Zephyr: A Young Justice OC fanfiction

Chapter 28: Comfort

I love writing Seabreeze fluff!

The past few days hadn't been great to say the least. Although my mental state was better then it was in the India mission: I still wasn't 100%.

Red was out there, and he needed my help. Of course, my drive to find my mentor had caught the League's attention and Batman had had a serious talk with me (it wasn't pretty) but it didn't stop me.

That being said: Kaldur and my brothers were able to ensure that I didn't let my mission completely take over my life. I still maintained my grades and team interactions-although tense when anything close to Red was mentioned-remained the same.

Today was an interesting day however. Megan and Conner were going on a school trip (or possibly a date) and weren't going to be back until late, and Wally and Artemis were spending time with their families while Robin was back in Gotham.

I had decided to take a break from searching for Red, so I decided to train using the cave's gym: something I didn't do much since the gym focused more on muscle and physical strength, which-being a human and all-wasnt my specialty.

No, whenever I used the gym, I used the gymnastics equipment. Being a dancer, my body had already been built for agility before I started training, and the fact that I could manipulate air: the most free of all elements, only added to my agility factor.

I started off my routine on the floor, taking a deep breath before running off: using the ground to kick off and land on the balancing beam. I was able to stick the landing on both feet and my arms perfectly straight.

Sighing in pleasure, I continue on with the routine.

I go into a half cartwheel, stopping when my hands grasped the sides of the balancing beam and my body was at a straight angle. I move my legs until they were perpendicular to my body before I fell slightly, standing back up on my right leg.

I next I tried doing a front flip and was pleased when I landed perfectly again, this time on the balls of my feet in ballerina-style.

I decide to take the next level. It was a high kick leading into a backflip, landing on my hands before pushing off, doing a mid-jump split, and landing on the ground with my left leg behind me, raised above my head.

It was hard, especially on the beam, but I'd done it before.

I lifted my leg and fell into the backflip. I was about to land on my hands when something in my mind flashed.

It was a mental image of Red using his cyclone effect to choke us.

At the memory, my body seemed to flop. I reached out my hands to catch myself in the landing, but let out a scream when it rolled awkwardly to the side. I felt myself falling and before I knew it, I was curled into a ball on the floor, whimpering while nursing my wrist.

"Lina!" I heard a familiar voice say and before I knew it, Kaldur was kneeling in front of me. "Are you hurt?"

"M-my...My w-wrist." I whimpered as I leaned up slightly and showed Kaldur my wrist. It had already begun to bruise, turning redish-purple, and subtle swelling had formed around the bones.

"You've sprained it." Kaldur muttered. "We can wrap it up in the medical bay."

I nodded and we walked to the med lab which was fortunately nearby.

As Kaldur wrapped my wrist, I stared at it with malice.

"I've done that move a thousand times: both on and off the beam." I snarled. I normally let my anger go, not usually being one to let their wrath get the best of them; but this past week had been hell and this was just the cherry on top. Plus I knew I was safe to show my emotions around Kaldur, he had seen me in worse times.

"Your mind hasn't been focused for some time." He said, avoiding my gaze.

I growled, but took a deep breath: attempting to remain calm.

"You're right, as usual." I hummed, slumping over and laying my head in my hand. "The only time that I can remember having focused thoughts these past few days would be...Well, when you took control during the mission in India."

A look of surprise appeared of Kaldur's face followed by a blush.

"I know: you did what you had to for the good of the team." I said placing a hand on Kaldur's shoulder. "You always do: that's what makes you both a great leader, and a great man."

For once, it was Kaldur who averted his gaze so I wouldn't see his blush. I took a small sense of payback for all the times when he had done the same for me.

"Oh!" I said, suddenly remembering something. "I forgot to ask! You went to Atlantis a while back, after the mission with Clayface. How was that?"

Kaldur seemed to tense slight before sighing and answering.

"It was...Informative." I raised an eyebrow and once I saw that my wrist had been wrapped, but his hands were still there, I grew concerned.

"You wanna talk about it?" I asked.

Kaldur shrugged and I scooted closer.

"You remember Tula, correct?" He asked.

"The girl you're, like, madly in love with? Of course." I said.

Kaldur sighed and continued.

"She is...With Garth." He said and my eyes widened.

Garth was his best friend back in Atlantis...And now he was dating the girl Kaldur loved.

"Wow...I'm really sorry." I said, furrowing my eyebrows.

"It is fine." He said, his head down and without second guessing my actions, I got up and wrapped my arms around Kaldur, resting my head on his shoulder.

"I've never really had that exact thing happen to me, seeing as how you guys are the first real friends I've ever had...But I can understand why it would hurt." I said. A moment later I felt Kaldur wrap his arms around my body.

Kaldur's hugs were the best. He was warm and strong, and kind of a teddy bear. Plus he smelled really nice, like the beach.

We stayed like that for a long moment before I gently pulled my body away. I looked up and laid a hand on the side of his face.

"Thank you for knowing you can talk to me." I said, smiling at him. His eyes were gorgeous, the silver-green colour that I seemed to get lost in.

"You're my best friend." He said, smiling at me. "Why wouldn't I?"

We smiled and hugged briefly one more time before pulling apart.

"Disney movie marathon until the others come home?" I asked.

"That sounds amazing." He replied.