The air was humming around them.

Was it his nerves? He'd never stood up before his King in such a way before. And yet it had not been a bad choice to have made, and he felt himself better off for doing it.

"Dude, that was totally awesome! Did you see how we did that?" For a moment Kaldur worried, ridiculously, that if Kid Flash grinned any wider his head would split apart at the lips. The tattered ends of his suit flapped in the air as he waved his limbs around, raving, "We're so part of the League now! Who said we weren't ready for the real stuff? Oh man!"

Robin attempted to quell KF with a strategically placed elbow. "Shut up, some of them can still hear you, you know! Don't get your spandex all up in a twist," he hissed, eyeing the few Justice League members left at the demolition site.

"Hey!" The ginger, affronted, huffed. "This. Is not. Spandex. And speak for yourself, cape-lad; at least my costume has taste."

"Says the guy with the ketchup and mustard suit," Robin smirked.

"Hey!"

"You're a little heavy on the mustard, don't you think?"

"Knock it off, you two." Kaldur's tone was firm, but his pale eyes danced with mirth. They had heard, seen, and done much today, and he knew it as well as the others did. Even Superboy, who had been not-so-subtly watching his elder counterpart until his departure, looked a little more at ease under the reminder of what they had achieved. Together.

Now there was a thought...

Kid Flash turned on his heel to direct his gob at a new victim: the night sky. "Man, I'm not even tired anymore. We rule! Am I right, or am I right?"

Robin muffled something about cruel and unusual embarrassment into his facepalm, Superboy's lips twitched another degree closer to cracking a grin, and Kid Flash, oblivious to it all, ranted on. And Kaldur smiled widely, genuinely; because despite himself, he was at ease with the situation. This was a good place to be. These were good comrades to have.

Perhaps, with time, they would make good teammates as well.

The air was humming around them.


I don't own Young Justice.
Written February 05, 2011