Summary: She wasn't ready for this... No, it was more like she wasn't worthy of something like this... Flinx with a smidgen of friendship with Robin and Jinx.
I don't own Teen Titans and while I would have liked to have more development between Kid Flash and Jinx, I'm glad they're technically a canon couple and even got to kiss in the comics! 8D
Please forgive any mistakes, both character-wise and grammatically-wise. I don't have time to re-read or edit things.
I don't own Teen Titans and while I would have liked to have more development between Kid Flash and Jinx, I'm glad they're technically a canon couple and even got to kiss in the comics! 8D
Please forgive any mistakes, both character-wise and grammatically-wise. I don't have time to re-read or edit things.
Unworthy
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“Hey,” a soft
voice called out and Jinx lifted her head from where she had pressing it
against her knees. Robin, now Nightwing, walked over to where Jinx sat on the
ledge of the T-Tower roof and took a seat beside her. “So... I heard the news.”
“La-di-freaking-da,”
Jinx replied sourly, turning her attention back at the blueness of the waters
that surrounded the Tower.
“I’m guessing you
won’t appreciate it if I said congratulations?” he inquired, arching an
eyebrow.
“I don’t know,
were you planning on saying it?”
He smirked. “Not
really. Actually, I’m more surprised that it’s come to this point. I didn’t
think you and Kid Flash... well, now Flash would actually last together as a
couple, much less married. And now you two are going to have a kid together.”
Jinx replied with
an unintelligible sound, her head pressed against her knees once more.
“Uh-huh, because
that made a lot of sense.”
“Shut up, bird
brain, I’m not in the mood.”
“Unfortunately
sweet-heart, I don’t care.”
“Jump off the
roof, boy blunder.”
“Only if you come
with me, sweet cheeks.”
“I’ll kill you for
that, you little porcupine.”
“Sorry there
Jinxie, but I’ve outgrown you a long time ago.” Nightwing replied cheekily.
“Now fess up, what’s going on with you? You’re acting moodier than usual. The
baby shower downstairs is for you, but Flash might as well be the one pregnant
at this point.”
“Shaddup.”
“Jinx.” He said
with a stern frown. “What’s wrong with you?”
The pink haired
woman hesitated, staring out into the ocean with a heavy frown. “...I can’t be
pregnant.”
“...excuse me?”
“You heard me,”
Jinx said with a scowl. “I can’t be pregnant. There’s no way.”
“Uh, according to
Wally, you checked like a million times. You’re pregnant. Accept it. Even Raven
sensed that there’s another life growing inside-.”
“I can’t be
pregnant!” Jinx snapped harshly, her grip around her knees tightly. “This just
cannot be happening.”
Nightwing frowned.
So this wasn’t just denial, but something deeper rooted. “What’s wrong Jinx?
Why are you so bothered by this? I thought you’d be happy since-.”
She shook her head
furiously. “No, he deserves better than that! It’s one thing with just Wally
dealing with me, but he... I... Wally’s... Wally’s kid deserves better... the
kid deserves a mother that isn’t me.”
“What makes you
say that?”
“Please, you of
all people know my past. I bet you even memorized my entire history verbatim,
even the parts I told you about that aren’t documented.” Jinx rolled her as
mockingly. She then sighed, leaning back against the wall held the door that
led to the stairs back into the tower. One hand was pressed against her lower
stomach, a faraway look in her eyes. “My powers are for hurting people... I
don’t want the kid to end up growing up like me. I don’t want him or her... to
feel the pains I felt growing up because of something they couldn’t control...
I don’t want them to be put in danger because of what I am... I don’t want...
them to get hurt because of the people that are always after me...”
At this, Jinx fell
silent and returned to her huddled position, her knees against her forehead and
her arms wrapped around her legs.
“You know,” Nightwing
began softly. “I still hate you. You and I know how to get along when
necessary, but that doesn’t mean we like each other or anything.”
“God forbid,” Jinx
added in a snarky muffled voice.
“Still, that
doesn’t mean I don’t respect you,” Nightwing leaned against the wall as well. “The
fact that you have such feelings means you care for your kid a lot. You care
for Wally a lot.”
“Caring isn’t
enough.”
Nightwing gave a
small nod. “True, but nothing is ever truly enough. We’re heroes Jinx, danger is
always with us. Flash isn’t just going to give up being who he is because of
that, even if he’s probably scared of the dangers he’s going to put the kid in.
But he has you. You’re his partner. You’re not going through this alone...
and... well... you have me and the other Titans. You know we wouldn’t just sit
around and let you guys get hurt.”
“...with how corny
you lot can be, believe me, I know.” Still, her shoulders sagged as she let out
a shuddery sigh. “I don’t like this... I don’t like how vulnerable I’m
becoming.”
“I thought you and
Wally went over that a long time ago. Those feelings simply mean that you have
people you care about and who care about you too.”
“Doesn’t mean the
feelings haven’t gone away.” She replied dryly. The need to be strong, to be omnipresent
so that she could never be hurt. To always be on guard so that an enemy
couldn’t attack while she was weak. It was how she had grown, how she had
survived.
“Think about it
Jinx. It’s true that it’s scary and it’s scarier for you particularly because
of what you had to grow up with, but you’re not alone in this.” Nightwing said,
standing up from the ground. “And I’m sure the kid will grow up to be the
second happiest kid in the world.”
At that, Jinx
lifted her head with narrowed eyes. “Second happiest?”
“Of course, my kid
is going to be the happiest in the world.” He said cockily before sharply
ducking the pink hex that had been aimed for his head.
“In your dreams,
you hippie,” she said in referenced to his hair. “You don’t even have the guts
to propose to Starfire, let alone have a kid with her.”
“Things change
every day, honey.” Nightwing said with a shrug, struggling to hide the flush of
his face. “You never know what tomorrow brings.”
“And my kid will
be the happiest most loved child in the world,” she added with a snap.
He grinned at her.
“We’ll see about that.”
“Go away,
Roby-poo. I want some alone time with my kid.”
“Right, see you
later, darling,” Nightwing said, side-stepping the next hex hurled at him. As
he entered into the building to go down the staircase, he paused as a small
voice murmured out to him from the side of the stairway, a splash of flaming
red hair shining from the corner of his eyes.
“Thanks...” Wally
said quietly. “For talking to Jinx, I mean. It hurts to admit it, but she
probably wouldn’t have felt better if I had been the one talking.”
“One of the perks
of being her worst enemy. The words just seep in harder,” Nightwing said with a
shrug. Jinx would have probably been the only one to snap him out of it had the
situation been reversed. “You going to be alright, man?”
Wally glanced at where
Jinx was, a content smile on her face as she rubbed her stomach absentmindedly.
He gave Nightwing a softened smile. “I think we’ll be just fine.”
::End::
AN: I'm back! Okay, not really. Work is gonna go CRAZY soon, so I wanted to at least post something here as well since I did so for my other blogs. :) Hope you guys enjoyed it!
As stated in the drabble; sometimes, the people who get through to us the most is the people who we hate yet grudgingly respect the most.
As stated in the drabble; sometimes, the people who get through to us the most is the people who we hate yet grudgingly respect the most.
