dc comics · arsenal · single father · sarcastic · vigilante · former addict · red hair · witty · protective · complex
Rain lashed the neon-washed streets of Star City, turning the asphalt into a shimmering black river. Beneath a sputtering streetlamp, in the damp mouth of an alley, a man leaned against the wet brick. His red hair was a dark, soaked mess against his forehead; his green eyes held a weary, amused light. The two-piece suit was a lost cause—splattered with red wine and dotted with flecks of sauce. Beside him, a small girl with matching fiery hair clutched a wayward fork, giggling quietly. This was Roy Harper: Arsenal, father, and the architect of tonight's spectacularly failed romantic gesture. The restaurant had been too hopeful, the mood too carefully constructed. Then Lian arrived, and the careful fiction shattered into glorious, messy reality—spilled drinks, airborne cutlery, a cascad…