A/N: Here is Kid Flash's POV. Below contains various flashbacks leading to what happened in chapter two.
This is all I have for now.
This may be revised, or I'll leave it as is.
Disclaimer: Nope, don't own them.
Five Months Prior….
A lot has happened to Kid Flash over the past couple of months. Bruises and shattered bones from missions involving rescuing the team before they reached their penultimate peril, getting saved by the team in a different situation involving KF not thinking everything through, and getting hell from his parents about revealing his sexuality.
Wait, what? Did you not hear? He's bisexual. The decision wasn't his to tell the team and his family, but a certain Artemis sort of blackmailed him into the whole ordeal. The blackmail being a certain video about a certain speedster dancing to Right Said Fred's "I'm Too Sexy". Originally, Wally planned to reveal his sexuality in gradual steps. He planned to flirt in the most subtle of ways to the male members of the team, and then quickly deny it to keep the YJ members guessing and [eventually] questioning the libidinous speedster. After the interrogations, and more denial, Wally would soon tell each individual member that he is interested in both sexes. Genius plan, right?
Artemis knew all along. (Obviously.) The woman of secrets knew who he was interested in. Robin didn't seem bothered as he suspected his best friend liking the same and opposite sex years before joining the Young Justice division; Kaldur accepted him; Conner could care less. "Love is love." He assured him. M'gann practically jumped up and down and suffocated him in her embrace. Every single member of the team accepted him. All he had to do was to confront his Uncle Barry and Aunt Iris and his….parents.
Barry and Iris couldn't be any happier. They explained to him that he shouldn't be afraid of who he was. His parents… A totally different story… That's where it all went downhill. Wally's parents were a complicated species. Favorable by the public eye during the day, but become a pair of malignant hellions by nightfall. You think Kid Flash would be raised in a loving home? Think again. It was all an act. They didn't care. His father showed no emotions other than seething rage and utter disappointment in the young teenager. Acceptance isn't in Rudolph's vocabulary, and caring isn't in Mary's dictionary. There was a time that they showed genuine compassion for the boy. Sadly, that dissipated with age.
Where does this all tie in with Wally being worried about coming clean about his sexuality? Think of it in a political manner. There are republicans and there are democrats. In between the parties are independents and liberalist. Where most American's currently lean on the more liberal and democratic parties, Wally's parents were more conservative than anything. They refuse to acknowledge the ways of science and convict others for who they are. And what do fundamentalists condemn? Change and anything that's against their "set of rules" in a book we call "The Bible". Ever read the Ten Commandments? So has Wally. He already broke one of the rules; he figured he might as well tell his parents and get the bashing/insulting over with.
Later one evening, after dinner with his family, Wally returned from prepackaging his belongings (just in case) in his room and walked in the kitchen where his parents were located. "Can I ask you something?"
Rudolph looked up from the newspaper, clearly bothered by his son's reappearance. "What is it, you annoying twat?" His mother paused what she was doing and turned around to face her nervous son. "If it's about if you go out and run with your uncle, then go back to your room."
"It's not about that."
"What's so important then?" The older man asked.
"What would you do if I brought over a friend, and this friend wasn't exactly like other people?"
"What do you mean 'like other people'?" Both parents' skeptical looks told they didn't get the clue.
Wally sighed, deciding to ask the question directly. "What if the friend I wanted to bring over was…" he paused, "gay?"
Let's just say it didn't end too well. Especially after he announced to them that he was bi. Rudolph and Mary exploded with rage, all the while his mother giving him a total of five minutes to "get the hell out of our household". "You're no son of mine." his father deadpanned. Wally snatched his belongings and hitched a ride to the nearest train station. From there, he just started walking. He didn't want to take the train; he wanted them to think that…. He could simply sprint… after he changed into his Kid Flash uniform in an abandoned warehouse two blocks away. Making sure no one else caught sight of him changing; he dashed en route for the location in mind: Mount Justice.
Black Canary greeted him with open arms as the zeta beam announced his arrival through the hollowed out secret sanctuary. "If you ever need anything, you know you can come to me."
"How did you-…oh. Barry must have told you about what happened?" He questioned, all the while wiping the tears off his freckled face.
Nodding in agreement, she put a hand on his shoulder. "No one should be rejected to their parents for any reason. You can stay here until your mentor arrives to pick you up."
"Thank you, Dinah." Everything turned to a blur as he ignored his team's questions and ran to lock himself in his room. He spent the remainder of his time there crying until he passed out from exhaustion.
Recognized: Red Arrow, B06. Flash, 04.
Several hours later, he awoke to Roy lightly kicking the bed from the chair next to it. "What the hell?" The lights ahead were turned on, Barry was located across the room with both a look of concern on his face and a mix of anger, and Roy was next to him….with his mask off. Barry must have had a hell of a time yelling at my parents, probably explains why he looks all mad and such. I bet Roy was with him. Wait….why is he here? Ask! "I totally forgot you had green eyes." Why did I say that instead?
"No, I have rainbow eyes." he sarcastically replied. In half a second, his expression sobered up. "Look, Barry told me what happened. If you want to talk about it, you can always talk to me."
"Why are you being so nice to me?"
"I-" This wouldn't be the first time Roy has showed he cared, why am I so surprised? Because it's rare that he does show compassion? Yea, that's it.
Barry moved closer, sitting on the edge of his nephew's bed. "He means he can relate." Okay, Wally, think about what happened before you left. Relate as in being able to concede that he shares the same interest as me?
With this, Wally's eyes grew wide in both shock and excitement. "You mean you're bi too?"
The archer let out a low chuckle. "You were close, kid. I'm actually gay." Flash's protégé shot straight up from his position. That's a surprise. "You're gay? What about your past relationships with other women?" Both of the heroes face palmed, but only Barry started to lose control of his demeanor by attempting to laugh in silence, albeit blatantly making it obvious he wasn't trying hard enough to stifle the howling echoing through the closed space. A slight punch to the arm by Red Arrow managed to get Barry's attention back to reality. "Sorry. Won't happen again, I promise."
Kid Flash continued to stare at them. "It was an honest question!"
"Kid, those were cover ups." Roy admitted, getting up from the chair and scrambling to his feet. "I've got to go take care of some business in Star City. Robin will give you directions to my place if you ever want to come over. Not that I'm giving permission to Robin to give you my address, I know he will anyway." The archer bid both speedsters a farewell and headed to the zeta beam in the main hall.
Recognized: Red Arrow, B06.
"You don't have to say that every time, you stupid machine!" The robotic voice really was starting to get on the teenager's nerves. A few seconds later, his body disintegrated into various particles, later to be reassembled at his arrival at his home city.
"Roy's quite the looker, huh?" Barry smiled at his nephew and gave him a slight wink.
"Um, what? Err, Barry? You're scaring me." Seriously, where's he getting at?
Flash then dashed out of the room and re-appeared with more of Wally's belongings. "I've got the rest of your stuff; you want to head out now or later?"
"How about now? Because I really don't want to stay here and have Rob annoy me about what went on." Wally rushed in front of his mentor to block his path. "Umcanwetalkaboutsomething,you'rereallystartingtocreepmeout."
"Not now, kid. We'll talk about it when we arrive at my place."
"What about my parents?"
"Bru- I mean, Batman's helping us with the case. He's hired the most experienced lawyers around to help me get custody of you. Quit talkin' and get a move on, Iris made your favourite dish for dinner."
Two Months After
About sixty days has passed since the incident with his parents took place at the West household. Several court hearings later, Barry and Iris were granted custody of their beloved nephew. Wally could finally rest with peace of mind knowing his parents were finally out of his life, he didn't have to go through all the arguments and countless fighting anymore. Thank god too. If it carried on any further and his father started to physically abuse him, his uncle would lose it and beat Rudolph senseless.
The talk he had with his archer friend he spotted near Central City, days after he left Mount Justice on that miserable day, helped him to fully come to terms and accept his sexuality. When Roy was about his age (before he rebelled and left Young Justice of course.), he received hell for being gay. Ollie accepted him, so did Black Canary, but the high school he attended? They were complete jackasses. What did the guy formerly known as 'Speedy' do? He took matters into his own hands. No one messed with him again. Red Arrow's advice proved to be the guiding light to Wally's conscious. "Here's my lesson about life, kid. People are going to give you hell whether you want it or not. There will be times that you wish you could die because of the friends you lost under various circumstances, there will be days where you don't want to leave your room for fear of being bullied because of who you are. I want you to know that it does get better. If anyone pushes you and breaks you, push back. Let them know you won't take their bullshit. Your mentors will tell you to 'be the better person' and 'walk away', but to hell with their advice. Listen to mine and you will be fine. I promise." Roy's speech remained embedded in his mind after that day.
Kid Flash followed his advice. Turns out, Red was right. Every student respected him, his 'bullies' never messed with him again, and pedestrians no longer harassed him. It did get better.
Five Months after the Incident….
Wally began to develop feelings for the solo archer. How it started? Around the time Red Arrow started being nice to him more often. At first, Wally thought nothing of it. Then the clues pieced together, and Wally suspected of Red flirting with him. Or so he thought. He never had the time to ask him outright.
On that day when Kid Flash visited his friend in Star City, he found him busy with fighting various criminals. He headed to his apartment (Thank Robin for handing Kid Flash the address to Roy's place.), waiting for the guy to finish the job. Kid Flash hid behind the couch waiting to spook the archer, whom he called hours ago to alert he was inviting himself over, anticipating his arrival home be in any minute now…. Getting impatient with the whole ordeal of playing 'hide and seek', Wally heard the sounds of footsteps and the turn of the lock on the door indicating Roy's arrival. A second later, he pounced on the teen. Recognizing, watching Roy's expression turn to annoyance, pain, then to a neutral expression….He lend out his hand and led the man back inside.
A few hours of watching TV, eating and joking around, showering with his crush, and finally cuddling in bed with the guy; Wally decided there was no need to explain. Here he was, in Roy's arms. That's all Kid Flash wanted right now. The questioning will have to wait. As of now, I finally got my wish. Why pester him around and ask questions now? I'll ask in the morning.
Wally yawned, snuggling closer to the body next him. The body heat emitting from Roy made the tired slender body fall into a peaceful slumber. Roy opened his eyes, peering over at the red head on his left side of the body. He smirked, wrapping his arms closer around the speedster. A gentle kiss on the forehead and a whisper followed after. "Goodnight, handsome." They both slept in tranquility that night.
A/N: Should I write about Roy's flashback as well? Let me know in the review section. Extra information: The grammar checker on the office suite included with Fedora Linux sucks. I'll have to revise this document once I get a hold of my twin sister's laptop and use Microsoft Office 2010 to edit it.
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