Playlist: You Are My Sunshine (Lullaby) by _. (I have no idea who it's by. Too many people claim that it's theirs.)
AU: Wally is killed by an assassin from the League of Shadows. Artemis' thoughts.
You are my sunshine
My only sunshine
You make me happy when skies are gray
Gray. Like her eyes, her brain, her indecision. The green was just a front. A disguise. Inside she was gray. Gray was her.
Gray was his death.
All it had taken was some tranquilizer and time. A push, a shove. Off the cliffs, tumbling into the water. The gray water. Red. Not blood. His hair. Red on gray. Not a bad color palette. Not out of context.
She didn't do it, of course. Someone else. Someone she didn't know. Someone less gray, and more black&white. The darker, the more preferable.
"He was distracting you from your objectives." Of course.
You'll never know dear, how much I love you
She could've told him. Could've abandoned her pride, just for a few moments. Allowed herself to open up, to trust. To be vulnerable.
Oh, who was she kidding. The only thing that would result from that would be rejection. Rejection of her, rejection of what she represented.
Rejection from her. Rejection of her family, of her teachings. Rejection of what was in her blood.
Would that have been so bad?
Please don't take my sunshine away