Sparring by Ray (PG)
Fandom: DC COMICS
Pairing: none, Ted Grant (Wildcat I) and Courtney Whitmore (Stargirl)
Length: 986 words
Author on LJ: milleniumrex
Author Website: Milleniumrex at AO3
Why this must be read:
Ted Grant (former heavyweight champ and the man who trained Batman and Black Canary) takes Stargirl into the ring and in the process hits the quintessential charm of the current JSA, and indeed the DCU: It's inter-generational respect. Fun, well-paced and with pitch-perfect voices, this fic is where I go for some "happy".
The sparring match with Wildcat was one of the initiation rites of the JSA. Whether you wanted to or not, you were getting in the ring with the old man and letting him knock you around for a while. Most of the rookies just got it over with quickly, but Courtney had managed to put it off for almost a year. Ted didn't really want to punch the youngest member of the team, she told herself. If she never brought it up, he never would either.
It was a good plan. Until the Saturday that he tossed a pair of boxing gloves at her and told her she had fifteen minutes to suit up.
Sparring
Pairing: none, Ted Grant (Wildcat I) and Courtney Whitmore (Stargirl)
Length: 986 words
Author on LJ: milleniumrex
Author Website: Milleniumrex at AO3
Why this must be read:
Ted Grant (former heavyweight champ and the man who trained Batman and Black Canary) takes Stargirl into the ring and in the process hits the quintessential charm of the current JSA, and indeed the DCU: It's inter-generational respect. Fun, well-paced and with pitch-perfect voices, this fic is where I go for some "happy".
The sparring match with Wildcat was one of the initiation rites of the JSA. Whether you wanted to or not, you were getting in the ring with the old man and letting him knock you around for a while. Most of the rookies just got it over with quickly, but Courtney had managed to put it off for almost a year. Ted didn't really want to punch the youngest member of the team, she told herself. If she never brought it up, he never would either.
It was a good plan. Until the Saturday that he tossed a pair of boxing gloves at her and told her she had fifteen minutes to suit up.
Sparring