Dick is waiting in line to order a frappé at the nearest Starbucks to the tower. He's craving something sugary and someone had eaten the last of his froot loops. The line was moving slowly. There was only one barista on duty, which Dick found ridiculous.

His phone rings and when he picks up it's Donna.

"Hey, Dick. Batman landed his plane on the roof. Were you...expecting him?" She informs him, knowing full well that he wasn't.

"Oh shit," Dick hisses, leaving the line and making his way out of the coffee shop, "Wally! I'll be right back."

"Oh gods.." Donna sighs and hangs up.

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Wally is minding his own business in his quarters at the tower. He sets down the smoothie he is drinking and turns the page in his comic book. One of the few advantages of losing ten years of his life is that reading Spider-Man comics doesn't seem as juvenile to him anymore.

It does however, dig up memories of Jai sitting on the floor of the family living room with a stack of the week's new releases, flicking through them with excitement, yet taking his time for once. He feels a pang of pain in his chest. Wally misses his kids so much and yet nobody but him knows they ever existed.

"Wally," a familiar voice growls from somewhere in the shadows. Wally jumps out of his chair, "SWEET MOTHER OF-"

He sees Batman step out - how the fuck did Wally not notice him? How does a guy who weighs two hundred pounds sneak around like that? Dick is nimble and sneaky too, but he only weighs around 175lbs...

"I just want to talk to you, Wally."

The speedster frowns, gulping. He quietly says, "Oh."

Bruce walks over to him - but the way his long black cape is wrapped around him it's almost as if he's floating like a black ghost - and places a gloved hand on Wally's shoulder. The redhead glances down and to the side to look at it.

"Wally."

'Batman is touching me. I'm going to die, aren't I?' Wally thinks to himself in fear. Why did Dick's adoptive father have to be so damn scary?

"Um, I'm guessing by the costume you use specially for intimidating people that you're not here for a friendly chat.." Wally says, laughing nervously.

"I hear you and Dick are...going out," Batman says, poker face still applied. Oh god.

"Uh, that is correct. Yes."

Batman nods, "I also hear you've been pinning my son to walls."

"I uh...um..wouldn't be the first..?" How does Bruce know that..? Oh wait...Damian. Little shit.

"Hn."

"If we're having that chat just for the record I am not going to hurt Dick. I've known him since we were kids."

"Hn," he grunts again.

"And um...we're being safe..?" Wally is probably a nice shade of scarlet.

"Hn."

"Do you do this to everyone he dates? Because it would explain the amount of girlfriends the guy has been through...heh.." Wally jokes to try hide the fear, but he's 99.9% sure Batman can smell fear.

Suddenly, his boyfriend bursts in like knight in shining armour (or jeans and a white t-shirt) to rescue him like he had done many times previously, "What the hell Bruce?"

Batman turns to see the acrobat standing at the doorway with his arms crossed, fuming.

"Wally and I are just talking, Dick."

Wally mouths the word 'help' while Bruce isn't looking at him. Dick storms over and steps between the two other heroes. He begins yelling up at Bruce.

"This is not okay Bruce! You can't just go threatening my boyfriend! I'm a twenty three year old man! I can look after myself! There was a 50% chance that you would or wouldn't do this and had I hoped you wouldn't. You've never cared about who I dated before! You're just picking on Wally because he's the first guy!"

Dick is raging. Wally had seen him really angry plenty of times before while fighting with Bruce but it's new for him to be the cause of it.

"Dick-"

"His parents were homophobic his whole life! He doesn't need you threatening him on top of it! I'm dating Wally whether you like it or not."

Dick then makes his point by turning around and pulling Wally down for a kiss. Bruce sighs.

"What the fuck is going on here?" Jason's voice comes from the door and the three turn around. Wally has no idea where he came from and why he's here.

"Bruce is threatening Wally just because it's the first time I've dated a guy," Dick explains.

"What the fuck Bruce? This is why we don't tell you these things!"

Wally is distraught. He was just trying to read Spider-Man. Now he has three angry bats in his room. Did Roy let Jason in? It's terrifying to think these are his possible future in-laws. Wait what..

"I did not threaten Wally," Bruce explains, turning to Wally, "I was going to say that I approve. Even if you are loud and annoying, you are a...good person."

"Oh. Thank you," Wally says, nodding in relief.

Bruce then turns to Dick, "I'm glad you chose Wally and not Roy."

Dick glances over at Jason, who looks offended.

"Hold on now, what the hell's wrong with Roy?" Jason yells, glaring at his adoptive father, "I mean yeah he's not perfect but what have you got against him?"

Bruce looks confused, "Why are you offended?"

"I've dated Roy! Who the hell do you think let me into the Tower?"

Batman's jaw drops in surprise, "You..?"

"Yeah. That's right. I'm bi too. Oh and Tim's gay. But I guess you were too busy being a shitty parent to notice," Jason tells Bruce, then storms out.

"Jason!" Bruce yells, then follows him out the door, leaving Dick and Wally standing alone.

"That. Was intense," the redhead says, then coughs.

"I'm sorry. My family is.." Dick searches his brain for the right word.

"Intense."

"Yeah."

"I better go make sure Jason doesn't kill Bruce," Dick jokes, pointing towards the door. There's a little bit of seriousness behind the joke however, Jason has tried to kill Bruce before. And Dick. And Tim. And he shot Damian once too. He's not psychotic anymore and Bruce says he hasn't killed anyone in over a year, but he still has his...issues.

"Have fun with that. I'm going to finish my smoothie," Wally nods as his boyfriend leaves his room.

"And afterwards you're getting me more froot loops you ass," Dick laughs as he walks down the hallway.

He finds Jason yelling at Bruce in the lounge. Roy is already in there trying to get his ex boyfriend and friend to calm down and stop screaming at his adoptive father.

"Jason, I know more than anyone what it's like to be pissed at a father figure but please, calm down," Roy reasons, referring to his dodgy relationship with Oliver Queen.

"As much as I dislike Roy, please listen to him, Jason," Bruce says. Dick sighs, knowing it's only going to make Jason angrier.

"Why? What the fuck have you got against Roy? He's fucking clean, Bruce. He hasn't touched heroin or alcohol in a couple of years!" Jason continues to shout, "Or is it your stupid thing against Queen? I get that he's an asshole but Roy isn't Oliver!"

After a lot more yelling, Dick and Roy finally get Jason to calm down and Bruce is made apologise.

"I think you three," Roy says, gesturing wildly to Jason, Bruce and Dick, "Need to talk about this."

Roy pats Jason on the back and then leaves them to it. Bruce asks if there is anyone else around and when Dick shakes his head, he pulls off the cowl.

"I'm sorry, boys. I...should have paid more attention," He says to his eldest sons.

Jason huffs. Dick says, "Just promise me you'll pay attention to Tim when he eventually comes out to you."

"Has he come out to you two?" Bruce asks in curiosity. Dick and Jason glance at each other. Dick shakes his head, "No, not yet."

"But it's pretty damn obvious if you know what to look for," Jason adds.

"So, you're assuming?"

"No. Educated guess. A guesstimate," Dick says, shrugging. Bruce sighs, "Alright. I promise I will pay more attention. Come here."

The two brothers look at each other in confusion as Bruce holds out his arms. Dick says "What?"

"I'm offering a hug. Take it before I change my mind," Bruce says, making 'come here' motions with his gloved hands. Dick accepts it and Bruce looks at Jason.

"Jason."

"No," Jason shakes his head.

Dick rolls his eyes and grabs Jason's arm, pulling him into a group hug. Jason groans and his older brother laughs. Wally pokes his head around the door for a split second, so fast none of the bats notice, and smiles.

"Wally. Where are you going?"

Wallace winces and turns his head slowly, looking at his aunt, peering at him from the kitchen. His hand is on the handle of the front door and he has it half open, ready to slip out. He puts on an innocent smile.

"I'm going to meet up with Flash, Iris," he tells her, though not specifying which flash he was talking about, "I told you earlier, right? You were working on an article though, mightn't have heard me."

"I don't remember, but okay, be back by 11. Is your homework done?"

Wallace glances quickly at the clock on the wall, reading 8:30, "Yup. Homework all done. Bye aunt Iris!"

He's out the door before he hears her reply. Wallace takes off at super speed, making sure none of the neighbours can see him as he fashions his red and yellow Kid Flash suit out of pure speed force energy.

Barry is aware of him skipping patrol in order to spend time getting to know another Flash - his older cousin who happens to have the same name and speedster abilities as him. The twenty-something-year-old redhead had apparently been taken in by Iris too, but she has no recollection of him whatsoever due to wacky time and speed force stuff that honestly? Wallace doesn't really understand.

Where is he headed? The Titans tower in Manhattan, New York. His cousin had promised him a lot of junk food in a dope superhero base, so obviously he was excited. The last time he saw Wally, he had been clinically dead and Wallace gave him speedster CPR which somehow saved his life.

After than, his cousin had promised to be a better cousin/friend and teach him cool speedster stuff. Barry was a great mentor and all, but not very cool. Wally seemed like a cool guy. He had cool friends, a cool costume and lived in Manhattan.

The fourteen year old arrives at the massive tower and looks up at it in awe. It's so much better than the teen titans tower simply because instead of a bunch of ass-kicking teenagers inhabiting it, there's a bunch of ass-kicking twenty-something-year-olds in it. The teens tower has awful red windows that make it look like a villain's lair in Wallace's opinion.

He looks around the main entrance. What now? Is there a doorbell or something? The Teen Titans tower has a Robin-approved security system with a hand print scanner. Did Nightwing put in something similar?

"Kid Flash!"

Wallace is snapped out of his thoughts when he hears his name called. He looks up. It's coming from above him, from maybe one of the upstairs windows. Then, suddenly it's in front of him. His cousin is standing at the door with a goofy smile on his freckled face. He's not in costume, but wearing a yellow t-shirt, mahogany jeans and sneakers.

"Hi! Come on in. I'll get you put into the security system. Most of the Batfamily have access so it's only fair the Flashfamily do too."

"Flashfamily?" Wallace asks, shedding his Kid Flash costume, leaving him in his red hoodie and jeans. Three flashes. Plus Avery too. Compared to the bats, it isn't much. He puts his hand down on the scanner that his cousin directs him to and Wally keys him in.

"Yeah, I mean we're cousins and there's Uncle Barry and Avery...well actually yeah there's not many of us. Used to be more of us in the timeline I'm from..." He says a little sadly.

"How many more?" Wallace asks as they step into the elevator.

"Jay and his wife Joan for starters. Jay was the original speedster, the first Flash. Barry doesn't remember him. Then there's Bart, who is Barry's grandson from the future," Jai and Irey too, but Wally doesn't mention them.

"I'm sorry..what?"

"Long story...annoying as he was I miss the kid. Then..well there was Linda, my wife."

"You were married?" The teen looks at him with wide eyes. "Dude, how old are you?"

"Um, well I was thirty four and now I'm twenty four...Believe me I'm confused too."

"Where's your wife now?"

"Keystone. Also younger. Like Iris, doesn't remember me..." Wally frowns, "I'm getting over it, hard as it is. I've started seeing someone."

"Oh right. That sucks man," Wallace says as the doors open, revealing what seems to be the Titans' lounge. The seats looked waaaay more comfortable than at the Teen Titans tower. It was stylish and more spacious too.

"Wow...this place is lit!" Wallace exclaims, running towards the large TV and drooling over the size of it.

"Yeah, it is. I'd probably like it better if I left it more often, but my social life is basically Titans, Barry and now you," Wally laughs kind of awkwardly.

"What about the person you're seeing?"

"A fellow Titans member," Wally explains. His younger cousin nods.

"Is it Donna? She's hot," the teen asks, admiring the video game collection. He hears his older cousin sit down on the couch behind him.

"No. She's hot, yeah. But I realised I see her more like a sister," he replies.

"Well I saw Garth and Omen being all mushy mushy and I'm pretty sure Bumblebee is married so.." Wally turns around, only just now noticing the person who is passed out on the couch.

"Is that Nightwing?" He says just a little too loudly, causing the acrobat to wake up and spring to his feet, ready to fight, almost immediately.

"Woah, Dick, Chill. It's Kid Flash. I told you he was coming," Wally says, trying to calm his teammate.

His younger cousin tries to contain his laughter, "Wait, Nightwing's real name is Dick?"

Nightwing makes a face that seems to indicate that it's not the first time he's been made fun of for his name and sighs, "There's a thing called a secret identity. Not cool to out people."

Wallace watches as his older cousin nervously laughs while looking at his best friend. Then the red-head turns to him and says, "Um, speaking of outing..."

Wally's eyes dart back and forth from the two men in front of him, then the realisation hits him like an arrow.

"Ooooooooooh. You're the gay cousin. Oh, okay."

His cousin doesn't say anything but look at him with terror, so Dick kindly explains, "Half right. He's bisexual, so he's also attracted to wom-"

"I know what bi means. Come on, it's 20-gay-teen," Wallace nods, raising an eyebrow.

"Great, well I'm bi too and I'm going to go to bed now. Nice seeing you..Wallace. Two of you. God that's confusing," Dick says, running his hand through his silky black hair and walking away. It was a bit early for bed, Wallace thought, but if Dick is anything like Damian he probably overworks himself.

Wallace sits down next to his cousin and quicks his head at him, "Sooooo...you and Nightwing? Good choice I guess. He's waaay more chill than his younger brother. I always hear girls talking about his butt at school."

"Oh, um thanks," the red-head smiles, "I wasn't sure how you'd react."

"But like, is Batman gonna be mad you're dating his golden child?" Wallace asks, genuine concern in his voice.

"Dick told him already. Batman gave me his approval, so I'm not going to get run over by the batmobile," his cousin says with relief.

"Does Barry know?"

"Uhhh...not yet. I will tell him when I get the chance...food. I have food."

The older speedster zips up and is back a few seconds later with a load of junkfood, which he dumps on the coffee table. Wallace grins and says, "Yesss. Are we going to play video games?"

"Oh yeah. GTA?" His cousin asks, tossing him a controller.

Wally frowns, "Aunt-"

"-Iris won't allow it? I know. That's why I spent a lot of time at Roy's place playing it as a teenager," he says, smirking mischievously as he puts the game into the console.

Dick walks in again and starts making coffee, obviously forgetting about his decision to sleep. The two speedsters groan as the game loads.

"It's taking so looooong," the younger one complains.

Dick scoffs over by the coffee machine, "It's been loading for five seconds. Not everything can be as fast as you guys."

"Dick, get away from the coffee machine. You said you were going to bed," Wally turns around and points at his sleep-deprived boyfriend.

"I just got an awesome idea for the training software that I have to-"

"You know I'm pretty sure Roy has tranquilliser arrows somewhere. Hold on kid, I'll just run and get them..."

"Okay okay, I'll take a nap for an hour," Dick says, stepping back from the caffeine and holding up his hands in surrender.

"Two."

"One."

"One hour thirty," Wally bargains.

"Okay, deal. One hour and thirty minutes."

Dick strolls back out again and the game was loaded completely. They chose their characters and began to cause absolute havoc in the virtual world.

"Holy crap, look at that car. I want that car. I need that car. I would marry that car," Wallace gasps, directing his character's attention to said car. His older cousin laughs.

"Kind of ironic, we're two superheroes who can outrun cars playing a game that involves being criminals who steal cars," the red head points out.

"Still, I love cars. Cars are great."

"Yes, they are. Barry tells me you're a pretty good mechanic."

Wallace shrugs, smiling, "I do a bit here and there. Other than superhero stuff obviously, that's what I wanna do when I grow up."

His cousin nods, then pulls open another bag of Doritos. It bursts open and explodes everywhere. There's an air of 'oh shit' in the room. They both look at each other before shouting, "FIVE SECOND RULE!"

Thus begins the high-speed scramble for the precious Doritos. At one point, Wallace is pretty sure the sound barrier is nearly broken.