DCU Fanfic: Coincidence

[shinyglorchan]

Title: Coincidence
Fandom: DCU
Character(s): Kyle Rayner, Connor Hawke
Pairing(s): Connor/Kyle
Word Count: 599
Genre: general/romance
Rating: PG/K+
Notes: Written for pervyficgirl at my DCU Kissing Meme. The prompt was apologies, though it went a little awry. I planned for apologies for Kyle being off-planet when Connor got hurt, but no dice. It turned out well I think. First time writing Kyle and second time writing Connor. Takes place in current canon, though a little hand-wavy with GLC canon.
Link: N/A

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Kyle was not exactly sure what he was doing back on Earth. OA had been crazy as of late, but after hearing speeches on love and such from the Star Sapphire, he wanted to come home to visit people he loved. He knew many of those people were gone, but he could at least visit their graves. Donna was still alive, or at least, alive again. He had not really talked to her after the trip through the multiverse.

Just thinking about the multiverse trip made him cringe as he let his ring switch him into his civilian clothing, moving onto the sidewalk. He wanted some sort of perspective that he was sure he could not get on OA. With his head elsewhere as he walked, Kyle should not have been surprised when he ran into someone.

“Ah, sorry, I wasn't...” Kyle trailed off when he saw who he bumped. “Connor!”

Connor looked up at him as Kyle offered him a hand up. “Man, what are you doing on the east coast?” Kyle asked as Connor grasped his hand and pulled himself up.

“I-” he paused. “I think we should talk somewhere more private. I have an apartment just around the corner.”

Kyle followed, immediately feeling like something was off. He had been off-planet so long, but could Connor have changed so much that Kyle barely recognized him? The question ran through Kyle's mind until they made it inside Connor's apartment.

“Would you like anything to drink?” Connor asked politely, but Kyle shook his head.

“No, I'm good,” Kyle answered, moving closer to Connor to put a hand on his shoulder. “Are you okay? You seem different. I know I've been off-planet a while but-”

“No, you're right. I am different, Kyle,” Connor stated as he collapsed into an armchair. “I remember your name, I remember who you are, but you say you've been gone a while, and that's not ringing any bells with me.”

Kyle furrowed his brows as he sat on the couch nearest to Connor's seat. “What do you mean?”

“It's a long story, but I have, essentially, amnesia. I remember my friends and family, but not the much of the time I spent with them. The feelings are there, but the memories aren't. I don't even know who I am, really. I know I'm Connor Hawke, but I have no idea what that means. I know I was Green Arrow, but the funny thing is now I can't even hit a target.” Connor paused. “Did that make any sense?”

Kyle stayed quiet for a moment. “Why do I get the feeling this is the first time you've really voiced all of this?”

Connor bit his lip as he sat up straighter in the armchair. “I had this conversation with my father, but I never voiced everything,” he said with a frown. “I don't remember, but I feel like he would not have understood. It's different with you, Kyle.”

Kyle blinked in surprise. “Really? How?”

Connor looked thoughtful for a moment before standing up and sitting on the coffee table in front of Kyle, knees almost touching. “I feel as though I can say or do anything, and you won't judge me,” he answered softly before reaching his hand to Kyle's cheek and pulling him in for a kiss.

Kyle's eyes widened in shock before he let them slide close as he kissed back. Connor had been right; Kyle would not judge him or begrudge Connor anything, especially not a kiss. Maybe Kyle had more people on Earth that he loved than he had originally thought.

Comments

[saavikam77.livejournal.com]

Awwwww!!! I felt so bad for Connor reading that arc in the comics. It would be so awesome for him to have Kyle by his side, offering support and understanding. :)

Just perfect.

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Too bad canon sucks and won't even get Kyle back on Earth, let alone get them to hang out. :/ Thank you for reading, and I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[d-moonbeam.livejournal.com]

awww, so full of uber-cuteness!!!

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Hehe, thank you. Glad you liked it.

[nalanzu.livejournal.com]

I keep wondering why it is that we never see any interaction between Kyle and Connor any more. It would be nice if it went something like this. :D

(You have some random bits of grammatical oddness in there, by the way. Would you mind terribly if I fixed them? ^^;; )

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it, even with my grammatical oddness. I don't have a beta (and this was pretty much a commentbox fic, so I didn't really check it over), so if you want to fic them, go ahead! I'd appreciated it. ^-^

[nalanzu.livejournal.com]

Yay~! Let me reiterate - I liked this piece. Short and sweet. <3

OA had been crazy as of late, but after hearing speeches on love and the such from the Star Sapphire, he wanted to come home to visit people he loved.

That middle bit should be "on love and such"; no article needed.
“Ah, sorry, I wasn't...” Kyle trailed off when he saw who he ran into. “Connor!”

This one should be something like "when he saw who had bumped/hit/etc". Into is a preposition and shouldn't be at the end of a sentence; if you wanted to keep the words "run into", it would go "when he saw into whom he had run". It's a bit of an unwieldy sentence.

He had been off-planet so long, but could Connor of changed so much that Kyle barely recognized him? The question ran through Kyle's mind until they made inside Connor's apartment.

There are two things here - the first should be "could Connor have changed so much" and the second is "until they made it inside Connor's apartment."

“...the funny thing is now I can't even hit a target,” Connor paused.

While I commend you for your generally correct use of commas to close out quotations, in this case Connor paused. is a complete sentence in and of itself and the punctuation following the word "target" should be a period.

“I feel as though can say or do anything, and you won't judge me,” he answered softly before reaching his hand to Kyle's cheek and pulling him in for a kiss.

You're missing a noun here. "I feel as though I can say or do anything".

Maybe Kyle had more people on Earth that he loved than he originally thought.

You're not switching tenses, and you should be, since you're referring to something in the past of Kyle's internal chronology in that last phrase. This means that it needs to move out of the simple past: "than he had originally thought."

You could also use contractions within the narrative text, although you certainly don't have to. <3

It was remarkably coherent for a commentbox fic, I might add. :D

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Thanks! That was quite helpful.

You could also use contractions within the narrative text, although you certainly don't have to.

Heh, I have it drilled into my head from essay writing in English class that contraction outside of quotes is a no-no. I try to keep with that, usually. Sometimes, i just say screw since it wouldn't work with some characters (like Superboy, for example).

Some of these were such silly mistakes. @_@ Thanks again for pointing 'em out! <3

[porntestpilot.livejournal.com]

Wait, so Connor is awake now in canon?

This was sweet! It's too bad Connor can't come visit Oa, like Ice did.

[shiny-glor-chan.livejournal.com]

Yup, he's been awake for while. Him and Mia have both left Ollie and Dinah (Connor to 'find himself' while Mia went to England after a hot Brit to get some action, though she hadn't meant to say that to Ollie and Dinah, lol). Thanks for reading!