I loved Wally in this one, so very much. He was a good friend, and . . . he just made me want to hug him. Which is so very rare. *hugs him.*
And the Raven telling Kory kind of broke my heart.
Actually, all of this fic broke my heart. Just as the other pieces before it did.
"You and SPEEDY!" Wally's face turned red. "Damn...I thought for sure he was straight."
Dick shook his head. "The word's bisexual, Wally. And yeah, me and Speedy."
The next instant Wally was laying a hand on the other man's shoulder. "Sorry...sorry I laid into you, sorry you lost him..."
Dick curled against him, shaking. "See why I can't? He was my partner, Wally... I can't put the suit back on I buried him in, and I can't do this without him at my back..."
*cries, lots.*
Dick pulled him tight, stroking his hair, "We both left him when he needed us most..."
It hurts because it's true.
"He... I just don't... Itrustedhim... I knew I shouldn't but I trusted him..." No, you really never should have. Because whatever trumped up reasons your hormones came up with to justify themselves, he gave you far more reasons not to. Like, gee, all the times he tried to kill your teammates. And I'm glad you're feeling guilt over trusting the man, because you deserve to hurt for that.
"I can't figure out how the man that I met in Vegas, who introduced himself as Jericho's father, could do that, could be so fucking evil as to kill his son's friend, to orphan a little girl, when he seemed to hold family so important!"
Um. I'm pretty sure, when Slade takes out those contracts, his stipulation is never "only the childless ones." He's been killing people's parents and causing orphans for years, Ollie. Also, I respectfully disagree with Ollie would spare even a passing moment thinking about the "change" in Slade's personality after the man killed his son. His reaction in GA 70 to Slade seems more spot on, to me. YMMV, though.
He was wrestling with his problems, trying to regain control...to stop from making a huge mistake with Dick.
*whimper* Boys. A mistake that would have ripped out the heart of the man you both hold so dear if he were still alive. Especially you, Mr. Let's Push Everyone Away.
Ollie pulled away to stand up. Dick slid to his feet with him, heading for the stairs, worried, but willing to just play distraction for now. He'd ask again later.
Oh, boys. Such a bad idea. Such a bad, bad idea.
The pain in all of these pieces has been absolutely tangible. I just want to hold everyone and lock Ollie away from Dick, so they don't both do something stupid and squeeze them and promise them it will be okay - lie, or not.
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And the Raven telling Kory kind of broke my heart.
Actually, all of this fic broke my heart. Just as the other pieces before it did.
"You and SPEEDY!" Wally's face turned red. "Damn...I thought for sure he was straight."
Dick shook his head. "The word's bisexual, Wally. And yeah, me and Speedy."
The next instant Wally was laying a hand on the other man's shoulder. "Sorry...sorry I laid into you, sorry you lost him..."
Dick curled against him, shaking. "See why I can't? He was my partner, Wally... I can't put the suit back on I buried him in, and I can't do this without him at my back..."
*cries, lots.*
Dick pulled him tight, stroking his hair, "We both left him when he needed us most..."
It hurts because it's true.
"He... I just don't... Itrustedhim... I knew I shouldn't but I trusted him..."
No, you really never should have. Because whatever trumped up reasons your hormones came up with to justify themselves, he gave you far more reasons not to. Like, gee, all the times he tried to kill your teammates. And I'm glad you're feeling guilt over trusting the man, because you deserve to hurt for that.
"I can't figure out how the man that I met in Vegas, who introduced himself as Jericho's father, could do that, could be so fucking evil as to kill his son's friend, to orphan a little girl, when he seemed to hold family so important!"
Um. I'm pretty sure, when Slade takes out those contracts, his stipulation is never "only the childless ones." He's been killing people's parents and causing orphans for years, Ollie. Also, I respectfully disagree with Ollie would spare even a passing moment thinking about the "change" in Slade's personality after the man killed his son. His reaction in GA 70 to Slade seems more spot on, to me. YMMV, though.
He was wrestling with his problems, trying to regain control...to stop from making a huge mistake with Dick.
*whimper* Boys. A mistake that would have ripped out the heart of the man you both hold so dear if he were still alive. Especially you, Mr. Let's Push Everyone Away.
Ollie pulled away to stand up. Dick slid to his feet with him, heading for the stairs, worried, but willing to just play distraction for now. He'd ask again later.
Oh, boys. Such a bad idea. Such a bad, bad idea.
The pain in all of these pieces has been absolutely tangible. I just want to hold everyone
and lock Ollie away from Dick, so they don't both do something stupidand squeeze them and promise them it will be okay - lie, or not.So good, as always. There's more, I hope?