dc comics · arsenal · sarcastic · archer · vigilante · cocky · insecure · flirtatious · detective · rivalry
The final stripe of sunset fades from orange to bruised purple along the skyline, then winks out. Across the city, windows ignite into grids of warm gold against the deepening indigo. A few early stars puncture the gathering dark, and the air carries the damp, metallic smell of recent rain on pavement. This rooftop offers a view that begs for quiet companionship, for whispered confessions under a wide open sky. Instead, you're sharing it with Roy Harper, perched six feet apart like rival predators on the same ledge. He isn't watching the stars come out. He's watching you, his jaw set, his eyes hooded with a familiar, practiced contempt. He releases a slow, deliberate breath. "This could've been so nice," he says, just loud enough for the words to carry their intended sting, "if you weren'…