Life's Game
Wally stared down at his unconscious friend, he was pretty sure that he was supposed to be down there.
For good reason.
He was pregnant!
He was having a baby.
Kaldur's little boy or girl.
For a moment there was a wave of happiness and excitement, but quickly it was whisked away and replaced by nervousness, uncertainty and a small amount of dread.
What was he going to do now?
What kind of doctor could he see for this?
What about school?
Money? Bundles of joy they may be, cheap they are not.
What was the team going to say?
Oh god, what about Uncle Barry?!
A groan from the floor pulled the Speedster out of his panicking thoughts, he looked down at Dick who was coming to. The younger man blinked his eyes open; and sat up rubbing his sore head, when he looked at Wally his eyes widened.
"Y-Y-You're…"
"Please don't faint again" Wally said as he helped his friend up.
"How did it happen?" Dick then asked as he suddenly began to pace.
"Well Kaldur stuck his—"
"I know how it happened, I mean—"
Dick trialed off as he looked the Speedster up and down, as though trying to see if he was already showing, he couldn't believe it. Wally, his best friend was pregnant with Kald—
"Oh god Kaldur, I have to tell him" Dick then said.
"No!"
Dick blinked at his friend.
"No? Whatta a mean "no", I have to tell him Wally"
"You can't" Wally said shaking his head.
"Wally—"
"If you tell him, he'll get distracted or worse he'll abort the mission, and we can't have that, not when we're so close"
"But Wally, you can't do this alone"
"I won't be alone, you'll be here"
"I will but—"
"Richard"
Dick closed his mouth, Wally rarely called him by his full name and when he did, the former Boy Wonder knew the other was serious.
"Damn it" he thought with a sigh, before nodding his agreement, and then a thought occurred to him.
"It's been what, three weeks since Kaldur and you…did it"
Wally nodded.
"And you started throwing up, what, three days later?"
"Just about"
"Usually, a woman doesn't show those symptoms at least two weeks later, after copulation"
"Well Kaldur isn't human" Wally said, understanding what his friend was getting at, "and I am a guy, so maybe it's just different"
"How different?" Dick thought.
5 years ago
Step two: Breaking Up.
Kaldur moved out of the apartment, and back into his old room in Mt. Justice the day after his and Wally's third year anniversary, that night had been rather…intense, Wally was so energetic, much more than usual.
"Hey"
At the sound of his friend's voice, Kaldur paused in his unpacking and turned around, inwardly gulping at the sight of Conner leaning against his doorway.
"This is not going to end well" the Atlantean thought with a slight wince.
Aside from M'gann, the only other person the clone was closer to on the team was Wally, Wally after all had showed Conner the moon; had comforted him and understood his feelings when Superman had rejected the clone. The Speedster having been rejected and abused by his own father, Conner even told Wally about his depression, a depression that at that time only Black Canary knew about.
Not only that, but Conner was very protective of Wally.
"Moving back in then?" Conner asked.
"Yes" Kaldur answered, turning back around and resuming his unpacking, "Wally and I felt it was best if we spent some time apart"
"Meaning he found out about you and Tula"
Kaldur blinked in surprise, no one knew about that aside from him, Wally, Tula and Dick. Kaldur knew his lover and Dick didn't tell anyone, and he doubted Tula did.
"I was walking Wolf, and I saw you two"
"….Oh, I see" Kaldur said, then sighed, "yes, it's bout…that"
"How could you do that to Wally?" Conner asked, more confused than angry, after all Kaldur loved Wally, truly loved the Speedster, anyone could see that.
"It's…. complicated"
"How is the fact that your cheating on Wally complicated?"
"Because it is!" Kaldur snapped.
Conner tensed, and Kaldur prepared himself for a punch to the face, it never came; instead the clone glared, and walked away. With a groan Kaldur flopped down on his old bed, this was going to be long day.
Two weeks later, Wally and Kaldur officially broke up, two months after that; he and Tula started dating ("Holding hands only Kaldur"). A month after that Tula died during a mission, five days after that funeral; Kaldur went looking for his father.
Present
Wally refused to move in with Dick when the younger offered, mostly because he wanted to finish his semester, and the other was of a personal matter. Though that didn't stop the younger man from visiting every chance he got, making sure Wally was eating properly, getting enough rest, it was like having his own mother hen. And it's only been a week since they found out.
Wally understood though, he did.
Not only was this the first male pregnancy on Earth, but both of them knew nothing about Atlantean pregnancy period, yes they could ask Aquaman, but that would just bring unwanted questions toward them and possible discovery of the mission. And the only other Atlantean who could help was somewhere in the middle of the ocean undercover.
Wally was quiet frankly surprised Dick wasn't growing grey hairs with all the stress of making sure Wally was well, and doing research.
Wally on the other hand was more worried about when he would do when he started to show, it was hard enough trying to get some privacy with his Uncle, Aunt, Joan, Jay, the Team and League visiting him at random hours to check-up on him, it was going be even harder to hide his growing stomach.
"Speak of the devil" Wally thought as there was a knock on his front door, no doubt it was his Uncle and Aunt again, or maybe even Aquaman.
Ever since his and Kaldur's relationship "ended", the King of Atlantis visited Wally constantly asking about his health, and day, and how sorry his was for Kaldur's disloyalty and how his Charge had broken his heart. Wally would try to reassure the Atlantean that he was fine and that he would be able to get over it, but it didn't seem to work.
"Conner?"
The clone stood nervously in his doorway, by his side was Wolf.
"Uh hi" Conner said.
"Hi" Wally said before letting them in.
When he entered the apartment, Conner opened his mouth, prepared to ask Wally if he could stay here for a couple of days; partly because he couldn't stand being at Mt. Justice at that moment. And the other was because he was just plain worried for his friend, when his nose flared.
The scent, the shift in hormones, the same smell Iris has now that she was—
"Conner?" Wally inquired, worried when the other froze, "you okay?"
"Wally" Conner finally said, looking at him with wide eyes, "are you…pregnant?"
"Oh shit" was the only thing that came to mind.
5 years ago
Wally watched as Artemis unpacked in what used to be his and Kaldur's room.
"Are you sure? I could always take the sofa" Artemis asked turning to the Speedster.
"No, it's fine, besides we're a couple now, and sharing a bed is what couples do" Wally smiled.
Artemis frowned when the smile didn't reach the Speedster's eyes.
"Okay" she then said with uncertainty.
Wally nodded before excusing himself to the bathroom; once the door was closed, he leaned against it with a heavy sigh, staring up at the ceiling.
"This is it" he thought, "Kaldur is….gone now."
Wally ignored the trembling of his hands, the way his eyes watered, he ignored the way his legs turned to jello and he slide to the floor; and most importantly. he ignored the tears that started to fall.
