#dkvday23

[itsjustafia]

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[ambeauty]

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[spaceprincessem]

for the dickkory valentines day prompts - love confession

Dick doesn’t expect it to happen here.

He’s always thought for a love this strong — a love this true — there needed to be a moment. Something big and grand and seared into their memory forever. If anything, he thought it’d be in the midst of a battle. They’ve had so many near death experiences it’s become a little hard to parse them out. So many times they’ve held each other, bleeding out and fighting to stay alive, but the closest Dick has ever come to confessing something is; I need you to hang on. Which, he knows is not the same, but feels so much easier to say.

If not when the end is near, then maybe right before they step around the corner, right into danger. Just a quick quip of the words, a reminder that there’s always something worth coming home to. That they can play the hero, but not the martyr. It would be said with a small quirk of a smile, crinkled eyes and a raised eyebrow that promises something more after the fight’s been won. But he doesn’t say it there either. Kory, be careful, which is nearly there, but not quite.

They’ve had date nights and they press each other into the sheets of their bed, but still, nothing has ever felt right. Dick keeps the words tucked right behind his teeth and dipped below his tongue. He’s tried to corral those eight letters, mold them into three words, and breathe them into existence, but for all his bravado they stay right where they are. 

They’re in the kitchen, the warm beams of sunrise pouring through the wide windows. Dick is the last one awake, which is normally not like him, but they had an exhausting night and he’s already contemplating crawling back into bed. 

Kory and Gar are in the kitchen making breakfast while Tim, Connor, and Rachel chatter away in between stolen bites of bacon. Rachel demands Gar add more chocolate chips to the waffles and Tim tries to convince Kory that avocado toast counts as breakfast food. Dick stops for a moment, takes in the sight of his team — his family — happy and here and alive. His quiet moment of observation lasts a few seconds at best before his name is called out by three different people and he’s soon bombarded with questions about what their schedule looks like for today and whether they can go out after training.

“Go set the table,” Kory laughs as she shoos all of them from the island, save for Gar as he finishes off the last of the waffles.

“Morning Dick,” Gar says with a smile patting him on the shoulder as he passes by with the perilously stacked set of waffles on an almost too small plate. 

The rest of them groan like teenagers as they file out into the dinning room, muttering something about adults only and they better not be kissing over our food. Dick ignores the faint flush on his cheeks as he shuffles into the kitchen. Kory hands him a fresh, steaming mug of coffee just the way he likes it.

It warms his fingers and the faint hint of hazelnut from the creamer he swears up and down he doesn’t like (Bruce taught me to drink it black. Well, Bruce doesn’t know the meaning of fun) but sneaks into his cup when no one is looking. 

Thank you is what he means to say, but instead he blurts out, “I love you.”

Kory just smiles, warm and bright like the morning sun. “You saying that to me or the coffee?” She asks in a teasing voice as she steps between his legs, wrapping her arms around his waist.

“You,” he grins, “definitely you.”

“Love you too,” she hums before she leans forward and kisses him.

She tastes like chocolate and hazelnut and like the rest of Dick’s life. And what else can he do besides tell her that he loves over and over again.

tagging the dickkory besties @escapism-through-imagination @ambeauty @blackloislane @lady-stirling @jonskory sorry if i missed anyone!

[pandoraimperatrix]

DickKory Valentine's Day Prompts 2023

Week Two: Break up & Make up | Forbidden Love | Fake Dating

tonight will be our last sex(less) heist

If having to pretend that they didn’t know each other when they had just tied the knot and had to skip the honeymoon for that mission wasn’t bad enough, Kory had decided to torture him.

The building of the HIVE Enterprises was HUGE, there was no way he could get down the 3rd floor where she was playing receptionist and go back in time to the 37th floor between shifts and hack into the computers. The mission was to find out the entire list of mercenaries that the HIVE was hiring behind the covers to execute superheroes and vigilantes unaligned, and therefore unprotected, from the JLA. But the security changed daily and after a month of studying, they found out that one of the guards always left five minutes early once a month to visit his daughter at the hospital, and that was the chance Dick had to get in and out with the intel that could save so many lives.

All very heroic, all very trilling, all very…

Oh God, she was doing it again.

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For the past month they had been on that mission, locked in fake lives that kept them apart but at the same time in the same building, she had been making a very unorthodox use of the camera contact lenses she was using. Kory would turn her camera to look down to her own décolletage, squeezing her tits together or playing with her long necklace, completely aware that he was locked in some room upstairs getting that premium footage and powerless to do anything about it. She would film her hands going down her tights in the middle of the workday, teasing the hem of her tight pencil skirt and once it reached to the elastic of the thong and went between her folds before cutting so fast he almost missed it, but right now, now she was doing worse.

“Hey husband,” her smooth voice whispered, perfect and sexy even with the metallic filter of the earpiece.

Dick rose his eyes from the lines and lines of code to look at the monitor beside him. She was in the bathroom, in front of the mirror, her eyes shining with mischief.

He swallowed hard when she started to undo the front buttons of her silk shirt, one by one.

Dick tapped his microphone on.

“Lover, what are you doing?”

“I think you are old enough to know that,” she said biting her lip, he could see the center gore of her bra, it had a piece of jewellery hanging from it, rubbing against the smooth dark skin of her sternum every time she moved. He knew that bra, he had vivid memory of sucking that charm before kissing and licking the woman wearing it all the way down to her juicy cunt and making her come with his tongue until she lost her voice from screaming his name.

“Kor… We can’t,” he protested weakly.

She pouted and stopped. Dick felt like his heart was about to burst out from his chest. It wasn’t just about sex, although that counted a lot, and since they had been forced to say goodbye until the end of the mission, his body had been on fire, and helping himself before bad wasn’t doing much to quench his Koriand’r thirst.

But it wasn’t just about that. He missed her, missed her laughter, and her smell, missed her presence, and her voice, missed the quiet moments they shared, and talking to her in person whenever he wanted. He missing calling for her in the darkness of their room and hearing her answer. He never had felt that way about anyone, it was like before her his world had always been in dull colours and since her and their kids, everything became vibrant and more worthy of fighting for.

“Kory?”

“You really want me to stop?”

“You know what I really want.”

She smirked and pulled one more button down, he could see her navel now.

God she was so gorgeous, with that smile of hers, and the luxurious hair falling on her shoulders, the while lace barely covering her nipples, hard like precious black pearls.

“Get your work finally done and come get it, then.”

And then she winked and cut the footage.

That witch.

Dick laughed alone in his tiny cubicle, and tried to ignore his uncomfortable tight pants and clear his head a little bit.

It won’t take much longer now, this was their last day of torture, and when he got his wife back on their bed, he would show her that her actions had very serious consequences.

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Does this fall within forbidden love theme? I obviously thought about doing the whole Princess and Alien Commoner thing, but I’m already doing that on WW and for the first time in forever I don’t wanna write a breakup scene lmao.

GIMME COMMENTS, BRAIN HUNGRY, NEEDS YUMMY DOPAMINE  

I think I’ll name all the fics for this challenge with crazy-ex lyrics because it’s just too fun, done one Greg song, now a Josh song, maybe the next one will be inspired by a Nathaniel son, who do you think are more likely to start a conversation with “Unfortunately I wanna have sex with you?” Dick or Kory? LMAO Or even ���Tell me ‘bout your sins

and shock me with their luredness?”, I mean, season one Kory basically said that to get Dicked hahahahahaha

[nightqueens-world]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Titans (TV 2018) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dick Grayson/Koriand'r Characters: Dick Grayson, Koriand'r (DCU), Raven Additional Tags: Meet-Cute, Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés, Siblings, Dick Grayson and Donna Troy are Siblings, Adopted Children Summary:

Dick finally gets the courage to ask his neighbor out on a date in the most unexpected way. Happy Valentines day 😁.

[meetmeunderthestarrynight]

Happy Valentine's Day my DickKorians💜💙

[itsjustafia]

DKVday23 - Week 3: Proposal

Part 1: In Those Moments (They Knew)

Summary: While Kory is away, Dick enlists the help of his fellow Titans to plan his proposal.

Part: 1/2

Word Count: 2.4k

A/N: This took me foreeever to write. I think the cancellation news zapped my creativity. But anyway, this ended up being over 5k words long so it's gonna be a two-parter. Which ended up working because there's a tiny time skip in between. Will post the other half either tomorrow or the day after.

Tags: @escapism-through-imagination @ambeauty @ambelle @meetmeunderthestarrynight @d-grayson58

Dick has been slowly pacing back and forth for the past twenty minutes, waiting for everyone to arrive. His body filled with both anxiety and excitement to finally share the news he’s been keeping to himself these past few weeks.  

It’s been quite hard for him to hold it in for so long. For one thing, he’s a terrible liar. Despite his best efforts, he’s never been able to convince his friends and family of his lies. They see right through him. Always. Kory says it’s because he has a terrible poker face, likely due to wearing a domino mask for so many years of his life. Which he can’t help but agree with. As Nightwing, and previously Robin, he never has to worry about anyone calling his bluff from his expressions because half of his face is covered. And his voice alone is assertive enough for the common criminal to take seriously. Regular old Dick Grayson, on the other hand, just isn’t convincing enough. 

There’s also the fact that he just hates keeping things from people. Especially, Kory. Ever since their minor dispute about visions and destinies almost two years ago, they made a promise to always be honest and upfront with each other no matter how difficult the subject. They’ve both stayed true to that, and it’s only strengthened their relationship and deepened the love they have for one another. And now, even though he’s kept this secret for a very good reason, a small trace of guilt lingers in his chest for keeping her in the dark. 

Dick is taken out of his thoughts when he hears a gang of footsteps approach the training room. Donna, who had officially rejoined the team, leads the group into the room. They all gather around him, a mixture of confusion and suspicion on their faces. Which doesn’t surprise him. He had texted them all about an hour ago, right after Kory left the tower, saying they’d be having an emergency meeting at this time and attendance was absolutely mandatory. So, they all probably think something serious is going to be discussed. And that will happen. It just won’t be what they’re expecting. 

“Thank you all for coming,” Dick says as they all settle into their places. 

“Where’s Kory?” Rachel asks, looking around the large space. 

“She won’t be joining us. But she is the reason I called you all here.” 

“What did you do?” Tim inquires. 

Dick’s brows furrow as he crosses his arms over his chest. “Why do you assume I did something?”  

‘Well...because you’re you.” Donna interjects. A matter-of-fact tone to her voice. 

“What does that—you know what, never mind. I didn’t do anything. Kory and I are fine. She’s not here because I treated her to a spa day today, okay? Now can we all settle down,” Dick says, annoyance already beginning to wash over him. 

“Someone’s defensive,” Conner whispers to Krypto. 

His attempt at discreetness is clearly unsuccessful when Dick shoots them both a dirty look. “As I was saying. I called you all here because of Kory. I need your help with...some arrangements...” 

“Arrangements? What type of arrangements?” Gar asks. 

For a second, Dick wrestles with the decision to be vague or not. If he is vague, they might not want to help him at all. And the younger Titans, being some of the nosiest people he knows, might then make it their mission to find out the details to his plans. Which could indirectly spoil the surprise for Kory. On the other hand, if he does tell them what he’s planning, he’ll get the help he was seeking. But it’ll likely come with some pestering comments like the ones he’s already received not even five minutes into this meeting. And some not-so-great ideas, particularly from the boys. He goes with the latter anyway. 

“...Engagement arrangements. I’m planning to propose to Kory on our anniversary next week,” Dick explains. 

“Well, it’s about time Boy Wonder! I knew this day would come soon enough,” Donna says, a huge grin spreading across her face. 

“You did, did you? I remember telling you way back when we were kids that I had no plans to get married. So how did you know?” 

“Wait! Yes!” Rachel exclaims as she begins to poke Gar’s arm repeatedly. “This means someone owes me money!”  

“Seriously? You guy were betting on whether or not I’d propose?” Dick asks, looking between them in disbelief. 

Gar playfully smacks Rachel’s hand away. “Oh no, we knew you’d eventually do that. We just bet on when you’d do it.” 

“So, everyone just knew this was going to happen?”  

“Yes,” they all answer in unison. 

Dick tries to look and sound somewhat offended by all of this but he can’t. The fact that his entire family knew in their hearts that he and Kory would make it to this point in their relationship fills him with more joy than he thought it would.  

For a long time, he held back his feelings for Kory because he felt he’d mess things up. That his imperfections would get in the way of maintaining a successful, healthy relationship with her. But he was wrong. Being with Kory has been one of the easiest things he’s ever done. It feels as natural as breathing. Others noticing just how good they are together is an added bonus. 

“Okay. Now I’m curious. When did you all supposedly figure out I was going to marry Kory?” Dick inquires. 

“Hmmm does this ring a bell: “She’s not a killer, Donna. Has she killed people? Absolutely. Even tried to kill me, Rachel, and Gar. But Kory is nothing but an innocent, misunderstood woman”,” Donna says in her best Dick Grayson voice, making the younger Titans chuckle. 

“First of all, I do not sound like that. And second, I was not defending her that hard.”  

“Oh, please. You were down bad,” she says and then turn her attention to Tim. “I used that right, right?” 

“Perfect,” he replies, flashing her a toothy smile and two thumbs up. 

“Either way, was that really the moment you knew I’d marry her?” Dick asks, still unconvinced. 

“I guess I didn’t know you’d get married at that exact moment. But let’s just say I could tell you fell really hard and really fast. You didn’t trust a lot of people in the past, especially after you left Gotham for good. But you trusted Kory and you barely knew her. In a short amount of time, she broke down your defensive walls in a way even I wasn’t able to do. And I’ve known you for decades. So, yea, that’s when I knew you two had something special,” Donna explains. 

Dick gives her a warm smile, touched by her sincere words. He then turns his attention to the green-haired boy. “How about you? Since you were part of this whole bet situation, when did you know?” 

“Well, if I had to pick a specific moment...it’d be the time you told everyone what happened to Jericho. It felt like Kory had made up her mind to stand by you before you even revealed the secret. Like it didn’t matter what you were going to say, she’d give you the benefit of the doubt. Then when everyone left, she comforted you. And I guess...” 

The young boy trails off and Dick can see that he’s zoning out, likely distracted by another thought. 

“Gar?” he asks, a bit worried. 

“It’s just that...I lost my parents at a young age and my memories of them are a bit fuzzy now. But what I’ll always remember is the love they had for each other. The longing looks, the joking around and banter. Even when they were mad at each other it never really felt like they were. And, I don’t know, I guess you and Kory just remind me of them,” he answers honestly. 

Every once in a while, Gar surprises him in a way he doesn’t expect. He doesn’t talk about his life before the Titans much. And, honestly, Dick doesn’t remember a time where Gar has ever mentioned his parents at all. But ever since Metropolis, he’s been working on dealing with his trauma. To share his thoughts and feelings rather than keeping them all bottled up. A change that took Dick far too long to make himself. He’s proud of Gar and the progress he’s made not only recently but since they first met.  

“Wow,” Dick says, slightly taken aback. “That’s really sweet, Gar. Thank you...See this is why you’re my favorite.”  

“Hey!” Rachel exclaims, pretending to be offended. Dick simply offers her a grin and shrugged shoulders. 

“Ooh, okay my turn!” Conner interjects, ignoring Dick’s joke. “I knew you and Kory were crazy about each other and would get married when Kory was more upset with me for blowing up Blackfire’s ship than she was with you for going out on your own for, what was it the third time, and getting yourself killed.” 

“Maybe Kory really liked that ship,” Dick offers jokingly. 

“Maybe you should consider becoming a comedian.”  

“Okay, sorry. But I don’t see how that meant she and I’d get married, Conner.” 

“It’s simple. She favors you. And you, her. Which means you’ll always choose each other.” 

Dick can’t bring himself to disagree with Conner’s statement. He does have a tendency to show favor to Kory. When they first met, he always gave her the benefit of the doubt, even though she might not have deserved it at the time. Partially because he was attracted to her and partially because he just somehow knew he could trust her. And ever since then his favoritism has only gotten worse and more obvious, especially now that they’re dating. He’s not even ashamed, despite the younger Titans’ attempts to make him feel bad about it. He loves Kory, and she’ll just always be able to get her way with him. 

“Fair point,” Dick says, knowing he has no rebuttal. Finally, he turns his attention to Rachel, giving her an expectant look. 

“Oh, is it my turn? You saved the best for last,” she declares. 

“What about me?” Tim interjects. 

“I mean, you met Dick and Kory right around the time they started dating.” 

“Yea, that’s true. But I will say, when I was researching the Titans before I met any of you, I did think Nightwing and Starfire were already a couple. Lots of people did, actually. You guys have a whole subreddit dedicated to you. I could show you if you want.” 

“I’ll just take your word for it. But good to know,” Dick assures. “So, Rachel, what moment do you want to share?” 

“First of all, I’m an empath, remember? I knew how you both felt about each other from the very beginning. Although, the constant staring at each other was also a dead giveaway...Anyway, if you’re looking for a specific moment, I guess I’d go with the day we saved Gotham. But the day Kory and I went to bust you out of prison is a close second.” 

“Why the day we saved Gotham?” Donna asks, confusion in her voice. 

It only takes Dick a second to realize that that was the day Rachel saw her. His and Kory's little girl. After absorbing the Lazarus Pit, she saw and felt all that he did while he was in there. The love and adoration he had for his daughter despite not actually knowing her yet. It still surprises him sometimes how quickly he accepted the reality. Of being a father and having a family with Kory. But he knows it’s because it’s what he’s always wanted. His parents were taken from him in the most tragic way and at such a young age. And while having a family of his own will never erase that, it’s still something he’s always dreamed of. He just never thought it would happen until he met Kory.  

Dick and Rachel exchange looks, and he hopes she can sense what he’s trying to say without words. He and Kory had decided a long time ago not to tell anyone else about their visions. One, because it was special and they just wanted to keep it to themselves. And two, they didn’t want to tempt fate. To get ahead of themselves by expecting this little miracle and go around telling everyone about what they saw, only for it not to happen, would be devastating. And it would likely take away from the future they might end up having instead if things did somehow change. All that matters for now is that he and Kory want to be together and start their family in the future. 

“Let’s just say the Lazarus pit can reveal some pretty amazing things,” she says with a small smile, understanding Dick’s non-verbal cue. 

“That doesn’t really answer the question,” Tim says. 

“It’s called being enigmatic, Tim.” 

“Eni-what?” 

“Anyway!” Donna says, cutting them off before a tangent ensues. “Back to these arrangements. How can we help, Dick?” 

“Well, before we get to that, I have to say thank you. To all of you,” Dick says sincerely. 

“We didn’t do anything...” Conner replies, a little confused. 

“Maybe not intentionally. But hearing that you guys basically saw me and Kory fall in love before we even realized it ourselves was nice.”  

When he called this meeting, he didn’t expect it to turn out this way. He did expect the jokes, but the expressions from his family about his relationship really surprised him in the best way possible. Plus, it’s given him some new ideas for his upcoming proposal. 

“It may have been nice for you to hear, but it was agonizing to witness in real time,” Rachel informs. 

“Right? Watching two people clearly in love with each other but totally oblivious to it is kind of stressful,” Gar adds.  

Dick lets out a big sigh as he stuffs his hands in his pockets and shakes his head. These kids sure did know how to ruin a good thing. If he didn’t need their help, he’d definitely disown them all. Donna too, since he can see her trying to stifle a laugh in the corner of his eyes. But for now, he’s stuck with them.

THANKS FOR READING.

STAY TUNED FOR THE PROPOSAL IN PART 2!

[itsjustafia]

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Titans (TV 2018) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dick Grayson/Koriand'r Characters: Dick Grayson, Koriand'r (DCU), Donna Troy, Raven, Garfield Logan, Kon-El | Conner Kent, Tim Drake Additional Tags: DKVday, Marriage Proposal, Established Relationship Summary:

While Kory is away, Dick enlists the help of his fellow Titans to plan his proposal.

Part 2 is here!

Tags: @escapism-through-imagination @ambeauty @ambelle @meetmeunderthestarrynight @d-grayson58 @nightqueens-world

[ambeauty]

MUNSSSS THIS SHIT WAS EXPLOSIVE! THE FIREWORKS! THE BALCONY! THE THOTS! THE SEXXXX OMGGGGGGGG!! You ate this up! Doll Baby stepped in and dropped another banger and I couldn’t be more proud! Like this is the wedding night our people deserved! Like celebrated and consummated!!! I NEEDED IT I NEEDED IT I NEEDED IT!

And then that little hint of an orgy 🌚🌚 You are not slick! And if you’ve inspired me then it is what it is! That’s just what the TBS does.

Fandom: DC Titans

Title: Spark The Fire In My Veins, Let It Burn The Sky

Pairings/Relationships: Dick Grayson/Kory Anders

Summary:

"And what is my gorgeous wife doing out of bed?" Dick asked between kisses. He was naked, so she could feel every delicious inch of him rubbing over her ass, and she instinctively bucked her hips against his, letting him know she wanted more.

"The firework show will be starting soon." She told him as a way of explaining her absence at his side, though her mind was quickly shifting its focus to where Dick's hands started to wander.

Currently, they were tugging at the bedsheet where she had it wrapped around her waist.

Dickkory Valentine's Day Celebration is here! This is my small but meaningful contribution to the DKVDAY23 collection and since it will be my only fic for this challenge, I decided not to hold onto it any longer and instead of waiting till Week 3 where the wedding prompt is scheduled, I'm dropping it now!

All the kudos to my besties @ambeauty and @escapism-through-imagination for working their absolute asses off and coming up with challenge after challenge.

And now, please, enjoy this sexy and nasty lovefest!

Special delivery for the Queens @ambeauty @escapism-through-imagination @meetmeunderthestarrynight @wonderbatwayne

Also did I mention IT'S A ROYAL WEDDING, BABY!

[ambeauty]

Chapter 2: Date Night

I dropped chapter two 12 hours ago but here’s your official tumblr notification:

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[ambeauty]

Summary:

Kory adjusts to life as a titan and being Dick's future wife.

It's still DKVDAY Bitches!!!!

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[pandoraimperatrix]

DickKory Valentine's Day Prompts 2023

Week One: Meet Cute | Date Night | Love Confession

They were about to order when it happened, first it was small, like hiccup, like she was trying with all her might to suppress it, but soon enough it was impossible to disguise that what Kory was having was a hysterical fit of laughter. Dick tried to join her a few nervous chuckles, but as her cackling got louder and louder, with her trying to hide her face behind the letter bound menu. Dick’s frown got deeper and deeper, and his courage crawled away in the deaths of his stomach, his hands began to sweat and for the first time since Slade he wanted to cry of shame like a little kid.

She seemed to notice something was wrong with him and gripped his hand fiercely over the table stopping him from standing up from the table, something Dick himself didn’t notice he was about to do. But as her laughter was still far from being completely subdued, she signed for the waiter and tried to order water. Dick wanted to help her, but he was terrified that if he tried to talk, he would embarrass himself even more, and, in the situation he was, he was sure that taking even an atom of humiliation was somehow against the laws of the physics.

“I’m sorry,” she finally managed to say after a feel sips of water, there were tears falling down her cheeks, and he hated himself for noticing that they shimmered under the moody light of the fancy restaurant he had selected to their first proper date night.

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“It’s okay,” he whispered in a rough voice, “I understand, this was a stupid idea…”

“What?” she asked in a tone that just couldn’t be as innocent as it sounded.

“We can just go.”

The laughter threatened to start again, and now Dick felt a stab of anger, this time, he meant to get out of there as fast as he could, but Kory’s grip on his hand didn’t ease, and she was way stronger than he could even dream of one day becoming.

“Grayson, what are you even talking about?”

“Well…” he sighed with frustration. “Honestly?”

“Please.”

“What I’m supposed to think here Kory? You broke up with me, then ignored me for three months and then-“

She laughed again and this time the table trembled when she held him down.

“Hey, wait, why are you talking about this old stuff?”

“Seriously?” He asked now fully offended. “Why did you even accept to come if going out with me seem so hilariously ridiculous to you?”

“Because it is? Don’t you think so? I mean, we live together, we raise kids together, we’ve saved each other lives and souls in so many ways, not to mention sex, we’ve done that too, although,” and she made a pause there, “I agree it has unfortunately been a while.” She muttered something under her breath about having no privacy on a RV. “It is funny that now, right here in the middle of a never-ending trek from one coast of the country to the other, we’re having our first date.”

His world suddenly stopped spinning so hard.

“Oh…”

She bit her lip, there was still vestiges of laughter on her expression.

“What you think I was laughing for?”

“I… Uh…” suddenly he felt ashamed for an entirely different reason.

“Dick?”

“I thought you didn’t…”

“You thought I didn’t what?,” she finally let go of his hand to dry away her tears with the pads of her fingers.

How to put it? How to make her understand that he had no idea of what she was doing with him? To him? That he never felt that way about anyone before, that he was terrified and feeling like he was floating at the same time every time she smiled at him?

“I…?”

“You?” She seemed a little bit annoyed now.

“I agree.”

She crunched her entire face, puzzled.

“I agree that it is silly that’s the first time we’re going on a date, and I’m sorry… I guess the Asylum wasn’t very romantic.”

She snorted, but did not laugh like before, instead she just waited for him to continue, her hand free to hold his again, now she was making little circles on his palm, the result was somehow very relaxing. Dick haven’t notice before that he was with his feet flexed, only his toes touching the floor. He urged his legs to stop shaking, and planted his heels on the floor.

“So...” He did continue, “you said when we found out who we are we should try again, do you still want to?”

“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t, would I?”

The least bit of unpleasant tension released from Dick’s body and he took a deep breath.

“What know? Grayson,” she asked after he remained in silence for a while. “I’m not exactly an expert of what one should expect on a date.”

“You don’t date on Tamaran, then?”

“Well, I don’t know about commoners, but I as the next in line should pick my husband from a selection.”

“Like the bachelor?” The words left his mouth before he could really think.

She giggled.

“You know what? Exactly like the bachelor, well, not exactly, but-“

“But I’d have a lot of competition, that’s what you mean.”

“No, well, yes, but I think you’d not have a problem acing every test.”

“There are tests?”

“Yep, and the last one is winning me on a fight.”

“Damn… I’d fail so hard.”

“Nah, I’d let you win.”

“Yeah?”

“Yes.”

They exchanged a look that could only be described as sizzling with promise.

“You know what?” She finally said putting her menu down.

“Hm…?”

“I’m not really hungry. You?”

“Same. And a saw a motel down the road when we were at the cab.”

“Oh…” she made with the fakest nonchalance he had ever seen. “You noticed it too.”

“Yep… Looked cheap, though.”

“It was next to a convenience store, I think. I bet we can get some real horrible tequila and some snacks too… You know…” She licked her lips. “If we do get hungry.”

He rose an eyebrow to that.

“Call me an optimist, but I think we might.”

Kory stood up, and flicking her hair back, tired of waiting.

“I don’t think you will ever be a real optimist, but I’ll try my best tonight.”

He followed her standing up too, ignoring the confused waiter and intertwining their fingers on the hand they were still holding.

“Well, there’s a lot you don’t know about me yet.”

“Oh, I think I know enough, that’s why I found this whole date thing so silly, we can play 21 questions after the first hound.”

He pulled her closer and said against her ear, “make it to the second.”

She held his face with her free hand and rubbed his cheekbone, her pupils so dark he could hardly see the green.

“Promises, promises.”

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Chapter 4: I Swear that You've Been Sent to Save Me

Summary: Shit hits the fan

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Chapter 3: Facing All my Fears in the Name of You

Summary:

Road Trip to SF. Kory meets the Titans.

This is supposed to be fake dating. Do with that what you will. 🤣😭

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