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The Team and Aquaman were scattered throughout the cave. Aquaman was sitting on the floor by the medical room, waiting for word about his condition. It was not only several cuts from a sword fight but then he was stabbed on his side. He lost a lot of blood, and Orin even had to do a blood transfusion. But he was going to recover and be okay. The rest of the team was worriedly scattered throughout the kitchen and sitting room, trying to calm themselves. Of course, they were worried about Kaldur, but what more could they do. And then it happened. The zeta beam annoced an arrival. 

Recognized: Red Arr-

"Where the fuck is Kaldur!" Roy asked. 

He was in a hoodie, his sunglasses hiding his angry eyes and jeans. 

"Ro-" Wally started to greet but stopped Roy shouting

"Where the hell is Kaldur!" Roy asked. 

"Why the hell are you here yelling-"  Artemis asked. 

"Red, please stop shouting. You are going to wake him," Aquaman said, entering the room. 

"One of you have about 5 seconds to tell me what the fuck happened to Kaldur," Roy ordered.

"There was a fight with Sportsmaster, and his goons had swords, and he got lucky with Kaldur and stabbed him," Robin said. 

"Who told-" 

"Green told me. Stop avoiding the topic. Why the fuck did yall allow him to be left alone in the middle of combat," Roy snarled. 

"It wasn't like it was suppo-" 

"Stop making excuses Kid Mouth. This is the fucking fourth time this shit has happened in the past two months because you are all income-"

"Roy, that's enough!" Black Canary ordered. 

She stood at the entrance to the main hall of the cave, the doctor beside her. 

"Aqualad should be waking up soon. I will come back tomorrow to check-" 

"Move it," Roy said, quickly running to Kaldur's room. 

No one could remember when Roy was this angry about anything, well, minus the day in front of the Hall of Justice. This fear-filled fury was never indeed displayed ever. They were quick to follow behind him, Aquaman leading the charge to make sure nothing would happen. When they opened the door to Kaldur's room, Roy was sitting at Kaldur's side, Kaldur carefully seated up, their forehead pressed together. They blinked several times to make sure that they were seeing what they were truly seeing. Roy was...shaking and like actually shaking. 

"Kaldur, please stop doing this to me," Roy said, his voice soft. 

Kaldur moved his hand to stroke Roy's back, his handshaking from most likely exhausting.

"I am so sorry, my love," Kaldur said. 

Roy leaned his head to kiss Kaldur; M'gann gasped behind them, causing them to turn to the door. 

"Since when-" 

"Shut up; I have every right to beat the living hell out of all of you for the bullshit you have-" 

"Be at ease. I am alright-" 

"Yeah, until the next time one of the kids is in trouble, and you stupidly put your ass on the line again, might I add," Roy moved to grasp Kaldur's hand that was on his shoulder?

"If I can handle stepping in to protect my heam, then I should attempt-" 

"stop trying to come out here and be someone damn martyr. You're human dumbass starfish," Roy said, carefully bumping his forehead against Kaldurs. 

"You are so mean to me," Kaldur teased, returning the affection bump. 

The pair pressed foreheads with a soft chuckle, occasionally giving each other soft kisses, the world around them disappearing. Canary was quick to push everyone out of the room, leaving the love bugs alone for the remainder of their evening. 

FIN