Might make it multi chapter if you guys like it. I don't know. I don't care.
Wally and the rogues were something else. The rogues remembered many things about him. Some things they would never tell another soul. He was their baby after all. Each had stories on how they met the kid. His warm bright smile. His undying loyalty and his acceptance of them.
Some of the rogues though, they learned that even their baby isn't above everything.
They'd send bouquets every year for him. Begonias, a bay leaf, bells of Ireland, bittersweet, oleander and borage in one. Burnets, buttercups, cactus, calendula, yarrow and coreopsis in another. A few crocuses in a vase nearby with Baby Flash written on it.
He would smile and take the flowers back to his home. He embraced them and the thought put behind them. He would thank the villains at their favorite bar where they would deny it, but with them they carried Eucalyptus Wally would still thank them and run off.
Though what Wally didn't know was that whenever it came around this time of year, there were arguments made with the rogues that did this. For though two vases were filled with many flowers, one was filled with many of one kind of flower.
"I say he's a Hyacinth. Red and Blue," said Boomerang arguing of what they were going to put into the vase.
"No! Marjoram is a better choice!" Trickster yelled at Boomerang. Boomerang hit him outside of his head.
"Yellow rose means friendship," said Piped Piper muttering to himself.
"Bit late to argue don't you think?" Cold said with a slightly amused look on his face, "You all were taking so long I just ordered Crocus."
"No!" James cried out, "We don't want to remind him of… that," he said now getting softer.
"Nothing's going to change the past. That man… he's out of our baby's life. And good riddance to the man."
"No deserves what our baby went through," muttered Trickster. Cold nodded thinking back a few years ago. He couldn't believe he never forgot the date. Not the date when he first met the kid (April 29th) but the day when he had learned about the little baby. The day he realized the rogues would have to take care of him.
It was a normal fight against Flash. It was Boomerang, Piper, Trickster and himself against the two Flashes. Baby Flash had charged at James in order to get his gun away from him. It looked like two kids having a good time. Dangerous but amusing. But when Baby Flash's uniform got a bit torn up and white crisscrossed skin showed through his uniform, things started to go downhill. For one, a look of bewilderment came to Flash's face. Like he had never seen the marks before. He quickly took us down in our shock and ran over to baby Flash.
"What happened?" he asked in a concerned voice. Baby Flash blinked at him and then looked to the ground.
"It's nothing," he said. The rogues would never forget what they were about to see.
"NOTHING!" Flash yelled, "Kid, you're covered in scars! That's not nothing."
A small pool of tears gathered in Baby Flash's eyes but he just blinked them away. He darted off giving Cold a look at his back. He had scars. Crisscrossing all over. Obviously made by blades and leather. Abuse.
None of the rogues used leather or blades. In Gotham maybe. But in central it was mostly guns and explosives. Most of which the Flashes healed fast enough from. So it was obviously something at home. But wasn't Flash his dad?
Apparently not. So the kid would need someone to look after him since he wasn't too keen on letting people know something was wrong.
The flowers came later. A year later he left flowers for him at a restaurant he had seen them eat at before. He started with a single flower, Tea rose. It was simple. It meant he would never forget. Not that Baby Flash had any idea what the flower meant. He smiled at the flower nonetheless. And once Boomerang, Trickster and Piper got word that Cold did that, they joined in. Someone had to help Cold watch over their baby after all.
Bells of Ireland mean good luck
Bay leaf means strength
Bittersweet means truth
Burnets mean a merry heart
Buttercups mean Cheerfulness
Cactus means endurance and warmth
Calendula means joy
Coreopsis means always cheerful
Crocus means cheerful; abuse not
Eucalyptus means protection
Hyacinth means games and sports; rashness
Red meaning play
Blue meaning constancy
Marjoram means joy and happiness
Oleander means caution, beware
Yarrow means health and healing
Also I have learned the flowers for my month. Is it wrong that I have Asters and Gladiolis? I mean… Robin's word is my flower for goodness sakes! ALL VIRGOS HAVE ASTER!