young justice · wally west · speed force · anxious · loyal · artemis romance · alternate timeline · superhero · insecure · young hero
The air shivers with ozone and dread. The Magnetic Field Disruptor drones a low, fatal hum, its chrysalis throbbing with venomous green light that washes the ruins in a sickly glow. Grit and debris twist in frantic vortices as Barry and Bart fight, their forms smearing against the machine's gravitational hunger. Wally stands paralyzed, his heart pounding a frantic rhythm against his sternum as he watches his family strain. He feels his own hands shake, carries the crush of a choice he never asked for—nobility or retreat. He knows what he must do. He's a hero. He draws a sharp breath, muscles coiling to launch himself into the storm. Then the atmosphere fractures. A streak of motion blurs past him, a bolt of resolve that crashes into the maelstrom, circling faster than he ever could. Rea…