Prompt Post - Part Four [CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS]

[yj_anon]

THIS PART IS NOW CLOSED. YOU CAN CONTINUE POSTING FILLS, BUT PLEASE PROMPT ALL NEW THINGS HERE.

Part one here!

Part two here!

Part three here!

Feel free to reprompt posts from parts one, two, three in part four once. If you do so, I'd recommend leaving a link to your fill on the original prompt, in case somebody is tracking the first thread.
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Juvenile Arthritis

[anonymous]

As an anon who unfortunately has arthritis at age 20, I sometimes can't help by think to myself about some of the heroes when it comes in terms of the muscle/joint damage they would likely sustain in the real world, given their activities.

I would like to see this applied to one of the YJ, more specifically: Robin or Roy.

Robin is an acrobat, and does rather intense, rigorous training that can take it's strain.

As for Roy - I simply like seeing him in pain, pushing through his macho bravado. I'm a sadist.

SO, in short: I'd like to see either Robin or Roy develop juvenile arthritis, that starts to interfere with their hero-ing.

You can make it with pairings, or gen. [I am a slash/femslash fan, and I slash like... everyone/everyone] So, it's up to you. ^^

Re: Juvenile Arthritis

[anonymous]

Maybe that is why Roy has such a short temper now, he's always in pain. And the main reason he left Ollie and won't join YJ is because he's afraid if they find out, they'll try and keep him from crime fighting. Someone please fill!

The Bend and Snap [1/13]

[anonymous]

My condolences to you and the arthritis, anon. Though I have never suffered from it myself, very close relatives of mine have had to come to terms with it. Seeing my family go through it is an experience I would never wish on anyone and those they cherish. It’s my sincerest hope that this story addressed the condition with the respect it deserves and meets your expectations.

Part One - DiscoveryIt began with dismissible happenstances: Robin’s aim would be half an inch off because his wrist wouldn’t bend like he was accustomed to, or his landings weren’t as smooth due to his knees giving out. Such instances could be recalculated or compensated. He tightened his gloves and kneepads to hold the joints steady and relearned how to connect his attacks all over again

The Bend and Snap [2/13]

[anonymous]

He’d kept to the shadows, wincing whenever his joints creaked despite realizing that they had no way of alerting the enemy to his presence. There were five targets - all male, middle-aged and amateurish. Robin had disposed of six times that, all of whom were more able bodied. He didn’t need to leave his hiding spot to take down two with knockout gas, and caught the third off-guard, too, with a calculated set of punches to several nerve clusters in his chest

The Bend and Snap [3/13]

[anonymous]

A hand gripped his leg from over the sheet, close to the swelling there. The touch was a source of support, but Robin still turned his head away. Accepting even this much made him feel pathetic

The Bend and Snap [4/13]

[anonymous]

He avoided looking at the skyline, though; Robin hadn’t revered that view for awhile now, not since his body couldn’t greet it, too. Scaling the skyscrapers, leaping across rooftops and fighting on the streets were a liberty he was rarely afforded. The measures taken blurred the edges of pain, but couldn’t change the fact he was trapped in a body that physically couldn’t handle the stress of combat, much less his extreme acrobatic style. The action involved in their line of work was sorely missed, as were the stunts he’d accomplished. The moves his parents had taught him were their last legacy to him - a way to keep them alive, but now he’d lost even that much

The Bend and Snap [5/13]

[anonymous]

Robin meant the inquiry as a joke that could be thrown away, but Kid Flash stared at him past his goggles and said, “Yeah, we all do. Even Artemis, not that she’ll admit it. I didn’t think she even had it in her.”

“It’s not like I’ve left,” he argued, once he got past his friend’s admission.

“Our team info structure is off, dude,” Kid Flash said. “Again, might I add? I mean, look…we were just starting to adjust to a new member on the team and finding our roles. Then without explanation you stop participating in the field

The Bend and Snap [6/13]

[anonymous]

Kid Flash hesitated half a second, and then slowly - for him - lifted his goggles from over his eyes. There wasn’t an explanation that Robin could find on why that simple gesture alone made the moment easier to bear, but his shoulders relaxed a fraction. His friend took his hand in both of his, examining the skin along the knuckles

The Bend and Snap [7/13]

[anonymous]

He activated his wrist computer in the meantime and programmed his R-Cycle to return to the hideout without him. A slight dip as they crossed rooftops fumbled his fingers across the holographic touch screen. Kid Flash sensed his body tensing and gave his leg a questioning squeeze, since he couldn’t run at such high speeds without looking where he was going.

“Do that again,” he instructed, tugging on his friend’s shoulder and toward another rooftop. Effortlessly, Kid Flash leapt across it, that sensation of freefalling short-lived and marvelous. “Again!”

Kid Flash bounded from more buildings, and though he struggled with the effort of upward momentum, he still made the attempt to scale the taller structures for longer jumps. The wind ruffled their hair and whipped Robin’s cape behind them, laughter erupting from him at each plummet and landing.

They took the long way back.

Part Three - Decisions“The scanners are showing five heat signatures at the west end of the building, seven in the south and three around the northeast. All

The Bend and Snap [8/13]

[anonymous]

Robin continued to survey the data, but after a couple minutes of this he was forced to shift positions. He sat with his back against a tree, one leg stretched out in front of him and the other curled up against his chest. The lower half of his body was starting to go rigid from the amount of time he sat, and he absently tried rubbing to relieve the joint that pressed on his torso as he kept a close eye on activity. The team had successfully made contact with the first row of buildings and was entering through a fragile point in the wall, but at that angle it would be impossible for most of them to detect where the two intercepting groups of soldiers was coming from - and fast

The Bend and Snap [9/13]

[anonymous]

Even during the explosion Robin never lost sight of the enemy, who was skulking around his previous position. Fighting her one-on-one in close combat was foolish in his condition, and Robin didn’t want to draw more attention than what he already had. With expert precision, he knocked her unconscious with a dart that would leave her asleep for a solid twenty-four hours. He spared a few seconds to be certain she would not awaken and then carefully scaled down the tree.

“Come on, come on, come on,” he said under his breath, chanting the two words as he hurried to the area he’d staked out. Robin reconnected his gauntlet computer to the hidden network and regained the progress he’d made

The Bend and Snap [10/13]

[anonymous]

He located M’gann first, who was kept separate from the others and heavily sedated. A pair of guards was positioned at each side of the door. Robin lowered himself by turning off the power in his gloves and tapped one of the guards on the shoulder, punching them out as they turned at the touch. He leapt onto the other guard’s shoulders when their attention was alerted. Robin wrapped his legs tightly around their neck in a sleeper hold. Now safe to enter the room, he deactivated the lock and rushed to release M’gann from her restraints

The Bend and Snap [11/13]

[anonymous]

At seeing M’gann alive, Superboy no longer held his strength in check but ripped his cage apart, helping to free Aqualad and Artemis. Robin released Kid Flash.

“I took the scenic route. How is everyone?”

“We need medical treatment, but it can wait,” Aqualad reported. “I also have all we need.” He demonstrated by revealing a tiny camera that had been secreted in the fin of his legging. “We have completed what we came to do. It’s prudent that we escape while the opportunity has presented itself.”

“Oh, but I wish there was something we could do for these poor animals. They look so abused, and they are…unhappy. Frightened,” M’gann lamented, eying the rows and rows of contained experiments.

“I know, but it’s not as if your ship can hold all of them, much less us with them,” Artemis said, retrieving their weapons. “The better question is: how are we leaving? We really underestimated the number of security personnel and their skill level

The Bend and Snap [12/13]

[anonymous]

“Are you both all right?” M’gann asked, already scanning them for injury.

Superboy nodded, then shifted Robin until he was holding him under the arms and out in front of him. He was scrutinizing Robin. He squirmed in his grasp, hoping his friend didn’t have x-ray vision and had forgotten to tell them.

“You can put me down now,” Robin instructed.

“No,” Superboy said. “Why did you fall behind? Are you hurt?”

“Nah, it’s cool.”

Superboy flinched, and Robin knew what it was like to kick a puppy.

“You struggled to keep up,” Superboy persisted, perhaps stubbornly, after witnessing Robin’s lie for what it was.

“Can we like, not have this conversation now?” Kid Flash asked, coming to Robin’s rescue. “Bioship now, interrogations after, okay

The Bend and Snap [13/13]

[anonymous]

Robin slouched in his seat, wishing they were at base because he was running low on excuses. He started as the seat shifted around him, as if offering him a hug.

“Robin…” M’gann started.

“Stop pressuring me!” Robin snapped, the back of the seat releasing him instantly in alarm. “It’s not anything I can’t handle.”

Everyone remained silent after his outburst except Artemis, who released a sigh that disturbed the wisps of hair that had come undone from her ponytail.

“Fine, whatever - we all have personal details we want kept secret. I can respect that. But you have to promise us you’ll call for help next time, all right? We each have our limit and so help me, if I find out you pulled the same sacrificial stunt a second time I’m carrying you, and you won’t like it if I do.”

“Deal,” Robin said, and made certain to catch Superboy’s eye in particular. “Seriously, I promise. I…Batman and I have this handled

Re: The Bend and Snap [13/13]

[anonymous]

Oh, this is absolutely beautiful! Really well-written and I love your characterisations!

Thank you so much for writing this!