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Yeah...getting by in Gotham wasn't as easy as Wally thought it would be.
He probably should've stole more of Rudolphs money, but there hadn't been enough time. He had barely snuck onto the train as it was, and stealing more would have set him back another week or so.
And he couldn't let THAT happen. He may be 17, and only have a year left before he could move out legally, but he couldn't stay there after his dad had found him having sex.
...with a boy.
It didn't matter to him that Wally was bi, all his dad saw was 'broken', 'worthless son' or 'whore that can't get girls so he became gay'
Yeah, he was leaving.
He had a few odd jobs, and had an apartment.
(90 square feet in the Narrows; basically a closet)
But he was always let go as soon as they found someone better or someone more desperate and willing to work for less.
He...wasn't doing to well to say the least.
But he was pretty smart despite what most people would think about his 'childish' or 'silly' attitude, so he hoped he'd make it.
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He's... found an easy way to make money.
It's not good, he's not proud of it, but he's been promised *money*, and that's something he desperately needs.
It's prostitution.
Yep. He's become a prostitute.
God...what has his life become?
His ears burn when he thinks about all his new job implies.
But the girl, 'Candy' she calls herself, promised it will get better in time and that the money is worth it.
Its also (thankfully) a *legal* 'organization'.
Which means he has rights, can leave and forfit the cash if he feels uncomfortable.
It alright.
Better than a dealer on the street.
Now he's just a ho on the corner.
*sigh*
It could be worse.
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He's been going at it for a year now, his specialty is blow jobs.
He's so good at it people actually ask for him when they call Candy.
He still wasn't...proud of this part of him.
But Candy was right, it got better with time and money.
He moved into a slightly bigger apartment (he didn't need much space to be honest) and had enough money for food and was going to enroll in Gotham University in about three months and get an on campus job and quit the whole thing.
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Alright...so he hasn't quit yet.
Yet!
It's just...as a kid he was never full, his cloths rarely fit, and he'd never even SEEN a bill over a 20.
And...this 'job' gave him *so much money*.
He'll quit when he has a stable job.
He's also living on campus, which saves some money...but he still needed to *live*.
But he pushed the haunting thoughts aside.
Right now, he has lunch to get to with his new friends.
Conner, and his girlfriend Megan. Blonde-zilla Artemis, Garth, Garfield Logan, Donna, Kory, and Roy.
((A/N: As you can see, I'm kindof mixing YJ with TT comics a bit, don't worry there's only a little itsy bitsy bit of YJ))
Roy was his roommate.
They hadn't talked much except for a few nice talks to get to know one another.
They had actually become friends when Roy had snuck out and Wally covered for him without being asked.
Roy came back, smiled, and offered the 19 year old a beer.
Later, Kory had snuck into their window, much to the surprise of Wally.
Like, he didn't mind leaving the room if him and his girl wanted to have sex, but warn a guy next time.
(it turns out his assumption was wrong, and that they were ex's, and Roy has a boyfriend)
Kory, a nice girl with a confident attitude, had been *appalled* when Wally said he didn't have close friends on campus.
So her and Roy invited him to their friends lunch thing, and they'd connected greatly.
He's been so happy lately. He has *friends*. Like, real people in his life that make him happy.
It's a little bit of a new experience.
Sure he HAD friends in Central.
...just...not as good as these guys.
These guys know about why he left, they knew about his dad, and the fact that he was bi.
And they didn't care!
Garth was gay and was dating Roy who was bi also.
He didn't know about the others sexuality and he didn't pry of course.
But they had all hadn't cared when he had told them.
Donna just smiled, looped her arm with his, said 'whatever your bastard of a dad said to you about who you like ignore it!' and took him shopping with Kory, and Garfield and Gars girlfriend Raven.
The only thing he hasn't been able to work up the nerve to tell these amazing people was how he got into the college in the first place.
And hopefully he would never have to.
(The shame threatened to consume him on a good day)
He's been at it for almost two years now, and had a job at the school library.
There was a dark and terrifying thought of 'what if the library job was just a cover up and I'm to scared to admit it to myself?' but he pushed those feelings away.
Just until he was stable. Then he'd leave the business.
He had a feeling some of his friends suspected a side job behind the scenes.
Roy, an ex heroine junkie, probably thought he pushed drugs.
But he never said anything.
Roy, Artemis, Garfield, and Donna came from dark places (from what he's gathered) so none of them questioned his disappearing or extra cash.
(although Donna always looked at him like she wanted to hug him and never let go)
Roy (the ex-heroin junkie) was the ward of Oliver Queen, who threw Roy out when he found out he had a problem.
Artemis lived with her disabled mother, who won custody from her verbally abusive dad.
Garfield's parents died in front of him in Africa, and social services forced him into America (and while he was tecnically American, he had never been to America) where he jumped foster home to foster home until he was 18.
Donna's big sister Diana was suffocating and she always felt constricted. (There was more to her story, but Wally had yet to learn about that side of her. About why her sister was so protective of her.)
The rest of them never really had to go through much.
Sure! They had their difficulties in life.
Conner had some daddy issues (as in, he lived with his 'Ma' and 'Pa' Kent, his grandparents, and always sought the acceptance of his father).
And Megan lived with her distant Uncle.
Garth lived with his foster dad Arthur, who pushed him to the side when he had a 'real' kid that was his.
Kory was treated like a princess her whole life, much to the tom-boys chagrin.
But they weren't...
...weren't like the rest of them.
Garth grinned at Wally through his salad, "Just wait until you meet Dick!"
He had heard much about this 'Dick' character. But had yet to meet him. Their schedules clashed a lot.
"He's pretty hot." Kory agreed. She looked at Wally with an explaining-- "He's an ex. But we're still friends."
He nodded, and the group took his silence for interest. "He's bi or pan or something and he's hot and sweet. And *painfully* mischievous." Kory rolled her eyes while Garth hid a smile behind his cup.
Wally smirked, he sounded pretty cool.
He couldn't wait to meet him.
~Later That Night~
'Thank god I thought ahead long enough to make sure I worked in the opposite side of the city' Wally thought, resisting the urge to tug down the too-short mini skirt. He can only imagine the face his friends would make if they were to turn the corner and see him WORKING a corner. Talk about embarrassing.
But he didn't need to worry about that, because GU was miles away from here, on the other side of the city.
He thought he was going to be blowing the guys that had been staring at him from across the street when his ringtone went off (a very sexual song, meant to entice, went off) alerting him that Zelda was trying to get ahold of him.
'Sorry fellas,' he thought to himself, 'Appointments are extra, so it looks like I'm hauling in extra cash tonight'
He opened his phone, already heading towards his junker of a car.
"Shoot."
"Gotta job. Client's even paying extra for you to keep your mouth shut."
She sounded smug, making Wally pause.
Extra? Paying for him to come to someones house/motel room already cost extra than for him to just blow someone in the alleyway and now MORE money to keep him from talking? There's already a secrecy policy for the guys and girls cheating or coming from a family that frowns on prostitution or things like that. But whoever it is wanting him now must not be very trusting or else they would have just kept with the normal pay.
He started the car, waiting for the address or extra instructions.
"Wear something inconspicuous but sexy. Wayne Enterprise Tower. Penthouse level. Client: Mr. Bruce Wayne." Zelda said before hanging up on him.
Wally paused just before starting his car. What the hell? Billionaire playboy Bruce-FREAKING-Wayne?! What the fuck was he doing paying for some hooker from the street?
Sure, he was a playboy, but Wally was under the impression that he was a good type of person, who didn't have to/want to pay for sex.
Didn't he have guys and girls literally tripping over themselves to sleep with him?
Maybe he just wanted to get off without being obligated to let the person off
Whatever. He wanted a blow job, so Wally would give him a blow job.
~End Chapter One~