Consider it disclaimed.
enjoy.
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in the morning.
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It was too early, Artemis knows this without rolling over to check the same red numbers on their digital clock that has been in the same spot since they had moved into the apartment. She's far too warm and far too comfortable to move away from the body that she's tangled around. Her eyes open just the slightest, testing the amount of light that she can handle without that unpleasant burning sensation she gets when she knows that she hasn't yet gotten enough sleep to do anything. Luckily, the sun isn't even over the horizon yet and the room is still cloaked in a pale, twilight blue that is strangely comforting to her. She takes a moment to carefully prop herself up onto one elbow so she can get a look outside without disturbing the other warm body. Through the bay window she sees the edges of rich purple and a vibrant red-painted across the skyline.
Taking in the room that they're currently in, Artemis can't help but to be happy that they're home. That they're together again in their apartment, right below the woman who has a fascination with cacti. Right where they belong. She has known for a long time that she and Wally are the perfect partners in the hero game, but with this mission behind them she can look forward to being almost perfect partners in life. She hopes that they are the one thing that will never change, with or without the uniform. If they choose to keep the cowl, wherever they called home would be their Batcave, Brucely was easily their Robin, and no matter where they go being together would stay constant.
Yesterday had been a long day. She had been back in the familiar green and Wally had donned yellow once more. Of course, the two of them being teamed up was only natural after their long separation and if they hadn't been she was sure one of them would have protested for a team fact they had been sent to Paris had been a little annoying as they wouldn't get to stay due to the mission, but Wally knew that they would definitely be going back. Of course, that would be on their off time.
In the end, they had won. They had won, but almost the entire day Artemis had been filled with an unsettling feeling. She could feel the weight in her stomach at the time and the small nagging at the back of her mind without realizing what it had been, but now she could easily identify it as fear. All day she found herself watching Wally closely and she had just chalked it up to the mission, just being away from him for three, long months. She was worried and she had the right to be as well. When he had run off to the Arctic without a word her heart had nearly dropped to her feet and the bad feeling she had since waking up that morning had increased tenfold. Artemis had been terrified she would actually lose him. She felt what he must have felt the entire time she was undercover and she didn't much care for being on the other side of the glass.
Artemis had almost lost him, she could tell. When the disruptor was going chrysalis, she had almost lost him. Wally had continuously been struck by the energy from the disruptor. She knows that she had almost lost him, that if her luck or his luck had been any different she and Brucely would be sleeping in their bed all alone. Had the outcome been different, she didn't know what she would have done.
But he was here now. Luck had been on their side for once and that's all that mattered.
Her gaze trails to the sleeping redhead next to her and a contented smile spreads across her lips. She can't help the thought crossing her mind that Wally looks extremely unattractive in the almost ethereal glow of blue and she has to stifle a chuckle Though in his defense, Wally has never been much of a beautiful sleeper. His skin looks pasty under the odd lighting and she can see faint stains of where his freckles used to be. There was dried spit in one corner of his mouth and Artemis noted a new drool stain on his pillow with amusement. Wally's hair was a mess, sticking up here and there, but she really could never really say much on the subject considering her own disadvantages in the bed head department.
Artemis wasn't the least bit mindful as she moved her elbow and plodded back down against the mattress and squirming to get closer to the warmth Wally provided. Brucely gave a muffled bark, half awakened by the sudden movement of his bed beneath him, at the little noise she had made. The pit bull stood and tried to sneak his way up to the mass of pillows at the headboard bumping into the sleeping speedster's face in the process.
"Artemis, getchur hair outta my face," he mumbled swatting at Brucely's passing tail. The dog didn't spare him a glance as he found a suitable spot and walked out the same circle a few times before pooping down gracelessly on the pillow above them.
"Oh yeah, because my hair distinctly smells of Brucely's shampoo," Artemis whispered back, pushing herself to be flush against him as she wrapped an arm over his torso.
"You never know. We all did take a shower last night," Wally pointed out in a sleepy voice. Artemis had let out a small laugh.
When they had finally gotten home the night before, they had both going straight to the bathroom with the intention of taking a shower before passing out. They hadn't fought over who would get the shower first. They stripped themselves of their uniforms, bumping into the counter and linen closet door, managing to squeeze into the small space together with a little maneuvering. Unbeknownst to them, Brucely had been able to pry the slightly open shower door open and hop in. The two had just laughed tiredly at the antics of their dog and instead of shooing him out as they normally would, they took a few extra minutes and bathed him as well. Brucely was long overdue for a bath, smelling far worse than either one of them anyways. Besides, it's not like they had anywhere they needed to be the next day.
The sun was partially over the horizon now and reddish-orange had taken the place of the calm blue lighting. Artemis pulled away just enough to take in Wally's face as the room continued to brighten. He looked at her with curious eyes.
"Babe, what are you doing?" He asked lazily a grin on his face.
"And a good morning to you too," Artemis grinned at her boyfriend who just rolled his eyes before she continued running a hand through his messy hair, "When you asked me to move in with you, you told me that seeing my face first thing when the sun rises could make up for a lot of things," she spoke softly, watching the colors of his hair shine as a light creeps from between their curtains.
"So what is my gorgeous mug making up for this morning?" Wally stifled a yawn as he waggled his eyebrows in Artemis's direction accompanied with what he probably thought to be a charming smile. Had he not had bedhead and dried drool on his face, it may have passed as charming, but to Artemis he just looked goofy.
Handsome, but still goofy.
Wally stifled a yawn as he waggled his eyebrows in Artemis's direction accompanied with what he probably though to be a charming smile. Had he not had bedhead and dried drool on his face, it may have passed as charming, but to Artemis he just looked goofy.
Handsome, but still goofy.
"Absolutely nothing. So I'm just thankful that I get to see your face first thing when the sun rises," Artemis replied, leaning forward to brush her lips against his cheek.
"Aww, babe. Don't get all soft on me before breakfast." He pulls her to him and presses a kiss against the top of her head as Artemis opts to poke him in the ribs for the comment. "To be honest, I thought I had drool on my face again or something."
"Oh, you do, but I wasn't going to point out the obvious," Artemis pointed out cheekily, voice slightly muffled from being against his chest.
"You love me anyways," Wally sighed happily, not bothering to wipe the dried spittle from his face. He had time to do that when they actually made it out of bed, which would definitely be later in the day.
"How could I not, Wall-man?" Artemis agreed and closed her eyes once again. "Let's go back to sleep, we deserve it after yesterday."
"Sounds good to me, babe. But since I'm thinking about it, we're having bacon when we get up. No matter what time it is, okay?" Wally's voice trailed into a yawn as he spoke. When she didn't answer, Wally pressed another kiss to her head before adding quietly, "Sweet dreams, babe. I love you. "
Artemis was already asleep at Wally's reminder, and she was happier than ever to be back in the presence of those she loved and those that loved her in return. Finally, the sun at last crested over the horizon letting the light flood in through that impractical bay window that she loved so much to cast a golden glow over their contented family.
After tweaking this over the past few hours, I am pretty much happy with it. So I get to mark this baby as 'Complete'.
And now I can explain the extra little theme I unintentionally included (in the beginning).
Throughout all six of these memories, there has been mentions of time and someone always looking at the time. I felt as though this was appropriate since in canon the time between these two was limited. In this memory, the one Artemis would give anything to have, time is irrelevant for obvious reasons.
Unfortunately, their time together ran out in canon and I felt like that was pretty important to kind of make note to of that in these. In fanon terms, Wally and Artemis will always have infinity together.
I wanna thank all of you guys for bearing with me on this one and hopefully we'll get a canon happy ending for Young Justice one day.
I really hope that you guys enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed writing it. Whether you clicked over from Tumblr or are a permanent resident of FFN, thanks for reading. You all are wonderful.