Wally buttoned his shirt together quickly, then realizing one was off, re-buttoned it again. To say that he was nervous was an understatement. Today was the supposed big day. The day that he was going to meet his boyfriend's dad. The dad that has close ties with the police department.

The dad that could totally murder him and leave no trace behind because he was a private damn detective, and not just any private detective, he actually got calls from the police when they were stuck.

Wally was questioning whether or not to go through with it when his boyfriend walked into the room. He looked into the blue eyes and smiled sheepishly, "What would you say if I wanted to postpone this meeting until I've lived a good life?"

Dick quirked one of his eyebrows and smiled at him, "He's already kind of peeved that I still haven't brought you a round yet. If we waited another couple of years he would be livid." The brunet gestured to the button up, noticing that it wasn't done properly and went forward to do it himself.

Wally let his arms drop and took small deep breaths to calm himself. He took comfort in the fact that the love of his life for the past three months was there. He let his head dip forward and rest against Dick's, "You sure he isn't going to put a hit out on me?" The red head heard a small snort of laughter and then felt arms circle around his neck.

"Nah, he wouldn't do the same thing twice."

Green eyes flashed open in panic, "Wha-mh."

Dick pressed his lips against Wally's tightly. He ran his fingers through the ginger hair and let his left hand drift around Wally's waist, "You'll be alright Walls. If he tries anything I'm going to be right there."

Wally stared into the blue eyes and smiled, "I believe that."

Dick smiled and let go, "You better." He let his hand take the paler one and drag his boyfriend out of the house, "Now come on or we'll be late."

And just like that Wally was nervous again, "Hey, D? What was that again about not doing something twice?"

The table was quiet. Wally staring at his food, (which looked delicous) Bruce staring down Wally, and Dick ignoring both of them in favor of eating, "You've really outdone yourself Alfred!"

Dick stood up when the butler placed the rest of the food down and gave the older man a hug.

Alfred chuckled and hugged back, "I have to in order to keep you coming around here Master Dick." The man would be one of the first to admit that when the ward went off for his job it was quieter around the mansion type house, Bruce having to go back to work more often to ignore the emptiness, "Master Bruce missed you as well."

Bruce looked to Alfred and smirked a little, then back to Dick, "I'm glad that you've finally brought Wally around to meet us."

Dick looked at Wally, smiling and then back to Bruce, "Yeah, well, our schedules don't quite match up most of the time do they?"

Bruce hummed and went to eating his food, "So, Dick tells me that you're a runner?"

Wally glanced up hesitantly, "Yeah, its really not that interesting, just, running." He started on the food in front of him when he couldn't think of anything else to say.

Bruce glanced to his ward before looking back at Wally, "Anything else?"

Wally shrugged, "I do a little bit of part time work in a lab with my uncle sometimes." He glanced up and then back down.

Bruce nodded, "What's your uncle's name?" He knew that he was intimidating and for the most part enjoyed it, but he noticed that Dick acted a little differently with Wally than any of his past endeavors. As well as the look Dick gave him when they entered earlier that evening to tone down the aura.

"Barry Allen."

The detective was the smallest bit surprised at that, "Really? There's a Barry Allen that helps me out whenever I have some questions about chemical substances."

Wally swallowed his food and glanced up, "Yeah, I remember him saying that you stopped by from time to time."

Dick smiled to himself as he quietly eavesdropped, it seemed like all was going well. Hopefully it would last.

"What about you Dick, how's your work going along?"

The brunet blinked and glanced up at his foster father, "Oh you know, same old, same old." Dick grinned and went on, "It was actually interesting last week, one of the others were sick so I had to fill in both parts since I was the only one who could do a triple."

Wally glanced back at him, "Didn't the line snap?"

Dick closed his eyes and winced. Damn.

After Bruce went through his small rant about safety procedures and the importance of checking through everything he then asked if Dick was alright.

To which Dick replied that he was in fact eating dinner with the man.

To be honest though it had scared him. It was the same way that his own parents had died and if there wasn't a net underneath then he would have been a goner.

He spent the night and half of the morning after in Wally's arms, but Bruce didn't need to know that.

As they were leaving there was a small squeeze from Bruce on Dick's shoulder. It was a small action but it had big meaning behind it.

The circus performer smiled and hugged his foster father and Alfred one last time before leaving with Wally.

Wally was fiddling with his thumbs on the drive home, "I probably shouldn't have told them that huh?"

Dick glanced over at Wally, noticing his posture and deflated mood and smiled, "Probably not, but we both got out of there alive didn't we?" He reached over and placed a hand on Wally's knee.

The red head took the hand into his own and kissed the back of it, "Bruce seems nicer than I thought."

Dick laughed, "Yeah, it was very nice of him that he didn't make you run through the obstacle course in order to date me." He was teasing but Wally didn't need to know that.

Wally's hand squeezed Dicks and he smiled against the skin that was still pressed to his lips, "Even if I didn't make it through I wouldn't care. I'd still date you against his wishes."

The brunet bit his lip as a warmth blossomed in his chest, "Wow. Only you would make a joke into the cheesiest thing ever." But he was still smiling and holding onto Wally's hand. Dick shook his head, questioning how he winded up with this amazing guy.

hi guys! i wanted to post up another thing after re-reading some of my favorite birdflash fics

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