Atomic Time by Dotfic (PG)

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Fandom: JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED
Pairing: gen (hints of Bruce/Wally)
Author on LJ: dotfic
Author Website: FF.net profile
Why this must be read:

Once upon a time, Wally West saved the world. At the end of JLU's Cadmus Arc, Lex Luthor very nearly destroyed life, the universe, and everything, and Wally became one with the Speed Force and kicked Lex's ass righteously. Then he almost died and the others brought him back, and it was all good, the end. Except at the end of the episode, Wally said that he'd never gone that fast before and never could again if he wanted to live. Suddenly the Fastest Man Alive had a speed limit.

In "Atomic Time," Dot takes Wally just post-saving-the-world and explores what it would mean to him to know that his superpower might kill him. Dot strikes the perfect balance between the man we've seen, and the man he probably became afterwards, with Bruce keeping a close watch all the while.


J'onn noticed the problems first because he was a telepath.

Batman noticed because he just noticed things. He knew how to observe the smallest details. He didn't need the test to know something was wrong. It only confirmed instinct and observation.

The fact that he was worried had nothing to do with how closely he had been watching in the first place. He'd returned to the League after just a few days in Gotham because the situation there was well under control, and he felt the move to the temporary HQ might put the League off-balance. Someone had to keep an eye on things.

Or so he told himself.

Atomic Time