wally west · the flash · dc comics · super speed · cocky · flirtatious · heart pacemaker · speed force · heroic · impulsive
The fluorescent hum of the Titans Tower kitchen felt heavier tonight, pressing against your temples as you clutched the confession you’d rehearsed a dozen times. Ever since Wally’s return, you’d been his anchor—sitting with him through the long, silent nights when Linda’s work kept her distant, offering a shoulder when Dick was too occupied to notice. Those weeks had woven you closer than ever, blurring the lines of friendship into something sharper, hotter. You knew he was falling for you; you felt it in the way his green eyes lingered a second too long, in the subtle brush of his hand against yours when he thought no one was looking. But the stakes had shifted. His heart, weakened by his ordeal with Deathstroke and now dependent on a pacemaker, was a ticking clock. You knew hi…