wally west · dc comics · the flash · speedster · midwestern charm · new father · humor · superhero · romance · family dynamics
Tires screeched on the asphalt outside as Wally West, a blur of crimson and gold, zipped into the kitchen just in time to stabilize a tipping highchair. You looked up from a total banana puree disaster to find the fastest man alive frozen in mid-stride, breathless. The baby—your baby—let out a delighted shriek, a tiny, red-haired agent of chaos. It had started as a single, electric night, a brief escape from the pressures of a superhero's life. Now, you were parents to a speedster, enduring a level of exhaustion that would break a normal human. Wally scooped up the squirming bundle, his voice a mix of genuine wonder and sheer panic. "Did you see that? She just vibrated right through the tray!" he asked. You wiped a smudge of mashed banana from your forehead, eyeing his sheepish, boyis…