It's Christmas. Well, it's almost Christmas, and Dick is happy (very cold, very flustered) volunteering at the local Christmas tree lot and making tree puns (they were pretty Grand) with his 'coworkers'. His first day there, though, he ends up stumbling across a rather curious but undeniably optimistic redhead, and Dick can't help but look forward to the holidays more than before.
HIATUS Dick Grayson was undercover as Robert "Rob" Adams, a sophomore with a 'rebellious' streak. To outsiders, he seemed oddly keen to befriend science nerd Wally West, but to the Gotham Citizen's Organisation of Secret Intelligence, he was just there to get the information Lex Luthor wanted to kill Wally for before Deathstroke did, and make sure the kid didn't die in the process.
Wally West was only supposed to be that freckle-faced nerd who got pummelled in dodgeball – at least, that's what Central High thought. Of course, perhaps having Dick Grayson walk up to him during school might change that. Really, what was that bird thinking? Not that Wally was going to complain.
DIS- It was the late 1700's, and Alfred could not understand why Parliament couldn't at least ask before they shoved a random redcoat to live in his tavern. Where was the justice in that - and how could he make it just? But maybe things would work out – okay, probably not, considering colonists hated those lobster backs and Alfred was a (unsure) patriot, but hey, optimists existed.
Arthur never thought the day would happen, and now that it did, its left him feeling hollow and selfish. But no, he isn't going to make the same mistake. Not with Alfred. And a sticky note just might be the way to solve everything.
Text messages between members of the 'superhero club' aren't always about superhero-ing. Includes mostly conversations between Young Justice, but League members are featured as well. Humorous.
...makes things easier. But it doesn't. It just makes people dead." That was the first thing that Renegade learned from Wally West. (AU in which Dick was taken in by Slade, who works for Lex Luthor, instead of Batman. Wally has no super powers.)
His palms went to his eyes and his face went to the concrete as he knelt, but it was too late. The mask was off. Through his fingers, Robin could see the mask lying at the man's feet at the front of the crowd, and it was with a growing dread and sense of horror that he froze.
Wally knew that the Homecoming theme was circus (which was kind of ridiculous; was he the only one who thought that circus probably wasn't the most appropriate Homecoming theme?), or "Under The Big Top" as it was titled, but he didn't think that they meant it literally.
(Dear Now-United States of America,): However, the difference is - I didn't win. (Sincerely, the United Kingdom of Great Britain).
Whether it was the surprise of the sudden realisation that what he had seen was more than likely real, maybe even after all the building shocks of sadness of that morning, Alfred didn't know. "Arthur." One-shot.