A/N: originally written for the yj_anon meme on livejournal. I thought I'd post it here too. The prompt was that Roy and Wally share an apartment. Wally's in college.

I do not own Young Justice or DC Comics.

2 AM

I.

How to Live Like a Frazzled College Superhero

"… transduction… requires the presence of a virus as a vector… transfers smaller sections of DNA from one bacterium to—HEY!" Wally snatches off the t-shirt thrown over his head, and whirls around to lob it at Roy. Roy catches it out of the air with one hand. "I have a final to study for over here!"

"Well, I'm holding that coffee you wanted and you're sitting on the remote." Roy more or less falls back onto the couch, head landing right on the notes Wally is in the process of highlighting. He tosses his keys onto the second-hand coffee table.

"I'll draw neon dicks on your face if you don't move," Wally says unaffectedly, before taking his coffee from Roy and sipping. He makes a face. "Needs more sugar."

"My apologies, princess."

Wally sighs and pushes Roy upright.

"Roy. Roy. Hey, listen. I just need to get through the next twenty four hours. I cannot do that if you are constantly trying to seduce me."

"Who says I'm trying to seduce anybody?" Roy says indignantly.

"You took your shirt off for no reason."

"It's hot."

"It's the middle of winter."

"Well I'm not," Roy says, flicking him in the forehead. "And you need to relax. You're a science genius already, why would you need to study this shit?"

"Oh for the love of Christ, Roy. SYMPATHIZE with me. Remember what it was like when you were my age."

"I'd rather not."

"See? See the stress I am dealing with? I already put off patrol with the League three nights in a row; and just because I reproduced my uncle's experiment doesn't automatically mean that I'm going to pass this stupid exam because it's asking me to model DNA replication and I don'tknowwhereOkazakifragmentsgo—"

"Oh yeah. Talk nerdy to me, baby," Roy deadpans, before addressing himself in the third person. "Roy, this is what you have to look forward to in bed tonight."

Wally runs a hand down his face, trying to relieve the eye strain. "You're hilarious."

"Are you even planning to eat dinner?" Roy asks skeptically, eying the already empty Starbucks cup. He'd splurged on a trenta, too. Damn.

Wally's lips quirk up, and he peers at him through the gaps of his fingers. "What's for dinner?"

"Cup ramen. Like every other night. Unless you want to get fancy and slice hotdogs in it."

"You're so romantic," Wally sighs, as Roy kisses the purple skin under his eyes.

"You're pale," Roy comments, and that's the closest Wally knows he'll come to admitting he's concerned. "And you reek."

"Thanks," Wally says dryly, before jumping as he feels Roy's teeth snag, sharp and teasing against his earlobe.

"We should shower together," Roy says pleasantly, the bastard. "You have twenty minutes."

Wally is about to protest when Roy finds that spot (not just any spot, but the spot) on the nape of his neck, and starts slowly kneading his shoulders and really? Fuck DNA replication. Wally happily snaps, and Roy is unprepared for the sudden materialization of shower tiles against his back.

"Ooof," Roy intelligently goes, before realizing that Wally is standing there, and he's taking his shirt off, and huh, there go the jeans—

The showerhead comes on, and it's holyshitfreezing before it starts heating up.

"Make it fast," Wally grins, sliding the shower curtains closed behind him. Because purple-eyed, exhausted or not, he always makes time for Roy, and Roy? Roy can appreciate that. He gets some shampoo and strokes the damp hair back from Wally's face.

"Sure thing, babe."

A/N: How could you tell I was venting my frustrations from my AP Bio exam? Translation and transcription, say whut?

On a lighter note, writing this was fun, so I actually want to continue. In case you didn't already gather as much from the title, each of these little episodes details a snippet of their lives at the same time every night. Having not been to college yet, I'll have to take my best guess. Anyone who's actually in the process of going through college though, I'd love to hear a few insights (:

See you soon.

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