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[DCAU - Beyond-verse] Inshallah
I intended to do some homework. Somehow, this fic was the end result of my work instead...
Title: Inshallah
Fandom: DC Animated Universe
Verse: Beyond-verse
Relationship: Batman+Robin (Terry McGinnis+Damian Razem)
Summary: "Just what the slag does inshallah mean anyhow?"
Notes: There's two footnotes; they explain the slang of this world that wasn't already found in canon. Additionally, this is a world where Terry McGinnis does have a Robin... in the form of an AU Damian Wayne.
Disclaimer: None of this is really mine, I just found myself writing this because it seemed like a cue idea. ♥
After one particularly long (and grueling) training session with Boss, Robin had decided that he'd had enough for the night. The old man wasn't even here; he had business to attend to with Superman. The two old men'd spent the last hour and a half upstairs - and quite frankly, Robin doubted that they'd leave anytime soon. Slowly rising to his feet, the boy wonder slung his boots over his shoulder and headed towards the bathrooms to change.
Boss stopped him just before the door. "Where do you think you're going?"
"Home," Robin said with an air of finality. Looking Boss straight in the eye, he stood on the very tips of his toes. "And you can't stop me this time."
"Oh?" Boss laughed, folding his arms. Despite the fact that he was unmasked, he still managed to be as menacing and arrogant as ever. "Why not?"
"Because you didn't say inshallah.1"
"Inshallah?" The word sounded so unfamiliar when it came off Boss's tongue like that. "What does that even mean?"
"If God wills," Robin smirked, knowing full-well the irony of being so smug about something he had very little control over. "You can try all you want, but it won't ever happen unless Allah(swt) wants you to."
Boss looked almost thoughtful for a minute, as if he were seriously reconsidering this statement. Robin doubted it: Boss was usually a zift2 about these things. There was a reason they fought all the time; Boss usually never treated his Robin seriously.
"So... you're saying that if I don't say inshallah, God's gonna come down upon me and send angels or something?"
"Tt," Robin rolled his eyes. "Of course not. It's like... it's a promise."
Why were they even talking about this? It was futile. Robin squeezed through the door way, passing through Boss's arms---oh. Nevermind, Boss had seized him and effortlessly scooped him up in his arms.
Robin attempted to give his most menacing glare. How dare he! How dare he treat his sidekick like a ten year old kid who just wanted a hug!
"You're not going anywhere until you tell me just what this 'promise' is." Boss said, sounding more amused than arrogant. He adjusted his arms so that he carefully held his Robin close to his chest. Then, without warning, he leaned in and gently kissed his Robin's forehead. "Got it?"
What was up with the affection? Robin winced from the kiss. Was Boss high on Rae or some other mind-altering drug?
"There's not much to it," Robin confessed. Without really thinking, he wrapped his arms around Boss's neck. "It's just a promise to intend to do something. If it happens, it happens, and if it doesn't, it doesn't, but at least you promised Allah(swt) that you'd try to."
"So... inshallah, you're going to do another round with me tomorrow? After Dana and I take you out for ice cream?"
Startled, Robin looked up at Boss. "Y-you really mean it?"
"You're such a twip." Boss snorted, turning towards the stairs and very, very carefully carrying his protege to the second floor. "Just say yes or no."
After a moment of silence, Robin nodded. "Yes! Of course!"
"That's that spirit." Boss laughed, carefully moving Robin to one side so that he could open the door. "Now what do you say? Let's go see if Mr. Wayne and Superman need a little interruption..."
Robin smirked in return. "Only if you say inshallah."
1 - inshallah is the Arabic phrase meaning 'if God wills.' It's commonly used among Muslim circles in the same way that Christians would use "if God intends it," or "if God wills it," etc etc.
2 - Zift is an Arabic slang term meaning "shit." In this universe, the connotation has been distorted and simply means "idiot." Damian uses it in the same way that someone else would use the word "moron."
Title: Inshallah
Fandom: DC Animated Universe
Verse: Beyond-verse
Relationship: Batman+Robin (Terry McGinnis+Damian Razem)
Summary: "Just what the slag does inshallah mean anyhow?"
Notes: There's two footnotes; they explain the slang of this world that wasn't already found in canon. Additionally, this is a world where Terry McGinnis does have a Robin... in the form of an AU Damian Wayne.
Disclaimer: None of this is really mine, I just found myself writing this because it seemed like a cue idea. ♥
After one particularly long (and grueling) training session with Boss, Robin had decided that he'd had enough for the night. The old man wasn't even here; he had business to attend to with Superman. The two old men'd spent the last hour and a half upstairs - and quite frankly, Robin doubted that they'd leave anytime soon. Slowly rising to his feet, the boy wonder slung his boots over his shoulder and headed towards the bathrooms to change.
Boss stopped him just before the door. "Where do you think you're going?"
"Home," Robin said with an air of finality. Looking Boss straight in the eye, he stood on the very tips of his toes. "And you can't stop me this time."
"Oh?" Boss laughed, folding his arms. Despite the fact that he was unmasked, he still managed to be as menacing and arrogant as ever. "Why not?"
"Because you didn't say inshallah.1"
"Inshallah?" The word sounded so unfamiliar when it came off Boss's tongue like that. "What does that even mean?"
"If God wills," Robin smirked, knowing full-well the irony of being so smug about something he had very little control over. "You can try all you want, but it won't ever happen unless Allah(swt) wants you to."
Boss looked almost thoughtful for a minute, as if he were seriously reconsidering this statement. Robin doubted it: Boss was usually a zift2 about these things. There was a reason they fought all the time; Boss usually never treated his Robin seriously.
"So... you're saying that if I don't say inshallah, God's gonna come down upon me and send angels or something?"
"Tt," Robin rolled his eyes. "Of course not. It's like... it's a promise."
Why were they even talking about this? It was futile. Robin squeezed through the door way, passing through Boss's arms---oh. Nevermind, Boss had seized him and effortlessly scooped him up in his arms.
Robin attempted to give his most menacing glare. How dare he! How dare he treat his sidekick like a ten year old kid who just wanted a hug!
"You're not going anywhere until you tell me just what this 'promise' is." Boss said, sounding more amused than arrogant. He adjusted his arms so that he carefully held his Robin close to his chest. Then, without warning, he leaned in and gently kissed his Robin's forehead. "Got it?"
What was up with the affection? Robin winced from the kiss. Was Boss high on Rae or some other mind-altering drug?
"There's not much to it," Robin confessed. Without really thinking, he wrapped his arms around Boss's neck. "It's just a promise to intend to do something. If it happens, it happens, and if it doesn't, it doesn't, but at least you promised Allah(swt) that you'd try to."
"So... inshallah, you're going to do another round with me tomorrow? After Dana and I take you out for ice cream?"
Startled, Robin looked up at Boss. "Y-you really mean it?"
"You're such a twip." Boss snorted, turning towards the stairs and very, very carefully carrying his protege to the second floor. "Just say yes or no."
After a moment of silence, Robin nodded. "Yes! Of course!"
"That's that spirit." Boss laughed, carefully moving Robin to one side so that he could open the door. "Now what do you say? Let's go see if Mr. Wayne and Superman need a little interruption..."
Robin smirked in return. "Only if you say inshallah."
1 - inshallah is the Arabic phrase meaning 'if God wills.' It's commonly used among Muslim circles in the same way that Christians would use "if God intends it," or "if God wills it," etc etc.
2 - Zift is an Arabic slang term meaning "shit." In this universe, the connotation has been distorted and simply means "idiot." Damian uses it in the same way that someone else would use the word "moron."