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In Dicks opinion, his little brother needed more socializing, and yes, the three of them apply, but Damian has been doing better at making friends since he met that Colin kid and Jason had Roy who was his ride or die
But Tim, Dick couldn't think of someone for Tim. Maybe Stephanie could count, but since they broke up they have not talked that much, or at least she hasn't come to the manor anymore
So yeah, his brother needed more socializing.
And really, he was going to bring it up to Bruce as someone concerned, but he didn't expect Tim to take first action, because now there was a boy in the entrance asking for Tim
"Uhhh, hi? So like, is Tim home by any chance, didn't tell him I was coming, but I really need to talk to him" guy seemed nervous, had a punk style to him that the leather jacket he was wearing provided
He seemed friendly, but he couldn't even get more information out of the guy, like a name, because Tim came rushing into view, which by the way, this guy spent all his time in his room so him being here means he kinda expected the surprise visit mystery boy made
"Kon! So glad you're here" Kon? Well now at least he had a name, which was all he got in the end because Tim grabbed Kon by the hand and rushed to the direction of where his room was.
Dick was definitely asking him questions later when he came home, he was so going to gossip about this little Interaction to Barbara when he saw her later
It was great Tim was finally talking to more people his age, Alfred will be happy there's a new guest in the manor. It sucked that Bruce wasn't in Gotham though, but maybe it's better in this situation, Tim was always one for being a little paranoid of what Bruce thought of him.
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Tim really was stressing, because he was grabbing him like his life depended on making it to his room. Which might also be Kon just having a hard time adjusting on the no power situation, but who really cares.
The team was having a really normal day when it all went to shit, it was supposed to be the week's villain, a nobody they were fighting. But the fucker played dirty and had some kind of power gun. Next thing he knows Rob gets hit by the ray and drops to the ground and the pathetic criminal uses the fraction of time where he paralyzes at that sight to hit him too.
Good thing it didn't kill them though. Kon just woke up in his room at the farm, first thing he noticed was he felt weaker, which led to the next discovery that he didn't have his powers, which sucked but at least he was somewhere safe and familiar.
His theory at the time was parallel universe, but he didn't know which differences were between his and this universe, he didn't even know If Tim was here, so using the other Kon's computer he searched if the Wayne family existed. Which they did, so Tim is probably having the same situation as him, or so he desperately hoped
He didn't look for any other information, he needed to get to Tim fast.
He couldn't really fly, so he had to buy a plane ticket to Gotham, which may or may have not been bought using other Kon's allowance money, which he really couldn't mind if it meant getting his body back so he had to suck it up.
Ma was in the kitchen when he was getting out of the door, so he said his goodbyes like a good boy
"And where are you going, Conner? You didn't say anything about plans today" so that may be a problem, nothing a little lie with some truth couldn't fix
"I'm going to go see a friend,it was a spontaneous outing, that's why I didn't say anything before" technically Tim was his friend, and he is visiting him without planning to
"Ok dear, have fun and try not to get home late" he was so skilled at lying, he should be a politician.. or maybe not, he would be too much like Lex if he did become one.
Anyways, Kon never realized how much it sucked not having superpowers, having to take the lowest plane ticket sucked, he really wished he could just fly, but oh well, the things he has to do to survive
And really, it was tedious, there was a kid seated next to him who was very noisy, Jon was never this troublesome when he spent time with him, Kon should be grateful that he was an easy kid, maybe when he gets back he could buy him an ice cream.
After some time of eternal suffering, he finally made it to Gotham, the change in atmosphere wasn't that drastic though, it seemed just like a normal city with some pollution problems, nothing being eco friendly couldn't fix, Maybe that was the difference that this universe had with his, apart from the no powers for him, maybe Gotham was actually decent here. Kon wondered if that meant that the bats were different too, that would be a sight.
The trip to the manor was a short one, he really hoped that his Tim was with him in this universe, it would be an awkward situation if they didn't know each other in this universe, he would look like a creepy fan, because one just doesn't go to Wayne manor, he had to jump the fence and do some parkour to bypass the security, first time Tim's paranoid ass helps him with something, memorizing the security was actually useful for once.
When he got to the door he hoped he wouldn't be questioned if someone else opened the door apart from Tim, he didn't really know how he would explain why he was there if no one opened the gate.before he could really knock though, Dick opened the door to leave the house unprompted, once he spotted him he just kinda stared at him, Kon spoke first but before Dick could reply Tim saved him, thank God, and took him inside.
So yeah, his current situation. They were in Tim's room now, with Tim researching whatever he was doing at the moment, they hadn't really exchanged words since he got here, but Kon was fine with that. He liked staring at his friend's face when he was concentrated, waiting for Tim to finish whatever he was doing. But one has so much patience.
"So, what are you researching?"
Tim took his eyes away from the computer to look at him, unimpressed
"While you took your time getting to Gotham, I was researching the basics of this world, which you know, are important if we want to blend while we wait to go home"
"Hey! It wasn't my fault, this body doesn't have powers, what was I supposed to do? Fly with my pure will?"
" Yeah, I kinda figured this world's you didn't have powers, but it also kinda sucked thinking I was alone in universe, because you know, I was hit first by the ray" Tim deadpanned
"Mood. Wait, what do you mean you assumed I didn't have powers? What kind of information took you to that conclusion??"
Tim searched for something on his computer real quick and showed him the screen
Oh. So superheroes kinda didn't exist in this universe, that explains a lot, Kon feels like an idiot for not figuring it out sooner actually.
Actually, this thing had an alarming amount of information, how did Tim gather so much in this short amount of time? Scratch that, it was Tim, he should expect him to do this kind of thing.
Tim had gathered information on everyone on the justice league and what they were in this world, most of them were similar on what they were on their world, but without the super part, apparently life didn't change much, the only loses he saw was that the league didn't really know each other except some little Interactions that happened, like Clark interviewing Bruce for some charity gala.
Jason seemed to have the happiest outcome of the bats, he didn't die in this universe so he's just living he's best life, good for him
"Kon stop snooping around in random people's files, you were supposed to read the basics" Tim said while he took the computer from his hands
"Hey! I wouldn't be snooping if you didn't have this information in the first place"
"That's different, we need to find someone who can help us, having tabs on everyone is important" Kon rolled his eyes
"Whatever you say dude".
Hours. They had been at it for hours, Kon was already done, his body was giving up on him, he was exhausted, and hungry and, why was he hungry? Alfred literally was one door away, he was suffering without a reason
"Tim, please, can we take a break? I'm hungry, and Alfred's cookies are the best, and we're not discovering dimension travel in one night, and I'm like exhausted,and-"
"Ok, just please stop whining, my head hurt" Kon kissed Tim on the cheek
"You're the best dude, race you to the kitchen "
He said while he ran to the door, Tim looked dumbfounded, but Kon ignored it.
Alfred was kinda suspicious about the fact that he never heard of Kon ever and now he was at the manor, but ignored in favor that he was a friend of Tim's, apparently this world's Tim is a loner
The cookies were excellent as always, some of the other bats came to the kitchen as well, it was interesting meeting this world's version of them, Damian for starters, wasn't that much of a little shit. He was actually tolerable, still had that Damian aspect to him, but deluded. Jason, on the other hand was kinda creepy on how friendly he was, dying really did a number on him.
Cass came a little later to eat, but in the end she was also a little different. Really, the only one who was the same was Alfred, Kon didn't even want to imagine Batman without the bat.
His phone started to vibrate so he checked what that was about, Ma was calling him, fuck, he forgot he was supposed to be home early
"Uh, excuse me, I have to take this one" he went to a more private area and accepted the call
"Conner, where are you! It's late and you're still not home"
"Sorry Ma, kinda got carried away, and I can't really get home that fast"
"And why not Conner?" He was in trouble
" I may or may not be in Gotham right now?" He cringed at himself
"You what! You could have told us you were going to Gotham, you traveled alone? Please tell me that you didn't" ups, didn't mean to worry her
"No comment to that"
"Conner Kent you're in so much trouble when you get home, but now ask your friend if you can stay overnight, you are not traveling at this hour of the night, you heard me Conner?"
He didn't mean to ground his other self, but he hoped it wasn't for too long. He went back to where everyone was and sat next to Tim, their thighs touching again, the heat was familiar, it was comforting
"What did Ma say?" Tim asked curiously
"I may be grounded for not asking permission to go to Gotham, and also I have to spend the night here because it's supposed to be dangerous at night or something" Tim snorted at that
"At least we got a sleepover out of this, do we do it like always?"
"You know the answer to that is always a yes, you make the best pillow"
"And you kick all night, you know what, I think I don't get anything with this arrangement" Tim smirked like the little fucker he was.
They ended up sleeping in Tim's bed, so Kon won in the end. The both of them were exhausted from working all day, so even though Tim had a bad sleeping schedule, he fell asleep first. Kon liked how relaxed Tim looked when he slept, he didn't have that look on him often, Kon hoped they figured all this out soon.
His eyes started to give out, and he finally fell asleep to the sound of Tim breathing.
The next morning they were woken up by the sound of the door abruptly opening up
"Drake slept with his boyfriend!" Yelled the little demon, he forgot they were going to wake them up if they slept in because he needed to go home, ugh
" WHAT" Dick came rushing to the door, Kon could hear other footsteps behind him, the other bat members probably
"Oh, you meant it literally" a panicked Dick concluded at seeing them
"Of course I meant it literally, what other meaning could you give to that statement, honestly Grayson, I thought you were one of the smart ones in this family" Kon always kinda forgets that the brat is like ten, it made things more comical honestly
"No reason Dami, just, uh, guys get ready, were taking Conner to Smallville, we don't want any more panic to your guardians" Damian and Dick left the room, Kon could see Jason laughing his ass outside the room, and if he looked close enough he could see Cass too, Damian really summoned everyone. At least Batman wasn't home for some WE project, this situation would had been kinda embarrassing If Batman heard what Damian said..
"Wait, did they say boyfriend??"
Turns out people assuming you're dating your best friend makes things kinda awkward between each other, Dick offered to drive Kon home and Tim was there because he was technically his guest, so it was the proper thing to do.
That didn't mean that the ride wasn't filled with complete awkward silence once they were on the road. Kon said before that he missed flying because he got bored with the amount of time it took to get to one place to another, but this was so much worse, there was something to do, but he wasn't going to talk to Tim about whatever it was that made things awkward in the first place in front of his older brother, like, there was no way, who in the right mind would do that? So yes, silence it was
Tim and him were on complete opposite sides of the car, both on each window, he could see Dick eyeing them through the visor, but he really didn't care, his focus was completely on Tim, on how he was looking through the window, without making a single glance at him, which made him angry, why was he so calm!? It would be understandable if he at least looked once, but he hasn't, and it's not like he did it while he wasn't looking, because he has been literally starring for an hour, if he wanted he could probably still feel Dick's eyes on them from when they first got in the car every so often, which was funny, because the view to the backseats hadn't changed one bite, they hadn't moved at all actually.
"Soo, how long have you guys known each other? How did you meet?" Dick interrogating, familiar territory, made him feel like he was in his universe again
"Oh you know, we met at a gala, we did tell you Kon's dad was a reporter right?" First words Tim spoke since getting in the car
"Yeah you did tell me, so that's where you go every time you disappear Timbo? Must be fun having someone to pass time with, galas are always so boring" Dick whined
Kon should probably say something, this world was already really similar right? So he could say stuff without being a total lie, he didn't know what other Kon did to pass time, but he did know what he did when Clark invited him to galas, he hoped that was what this Kon did too if someone ever tried to match stories
"Nah, I don't go always, depends on how I'm feeling about Clark that day, it's fun seeing Tim when I do go though" yeah, a little lie with some truth, that does indeed happen, but not in this universe
Tim seemed surprised he followed along, it's like he didn't have any faith in him and thought he was going to do all the work building their cover. Which, ouch, he wasn't that useless
Conversation turned into an easy task for what remained of the trip, Dick asked more questions and they responded with what they could. Tim had done a more extensive research about himself, so he had a lot more information, but Kon replied when he could.
They finally arrived to Smallville, Dick parked next to Pa's truck and Kon got out of the car, Tim followed along with him, they walked next to each other to the door, Ma and Pa were waiting for them on the porch, preoccupied faces, but nothing that bad on their expressions.
"Conner! Never do that again son" Ma was quick to give him a hug
"You must be the friend" Tim looked a little nervous, nobody liked to make Pa upset, one felt bad even if it was for a good cause
"Nice to meet you sir" Tim shaked hands with Pa, it was a firm shake, but friendly nonetheless. Good, he didn't ruin Tim's first introduction to the Kent's that much, at least, this Kent's
"Please, call me Pa. And don't you guys just stand there, get inside boys" Kon looked at Tim for his response attentively
"I'll have to pass, my brother is waiting for me in the car.but first could I talk about something with Conner?" Kon didn't know why his chest felt tighter at Tim's comment, maybe the flu?
" Of course dear, just remember a friend of Conner is always welcome here if you want to visit again" Ma said, she and Pa went to chat with Dick to give them space for whatever Tim wanted to talk about.
The car was far enough that they didn't hear what they were talking about, so the inverse applied as well. They were still standing in front of the door, Kon switched his views from the car to look at Tim instead. Tim was already looking at him, he was focused on something, looking directly at his face, one would assume he had something in it or something
"We need to fake date"
Tim dropped that bomb of a comment, like it was nothing, Kon just stared at him with wife eyes, Tim rolled his eyes
"It's the logical thing to do right now, we can do whatever we want and they will assume it's because we're horny teenagers. It's the perfect cover up while we search for a way home" he couldn't really fight with that logic
"You do know we will have to act all couplely right? We'll have to kiss and stuff" Kon closed the space between them, he could feel Tim's breath, his cheeks were tinted a light pink from embarrassment, Tim was really easy to tease
"That's not even a real word, and besides, practicing exist" their noses were brushing now, Tim was sporting a smirk on his face, his eyes looked down to his lips just a second and
Their lips were touching, Kon didn't know who closed the space, it didn't last more than a few seconds, just a quick peck, but Kon felt like it was an eternity, but in the good way, he wanted to do it again, so before Tim could get too far away from his face he went in for a second kiss
Tim gasped at the touch but quickly recovered, Kon's hands traveled to Tim's waist and Tim's hands to Kon's hair, this was the best feeling Kon had felt in a while. Tim was his best of best friends, Kon was kissing his best friend.
Before he could go in that thought process a car's horn startled them, they separated quickly and looked over where the adults were
Dick was waving at them amused while Ma and Pa were laughing
"Time to go Timbo, I think you already said your goodbyes" Dick yelled from where he was
"See you later Kon"
And with that, Tim was gone, all Conner could do was stand there, he couldn't believe his actions, he just kissed his best bro, and he didn't even feel bad about it.
Ma and Pa were already at the door when he came back to his senses
" Come inside Conner, you got some explaining to do"
He totally forgot he was in trouble with everything that happened
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Tim was an idiot, he kissed his best friend, his straight best friend, and he felt like shit.
Tim has had a crush on Kon since he could remember, it wasn't like in movies were they met and had an insta love story, no, Tim had taken his time, at first they didn't even like each other, but one thing led to another and they became friends, which was nice, but did not justify the jealousy he felt when Kon dated Cassie, at the time he didn't know what the feeling was, but after dating Steph, and having some conversation with her, he concluded he was bi, and that he had a really big fat crush on his friend
Then Kon died, and he kinda went mad, that was a really shity year honestly, a lot of people died. But also a lot came back, so when he told Kon about his little cloning project he did when he was a little deranged once he got him back, and Kon didn't seem to care for it. It made Tim feel like shit, because he didn't deserve Kon, at all.
And he can say he doesn't deserve him right now either, because now they're stuck in another dimension because Tim was too careless and Kon cares too much.
When he first got here he thought he was completely alone, that he had to be on his own, but then he saw Kon jumping the fence and he could tell his Kon got it too, it sucked that they didn't really know each other in this universe, but they managed to make a fake backstory.
What didn't help was the brat to yell to the four winds that Kon was his boyfriend, because, yes, maybe some of the stuff they did crossed that platonic line of friendship, but Tim didn't care, because he would take anything that Kon gave him.
But Tim was a little selfish,a and rolled with that new information, which led to him kissing his best friend an hour ago
Dick has been eyeing him from time to time with an amused look, Tim knows he's still red on the cheeks, so he won't even bother with it. He really wished he could do magic to disappear from the phase of the earth.
Wait, Tim is a complete idiot, the answer was so clear he doesn't know how he missed it.
When they finally arrived in Gotham he jumped out of that car to get to his room fast, if he was right they didn't have to spend another minute on this world.
He was so concentrated on his thoughts he missed the very clear person who was in front of him and just crashed on them, on closer inspection it was Jason, he said a quick apology and screamed again, he could hear Jason yelling something at him, but it probably wasn't that bad, this Jason was way nicer than his Jason.
Once he was in his room he closed the door shut so no one would bother him, and started looking for information on his computer.
Obviously on magic user's there was Zatanna from the Justice League, who would be useful, if she wasn't actually just a performer in this universe, but he forgot to research about one magic user, one that gave so little about shit he might actually just be in every universe.
John Constantine, and he actually was magic here, but it seemed he didn't spend much time on this earth to be that easy to find, but he was Tim's only hope, so he must do.
Tim found out that John came to Las Vegas every 3 weeks for some gambling to pass time, and with that time frame he should be there for two days, that was a golden opportunity. Tim wasted no time on calling Kon, this time they just might make their alternative selfs grounded for life.
Tim told Alfred he was going to the park for a walk, he doesn't think he actually believed him, but Alfred just let him be, he was almost looking at him with a knowing look, if he didn't know better Tim would think that Alfred actually thought Kon and him were dating and he was going to see him again, with literally just arriving from Smallville four hours ago. But whatever worked in his favor.
Tim send Kon some money so he could buy a plane ticket, and the ride to the airplane, apparently he wasted all the money he had on hand for the plane to Gotham, which Tim didn't mind, he had the money.
They were going to meet in Las Vegas, Tim was going to get there after Kon, so Kon had to wait for him. But once the two were there, they went straight for their search of Constantine, which wasn't that hard, Tim had practically stalked the living shit out of him, so they knew exactly where to go.
Once they spotted him they went straight to him, Constantine gave them a weird look before Tim showed him a large sum of money, that made him cooperate
Kon was getting a lot of notifications from his phone, which he tried very hard to ignore
" You know, we kinda fake dated for nothing, we're basically going home now after destroying our other selves adult trust, because there's no coming back from sneaking to Las Vegas without telling anyone" Kon commented
" Maybe for you, I'm practically a free spirit"
It was good that the kiss didn't ruin the friendship, maybe there had been some awkward moments, but they always came back on how they used to be, but maybe Tim wanted more than that and he wasn't ready to accept it.
Constantine explained he just had to search for their original universe and switch their consciences around again, really easy by his words, in total the spell took half an hour to complete.
The change took him a little to get used to, but when he finally recovered he could see he was in the med bay with what looked to be a broken arm, Kon was next to him on a chair and the rest of the team were on the other side with their own seats sleeping
Kon opened his eyes and blinked at him, he seemed disoriented
" Did it work?"
"Obviously, what I can't comprehend is why am I the only one in a bed, and injured" Kon smiled at that
" You're obviously made for rescuing, my damsel in distress" he was now laughing at him, Tim sighed at his joke, at least that never changed
" Stop making noise, some of use want to sleep" Cassie was mumbling in her sleep, it took her a minute to notice it was the real them before she jumped out of her seat and hugged them, Bart ended up on the floor by the sudden movement and woke up too
"You guys are finally back!, always had faith you could get back home"
"Yeah yeah, now can someone explain why do I have a broken arm?" Because he was gonna kill someone from their carelessness
"Oh that? You know how you were in another's you's body? Well that happened on our end too, but the other you didn't have any training, and we were kinda in the middle of fighting, so you kinda broke your own arm" that's his karma for fucking with other Tim's life isn't it?
"Thanks Bart for the summary, now can you tell us something about the other world, the other you's were panicking too hard to talk about anything other than when they were getting home"
"They really just got traumatized for no reason, now I kinda feel bad for where we left them" Kon seemed concerned for real
" Don't worry, I left them a note" Kon didn't seem to believe his statement that much, but he actually left a note.
Once they were done catching up the others left to announce to everyone else that they were back. Kon was the only one who was left on the room, they were just staring at each other, Kon seemed to want to say something, but was debating on it
" Ugh, fuck it. Tim will you go out with me" that was not what he was expecting, Kon's cheeks were turning red, and he could feel his own becoming warmer
" What" Tim was at a loss for words
" You heard me, we've been ignoring it for a long time, but since we kissed, I have been thinking, and, I like you, a lot, and I think you do too, because your heart is beating very fast right now, so please, say something" Kon was now next to his bed, this was a repeat of the kiss all over again, their breaths mixing together, their noses touching, Kon was just waiting for his consent to close the space
"I like you too" that seemed to be all Kon needed to hear, and the space between them disappeared, his lips were against Conner's, they moved slowly, like they had all the time of the world, Kon's hand mover to his cheek, while the other was on his hip, Tim used his only arm to put it on the back of Kon's hair, they maintained like this for what seemed a while, no Dick to interrupt them, just the two of them, enjoying themselves