Wally couldn't breath as he stared at Derek. He rapidly open and shut his eyes, making sure he was there. There was his Derek, sitting on his bed, shirtless, in a pair of his old pajama pants, his hair short and spiked except for one red streak that fell over his eye, tan skin still as scared and tattooed as it was the morning five years ago when Derek disappeared; he accutually thought the wolf had more tattoos and scars, which would have been surprising since it's been five years since they've seen each other, or at least Wally had seen Derek. The Black Lantren Ring still hung from his neck, along with the pentagram Wally had given him.
Wally nearly launched himself at the demigod, wrapping his arms around Derek's neck so tight that Derek was concerned about asphyxiation at his hands. Derek would have fallen back onto the bed if he wasn't braced for the ginger's attack; he did stumble a little bit as he snaked his arms around Wally's midsection. The redhead was his height almost, making it easier for Wally to bury his face in Derek's neck and breath in deeply.
"I missed you so much," Wally whispered against his wolf's neck, tears prickling down his cheeks. "I thought you were dead."
"'M sorry Wally," Derek told the speedster, holding him close. After standing like they were for what felt like hours, the two backed away from each other, the space killing both men. Derek wiped the tears off Wally's cheeks, nearly leaning in and kissing the younger male. "How's Thad and Bart?"
"Good, they're back up for the team now, dispite Barry's protests. Bart's Impluse and Thad's Inertia," Wally told his boyfriend. He couldn't bring himself to think of Derek as his ex; never could, even after it seemed that he was dead. "You know about Seth and Kaldur yet?"
Derek raised an eyebrow, "My son's dating an Atlantean? What happened to Artemis?"
"You'd have to ask him. We just know after you left he broke up with Arty and less than a week later BB found him and Kaldur making out on the couch. You know it's possible to see them blush?" Wally asked, speaking rapidly. Derek laughed. Wally missed seeing his canines instead of regular humaniod teeth. "Are we still good Der?"
His answer came in the form of soft lips pressed against his, and Derek wrapping Wally's legs around his waist. Skinny, tan fingers convoluted into long ginger hair as Wally's back hit the wall. The aphotic feeling that followed Wally and Derek around for five years finally lifted. They were flush against each other, not breaking the kiss until Wally was turning a pale shade of blue. "What do you think KF?" Derek replied.
"Does the team know you're back?" Wally asked breathlessly.
Derek shook his head, "Just Dick. He wanted you to see me before anyone else knew I was back. He's gonna try to get Seth here and Leslie, then we'll figure out everything. For now, just you and me and five years we really need to make up for."

January 5, 2321 PST
Star City

Cheshire flipped up to the roof of a taller building, followed closely by a black haired female, donning a black top that barely could pass off as a bra a red wolf on the center of it, a pair of black shorts, charcole high top Converse, and a pair of black lensed red MX XS O FRAME Oakley Dirt Goggles over her eyes. "Here kitty, kitty. Stop running and play with the big dog," Shadow Wolf taunted her enemy. "Not so tough now that you don't have Red to keep me calm, are you puddy?"
"At least I can get him into bed without begging," Cheshire spat back, turning to face the rouge hero.
Shadow rolled her red eyes, "Yeah, easy to do when you spred your legs for anything that has a dick." Cheshire threw a sai at her oppinate, who dodged it easily, returning an eight pointed throwing star in the assassian's direction. The two of them froze when they heard a loud screech nearby. "Shit," Leslie hissed.
"Sounds like mommy's nearby Les, better hurry before her or Green Arrow finds you," Cheshire retorted. The Drake girl flipped off her brother's ex's sister before running in the oppisite direction in which Black Canary's canary call had sounded. It wasn't long before she collided with Green Arrow.
Leslie tried to escape before her surrogate dad had the chance to question her, but Oliver's hand wrapped around her wrist, keeping the meta where she was. "I thought you were in Chicago this weekend Leslie," he said.
Leslie lifted the goggles with her free hand, red fading back to green, "I was about to head there when I ran across Cheshire, I'm going there now. How's BC?"
"She's fine, she'd like to see her daughter more often though," Oliver told his adopted daughter.
Leslie hated when he pulled out the daughter card, it reminded her too much of her dead father and absent mother. "She's not my mother Ollie, and you're not my father. My father's dead and my mom didn't want me or my brother. You two have a child, but it's not me," Shadow Wolf replied, the words empty.
"Next time you're in Star you should come see us, and Andy," Oliver told her, seeing through her words. He pulled her in for a hug. "And be safe." Leslie nodded, running towards the Zeta-Beam.

January 6, 1156 EST
Mount Justice

Talon jumped over the back of the couch next to his slightly younger brother, "Hey Nightingale, where's BB?"
"Rann, helping Strange with the Zeta along with Supey and Miss M," Adam replied. Jason picked up the hint of nervousness in his voice and saw how the near invisible "non-existant" wings tense more than they were. He was worried about the small green shapeshifter. "He has Supey and Miss Martian there, Adam, he'll be fine," Jason reassured his little brother. Ever since Adam was left behind after joining the team, while everyone, except an injured Garfield, was out on a mission, the two were closer than simiese twins. The longest they were seprated was when Nightwing took his younger brother to Büldhaven and he was shot in the chest. It had been spotty for a while if the newest Bat was gonna make it. Even then it was less than a week until Beast Boy charged his way into the Bat manor and laid next to his friend on his four-poster bed until he'd fully recovered.
Adam looked at his adoptive brother, eyes flickering like a candle. Jason still questioned Bats on why he didn't believe Ad was a meta, because it was very clear he was one. "Oh, oh," Jason said the two words like he'd just discovered something. "That's why you beg Dickie-Bird to put you two on the same missions all the time. Dude, you have it bad for the little green dude." Adam sliently nodded looking at the black TV with interest. "He'll be okay Adam. He'll be back tomorrow perfectly fine. Who knows maybe he picked up some new alien forms on Rann." Jason stood up, turning to leave. Before he passed throught the door to the main hall he looked back at the Mexican. "In my experiance, it's better to tell someone how you feel before you lose them. Wally was like that with Der; I don't want my little bro to go through the same thing."

Fluff, no! It's too much! Agh. OMH poor BB, and damn Queen Bee for taking Gar's mom. Don't worry, I'll get around to Roy and Andrew soon, just working out a few kinks here and there, but our lovely ginger archer shall be back. And anyone got the horrible feeling that Jason is foreshadowing some bad shit? Also I'll let your mind roam on what Wally and Derek are doing to make up for those five years...