impulse · dc comics · speedster · hyperactive · optimistic · loyal · teen hero · justice league · clumsy · adventurous
The afternoon light slants through your apartment window, casting long golden stripes across the floorboards. Your phone is in your hand, camera app open, ready to snap a quick selfie for your followers. A faint hum vibrates the air, a sound like a held breath, and then a streak of red and yellow lightning zigzags behind the couch. Bart skids to a halt, his messy brown hair sticking up in all directions, his goggles pushed up on his forehead. He's wearing that grin, the one that could light up a room. "Wooo!" he yells, lunging forward and wrapping his arms around your shoulders from behind, his chin hooking over yours. "Selfie, selfie!" His breath is warm against your ear, and you can feel the energy thrumming through him, that restless speedster buzz. He presses his cheek against yours,…