The song is "27" by Fall Out Boy.

I Want it So Bad I'd Shoot the Sunshine into my Veins

He was never the happiest on the team. Megan and Wally had him beat by a long shot. Of course, like everyone, he'd have his moments, but now definitely wasn't one of them.

He sat on the edge of his bed, resting his elbows on his knees. His hands were entwined with his own hair, tugging furiously, hot tears leaking swiftly from the closed blue beauties that hid behind his eyelids. Violent sobs racked his muscled frame, but he forced them to be soundless as to not alert his mentor. This was his battle and he didn't want anyone else to come into the crossfire. He longed to remember how to smile. He wanted to giggle again. He wanted to feel happy again, but that didn't seem possible.

His eyes opened into a weak squint. Through his heavily blurred vision, he could see the sun shining brightly, the warm and colorful streaks shining through his window. It looked so happy, so alive. If he could, he'd bottle the sun's rays up and use them as a drug, injecting them into his veins so he could feel warm again. He wanted to shine just as bright as the sun again. He wanted the blue and red of his veins to glow a bright yellow color and to reflect off of his clothes, making him just as colorful as his new drug.

He knew that'd never happen though. He'd never shine again. Never again would a happy glow radiate from him. Never again would he be a colorful little "ball of sunshine" as some used to refer to him as. Now, he was a dark and heavy storm cloud, the mess of thoughts and emotions in his head causing the rain to pour down furiously, drenching anyone who got close. Lightning flashed about, but without the thunder to aid it, it was a silent force and everyone was oblivious to the destruction that was occurring.

The storm was growing so fast in size that even if the Boy Wonder actually had a bottle of the sun's rays to inject himself with, the faint glow would be nothing more than an addition to the light show. So like most storms, nature would just have to run its course until the sun finally got enough power to shine a light through the storm and cut away at the rain and lightning. That kind of power takes a long time to generate though, so it seemed that Dick would just have to wait it out until it was safe to go out and play again.

Dang, I confuse myself. I hope that made sense to someone.

-F.J.