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[someboywonder]

Okay, okay, I'll admit it.

I've been a tiny bit clingy with Steph lately. A little bit. I mean, I'm not crazy clingy. It's not like I'm worried she can't go to the bathroom all by herself or anything. But we sleep together (not like that) and we tend to eat together and go out for walks and all that together, so really, there's not a lot of time

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[i_spoiled_it]

Steph is not as good at analysing relationships as Tim. And besides, the roof gets boring after a while. And she's already explored almost everywhere else.

"Hey, Boy Wonder," she calls, spotting his approach from the top of one of the abandoned stores ahead. "Working hard?"

[someboywonder]

I almost drop the batarang. And I almost lose a finger too. But I catch it, and without losing anything either. Tucking it safely away, I glance up in the direction of her voice, unable to help the smile on my face.

"You know it. Bringing home the bacon and all that."

[i_spoiled_it]

"Ohh... bacon," Steph says wistfully, leaning back and swinging her legs. "You better bring some. I'd kill for bacon and eggs. ... Hey, do you think the creepy store ever has fresh eggs?"

[someboywonder]

"If it ever did, I doubt they'd be chicken eggs."

The store she's standing on top of isn't very tall. A few well placed leaps, a bit of acrobatics, and I'm up there with her, landing with all the grace and ease of somebody who's totally showing off.

[i_spoiled_it]

"Yeah - dead elephant eggs or something. ...Do elephants even lay eggs? They don't, do they? I bet they'd turn up there anyway."

She's easily distracted by the showing off. After all ... it's pretty. And that's what Boy Wonders are for.

[someboywonder]

I can tell the little bit of showing off is working; after all, Steph can be kinda easy to read sometimes. She wasn't really trained like some of us were.

"I'm sure they would," I reassure her, smirking. "I'm sure they would."

Mocking her is too much fun sometimes.

[i_spoiled_it]

Steph leans over to smack his leg.

"Jerk," she says, affectionately.

[someboywonder]

I resist the urge to stick my tongue out at her. I'm very mature, you see.

Or so I tell myself.

"So, what've you been up to?"

[i_spoiled_it]

She tugs on his tights to get him to sit down. "I'm not talking to you while you're looming like that, Boy Wonder. Besides, it's not like I've been away from you for, like, any more than two hours a day."

[someboywonder]

I sit; what else am I gonna do?

"Well yeah, but...I don't know, what have you been doing then?"

I'm so not clingy or anything. Just careful. And curious.

[i_spoiled_it]

Steph isn't over the clingy yet. It's just so nice to have a Tim who's always there. They see each other so scarcely at home. So she leans against his shoulder happily.

"I totally got owned by a guy who throws boomerangs the other day. He's really good - like, almost as good as you."

[someboywonder]

Cue mild, quickly suppressed bouts of jealousy and suspicion.

"Some guy who throws boomerangs?" I echo, trying not to let any of my thoughts show on my face. "I doubt he's as good as me. What's his name?"

[i_spoiled_it]

"Hey, I said almost," she says, grinning. "I doubt anyone's as good as you. Feeling insecure?"

She's just teasing; she accompanies it with a light punch to the shoulder.

"He's called Sokka."

[someboywonder]

"When you're as good as me, insecurity isn't even in your vocabulary."

If only. If I was that good...well, a lot of things would be different.

"Sokka, huh? I need to keep an eye on him?"

Kidding! Not.

[i_spoiled_it]

Steph snorts, and puts one hand either side of his cheeks to pull him around to face her nose-to-nose.

"Hey, Boy Wonder, I'd like to see the guy who could steal me away from you. I've only been in love with you all my life, after all."

Then she grins.

"Oh, except maybe Superboy. I mean, hello."

[someboywonder]

Everything's going great, everything is good, and then...

Then she mentions Kon. Superboy.

And I don't even try to hide the pain I feel at all the memories that flood back to me, all those times I wish I could have had with Steph and Kon, like any normal kid with his girlfriend and his best friend. But we all had our double lives, some more than others, and in the end, not only did I not see them as much as I would have liked, but I lost them both.

So yeah, it hurts.