As she turned around in the dim light of the spacious, empty warehouse, Jinx heard the sound again.
Jinx narrowed her eyes; most likely it was the thug that had been bothering her, and it was probably a better idea to open the door and then take the guy out, but the sound of footsteps made Jinx turn completely from the door. Eyes glowing pink, hands raised in anticipation, Jinx waited as her pursuer approached from out of the shadows. And she gasped.
“Hey, Jinx.”
She’d honestly expected- well, at least she’d hoped- never to see him again. Because as close as they’d once been, as close as they’d once been to being more than friends, as much as she had regretted never properly saying goodbye to him, Jinx knew that if they were to ever meet again, this was how it would be. On different sides of the world. On different sides of the law.
Jinx lowered her hands, but only slightly, and spoke quietly. “See-More.”
He smiled. “It’s been a while.”
“Yeah.” Jinx shifted nervously, her eyes darting from him to the emptiness all around them.
Seeming to sense her worry, See-More said, “Oh, don’t worry about those guys. They’re ordered not to hurt you- either of you,” he added, “and they won’t attack right now.”
“How do you kn-“ Jinx narrowed her eyes. Suddenly she understood. “Did you hire them?” she asked incredulously.
See-More shrugged. “I had to find some way of seeing you.”
When he didn’t deny it, Jinx took a step back. But then what he’d said started to sink in.
“Wait,” she said. “What do you mean?”
“I mean…” He was silent as he picked his words. Finally he settled for what had already been said. “I wanted to see you.”
“Why?” Jinx asked, a little harsher than she had intended.
“Because,” See-More began, taking a hesitant step forwards. “I- I missed you.”
Jinx stood silently, her hands still glowing, but down by her sides. Regarding See-More uneasily, she tried to make sense of his words.
He missed her. He missed her? Of all the things she had expected him to say, this had never even crossed her mind. Why should he miss her, when she had left him for the opposition? When she had pulled him from the HIVE to join her team, only to ditch them soon after? When she had taken advantage of his feelings for her, knowing she would never be able to reciprocate them?
Why should he miss her?
“You shouldn’t miss me.” Jinx said softly.
See-More shrugged. “But I do.”
Jinx’s eyes started to glow pink and See-More stepped back, having spent enough time with her to know what this meant.
“You shouldn’t miss me!” she screamed. She wasn’t sure why she was so angry, only that she was, she was furious, and she couldn’t bottle it up any longer. “You shouldn’t want to see me! You should hate me! You should want to see me dead!”
See-More opened his mouth but no words came out. Hurt shone in his one huge eye.
“Why would you want to see me, See-More? I betrayed my own team, I betrayed you, I joined the other side!” Jinx raised a glowing pink hand, but when See-More flinched in anticipation she stopped. She wasn’t angry with See-More. She was angry with… her.
Jinx lowered her hand. Her eyes returned to their normal color and she shook her head. “You shouldn’t miss me.”
“Jinx,” See-More began hesitantly. “I didn’t… I really…” He bit his lip and looked away. “Do you really think I should hate you?”
Jinx frowned. “Why shouldn’t you?”
See-More smiled lightly and turned back towards her. “I don’t know.” Before Jinx could interrupt he continued, “But I don’t. Not anymore.”
A knot started to form in Jinx’s stomach at his words. “Did you?” she asked, unsure of what she wanted his answer to be.
“The team was mad,” See-More conceded. “It got pretty bad there for a while. I- I wouldn’t go making trouble in their stomping ground for a while if I was you, but things have cooled down a little at home.” It didn’t get by Jinx that See-More had not quite answered her question.
She was silent, looking at the ground between them, and then, “I’m sorry.” See-More didn’t try to interject, so Jinx went on. “I’m sorry I left the team. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you. I’m sorry I…” She looked up at him. “I’m sorry I messed everything up.”
See-More nodded, and in that one small motion relieved her of everything she had feared. “Are you...” He motioned behind Jinx, to where Kid Flash was presumably still fighting. “Are you happy now?”
Jinx couldn’t help it: she smiled lightly. “Yes.”
A pleased smile passed over See-More’s face. “That’s good.”
Jinx looked back over her shoulder for a moment. When she turned back she asked, “What if I had been hurt? Or what if…” Motioning over her shoulder, she finished, “What if he had been hurt?”
See-More smiled again. “Oh, come on, Jinx, I know you better than that. A couple hired hands couldn’t touch you even if they hadn’t been hired by me. And I figured you wouldn’t have left us for someone that couldn’t handle himself in a fight.”
The corners of Jinx’s mouth rose again, slightly. “Thank you.”
A look of confusion crossed See-More’s face briefly. “For what?”
“For…” Jinx spread her hands around her. “For understanding me. For finding me. For everything.”
See-More smiled, and opened his mouth to respond when they heard Jinx’s name being called from outside the warehouse.
“Looks like your hired help wasn’t very competent,” she teased.
Shrugging, See-More responded, “You get what you don’t pay for.”
Jinx laughed, but See-More’s face had grown sober.
“You’re going to get in trouble if they find out I was here and you didn’t catch me,” he said seriously.
Jinx turned around. She was aware she was breaking all the rules in the book, but there was no way she was going to arrest See-More. “I can’t catch someone I never saw.”
She could still feel his gaze on her back. Finally he said, “See you around, Jinx.”
Jinx swallowed. “Goodbye.”
Behind her Jinx could faintly hear shoe steps as See-More retreated. She counted to ten in her head, wanting to turn around yet not wanting to for fear of who she would- or wouldn’t- see. A hand on her shoulder made her spin backwards.
“Jinx, are you okay?”
When she came face-to-face with Kid Flash her expression changed, whether for better or worse she wasn’t sure. Jinx suppressed whatever she was feeling and
nodded. “Yeah. I’m fine.”
Kid Flash looked around. “What happened? Was someone in here?”
Jinx nodded. “Yeah, but I lost him.” She wasn’t lying- only telling part of the truth.
“Well, the rest of them are rounded up. One of them by themselves isn’t going to get very far.” They started walking back towards the exit. “After all, what’s one person without their friends?”
Jinx laced her fingers through Kid Flash’s as she answered.
“Nothing.”