More than a little late for that meme train!
Various DCU 'Five things', done in chat. If anyone wants to ask for one, feel free.
ETA: There are also "Five reasons Steph was Robin, real and for true for Katarik." and "Five people Matches Malone had sex with for Katarik. -- Content some may find Matches, aka disturbing." ones, but LJ seems to not be showing the cut tags. *fist of rage*
Five times Slade *knew* the Robins were kids for Katarik.
1. After Brother Blood, there was something different in how the kid moved, like he'd forgotten where he ended or found out where his edges were, and he's been fighting the kid for years, but it sinks in just how young and vulnerable the kid is.
2. The kid is not Grayson, and he throws punches like there's no other way to fight. He doesn't look like he wants to save the world; he looks like he'd be in a brawl even without a suit. Slade thinks that, if he were still fifteen himself, they might have been friends.
3. It makes the papers and the twenty-four hour news networks even outside of Gotham. Slade was never the one hired for the torture jobs; he was the guy you hired to make sure the target was eliminated and stayed that way, but he can guess what they're not saying about a dead minor.
Rose is about the same age. He'll train her better than that.
4. He still doesn't know the entire story, but he can figure it out the bones of it, and the Robin now, the one with the hair, he'd been dating the little blonde. Now he's in Bludhaven, and he moves as flawlessly as anyone Batman's trained, but he watches a father and son walking out of a theater and his shoulders hunch like a child who sees a strike coming.
5. Dick replies, "But I did let her kill him," and pulls Renegade's mask over his face the way Grant had his under his blankie when the big stranger had come home from 'Nam.
Five things that make the Robins happy for Katarik.
1. When Superman rests his hand on Dick's shoulder and says, "Robin was very helpful, Batman," and Bruce nods, Dick feels like it's the best birthday and Christmas and everything all in one. He'd jump off the building and whoop, but he's trying to be mature. Batman says it's important to present yourself the way you want to be treated.
2. Jay is two lines behind Batman, and Gotham is sparkling and spread out beneath them, and he tucks into a somersault between lines. It's like Gotham is the crowd and they're the headliners, flying above the center ring.
3. Jason knows there'll be fall out, but when Garzonas falls, he can't keep from smiling. It's not every night they go home knowing the world is a better place than it was when they suited up.
4. Batgirl and Spoiler are sparring on the roof behind him and Nightwing is doing a handstand on a gargoyle's ears. Steph tells Cass she's a cheater while Cass giggles and Dick grins at him and Tim wants this, just this, forever.
5. She's perfectly in synch with Cass, and the 'bangers are dropping around them, and they are so totally the best Batgirl and Robin ever. When Cass grasps her wrist to lead her into the kick, she squeezes extra hard, because Cass knows too.
Five things no one knows but Alfred for Betty.
1. What a happy child Bruce was.
2. How hard Dick cried the first night he slept in Wayne Manor.
3. How terrified Jason's eyes were when Bruce brought him in the cave.
4. They all know Tim believed it was necessary for Batman to have a partner, but no one else saw how he trembled before putting on the suit the first time.
5. The sound of Stephanie's laughter in the cave. She never laughed when Bruce was there.
Five ways in which Roy and Jason could have met for Katarik.
1. There was that time the Titans' fight managed to wind its way down the coast to Gotham, and really, Jason had some sort of caped duty to rescue the cute redhead with a great rack from Bruce's rage. Well, the one who wasn't an alien princess and also Dick's girlfriend.
2. When shit got bad in Gotham, after his mom died, Jason decided Gotham could go fuck itself, pawned everything he could get money for, and bought a bus ticket as far the hell away as he could get. Should've known better than to pick another city with a cape -- if he'd wanted to deal with that shit, he could've stayed in Gotham and risked getting busted by freakman -- but the Robin Hood wannabe just gave him a paper with an afterschool program's information on it. Six months later, Ollie's not-son came home to show off his baby girl.
3. Dick made what Alfred called a 'sustenance run', which involved three picnic baskets packed by Alfred and kidnapping Jason to help carry them. The Tower was big and stupid looking (a fucking T? then again, panties, can't trust Dick's taste) and Jason really was afraid that Flash was going to take his arms off in the process of getting his basket.
"Dick, man, that was just cruel, giving Wally's basket to someone who didn't know better," Speedy said, grinning, and Jason almost forgave Dick's taste then and there.
4. They didn't exchange last names -- Bill W. had rules -- but Roy didn't seem to mind letting him bum smokes, even after he admitted in meeting that he was only here because his public defender had made a deal to get the soliciting and possession charges dropped in exchange for rehab.
5. It's... They'd met before -- Robin may only be a reserve Titan, but he still fucking is one -- but somehow Speedy showed up in Gotham and dogged him on patrol. And when he finally stopped and glared, Speedy held both hands out, empty and open, and said, "'Wing thinks you should talk to somebody."
And there's Garzonas, and his mother, and Bruce was fucking retarded, and he said, "Yeah, well, tell him to fuck off." But Speedy was determined to keep up even though it wasn't his town, and Jason would have to stop again. Maybe they would talk then.
Five ways Mr. Sarcastic saved Young Justice for Katarik.
1. Batman doesn't kill, but he might have made an exception for blowing Rob's whole 'urban legend' thing.
2. Cassie was looking seriously enraged over everyone's AM stupidity, like she was considering testing just how much damage god-granted strength could do, and Mr. Sarcastic said, "You know, billions of people on this planet would never make that fashion statement, do you really think they're all wrong?"
3.When Deathstroke showed up to induct them to the long, proud tradition of being teenaged superheroes nearly killed by him, he'd stopped dead and stared at Mr. Sarcastic. Mr. Sarcastic had looked Deathstroke up and down, real slow, and said, "You know, I think those bell-bottoms were five years out of style when I was born."
Then Deathstroke said, "Last time I saw someone dressed like that, he was peddling ass."
When they got back after the League saved them, everyone but Mr. Sarcastic looked wrung out. Mr. Sarcastic just got a Zesti and drank it, as if he hadn't spent 20 minutes insulting one of the world's best hitmen about his fashion sense while dressed like that.
4. When Nightwing and Arsenal showed up to drop off the equipment, everyone was pretty sure they were going to explode or something, they were laughing so hard. Mr. Sarcastic waited for them to run out of breath and said, "I'm not wearing panties or chaps. If the two of you are done?" After that, they pretty much kept it under control, though occasionally Arsenal made a noise that absolutely was not a giggle, no matter what it sounded like.
5. When they heard Ivy had decided to reforest the entire eastern seaboard, Mr. Sarcastic had muttered, "I am not peddling my ass to save the world."
Kon didn't leave any marks that wouldn't be covered by, well, the Robin suit anyway.
Five people Dick wishes he'd slept with and didn't for Katarik.
1. Tim. It's not really about the sex, it's just because Tim is his little brother and he loves him so much, and he wishes he could express it so that Tim would really understand. But Tim's too smart to fall for that kind of complication.
2. Wally. All right, it might be because of all the jokes Roy made when they were kids (and not kids anymore).
3. Cass. She probably saw how many times he thought she wasn't his Batgirl, but he loved her too. She's family, and maybe if she'd known that, she wouldn't be a killer now.
4. Grace. He's been accused of having scary taste in women (though Roy really doesn't have room to talk). He's not sure that even Grace's libido could overcome the impression Nightwing made on her, though, so he'll probably never try.
5. Bruce. He's been trying to be everything Bruce has needed him to be since he was eight years old, and he's not sure he'll ever be able to stop trying. Sex would probably be less painful than Blackgate was.
Five reasons Steph was Robin, real and for true for Katarik.
1. She knew there weren't many things more satisfying than the sound a mugger's nose made when you punched it flat against his face.
2. Okay, so it's not how Tim did it, but sometimes she gets hyper and it gets way, way under the big man's too tight bat-undies, but she's heard Nightwing on the comms some nights to Batman, and she's seen him with Tim, and obviously, there is room for Robin to A) enjoy this and B) bounce off the walls while doing so.
Though Nightwing is a little more literal with the wall bouncing thing, but he has been doing this longer.
3. It... They don't have a rhythm yet, not like she does with Cass or Tim, but she can feel it lurking just on the edge of her peripheral vision, and they're almost there when they fight together now. That effortless back-to-back thing, where it's you and your partner and the whole fucking world can come at you, you're going to beat them.
4. She didn't use the Kryptonite Batman totally must have somewhere because he's crazy (exhibit A: Tim's birthday) on Superboy when he was a total dick to her.
5.Really, she's totally done this before, like, a lot, and just because she's in Ti- Robin's colors doesn't make it anything different than it was in eggplant. She puts the would-be rapist down hard but without any more serious damage than bruises, zip strips the bastard, and goes to help the woman up. The woman tangles her hands in Steph's skirt (okay, really not a problem Tim had ever had, or at least not one he ever told Steph about) and thanks her, over and over, and Steph totally is the best Robin ever, because she doesn't actually slap the woman to snap her out of it, she does that soothing talking thing and gets her out of the alley and moving toward the clinic.
When she looks up, there are two sets of bat-ears, and she knows Batgirl is grinning like a fool and Batman is probably planning on telling her fifteen things she could have done better, but there's nothing he can tell her she did wrong.
Five people Matches Malone had sex with for Katarik.
1. The thirty-ish blonde nursing her drink at the end of the bar has legs that go all the way up to there and a sad face. He's pretty flush this week, so he has the bartender make another of what she's having and delivers it himself. "Matches Malone."
She smiles, though her eyes shift when she says, "Barbara." Probably not her real name, but what does he care? Some other guy did something stupid that sent her here to drink, lie and smile at strange men. Matches doesn't miss opportunities like this.
Later, when the legs that go all the way up are braced to either side of him, he watches her ride him and realizes she's the cleanest thing in his apartment.
2. Matches doesn't normally leave Gotham, but he'd heard there was good work in Star City. Course, he'd heard wrong, they weren't paying for shit, so they could find someone else to do it. He wasn't leaving 'til morning, though, so he had some time to kill. The bar was a bit nicer than the places he usually went, but that tended to happen outside Gotham. Beer was the same, and the obviously strung out but pretty boy propositioning him was a nice change.
Kid was good, sucking cock like he actually wanted to be in this alley getting Matches off, but Matches know damn good and well he was only there for the $10 sticking out of the chest pocket of Matches' third best jacket.
He tugs on the boy's red hair and lets himself thrust harder.
3. Selina's a classy broad, too good for his kind of place and his kind of people, but she comes 'round anyway. She doesn't even complain when he gets his hand up the slit in her skirt, until she does. "Christ, Matches, your breath stinks. Mints, gum, something."
He spins her around, fast as he can, presses her up against the wall, and says, "Yeah, something," in her ear. She just arches her back and lets him push her skirt up over her hips, so her ass is naked and sticking out. It's perfect, every moment of it, her thrusting back and growling, her breasts filling his hands, and when she comes, she digs her nails into his thigh so hard she breaks skin.
4. He'd known better, he'd fucking well known better than to come to this shit hole. Of course he'd been pulled over, of course he had his work gear in the trunk of his car, and of course he got pulled over by the only pig in Bludhaven who ain't willing to look the other way for a hundred bucks. Of fucking course.
This is why he doesn't leave Gotham.
Pig's frisking him, and Matches has been here enough times to know frisking from frisking, and maybe he just hadn't found the right grease to get to this one. He twists as the cop's hands reach the top of his thigh, pushes himself into the pig's palm. Pig gasps and yanks his hands off Matches, and, when Matches turns around, he looks shocked. Good looking guy if you ignore the uniform, shorter than Matches, with dark hair and blue eyes. Matches can work with this.
When he smiles, the color comes up in the pig's face, and Matches knows he's going home a free man tonight.
5. He crouched in the shadow of some rubble with that Alvin kid, who was apparently making it as a runner these days, but representatives from a couple of the gangs were in the street, negotiating right of passage through each other's territories. Matches pulled the kid that much harder into his chest and kept his hand over the kid's mouth, because there wasn't much hiding them.
The gangs had about got everything wrapped up when Alvin stiffened and Matches realized his dick was pushing against the kid's back, throbbing a little. It'd been so long since there was anything other than surviving on his mind that he'd forgotten this, how it felt to be hard as a rock and have another person be aware of nothing else but what he'd be doing to them.
Matches slid the hand he'd left to steady the kid's hip over and, yeah, just as hard as he was. Alvin whined, muffled by Matches hand, and held still until Matches got his pants undone and started jerking the kid's dick. Alvin shivered, started thrusting into Matches' hand, hard and hot, just a bit slick with pre-come and sweat.
Alvin gnawed on Matches' hand, teeth going over and over the skin of his palm, and Matches heard the kid whimpering as his hips kept thrusting. All of the sudden, the kid jerked twice and sunk his teeth into what skin he could catch between them.
Even before he registered how wet his hand was now, he knew the kid had come.
The kid's sharp elbow slammed into Matches' gut and he let go with a grunt. When he looked up, Alvin was standing, angrily stuffing himself back into his pants. "You know why you'll never be big time, Matches? You take stupid risks. The only reason you're not dead yet is 'cause you've been lucky. Not good, lucky, and only idiots count on their luck holding."
Matches checked the street -- Alvin hadn't been quiet -- but the negotiations seemed to have ended before the kid came. He spread his hands wide, got the hand that was shiny with the kid's come out where the light hit it, and smiled. "You liked it too, kid."
Alvin shook his head and backed further away. "I'm fourteen, asshole. What's your excuse?"
Matches watched the kid turn and run around the corner. Eventually, he cleaned off his hand, adjusted himself in his pants, and left as well.
ETA: There are also "Five reasons Steph was Robin, real and for true for Katarik." and "Five people Matches Malone had sex with for Katarik. -- Content some may find Matches, aka disturbing." ones, but LJ seems to not be showing the cut tags. *fist of rage*
Five times Slade *knew* the Robins were kids for Katarik.
1. After Brother Blood, there was something different in how the kid moved, like he'd forgotten where he ended or found out where his edges were, and he's been fighting the kid for years, but it sinks in just how young and vulnerable the kid is.
2. The kid is not Grayson, and he throws punches like there's no other way to fight. He doesn't look like he wants to save the world; he looks like he'd be in a brawl even without a suit. Slade thinks that, if he were still fifteen himself, they might have been friends.
3. It makes the papers and the twenty-four hour news networks even outside of Gotham. Slade was never the one hired for the torture jobs; he was the guy you hired to make sure the target was eliminated and stayed that way, but he can guess what they're not saying about a dead minor.
Rose is about the same age. He'll train her better than that.
4. He still doesn't know the entire story, but he can figure it out the bones of it, and the Robin now, the one with the hair, he'd been dating the little blonde. Now he's in Bludhaven, and he moves as flawlessly as anyone Batman's trained, but he watches a father and son walking out of a theater and his shoulders hunch like a child who sees a strike coming.
5. Dick replies, "But I did let her kill him," and pulls Renegade's mask over his face the way Grant had his under his blankie when the big stranger had come home from 'Nam.
Five things that make the Robins happy for Katarik.
1. When Superman rests his hand on Dick's shoulder and says, "Robin was very helpful, Batman," and Bruce nods, Dick feels like it's the best birthday and Christmas and everything all in one. He'd jump off the building and whoop, but he's trying to be mature. Batman says it's important to present yourself the way you want to be treated.
2. Jay is two lines behind Batman, and Gotham is sparkling and spread out beneath them, and he tucks into a somersault between lines. It's like Gotham is the crowd and they're the headliners, flying above the center ring.
3. Jason knows there'll be fall out, but when Garzonas falls, he can't keep from smiling. It's not every night they go home knowing the world is a better place than it was when they suited up.
4. Batgirl and Spoiler are sparring on the roof behind him and Nightwing is doing a handstand on a gargoyle's ears. Steph tells Cass she's a cheater while Cass giggles and Dick grins at him and Tim wants this, just this, forever.
5. She's perfectly in synch with Cass, and the 'bangers are dropping around them, and they are so totally the best Batgirl and Robin ever. When Cass grasps her wrist to lead her into the kick, she squeezes extra hard, because Cass knows too.
Five things no one knows but Alfred for Betty.
1. What a happy child Bruce was.
2. How hard Dick cried the first night he slept in Wayne Manor.
3. How terrified Jason's eyes were when Bruce brought him in the cave.
4. They all know Tim believed it was necessary for Batman to have a partner, but no one else saw how he trembled before putting on the suit the first time.
5. The sound of Stephanie's laughter in the cave. She never laughed when Bruce was there.
Five ways in which Roy and Jason could have met for Katarik.
1. There was that time the Titans' fight managed to wind its way down the coast to Gotham, and really, Jason had some sort of caped duty to rescue the cute redhead with a great rack from Bruce's rage. Well, the one who wasn't an alien princess and also Dick's girlfriend.
2. When shit got bad in Gotham, after his mom died, Jason decided Gotham could go fuck itself, pawned everything he could get money for, and bought a bus ticket as far the hell away as he could get. Should've known better than to pick another city with a cape -- if he'd wanted to deal with that shit, he could've stayed in Gotham and risked getting busted by freakman -- but the Robin Hood wannabe just gave him a paper with an afterschool program's information on it. Six months later, Ollie's not-son came home to show off his baby girl.
3. Dick made what Alfred called a 'sustenance run', which involved three picnic baskets packed by Alfred and kidnapping Jason to help carry them. The Tower was big and stupid looking (a fucking T? then again, panties, can't trust Dick's taste) and Jason really was afraid that Flash was going to take his arms off in the process of getting his basket.
"Dick, man, that was just cruel, giving Wally's basket to someone who didn't know better," Speedy said, grinning, and Jason almost forgave Dick's taste then and there.
4. They didn't exchange last names -- Bill W. had rules -- but Roy didn't seem to mind letting him bum smokes, even after he admitted in meeting that he was only here because his public defender had made a deal to get the soliciting and possession charges dropped in exchange for rehab.
5. It's... They'd met before -- Robin may only be a reserve Titan, but he still fucking is one -- but somehow Speedy showed up in Gotham and dogged him on patrol. And when he finally stopped and glared, Speedy held both hands out, empty and open, and said, "'Wing thinks you should talk to somebody."
And there's Garzonas, and his mother, and Bruce was fucking retarded, and he said, "Yeah, well, tell him to fuck off." But Speedy was determined to keep up even though it wasn't his town, and Jason would have to stop again. Maybe they would talk then.
Five ways Mr. Sarcastic saved Young Justice for Katarik.
1. Batman doesn't kill, but he might have made an exception for blowing Rob's whole 'urban legend' thing.
2. Cassie was looking seriously enraged over everyone's AM stupidity, like she was considering testing just how much damage god-granted strength could do, and Mr. Sarcastic said, "You know, billions of people on this planet would never make that fashion statement, do you really think they're all wrong?"
3.When Deathstroke showed up to induct them to the long, proud tradition of being teenaged superheroes nearly killed by him, he'd stopped dead and stared at Mr. Sarcastic. Mr. Sarcastic had looked Deathstroke up and down, real slow, and said, "You know, I think those bell-bottoms were five years out of style when I was born."
Then Deathstroke said, "Last time I saw someone dressed like that, he was peddling ass."
When they got back after the League saved them, everyone but Mr. Sarcastic looked wrung out. Mr. Sarcastic just got a Zesti and drank it, as if he hadn't spent 20 minutes insulting one of the world's best hitmen about his fashion sense while dressed like that.
4. When Nightwing and Arsenal showed up to drop off the equipment, everyone was pretty sure they were going to explode or something, they were laughing so hard. Mr. Sarcastic waited for them to run out of breath and said, "I'm not wearing panties or chaps. If the two of you are done?" After that, they pretty much kept it under control, though occasionally Arsenal made a noise that absolutely was not a giggle, no matter what it sounded like.
5. When they heard Ivy had decided to reforest the entire eastern seaboard, Mr. Sarcastic had muttered, "I am not peddling my ass to save the world."
Kon didn't leave any marks that wouldn't be covered by, well, the Robin suit anyway.
Five people Dick wishes he'd slept with and didn't for Katarik.
1. Tim. It's not really about the sex, it's just because Tim is his little brother and he loves him so much, and he wishes he could express it so that Tim would really understand. But Tim's too smart to fall for that kind of complication.
2. Wally. All right, it might be because of all the jokes Roy made when they were kids (and not kids anymore).
3. Cass. She probably saw how many times he thought she wasn't his Batgirl, but he loved her too. She's family, and maybe if she'd known that, she wouldn't be a killer now.
4. Grace. He's been accused of having scary taste in women (though Roy really doesn't have room to talk). He's not sure that even Grace's libido could overcome the impression Nightwing made on her, though, so he'll probably never try.
5. Bruce. He's been trying to be everything Bruce has needed him to be since he was eight years old, and he's not sure he'll ever be able to stop trying. Sex would probably be less painful than Blackgate was.
Five reasons Steph was Robin, real and for true for Katarik.
1. She knew there weren't many things more satisfying than the sound a mugger's nose made when you punched it flat against his face.
2. Okay, so it's not how Tim did it, but sometimes she gets hyper and it gets way, way under the big man's too tight bat-undies, but she's heard Nightwing on the comms some nights to Batman, and she's seen him with Tim, and obviously, there is room for Robin to A) enjoy this and B) bounce off the walls while doing so.
Though Nightwing is a little more literal with the wall bouncing thing, but he has been doing this longer.
3. It... They don't have a rhythm yet, not like she does with Cass or Tim, but she can feel it lurking just on the edge of her peripheral vision, and they're almost there when they fight together now. That effortless back-to-back thing, where it's you and your partner and the whole fucking world can come at you, you're going to beat them.
4. She didn't use the Kryptonite Batman totally must have somewhere because he's crazy (exhibit A: Tim's birthday) on Superboy when he was a total dick to her.
5.Really, she's totally done this before, like, a lot, and just because she's in Ti- Robin's colors doesn't make it anything different than it was in eggplant. She puts the would-be rapist down hard but without any more serious damage than bruises, zip strips the bastard, and goes to help the woman up. The woman tangles her hands in Steph's skirt (okay, really not a problem Tim had ever had, or at least not one he ever told Steph about) and thanks her, over and over, and Steph totally is the best Robin ever, because she doesn't actually slap the woman to snap her out of it, she does that soothing talking thing and gets her out of the alley and moving toward the clinic.
When she looks up, there are two sets of bat-ears, and she knows Batgirl is grinning like a fool and Batman is probably planning on telling her fifteen things she could have done better, but there's nothing he can tell her she did wrong.
Five people Matches Malone had sex with for Katarik.
1. The thirty-ish blonde nursing her drink at the end of the bar has legs that go all the way up to there and a sad face. He's pretty flush this week, so he has the bartender make another of what she's having and delivers it himself. "Matches Malone."
She smiles, though her eyes shift when she says, "Barbara." Probably not her real name, but what does he care? Some other guy did something stupid that sent her here to drink, lie and smile at strange men. Matches doesn't miss opportunities like this.
Later, when the legs that go all the way up are braced to either side of him, he watches her ride him and realizes she's the cleanest thing in his apartment.
2. Matches doesn't normally leave Gotham, but he'd heard there was good work in Star City. Course, he'd heard wrong, they weren't paying for shit, so they could find someone else to do it. He wasn't leaving 'til morning, though, so he had some time to kill. The bar was a bit nicer than the places he usually went, but that tended to happen outside Gotham. Beer was the same, and the obviously strung out but pretty boy propositioning him was a nice change.
Kid was good, sucking cock like he actually wanted to be in this alley getting Matches off, but Matches know damn good and well he was only there for the $10 sticking out of the chest pocket of Matches' third best jacket.
He tugs on the boy's red hair and lets himself thrust harder.
3. Selina's a classy broad, too good for his kind of place and his kind of people, but she comes 'round anyway. She doesn't even complain when he gets his hand up the slit in her skirt, until she does. "Christ, Matches, your breath stinks. Mints, gum, something."
He spins her around, fast as he can, presses her up against the wall, and says, "Yeah, something," in her ear. She just arches her back and lets him push her skirt up over her hips, so her ass is naked and sticking out. It's perfect, every moment of it, her thrusting back and growling, her breasts filling his hands, and when she comes, she digs her nails into his thigh so hard she breaks skin.
4. He'd known better, he'd fucking well known better than to come to this shit hole. Of course he'd been pulled over, of course he had his work gear in the trunk of his car, and of course he got pulled over by the only pig in Bludhaven who ain't willing to look the other way for a hundred bucks. Of fucking course.
This is why he doesn't leave Gotham.
Pig's frisking him, and Matches has been here enough times to know frisking from frisking, and maybe he just hadn't found the right grease to get to this one. He twists as the cop's hands reach the top of his thigh, pushes himself into the pig's palm. Pig gasps and yanks his hands off Matches, and, when Matches turns around, he looks shocked. Good looking guy if you ignore the uniform, shorter than Matches, with dark hair and blue eyes. Matches can work with this.
When he smiles, the color comes up in the pig's face, and Matches knows he's going home a free man tonight.
5. He crouched in the shadow of some rubble with that Alvin kid, who was apparently making it as a runner these days, but representatives from a couple of the gangs were in the street, negotiating right of passage through each other's territories. Matches pulled the kid that much harder into his chest and kept his hand over the kid's mouth, because there wasn't much hiding them.
The gangs had about got everything wrapped up when Alvin stiffened and Matches realized his dick was pushing against the kid's back, throbbing a little. It'd been so long since there was anything other than surviving on his mind that he'd forgotten this, how it felt to be hard as a rock and have another person be aware of nothing else but what he'd be doing to them.
Matches slid the hand he'd left to steady the kid's hip over and, yeah, just as hard as he was. Alvin whined, muffled by Matches hand, and held still until Matches got his pants undone and started jerking the kid's dick. Alvin shivered, started thrusting into Matches' hand, hard and hot, just a bit slick with pre-come and sweat.
Alvin gnawed on Matches' hand, teeth going over and over the skin of his palm, and Matches heard the kid whimpering as his hips kept thrusting. All of the sudden, the kid jerked twice and sunk his teeth into what skin he could catch between them.
Even before he registered how wet his hand was now, he knew the kid had come.
The kid's sharp elbow slammed into Matches' gut and he let go with a grunt. When he looked up, Alvin was standing, angrily stuffing himself back into his pants. "You know why you'll never be big time, Matches? You take stupid risks. The only reason you're not dead yet is 'cause you've been lucky. Not good, lucky, and only idiots count on their luck holding."
Matches checked the street -- Alvin hadn't been quiet -- but the negotiations seemed to have ended before the kid came. He spread his hands wide, got the hand that was shiny with the kid's come out where the light hit it, and smiled. "You liked it too, kid."
Alvin shook his head and backed further away. "I'm fourteen, asshole. What's your excuse?"
Matches watched the kid turn and run around the corner. Eventually, he cleaned off his hand, adjusted himself in his pants, and left as well.