Hi there! So seeing as there's not nearly enough fics out there for my OTP, I decided to do the 100 prompt challenge! Unfortunately for this particular drabble, I didn't make it shippy... heh.

Spaqua Status: friends

Blink

If Mas and Menos hadn't been away visiting family in Guatemala, Aqualad wouldn't have to deal with this. With the twins gone, there was extra room in the TE car, so Bumblebee had taken it upon herself to invite Cyborg to join the Titans East on their weekend trip to the beach. Of course this meant that the aquatic teen would be kicked out of his usual place in the passenger seat ("Garth, do you mind sitting in the back? Me and Sparky have some catching up to do") and be forced to sit in the back with the resident archer.

Usually, the drive from Steel to the Jersey Shore was tolerable, but not today. Nope, with Bee and Cyborg so wrapped up in their own conversation, there was no escape from Speedy's irritating tendencies.

"Garth, I'm bored." And there it was again.

"Wonderful."

"Entertain me."

"There isn't much you can do with someone who has the attention span of a goldfish."

Speedy ignored the comment stared out the window, as if searching for ideas. "I know! Let's try to figure out what everyone's license plates mean."

That was probably the stupidest game Aqualad had ever heard of. "Roy, most license plates are just a bunch of random numbers and letters, they don't mean anything."

"Well, all the cool people have custom plates."

"Oh yeah, because having the license plate '2Sexy4u' on your motorcycle just makes you so cool," Garth snorted.

"Whatever, Fishface," Roy rolled his eyes, "You wouldn't know cool if it hit you in the face. Hey Bumblebitch," he called to the front, "We almost there?"

"How many times have we made this drive, Shafty?" Bee asked, giving him a glance in the rearview mirror. "You know the blinking lights mean that we're getting close, and have we passed them yet?" She didn't even wait for a response before returning to her conversation with Cyborg, leaving her teammate alone again to fend against Speedy.

For a while the red head was silent. Thinking this meant he was safe for a little while, Aqualad turned to look out the window. He enjoyed the peace for a few minutes until a cellphone was being thrust in his face.

"Which filter should I use? Valencia or lo-fi?"

It took Garth a moment to register what was happening as he looked at his friend's Iphone, Speedy's signature smirk staring back at him from the glowing screen. "Wait, you took a selfie?" he laughed. He couldn't say he was surprised, the archer did, after all, think he was the finest specimen on the planet.

"Uh, yeah," came the reply. "I haven't posted one since like, Wednesday, and I feel like my followers need a little dose of me."

"You really are a girl," Garth wheezed out between peels of laughter. Really, how could he take Speedy seriously when he said things like that?

"Excuse me?" Roy demanded, abruptly indignant, "How am I the girl? You're the one with the long-ass haircut!"

"Calm down, Robin," Aqualad replied as he composed himself. "It was just a joke."

"…So Valencia or lo-fi?"

TTT

"Bumblebeeeee," Speedy droned, "Are we there yet?"

"Have you seen the blinking lights?"

"Well no, but-"

"Then can it."

TTT

Flick. Flick. Flick.

Aqualad was doing his best to ignore it. He really was. Give him no rise, and he'd eventually stop, right?

But he couldn't take it anymore. "Must you?" He snapped, turning on the boy who was currently flicking him behind the ear.

"You weren't talking to me and I was bored. Entertain me."

"No."

"Then I'm going to keep flicking you."

And he did. Flick. Flick.

"If you keep at it I'm going to cut that fucking hand off," Aqualad hissed. After sitting next to Speedy for over an hour and a half, he was past his breaking point.

"..." Flick.

"BEE."

"I SWEAR IF Y'ALL ASK ME IF WE'RE ALMOST THERE ONE MORE TIME I'LL SHAVE BOTH YOUR HEADS."

"Mmph," Garth buried his head in his hands. Next time the team went on a road trip and the only open seat was next to Speedy, he'd rather stay home.

I kinda based this one off personal experience hahah I have a shore house at the Jersey Shore and as a kid my sister and I would always look for what we dubbed "the blinking lights" (which are basically just three lights across that blink yellow one at a time) to signify to use that we were only five minutes away.

I hope you liked it!