coming home [A Young Justice Fanfic]

He's finally come back and it's been a week and things are going fine. Except they're not. Of course Artemis still loves Wally West but he's been distant since they found him passed out on her mothers porch a week ago, having returned from his inevitable death caused by the speed force. He's been staying at Artemis's house, so she knows, how he cries in the middle of the night and takes almost 15 minutes just to get dressed for school. She realizes when he starts frowning after the jokes he makes, seeming to worry if anyone was listening. She's scared. Scared to make the phone call to the team to tell them, everything is going to be okay, their Wally is back. Because maybe dying is hard... but everything that comes after... that sometimes feels worse.

Wally West is back. Everything will be fine again, and maybe he'll stop shutting everyone out now. Dick was terrified when Wally died. He locked himself in his room for a day. But now, Artemis says she's found him. She texted him the night she did, and now, now, Dick will be okay. He knows he will. It won't be awkward or weird when they meet at the cave tomorrow. They'll see each other, and most importantly, he won't have forgotten him. Wally would never, would he? He wouldn't forget the times they shared from the circus mission, to new years. That's what he's afraid of. That Wally will have forgotten...But, no, that won't happen... Artemis says he's been okay. But part of Dick knows, something's wrong, and he needs to see him... soon.

This is a fanfic about what happens a little while after the finale of Young Justice. I'm going to be honest here and say I haven't finished season two yet, but I know a lot of what happens and am currently trying to find time to finish the series. Feel free to correct me on any timeline issues and critique if you want.

!Shameless Self Promotion! This fic was one of the winners of the What Happens Next Fanfiction Contest, hosted by Wattpad!