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Dick had thought that once he confessed to Wally, everything would be easier.
It was all supposed to be downhill. Not in a bad way but in the 'easy' way.
What a mistake that had been.
He had gone and made the first move on Wally.
Dick had a large gift basket delivered to Wally's room. There was a personalized message that read something like 'Hey, Kid Idiot, I like you. I made the first move, now it's your turn. ;)'
He had thought about getting Wally flowers but he decided that Wally would enjoy something he could eat more. Plus, there were flowers in the basket.
Suffice to say, Wally had accepted, running to Dick's door, going right through instead of knocking or even using the code that only he'd been given.
Dick was waiting for him, sitting in his desk chair, glasses off, seemingly working on a case.
"Hey, KF," Dick says with a small glint in his eyes.
Dick felt lips on his lips before he could blink. He smiles into the kiss earning him a smile in return.
"Hey, Rob."
Though that hadn't been too difficult, Dick thought the worst was over.
Well, he'd forgotten about Batman and his rules.
When Dick went to Bruce, informing him of the relationship 3 weeks after the fact, it was clear that Bruce already knew. He had made it at point that they couldn't tell anyone yet, and when they could, they would have to make a choice; they could either come out as Robin and Kid Flash or Dick Grayson and Wally West.
Dick personally wanted it to be as their hero identities for many reasons. 1) Most of the important people in his life were part of the Young Justice team. He wanted them to be able to be a part of that. 2) Having their relationship be public while they were role models would serve as a great representation for people who started losing hope. 3) He didn't want Wally to have to deal with all of the publicity that came with being associated with a Wayne.
Despite what he wanted, he left the choice up to Wally, and of course, he couldn't decide.
It was 4 days after Dick had made the offer to Wally that part of the team found themselves playing Fuck, Marry, Kill, among other things like talking about how their feelings towards the people they brought up.
Somehow, Dick and Wally got dragged into it, leaning back with their pinkies intertwined behind them which had escaped everyone else’s notice.
The others around them included Artemis, M’gann, Conner, and Roy.
The current list of people that knew about Dick and Wally consisted of Dick, Wally, and Bruce as well as Babs and Roy because they both already knew Dick’s identity.
“Okay, we’ve already gone over most of the celebrities that all of us know, so I think it’s time to switch games,” M’gann says.
“Oh, wait. I have one,” says Artemis, looking up from her phone. “I found a list of teens from Gotham. We said most of them but this is a good one to end the game on. Dick Grayson; fuck, marry, or kill?”
Wally tenses and immediately tries to cover it up with a forced shiver.
“I say fuck. He’s hot,” Artemis says with a shrug.
“He’s attractive. But isn’t he supposed to be like a total jerk?” Conner askes, looking at Artemis.
“Yeah, his public image consists of a bunch of ‘playboy’ habits.”
“You guys don’t even know him. You’re going off of a bunch of rumors,” Wally argues, leaning forward a bit.
Dick glances at him, trying to communicate to Wally that he should stop, but Wally doesn’t see it.
“Woah, why are you being so defensive? You don’t know him either. Until proven otherwise, we can agree that he’s a douchebag. There were rumors that he cheated on Barbara Gordon,” Artemis replies.
“He didn’t even date Babs! And if he did, he wouldn’t cheat on her.”
“No one can vouch for that, though. So again, I’ll believe what I want to believe," Artemis makes a shoeing motion like she's done with the conversation.
"I can vouch for him."
Dick shifts uncomfortably, away from Wally a bit.
"On what grounds?" Artemis asks, narrowing her eyes.
"On the grounds that he's my boyfriend."
With that, Dick moved his hand from Wally's. Neither of the boys noticed the glance Conner and Artemis sent towards their now separated hands.
"What?" M'Gann said, bringing her attention to Wally. At the same time, Artemis replies "I don't believe you. Why would the most famous teenager in Gotham date you?"
"Excuse you! I'm awesome. He's lucky to have me."
Dick rolls his eyes behind his mask and forces himself not to smile. Unfortunately, he knows that now that Wally's pride has been brought into this, there's no going back.
"I can prove it to you," Wally says, pulling out his phone.
For a split second, Dick thinks Wally's gonna call him before hoping Wally's not that stupid. Then again, he did get himself into this situation.
Wally unlocks his phone and holds it out to show the group his wallpaper: a picture of Dick kissing him on the cheek with his arms wrapped around Wally's neck and Wally smiling brightly into the camera. Roy had been the one to take it, right before going on a rant about how disgustingly adorable the two were.
Dick was fine with Wally showing that picture. Personally, he thought it was cute. He was the one who'd make it Wally's background.
Artemis just gapes at his phone.
"No way," M'Gann says, leaning over to get a better look.
Roy just chuckles.
"You knew he was dating Dick Grayson?" Artemis asked, hitting his arm.
Roy nods, still laughing, and Artemis hits him again. "And you didn't tell us?!"
Roy shrugs. "It was their business.'
Dick clears his throat and everyone turns to him. "I've got some work to do. I'll catch up with you later," he gives one last glance at Wally, who meets his eyes, and walks out of the room.
Once Dick leaves the room, Artemis smacks Wally on the arm.
"Hey! What was that for?" Wally whined, rubbing his arm despite everyone knowing it didn't hurt him.
"Why are you flirting with Robin when you’re with Dick?” Artemis asks him, looking genuinely confused.
“What?” he stares at her blankly.
“You and Robin had your hands intertwined, y’all constantly flirt with each other, and clearly have the strongest connection with each other out of all of us.”
Wally chuckles at the situation, while Roy full on shakes with the force of his laughs. "Rob and I have just been friends for a long time. Nothing is going on between us. Promise," Wally flashed her a smile.
She narrows her eyes, inspecting his face as if to tell if he's lying.
M'gann cuts in. "I think Artemis is just trying to convey that it's not fair to either of them if you're in a relationship and you're flirting with other people."
"I totally get that, but I wouldn't cheat on anybody, let alone Dick."
Artemis just looks at him for a second longer. "Now that you've vouched that he isn't an asshole, I feel a bit bad about shit-talking him earlier. In order to make it up, I'm gonna be watching you, making sure you're not subconsciously cheating."
Wally creased his brow. "What the fuck is subconscious cheating?"
"Well, I would consider my partner holding hands with someone else, in the context you and Robin were holding hands, to be cheating. Minor cheating, but I wouldn't feel great about it if I found out. But for you, you saw it like you two just being good friends. Therefore, subconscious cheating."
"Whatever," Wally replies, standing up to go find Dick.
He found him in his room, eyes focused on the computer in front of him, staring intently at the screen.
Wally decided to do that thing where the chick climbs on her boyfriend's lap while he's gaming except he's climbing on his boyfriend's lap while he's doing important things.
Once Wally is settled, he just kind of starfishes himself over Dick.
"Hey, babe. What's up?" Dick takes his eyes off the screen, looking into Wally's green ones. He moves his hands to wrap around Wally's middle, holding him in place.
"Nothing much. Look, I'm really sorry about what just happened," Wally moved so that his face was level with Dick's.
"Why? I told you we could be a couple as Dick and Wally, I don't mind."
"I know you don't mind but you were leaning towards Robin and Kid Flash, I know you were. You would've wanted to set an example and be able to tell the team. I'm sorry I let my stupid ego ruin everything," Wally frowns, placing his chin on Dick's shoulder.
Dick sighs, allowing Wally to nuzzle into his neck. "Wally. I was serious when I said I didn't care. Yeah, I was leaning a certain way but that doesn't mean that I'm not just as happy. I just wanted someone to know. Having you all to myself is amazing but I want to be able to tell the world that you're mine."
Dick leans slightly to leave a kiss on Wally's cheek.
"Plus, I've still got you. So, in my book, nothing is ruined."
This time Dick shifts Wally in his lap in order to give him a real kiss.
"This is why I love you," Wally sighs into the kiss. "You always know how to make you feel better." Dick snorts. "I love you too, Wally."
As promised, Artemis kept a close eye on the pair.
This means that Dick and Wally actually had to stop flirting around her and the rest of the team.
It was honestly kind of boring for them.
Of course, they could still hang out, but for a long time, before they were dating, their friendship had a lot of subtext.
It was hard for the both of them, but they got into a habit of limiting anything romantic while around others and only really having alone time in either of their rooms.
Whether they just sat and talked and relaxed in each other presence or they burned some calories was their business.
They also had both of their actual homes, Wally staying over at the Manor at least once a week.
Everything was going great with their routine until today. When Wally really wanted to show Dick some love.
Love meaning vibrating through the door to his own room where Dick laid on the bed, working on a case.
Wally peppered Dick's face with kisses and straddles his waist.
"Hey, Walls," Dick chuckles, moving his laptop and papers to the side.
"Hey, babe," Wally replies before placing a single kiss on Dick's lips.
Of course, with either of them, a single kiss always turns into more.
5 minutes later, and Dick found himself with his back against the bed, propped up by pillows.
His cape was off, something Dick had taught Wally how to do without setting off any traps before they were dating, a skill that turned out to be very useful in their relationship.
Wally was still straddling Dick's hips, leaning into him with his whole body weight.
Wally's suit was unzipped and bunched at his waist, his hands under Dick's tunic.
Wally pulled back the smallest bit to let out quick, heated breaths into Dick's mouth.
Before either of them could lean back into the kiss, there was an arrow above their heads.
Wally let out a little sound of surprise, falling to the side, off of the bed, bringing Dick down with him.
"You left the door unlocked?!" Dick whisper-shouted.
Thankfully, his mask was still on.
In the blink of an eye, Wally's uniform was back on correctly as well as Dick's cape.
When he was done, he sat next to Dick on the floor, looking at a very unhappy Artemis.
"What happened to 'no, there's nothing going on between Robin and I' and 'no, I'm not the kind of person to cheat'? That looked a lot like cheating to me. So unless you broke up with your boyfriend and you forgot to tell me, I want an explanation."
"Artemis-" Dick starts, getting cut off the moment he speaks.
"Not from you. You're in trouble too, but I wanna hear it from Wally," Artemis directs her glare back at the wide-eyed boy to Dick's left.
"I... I... I don't have an explanation for this," Wally bows his head, leaning into Dick.
Artemis narrows her eyes. "That's it? You cheated on your boyfriend, one of the most popular teenagers Gotham, with your superhero sidekick best friend and you have nothing to say for yourself?!"
Wally shrinks further into Dick's side.
"No, you don't get to go to him for comfort. You got yourself into this whole mess. He might've helped, which makes him a bad friend and a generally bad person, but you made the choices that lead you here. You know, I used to enjoy being around both of you, more so Wally, but I thought you guys were good people. Now I don't know if I even want to be on a team with the two of you."
"Artemis," Dick says, his voice unnaturally even.
"What?" she snaps at him.
"Is the door locked?"
Her face contorts into an even angrier look than before. "You're helping your best friend cheat on his boyfriend and you care about privacy now?!"
"Artemis, can you lock the door?" Dick asks, still not giving anything away. "Please."
Artemis lets out an angry sigh, turns, and clicks the button to lock the door.
"There. What could possibly be so important now that you-"
Artemis complains, before stopping her sentence midway.
"Oh my God."
"Yeah."
"You're Dick Grayson! I simultaneously don't believe it but also totally do because that makes so much sense." Artemis has now taken to pacing in front of the two boys.
"I'm aware that it's a lot to take in at once. You can't tell anyone, I know I can trust you. I've been trying to get Batman to let me tell the whole team. So far, I'm allowed one person besides Wally, this seemed like an appropriate time to use it."
Wally picks his head up, looking at Artemis. "I'm sorry Artemis. I know that your last boyfriend cheated on you.," at that, Artemis cringes. "Shit, sorry. But what I meant is that I should have ralized that this is even more of a sore spot for you. I didn't mean to give you a bad image of me or make you think that I'd cheat. I just couldn't tell you."
Artemis sighs, finally standing still. She looks between the two heroes in front of her. "It's okay. I'm sorry for the nasty things I said to you. It must've been really bad if it was worth Robi- Dick, outing his identity."
"You're fine. I would've reacted similarly if I found anyone else on the team cheating. Well, not as harsh, but I get it."
Dick stands up, putting his mask back on, before helping Wally up.
"Again, please don't tell anyone. I trust that you won't. You shouldn't have to keep it a secret too much longer if I can get some leverage with Bats, but until then, this has to be a very quiet thing. Oh, and if could try not to point out when Wally and I are a bit too 'romantic' to the rest of the team, it'd be helpful."
Artemis smiled, holding out her hand. "That I can do."
When Dick moves to shake her hand, she pulls him forward into a hug.
"Thanks for making me the first person you told. Even if it was under bad circumstances."
"It's no problem. I'm just happy I don't have to worry about you watching Wally all the time."
Wally and Artemis laugh. "Yeah, that was kind of creepy, I felt like you were stalking me."
"Sorry, won't do that again."
Dick smiles, before leaning over to grab his computer and work from before.
"Anyway, I actually have to get back to what I was doing. Talk to you later Artemis. See you later babe, love you," Dick presses a kiss to Wally's cheek before unlocking the door and walking to his own room.
Once Dick is out of earshot, Artemis whisper-yells "You guys are using the L-word!"
"Yeah, we have been since like 2 weeks after we started dating," Wally shrugs, diving into his bed. Artemis follows him, sitting down next to him.
"Oh my God. Tell. Me. Everything."