Series: Redwing Universe
Title: Prise-de-fer
Author: Katarik
Fandom: Animated Teen Titans
Rating: PG
Pairing: Redwing [AU Nightwing]/Slade

Summary: Gizmo sees a lot of things. But he never comments on them out loud.
Disclaimers: Katarik owns Redwing; DC Comics owns the original characters.
Notes: An Alternate Universe where heroes become villains, and villains become heroes.

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Gizmo hisses and rushes forward. This guy�s been around for a while, and they can stop him but they can�t take him *down*.

Black-haired assassin who fights like he�s dancing and kills like it�s never occurred to him that there�s anything better.

And dodges *every* fucking *one* of the toys Gizmo hurls at him.

Gizmo and technology get along just fine--there�s no one better except that damn Stone, and even he�s not actually *better*--but his weapons are useless if he can�t *catch* Redwing.

It takes Slade to bring him down in the end, and Gizmo doesn�t say anything when Slade touches Redwing�s bloodstained face. Everyone in the League knows that there�s one villain the hero can�t beat completely. The Joker has his flying rodent; Jinx has the demon�s daughter. For Slade, Redwing�s it.

They�ll put Redwing in Arkham for a while. Slade will pretend he doesn�t care about it, and will be in a bad mood for *months*.

Then Redwing will break out, like he always does, and Slade will be happy to see him again and *hate* it.

And Gizmo will have new weapons.

Maybe next time he won�t have to see Redwing�s smile every time Slade lands a hit, and he won�t have to see Slade crouched by Redwing�s still body, just watching him breathe and stroking his hair.

--Fin.

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