Fic: Absolution, Teen Titans, Kon-El, PG, 1/1
Set during the end of Supergirl Version 5 #2. Kon gets it beaten into his head that his friends still care.
Absolution
“Hey, they don’t call us the ‘angsty Teens who need to hang out with our friends’ Titans for nothing,” Bart said, a subtly pointed barb at Kon.
Tim scowled at him. “Bart,” he chided, even as the tilt of his head towards Kon proved that he agreed. Then he turned to talk to the others, and it turned out that the two of them had brought Kory there. Normally she was the one to escalate conflict, but apparently she was there to give Kara the answers she’d been seeking.
The other Titans were just…incidental. Even if they had gone completely over the top when Supergirl showed up at Superman’s homestead. Maybe Batman had a problem with her, but Batman had a problem with everybody. And even if Supergirl was having problems with other heroes, since when did that mean Kon, the ex-Superboy, needed to get a beat-down?
And since when were Gar and Vic ‘Smash now, ask questions later’ types?
Kon’s face fell as he watched Supergirl fly away with Starfire, and the others - his former teammates, former friends - gather themselves together go…home.
Maybe Gar and Vic and the others had changed towards him after he got mind-controlled by Lex Luthor and broke them all like tinker toys. Or toy soldiers…
Yeah, probably then. But the other Titans wouldn’t have come to Smallville to check and see if he was okay if they didn’t care. Kon could be thick, but he understood that.
They were still his friends. They still considered him one of them. Or, well, Vic did.
But if the looks Bart was sending him - and since when did Impulse know stealth? - and the ones that Robin wasn’t sending him were anything to go by…
Yeah. They were still his friends, even if they weren’t teammates anymore.
“Stop by any time,” Robin told him as they were getting ready to leave. Bart nodded vehemently.
“…I might just do that,” Kon said, and even if he never followed up on that promise, it was worth it for the smiles on their faces. He just didn’t know if it was safe for him to be a superhero again. And yet, even as a ‘former Titan’ trouble in the form of his ‘cousin’ Supergirl had shown up on his doorstep.
And the Teen Titans come to help him. Because he was one of them, and he always would be.
Maybe it wasn’t about what he thought they needed - to be safe from him - but what they seemed to think he needed, as well as what they seemed to need - for him to be a member of the team.
Watching as they all flew away, a part of him wanting to follow…Kon thought that sooner, not later…he’d feel like the need was too much to ignore.
He could try and forget having been a member of Young Justice, of the Teen Titans…having been friends with Cassie, Tim and Bart…but there was no reason.
Especially when they’d already forgiven him.
Absolution
“Hey, they don’t call us the ‘angsty Teens who need to hang out with our friends’ Titans for nothing,” Bart said, a subtly pointed barb at Kon.
Tim scowled at him. “Bart,” he chided, even as the tilt of his head towards Kon proved that he agreed. Then he turned to talk to the others, and it turned out that the two of them had brought Kory there. Normally she was the one to escalate conflict, but apparently she was there to give Kara the answers she’d been seeking.
The other Titans were just…incidental. Even if they had gone completely over the top when Supergirl showed up at Superman’s homestead. Maybe Batman had a problem with her, but Batman had a problem with everybody. And even if Supergirl was having problems with other heroes, since when did that mean Kon, the ex-Superboy, needed to get a beat-down?
And since when were Gar and Vic ‘Smash now, ask questions later’ types?
Kon’s face fell as he watched Supergirl fly away with Starfire, and the others - his former teammates, former friends - gather themselves together go…home.
Maybe Gar and Vic and the others had changed towards him after he got mind-controlled by Lex Luthor and broke them all like tinker toys. Or toy soldiers…
Yeah, probably then. But the other Titans wouldn’t have come to Smallville to check and see if he was okay if they didn’t care. Kon could be thick, but he understood that.
They were still his friends. They still considered him one of them. Or, well, Vic did.
But if the looks Bart was sending him - and since when did Impulse know stealth? - and the ones that Robin wasn’t sending him were anything to go by…
Yeah. They were still his friends, even if they weren’t teammates anymore.
“Stop by any time,” Robin told him as they were getting ready to leave. Bart nodded vehemently.
“…I might just do that,” Kon said, and even if he never followed up on that promise, it was worth it for the smiles on their faces. He just didn’t know if it was safe for him to be a superhero again. And yet, even as a ‘former Titan’ trouble in the form of his ‘cousin’ Supergirl had shown up on his doorstep.
And the Teen Titans come to help him. Because he was one of them, and he always would be.
Maybe it wasn’t about what he thought they needed - to be safe from him - but what they seemed to think he needed, as well as what they seemed to need - for him to be a member of the team.
Watching as they all flew away, a part of him wanting to follow…Kon thought that sooner, not later…he’d feel like the need was too much to ignore.
He could try and forget having been a member of Young Justice, of the Teen Titans…having been friends with Cassie, Tim and Bart…but there was no reason.
Especially when they’d already forgiven him.