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,,, 10 with Dick? 🥺👉👈 (Also love u darling!!! Ur doing so well!! I'm proud of you!!)

Give me a number between 1-100 and a character, I'll write a snippet based on a line in my top 100 songs of 2021 with that character

California - CHVRCHES

Close my eyes, close my heart

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Dick wasn't acting as bright and cheerful as he normally did, and it immediately worried Bruce. Normally, on family dinner nights, Dick would be going out of his way to tease his younger siblings and check up on them... catch up on their lives to the point of annoying them. The ease at which he got the rest of the kids to open up and talk about their recent joys and worries never failed to strike jealousy in Bruce's heart on nights like this...

But tonight, something was different.

He was still talking with his siblings; still grinning to the point of crow's feet... but there was a forceful way to it. He asked detailed questions, but danced around any directed back towards himself. His smile looked plastered like a resin mold. Bright, all teeth, his... but lifeless.

Something was wrong, and Bruce had no idea what.

But he also knew better than to bring it up in the middle of dinner.

So, naturally, he waited until after. He knew he'd get a chance to be alone with Dick as the rest of the kids went to the living room to begin fighting over what movie they were watching tonight. Dick always wanted to bug Alfred about helping clean the table, and if Bruce knew anything about Dick's mood tonight, it was that he was going to make sure he does what he always did to not arouse suspicion that something could be wrong with him.

Unluckily for him, he'd failed tonight at that. Bruce wasn't the only one to catch on Dick's mood. Cassandra gave them worried looks as the passed, and Damian looked as if he wanted to stick around too. It took a nod from Bruce to get them both to leave. He didn't know what was wrong with Dick, but he could handle this. Dick may be well into his upper twenties, but Bruce was still his dad.

Alfred left the kitchen as well, saying something about making sure there was room in the fridge for leftovers... and soon it was only Bruce and Dick in the dining room. Dick was tense and already moving towards the table like he hoped that if he got his hands full, he wouldn't have to deal with what Bruce had to say.

Dick caught on that Bruce noticed. Good.

"Dick," he said before he could grab the first plate. Dick's shoulder's rose like a cat raising hackles as he glanced back at Bruce, only to pause at what he saw.

Bruce, standing there, his arms stretched out.

"B, I'm fine-"

Bruce raised an eyebrow, and Dick sighed, wisely knowing that surrender was the best option. With a few slow and reluctant steps that could only come from a child that was trying to convince themselves they didn't need comfort, Dick was close enough for Bruce to wrap his arms around.

Bruce's love language wasn't physical touch... but Dick's was. And he would gladly practice that language over and over again just to feel his eldest relax in his hold like this was the first time he wasn't tense all month.

Knowing Dick, it probably was.

"You know you can always talk to me, if you need to," Bruce whispered, holding tighter with the embrace, cherishing the feeling of Dick's head relaxing against his shoulder.

"Just tired," Dick lied, but Bruce wouldn't push.

He just brought his head down so his lips touched the top of Dick's brow. The embrace only lasted for a little while longer before Dick was pushing away from it. Bruce let him go and didn't mention the redness in Dick's eyes. Bruce was sure that if Dick had his way, the embrace would last forever, but tonight... prolonged hugs seemed to threaten tears.

"C'mon, chum, let's get the table clean and then break whatever argument the kids have gotten into over movie choices tonight."

Dick nodded and rubbed under his eyes, sniffling slightly. "Yeah. Yeah..."

Two nights later, Bruce woke to a notification from his eldest. Two words, and an emoji.

Thank you 💙

And Bruce released a breath that he must have been holding for years, knowing that while he had no idea what was causing his eldest to close up like that, it was solved now, and Bruce fulfilled his part exactly how Dick needed him to.