[ Dick's arm tightens where it's slung around Wally's neck, and he ducks his head so there's no chance his friend can see the way his brow furrows.
It's been nagging at him for a while, like all of his other insecurities that he pretends not to have when he's Robin, the Boy Wonder, but it's taken this weekend to really bring it to the forefront of his mind. Family has to love you, but no one else does. If Bruce can forget about him, then the team is all he has, and — and he doesn't even have that right now. What happens when he screws up, like Artemis did, and his friends — Wally — ditch him? Dick's the one who's selfish, not her.
Or — what happens when Wally outruns him? When he catches up to the Flash, and he finds a girl who thinks he's as awesome as Robin does, and he goes off to college and that two years suddenly makes too much difference?
He'd forgotten how fragile things could feel. ]
... Yeah. 'If you're going, I'm going.' I remember.
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It's been nagging at him for a while, like all of his other insecurities that he pretends not to have when he's Robin, the Boy Wonder, but it's taken this weekend to really bring it to the forefront of his mind. Family has to love you, but no one else does. If Bruce can forget about him, then the team is all he has, and — and he doesn't even have that right now. What happens when he screws up, like Artemis did, and his friends — Wally — ditch him? Dick's the one who's selfish, not her.
Or — what happens when Wally outruns him? When he catches up to the Flash, and he finds a girl who thinks he's as awesome as Robin does, and he goes off to college and that two years suddenly makes too much difference?
He'd forgotten how fragile things could feel. ]
... Yeah. 'If you're going, I'm going.' I remember.