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1. hell is real, in this room by snoozingpeace

   Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Green Lantern - All Media Types  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   02 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Connor Hawke & Kyle Rayner
   • Kyle Rayner
   • Connor Hawke
   • Mentions of other Justice League members
   • Past Rape/Non-con
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Date Rape Drug/Roofies
   • Kyle Rayner Needs A Hug
   • Hurt Kyle Rayner
   • Kyle Rayner-centric
   • Connor Hawke is a Good Friend
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • no beta we die like Hal Jordan
   • Flashbacks
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • connorkyle if you squint

   Summary

   The loneliness gnawed at him. But, anybody he knew wouldn’t…
   
   Batman came to mind, for example. Are you finished? The one time Kyle tried to explain it. Are you finished? The tone reverberated through his spine. Condescending, tired, exasperated, and not in the fond way like Jen, John, Guy, any of those people were. Batman had sounded done.
   
   Kyle imagined that, in a different setting, he’d feel rageful. The impulse to punch Batman in that moment had been a strong one, but the shaking in his lungs was stronger, and it kept him quiet. Quieter. Wally had snickered beside him, and the betrayal had sunk in deeper.
   
   Maybe he was being dramatic.
   

   OR: Kyle Rayner and the art of exposure therapy.

   Series

   • Part 2 of DC, Write SA Stories Better

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