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It's 3am in the Cave, and Wally's hungry. Sure, he's used to getting up and eating around midnight, but 3am?
That's a whole new experience. Wally yawns, sliding out of bed and opening his mini fridge. Empty. Of course, now
he remembers that he raided his fridge at midnight when they came back from the mission. Wally sighs. He has two
options: go to bed and try to sleep on an empty stomach, or get up and go all the way to the kitchen. He's never
been able to sleep without eating before, so he stretches, and makes his way out of the door and towards the
kitchen. He's opening the refrigerator door when he realizes he's not alone. "Arty?" Artemis lifts her head from the
counter and swivels around on her stool to face Wally. That's when he notices she's been crying. Her eyes are
bright red and puffy, and a few tear tracks remain on her cheeks. "Artemis, what are you doing up?" "I could ask
you the same thing Baywatch." Wally sighs and sits down on a stool next to her. "I was hungry. How about you?"
"It-it's nothing." "Artemis, you were crying." Artemis crosses her arms. "Why should I talk to you?" "Because last
time I checked, we were all alone. You don't have any other options." Wally gestures around them to prove his
point. "Fine. I-I was having another nightmare. About my dad." Wally clenches his fists. "What did he do to you?"
Artemis shivers. "Not me. He-he killed mom, and Jade, and Zatanna. And then he killed M'gann and Robin and- and
you." Artemis starts crying again, softly at first, then full-out sobbing. Wally pulls her into a hug and strokes her
hair. When she stops crying and is only sniffling, Wally smiles at her. "You know what always makes me feel
better?" Artemis shakes her head. "Food." She laughs shakily, and he lets her go, going over to the fridge. "So,
what do you want?" Artemis just smiles. "You choose." Wally grins. "I was hoping you'd say that. Have you ever
made an 'everything but the kitchen sink' sundae?" Artemis laughs. "Jade used to make them with me before..."
"Yeah. So, how does that sound?" "Ice cream at 3am? It sounds great." They begin grabbing anything sweet they
can find. Since M'gann does the shopping, there's a lot of it (she has a major sweet tooth). Wally scoops chocolate,
cookie dough, strawberry, chocolate peanut butter, and black raspberry into two bowls. Artemis adds gummy bears,
chocolate chips, chocolate sauce, caramel, hershey kisses, reeses cups, kit kats, sprinkles, and M&Ms. Wally finds a
jar in the fridge, and smiles widely, pouring the hot fudge onto the sundaes. For a while, they just sit there, eating.
Artemis clears her throat. "Umm... Wally?" "Yeah?" "Thanks." Wally grins goofily at her. "Well, if you ever wake up at
3am craving ice cream, you know where to find me." Artemis smiles at him, and tosses him a gummy bear. When the
rest of the Team gets up, they find Artemis and Wally asleep in the kitchen, sitting on stools at the island. Two
bowls with ice cream residue in them sit by their heads. "My ice cream!"