I'm pretty sure she has a boyfriend.

And no, none of them're here. Batman's got two of his sidekicks here? And then there's me and Kon for Superman, and Kid Flash is here, too. But none of the actual Justice League members are here.

All the mini-mes.

[ great. he didn't sign up to being a babysitter for all this younglings but at the same time, tony feels a sort of responsibility similar to what he feels towards one peter parker. ]

do you train? group activities? anything?

( poor tony, surrounded by babies. )

We watch movies together and play video games and hang out in Robin's secret base.

-- is that a tree house? please don't say it's a tree house.

[ though, in all honesty, they all sound so young. at the very least it means they are still young at heart. this place can take that away. tony has never been happier to see its failure. ]

No, no, it’s a uh—a room! Robin picked one of the rooms out for his “cave”. It’s a secret though, so I can’t tell you where it is. It’s full of computers and stuff—he and the other Robin are really good at programming and building stuff.

( so definitely not a tree house. )

They’ve got stuff like grapple guns and batarangs and smoke bombs and flash bombs and . .there’s a giant dinosaur too! I helped build it. There're pretty intense security protocols too.

...Smoke bombs and a dinosaur.

[ god help them all he can't believe he's saying this again but: ]

you boys are in serious need of an upgrade. F.R.I.D.A.Y, pull out the video file.

[ sure thing, boss. tony passes him his phone that's currently displaying bits and pieces from the battle of new york city. ]

meet the alternative. the Avengers.

( fingers wrap around the phone; jon watches the feed with awe written clear as day on his face eyes following the movements of the avengers carefully. )

Hey, I know her! I saw her on the network once. And I know uh-- ( fingers raise, pointing to the small blue shape of steve on screen. ) I know his voice!

( familiar enough for him to recognize them at least. ) We’re just kids, even if some’ve us’re a little older. So it’s not like we’ve got all the cool stuff Batman has. And we don’t really need need super high tech stuff. I go through clothes really fast, sure, but aside from that. I mean I could pick you up with one finger! And throw you pretty far too. And I've got heat vision and x-ray vision and super vision. .

Romanoff. They call her Black Widow. But I think she likes kids. small people.

[ what. she liked barton's after all. ]

They call that one Captain America.

[ and that's all he'll say for steve rogers, ]

and you should watch the attitude. that might be where you fail. You're strong, kid. but you need discipline. That's more important than powers.

She’s nice, I like her. ( at least the times he’d spoken to her, she’d been nice--ooh, but he’d protected her during the tower incident and she was a superhero? wow. that’s amazing.

he does have the decency to look at least a little ashamed, at least. )

Sorry, sir. I’ll work on it.

I sound like my father.

[ he pinches his nose. that's the last thing he wants to do, be that sort of adult in the kid's life. he takes a seat near the roof's end. ]

when I got that suit, I thought I could do anything. I found out the hard way it's more than that. Maybe you don't tech, maybe you do. This isn't your usual sort of battle here. What I'm saying is - you're Superboy not because of all these powers, but because you want to help people. Helping people also means being prepared. and that takes practice. Even Superboy needs some.

[ he flashes him a bit of a smile. ]

come on, last time wasn't that bad.

( the smile’s returned with one of jon’s own, bright and wide. he jumps up to his feet, rocks back on the heels of his feet before holding out the phone to give it back to tony. )

You sound kinda like my dad, too. ( and jon misses him more than words can describe. but it’s kind of nice, having someone around that does remind him of clark. ) I don’t mind practice! I like flying a lot. When I got here, I mostly just--jumped, and I couldn’t do it very long! But I’m getting better.

Flying, navigating, dodging, running just in case they ever take away your mojo. I heard that can happen. better be prepared. I try to train without the suit, just in case.

[ he nods. ]

try and have some fun, too. have a pizza night in your weird man cave.

Yeah, haha. I uhh. . I lost power during the tower event, towards the end. The invisible dogs took a few bites out of me, but they've healed now.

( jon raises a hand, fingers curled into a fist. for fistbumps. )

I do! I always have fun. And Robin's working on helping me learn hand to hand combat, too. I mean usually I fight with my fists but I kinda just hit instead of try to hit? But now I'm learning how to.

[ you'll get that fistbump, Jon, but tony stark is now officially worried. ]

right, okay. if you need help from someone who isn't twelve, you know where to find me.

[ erm. not that he's offering. or actually, he is. ]

Robin's a really good fighter.

( fist bumps are great. he pulls his hand back, wiggles his fingers. look, explosions. )

He was trained by the League of Assassins since he was small. He has like seven degrees. And he's thirteen.

-- do you have any idea how bad it sound? Take a minute.

[ the league of assassins, really? ]

. . well, yeah? I mean--what kind of person raises a kid with assassins?

( we don't talk about damian's sad childhood. )

But he's cool. He--uh. He lives with his dad now instead of them and he acts like a jerk sometimes but he's not really.

any other league of assassins people here that I should know about?

[ and keep track of ]

None that I know of?

( oh wait. oh shoot. )

I--I'm pretty sure I wasn't supposed to share that either!