To the guest who reviewed, I have warnings on Chapter 2 and 7, in chapter 1 there is no need for the warnings as far as I can see it. It should be clear on Chapter 2 if the story included themes that are triggering to you. But if I need to put warnings on another chapter, please tell me.

Again, warnings are at the bottom!

June 21st, 2011. 15:08

Wind was whipping around him, but he didn't pay attention to it, didn't pay attention to the apparent cold, even if it was almost summer. He didn't care, he didn't feel it as he looked down, staring down at the water, so far below him. 65 feet almost, 20 meters, and far enough to kill him.

Far enough to stun him if he would survive, far enough to eventually kill him.

"Wally please, don't do this" A voice interrupted Wally's thoughts but he didn't move, staring down at the water, wild and raging, waiting to swallow him up.

"Please Wally" Iris plead and slowly Wally turns around, watching everyone. Barry, Iris, Dick, Artemis, Kaldur, Roy, they were all standing with him, a considerable distance between them, they wouldn't be fast enough to catch him were he to jump, not even uncle Barry would be fast enough.

He was going to die, he was going to make sure of it.

"I'm sorry" Wally whispers, looking up with tears in his eyes. "I-I can't.. do this"

"It's only been five days kid! We can figure this out" Barry pleads, taking a step forwards. But Wally immediately took a step backwards, causing Barry to take one backwards again to create the same amount of distance again. The minimal distance Wally had forced upon them.

Threatened to jump were they to approach him.

"He said he'd hurt you..I can't risk it.." Wally mumbled, clutching his head with gritted teeth.

"Police arrested him KF, he can't hurt us" Dick tries, tears appearing in his eyes, he couldn't lose his best friend, not ever, and especially not like this. He lost too many already, suffered too much already. KF was his rock, his sanity.

"He will tell.. he will tell everyone" Wally mumbles, turning around again and everybody tenses, Iris immediately taking a step forwards.

"He doesn't know anything! You said you didn't tell your parents anything, they don't know about your powers, he can't blackmail us" She almost yells, eyes fearful.

Wally stiffens, eyes widening. "I-I didn't.. but dad said h-he knew everything. What if he does know? What if he tells?"

"He doesn't know anything Wally, J'onn checked his mind" Barry cut in, taking a step as well. Wally didn't react, and Barry dared to take another, getting closer to Wally again. How had everything gone to hell so quickly? They just found him, he had just come home, and they let him alone.

They allowed him to be alone, escape.

Wally doesn't react for a long time, shaking with his back turned to the rest. "I'm damaged.. he used me, I'm damaged" He whispers, whirling around again with desperate eyes.

"Like hell you are Walls" Roy yells. "You're not damaged"

"He raped me" Wally shot back, voice cracking through the sentence, tears streaming down his face.

"He did, but that doesn't make you worth anything less" Iris whispers, holding out her hand. "Come back with us Wally"

Wally stares at the hand, taking a hesitant step forwards before his head slowly tilts upwards, looking at everyone that is surrounding him, much closer than they had been at the beginning, when they just stopped him from jumping. He looks at Barry, looking at him with desperate eyes, and with such love.

At Iris, at Roy, at everyone who cared for him, trying to prevent him from jumping.

At Dick, his best friend. Green eyes lock with blue eyes. "I'm sorry" Wally whispers.

"NO!" Wally just heard before he jumped. He closed his eyes, preparing for a quick fall but his eyes snapped open as something wrapped around his wrist. He felt the hand before he came to a sudden stop, his arm jerking harshly. He cried out in pain, a shrill cry escaping his throat.

Someone had caught him, Barry had caught him. Uncle Barry had caught him.

He goes limp, fresh tears streaming down his face. He jumped, he jumped, he still wanted to die. So why was he so relieved Barry caught him? Because he cared, it meant he cared about him, it meant Barry didn't want him dead.

That he wasn't a burden, that it didn't matter that he was damaged, someone loved him.

Wally choked on a sob, looking up. And then everything stopped around him, instead of meeting blue eyes and blond hair, he met brown eyes and brown hair.

"You can't get away from me so easily, son"

June 21st, 2011. 04:15

A cry escapes his throat, gurgling sounds coming out of his throat and he flails with his limbs, falling out of the bed in his panic.

Dick was immediately up, gone before Wally had even fallen from the bed. Adrenaline coursed through his body and he winced as Wally landed painfully on the floor, crying out again, either from pain or from the nightmare still. Dick rushed over to his best friend, dropping to his knees and putting his hands on Wally's torso.

"Wally!" Dick yelled, trying to restrain Wally as much as he could. Wally's eyes snapped open, bloodshot eyes staring up at the bright blue ones. "Calm down, please" Dick pleaded, ignoring how warm Wally was feeling, and how wet his clothes were from the sweat. He didn't care either way.

Wally blinked multiple times, tears slowly welling up but he still didn't say anything, panting harshly.

"I-I.. I-It was a d-dream?" He stammered, slowly getting up. Dick watched him like a hawk, shifting slightly but nodding slowly.

"Looks like it" He whispers, still watching his best friend. "You want to talk about it?" But Wally shakes his head numbly, eyes glazing over at the thought of the dream. Dick was silent for a while, just watching Wally, who was already unresponsive in the first place, and they sat in silence.

Wally's breaths were still slightly laboured, and he was shivering slightly.

"I think your bed is more comfortable than the floor" Dick suggests after a while and Wally looks at him, nodding numbly. Dick helps him stand up, not sure how much he needed it right now considering he was still too thin, guiding him to the bed again. Wally immediately crawls under the blanket.

"Think you can sleep?" Dick asks but Wally just looks at him, eyes still glazed over.

"Don't leave me" Wally whispers, turning his head towards his best friend. Dick blinks a couple of times.

"I won't" He says, frowning as he looks at the bed. They had shared it too many times to count, it was big enough for the two of them, but right now everything was different. How had Wally done this? How had he trusted him enough to sleep so closely to? How did he trust anyone to be in the same bed again?

How could he still be in the same bed after his dad had raped him?

"Is it okay if I..?" Dick trails off, gesturing to the open space next to Wally. The ginger looks down, looking up again almost as if he was confused before a look of anguish spread over his face and he paled slightly, if he could get any paler. But he nods nevertheless, scooting over a bit.

Almost hesitantly, Dick crawls into the bed, turning on his side and face towards the ginger speedster.

"I'm sorry I didn't believe you" He whispers, Wally looking right back at him.

"I didn't want you to" He responds, fidgeting in his spot slightly, uncomfortable with the conversation.

"Still, I could see you weren't traught and I didn't do anything"

"You broke into my house" Wally tries and Dick snickers lowly.

"Too late" He says, turning serious again. "I should've seen it Wally.. we're best friends.. I know everything about you.. why didn't you say anything?" Dick says, voice turning desperate. Wally is silent, watching his best friend with guilt in his eyes.

"I was scared"

"Of what?" He asks, frowning.

"You. You rejecting me.. dad coming after me." He spoke but Dick shakes his head.

"That's not all, is it?" He asks and Wally's eyes flicker back to Dick's eyes. He knew, of course he knew. He is a bat after all.

So why didn't he know about your dad?

He forced the thought away, he hid that on purpose, he tried to keep that from him.

"You thought you deserved it right?" Dick whispers and Wally just averts his eyes, not able to look Dick in the eyes. Yes, he did deserve it. "That's all bullshit KF, you don't deserve any of it and you know it damn well."

"I don't know" Wally whispers, staring at the raven haired boy before turning on his back. Dick didn't say anything, only watching Wally like a hawk. Eventually Wally had closed his eyes, breath evening out as an indication that he was asleep again.

And only then did he close his eyes as well, allowing himself to fall asleep again.

June 21st, 2011. 08:12

"Morning" Wally's small voice entered the room and Iris immediately whirls around, looking at her nephew standing in the kitchen entrance, a blanket wrapped around his slightly shaking body and still looking as sick as he looked yesterday, when he just got home.

"Hey" Iris greeted, completely forgetting about her cooking as she turned around. "How are you feeling?" She carefully walked up to him, waiting for him to react badly but he didn't react at all, staring at his aunt. He looked smaller than he actually was, shrinking into himself and looking vulnerable.

Nothing like the energetic nephew she knew.

Nothing like the superhero and the fastest boy alive.

"Better I guess" Wally shrugs and Iris smiled, despite knowing that Wally was far from okay right now.

"Go sit down, I almost finished breakfast" She tells him and he nods, sitting down on the table. "Aunt Charlotte sent another package, from the Netherlands this time" She says without looking at Wally, focusing on the cooking again.

Charlotte was Iris' sister, and Wally's aunt. But he had rarely seen her in his life. She was mostly busy with her work, which consisted mostly of travelling through Europe. She wasn't the kindest to him but she always sent a package to them once she visited another country with stuff in it.

The package was always sent to Iris but that was just to avoid shipping it twice, one to Iris and one to Rudy, and avoid more shipping costs.

"What is it?" Wally asks as Iris flips the pan, sliding something onto a plate before handing it to him.

"Dutch pancakes" She said, looking at him. "It's usually eaten as dinner but I thought you'd enjoy it as breakfast" She continued and Wally stared at it, stomach growling.

"Thanks" He mumbles, digging in. Iris sighed, turning off the stove and sitting down as well. Wally was eating, which relieved her, but he was eating slowly, and not like a speedster.

She looks up suddenly as the front door opens and closes, before relaxing slightly as she recognised the steps as her husband's. Not seconds later, Barry seemed to rush in, a fatigued look on his face but his eyes were immediately drawn towards his nephew, blue eyes meeting green.

"Kid!" Barry cried out, rushing over to Wally and wrapping his arms around him. For a second Iris wanted to scold and yell at him for rushing at Wally like that but the younger speedster didn't seem to flinch or be scared, immediately returning the hug and burying his face in Barry's chest.

"Kid I'm so sorry. So so sorry, I should've believed you.. I should've seen it" Barry mumbles but Wally shakes his head.

"Don't be sorry, please uncle B" Wally whispers, not letting go of his uncle.

"I was supposed to protect you, even from your parents" Wally stiffens slightly at the mention of his parents, pulling away hesitantly. Barry looks at Iris for a moment, before he sits down next to his nephew, keeping a hand on his shoulder.

"Wally… the police arrested your parents" Barry spoke with heavy heart, looking at his nephew, who in turn didn't react. "We contacted the police almost immediately after Dick told us about them, they're in custody right now"

"But we don't have evidence" Wally tries to reason, looking down at himself. "I heal too fast Uncle Barry" Barry looks guilty for a second, biting his lip as a nervous habit.

"That's no problem Kid…" He hesitates for a moment. "Bats installed cameras a long time ago, in every house of the team. In case something happened… like this" Barry explains, heart beating and not sure how his nephew would react.

"Oh" Wally said softly, and he didn't seem particularly angry. "Did you.. watch them?"

"Bats never watched any of them, they were just in case." Barry shakes his head. "But after Dick told us.. I watched them, yes." Wally looks away in shame, shutting his eyes for a moment.

"I know this is all too fast but I want you to know that we want to give you a home here, if you want as well. You don't have to worry about that" Iris spoke up, and Wally looks at her. "Bruce already contacted a lawyer and we talked to her about adopting you legally"

"You would do that?" Wally whispers, looking up with wide eyes. Barry chuckles softly, wrapping an arm around Wally's frame and bringing him closer to his side.

"Of course we would kiddo" Barry whispered, kissing the top of Wally's red hair and the latter slumped in the hug, burying his face in Barry's chest. The 'thank you' Wally muttered was almost inaudible, but the older speedster caught it nevertheless, smiling gently.

June 21st, 2011. 10:56

"You know" Dick starts and Wally turns his head towards the younger boy. "I don't know what's more turbing, watching you eat, or watching you not eat" He continued, eyeing at the still too malnourished form of his best friend. Wally frowns, knowing exactly what Dick was hinting at.

"For once I'm not hungry" He defends himself and Dick shrugs in response.

"Just because you're not doesn't mean your body doesn't need it"

"Dick is right kiddo, I can see your ribs" Barry spoke up, poking Wally in the ribs. Wally jerked to the side, scowling at his uncle, but the playful gleam in his eyes was more than evident and Barry smiled.

"What if it comes up again?" Wally asks, voice stronger than it had been this morning.

"I hope it doesn't happen but you need to eat Wally, this isn't healthy. At least try" Barry continued, staring at his nephew.

"Fine" Wally muttered almost angrily, reaching out for the food that was still taunting him on the table in front of him. Barry smiled sadly as he watches his nephew eat, it was almost unsettling to see the way he ate, slow and not like a speedster, but at least he was eating again.

"How about we go shopping for furniture once you're feeling up to it?" Barry asks, glancing at both Dick and Wally. "Bats gave us his creditcard so I say we use it" He continued with a grin. Immediately both Dick and Wally turned to each other, huge grins on their faces.

"Ikea!" Dick exclaimed, causing Wally to snicker.

"Weren't you banned?" Barry deadpanned but Dick just shrugged.

"Only the one in Brooklynn" Wally gleamed, grinning at the memory.

"And the one near DC" Iris cut in, standing in front of the living room with a frown on her face. Both Dick and Wally tried to look innocent but the joy of the memory and the prospect of going again made it impossible to do so. Iris eventually sighed, a small smile tugging at her lips as well.

Wally was smiling again, and it was a relief.

"So you're officially adopting me?" Wally asks suddenly, looking at both Barry and Iris.

"We are kiddo, we won't fail you again" Barry said, voice dropping slightly. Wally's expression softens slightly.

"You never failed me, any of you. I didn't want you guys to find out" Wally shakes his head. "You had every reason to hate me, but you didn't… you looked for-" Wally voice cracks, but he doesn't get to finish the sentence before a figure tackles him, wrapping two arms around him.

"Aw missed me buddy?" Wally grins, wrapping his arms around Dick in response. Dick grumbled, glaring at him with minimal distance between them.

"You had us worried sick kid" Dick snaps, before looking down. "Don't do that again"

Wally frowns but doesn't say anything, instead he just buries his face in Dick's neck, bringing the younger boy closer for support. It was silent for a moment, Wally melting in the embrace. He felt safe here, surrounded by his family. His aunt and uncle who had been better parents than his real ones could ever be.

His little brother protecting him.

"Wait, did anyone tell Roy?"

YJ

I just love how it's like universally accepted among the fandom that nobody ever tells Roy when one of his little brothers get hurt xD Like he will either be really angry once he hears about it, or he will angrily storm inside whatever room they are in and ruin the moment.

Warning:

Mention of past rape!