The In-Law Solution
Title: The In-Law Solution
Author: Wisia
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from the DC universe.
Rating: K
Summary: Tim was going to regret leaving Superboy and Superman together, even if he hated being tied up. Robin Reversal AU! Worship Verse!
Characters/Pairings: Tim/Kon
Secondary Characters: Superman
Warnings: None unless you count Tim’s horrible management of dealing with Supers.
Author’s Note: This is not serious at all. I still don’t quite like Clark’s voice and I think this is just crack. It’s severely cracky. God help. I need to work on my writing skills. Especially on Clark's voice...
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Tim wasn’t surprised to see Superman in Gotham during his patrol. He was expecting it after Jason slipped out that it was all over the superhero grape vine. He had miscalculated by a day. Still, Tim was adaptable, and he allowed himself to be caught quite easily. Tim only hoped Bruce didn’t count that as abandoning his post; he was being kidnapped for god’s sake, even if he didn’t put up a fight. Tim frowned at Superman’s primitive method of tying him up. He detested being tied up. It reminded him a little too much of his Robin days.
“I think I like you better when you didn’t like him,” Tim declared. He wriggled his fingers. It was definitely tight, and Superman removed Tim’s belt, all too aware and accustomed to the gadgets the Bat family carried.
“I like him,” Superman remarked. “He is my boy.”
“And Luthor’s,” Tim added. Superman colored. That pleased Tim greatly. He wondered how else to push the man’s buttons for this little episode.
“Well, he’s in my care,” Superman finally managed. “And you are-“
“Planning to seduce your boy into a devastating sexual relationship, promote him as my boy toy and dump him within a year dramatically, publically and laugh,” Tim quipped. “Preferably with Kryptonite involved.”
Tim was rewarded with a splutter from Superman. He may be Red Robin now, but he was Robin once.
“Y-you-“
“I’m a horrible person, I know.” Tim rolled his eyes beneath his cowl. Superman coughed and looked at him sternly. “This isn’t funny.”
Yes. Because it was extremely funny to Tim. As he sighed to himself, there was a loud thundering crash as the locked door was smashed open.
“Red!”
Tim groaned. His luck was impossible lately. Superboy stood in all his underage glory at the entrance.
“I heard you’ve been captured,” Superboy said.
“You are correct,” Tim stated, a weak smile on his face. “He’s over there.”
Tim tilted his head at Superman and watched as Superboy eyes’ went wide.
“Clark? What the hell are you doing here?”
“Uh, Kon, hey,” Superman said awkwardly. He glanced at Tim quickly. “I was just-“
“Kidnapping my boyfriend,” Superboy finished. A scowl decorated his face.
“I’m not your boyfriend,” Tim mumbled. He was ignored of course as the two Supers stared each other down. No lasers to Tim’s appreciation. Tim flexed his wrist. There was a hidden file in his glove if he remembered correctly. He needed to get out of here. He didn’t want to be in the crossfire.
“I can take care of myself,” Superboy said, stubborn and indignant.
“Yes, but-“
“No buts!”
Superboy glared, eyes sparking red. Tim listened to them argue half heartedly as he filed away at his restraints. They were a bunch of lunatics.
“He isn’t a bad person,” Superman replied patiently. “I’ve seen him grow up, but he’s still older than you and there’s-“
“I don’t care!” Superboy interjected. “I’ll date him with or without your approval.”
Tim filed faster. He needed to get out before Superman decided to flatten him. He really wished Damian and Jason hadn’t confiscated his horde of Kryptonite. Superman looked frustrated.
“I only want what’s best for you.”
“What’s best for me?” Kon echoed. “How do you know he isn’t the best for me? And it’s not like you cared about what I did before.”
Clark flinched. He looked down at the floor, guilty. “I’m sorry. I didn’t know what to do.”
Kon shook his head. “Forget it. That’s over with. Just, is it really so bad if I date Red Robin? Just find one positive thing about it.”
“Well,” Clark said slowly. A silly thought ran through his head. “If you two get married, Batman will be the in-law…”
“Great!” Kon grinned. “Do you have any tips?”
“On?” Clark prompted, puzzled by the sudden turn of topic.
“Well, he is a Bat and you have experience with Batman,” Kon clarified.
“Oh!” Clark said. “I don’t know how useful it’ll be,” a sudden thought occurred to him, “we should untie…”
Tim was gone. Kon stared at the empty chair. He laughed.
“I have the best boyfriend in the whole world! I don’t need to save him at all. Not like you have to do with Lois.”
Clark gave his son a stern look. “I don’t think I have any tips at all.”
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