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[So this...whatever they had going on, it's complicated. That's what Wally tells himself when their teammates give he and Robin weird looks, when Batman seems like he's glaring even though Wally can't tell the difference between a stare and a glare from old Bats, when his uncle's hand rests on his back and Wally thinks they just have to know.

But he's not ashamed. He's just- he doesn't know how to explain it yet. Parents first. Everyone else second.

They finally got the okay for Robin to spend the night at Wally's, which is a rare occurrence indeed. Unfortunately, Wally's parents aren't home so it's become very awkward. Usually they just hang out, do the same thing they always do with the occasional bout of discomfort but without parents? Well. Wally's not under the delusion that anything's going to happen -they haven't even kissed yet- but it's still- it's weird. It's like back in middle school when he went up to Sandy Hartford's room and he thought they were boyfriend and girlfriend, but apparently you have to clear that with the other person first.

It was. It's weird. Because now he's looking at Dick like he looked at Sandy, and his stomach is in knots like it was with Sandy, but it's different because it's more and that just makes it weirder.]

...Mom just went shopping, there's probably like...Cheetos or something downstairs.

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Oh.

[ He says it slowly and consideringly, fixing Wally with a long look. The thought... doesn't seem nearly as overwhelming as the idea of kissing Wally had, all those months ago. And sure, maybe he's not really ready for that, but— he doesn't want to run away, either. ]

... Maybe I could sleep on the floor in here?

Yeah, sure, if it's- [Wally sighs and drags a hand through his hair.] You know it's not because I'm like, opposed to it, right? [He pauses.] Have you uh...ever done anything? With someone?

[ Dick pushes himself up on an arm, shaking his head. The back of his neck prickles faintly, too warm. ]

... you'd be the first.

[ He hopes he doesn't sound too childish. His relationship with Zee had been his first, and while neither of them had been shy, it hadn't lasted long enough to go much past kissing. They were both younger then, anyway. ]

I figured. [Don't worry Robin, he's talking like he's some kind of sex connoisseur but he's seventeen, he's fooled around with a girl like once. He and Artemis got curious, but that's about it and they broke up shortly thereafter.]

Plus, I mean, Bats probably knows exactly where you are and I do not want him looming over me next time we do a mission briefing. That's just plain uncomfortable.

Please never bring up Batman when— hey, what do you mean, you figured?

[ WRONG CHOICE OF WORDS. ]

Well, dude, c'mon. [quick think of something that doesn't sound like 'ur just a kid'] I mean, you barely have time to hang out with me outside of work and school. Pretty sure you weren't exactly lining chicks up for experimentation.

[ okay well he goes red at THAT, and then he has to laugh it off or he might actually die. ]

Unless you count the mad scientist gig on the side...

Yeah, excluding that.

[wally don't]

Besides, I'm seventeen so it just makes sense that I'm way more experienced than you are. [u did it u did the thing]

[ OH NO YOU DIDN'T ]

What, like two years makes you some kind of— sex wizard? [ his superpower is saying that with a completely straight face. ]

Well chyeah, I mean, not only are you kind of a late bloomer [wally dear you are cruisin for a bruisin] but I'm pretty curious and I like to go out. You're kind of a workaholic, man.

[ Someone's getting hit in the face with a pillow, and his name is Wally. ]

[WHUMPF.

Wally flails a little and shoves the pillow aside- only to get smacked in the face with it again. He scrambles off the bed and out of Robin's immediate clobbering range.] Dude! I'm just telling you the truth-

[ HE CAN STILL THROW THE PILLOW. ]

If you're trying to make me not want to jump you, it's working.

[Wally tosses the pillow back onto his bed.]

I'm not saying it's because there's something wrong with you, okay, and we'd have to talk about it sooner or later anyway but it's not like it can't wait considering we're not even gonna- like, we're not there yet anyway. So it's not a big deal.

I was cool with talking about it until you started bragging.

[ And he's not sure if he's unreasonably jealous, or just annoyed that Wally feels like he needs to, or which one would even be worse. They're both pretty stupid. This whole thing is stupid. He liked it better when they were cuddling. ]

I wasn't bragging. [you were kinda bragging] I mean, I wasn't trying to like... [but you were]

It sorta felt like bragging.

[ Dick frowns, rubbing the back of his neck. ]

Look, whatever. I'm not mad. The past is in the past and it'd be totally lame to be jealous — which I'm not — [okay maybe a little ] but that doesn't mean I wanna think about... you know...

[Wally blinks.]

...you're...jealous. [He starts to grin, which is probably the opposite of what he should do right now.] You're jealous because you don't like the idea of someone else with their hands all over your man.

I'm not jealous! We weren't together then and I— you're your own person and it's not like I— I mean no, I don't want that now, but—

[ You're gonna make him LOSE HIS CAREFULLY CONSTRUCTED COOL, Wally, and he doesn't even have that much cool to begin with. He's starting to go pink again, his hands gesturing helplessly. ]

You're sorta jealous. Which dude, it's okay, it's natural. [Wally grins and leans back against the door, folding his arms.] It's actually kinda hot on you. In an angry sort of way.

[ There's a lot going on in that comment that he should probably stop and be annoyed about

but Dick's a teenage boy in love, and he's stumbling over the fact that he's pretty sure that's the first time Wally's actually called him hot. ]

What? [Wally, meanwhile, throws that word around so often he hasn't even realized that it's the first time he's used it in reference to Dick. He's pretty sure he's though Robin was hot before, numerous times.]

That's not a get out of jail free card.

[ But he's too stunned to sound grumpy anymore. ]

What? [Wally wracks his memory for-

Ohhhhh. Aww. Awww.] Dude. Was that the first time you got called hot?

Why are you so surprised? Are people besides my boyfriend supposed to be calling me hot, or...?