Requested by Collsy100! Her prompt was "toothpaste kisses". I kind of went, well, a little less innocent than that, but I hope you (and everyone else!) still enjoy! (PS. If you don't understand Wally's scientific answer... you obviously haven't seen Young Justice. ;))


"Do you believe in love, Wally?"

"Well, yeah. That's a dumb -"

"Not attraction. Love."

Wally paused where he was, one hand on the bathroom counter and the other holding the toothbrush mid-air. Next to him was Jinx, sitting on the same counter, her legs swinging as she pulled a brush through her damp hair. The bathroom was fogged up from the shower the boy had just taken, and she hadn't bothered to put on anything past his shirt and a pair of socks from when she'd gotten hers not too long before. His skin was still hot and pink from the scalding water, droplets falling from his hair and dripping onto the counter.

"Love is attraction, Jinx."

"Oh, really?" She said dryly, kicking her legs up and crossing them beneath her on the counter. "You're attracted to your Uncle Barry then? Honey, I didn't know you floated that way."

He spit into the sink, standing upright and setting his toothbrush on the counter. "That's just uncalled for, Jinx," he drawled, stepping the distance between him and her and snatching the brush from her hands. "Well... there is a science behind everything. I love Bare 'cause he's my uncle. I love you 'cause you're hot."

"What if I was ugly?" She asked, staring up at him as he drug the pink object through his hair. A few moments later, he sighed, putting it down and resting a hand on either side of her head, his reflection in the mirror showing his expression; exasperated, thoughtful, trying to find the words he needed to say.

"Attraction is not just if you're hot. The whole 'is she good mommy material' instinct and if you're good enough to pass on my genes. It's animal nature. Pheromones and all that. Love is just a mix of chemicals the body feels when you're attracted to someone - dopamine and everything that goes along with it," he realized he was rambling, her eyes latched onto his for a moment, "I guess it is, I mean, if you weren't physically capable to bear children then you wouldn't be attractive..."

"So it is all about sex," she mused, and just as he opened his mouth to speak she claimed it with her own, her hands creeping up his slick chest and wrapping around his neck.

"Well - no - yes," he sighed. She merely smiled against his lips, capturing them once more. He tasted clean, of the toothpaste he'd just used to brush his teeth, and the noises he made as she slid off the counter, legs hooking around his waist, only confirmed his statement.

"That's okay," Jinx murmured, "I love you, but I'd be very disappointed if we didn't have - Wally West, you did not just undress me while I was talking to you!" In the time it'd taken for her say what she had, he'd moved so quickly that she barely noticed - until she could feel her bare stomach against his and his hands grasping her ass, scrambling to secure her hold on his shoulders. "I just got a shower!"

"We're about to take another."