WE GROW. IT HURTS AT FIRST.
sylvia plath, witch burning.

FAULT LINES
who are you without that which you hate?

Abigail Lance has always been the absence of her mother.

She has defined herself by it since she was seven years old and the sharp-eyed woman failed to appear for her birthday party, or any other day that followed for that matter. She isn't sure who she would be if not the antithesis of the one who birthed her; her kindness comes from her mother's cruelty, her loyalty from abandonment, her pride in her powers from a lack of her mother possessing any. Abigail Lance is stubborn — perhaps the sole thing she takes from Dinah Lance's older sister —  and she will not share her mother's fault lines.

But it's not a sustainable state of existence. Living by someone else's limits does not last forever and this is something Abigail learns when she is fifteen years old and meets the Teen Titans: Donna Troy, Wally West, Garth, Constance Black and, perhaps most importantly, Dick Grayson. This is something she understands when she sees Donna Troy bear the name Wonder Girl with no fear of standing in Wonder Woman's shadow and Wally West wield the speedforce without concern for how he compares to the Flash. This is something she forgets when the small group of sidekicks become their own team. (Nothing is as it appears, but Abigail has not learnt this yet.)

Roy Harper also finds himself part of this team, but Roy has been apart of Abigail's life since she was eight and his presence is already a constant. It's already something she trusts. Speedy and Tremor, side by side, is hardly a rare sight along the Star City skyline. Like the sun on the horizon or rain after dark clouds. Roy has been apart of Abigail's life since her half-terrified aunt brought her home to himself and Oliver Queen. The two have each other and it is enough. They have been getting by ever since.

So no longer does Abigail Lance want to be her mother's inversion; she wants to possess herself, carve a fate-ridden path of her own. There is more to life than being the other side of a bitterly-clutched coin. Who is she if not that which she hates?

Dick Grayson tells her she can be a hero. He shows her she can become anything, everything. Her existence is hers to shape, her fault lines her own. She thinks she will love him forever for it. They think they have forever to keep that promise, but the future is cruel and Deathstroke's blade is sharp. It's a severance they cannot mend; a cut that will not heal.

The Teen Titans grow. The Teen Titans fall. (Nothing is as it appears.) At twenty-three, Abigail Lance has to find herself again. Who is she if not that which she loves?

Years pass and Tremor hangs up the cowl. Abigail settles for being the sum of her parts, for being Abby. Nothing extraordinary or awe-inspiring, but hers — wholly and completely her own. Finally, her limits are not bound by those she loves nor hates.

Abigail Lance is more than the absence of her mother. She is more than her past with the Teen Titans. It doesn't matter. Abigail Lance may be done with the past, but the past is far from done with her.

ABIGAIL LANCE / TREMOR
jessica henwick.

CONSTANCE BLACK / BLACKOUT
formerly GHOSTLIGHT
suki waterhouse.

as described ... roy harper / speedy
lucy lui ... dinah lance / black canary
ewan mcgregor ... oliver queen / green arrow
as described ... sara lance / white canary
brenton thwaites ... dick grayson / robin / nightwing
conor leslie ... donna troy / wonder girl
as described ... wally west / kid flash
booboo stewart... garth / aqualad
curran walters ... jason todd / robin ii
virginia gardener ... cordelia black / wraith ii
teagan croft ... rachel roth / raven
ryan potter ... garfield logan / beast boy

#00. WHO'S GONNA SAVE U NOW?

lost my mind by finneas.
happiness by taylor swift.
the kids aren't alright by fall out boy.
weeds by beach bunny.
my god & your god by to kill a king.
trouble by cage the elephant.
to be alone by hozier.
hits different by taylor swift.
something to tell you by haim.
longshot by catfish and the bottlemen.
don't blame me by taylor swift.
landslide by fleetwood mac.
good riddance by green day.
you're gonna go far by noah kahan.
crashing into you by vance joy.

OTHER ABIGAIL LANCE FICS.
WORLDBREAKER / dceu au.
TREMORS / young justice.
AFTERSHOCKS / dcamu.
DESTROYER OF WORLDS / dick grayson.
ABANDON HOPE / dceu au.

💣 THE HOMEMADE DYNAMITE REWRITE IS HERE MOTHERFUCKERS!!! pray 4 me

💣 no but fr now. abby lance, my baby, is back and she's gonna be amazing and more fleshed out and just written BETTER. so i'm very excited. i hope y'all are too

💣 suppose the only thing you need to know is abigail is dinah lance's niece. she's the daughter of dinah's older sister, sara; it's important to note this sara lance is not the arrowverse sara. i named her sara as a lil homage to caity lotz's character, but as dinah typically is sister-less, abby's-mom!sara is mostly an oc

💣 a lil bit of background on abby & dick: they have a lot of history. to give you a trope... childhood rivals to childhood friends to lovers to strangers to... this story !! these two are kinda complicated bc basically dick is a moron and abby never really got over being abandoned by him

💣 abby was a member of the original teen titans, she founded it with dick + wally + garth + donna + roy + connie, bc fuck titans' lineup i'm making it accurate and good. disclaimer: this does involve me messing with the timeline. it's ok, i know what i'm doing

💣 connie is another oc of mine! she's the younger sister of maya black (my barry allen oc, her fic Ghostly is up). for any og readers, she's the replacement Nora <3 but connie cool af too bit of "youngest child" syndrome but also a lot of trauma and she loves roy very much so i'm sure she'll grow on y'all

💣 please note garth is still dead, and so is wally. well. wally is "dead". i'm sure y'all can guess what happened to him. roy left the team shortly before hank and dawn joined, connie left just before the Jericho Fiasco and another oc you'll hear of is jodie but she joined after garth's death and left shortly after wally's (she's a blue lantern and super cool and may still appear)

💣 abby stayed with the titans bc they were her family, she agreed with roy's departure (bc she knew it was best for him) but it did put a strain on her relationship with ollie / dinah / roy as they all thought she should leave too so expect some tension there when she returns after finally leaving all those years ago

💣 i've ran out of things to ramble about so HAPPY READING

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