[A/N: So this chapter's slashy, but I'm pretty sure anyone reading this is okay with that. Actually, you're probably all thinking FINALLY SOME ACTION because seriously it's Chapter 10 and all we've gotten so far is Dick needing to keep it in his pants and a bit of possessive!Wally. Also, be warned, this is over 3000 words – so pretty long. Enjoy!]

Chapter 10: The Identity

{ Wally stands facing Dick. They are in civvies but Wally still has sunglasses on – as always. They are face to face and Dick is smiling anxiously and Wally's fingers twitch as he reaches for his sunglasses.

He pulls them off smoothly, revealing popping green eyes, vibrant as emeralds. Dick is so shocked he doesn't even make a joke. Taking Dick's hand in his, Wally smiles and says, "Dick, my name is Wally Wayne, and I want you to know that because I love you."

And, Dick smiles brightly and puts his hand on top of Wally's (which hold's Dick's other hand). They're standing a little closer now as Dick's smile brightens with his sapphire-like eyes. "I love you too, Lovebird." He says. His nicknames, his winks, his seductive smiles, and his flirtations are for Wally and Wally alone now.

Slowly, Dick's arms lift up and wrap themselves around Wally's neck. Eyes half-lidded, Wally puts his hands on Dick's hips, pulling them closer. Their noses touch and they breathe in each other's sent until Wally places a quick kiss on Dick's lips.

Dick's eyes glow fantastically with love as he pulls Wally back down, connecting their lips again. They move together: heads tilting to the side to avoid crushing their noses against each other, lips pressing firmly together, mouths open, tongues wiggling back and forth, chests pressing together.

Wally can feel Dick's hummingbird-wing heartbeat against his chest. The hand that traces down Wally's back sends tingles all the way to Wally's toes. Dick's irresistible form presses further against Wally and the Speedster boy leans in to whisper in a sultry voice,}

BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP

Wally awoke with a start. His head shot up from his silk covered pillows quick as a rocket. Gasping for air, Wally whipped around struggling to shut his damn alarm off. He caught the time and yells frantically. He was going to be late. Why was he always late?

Uuurgh, couldn't time have let me finish that dream... As Wally's thoughts trailed longingly back to his dream, he rolled with ninja-like flare out of bed. But, something was off. He looked down. Aw man! He cursed as he realized he was going to be even later than he originally thought.

(Happy Harbor, Rhode Island: Mt. Justice)

Wally – in his Robin civvies and sunglasses, arrived at the cave with Batman via the zeta-tube teleporters. Wally'd hoped to talk to Kid Flash before they got their official meeting underway, but he found the mischievous speedster was too preoccupied causing havoc as he ran around the cave. Plus, Batman seemed to be watching Wally with the stern sort of glare that said very clearly, "Not now."

So Wally decided to wait until after the meeting. He waited (rather impatiently) for Batman and the other mentors to finish their lecture, "Batman needs a team who can work on the sly yaddiyadda blah blah blah Black Canary, Red Tornado. The five of you-"

Wait. Five of us?

"Wait, five of us?" Kid Flash voiced what Robin was thinking.

And, so the second and most significant set back to Robin's plan walked in: a green cutie-pie by the name of M'gann M'orrz (Or Miss Martian). Robin could see the physical toll it took on Kid Flash to not flirt. Is he not flirting because of what I said at Cadmus?

"Nice to meet you." Kid Flash greeted shaking the girl's hand, and for a moment, Wally thought the boy wasn't going flirt until he held on longer than necessary and whispered, "and might I say you look out of this world." Wally felt a little bit of his heart and sanity crack at the comment. Perhaps it'd been too visible on his face because Kid Flash's eyes flashed towards the Boy Wonder, and he immediately let go of the Martian's hand. As if trying to cover up embarrassment, Dick turned towards Superboy, who lingered away from the crowd around the Martian, "Hey! Superboy, come over here and meet Miss M."

The rest of the day was spent getting to know Miss Martian and watching TV on the gigantonormous television in the living room. Mostly, what the team learned about the redheaded, green girl was that she really loved classic old TV shows from just when color was becoming big.

"Oooh, look there's a 'Hello Megan' marathon!" M'gann cheered happily as Aqualad instructed her on the use of the universal control (that, no M'gann, did not control the universe.)

Robin groaned internally. Really, all he wanted to do was talk with Dick. He had no interest sitting with the (admittedly pretty) Martian as she watched some dumb TV show with the most annoying as hell catchphrase to ever grace this planet.

"Hahaha. 'Hello Megan!' I love that catch phrase!" M'gann exclaimed excitedly. Oh God, kill me now. Wally thought, why couldn't we watch the Flaming C or something? At least that's not going to make my ears bleed... I mean this chick's hot, but... lol that Hello Megan girl is so stupid. Hey, Dick's laughing too - I love that creepy little laugh of his.

The hours passed by, and Dick made polite conversation with Miss M and Aqualad. Occasionally, even Superboy would join in, but Wally remained, for the most part, silent. He ate what was offered to him, he gave dry, sarcastic comments, and overall acted pretty moody. He knew it, and whenever he caught himself starting to be especially rude he stopped himself, hoping keeping his mouth shut would at least stop him from saying something nasty. Unfortunately, the silence seemed to only aggravate the situation.

Eventually, the mentors came to pick up their protégés and leave. Naturally, Superboy and M'gann stayed since Mt. Justice was their home now. Wally was tempted to text Batman telling him to delay Barry, but it was too late. The Scarlet Speedster arrived within seconds to pick up his adoptive son, and so Dick left, crushing the Boy Wonder's hopes to talk to him.

"Nice to meet you Miss M. See ya Aqualad, and Supey if you ever need to stay the night, you're welcome with us." The yellow Speedster waved a cheery goodbye. Deep inside, Wally was exuberant that Superboy now had a place to live that wasn't with Dick. Kid Flash brushed his hand against Wally's shoulder as he flashed (pun intended) by, "Bye-bye Birdie." His creepy laugh echoed in the Cave long after he'd zoomed away. Soon after, Aqualad excused himself – heading back to Shyeris. Finally, Batman arrived to take Wally back to Gotham.

"See you, Robin! It was nice to meet you!" M'gann waved cheerily, though Wally could see the insecurity in her brown eyes. The Boy Wonder did his best to force a smile – he knew it wasn't M'gann's fault things didn't go according to plan – and waved goodbye,

"Bye M'gann, it was great to meet you. And, uh... good to see you again Supey." Robin followed Batman through the Zeta Tubes and back to Wayne Manor with crushing defeat and awkwardness weighing in his heart.

"Hey, Batman, you think we could Zeta to Central real quick before heading back to Gotham?" But, Batman didn't even hesitate in his answer.

"No" Bruce stated, not bothering to turn around and look at Wally as the computer teleported them to the coordinates pressed in just moments ago.

(later that night in the Batcave)

Bruce prepped his costume as he prepared to go out for patrol, "You want to come, Wally?" The ginger was shocked – nay amazed! Batman actually asked a question? More than that, Batman asked what he wanted? He hadn't done something like that in... months? over half a year? Wally couldn't even remember... he was pretty sure Bruce hadn't even asked what Wally wanted for his birthday so this was certainly a rare occasion.

"N-no, Bruce. I'm good. I'll just hang out here and do homework..." Wally swung his foot back and forth, scuffing the floor of the cave with his heel. Deep inside him, though, he could feel something other than so not whelming disappointment churning. Leave already, Bruce! Just go! He kept thinking over and over, attempting to will the Caped Crusader out of the cave.

Batman pulled down his cowl so his face became that of Bruce Wayne's, "Wally, I know you're disappointed you didn't get to tell him today, but you don't need to rush it." The protector of Gotham ruffled Wally's red hair almost kindly, "If you really love him, you can wait. Just stay home; play some basketball."

With that, Bruce spun on his heel and hopped into the Batmobile. Before he could turn the ignition, Wally recovered from his shock enough to gasp, "Y-you knew!"

"Of course I knew, Wally, you're my son." Bruce pulled the pointy-eared cowl over his eyes with a chuckle. Batman continued, "Plus, I'm Batman." Emphasizing the finality of the statement, the Batmobile roared to life and ripped out of the cave at a near speedster speed.

As Wally was left alone in the cave, he crossed his arms over his chest and muttered, "Goddamn Batman!"

He stood there for a few moments, as his muttering voice echoed off the impressively clean cave walls – damn, whatever Alfred was getting paid was not enough.

Wally sighed, his heart sinking deeper than before now that he stood alone. Nonetheless, whatever it was that churned within him now rebelled against the repressive loneliness. He let his ginger bangs fall into his eyes and the uncomfortable feeling tinged with regret twist his stomach. I wanted to tell Dick today... I don't want to wait. No I can't wait. I've waited for two years now.

That previous something bubbled over into Wally's thoughts. He hadn't experienced this sort of feeling since running away from his biological parents all those years ago. He wanted to break some rules. He wanted to tear down the boundaries around him and do what he wanted to do. And, what he wanted to do was go see Dick.

With that thought hanging over his mind like a carrot on a stick, Wally pulled on a green hoodie over his red and black shirt and looped his utility belt around his waist. He hopped onto his R-Cycle and roared away. He took the back route to the nearest zeta tube accessible to bikes.

After zooming through Gotham, carefully avoiding Batsy's usual routes, he Zeta'd to Central City – it was just past dusk there - Stupid time zones... Wally muttered in his brain as he raced through the streets. He loved the speed of his bike, but it palled in comparison to Kid Flash. Getting pulled along by Kid Flash, while on some level humiliating (though this lessened since Dick was more humiliated) was also thrilling.

Aside from the thrill, a sense of horror struck Wally. I'm disobeying Batman. Worse, I'm disobeying Bruce. I lied and I snuck out, and I didn't even tell Alfred. Oh my SUPERMAN. I didn't tell Alfred. He continued through the dim Kansas streets, his worrying gradually subsiding as he thought, No, I have to do this - not just have to - I want to! I can't wait around any longer!

Just as Wally turned a corner through a residential area, trying for the life of him to remember where Dick lived, he saw a familiar blur of yellow streak through the distance. A gasp escaped Wally's lips before he could help himself. Ignoring all traffic rules (which he was already violating) Wally revved the R-Cycle's engine and accelerated to chase after the direction of the blur.

Not a moment later, wind blew harshly against Wally's side and a familiar voice called over the sound of wind and engine, "Hey, I don't know if you know this but you're about 80 miles over the speed- ROBIN?"

Surprised as he was, Wally was not stupid enough to stop abruptly and send himself hurtling over his handlebars. He decelerated gradually. Turning into an abandoned parking lot. He parked his motorbike and turned to face the mustard-colored Speedster who'd easily kept pace beside him the entire time.

There was a stunned smile on Dick's face as he gazed at Wally (not Wally yet, Robin) with his big blue eyes. "Dude, I knew you were a night-owl but come on! Also, you're lucky I don't have the authority to give out tickets because boy should you be getting one. So Nightingale, I- wait, why are you here?"

The impatience rising in Robin almost hurt, it was so intense. He hopped off his bike to stand face to face with Kid Flash. "I needed to talk to you." His voice was breathless as he reached for Kid Flash's hand. Even when fighting the Joker he'd never felt this much (this type) of a rush. His body felt feather-light (bird pun not intended) as Kid Flash didn't pull away when he clasped their hands together. Rather, the Speedster stared up at the older sidekick in confusion.

"Lov-Rockin' Robin what're... ahaha... um... I didn't think birds migrated south until the fall..." What was that? Wally wondered as his heart pumped his body full of a golden feeling of elation, Is he embarrassed? Nervous? Wally shook the thought from his brain. Time to focus.

"I have some important to tell you. Batman finally said I could," Robin's smile grew enormous as he reached up for his glasses, much to the raven-haired Speedster's surprise. Though Robin could see the gears turning and the dots connecting in those honest, electric-blue eyes, there still remained an unprecedented amount of shock. It only made Robin smile more.

He removed his glasses, albeit with less grace than he had intended, but the widened eyes on his pretty Speedster's face matched fairly close to his day dreams. He paused for a moment, savoring the look of his boy without the impediment of a lens. "Dick, my real name is Wally Wayne." He confessed, pulling Dick's hand so the Speedster was forced a little closer, "And I'm telling you this because I love you." For a moment, Wally thought his heart was going to explode with delight just from saying those words, but as they escaped his lips, he could feel an ominous fear rising in his belly.

Dick stood aghast in the middle of the dim streetlamp-lit parking lot for a drawn out moment. His mouth sat slightly ajar up his face and his eyes almost popped out of his skull.

"Dick, um, please say something?"

"You're Wallace Wayne."

"Y-yeah..."

More silence ensued and Wally's hands began twitching so fast he thought he was going to start vibrating like how Kid Flash sometimes did when he was really nervous.

"D-Dick, please say something, please..." Dick only looked at the ground awkwardly, shrugging his shoulder and clearly struggling to find the words to communicate what he was thinking, "I-I didn't come here to get rejected! I finally got the courage to go against Batman and to stand up to him, so I could tell you who I am. Don't tell me after two years of incessant flirting that you don't feel the same way. Don't tell me I was just your little Toy Wonder!"

"You weren't! You're not!" Dick's frustrated voice burst from his petite body so forcefully Wally clamped his mouth shut. Now, it was Dick's turn to rant, "You can't do this to me. You don't even get it! Do you know how big a bombshell you just dropped over my head? You're Wallace fricken Wayne! I-I don't even know who half of you is!"

"You know me! I'm the same person-"

"No, you're not! I'm a hero too, I know just as well as you that the two can't visibly intertwine. They can't be allowed to be the same or we risk our and our loved ones' safety! And now you're telling me this coveted information why? Because you felt like it!"

"Didn't you listen to me? It's because I-I love you." Wally was crestfallen. What? Did Dick not believe him or-

"No! Well yes, I listened! And I believe y-" Dick was trying to calm his breath now. He breathed in deeply, desperately: nervously. He tried to give a sheepish smile once he'd calmed down, "you love me... but you didn't ride your R-Cycle all the way from Gotham to a little city in Kansas in the middle of the night to tell me your name because you love me. You were just... just impatient..."

Wally was visibly shaking now. He didn't know what to say because Dick had hit the nail on the head with that observation. "S-so? What's wrong with being impatient? Y-you're impatient all the time: reckless even..."

To make sure Wally'd finished, Dick paused before speaking again, attempting with all his Speedster might to speak evenly, "I just really, really like you," he admitted, then continued his explanation, "but I don't want you to like me on a whim. I want to be absolutely, one hundred percent sure this is real."

Utterly heart-broken and shell-shocked, Wally stared into Dick's eyes. Dick thinks this isn't real? I-I've felt like this for so long though... I was just tired of waiting. Sure, I guess it wasn't all that smart to sneak out to Central in the middle of the night, but still...

Silence passed between the two boys. The air felt palpably awkward; perhaps the Kansas in July warmth brought it out even more. At the same time though, the warm breeze, the stars above their heads, looking into each other's eyes for the first time: it was like a dream. A tranquility settled over them that neither wanted to break until Wally finally decided to say one last thing.

"I didn't drive here, I just Zeta beamed my bike..."

That got Dick to burst out laughing. "Pffft, Of course you did ahahaha!" He gripped his sides, as he gasped for air.

"...So... you really, really like me?" Wally asked hopefully, needing the confirmation, and taking the blue-eye'd boy's laughing as an opportunity to talk about what he wanted.

Meanwhile, Dick noticed the Boy Wonder was still holding his hand. He swallowed nervously. Sure he'd flirted before, but saying the actual words: the epitome of words denoting affection? He'd never said it before. It'd never been real like this before.

"I- I lo- yeah I really, really, really like you, Lovedove." Dick smiled. The streetlight's dim glow covered him in diaphanous light. "I'm just always racing so far ahead of myself... I want to go slow for once."

Wally nodded softly, reveling in the new nickname (no, now its a petname, the kind couples have). Wait... were they a couple or did Dick just gently let him down? "So are we...?"

"We are." Dick nodded, squeezing Wally's hand before finally letting go, "And we are also out past our curfews. So, goodnight Lovedove."

"Good night, Dick." Wally considered suppressing his desire to lean in for a kiss, but decided What the hell and pressed his lips excitedly against Dick's cheek. "Souvenir!" He exclaimed with a proud smile at Dick's shocked face. Not everyday I can get Dick to make that sort of expression. Getting on his R-Cycle, he waved goodbye and rode away, leaving Dick clutching his cheek.

[A/N: For those of you who are thinking, "boo they should've kissed on the lips or Richard what are you doing boy?" or thinking I'm contradicting the characters, all of Richard's side will be explained the next chapter (through talking to Iris, not a rewrite of this chapter, lucky for you guys)

Also, please remember Dick is still 13. He might be kinda horny, but that doesn't mean when he gets a boyfriend/girlfriend he just wants physical affection. He definitely treasures the emotional side too.

Now for a little Wally character analysis. Impatience and racing ahead is part of who Wally is; it's just exacerbated by his hyper-accelerated everything. Wally also can be self-involved (as shown beautifully through 'Coldhearted') which combines with impatience, leading to things like breaking rules, talking out of turn, talking a lot, moodiness when he doesn't get his way, etc.

So various, out of order, things about Wally from this chapter: 1. I'm showing a lot more of his impatience and inability to keep still: mentally, physically, and emotionally. 2. I'm beginning to show the repercussions of him being under Batman's watchful eye 24/7 3. Traces of possessive!Wally can still be found. 4. Souvenir! 5. Trying to make a joke to get around awkwardness. 6. Moodiness 7. Getting around Wally's feelings for M'gann.

Dick, Iris, Superboy, and Wally will definitely be in the next chapter. Possibly Bruce too.]