Inspired by my all time favorite band, Lifehouse. A series of one shots about the relationship between Shayera and Wally. Please review if you think of any of your favorite songs that you think fit them.
All night staring at the ceiling
counting for minutes
I've been feeling this way
So far away and so alone
He still remembered the night that he realized how much she mattered. He had been sitting in bed and thinking to himself that it had been 1 year, 2 months, 18 days, 7 hours, and 3 minutes since she walked away from them. 1 year, 2 months, 18 days, 7 hours, and 3 minutes since she had flown away, into a setting sun that turned her wings to silver and made her face shine like a lighthouse. He had seen her for the last time from the balcony that ran around the top of the mansion. It was there, the dull ache settling in his chest as he watched John down below turn back toward the house, that he realized Shayera was loved by more people then she realized. For a singular mad, half-second, he considered going after her. He could run on the water, it wouldn't be hard. Make her understand how much he needed her in his life.
But you know it's alright
I came to my senses
Letting go of my defenses
There's no way I'm giving up this time
Yeah, you know I'm right here
I'm not losing you this time
And then, when he had been walking through the cafeteria, he heard a very irate Mauri, taking the other Javelin back to the Watchtower hounding on that, "Thangarian harpy who dares come back." Question still claimed permanent whiplash from the speed he gained, racing down the the loading bay and pacing the room at 80 miles an hour for her to get there. He waited for a moment, just until her feet hit the Watchtower ground to race at her, shouting her name like a schoolboy, and wrapping her into a fierce hug.
And I'm all in, nothing left to hide
I'm falling harder than a landslide
I spend a week away from you last night
And now I'm calling, calling out your name
Even if I lose the game, I'm all in
I'm all in tonight, yeah I'm all in, I'm all in for life
And he was determined too. Never again was she going to get away from him. Never again would Shayera feel like a traitor that she wasn't, or sit alone in the cafeteria. When Shayera stood alone on the transporter, he'd fall to a halt leaning on her shoulder, flashing his grin with a "Make it a table for two please." He had forgiven her the very moment she'd warned them. He saw how it hurt, better than the others did.
There's no taking back what we've got
Too strong, we've had each other's back for too long
There's no breaking up this time
And you know it's okay, I came to my senses
Letting go of my defenses
There's no way I'm giving up this time
He knew, somewhere deep down in his heart and gut that she would never hurt them again. And unlike others, who were loathe to reveal too much about personal lives around her, he didn't mind anything. Dates, poker nights with the guys, important discoveries at his lab, she knew everything. When he could see that the stress of not reacting to the hate mail, threats and sidled whispers around her, he'd change and offer up his large winter coat to hide her wings, and they'd transport someplace cold, and they'd walk, or sit and talk, until she felt ready to face the music again. He knew that she was scared, but knew that so long as he was with her, the music could play and they'd take it together.
And I'm all in, nothing left to hide
I'm falling harder than a landslide
I spend a week away from you last night
And now I'm calling, calling out your name
Even if I lose the game, I'm all in
I'm all in tonight, yeah I'm all in, I'm all in for life
Trusting her with so much brought a heavy price. Whether it slipped one day when they were taking a stroll around Detroit in winter, or she figured it out on her own, she knew how much he loved her. Not cared, and not liked, but loved. And he knew with an equal conviction, that Carter, and John and Hro and produced a woman so hurt and starcrossed in love, that she did not dare to love again, not so soon. But they had all the time in the world, and he made sure that she knew, alive in her heart, that he could wait for her to be ready again.
I want it, I want it, I want it
I want it, I want it, I want it, yeah
I want it, I want it, I want it, yeah
Wanted to love her. Wanted to do all the things that most girls expected and wanted of the men they love. To sweep her off her feet and carry her into the sunset. Well he had tackle-hugged her many times and there was the occasional sunset to be caught as they drove the Javelin back from the mission, but she didn't want those things. All she wanted was to have someone dependable again.
And I'm all in, calling out your name
Even if I lose the game, I'm all in, I'm all in for life
And I'm all in, nothing left to hide
I'm falling harder than a landslide
I spend a week away from you last night
And now I'm calling, calling out your name
Even if I lose the game, I'm all in
I'm all in tonight, yeah I'm all in, I'm all in for life
Yeah I'm all in, I'm all in for life
Oh yes. He wanted to love her and wasn't afraid of it anymore. Every time she left on a long distance mission, he counted the minutes till the Javelin landed, or her silhouette glowed in the transporter. Nights that she wasn't available to say good night to hurt so much. It took so long to fall asleep when he didn't know if she was okay. Yes, he loved her. As sure as a rising sun, or an ocean tide, he knew.