Sincerely Yours, by Satellites (Teen)
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het_reccersFandom Category: Young Justice
Pairing: Artemis Crock/Wally West, M'gann M'orzz/Superboy
Fic Title: Sincerely Yours
Author: satellites (radish_earring)
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/542768
Rating/Warning(s): Teen and up
Genre: AU
WIP?: No
Why This Must Be Read: A Young Justice AU set to "The Breakfast Club." Need I say more? No, but seriously, the casting in this was flawless, and the characterization of each person shined through surprisingly well for transplanting them into a new non-superhero setting. Especially Artemis, whose loud-mouth casting as Bender is just epically awesome. It's got a deft touch and hits all the spots that made the Breakfast Club movie so classic, and yet balances that out with the YJ characterization.
Megan walks down the hallway next to Conner with her hands clasped in front of her. He has his crammed into his jacket pockets, staring resolutely ahead without blinking. Their footsteps echo on the empty walls, ringing against the lockers arhythmically.
Megan bites her lip in thought before deciding to break the silence.
“So,” she begins, pulling confidence into her voice. “What did you... do to get in here?”
Conner has absolutely no visible reaction. His pace doesn’t falter. He doesn’t even blink.
Megan’s brow furrows and she mutters, “Okay then.”
“What’d you do?” Conner asks suddenly. Megan almost gives a start.
“He speaks,” she jokes nervously, pulling at her fingers. “How come you’re always so quiet, Conner?”
“Don’t call me that,” he says sharply. “You don’t know me.”
Megan eschews, frowning.
“Sorry,” she mumbles.
“Anyway, I’m quiet because I know people don’t actually listen,” he tells her, sounding bored. “So I figure why bother, y’know?”
“Oh.” Megan’s eyebrows knit together. “Well, I’d – I’d listen.”
Conner finally glances aside at her, and his perpetual scowl thaws for a moment. He slows before stopping altogether, and Megan halts a few steps in front of him, turning to face him self-consciously.
“Why are you being so nice to me?” he asks, staring quizzically at her. Her cheeks redden.
“I don’t know; I just – I try to be nice to everybody,” she replies. “It’s only fair.”
In an instant, his glower is back again. He sighs curtly through his nose and tromps ahead, shouldering past her. She jogs to keep up, falling in to step beside him.
“Only fair,” he repeats cynically under his breath. “That’s adorable.”
Megan’s expression hardens. “Well, I’m sorry for trying to have a conversation with you. You haven’t said a word all day and the second somebody tries talking to you, you act like it’s an inconvenience.”
“Maybe it is!” he barks, whirling on her. She stands her ground, brown eyes flashing.
“Then – then maybe you should stop trying to get so much attention!” she retorts sharply, and then she strides by him, tossing her hair decisively over one shoulder.
Conner watches her for a moment without moving to catch up. By the time he finally lets out a groan and runs after her, she’s rounding the corner with an armful of Coca-Cola cans and a frigid demeanor he hasn’t seen all morning.
“Let’s just go back,” she says coolly, and Conner, not wanting to further antagonize the girl who could probably beat him to death with her own purse, complies.
When they reach the library doors, he holds it open for her and apologizes. She pauses for a moment, her shoulders loosening slightly, before exhaling something that sounds similar to “it’s fine.”
Pairing: Artemis Crock/Wally West, M'gann M'orzz/Superboy
Fic Title: Sincerely Yours
Author: satellites (radish_earring)
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/542768
Rating/Warning(s): Teen and up
Genre: AU
WIP?: No
Why This Must Be Read: A Young Justice AU set to "The Breakfast Club." Need I say more? No, but seriously, the casting in this was flawless, and the characterization of each person shined through surprisingly well for transplanting them into a new non-superhero setting. Especially Artemis, whose loud-mouth casting as Bender is just epically awesome. It's got a deft touch and hits all the spots that made the Breakfast Club movie so classic, and yet balances that out with the YJ characterization.
Megan walks down the hallway next to Conner with her hands clasped in front of her. He has his crammed into his jacket pockets, staring resolutely ahead without blinking. Their footsteps echo on the empty walls, ringing against the lockers arhythmically.
Megan bites her lip in thought before deciding to break the silence.
“So,” she begins, pulling confidence into her voice. “What did you... do to get in here?”
Conner has absolutely no visible reaction. His pace doesn’t falter. He doesn’t even blink.
Megan’s brow furrows and she mutters, “Okay then.”
“What’d you do?” Conner asks suddenly. Megan almost gives a start.
“He speaks,” she jokes nervously, pulling at her fingers. “How come you’re always so quiet, Conner?”
“Don’t call me that,” he says sharply. “You don’t know me.”
Megan eschews, frowning.
“Sorry,” she mumbles.
“Anyway, I’m quiet because I know people don’t actually listen,” he tells her, sounding bored. “So I figure why bother, y’know?”
“Oh.” Megan’s eyebrows knit together. “Well, I’d – I’d listen.”
Conner finally glances aside at her, and his perpetual scowl thaws for a moment. He slows before stopping altogether, and Megan halts a few steps in front of him, turning to face him self-consciously.
“Why are you being so nice to me?” he asks, staring quizzically at her. Her cheeks redden.
“I don’t know; I just – I try to be nice to everybody,” she replies. “It’s only fair.”
In an instant, his glower is back again. He sighs curtly through his nose and tromps ahead, shouldering past her. She jogs to keep up, falling in to step beside him.
“Only fair,” he repeats cynically under his breath. “That’s adorable.”
Megan’s expression hardens. “Well, I’m sorry for trying to have a conversation with you. You haven’t said a word all day and the second somebody tries talking to you, you act like it’s an inconvenience.”
“Maybe it is!” he barks, whirling on her. She stands her ground, brown eyes flashing.
“Then – then maybe you should stop trying to get so much attention!” she retorts sharply, and then she strides by him, tossing her hair decisively over one shoulder.
Conner watches her for a moment without moving to catch up. By the time he finally lets out a groan and runs after her, she’s rounding the corner with an armful of Coca-Cola cans and a frigid demeanor he hasn’t seen all morning.
“Let’s just go back,” she says coolly, and Conner, not wanting to further antagonize the girl who could probably beat him to death with her own purse, complies.
When they reach the library doors, he holds it open for her and apologizes. She pauses for a moment, her shoulders loosening slightly, before exhaling something that sounds similar to “it’s fine.”
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