Wally collapsed onto his lab stool resisting the urge to kick off his converse as he did so. He'd sat through his early morning shift at the Justice League Embassy on Earth, fielded several calls for the off planet Superman. He'd rung his Aunt Iris to see how she was doing, headed over to Central City for his regular 9 till 5, gone out with Shayera for lunch at his favourite burger bar joint. Having bid farewell to the Thanagarian he'd arrived at a local bank just in time to apprehend Captain Boomerang, having handed the rogue over to the authorities he was back at work and it was only 1:30. Wally sighed, plenty of hours left in the day and he was ready to go.

"West!" Wally reclined slightly, turning his head. "Get down to 23rd and Lexington. There's been an incident, Callaghan and Simpson are already there."

"Sure thing Mr Brazier, I'm on it." Wally flashed him his patented not-a-care-in-the-world grin and he was off, making a mental note to check if maintenance would be open to putting in a revolving door.

There were dozens of onlookers, all buzzing with curiosity, all wondering what exactly had gone on in the office building. Several squad cars were parked up outside, various beat cops patrolling the area as their superiors radioed for help; soon enough the yellow tape was being unfurled. Not long after the news hounds caught the sent, several vans and their crews began setting up shop, waiting for an official statement or at least the latest gruesome footage. Wally stepped onto the curb, ducking under the tape he breathed deeply in an attempt to clear his head. Everything was just about wrapped up and he'd soon be going back to the lab to go through the results with the rest of the team. Raising his arms above his head he stretched, surveying the area, a little bit of Batman was apparently rubbing off on him.

Linda Park was standing impatiently, her foot tapping irritably against the cold tarmac as a microphone hung limply from her hand. Wally's eyes scanned her form; she looked familiar. She looked cute. The red head tried to focus; it wasn't the sort of switched on the news familiar, something else – something more. And then he had it, he'd saved her life, Wally smiled at the memory, she'd been a little too infatuated with his alter ego. But it was as good a time as any to test a theory.

"Hey there!" Wally called out, as he sidled up to the Asian woman.

"Hi..." Linda replied, her eyes still fixed on the building – the story was paramount. "Look I don't really have time for autographs."

Wally laughed causing Linda to give him her undivided attention, "You don't want my autograph? A picture then?"

Wally shook his head, Linda despite herself was slightly put out, she thought she'd made it big when she'd been offered the gig at Channel 4 news.

"No, I was wondering if you'd like to go out some time." Wally smiled his most winning smile; his pearly whites enough to dazzle any girl.

"Um..." Linda eyed Wally, taking in his apparel, her eyes zoning in on his clearance pass, "Mr West, I'm not really in the market for anything right now."

"Wally," the Scarlet Speedster corrected as he ran his hand through his hair to increase volume and messiness, chicks dug that. "Not in the market huh? I'm pretty sure we've got a lot in common."

"Really now?" Linda cocked her leg, one hand on her hip as she did her best to appear sceptical.

Wally looked around surreptitiously before leaning in towards the woman, causing her breath to hitch slightly. "I'm a fellow Flash appreciator," he whispered dramatically.

Linda groaned, "You saw that? I'm sure you and your buddies will get their laughs from this story, you can go now."

"Hey, I didn't mean to..." Wally tailed off, holding up his hands in surrender, "I'm being serious."

Linda's eyes flicked back to the building, still nothing but she had to get rid of this guy.

"Look, girls want to marry a doctor, an accountant..." Linda mentally grimaced, "A superhero. Not some lab tech." She hated herself for saying it but she didn't want a date, she wanted a career.

"Hold up," Wally's blue eyes piercing, trying his best not to laugh at the irony, "it's just a date."

"But," Linda's eyes narrowed, "Wait you work with the CCPD right?"

"Get a pension and everything..." Wally grinned.

Linda bit her lip, her brown eyes swimming with thoughts, debating.

"Coffee then," Linda suggested; pulling out a card and scribbling her private number on it.

"Coffee?" Wally repeated, his eyebrow raising, maybe he didn't need the red suit, maybe he was getting somewhere. "Say, sometime Saturday?"

"Meet me at the Plaza, three o'clock?"

"Sure thing, it's a date." Wally exclaimed, his smile dropping from his face when he noticed Linda's glare at his poor choice of words.

"Not a conventional date, a meeting of minds..." Wally tailed off, "No, that's not right. A meeting between friends, a date, err time, we have chosen to meet, for coffee."

"Right," Linda nodded encouragingly, as if she was dealing with the learning impaired, "I'll see you Saturday. G'bye Wally."

"Bye..." Wally waved but the woman was already headed in the other direction, her camerawoman in tow. Wally sighed wistfully, she definitely was cute.

Saturday and Linda was early, she cursed, so much for appearing cool and aloof. Besides looking overeager Linda hated waiting by herself, it left her time to think and in this case her thoughts couldn't help but wonder towards Wally. He was pretty darn cute: blue eyes, a light smattering of freckles on his nose. Linda sighed and quite suddenly Wally was standing next to her. The reporter whirled round; evidently she had been paying less attention to her surroundings than she'd thought. Linda's first impulse was to lean up and peck Wally on the cheek, his hair was deliciously ruffled; she coughed, that was quite enough of that.

"So you wanna go inside?" Wally questioned, using his head to gesture to a nearby Starbucks.

"It looks kind of busy," Linda stated, flinching at the crowds.

"We can get it to go and walk around the park?" Wally deployed his grin again, pleased to see Linda softening to the idea.

"Sure," Linda nodded her assent and powered towards the coffee shop.

Wally had to suppress a smile; she was doing her best to sabotage the date, no, meeting.

Wally tapped his fingers against the counter, making a conscious effort to reign himself in, setting fire to the place would cause too many questions. Finally his latte arrived steaming hot; walking over to join Linda he furtively knocked over her bag. As she dove down to pick the contents of her purse Wally emptied his several sugars into the cup and stirred, then just as Linda grabbed her first errant pen he bent down to help.

"Thanks," Linda said as the red head grabbed her hand to help her up, it was then, when blue eyes met brown, that Wally West looked like standing a chance against Central City's favourite hero, the Flash.

A/N: I'm not sure if this is staying a one-shot or becoming a series of one-shots or an actual story. Hopefully you guys liked it and feel free to let me know your thoughts! Also, the address Wally's boss gave him may possibly be an actual place in New York, but it was the first thing I thought of.