!Slash warning! Nothing graphic, I assure you; just a little Wally/Dick cuddling :)
(In my mind, Dick is 16 in this, which would make Wally 18.)
This is a little bit sad, too. It's a thought on how Robin… well, you'll see…
Team Year Three
Wally always knew when Dick had had another fight with Bruce. He would zeta to the mountain and storm into his room, often staying holed up in there for hours before emerging. Wally wished he could fix whatever had gone wrong between the two of them; just a few months ago, everything had been fine. Lately, however, it seemed like Dick spent more time at Mount Justice or school than he did at home with Bruce.
Wally glanced down at his watch; it was almost 6 o'clock—time for dinner. He walked up to Dick's door and knocked, receiving a muffled "'m in" in response. He opened the door to see Dick lying face down on his bed, sunglasses abandoned on his bedside table. Wally walked all the way into the dark room, closing the door behind him and stopping by the bed.
"Hey, you hungry?"
Dick sighed and rolled on his side, away from Wally. "Not really, thanks."
Wally sighed, "You've been in here for hours already, Dick. You need to eat somethi-"
"I've decided to leave Batman." Robin breaks in. Wally stares down at Dick for a few moments before realizing that his mouth is hanging open. He shuts it with a snap before thinking of what to say to that earthshattering revelation. Dick was going to leave Batman?
"What about Robin?" he had to ask.
Dick shakes his head. "Robin's staying with Batman. I need to go somewhere else. Be someone else. Robin was fine for a while, but he's just a sidekick. No one will ever take him seriously without Batman."
Wally understands. Deep inside, he's always wondered if anyone would ever take Kid Flash seriously as an independent hero. "So, what," he asks. "You just gonna take a new name and patrol Gotham on your own?"
Dick shakes his head again as he sat up. "I'm not staying in Gotham, Wally. For this to work, I have to make a clean break. New name, new costume, new town."
"Well, do you know where yet?"
Dick scratched the back of his head. "No idea. There aren't many cities with criminals like Gotham, and I don't think I could be happy in cities like Star or Central City. No offense, KF, but your criminals are kind of lame…"
Wally has to smile a bit at that. Only Dick would complain about the villains not being bad enough.
Dick looks up at him, blue eyes barely visible in the dim light. "No matter where I end up, you know I'll always love you, right Wally?"
Wally finally sits on the bed next to Dick and wraps his arms around him, pressing his lips into the back of Dick's neck. "Ditto."
They both lay back on Dick's bed, holding tight to each other. "Wally," Dick whispers, clutching the front of Wally's t-shirt. "Don't let go."
"Never," Wally promises, tightening his hold on his boyfriend. "Never."
