Conner Has Two Daddies (and a Robot Nanny) [12/??]
Conner Has Two Daddies (and a Robot Nanny)
Main Characters: Superboy/Conner, Booster Gold / Michael Jon Carter, Blue Beetle II / Ted Kord
Pairings: Booster/Ted
Rating: K+
Warnings: shameless WAFF and Boostle slash
Summary: Superman won't become a parent for Superboy, so when other heroes step up to take the responsibility, there aren't many objections. Well, other than the fact that the parents-to-be are Booster Gold and Blue Beetle.
Notes: For the YJ anon meme prompt: Superboy get somehow adopted/mentored by someone who is not Superman. Who then turns out to be TOTALLY AWESOME at being a parent/mentor. Happy fun adopted family times a must.
Original post here.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
When Conner had agreed to be adopted by Booster and Ted, he hadn’t really thought about what it would be like, about how it would happen exactly. So when they arrived back at Mt. Justice, Conner wondered why the two men wanted to talk to Batman. But then there had been a mention of papers and Conner realized that the G-Gnomes’ teachings about basic bureaucracy could apparently be applied to anything in the modern world. Yeah, he supposed adoption did include paperwork, paperwork that would need to be tinkered so that no one would realize that Conner had basically appeared out of nowhere.
There was a lot of talking between the adults, using words like 'guardian' and 'ward'. Conner didn't really like that; it made the thing sound like a duty, and the youth didn't really think family should be mixed together with duty. His foul mood must have been visible on his face, since as soon as the grown ups were done talking, Ted turned to him with an apologetic chuckle.
"Sorry, kid, we must have bored you." Ted reached out to ruffle Conner's hair and the youth immediately felt embarrassed over getting upset over something as vague as Batman's choices of words.
"It's fine," Conner mumbled as a response. "I wasn't that bored." The teen hesitated for a moment. "So, I guess I'll see you guys next weekend?"
"Actually," Ted spoke out, "I was thinking maybe we could have dinner together on Wednesday? All three of us. And Skeets." The man gave said robot a glance.
Somehow the small robot, even without a face, managed to seem affronted. "'And Skeets'. How wonderful it is to be included like a margin note."
"To be fair, it's not like you'd actually eat anyway." Booster grinned.
"But I could be in the spirit of eating."
"You have a good time with your friends," Ted spoke out over Skeets and Booster bantering about semantics. "And do what Batman tells you. He's right most of the time."
"Got it," Conner responded and got his shoulder patted by the brunet. Next Booster ruffled his hair fondly and then the two men and their robot companion were off. Conner made his way into the base den, where his friends were already gathered.
“Superboy!” M’gann cheered as soon as Conner entered the room. “You’re back!” The shout drew everyone else’s attention to the new arrival, and a moment later Artemis jumped in her seat on the couch, yelping as she tried to tuck a magazine behind the back. The movement caught Wally’s attention, who had snatched the magazine in a second.
“Whatcha got there, Artie?” The redhead stepped back when Artemis tried to grab the magazine back. Wally glanced down at the article and paused.
"It isn't what it looks like!" Artemis yelled.
Wally gave the girl a deadpan look. "It looks like you have a crush on Booster Gold."
"Shut! Up! Kid Mouth!" Artemis yelled, emphasising each word with an attempt to grab the magazine back.
Conner shuddered at the mental image that had been caused by what he had expected to be a typical argument between Artemis and Wally. Conner really wished that he wouldn’t have to hear any part of it, especially when Wally zoomed over to him next, dodging Artemis' leap off the couch and at him, cheerfully declaring: "Artemis has a crush on your new mentor!"
"I do not have a crush!" Artemis snapped defensively. "I was just checking if what Robin said about him modelling was true!"
Wally smirked at the blonde. "Then why do you still have it if it was just to check?"
Artemis blushed a dark red, finally blurting out: "Fine! So I think he's hot!" She was most likely going to try to defend herself with something else, but Conner interrupted her before she had the chance.
"Please," the youth spoke as loudly as he could without actually shouting. "Please stop talking about that." He noticed his friends starting to give him strange looks and he added: "It's not like Robin likes to hear people talking about Batman that way."
Robin visibly shuddered before groaning: "Tell me about it."
Wally was immediately by the shorter youth's side. "Let me guess, another run-in with Catwoman?"
"Don't remind me." Robin buried his face in his hands while Wally patted his back comfortingly. Artemis watched the two for a moment before turning to Superboy and speaking: "I doubt you've known Booster long enough for them to be considered the same."
Meeting the blonde's gaze, Conner said sternly: "You're basically talking about one of my parents." As soon as the last word left his lips, Conner decided that he really liked the sound of it and was happy for the chance to use it.
The word also caused all of his friends to fall into a startled and thoughtful silence, which was broken by Artemis starting: "Wait, does that mean..." before she trailed off unsurely.
"Adoption?" M'gann finished for Artemis in a strangled voice, clearly suppressing glee with the way her hands were clasped together and her eyes seemed to twinkle.
Nodding his head Conner confirmed: "Yeah, I've been adopted." He scratched the back of his head before clarifying: "Actually, the paperwork isn't finished yet but it's been decided."
It was clearly sudden to his friends, since they were still mostly speechless about the revelation. Finally Kaldur queried in a neutral tone: "Are you sure about this?"
"Why wouldn't I be?" Conner frowned in confusion at the question.
Kaldur cleared his throat, apparently already unsure of whether or not he should have spoken after all. "Well, they are the first ones to offer you this..."
Now Conner understood his friends' hesitancy. They didn't understand the situation; they hadn't spent weeks getting to know the two men.
Booster had told Conner that he should smile when he was happy. He decided to try it. It wasn't much of an attempt, he was sure, but at least it felt sincere to him.
"I'm happy," the teen spoke. His eyes met Kaldur's and, after a moment, the Atlantean smiled and nodded.
"Then we're happy for you."
Wally clapped his hands together, full of good cheer. "You know what this calls for?" the redhead asked with a wide grin. "Group hug!"
Robin was moving only an instant after Wally and was the second one to grasp Conner into a hug after the speedster. Next joined M'gann, whose arms Conner was certain grew longer just so that she could reach around everyone, and Kaldur chuckled before coming over to participate. Artemis tried to hang back at first but when everyone gave her an expectant look, she sighed and walked over to join the hug.
At first Conner had stiffened at the invasion of his personal space, but he quickly decided that the hug wasn't anything to get worked up about. So the youth settled into his friends' embrace and even lifted his hands to return it somewhat, even though he wasn't sure whose back he was exactly patting.
A couple of moments passed before Wally once again started speaking: "Dude, we should throw a party!" The redhead squeezed Conner tighter, clearly directing his words to him. "You got a family! That's definitely something to celebrate!"
"Oh, I agree," M'gann added in with a delighted tone.
"I'm on board with this," came Robin's opinion.
"It is a rather special occasion." Even Kaldur agreed.
"That’s true," Artemis spoke, her voice uncharacteristically gentle. Conner could hear the smile in her voice when she said: "Congratulations, Superboy."
"Thanks guys," Conner replied. He really did feel grateful, as well as strangely fulfilled, like this was how things were supposed to be.
Main Characters: Superboy/Conner, Booster Gold / Michael Jon Carter, Blue Beetle II / Ted Kord
Pairings: Booster/Ted
Rating: K+
Warnings: shameless WAFF and Boostle slash
Summary: Superman won't become a parent for Superboy, so when other heroes step up to take the responsibility, there aren't many objections. Well, other than the fact that the parents-to-be are Booster Gold and Blue Beetle.
Notes: For the YJ anon meme prompt: Superboy get somehow adopted/mentored by someone who is not Superman. Who then turns out to be TOTALLY AWESOME at being a parent/mentor. Happy fun adopted family times a must.
Original post here.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
When Conner had agreed to be adopted by Booster and Ted, he hadn’t really thought about what it would be like, about how it would happen exactly. So when they arrived back at Mt. Justice, Conner wondered why the two men wanted to talk to Batman. But then there had been a mention of papers and Conner realized that the G-Gnomes’ teachings about basic bureaucracy could apparently be applied to anything in the modern world. Yeah, he supposed adoption did include paperwork, paperwork that would need to be tinkered so that no one would realize that Conner had basically appeared out of nowhere.
There was a lot of talking between the adults, using words like 'guardian' and 'ward'. Conner didn't really like that; it made the thing sound like a duty, and the youth didn't really think family should be mixed together with duty. His foul mood must have been visible on his face, since as soon as the grown ups were done talking, Ted turned to him with an apologetic chuckle.
"Sorry, kid, we must have bored you." Ted reached out to ruffle Conner's hair and the youth immediately felt embarrassed over getting upset over something as vague as Batman's choices of words.
"It's fine," Conner mumbled as a response. "I wasn't that bored." The teen hesitated for a moment. "So, I guess I'll see you guys next weekend?"
"Actually," Ted spoke out, "I was thinking maybe we could have dinner together on Wednesday? All three of us. And Skeets." The man gave said robot a glance.
Somehow the small robot, even without a face, managed to seem affronted. "'And Skeets'. How wonderful it is to be included like a margin note."
"To be fair, it's not like you'd actually eat anyway." Booster grinned.
"But I could be in the spirit of eating."
"You have a good time with your friends," Ted spoke out over Skeets and Booster bantering about semantics. "And do what Batman tells you. He's right most of the time."
"Got it," Conner responded and got his shoulder patted by the brunet. Next Booster ruffled his hair fondly and then the two men and their robot companion were off. Conner made his way into the base den, where his friends were already gathered.
“Superboy!” M’gann cheered as soon as Conner entered the room. “You’re back!” The shout drew everyone else’s attention to the new arrival, and a moment later Artemis jumped in her seat on the couch, yelping as she tried to tuck a magazine behind the back. The movement caught Wally’s attention, who had snatched the magazine in a second.
“Whatcha got there, Artie?” The redhead stepped back when Artemis tried to grab the magazine back. Wally glanced down at the article and paused.
"It isn't what it looks like!" Artemis yelled.
Wally gave the girl a deadpan look. "It looks like you have a crush on Booster Gold."
"Shut! Up! Kid Mouth!" Artemis yelled, emphasising each word with an attempt to grab the magazine back.
Conner shuddered at the mental image that had been caused by what he had expected to be a typical argument between Artemis and Wally. Conner really wished that he wouldn’t have to hear any part of it, especially when Wally zoomed over to him next, dodging Artemis' leap off the couch and at him, cheerfully declaring: "Artemis has a crush on your new mentor!"
"I do not have a crush!" Artemis snapped defensively. "I was just checking if what Robin said about him modelling was true!"
Wally smirked at the blonde. "Then why do you still have it if it was just to check?"
Artemis blushed a dark red, finally blurting out: "Fine! So I think he's hot!" She was most likely going to try to defend herself with something else, but Conner interrupted her before she had the chance.
"Please," the youth spoke as loudly as he could without actually shouting. "Please stop talking about that." He noticed his friends starting to give him strange looks and he added: "It's not like Robin likes to hear people talking about Batman that way."
Robin visibly shuddered before groaning: "Tell me about it."
Wally was immediately by the shorter youth's side. "Let me guess, another run-in with Catwoman?"
"Don't remind me." Robin buried his face in his hands while Wally patted his back comfortingly. Artemis watched the two for a moment before turning to Superboy and speaking: "I doubt you've known Booster long enough for them to be considered the same."
Meeting the blonde's gaze, Conner said sternly: "You're basically talking about one of my parents." As soon as the last word left his lips, Conner decided that he really liked the sound of it and was happy for the chance to use it.
The word also caused all of his friends to fall into a startled and thoughtful silence, which was broken by Artemis starting: "Wait, does that mean..." before she trailed off unsurely.
"Adoption?" M'gann finished for Artemis in a strangled voice, clearly suppressing glee with the way her hands were clasped together and her eyes seemed to twinkle.
Nodding his head Conner confirmed: "Yeah, I've been adopted." He scratched the back of his head before clarifying: "Actually, the paperwork isn't finished yet but it's been decided."
It was clearly sudden to his friends, since they were still mostly speechless about the revelation. Finally Kaldur queried in a neutral tone: "Are you sure about this?"
"Why wouldn't I be?" Conner frowned in confusion at the question.
Kaldur cleared his throat, apparently already unsure of whether or not he should have spoken after all. "Well, they are the first ones to offer you this..."
Now Conner understood his friends' hesitancy. They didn't understand the situation; they hadn't spent weeks getting to know the two men.
Booster had told Conner that he should smile when he was happy. He decided to try it. It wasn't much of an attempt, he was sure, but at least it felt sincere to him.
"I'm happy," the teen spoke. His eyes met Kaldur's and, after a moment, the Atlantean smiled and nodded.
"Then we're happy for you."
Wally clapped his hands together, full of good cheer. "You know what this calls for?" the redhead asked with a wide grin. "Group hug!"
Robin was moving only an instant after Wally and was the second one to grasp Conner into a hug after the speedster. Next joined M'gann, whose arms Conner was certain grew longer just so that she could reach around everyone, and Kaldur chuckled before coming over to participate. Artemis tried to hang back at first but when everyone gave her an expectant look, she sighed and walked over to join the hug.
At first Conner had stiffened at the invasion of his personal space, but he quickly decided that the hug wasn't anything to get worked up about. So the youth settled into his friends' embrace and even lifted his hands to return it somewhat, even though he wasn't sure whose back he was exactly patting.
A couple of moments passed before Wally once again started speaking: "Dude, we should throw a party!" The redhead squeezed Conner tighter, clearly directing his words to him. "You got a family! That's definitely something to celebrate!"
"Oh, I agree," M'gann added in with a delighted tone.
"I'm on board with this," came Robin's opinion.
"It is a rather special occasion." Even Kaldur agreed.
"That’s true," Artemis spoke, her voice uncharacteristically gentle. Conner could hear the smile in her voice when she said: "Congratulations, Superboy."
"Thanks guys," Conner replied. He really did feel grateful, as well as strangely fulfilled, like this was how things were supposed to be.