Title: Engagement
Author: ferretgirl1124
Rating: PG-13
Pairing(s): SpeedyxAqualad
Genre: Romance, angst
Warning: Slash, perviness, man marriages
Disclaimer: The pretty boys belong to DC, but the mental images are all mine!
Word count: 435
Beta: The amazing Bleeding-Arora! Read her ficcage!

Summary: He had no idea when they got serious, but he had to do something about it.

A/N: I got this from the mental image of Aqualad showing off waist and lower bite marks. It...just went downhill from there.

Bumblebee, leader of the saviors of Steel City, paced beside the pool, eyes flashing and fists clenched. "How long has this been going on?"

The dark-haired boy shifted uncomfortably, eyes fixed on the floor."Months."

"Why the hell didn't you tell me? Don't you trust me?"

"I thought it was a fling. Something we would do to blow off steam, you know? It wasn't supposed to go anywhere." Aqualad sighed and crossed his arms, tension making an already uncomfortable situation worse.

"But it did."

"He proposed last night."

"So that would be a yes." Bumblebee eyed him angrily. She wasn't upset about his relationship, per se; they were teenagers after all, and did need some way to blow off steam, no matter how much Robin objected. But the fact that two of her teammates had gotten close enough to even consider marriage right under her nose…well, that made her mad, both at them and herself.

"What do you think?"

She ignored his question and stopped pacing, leaning back against the couch with a soft growl like sound. "What are you going to tell him?"

"I don't know."

"Do you feel the same way?"

"I don't know." He shifted and rubbed at the back of his neck, chewing on his bottom lip pensively.

"You… don't know. How can you not know?"

"Don't give me that look! It was a surprise to me too!"

The dark skinned girl gaped. Sure, he was a boy, and boys were notoriously dense, but still! There had to have been some signs. After all, Speedy was not the subtlest of people. "How could you not see this coming?"

"I…don't know."

"Wonderful. Well, figure out how you feel, and do it soon. And for the love of God, if you have to turn him down, do it gently. I will not let my team fall apart because you two decided to take yourselves too seriously!!"

Things within the team were tense during the next week . However, when she woke up to a smugger than usual Roy making breakfast for Garth who limped from his pool, she knew they had worked things out. And if she had had any doubts, they were quickly destroyed by a chance meeting; running into the Atlantean as he left the shower, she could see a clear trail of bite marks leading from his bellybutton down, and that alone told her more then she ever wanted to know.

So, for the time being, all problems were solved. As for their engagement…well, that was their job to announce. After all, was there any better training marriage than damage control?