Ever since finding out they’re going to have a conversation about Mar’i, I’ve been hyper fixating on what it would look like. Here’s my version of how I think it could go:
“Listen, I need to talk to you about something” she pulls him to the side, so only he can hear her.
He doesn’t say anything, but he’s looking at her intently, ready to hear what she has to say.
“Zadira showed me a version of the future, a future that we might lose if we don’t stop Sebastian.” Kory is hesitant to continue, knowing she is going to have to reveal a vulnerability she’s not entirely comfortable doing with Dick, since they haven’t been intimately involved in a while.
Dick senses her hesitation. “What is it Kory?”
Kory looks intensely into his eyes. “It… it was us. With our family. Rachel, Gar… Tim, Connor… and a little girl. I don’t know her name, but she called you… she called you daddy. She was holding a -“
“A red balloon.” Dick finished her sentence. Dick’s expression was a mix of confusion, relief, and longing. On one hand, he couldn’t believe she had seen her too. He couldn’t believe they both saw the same future together, the same little girl. But on the other hand, he thought it must be a coincidence, nothing set in stone. Just a version of the future they maybe want in their subconscious because of their history and dependence on each other as team leaders.
Kory on the other hand was so shocked she couldn’t speak for a few moments. He saw her too? Could it have been their actual child they created, and not just a trick by Zadira?
“Wait,” Kory stammered. “You saw her too?”
Dick waited a moment before responding, careful with his words. “When I was in the pit, she showed up. Holding a red balloon.”
He was so to the point, Kory was starting to get annoyed. “And what, you didn’t want to say anything? A little Tamaranian girl comes to you calling you Daddy and you didn’t think to mention it?”
Dick continues to give Kory his intense, stubborn Grayson stare, unwavering.
“Unless there’s another Tamarian women you’ve had relations with?” Kory half jokes.
“Just you.” He says matter of fact-ly.
Kory looked away for the first time since their conversation started, but quickly looks back into his eyes when he starts to speak again.
“Look, Kory. I didn’t mention it because we were kind of in the middle of something. Saving Gotham. I didn’t think it was really the time to bring it up.”
“And what about after? Maybe those several hours in that godforsaken RV?”
Dick sighs, not really sure how to justify it any further. He should’ve mentioned it, he knows he should. But not only did he think it wasn’t real, but he also didn’t want it to pressure Kory into a relationship they haven’t had the chance to resurrect on their own time. He wanted them to have a chance to try again, when everything settles down.
Kory doesn’t wait for an answer. Instead she asks, “Is that something that you want?”
Dick is thrown by the question. He lowers his head and asks “What?” even though he heard her, loud and clear.
“Is that something that you would want?” Kory repeats. “That future. The future that we both saw?”
They continue to look into each other’s eyes, recounting those few days when they were together. It feels so long ago. So much has happened since then. But they’ve remained partners. They’ve remained dependent on each other. They remember that conversation they had in bed that last morning. Dick didn’t think they would ever reach a point where he would find who he was and be comfortable enough to share himself with another person, much less a woman he thought so highly of. Is this what he wanted? He knew the answer, but if he admitted it, and it got taken away, he didn’t know if he could recover.
Before he could answer, Gar comes into his visual field, “Guys, we need you, right now.” As quickly as he was there, he was walking away, expecting the two leaders to follow and take care of whatever new emergency was facing them.
Dick turns back to Kory. “We can talk about this later.”
Kory sighs, looking down, knowing they won’t talk about it later. She reluctantly nods, and follows Dick over to the rest of the group.
I hope it’s more involved than that! But knowing our Grayson, I really don’t see him diving deep into anything. Just being really dismissive. What do y’all think? Can’t wait until tomorrow!
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