A/N I own nothing
Smile
Wally once asked, while helping Alfred see to Batman and Nightwing who had just returned from a League mission - both sporting injuries and both exhausted physically and mentally - 'How do you find a reason to keep smiling?'
The question had thrown Dick through a loop, he had never been asked that before. Or at least not under similar circumstances and never by Wally. Furrowing his brow the tired guardian of Gotham thought.
After a few moments he shrugged. "I don't know. I guess... with all the crap we've been through - not just me but Bruce, Jay, Tim and Dami too - and all the messed up things we've had to see... the fact that we're still here, still fighting, still living, still finding new and inventive ways to drive Bruce insane, is just entertaining to me. I mean if you had of told me that this would be my life when I was eight I would have thought you were crazy. But here we are. Naturally I wish things could be different. I still miss my family, I hate what my brothers have had to go through, I wish that the world would just get it's shit together and realise that hurting one another doesn't really accomplish anything... but I know that I can't change these things.
Don't get me wrong there are still days where it's impossible to find the silver linings and on those days I really can't find a reason to smile. But those days are just a part of life, there's always going to be crappy days but there's always going to be good days too, you know? As a whole I am happy. I lost my parents and the rest of my family that night, but I found a new one, they can never replace my parents but I know that they're here for me when I need them. I still get to do my acrobatic routines only the costume has changed and rather than performing under the big top I get to soar under the stars above the streets of one of the worst cities in the world.
I get to make a difference on people's lives. I guess that's the main reason too. Knowing that I'm helping people have a better life is reason to smile. I mean it sucks when I get kidnapped, or when Scarecrow tests new strands of gas on me or when Joker decides to pay me a visit but if it means that I can stop other kids losing their families then it's not as bad. At the end of the day I know that my family are going to be there to swoop in and help me, if not them then my friends like you. Knowing that I have people around me to help is reason to smile. Life is a lot easier when you can laugh off all the crap that's going on."
Wally had sat there listening to his friends reasons and by the end of it he found himself smiling too. as he secured the last of the bandages and whipped off the last traces of blood from his friends wounds the speedster nodded. "Those are some damn good reasons."
A/N Yeah so... this happened... thoughts?