[ kaeya x reader x diluc ] In which you think fleeing to a different city is an acceptable coping mechanism, and how the two most important men in your life prove you wrong in the most convoluted manner possible.

Dad says it's good for business. 'Cause your ex-Marine-daughter marrying someone she barely knows who has a girlfriend, secret life and a dislike for said daughter can only be good. ≠≠ Cleo Perich is put into an arranged marriage with Richard Grayson in order to join Wayne Enterprises and Perich Incorporated. Little does Dick know, she already knows all about him, as during her time in the Marines they met under peculiar circumstances concerning time travel. Put simply, she met his future self. She is doing what that self asked of her; dedicating herself to her marriage. But catching her husbands attention is near impossible; especially when that husband has a particularly angry girlfriend (ex?) named Barbra Gordon, a judgemental family, disapproving friends, a dangerous nightlife and a questionable dislike for her. But Cleo has secrets of her own. Ghosts of her time in the Marines haunt her, causing nyctophobia, narcotic addictions and mental health issues. Will they ever be able to make their marriage work for the greater good?

I thought a life of masks was behind me, becoming Gotham's District Attorney. Until he had to protect me. This pretentious asshole; this murderer; this sinner that I love with every sadistic fibre in my heart. ~ Venus Meadow is Gotham's young, deadly, elegant, sharp and beautiful District Attorney, called the best the city has had since Harvey Dent. This ex-vigilante attracts more attention than she bargained for when two organisations and a particularly motivated old enemy plan to destroy her. Resources stretched thin, Batman leaves his capable ally under the protection of the Red Hood, AKA Jason Todd. The two disagree on everything, until one factor has them at an understanding; an understanding that leads them from long nights beneath the sheets together, to a relationship. Things were never going to be easy for this dangerous mix of sinner and sadist however, when jealousy, previous rivalries, old flames, family, murder and dark pasts begin fighting at the edges of their bond. Guns blazing, the two take on the challenge readily; together. ~ •1st Place in the Jason Todd category •1st Place in the Favourite Cover category •1st Place in the Favourite Title category •1st Place in Favourite Couple category for Venus Meadow X Jason Todd •1st Place in Favourite OC category for Venus Meadow •2nd Place in Favourite Villain category for Sukiyo Ame

I could lie. I could say the hardest thing of all was dealing with the pain & the darkness without any alcohol. To do that would be to destroy the last remnant of him. Of what we had. Of what we were. Of what I destroyed. Of what I lost. ∞ Venus can count ten things in her life to get in order, now being alone & baring a child. First, the media; making them believe she & Jason were fine. Second was to make up with the Waynes. Deciding on leaving the office & facing single-motherhood without having a model mother join together in a tight bundle. Her opposition for the DA office in the coming election seeks to expose her. Ra's is a constant thorn in her side, with plans involving Venus that Talia would kill to prevent. More enemies start to make the connection between DA Meadow, Skylar Salvore & Sugar Skull. Bad blood is only made worse when that blood contains the same DNA. The Warriors of Red want their greatest creation back... Most of all, Venus misses Jason more than anything in the world. Hellbent on sorting all of it before the birth of her son or daughter, Venus may just find herself back where it all began. Either way, she has never felt more alone. Yet, never been more protected when someone who still loves her with every sinful fibre of his heart stands guard to die for her. Broken, Jason will protect his girl & their baby, even if he thinks he hates her.