Prompt Post - Part Two! [CLOSED TO NEW PROMPTS]
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1.
The first time Dick Grayson met Wally West, he and Batman had followed the Riddler to Keystone City to stop him from stealing…
Diamonds? Money? Did it matter? Not really, because Dick was eleven, the first child protégé in the superhero business, and there was some crazy fast kid running around, weaving through the Riddler’s goons and taking them down with the Flash before anyone could blink.
There wasn’t any time to get acquainted because as soon as the bad guys were tied down, Batman whisked him back to Gotham for business, so Dick didn’t know that it was actually Wally West that he had met until a month later when he got Bruce to agree to letting them meet each other as civilians.
The first thing Wally wanted to do was go ice skating at Martha Wayne Park.
So Dick stood still on the frozen pond as other families skated past, listening to Wally chatter on.
“It’s all about balance,” Wally said, doing a circle around Dick. “And don’t let your feet go inward, you’re just asking to get your ankles broken.”
He held out a hand to Dick, smiling. He’s nervous, despite his bravado, because Dick can see the twitching in his eyebrows, the fear of rejection in is eyes.
So he doesn’t tell Wally that he already knows to skate. He doesn’t tell him that every winter, no matter what city or side of the country they were in, he and his parents would strap on some worn-out leather skates and he and his father would race each other for hours around the ice and his mother would teach him to twirl and skate backwards and do jumps without falling.
He doesn’t tell Wally that three weeks after they died, Bruce rented out and entire ice rink. It was just Dick, Bruce, and Alfred for an entire day, and somewhere at the end of it, Dick finally smiled something that felt broken but good.
He doesn’t tell Wally these things because they aren’t friends yet and it wouldn’t mean anything real. So he takes Wally’s hand and lets Wally pull him around the pond like his parents did, like Bruce does on Sundays when they find the time.
And he figures that if this works out, there will be a day where Dick doesn’t have to not tell him.
2.
Dick is twelve and hyper, but Kaldur wants him to stay still for this.
But it’s hard to stand still when he wants run and sprint along the beach until he’s tired, so he fidgets a little too much and his posture is off so frequently that Kaldur constantly has to fix it.
“Raise your right hand higher for warrior pose,” Kaldur tells him and he adjusts accordingly.
He’s quiet and still for all of five seconds.
“Warrior pose is boring. Tree post!” He shifts to one foot, the other tucked behind his knee, hands clasped together towards the sky.
Kaldur sighs, something he’s been doing frequently as of late. He just wanted Robin to calm down.
“Your foot needs to be placed on the side of your leg.” Kaldur helps him find his place. “Or you can do the advanced form.”
Kaldur steps in front of Dick, mimicking his stance, only with his bent foot resting higher on his thigh.
They stood staring at each other, until the thought of pretending to be trees alone on this deserted beach was too much to bear for Dick and he fell backwards, giggling.
“Corpse pose!”
Kaldur sighs again, but Dick can hear the smile that forms it.
They both fall asleep on the beach, and when Dick whines about the sunburn, Kaldur finds him some medicine and only teases him to the point of pouting.
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