Hello, people! HeavenisntTooFarAway here!
This is my first fanfic, so I hope you like it! English isn't my first laguage, so please be easy on me.
As you may know if you have read my profile, I'm a huge fan of 80's rock. This Fanfic is named after a Night Ranger song: "Rain comes crashing down". And Each chapter is named after one verse of the song. I really recommend you to listen to it.
The story happens in the first season. There will be a lot of slash...
Chapter 1: The politics of compromise
Robin laid on the bed in his bedroom, alone, with all the windows opened. he had heard on the TV that a storm was coming, and he loved storms. With the background sound of the drops falling, it was easier to think. When he said that to Wally, he laughed. "Easier to think?" he asked "You ever find it hard to think? You're the second greatest detective in the world, right after your dad, who trained you to never stop thinkin'. Damn, when we're chasing the baddies through a fucking desert you never seen before, you're still thinking 'bout other things."
The usual Wally. Laughed at him and complimented him at the same time. "God, Wally" he thought "Will you ever give me a straight sign? I want to know how you actually feel."
He instantly removed those feelings off his mind. He couldn't think of the redhead that way. He was one of his best friends and his teammate. Or at least he was one of his best friends. Lately Dick had been behaving weirdly around Wally, he couldn't avoid it. And he felt that the speedster noticed it, and maybe because of that they were not so close lately.
"Maybe it is for the best" thought Dick "If you stop being friends, if we don't see each other outside the missions, maybe I will stop thinking about him that way. That what I want… isn't it?"
he was suddenly disgusted by those thoughts. What was he? A teenage girl with boy crushes? Well, he was a teen. And he was gay, although he still had a hard time just by saying that to himself. he stood up, sat on his chair on his desk, and started writing. He needed to think about something else.
But his mind was trained to be able to handle to problems at once. "Damn Bruce and his fucking detective training" he thought as he opened a book. maybe if he focused on more than one thing at once…
Wally laid on his bed, the windows fully closed, after the storm of two days ago, which he had watched amazed. Only in the presence of something as outstanding and majestic could Wally keep his mouth shut. The storm had passed Central City, and now was headed to Gotham. Gotham… "That's where Dick lives." he thought.
He sat on his bed, then moved towards the wall and sat on his back. Just to think about Dick. "Why can't I get that guy off my head?! I'm Wally West! I've had a million crushes, I can't get over them!" But that wasn't true. None of those "crushes" was an actual crush. He realized this only now that he had an actual crush. On a boy.
But that wasn't a problem anymore. When he first realized he had feelings for Dick (he "caught" feelings, as he liked to joke), he had had a hard time about accepting his sexuality. But that had been seven months ago, and it had only taken him a month to fully accept that he was gay. Yeah, it was true that at first he didn't even wanna think about it. But he got over it, ad Wally always did, by just saying "Why not? Would it be wrong?" And it wouldn't.
Of course, it had taken him a couples of weeks more until he dared to watch gay porn. But he finally did. And he was glad, because he really liked it.
Just picturing it got his head back to the hottest guy he'd ever met. Dick Grayson. "I hate ya, brain" he said to himself, instantly adding with Liam Neeson's voice "I will find you and I will kill you". He chuckled at his won joke. As he usually did. Just the other day, Dick had told him "You realize that it Is your own pun that you're laughing at, don't you? And it was pretty lame, by the way…" And he had answered "If I don't, then nobody will". The Boy Wonder had laughed at that one. He loved the way he laughed…
He look through the window, seeing the full moon. "I need to get over this. It's Robin. I'm 100% sure he's straight. Nah, I'm over 9000% sure!... I really need to stop with the lame jokes". But he knew that was impossible. Just as impossible as getting over Dick… But, wasn't everyone sure he was straight too?
"This boy's gonna keep me awake tonight again. Son of a bitch".
"Do you know what's up with Robin lately? he's been acting weird." Connor said to his girlfriend.
"Yes, I noticed so. But not in the missions. Only when we're hanging outside" Said Megan. Actually, Superman's clone preferred her actual name. M'gann.
"That's true. the other day Kaldur, Artemis, Wally and I were watching TV and he was very… awkward."
"And the other day, when Artemis, Wally and I were cooking, too". Connor swallowed. He still had a stomachache from those cupcakes.
"But the other day, when it was just me, Roy and Kaldur, he was normal." Said Connor as he stood up to help M'gann with her… how was it called? Something like "lowndry". Why was there a word for something as simple as "cleaning dirty clothes"?
"Hello, Megan!" shouted the girl, surprising Connor "Of course! He only acts strangely when he's with Artemis! He likes her"
"But Robin is…" starts Superboy, but stops. M'gann doesn't know that Robin is gay? He hasn't told her? Well, he should tell her. The boy decided to keep his mouth shut.
Luckily for him, his girlfriend wasn't listening when he almost accidentally outed his firend. The couple was at Megan's house, in her bedroom. It was Martian Manhunter's house, actually, but he was on a mission. After a recent attack in the Young Justice Head Quarters, they all had decided to take a weekend off (they had had to convince Robin, but he actually have up, he missed Gotham).
As the redhead kept talking about Robin and Artemis, Connor looked through the window. It was raining.
Dick Grayson was about to call it a night and go to sleep when he saw a red light in his nightstand. He stood up and checked it. A police alarm. Probably meant for Batman, but he wasn't around. The Boy Wonder was, so he ran to the batcave, dressed up, and after saying goodbye to Alfred, went to the place where the crime was being committed.
The minute he arrived, he realized something was wrong. It was very cold, although it was August. "Mr. Freeze?" he asked, as he felt the first drops of rain In his skin. Very cold drops.
"Mr. Freeze is still in jail, where you put him, don't ya remember?" said a voice from the dark of a alley "But Captain Cold is here…. I was actually waiting for Bats, but you'll be enough."
"Captain! Why are you not in Central City?" Robin needed to gain time. Why hadn't he attacked him yet? He saw people running form the alley. What had he been doing inside?
"I came here to kick Batman's ass. After what he did to Mr. Freeze"
The criminal smelled funny… Was he high on something? Maybe it had something to do with that drug something that Bruce was investigating…
But suddenly, it hit him. Wally. He was captain's enemy. And he could help him. Why not? It would only take him a sec to press the button in his utility belt. And he did. "KF, it's Captain. Come here ASAP."
"Oh, you calling your little friend to help you. How cute…"
Robin threw him a birdrang. It hit him on the hand. Why didn't he let the gun go? Why wasn't he in pain? Oh wait. The drug.
It was raining heavier, and the drops were… heavier…. "OMG, why is it snowing?!" though Robin.
"I guess you realize by now that the gun isn't your worst problem, haven't ya?" said the villain with a grin "In that alley, I've a bigger weapon. Just a prototype. And it's making the temperature of the air get colder. In some minutes, it will be to cold to live!"
He laughed. The smile was erased from his face when, fats as a lightening, a yellow-and-red shining hit him.
"Thanks, KF!" smiled Robin. Only to regret it one second later. "Thanks"?! We never say thanks! It's a waste for time! Focus on the battle! "There's a machine in the alley. it's gonna freeze the whole city. He said it's just a prototype. You destroy it, I'll beat the Captain."
The "battle" only took him a minute. Although the criminal felt no pain, that didn't mean he couldn't be knocked down. One minute later, Kid Flash was back.
"Already took care of the machine. And save a guy, who almost froze to death. You don't mind if I take this piece of metal as a souvenir, do ya?" He said, with the usual smile in his face.
"Help me take Captain Cold to the police. I took a blood sample, I think he was high on something" He chuckled at his friend's reaction at the "taking blood" mention. He had forgotten that the fastest kid alive was scared of needles.
"Really? Like, stoned?"
"No, when I said he was high on something, I meant he was standing on a roof."
"Hey, I have the copyright for lame jokes. And why did you need my help anyway? You took him down easily…". "…Not that I'm not extremely glad to be here with you", Wally added in his mind.
As he kept talking with Robin, the storm stopped… for now.
