The mission was over, the bruises were iced, and the cuts were bandaged, and the filth washed off. They stood around the control room during the debriefing, each member more exhausted than the last. But alive, miraculously, again. When Batman released them no one bothered to move to the zeta tubes, instead opting to head straight to the rooms they had claimed as their bed away from home. Artemis was one of the last ones to leave the debriefing. Batman had wanted to ask her more questions about what she thought her father's cryptic message that night had meant. She had no idea, and she relished in it. It had been four years since joining the team, since leaving behind the lessons her father had taught her in favor of helping people. In favor of being one of the good guys.

With a wry smile she made her way to her room, when she opened the door she froze before letting the smile spread to her eyes. Lying on her bed, his shirt on the floor and his arms behind his head was her speedster boyfriend. "What are you doing, Wally?" She asked in a fake bored voice before closing the door behind her. She put her hands on her hips and pretended to glare at him, something that was still so easy to do.

"I thought you could use the company tonight." He said simply.

"I'm exhausted, Babe." She said, letting her arms drop to her sides and her head loll back. It wasn't a lie at all, she really was exhausted. After two exams and a paper due in her classes, she'd had to report to Mt. Justice and leave for a mission, that ended up lasting until two in the morning. She was only able to find solace in remembering it was a Friday night.

He laughed, "I just said I thought you could use the company, you're the one with the dirty mind." He said as he raised an eyebrow. "Dirty, dirty mind," he joked. She laughed and crawled onto the bed before straddling his waist. He moved his arms from under his head to rest his hands on her hips. "Well this isn't fair." He said with a straight face before they both chuckled. He rubbed his hands up and down her back in a comforting motion. "Seriously though, I just missed you."

"We just had a mission together, you just saw me ten minutes ago!" She was laughing as she rested her hands on his chest.

"I know that! Doesn't mean I didn't miss you though."

"You're ridiculous."

"You're adorable."

She smacked his chest lightly, "insatiable."

"Irresistible."

"Are you saying I'm irresistible, or are you correcting me?"

He was quite a moment, "can't I mean both?" She laughed before climbing off of him and putting her feet on the ground. She walked to her dresser and pulled her shirt over her head, hearing Wally moaned she turned to face him, "Yes?"

"Nothing, just admiring the view."

"M-hmm," She rolled her eyes and turned back around, slipping her pants down her legs, opening up the drawer with her soft shorts and t-shirts she grabbed a mismatched set and yanked them on.

"Well, you're no fun at all tonight."

She ignored him as she pulled her hair down, letting it fall over her shoulders, "And you're loving every second of it," she said simply, knowing it was true, before turning back around and making her way to the bed, she resumed her position over his lap but this time he sat up and held her close. He kissed her, sweet and passionately. She felt herself lean back slightly with the force of his kiss while his hands on her back pulled her towards him. She twined her arms around his neck and moaned against his mouth.

He pulled back and smiled, "and I thought you were too tired." She just pushed him hard against the bed before taking off her top and reaching down for his lips to shut him up. Later as she searched for her shirt to take away the chill that was setting over her, Wally reached for her and pulled her close. "Why don't you spend the weekend at mine?" He asked as he nuzzled into her neck. She just laughed and sat up to pull the shirt back over her head.

"Because I spend every weekend at yours. I think you're roommate thinks I live there," she said with a laugh, "the other day he said I should pitch in for the groceries. I'm thinking I should just pay rent at this point."

Wally was silent for a second and his arm froze around her, and she pulled herself away from him slightly, more than a little hurt by his response. Was the idea of her living with him too farfetched to even joke about? Sure she'd thought about it, they'd been in college for a year, they'd been sleeping together even longer. They were happy together. It was something she thought about bringing up from time to time, just to discuss it. But it seemed he thought the idea was so unprompted that she didn't even know how to salvage the conversation.

"Look, Wally. I was just kidding, and I'm pretty sure he was too. It's not like I want to move in with you, or something." She smacked the arm that was still around her waist, though barely, before snuggling into her pillow, even farther away from him.

She felt him puff a large breath of air against the back of her head. "Are you sure?" He was quiet, and she could hear the hesitation.

She twisted around to face him, "am I sure about what?"

He shook his head and repositioned his arm so that he could tangle his fingers in her hair. "It's just- I've been thinking and-" He paused and looked into her eyes, she saw him gulp before he took a deep breath, "look, my lease runs out next month, and I've been thinking about it a lot, and you're right, you're always over anyway-" He stalled and looked over her shoulder.

"Wally...?"

He looked back into her eyes, "move in with me."

She put her left hand on his cheek and leapt up to kiss him as he leaned back and pulled her on top of him, his hands running up and down her back before resting his right against the base of her skull and his left at the dip of her waist.

"I love you, too, Artemis." She only shook her head and kissed him once more before sliding off him to rest her head into his shoulder, blissfully drifting into sleep knowing she wouldn't have to worry about an alarm waking her up in a few hours.