Wally West / Kid Flash (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
runningstart) wrote2020-04-05 07:22 pm
runningstart) wrote2020-04-05 07:22 pm
[So different from little baby Jaime back home. Wally barely said two words to the kid but Bart was practically best friends with him, and both of them are so different it's difficult to even compare them.
Jaw a little more square, beard a little less proto. That same look in his eyes, when he wants to do something but wants to be respectful of someone's space and feelings before he does the thing he really wants to do, always so god damn careful.
Wally's grin slips, just a bit, before he half-turns and cracks open Tadashi's door to let him know he's going downstairs to meet up with Jaime, and he'll be back in a bit.]
Would you just get over here and hug me? Embarrassing. [Maybe Wally will crack when he sees him and make an ass of himself, cry again, but he'd thought he would be fine with just the phone call, the memory of his-world-Jaime still in his head and making him forget that holy shit, that's right, Jaime Reyes here is one of the best friends he's ever had, and he hasn't seen him in five years.]
Jaw a little more square, beard a little less proto. That same look in his eyes, when he wants to do something but wants to be respectful of someone's space and feelings before he does the thing he really wants to do, always so god damn careful.
Wally's grin slips, just a bit, before he half-turns and cracks open Tadashi's door to let him know he's going downstairs to meet up with Jaime, and he'll be back in a bit.]
Would you just get over here and hug me? Embarrassing. [Maybe Wally will crack when he sees him and make an ass of himself, cry again, but he'd thought he would be fine with just the phone call, the memory of his-world-Jaime still in his head and making him forget that holy shit, that's right, Jaime Reyes here is one of the best friends he's ever had, and he hasn't seen him in five years.]
Not even to vent? I- [holds up hands, hold on now,] Okay, this is an extreme case of the pot calling the kettle burnt, but like, what do you even do for stress relief? Volunteer at a soup kitchen?
[a vespa] We're getting you another hobby. How do you feel about running? Or competitive eating?
[IT WAS COMPLETELY MODDED OUT AND NOT A DINKY KAREN-GOING-POKEMON-GO VESPA OKAY!!!]
You and Jaime both- [He groans and just. Puts his head in his hands, hunched over his knees. There's a knock on the door and thank god their food is here. End this conversation, he's FINE. He gets up to get the order and he's not even gonna bother digging around for plates or anything. Plastic to-go utensils and eating right out of those bowls. He hands Wally's entire bag to him, holding onto his smaller, second bag.]
Dig in?
You and Jaime both- [He groans and just. Puts his head in his hands, hunched over his knees. There's a knock on the door and thank god their food is here. End this conversation, he's FINE. He gets up to get the order and he's not even gonna bother digging around for plates or anything. Plastic to-go utensils and eating right out of those bowls. He hands Wally's entire bag to him, holding onto his smaller, second bag.]
Dig in?
[did you think you were free, little man] What about skateboarding? It's like vespa-ing, but y'know. You actually do stuff. [accepts food]
On a vespa? [Extremely unattractive exclamation with that mouthful of noodles] How. Do you mean professionally?
[SNORT, coughs on noodle] So you suped up a vespa. Okay.
You are such a fake goody-two-shoes, [Wally says fondly, digging into his container of fried rice.]
No. I dunno. [Gives up on trying to use chopsticks with his fried rice and digs around for a spoon.] Mind if I just stay here for a night or two? I'll figure out what to do later. Maybe even see if Mount Justice is still around.
[There's plastic wear in the bag for poor white people eating this. Tad's just watching and munching, letting kitten sniff the end of one chopstick but not lick.]
No, I don't mind. It's why I was asking, I've got a second bedroom I haven't decided what to do with yet. [He thought maybe an office or small lab, but never got that far in unpacking.]
No, I don't mind. It's why I was asking, I've got a second bedroom I haven't decided what to do with yet. [He thought maybe an office or small lab, but never got that far in unpacking.]
Don't look at me like that, you definitely want a lab over me as a roommate.
[Sighs, setting his food down and rubbing a hand over his face.] Look, I- [Gestures at himself.] There's a lot more baggage here than you'd think. I'm probably not gonna stick around the Nonah housing, but...I don't know. I might just go be alone for a little while. It's not because of you.
[Sighs, setting his food down and rubbing a hand over his face.] Look, I- [Gestures at himself.] There's a lot more baggage here than you'd think. I'm probably not gonna stick around the Nonah housing, but...I don't know. I might just go be alone for a little while. It's not because of you.
[It occurs to Wally then, a little too late for hurt feelings, that Tadashi maybe didn't offer just to be nice and maybe is also desperately lonely.
Wally sits down, staring at his feet.] Me and Artemis- my girlfriend, we were living together before I- came here. Had been for years. ...I was looking at rings.
Wally sits down, staring at his feet.] Me and Artemis- my girlfriend, we were living together before I- came here. Had been for years. ...I was looking at rings.
[He was about to make a comment about maybe turning that room into a big cat palace for this tiny kitten but--]
... Wally. ['Sorry' doesn't cover it. There aren't any words to really respond properly with that won't sound... weak.]
Maybe we really do need to figure out how to get you drunk. [Normally he isn't one for that kind of thing but...]
... Wally. ['Sorry' doesn't cover it. There aren't any words to really respond properly with that won't sound... weak.]
Maybe we really do need to figure out how to get you drunk. [Normally he isn't one for that kind of thing but...]
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