Target Practice, Bart/Connor, PG

[caiusbackup]

I played the crack game with Livia, and this was the result.

TITLE: Target Practice
AUTHOR: Caia
RATING: PG
SUMMARY: Bart has a crush on Connor Hawke.
SPOILERS: Nothing, really.
DISCLAIMER: Not mine. They belong to DC.

Bart loved Green Arrow.

The younger one, that is. The quiet, calm one, who'd grown up in a monastery and who had all the girls crushing on him when he'd visited the Tower.

He was quiet, and deliberate, and quick only when he needed it, and it was everything people wanted Bart to be and suddenly?

Bart wanted it too. He wanted Connor and he wanted to be Connor, and he wanted to learn how to use his arrows. All of them.

"Will you teach me how to shoot arrows?"

"Certainly."

"Great! Cool!"

Bart ran over to the range where Roy used to practice, and ran back to Green Arrow, so he could walk by his side. He wanted to be near him, and wanted to follow him.

Even if Connor walked as slow as normal people.

"Here, stand here, and hold the bow like this." Connor demonstrated, and then held Bart so he would know how. "Pull back, aim, and then let go."

Bart never wanted Green Arrow to let go. Even though he also wanted to learn what Green Arrow was teaching, and do what he said--and it would be so cool to shoot arrows at superspeed, he'd seen Arsenal shoot them off ten at once and in succession, quick enough that Bart knew most people wouldn't even see--and he's heard that this Green Arrow is just as good, and he was in the JLA, even, with Flash...

Connor was silently adjusting his grip. "Focus on the target, now."

Bart focuses. He'd prefer to focus on Green Arrow, and even on Green Arrow's other arrow, and Green Arrow was his target, really, wasn't he? and he would like a lot to put his arrow in that target. But Green Arrow was calm, and deliberate, and very very zen, and much older and much cooler than Bart. So Bart would do what he knew Green Arrow meant, since he didn't want Green Arrow to stop holding him. Ever, really.

"Now hold." And then Connor stepped back, and Bart immediately slipped, overcompensated, and sent the arrow flying. He stood and waited an eternity, missing the feeling of Green Arrow holding him, waiting for the arrow to hit. Finally it struck the very edge of the target, and then, in less time than it took for the arrow to get there, Bart followed and brought it back to Connor's side.

"Very good," said Connor.

"Show me again!" said Bart, dying to get Green Arrow's arms around him.

It would be a very long month for Connor. And a much longer and happier one for Bart.

And then Bart fell for Green Lantern.

Comments

[liviapenn.livejournal.com]

It would be a very long month for Connor. And a much longer and happier one for Bart.

*snorfle* This is still my favorite line.

"Show me AGAIN!"

Do you think Connor caught on before the end of the month, or not? I'm kind of tempted to say "not."

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

Do you think Connor caught on before the end of the month, or not? I'm kind of tempted to say "not."

He could very well not. It is, after all, Connor :). OTOH, it's possible Bart escalates things, or someone takes him aside...

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Yay! Thanks for commenting!

[zing_och.livejournal.com]

Heh. Nice and funny. I nearly laughed out loud at the ending, which would be problematic because this is the first fic ever I read at work. :)

Now for the Bart/Kyle. *waits* ;)

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. I hope your coworkers don't think you're insane. Glad I made you laugh, though.

Now for the Bart/Kyle. *waits* ;)

*g* You may be waiting awhile. But we'll see. :)

[fullmetal-cute.livejournal.com]

Do it! The hellspork commands you!

[cloudtrader.livejournal.com]

*g*

Oh, that's wonderful! OMG, Bart crushing on the entire hero community... *G*

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Thank you! The hero community is in trouble :).

[thete1.livejournal.com]

*ahahhahaa* This was *lovely*!

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[sparklebutch.livejournal.com]

He's such a sweet li'l puppy :)

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

He is. Potentially *incredibly* annoying, but sweet. As is Connor (well, except for the annoying part).

[wildreality.livejournal.com]

Oh, BART! Hee hee! *loves*

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Thank you! He's, um, quite the character.

[crantz.livejournal.com]

awww. Crushing!Bart.

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

He can be very very cute, can't he? Thanks.

[badficwriter.livejournal.com]

Poor Connor. LOL

Have you ever read the toonWally/Green Lantern fic called 'Puppy Love'? Bart strikes me as *very much* like that.

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Fortunately, Connor is a patient man :).

And no, I hadn't, but I just dug it up. Thanks for the rec; and yes, very Bart-like...

[ravenfrog.livejournal.com]

Heh heh heh. I'd feel a little sorry for Connor, if I didn't find Bart to be just so darn cute. *grins*

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

We can just hope Connor finds him equally cute. *grins back*

[ladyvyola.livejournal.com]

Oh, the havok and confusion and consternation as Bart superspeeds his way through puberty!

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

DCU beware!!!

[meret.livejournal.com]

LOL! This is adorable. :)

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I tried.

[buggery.livejournal.com]

And then Bart fell for Green Lantern.

Most hilarious last line EVER.

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Was trying for humor; I guess I succeeded :).

[leetal.livejournal.com]

Awwwwww! *hearts, muchly*
This is so adorable. *melts* :)
*pink hearts*

Now I really wanna find out what else went on. Any chance?

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *cherishes the hearts*

I'm not really planning on more at the moment, but it never hurts to ask. Connor or Bart may eventually give me another anecdote from that month...(Though there wasn't any sex or anything like that. Just Bart being cute and annoying and having a crush, and Connor being tolerent and Connorlike and occasionally pretty annoyed.)

[leetal.livejournal.com]

Awwwww, how sweet! :D

* *wants*, but will settle for Ollie/Bart *eg* *
(which, you realize, is pretty much your fault ;) )

Seriously, really sweet, and thank yous *hugs*

[fullmetal-cute.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh, oh! *falls over giggling as she pictures this* Oh Bart! So cute! And poor, poor Connor... surrounded by Bartlove for a month! Only a month!

And poor, poor GL... >:)

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much! Whichever GL Bart's after won't know what hit him. :)

[gloss]

Bart is love, and so are you. <333

[caiusmajor.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much!