And Wally thought he got it before too; when he was here last, before he heard about him dying. He thought he got it. Of course his friends cared about him and he thought his parents would be sad if anything happened to him, but now he's a lot closer to knowing. He got closer when Bart told him about his death with that monotone voice, like there wasn't anything inside of him to react to relaying the news for what couldn't be the first time. He got closer when Bart's arms went around him so tight his ribs creaked, when he caught Robin sneaking into his room after he got back and curling up on the other bed to sleep. Back home, when he and Robin listened to a countdown and looked at a wall of fire rolling toward them and just ran right at it, grabbed hands and ran.
When Shade looked at him with that ages-old, lined and tired face and said quietly, "I'm sorry," when Wally told him he'd never live to see himself in Flash red.
Being closer means he's up until too late, dragging himself out of bed in the morning because he has to or else, and it means choking down words in a conversation when they get too close to the truth. It means keeping a secret from his best friend that he knows he'd want to know, just because Wally can't stand the idea of seeing just how much he matters to Robin by measuring the heartbreak in his eyes when he finds out.
And Jaime didn't get it, because he was surprised that Booster was worried at all.]
People care about you so much they'd die for you. [Wally's being morose and he knows it but it's something he's learning the hard way. He knows his value; at least, he's got a pretty good grasp of it. It's a kick to the gut to think Jaime doesn't know his own.] Booster probably would. I know Bart would, and I'd do it too.
That's not an exaggeration. If someone told Bart that the only way you'd live is if he gave you his lungs, he'd probably cut them out himself. And Bart's lost people left and right, so if there's anybody here used to their friends and family dying, it'd be him.
You don't become less valuable 'cause someone's already had friends die. I dunno what happened to that Booster guy, but if he was freaking out it's because the thought of you being dead was enough to make him panic. You don't get to become something vital to other people and then be surprised when they're scared at the idea of you being gone, all right?
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Date: 2015-06-09 07:12 am (UTC)And Wally thought he got it before too; when he was here last, before he heard about him dying. He thought he got it. Of course his friends cared about him and he thought his parents would be sad if anything happened to him, but now he's a lot closer to knowing. He got closer when Bart told him about his death with that monotone voice, like there wasn't anything inside of him to react to relaying the news for what couldn't be the first time. He got closer when Bart's arms went around him so tight his ribs creaked, when he caught Robin sneaking into his room after he got back and curling up on the other bed to sleep. Back home, when he and Robin listened to a countdown and looked at a wall of fire rolling toward them and just ran right at it, grabbed hands and ran.
When Shade looked at him with that ages-old, lined and tired face and said quietly, "I'm sorry," when Wally told him he'd never live to see himself in Flash red.
Being closer means he's up until too late, dragging himself out of bed in the morning because he has to or else, and it means choking down words in a conversation when they get too close to the truth. It means keeping a secret from his best friend that he knows he'd want to know, just because Wally can't stand the idea of seeing just how much he matters to Robin by measuring the heartbreak in his eyes when he finds out.
And Jaime didn't get it, because he was surprised that Booster was worried at all.]
People care about you so much they'd die for you. [Wally's being morose and he knows it but it's something he's learning the hard way. He knows his value; at least, he's got a pretty good grasp of it. It's a kick to the gut to think Jaime doesn't know his own.] Booster probably would. I know Bart would, and I'd do it too.
That's not an exaggeration. If someone told Bart that the only way you'd live is if he gave you his lungs, he'd probably cut them out himself. And Bart's lost people left and right, so if there's anybody here used to their friends and family dying, it'd be him.
You don't become less valuable 'cause someone's already had friends die. I dunno what happened to that Booster guy, but if he was freaking out it's because the thought of you being dead was enough to make him panic. You don't get to become something vital to other people and then be surprised when they're scared at the idea of you being gone, all right?