Hi guys! It is now less than 24 hours til our souls get crushed so here, enjoy some spitfire fluff:)

Title: Babysitting Duty

Rating: T

Words: ~1200

Characters: Artemis/Wally, Paula, Lian, and mentioned Jade/Roy

Type of AU/Prompt: 12) Children, only slight AU because it just ignores season 2:)

Summary: Everyone seemed to conveniently forget that she too had a life, she was most definitely not a 24/7 baby-watcher.

Artemis hated babysitting duty; but since her mother was in a wheelchair and her father was pretty much nonexistent, Artemis always ended up watching her niece whenever her sister, Jade, and her husband, Roy, wanted a night to themselves. Which was pretty much every Saturday night.

Everyone seemed to conveniently forget that she too had a life, an important one at that. She had the team and school and an overly affectionate boyfriend that she didn't get to see enough or any of because she was and probably forever be on babysitting duty. Don't get her wrong, Artemis loved spending time with Lian. The little cutie could make even the Bat's heart melt. The kid had something going for her and Artemis didn't mind watching her, she only wished her services weren't needed so much.

This particular Saturday night, Artemis was swamped not only with a five page paper but with a very stubborn Lian as well. Lian just wouldn't stop crying long enough for Artemis to start the first sentence. Normally, Artemis would have worked on it Sunday but with a sudden mission tomorrow, she had no choice.

Why did it have to be due Monday?, she thought. She really was in no mood to deal with a screaming 6 month old nor a paper given by her most hard-ass teacher. Having to deal with just one of them was a pain, dealing with both was a new type of torture.

And on top of it all, Artemis hadn't seen her favorite redhead in days. The separation was killing her. Seeing each other on missions wasn't the same as seeing him, well, out of uniform. They were actually supposed to see each other tonight, but she had to cancel due to Lian and the paper.

As she cradled Lian in her arms, attempting to sooth her to sleep, her phone buzzed on the coffee table. Artemis reached over the baby in her arms, making sure not to smush her, and saw that the new text was from Wally. She couldn't help but smile.

Hey, how's my favorite babysitter doing?, it read.

Not so good :/ Lian won't fall asleep so I can start my paper, she typed back.

Maybe I can help.

His replied made Artemis pause for a moment, what was he talking about? But before she could ask, there was a knock at the door. Artemis gingerly put Lian down in her play pen and went to see who in their right mind would show up at her doorstep at 10:30 at night.

She opened the door and standing in front of her was said favorite redhead, smiling like an idiot with an arm full of takeout from her favorite Chinese place around the corner.

"I figured you might need some help." said Wally as he walked pass her and into the apartment. The placed the takeout down on the coffee table then went over to Lian and he greeted the baby.

The way Wally's face lit up when he laid eyes on Lian most certainly did not going unnoticed by Artemis; she smiled at the pair, they were undoubtedly her weakness. Artemis sighed and plopped down on the couch, Wally followed her with Lian still in his arms, giggling and gurgling.

"Why are you here, Wally?" she asked.

"I'm here to help Auntie Arty with the little princess, right Lian?" said Wally, in a baby voice, lifting Lian over his head.

Artemis tried to not laugh at her boyfriend's antics, "Okay, well, trying and keep it down, I have to get this homework done or I'm so screwed." She kissed him quickly and walked into the other room.

With two plus solid hours of nonstop working and complete silence, Artemis was able to finish her pain in the ass paper. She turned around in her spinning chair and stretched her arms and back. She when she looked at the clock, she groaned, it was officially Sunday. She walked out to the living room, she could hear the soft mumbling of the TV in the hallway.

When she gets to the living room, she can't help but smile. Wally was passed out on the couch, in a sitting position, his head thrown back, with Lian sleeping soundly in his arms. Artemis just shook her head. She walked over and picked Lian out of his arms and placed her back in her playpen; then she went back to Wally, she grabbed a blanket and was about to pull it over him when arms wrapped themselves around her lithe waist. Artemis jumped but then she was pulled down onto Wally's lap and he buried his face in her neck.

"Babe, come on, let go..." she whined after five minutes of unsuccessful wiggling.

"No." said Wally. "I'm not letting you go. Too comfy."

Artemis laughed, "Okay, Wallman."

She snuggled into him and brought the blanket around them, she knows he fell asleep before her, his breathing evened out and his hold on her loosened ever so slightly. His breathing soon lulled her to sleep...

The next morning, she woke up in her bed when she realized that's not where she fell asleep, she shot up in her bed and look around her room.

"Wally." she hissed. She looked around and he was nowhere to be found. But then she heard laughter coming from the kitchen, that could not be good.

Artemis slowly crept down the hallway leading from her room to the kitchen. As she got closer she could hear two voices, one was most definitely Wally's and the other... shit.

"And so I was telling her, 'babe, you can't stomp around with a twisted ankle.' And does she listen to me? No. And what happens? She has a broken ankle and can't go on missions for a few weeks. I swear, she's as stubborn as a rock."

She heard her mother's laugh, "Oh Wally, you know how she is, can't let anyone tell her what to do."

Artemis finally walked into the kitchen, greeted by smiles from both her mother and Wally. Wally's was especially wide. She walked over to the table and he pulled her on his lap.

"Morning, Artemis, would you like some breakfast?" asked Paula, Artemis nodded. "Now imagine my surprise, waking up this morning to Lian crying in her playpen and my daughter's boyfriend knocked out on my couch." Paula poured Artemis a cup of tea before continuing. "But, I must say, it could have been much worse, for example, Artemis, you could have been- oh, I don't know- wrapped up in his arms?"

Artemis choked on her tea, "What?"

"Oh nothing," Paula brushed off causally, "Just saying." She wheeled herself over to the stove and started cooking Artemis' eggs.

Artemis moved over slightly so she could look at Wally, "What happened last night?"

"Nothing." he said cheekily.

"Oh?" she asked. "Then how did I end up in my bed?"

He leaned in really close so that his lips brushed her ear, "Super-speed and super-hearing, babe."

His breathe tickled her neck and she can't help but giggle. He grinned at her and she just had to shove him for that. And that's when he attacked her with tickles. She began to think, if babysitting duty always ended like this, maybe she wouldn't hate it as much.

Sorry this isn't really a complete AU, I had this lying around and I wanted to finish it and it's just some simple fluff to prepare your hearts for crushing tomorrow morning.

Anyways, this time I'm actually going to post again, not completely bail out like last night. (I'm sorry, I have a bedtime, you don't want to see me with less than seven hours.)

So, review?