A/N: Bart and Wally kind of hate each other in this (like in the comics , but not really. Bart decides to get Dick and Wally together because when Wally's around Dick, he stops being an ass, and if they start dating, then Dick will move in and fix Wally forever, right? Flawless logic? Flawless logic.

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It's no secret that Bart Allen and his cousin once removed Wally West don't get along well. Actually, they don't get along at all. The fighting and bickering did decrease since Wally quit superheroing, but that's only because now they don't spend as much time in the same room as they did before.

Now, due to Barry and Iris' vacation trip, they have to spend two weeks together. The Allens know they could have asked Jay and Joan to look after Bart during this time, but Jay's going to be busy filling in as the Flash and no one without superspeed can handle taking care of Bart, so Wally's the logical choice.

Plus, Barry really hopes that they can overcome their differences and become friends, after all, they're both his kids and two of the most important people in his life. He wants them to get along, he wants them to be able to share a room without being at each other's throat the entire time. So he talked to Wally and managed to guilt trip him into promising to at least try and be civil to his cousin.

"So, that's your plan?" Dick finds the whole thing amusing when he comes to visit his best friend. "You're just going to keep ignoring him?"

"Yes." Wally nods and then shrugs. "Kid's a nightmare and the less I talk to him, the better."

"Yeah, but that's not what Barry asked of you, remember?" Dick tries again.

"Uncle B doesn't want me fighting with him and we're not fighting. We haven't fought since he got here, and it's been, like, thirty four minutes. It's a new record for us."

"Make it to a whole hour and then I'll be impressed." Dick throws himself on Wally's couch and gets the remote. "Think you'll be able to last that long? How about a little bet to make things interesting?"

"Are you crazy, dude? I'm not betting against you ever again, I've learned my lesson, come on." Wally laughs, takes the remote from him, turns the TV on and starts shifting through the channels. "Besides, I don't think..." He stops abruptly, wide eyes fixed on whatever's happening on the screen.

Dick doesn't need to turn around to know what's happening because he can hear both Cat Grant's and Bart's voices. He focus on Wally instead, because he knows the redhead's not going to respond well to this. The whole thing isn't good. In less than thirty minutes Bart broke all of Wally's ground rules; he took off without any warnings, he went crime fighting all by himself and now he's doing an interview. Dick watches Wally's face go from disbelief to annoyance to righteous anger and Dick reaches his hand, to touch his friend's shoulder.

"Wally, don't..." But it's too late. There's a rush of wind that blinds him and when he reopens his eyes, Wally's not there anymore. "Well, okay. I tried." He gets the remote from the floor and changes channel to a cartoon, getting more comfortable on the couch.

Dick only realizes he had fallen asleep when he suddenly opens his eyes to door banging and loud yelling.

"Are you insane? Talking to the press before rushing into a burning building?"

"I'm a hero, and maybe you've forgotten, but that's what a hero does."

"Don't lecture me on being a superhero, kid, I'm in this longer than you."

"Yeah, but just cause you're older than me." Bart crosses his arms and mutters under his breath, but Wally just ignores it and keeps going.

"And we need to cooperate with the authorities, the firemen had everything under control and you've only made it worse!"

"I don't need you lecturing me on this, I've had enough from that one fireman I've rescued. You think he'd thank me for saving him, but noooooo..."

"Oh my god, don't you understand what you've done? How many people that explosion could have killed? Dammit, Bart, you could have..." Wally suddenly stops and looks away. "You could have died."

Bart looks thrown by this outburst, and is left speechless for a moment. But then, his face suddenly turns bitter and he spits out. "Why do you care?"

Dick stops trying to hide away from them and just stands up. He looks at Wally right in the eyes because this is important. The message is simple:Don't fuck this up.

Wally's face goes blank, all anger leaving him and he fidgets. "Well, I..."

"Yeah, whatever." Bart interrupts him. "If you need me, I'll be in my room." Then he speeds off and Wally tries to run after him, only to be met with a closed door. Damn this kid's superspeed.

"Open this door right now, Bart, we're not done!" He yells, then yells some more and when he gets tired of yelling, he turns to Dick.

"Shut up."

Dick only shrugs and makes a zipping up gesture over his mouth. He knows better than to try to talk some sense into Wally when he's like this. He knows exactly what to do when Wally's like this; he's had practice. "Go order us three pizzas and then get your ass here so I can cuddle you to death".

Wally's features soften a little, but he's still hesitant.

"I don't really think that's a good idea..."

"Come on, dude, no homo." Dick cuts him off and opens his arms, as an open invitation.

Best friends cuddle, right? That's nothing weird about it, is it?

"Fine, okay, you win." Wally laughs and throws himself at the other, snuggling against him.

Dick plays with his hair. "But you know we'll have to address your thing with Bart later, don't you?"

"Yeah." Wally mumbles, hiding his face on Dick's shoulder.

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Bart puts his headphones on right after he closes and locks the door behind him to tune Wally's yells off. He can't believe he's got to spend two entire weeks in this house, stuck with him. Wally's insufferable and Bart can't believe there was a time he was actually excited to meet him. When he came back with a time machine to save the world, he couldn't wait to meet everyone in his family, including one Wally West.

But Wally wasn't so excited to meet him. The redhead tried his best to talk Bart out of superheroing and when it became clear his efforts were in vain, Wally gave Bart his old Kid Flash uniform and told him he wanted to have nothing to do with it anymore. He wanted to distance himself from the name, and from his recently discovered cousin. Barry tried to justify his nephew's actions, tried to explain that Wally was so against him being a hero because they've just lost Jason and Tula to crimefighting and that Wally worried for him because he cared,but Bart knows it's bullshit.

Wally doesn't care. He never did, he never will and Bart's always known this, so he doesn't need to stick around just to hear Wally confirm it.

Whatever, Wally probably hates him because Bart's a better hero than him. He's faster, he knows how to phase through things, so it doesn't matter if he's young or inexperienced or impulsive. Bart's way better than him, but he doesn't get any recognition for it. Everytime he saves someone in Central City, people ask him when the realKid Flash's coming back. Not even the Rogues consider him as a serious threat and it's only because he's not Wally.

His stomach suddenly groans and it brings him back to reality. The thought of going back to the living room and facing Wally makes Bart bang his head against the door, but there's no other way to the kitchen, so he sucks it up and goes.

He tries to be as silent as possible because maybe Wally won't notice him, maybe...

"What do you think you're doing?" Wally's head turns to face him and he gets up from the sofa. He wants to be ready to run if Bart suddenly takes off like he did earlier.

"I'm getting some food or is it against your stupid house rules too? Do you hate me so much you want me to starve to death?"

"Listen, kid..." Wally starts, and Bart braces himself to another yelling match, but then Dick's hand goes to Wally's shoulder and to his neck and he's talking.

"We have pizza. And cartoons. Come watch it with us."

Bart and Wally both blink in disbelief at the same time.

"He doesn't want to watch anything with me." Bart accuses and crosses his arms in front of his chest. "And, according to his stupid rules, I have a curfew and should go to bed now."

Wally seems to be about to nod, but then Dick's hand starts moving again, now down to his back and he changes his mind. "Yeah, okay, you can stay up a while more and watch it with us if you want." He looks away and shrugs. "I think you're going to like it, the next episode is the best."

Bart looks over to the TV and sees coloured monsters fighting kids with ridiculous coloured armours.

"How do you know it's good? Have you watched it before?"

Dick laughs and then goes to him, throwing his arm around the kid's shoulders.

"Kid, didn't I tell you how much of a nerd your cousin is?" Bart likes Dick Grayson, he's cool. "It's his favorite cartoon and he's watched it and made me watch it with him so many times I know all the lines by heart."

Now it's Wally's time to laugh.

"Shut up, you secretly love it too, you dork." Wally goes back to the sofa and Bart reluctantly seats between them.

"Hey, I don't deny it." Dick shrugs. "But it's still your fault, though." He starts pointing to the characters, trying to explain their backgrounds to Bart, and Wally chimes in from time to time, adding some details, correcting him, and making witty remarks. Wally smiles all the way through the episode and Bart's never seen him so relaxed before. It's new, it's weird, and it's surprisingly fun.

And it's all thanks to Dick's presence, Bart knows. Dick somehow gets through the ten layers of assholeness and brings out the best in Wally. Too bad Dick will leave after this episode because okay, okay, one more, but I really have to go, my city won't patrol itself.Too bad Dick can't be around all the time.

Wait. Why can't he? Bart's brain suddenly starts running through amazing, awesome ideas. Dick and Wally are already pretty close, they just need a little push to get even closer; if they start dating, Dick will move in and Bart will actually be able to get to know the not-asshole side of his cousin once removed.

The cartoon ends and Dick leaves, despite Bart's protests. Bart only calms down when he promises to be back tomorrow.

"So, uh, did you like the cartoon?" Wally asks, back to fidgeting and being uncomfortable... but he's trying. He promised Barry he'd try so he's trying.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." But Bart pays him no attention. He has a plan already.

He has the most amazing infallible plan ever to get them together and he needs to prepare because phase one starts tomorrow.