Wally lay in his bed at Mount Justice and was bored to death.
The Young Justice Team was great and he was glad to finally be able to work with superheroes around his own age, but he just lacked somebody with whom he could hang after the missions, somebody to make jokes, just...a friend.
Not that the others weren't great people, but well, Caldur was seriousness incarnated, Superboy didn't have any sense of humor, Artemis was a bitch and Megan, well Megan was great but, she was a girl.
Just as Wally thought about killing his boredom with comfort eating, not that he needed a reason to eat anything, but it wasn't bad to have one, somebody knocked at his door.
"Yes, what?"
The door opened a crack and Megan beamed at him.
"Wally come, we got a new teammate."
"What really? Who?"
"Come then you can meet him personally."
Him. A boy. Well, that was a good start.
Wally jumped off his bed and ran behind Megan to the Zeta-Tube.
The team milled around Batman and somebody he couldn't see yet.
He squeezed around Superboy and saw a boy in a black-red-yellow outfit who had his back to him.
"Oh he is really short. Even shorter than Megan and Artemis. Cute.", Wally thought.
Then the boy turned around and smiled at him.
Woah just woah.
"Hey I'm Robin, Batmans partner, nice to meet you.", the boy said and put forth his hand for Wally to shake, "you must be Wallace Rudolph West, Barry Allens nephew, Kid Flash."
Wally wanted to tell him, that nobody called him at his full name, except for his aunt when she was really annoyed with him and his parents who had cursed him with the name of a fucking reindeer and that he would never forgive them for that, but the only thing that came out of his mouth, was:
"Damn you're hot."
Robins smile froze a bit and he raised one eyebrow in question.
"Ah, thanks I guess."
"Oh my god, did I just say that aloud. Oh god I'm so dead, so dead. Where is an apocalypse when you need one?!", he thought and like always Artemis was there to finish him.
"Don't wonder about Gaywatch here. You will have to get used to stupid pick up lines like that. Even though this one was more pathetic than usual."
"Aha.", was all Robin said to that and dropped his raised hand.
Wally glanced fearfully at the dark knight, but he didn't look more pissed than usual or he just had an incredible pokerface, so Wally breathed a shigh of relief.
"Come I show you to your room.", Caldur offered Robin to dissolve the awkward situation.
Robin thanked him and the two started to the quarters, while the rest of the team moved into the kitchen to prepare the welcoming cake for Robin.
Wally wanted to follow them, when a big gloved hand whith the grip of a vice came to rest on his shoulder.
"Kid Flash, on a word.", came the deep voice of Gothams Dark Knight behind him and Wally swallowed.
Batman turned him around and Wally realized once more how big Batman was. It was like the guy could vanish into thin air in one instant and fill the whole room in the other.
"PleaseIdidn'tmeanitI'msosorry.", he speed plead, but the grip on his shoulder got stronger and silenced him abruptly.
"I know that your a homosexual and with sixteen years in the middle of puberty, but Robin is one year younger than you and still innocent and should your hormones go wild with you and should you touch my boy, I will find you and..."
He let the rest of the sentence unfinished, but for a few seconds the grip on Wallys shoulder got so thight, he thought he could hear his bones crack.
"Understood. I won't do anything. Oh Sir, please...", he begged with tears in his eyes.
Then the pressure on his shoulder was gone and without another glance at him, Batman turned around and walked to the Zeta-Tube.
"Are you alright, Wally?", Artemis asked behind him and she sounded honestly worried.
Wally pulled himself together and withstood the instinct to rub his hurting shoulder.
"Nothing that could interest you, Blondie.", he shot back.
Artemis just snorted and went back in the kitchen.
Wallys joy over the newcomer was gone and he zipped back into his room and threw himself on his bed.
"A homosexual...he is still innocent."
What did Batman think off him? That he was just a whore who fucked everybody? What would Robin think about him now? Likely the same like his dad. That Wally was gay and to be shunned.
So he stayed in his bed, utterly hurt and depressed by the Bats demeanor and he didn't even open the door when Megan came to him to bring him a piece of cake.
It was late, when he was jolted out of a half-sleep by another knock on his door.
"Go away Megan, I don't want any cake."
"It's me, Robin."
That banished the last traces of sleep out of Wally and he jumped out of his bed.
What could he want? Punching Wally for hitting on him? Telling him to stay away from him?
"Come in."
The door opened and Robin walked in, now dressed in civil, with sunglasses, T-Shirt and Jeans.
"Woah he just looks so hot and how he moves.", Wally thought and felt a stab.
"What do you want?", he asked rejectingly, "has Batman warned you about the dangerous fag? Are you even allowed to be in the same room with me?""
Robins smile turned confused.
"No Batman didn't say anything about you being gay and why should I care if you like boys or not?I just wanted to bring you cake.", he said and put the plate down on Wallys table with bit more force than necessary.
"So you don't have a problem with me? You aren't afraid that I jump you?"
"I don't know? Are you planning to?", Robin asked with a half smile.
Yeah...innocent my ass.
Wally raised his hands defensivly.
"No I don't plan to. You're just pretty and all and your daddy scared the shit out of me."
Robins face got serious in an instant.
"What did he do to you?"
"He threatend to maim me, if I should touch you."
"This asshole. Look Wally, Batman can be really overprotective about me sometimes and he is paranoid as shit. I think I'm quite capable to defend myself from you...if I want to.", he ended that with another smile at Wally.
"Is he flirting with me, or what?", Wally thought confused. He wasn't really experinced in that field. Except for the team he was very intent on not showing his sexuality to anybody.
"So are you tired or something? Because I'm not. You know night active and all that and I really don't want to play COD Black Ops alone."
"Woah you have a Xbox?", Wally asked excited.
"And an eighty inch plasma tv."
"Dude I'm so with you. I get the snacks and you start up the game."
"Ok.", Robin smiled and walked to his room, while Wally zipped into the kitchen, to get coke and chips.
"Man he's hot, got an Xbox and maybe he is gay, too. Could this be any better?", Wally asked himself.
"Hey I thought speedsters are supposed to be fast?", Robin called out if his room.
A second later Wally flopped down on Dicks couch, with coke and chips in hand.
Boxes stood everywhere, but the gigantic screen and the console were ready.
"I'm so gonna destroy you.", Wally stated and took the second controller out of Robins hand.
"Pff try it.", Robin cackled.
