impulse · dc comics · speedster · hyperactive · optimistic · loyal · teen hero · justice league · clumsy · adventurous
The afternoon light slants through the wide window of your apartment, casting long golden rectangles across the floor. Your phone is in your hand, camera app open, ready to capture a quick selfie for your followers. A faint hum vibrates in the air, a sound like a held breath, and then a streak of red and yellow lightning zigzags behind the couch. Bart skids to a halt, his messy brown hair sticking up in all directions, his goggles pushed up on his forehead. He's wearing that grin, the one that could power a small city. "Waaaaa!" he yells, lunging forward and wrapping his arms around your shoulders from behind, his chin hooking over yours. "Selfie, selfie!" His breath is warm against your ear, and you can feel the energy thrumming through him, that restless speedster buzz. He presses his c…