Impossible Love (A Young Justice Fanfic)

Memories

"Are you okay?" Artemis asks when they return to the hotel.

"Every few years I go back and travel with Haly's circus, you know just to get back to my roots, but this past trip I started to get flashbacks of that night, to the point where I haven't been able to even climb up to the platform."

"Because you're afraid Zucco may have his people following you," Artemis says.

"Maybe it's time to only have one suit, hang up the leotard," Dick contemplates as they take the elevator to Dick's two story apartment.

"Why?"

"I already lost four family members to a mobster, I can't lose another," Dick says.

"I get that, I can't lose another family member either," Artemis cries.

"Not only did I promise Wally to keep you safe, I promised myself that I wouldn't let anything happen to you," Dick says.

"Why? You knew I could take care of myself," Artemis says.

"I want to show you something," Dick says taking a photo album off a shelf before sitting on a couch.

Artemis walks over and sits next to him.

"You have a lot of pictures," Artemis says.

"Most of them are of the Team, some are of me and Wally but this one is my favorite," Dick says turning to a page with only one picture taking up the whole page.

"Well that's not creepy at all," Artemis says.

"Yeah, looking back at it I can see how it's creepy," Dick laughs.

"But why is it your favorite?"

"Do you really not remember this picture?"

Artemis looks at the picture.

"That's my first day at Gotham Academy," Artemis recognizes the picture and laughs.

"I told you we'd laugh about this picture someday."

"That doesn't answer my question, we have so many pictures together, why is this one your favorite?"

"Because you were the person who didn't make me feel like an outsider among the Team," Dick says.

"Huh?"

"Think about it, the other members had powers or got powers, you and I, we just had our training and our weapons."

"I never thought about it like that, truthfully I felt the same way, I should have known who you were when you said we'd laugh about it later."

"Glasses and masks can hide almost anything."

"I think I knew that you were Robin when you took that picture, I was just shocked."

"Wait, why were you shocked?"

"Because Dick Grayson was very immature, taking a picture with someone you never introduced yourself to and saying "we'd laugh about this later", which in retrospect should have given you away considering we both lived in Gotham."

"Yeah, didn't think that through at the time," Dick says.

"But Robin was a little more serious, more professional, except when it came to Wally."

"Glasses and masks can hide almost anything," Dick repeats with a smile.