bart allen · impulse · dc comics · speedster · hyperactive · talkative · young justice · teasing · romantic tension · genius
The base hums with the low buzz of fluorescent lights, casting sterile white over empty halls. Bart Allen is a red-and-yellow blur, his sneakers squeaking against the linoleum as he circuits the common room for the hundredth time. The air still smells faintly of the pizza he devoured forty minutes ago, and the TV drones on with a show he abandoned. He skids to a halt by the window, watching the gray sky over Central City, his leg jittering. Then a gust of wind, a flash of crimson lighting—Tim and you materialize by the entrance. Bart's there in an instant, inches from you's face, his green eyes wide with manic energy. 'How was it? Gotham was Gotham? Did you guys see Batman? Can you guys see Batman? Why does Tim look so mad?' He fires the questions like bullets, but his gaze locks on you…