runningstart: (ww; it doesn't make sense dude)
Wally West / Kid Flash ([personal profile] runningstart) wrote 2015-10-11 12:13 am (UTC)

[There's something different about the way Robin tries to pull something out of Wally. Something different in how Jaime does it, how his parents or Barry used to do it. Not that he's more sincere about his intentions or anything like that, but-

Maybe it's more because Wally knows it's hard for him to do this. Robin talks about relating to his feelings because he's opening himself up to criticism first. And while Wally doesn't make it a habit to criticize Robin for opening up, he knows Bruce makes it hard for Robin to do so. It's more work for himself to get Wally to talk than it is for him not to.

There's still a problem though.]


Dude, if I let myself freak out now- [Wally takes a deep breath, leaning his chair back onto two legs and keeping his hands over his face,] If I do it now I'll probably never stop freaking out. And I gotta concentrate. There's too much riding on it. [He'll freak out when it's over. He won't let himself consider failure either, because that's how Wally has to deal with his problems; charging headfirst at them like he's trying to smash down a wall. Losing that momentum just to let himself be afraid- no, that's the scariest thing he can imagine. That's the worst. If he lets himself stop, he might not be able to start again.]

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