Touched
by Mara
Summary: Where words fail, a simple touch may succeed.
CONTINUITY: Somewhere in current Teen Titans comic continuity, but really all
you have to know is that Kon is Superboy and Tim is Robin. No spoilers here.
NOTES: In a weird way, this was inspired by Te’s stories “Dangerous to Reason”
and “And Talk Me Down Again.” Thanks to Illmantrim for helpful suggestions 🙂 Read more ›
A Night on the Town
by Mara
Summary: When the Teen Titans hit Gotham for a night out, Tim wonders where he can get fitted for a straightjacket.
CONTINUITY: This certainly happens before just about anything in the last year
of Robin or Teen Titans. Or it’s an AU, if you prefer.
NOTES: I love my anal-retentive Robin. A lot. Thanks to Penknife and Illmantrim
for betareading.
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In the Arms of Morpheus
by Mara
Summary: Dr. Leslie Thompkins makes an acquaintance.
School Days are the Unhappiest
by Mara
Summary: School sucks even if you’re *not* a superhero, but if you’re a Teen Titan, it rises to new levels of suckitude. Good thing Tim’s around to make Kon feel better.
CONTINUITY: You’re kidding, right?
NOTES: This story was written for Zeelee, because she made a wish. The title
comes from a quote by HL Mencken: “School days, I believe, are the unhappiest in
the whole span of human existence. They are full of dull, unintelligible tasks,
new and unpleasant ordinances, brutal violations of common sense and common
decency.”
Time Off
by Mara
Summary: Arsenal and Robin spend the day together, but will there be consequences?
Another Time
by Mara
Summary: Arsenal hears a bit more than he intended while hanging around Outsiders HQ.
NOTES: So, Livapenn created the fabulous random character generator and I’ve become obsessed with it. Here’s one of my resulting fics. BTW, I’m not reading Outsiders, so I’ve completely made up the geography/design of the Outsiders HQ. I’m sure it’s all wrong! Read more ›
Finding Hozho
by Mara
Summary: A spur of the moment kiss sparks something more between Arsenal and Robin.
CONTINUITY: About two years after Jack Drake finds out about Tim being Robin.
This is a sequel to my ficlet “Another Time,” which I recommend you read first.
NOTES: This is for all the folks who asked for more Arsenal/Robin. I actually
bought the complete run of Outsiders to write this, so I hope y’all appreciate
the sacrifice 😉 Thanks to Te for kicking my ass on that whole “show don’t tell”
thing. I owe my upcoming first-born to Sage for two of the best and most
thorough beta-readings I’ve ever received (and also for pestering me to actually
*make* the revisions). Lastly, thanks to Stexgirl for a last-minute read-through
and cheering me on. Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to take all of their
excellent advice, so for the record: Any remaining problems are entirely due to
my laziness and not the fault of Sage, Te, or Stexgirl.
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The Snibbet Bibliotheck
by Mara
Summary: “Fine, Caped Wonder, but if we don’t get a move on, we’re going to be left staring at another demolished building and no culprit.”
NOTES: Written in a flash for the DC_Flashfiction Traditional Scottish Dances
Title Name challenge 🙂 See, I had insomnia, so I decided to fic to make myself
feel better…
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World’s Finest
by Mara
Summary: When Tim leaves the superhero life behind, Kon and the other Teen Titans decide to track him down.
CONTINUITY: This diverges from current continuity just after Tim gives up the
Robin suit.
NOTES: This story is the result of an off-hand comment I made while sending
feedback to Te. The title is from a Spanish proverb: “Life without a friend is
death without a witness.” Thanks to Ozchick and Illmantrim for copious help and
suggestions that turned this from an amorphous blob into vaguely coherent fic.
You guys rock!
Engineering 101
by Mara
Summary: “Engineering is about testing to destruction,” Bruce said, settling into lecture mode. “You don’t understand how you can do things better until you understand when and why they break apart.”
CONTINUITY: Dick Grayson is training to be Robin and he is about 12 years old.
NOTES: The idea for this fic came from Avi and he assisted me on various
materials testing details. Thanks to Smitty and ratcreature for canon
assistance, although I chose to disregard some bits. All technical definitions
except the first (which I wrote) come from the Instron Corporation’s Glossary of
Materials Testing Terms (http://www.instron.com/apps/glossary/index.asp). Also,
several lines of dialogue in the third section are lifted from a flashback in
Nightwing 31, written by Chuck Dixon, although I’ve slightly changed the
visuals. Many thanks to Alexis and David for betareading and improving this fic,
especially the ending. You guys rock my socks!