Disclaimer: I don't own Young Justice or the song at the beginning.
Warning: SLASH Wally/Dick, Kid Flash/Robin
A/N: sorry for any mistakes of spelling or grammar or whatever, I didn't check it too well :)
Whatever It Takes
(by: Lifehouse)
A strangled smile fell from your face I'll do whatever it takes
What kills me that I hurt you this way
The worst part is that I didn't even know
Now there's a million reasons for you to go
But if you can find a reason to stay
To turn this around
I know what's at stake
I know that I've let you down
And if you give me a chance
Believe that I can change
I'll keep us together
Whatever it takes
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Dick didn't answer his calls or his texts and he hadn't been at Mount Justice this last weekend. At first Wally was desperate, calling even more and leaving more messages. Now though, he was giving up, it was obvious that Dick didn't want him near, he didn't want to know anything about Wally, he probably even hated the red head.
Wally couldn't bear the last thought, it always took his breath away. To think that he had hurt Dick enough to make the sweet, kind boy hate him made Wally want to hit himself. He wished he could just see Dick, he knew the acrobat wouldn't take him back but Wally would be satisfied with just looking into those beautiful blue eyes, or hearing his gentle voice. It would make Wally happier than he would like to admit. Wally just wanted to see if Dick was okay, if he was happy, if Wally hadn't done as much damage as he believed.
The opportunity finally came while he was on a mission. The Flash duo was chasing a band of robbers, by the time they had been contacted the criminals were already leaving central city, of course at the time no one knew that and they had wasted too much time looking around the city for them before they were spotted at Gotham. The group had a very sophisticated plan but Flash had called Batman as soon as they had enough clues to track the men down and Bruce had found them. Both Bruce and Dick were already on the roof of the abandoned building where the criminals were hiding in, waiting for the right time to attack. Soon Flash arrived with Wally close behind. Robin stiffened as soon as he saw the younger speedster. Batman clenched his fists next to him as Flash approached. The two adults drifted a bit away as they talked about the case and Batman showed him the plans to go inside.
Wally hesitantly walked towards Dick taking in his appearance. The blue eyed boy was pale, more than normal and he seemed to be skinnier. Wally couldn't help but feel guilty.
"Robin, you look so pale." Wally stood in front of Dick nervously, as soon as he realized what he had said he gave a small start he quickly reached for Dick's hand afraid that he would leave. "Not that you don't look good, you're gorgeous, you always are-"
Dick interrupted the redhead's rambling with a chuckle, he turned his hand so that he could hold Wally's in a loose grip. "Thank you KF, you're really sweet." Dick stepped closer to Wally, leaning up and placing a soft kiss on the freckled cheek. He missed being close to Wally and his ex boyfriend was being as sweet as Dick remembered. He didn't want Barry to realize that they had been dating, but he wanted to show Wally that he did appreciate his words. Wally had already ruined the secret by holding his hand so whatever explained that, could also explain this.
Barry watched speechless from his place close to Bruce, he couldn't understand why Wally was holding hands with Dick why he was calling the shorter boy beautiful and acting like…they were a couple. He heard a low growl coming from Batman but before he could ask him about it the man started walking toward the edge of the rooftop.
"Robin, we're going in." The order was clear to Dick, his adoptive father wanted him to step away from Wally.
Dick let go of Wally's hand, making the red head feel cold and alone. Wally wanted to say something that would make the acrobat stay but Dick was already following his mentor and they jumped off the building before Wally could find something coherent to say. Barry rushed to the stairs still confused and wishing he could talk to his nephew, but knowing he had to do his job as a hero first.
As Wally ran behind his uncle, all that he could think about was the feeling of Dick's lips on his cheek and of the small hand in his.
The money was piled on a table, the bad guys all gathered around laughing and celebrating their success. Bane was sitting on the head of the table, apparently he had been mastermind of the robbery, he made things much more complicated. Batman had planned a fast and surprise attack but Wally in his distraction had clashed against a box at the bottom of the stairs, causing a loud clatter. The criminals rose fast and started looking around, Bane gave a loud yell and activated his super strength.
Batman glared at Wally from his position, hidden up on the roof beams. The henchmen looked around the place but Bane looked directly up, already knowing where Batman would hide. He grabbed a gun from under the table and started shooting, Batman moved and Robin threw some birdarangs to distract the huge guy. Wally saw how Bane was infuriated by the weapons being thrown at him and soon aimed at the acrobat. Wally was too worried to stop himself and ran towards Bane, taking the gun away from the man.
Robin had jumped from the beam and he really didn't need Wally's help - even if he did appreciate it- he already knew how to deal with Bane. Wally had planned to hit Bane but as soon as he was close enough Bane grabbed him by the neck. Robin jumped to the floor fast, knocking down two of the henchmen easily. He ran to help Wally but he got there too late, Bane had thrown the yellow clad hero against a wall with enough force to knock Wally unconscious.
Batman started fighting with his enemy, while Flash took out the henchmen. Dick ran towards Wally worried, the teen had hit the wall pretty hard; he could be seriously injured. He leaned over Wally, shaking the redhead carefully, hoping he would wake up.
The green eyes fluttered open and Wally groaned in pain, closing then again. Dick leaned over Wally so that he was in his line of sight.
Wally managed to look up at Dick, smiling slightly through the pain coming from his head. "Hello beautiful." In Wally's dizzy brain he didn't remember how much Dick had been hurt by him or how they hadn't talked in days. All he knew is that he loved Dick and he looked beautiful at the moment.
Dick gave a relieved giggle even he was still worried for Wally. He had been responsive and there was no blood around so he couldn't be too bad. He pulled Wally's head to his lap. Now Flash was hand cuffing the bad guys and Bruce had just managed to defeat Bane. Flash turned towards him worriedly, Dick gave the scientist a small smile. "He's fine, even if he's confusing me with Miss Martian." Dick ran a hand through Wally's hair fondly, giving a chuckle.
Wally couldn't let Dick think that he was thinking about M'gann when he said beautiful. The raven haired boy had to know Wally thought he was beautiful. Dick was the most gorgeous guy, no- the most gorgeous person- Wally ever met.
"Dic-" Robin put a hand to Wally's cheek, leaning down close to him.
"It's Robin, remember?" Dick smiled kindly at him. "Here I'm Robin, KF." He was worried that Wally could have a concussion. Now, he may know who he was but before he had obviously made a mistake.
After all, Wally never flirted with him, yeah, sometimes he was sweet but never out on the open, and that specific phrase was always saved for M'gann, even when they were dating. It used to hurt Dick, but after a while he got used to it, he would never be Wally's beautiful, he could be his boyfriend and the one who would hold his hand, kiss him and comfort him when he was sad, but he was never 'beautiful', that was M'gann.
Wally stared as Dick's visage turned sad and pained. He raised his hand, supposedly to caress Dick's cheek, but in his dizziness he only managed to nudge the boy's jaw with the back of his hand. Dick looked at him again, smiling sympathetically.
"Does your head hurt?"
"No." The pain wasn't too much, what bothered him was how lightheaded he felt. His brain seemed confused, unable to form a coherent thought. The only thing on his mind was that he wanted Dick to smile. He wanted Dick to understand and believe that he thought Dick was perfect, that he wasn't talking about anyone but Dick.
Batman and Flash were putting the money in bags while talking quietly. Dick was running his hand through his red hair lightly.
Flashback
Wally, Robin and Aqualad were sitting in the living room when M'gann came in carrying a platter of cookies, a big smile on her face.
"I made cookies." She excitedly flew towards them, offering them her first batch of unburned cookies.
Wally stood up fast, rushing towards her and picking up one. He took a bite and smiled up at his teammate. "They're awesome." Wally shoved two more cookies into his mouth with the Martian smiling in front of him. "You're the best baker in the world M'gann, besides being my most beautiful teammate, of course." Wally winked at her leaning closer. M'gann giggled moving over to Kaldur to offer him cookies. As the atlantean reached for a cookie Robin stood up and hurried out of the room.
Both M'gann and Kaldur stared at him confused, they dismissed it soon though. Kaldur returned to reading his book, while M'gann flew away to look for Superboy, eager to give him some of her cookies.
Wally walked to the kitchen sighing, he hadn't meant to hurt Dick just to compliment M'gann. He walked in to find his boyfriend leaning against the counter. The younger boy glanced at him before moving away from the counter and around the kitchen, supposedly trying to make himself a sandwich.
Wally walked over to him, looking to the door to make sure there was no one near. He stepped behind Dick, wrapping his arms around the thin waist of the guy he loved. Wally placed his chin on Dick's shoulder, unwrapping one arm so that he could hold Dick's hand, successfully stopping him from fumbling with the sandwich ingredients.
"You know I didn't mean that, right?" Wally nuzzled Dick's neck, the smaller boy sighing. Dick knew he shouldn't be behaving like this, he wasn't even angry, only a little bit sad. Still, he didn't want to look at Wally right now.
"it's okay Wally, I'm not angry or anything." Dick knew M'gann was pretty, she was hot and beautiful, as Wally said, she was the most beautiful on the team. It kind of hurt to know Wally would rather date her than Dick, but he was okay with that, he had to be if he wanted to keep the speedster as his boyfriend. "I'm just a little worried. I don't want her to hurt you Wally, she's obviously already smitten with Superboy-"
"Dick, I don't care about M'gann." Wally hugged Dick tighter against himself. "She can date Superboy if she wants, I have someone better, I have you."
Dick placed his hands on Wally's arms leaning back against the speedster's chest, he only smiled sadly. If Wally really did mean that, he wouldn't flirt so much, he wouldn't try to find a replacement for when he got tired of Dick.
End Flashback
Wally struggled to open his eyes, groaning as the light in the building gave him a headache. He looked up to see Dick looking away from him, Wally moved his head to follow the acrobat's line of sight when he saw that Batman and Flash were walking out of the room.
Wally tried to sit up, but Dick held him down. "Don't worry, they're only going to turn the money to the Central City police. They won't trust Batman, that's why they're both going." Dick added at Wally's look of confusion.
"Robin I…" Wally faltered, wondering how to explain how much he regretted ruining their relationship, how he wished he hadn't been so stupid and taken Dick for granted.
He shouldn't have even looked at anyone while they were dating, he should've kept all compliments for Dick. Wally never treated the boy as well as he treated the meaningless girls he flirted with and Dick was his boyfriend. Dick must've loved him too much to stay and stand that.
"Does anything hurt?" Dick leaned down to hear Wally better, but the redhead only stared at him, trying to find the right words.
Dick looked at him worriedly, reaching for his communicator so he could call Flash and ask him to hurry up so that Wally could be taken to a hospital, he might have some other injury that they couldn't see, or the hit could've been stronger than they thought. Dick sat up, putting more distance between them. Wally followed him, his eyes in the pink boy's lips. He didn't manage to sit completely up, his ribs protesting the movement.
"I'm fine." Wally tried to raise again, Dick looked at him to push him down, but as soon as he was facing the redhead, Wally leaned forward, ignoring any kind of pain and pressed a passionate kiss on Dick's lips, his hands falling on the skinny boy's shoulders.
He had given up on trying to explain everything, he could only show the boy how much he missed him, in his muddled brain it made sense, even if he felt Dick leaning back, trying to get away from the kiss. Suddenly he felt a hand on his neck, it pulled at his suit, roughly yanking him away from Dick.
He was then thrown against the same wall he had collided earlier with, this time not as hard, but the surprise made him gasp loudly. He looked up to find Batman's glare too close for comfort. He could feel the anger radiating from the dark knight and he could only gulp in fear, knowing the man had good reasons for killing him.
"Listen to me you little prick, I want you away from my son." Batman was holding him up by his suit and Wally was shaking.
Wally could hear Dick's panicked and anguished call of "Batman stop." and he wanted to apologize even more than before, Dick was trying to protect him, from something he totally deserved and something that should have made the blue eyed boy hate him. "I don't want you to even think about him, do you hear me?!"
Barry walked closer, angry. He didn't attack Bruce though, he knew it was better not to get in a fight with him, even if he was ready to jump in if the Gotham vigilante hurt Wally. "Hey, that's my nephew you're talking to!" Batman ignored him, his fists where shaking with controlled rage.
"You've done enough to hurt him." Batman took a deep breath, looking away from Wally. He took deep breaths trying to calm himself, still with strong grip on Wally's suit. "I've never been more disappointed in anyone in my entire life." Wally could feel the frustration in Batman's voice, it made him hate himself even more. Batman let go of him and he fell to the ground, too weak to hold his weight.
Barry rushed to Wally's side looking up at the black clad hero. "What the hell, Batman?!" Bruce only glared at Wally. "What's going on?" Barry's anger tainted his tone along with his confusion.
Batman gave a derisive snort. "I should've known you wouldn't know either." He focused on Wally again, giving one last warning look, clearly telling him to stay away from Dick, then he walked away shaking his head. As he passed Robin he took hold of his arm, pulling him away so they could leave through the window. Dick glanced back at Wally, still looking worried.
"Wally-"
"I don't want to talk about it." Wally cut Barry and stood up, his eyes burning with unshed sorrow. He then ran out of the building, dizziness forgotten, leaving Barry to deal with the police, who was waiting outside to take the criminals to prison.
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By the time Barry got home Wally had already changed out of his costume and taken a shower, now he was just sitting at the edge of his bed, looking at old pictures on his phone.
Barry walked to the room after changing into civilian clothes. He wanted to talk to his nephew, wondering what the kid could've done to make Batman so angry. He knocked on the door. It was open, but Wally hadn't seen him come in and Barry knew his nephew sometimes had moods in which he would want to be alone and in those moments he tended to snap at the smallest things.
The redhead looked up at him, his eyes were sad and he seemed close to tears. Barry sighed, knowing it would be hard for his nephew to talk about what had happened, but he still had to know what was going on.
"Wally…what happened to make Bruce so angry?" Barry stood close to the bed, waiting for Wally to answer, thought the younger speedster only kept staring at the screen of his phone. Finally Wally looked up at him, gently throwing his phone onto the bed, an obvious invitation for him to look at it.
Barry picked the phone up to find a picture of Dick and Wally. He almost gasped at the position they were in. The redhead had his arms around the smaller boy, while he pressed a kiss to his cheek, Dick seemed to be laughing.
"That was a week after I told him I like him." Wally's whisper felt loud in the quiet room.
Barry passed to the previous picture, already trying to put the pieces together, this one showed the two teens kissing, Wally's eyes were closed and he had a smile while Dick looked surprised, his eyes wide. Barry passed to the previous one, to see Dick sitting between Wally's legs, his back pressed against the redhead's chest as they leaned against a tree. Wally had an arm around Dick while the other held the phone above them, both had huge smiles.
Barry passed the phone back to Wally, giving a sigh. Now he knew Wally had probably broken Dick's heart, he was dreading asking how bad the breakup was.
"I didn't know you were a couple." Barry finally sat next to Wally, the redhead gave a long sigh. "Since when?"
"About four months ago, I think. We broke up two weeks ago. I'm sorry I didn't tell you…I was just-"
"It's okay Wally, you don't have to explain it. I just-" Barry looked around the room looking for the words that could express what he wanted to say. "I just want to know…what happened?"
"I was stupid enough to hurt him." Barry placed a hand on Wally's shoulder, hearing the pain on the redhead's voice. "I mean…every time he was near me I hurt him, all the time. All the- all the time." Wally dropped his head into his hands, feeling defeated.
"Wally, I'm sure you didn't mean to…" Barry knew his nephew wasn't the kinds of guy who would enjoy bringing pain to anyone.
"I cheated." Wally's voice stunned Barry into silence, the teen took a deep breath before continuing. "Every day, all the time, even in our dates, it just…I kept cheating." Barry only stared at Wally astounded, he had never imagined that Wally would be a cheater.
"Why would you date him then?" Barry didn't want to take sides, but some anger entered his voice. Barry may love Wally like a son, but he knew cheating was wrong and he had grown to love Dick as part of his family, he felt a little indignant that the blue eyed boy had been treated like that. It felt like Wally had been dating Dick only to hurt him, to play with him and then break him.
"I love him, I really do." Wally looked at Barry trying to make him understand. He loved Dick more than anything else, he didn't even know why he cheated. "I just… I had to flirt, I have to pretend I'm tough and that I like girls or…I don't know."
"Well, at least you only flirted…" Barry wanted to find something positive in Wally's words, he had to believe Wally wasn't such a bad guy. "I mean, that's technically not even cheating, not that it's okay to do it but-" Barry's ranted nervously, trying to make the situation lighter, to make it less wrong.
"I asked a girl on a date." Barry stared at Wally. Now there was nothing to salvage about his nephew's words.
"I'm sorry Wally but I don't understand why you would date someone else if you love Dick." Barry tried to calm himself so he wouldn't snap at Wally. His voice was kept calm if a little bit cold. He felt like yelling at Wally, to tell him how selfish he was to ask a girl on a date while he was still Dick's boyfriend.
"I know, it was the stupidest thing I've ever done." A tear rolled down Wally's cheek. "That's why Dick broke up with me."
"I know you won't want to hear this, but I think that's the best thing he could've done." Barry didn't want to say he was happy that his nephew was in pain, but he couldn't honestly say that he thought Dick should have stayed by his side.
"I know that, I know that he did the right thing. Actually, I wish he had done it sooner." Wally's voice cracked. "I wish he would have stayed away from me. He deserves so much better, he deserves everything. I was too selfish to let him go, but…he shouldn't have been with me. I hurt him so much." Wally was crying now, his words came rushed and his voice weak.
"Wally, he loved you, he wanted to be with you, you must've done some things right." Barry hated to see Wally crying. He wished Wally had come to him earlier, while he could still save his relationship, at least then he could've given the boy hope, now though, he could only provide some comfort.
"I didn't, I was always flirting and I always pretended he was only my friend, we dated for months and I didn't even take him on a proper date."
"Why did you feel you had to hide so much Wally?" Barry wanted to know what he had done to make Wally feel like he should be so scared.
"I don't know, I thought…people would shun me? I felt like you would leave me if you knew and I know that you wouldn't but…I was still afraid." Wally looked up at Barry, he looked sad and scared.
"I don't mind that you were dating Dick. I am worried about you now though. I don't like how you handled your relationship and today…Robin was crying again." Barry sighed remembering the boy's tears. "I wish I could've helped before it all came crashing down."
Wally nodded, cleaning his tears. He wished he hadn't made Dick cry again, he shouldn't have kissed him, Dick obviously hadn't liked that.
"Wally, was Veronica the girl that you asked on a date?" Barry's voice was soft and slow.
"Yeah." Wally looked at Barry confused, why did that matter?
"No wonder he was crying." Barry felt so stupid now. Dick had just broken up with his boyfriend, he had recently had his heart broken and Barry had been pouring salt into his wounds. "On our last mission…" Barry avoided Wally's gaze feeling guilty. "When you were, on your date…we had to go catch mirror master and Batman had Robin with him. I told him why you didn't come and he asked about Veronica."
"What did you tell him?"
"I told him that you were very excited for your date, that you were happy and…he broke down after that." Barry now understood everything, Dick had been crying because he was not only missing Wally but because he now knew the redhead had replaced him.
Wally explained to his uncle how Dick had seen him kissing Veronica, how Bruce had seen him with the girl and how much he had wanted to take the whole night back. Barry sat with Wally for a long while, hugging his nephew as he cried and hated himself. He was still wondering why he hadn't seen his nephew's sadness earlier.
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"You promised you wouldn't threaten or hurt him." Dick was looking out the window of the Batmobile, refusing to look at Bruce.
"He had no right to kiss you." Bruce's hold on the steering wheel tightened.
"He was hurt and confused, he probably even has a concussion." Dick wasn't going to let Bruce think he was right. "You didn't have to be so aggressive."
"He made you cry, again." Bruce's voice was angry.
"I'm fine, Bruce. He didn't make me cry, I just…"
"He made you cry, again." Bruce hands started shaking as his anger increased with each word. "I don't care what you say Dick, he hurt you and I won't allow him to do it anymore."
"I'm fine." Dick looked at Bruce, getting angry too. "And Wally would never want to hurt me."
"He's done it so much you'd think he does." Bruce's voice had become cynical. "Look Dick, I'm sorry, I just don't want him near you anymore."
"I still miss him, though." Bruce sighed at hearing Dick's anguished voice. He slowed the Batmobile so he could reach towards Dick, placing a calming hand on the boy's shoulder. He felt sad that his son had to endure all of this for Wally, who didn't love Dick as much Dick loved him.
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After Barry had left, Wally laid on his bed, trying to fall asleep. It was late but he didn't feel tired. He could still feel Dick's hands running through his hair, the pressure of the soft lips against his, and what was worse, he could still see Dick's tears as he looked back at Wally. Dick still worried for him, and Wally repaid him by force kissing him, first he pushed him away at every chance he could, while Dick craved hugs and tenderness and now he wouldn't even let the small boy move on.
Wally nearly screamed when his phone suddenly beeped. It was almost 4 in the morning. Wally couldn't imagine who would be texting him at this time. He looked for his phone under his pillows, he had dropped it there after staring for hours at his pictures with his ex boyfriend.
Did you get in trouble? Are you okay?
- Dick
Wally smiled at the message, Dick was sweet for asking him if he was fine. The younger boy was scared that Barry had reacted badly to the situation.
I'm fine, he didn't get mad. I'm sorry I kissed you and made Batman angry.
Thanks for worrying.
-Wally
He dropped his phone again, wondering if Dick would answer or start ignoring him again. Dick only wanted to see if he was okay, he would stop caring after he was sure Wally wasn't injured.
He wasn't angry at me so…it's okay. And of course I was going to worry, you're still my best friend Wally.
-Dick
Wally smiled sadly. He hated being the best friend, but then again, at least he had the privilege of talking to Dick, of receiving the boy's kindness and worry.
Seriously? Are you sure?
I mean, who would want to hang out with his ex boyfriend, right?
-Wally
Wally had realized he didn't deserve all of that. He hadn't won the boy's friendship, he didn't earn Dick's time. Once again Wally remembered Dick should hate him. He should be as disappointed in Wally as Batman was.
Because it's you, I do.
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A/N: Sorry I haven't been updating guys, I was sick, like…really sick, but now I'm getting better, little by little :)
Anyway, hopefully you'll like this chapter, It's way longer than usual so I hope you'll forgive me with this.
And if you read all my other YJ stories, I'm already writing new chapters, a little more patience please . (this story is just being easier to write, right now)
Also, about the whole new you-can-add-a-cover-for-your-story thing, I wish I was good at editing images and stuff so I could give you a nice cover for the story, but I'm the worst at it so…sorry guys I really wish I could :/
Anyway, thanks for reading and to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, you guys are always so sweet :P
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