THE FINAL GRAYSON

indie selective richard 'dick' grayson mostly comic inspired

[bcywonder]

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🦇  mixed canon dick grayson ; originally stemming from young justice canon, with mixed comic elements; 🦇  open to writing robin-aged dick, primarily with batman / bruce muses or other YJ muses;  🦇  mutuals only !! nothing personal, just to keep the dash clean;  🦇 written by charlotte, 25+ 🦇  exclusives ; barbara gordon 

[paintingflcwcrs]

‘SCANDAL’ ASK MEME.

I took the angstiest, bitterest, most heartbreaking quotes from the show and threw them on here. Enjoy! Also, feel free to change the pronouns to fit the situation.

❛ I’ve gone to being his bitch to yours. ❜ ❛ Mediocrity is not an option for me. I don’t want that and neither should you. ❜ ❛ I got here because I managed to escape you. ❜ ❛ If I only went where I was welcomed, I’d never leave the house. ❜ ❛ Are you still getting married? ❜ ❛ Do you want me to get married? ❜ ❛ He has a weakness. If I exploit it, maybe I can get information out of him/her. ❜ ❛ For a screw up, you’re actually very bright. ❜ ❛ Don’t insult me by lying to my face. ❜ ❛ I’m done. I told you we’re done. We’re over. ❜ ❛ You do not summon me! ❜ ❛ She’s/he’s perfect. But she’s not you. ❜ ❛ Do not tell me what I have to do. You don’t get to do that anymore. ❜ ❛ Screw as many whores as you want. I wouldn’t expect anything less. ❜ ❛ Do you not understand that when the monster gets hungry he will turn around and eat you? ❜ ❛ I’m playing the game and I’m playing it better than anyone. ❜ ❛ You’re one creepy bastard, you know that? ❜ ❛ The truth of the matter is that I’ll never love anyone as much as I love you. You have never chosen me. We’ve done horrible things to one another, but for some reason, I still end up here in front of you… Looking at you. Wanting you. In love with you. ❜ ❛ I don’t want to marry her. I want to be with you. Do you want to be with me? ❜ ❛ I want us to stand in the sun together. ❜ ❛ The only difference is that I’m in love with you. Some people would call that a defect. ❜ ❛ I asked you to save me… and you said no. ❜ ❛ I am better than you. ❜ ❛ When you walk in here, you make me hope. ❜ ❛ We’re not ever going to be over. I am never going to be over you. ❜ ❛ If you want me, earn me! ❜ ❛ Come back to me. Forgive me. I love you. ❜ ❛ I think you believe that I will never choose you. ❜ ❛ Call my bluff. I dare you. ❜ ❛ I may not be able to control my erections around you, but that does not mean I want you. ❜ ❛ It’s you. You’re difficult. ❜ ❛ It’s because you found your precious _____ doesn’t have the secrets of the universe tucked between her magical thighs. That she’s just a person like everyone else and that she’s capable of using you like everyone else. ❜ ❛ You’re not you anymore. You know who you are? You know who you’ve become? You’re your father. ❜ ❛ Go screw yourself. And when you’re done with that, you can go straight to hell and screw yourself there. ❜ ❛ I am not a murderer and I am not a liar, and I am not going anywhere. So the sooner you get over it, the better. ❜ ❛ You ruined me. I’m ruined! ❜ ❛ You own me! You control me! I belong to you! You think I don’t want to be a better man? You don’t think that I want to dedicate myself to my marriage? ❜ ❛ I love you. I’m in love with you. You are the love of my life. My every feeling is controlled by the look on your face. I can’t breathe without you. I can’t sleep without you. I wait for you, I watch for you. I exist for you. If I could escape all of this and run away with you… ❜ ❛ I wasn’t thinking about you. I don’t think about you. ❜ ❛ Marriage can wreak havoc on a person. ❜ ❛ Please stop. Please stop getting my hopes up. ❜ ❛ What? Did you think you’d find me drunk and playing Russian Roulette? ❜ ❛ You are the biggest bitch I know. Don’t tell me you can’t do this. ❜ ❛ There’s no gratitude in parenting. I don’t know why we do it. ❜ ❛ You should never apologize for being you. ❜ ❛ You should know… I hope you know… I did my best for you. I take tremendous pride in who you have become. ❜ ❛ This isn’t you. You are a measly little troll and I don’t like you, and I do not respect you, and I think you’re pathetic. ❜ ❛ The plan is to find him, and when I do, I”m going to look him in the eye and put a bullet in his head. ❜ ❛ How does someone as brilliant, as accomplished as you, not know what you are, who you are? ❜ ❛ You’re not ready. And you never will be. ❜ ❛ We should’ve locked ourselves in a room together and gotten drunk years ago. ❜ ❛ I haven’t had this much fun spending the night with a woman in, hell, ever. ❜ ❛ You’re complimenting me. Is this some new, genius way of putting the screws to me? ❜ ❛ I wish we’d never met. But we did. And I tried… I tried and failed. And tried and failed again to hide… To stop loving him. But I couldn’t. I was weak. I hated myself. I wore this ring to remind myself of my weakness. ❜ ❛ This is amazing. She has actually managed to go from being a slut, to being an every-woman, to being your sister-wife in under 48 hours. I didn’t even know that was possible. ❜ ❛ I’m damaged. She doesn’t like to yell at me. ❜ ❛ You took in a wild monster and you groomed me and petted me and trained me to sit at your feet. But that doesn’t mean I’m a puppy. That just makes me a very loyal monster. So I don’t go too far. I went exactly as far as my leash allows and you hold the leash. You went too far. ❜ ❛ You should’ve never given me someone to love. Monsters eat people. It’s what we do. ❜ ❛ It’s a gesture. It means I’m sorry. People get coffee when they’re sorry. I can get you tea instead. ❜ ❛ Stock your damn fridge. If I’m going to be your fake boyfriend/girlfriend all day, I’m going to come home at the end of it and drink real beer and eat real food. ❜ ❛ You have no idea how my world works. ❜ ❛ Girls like to me kissed first, right? Romance them a little before you drive right into their pants. ❜ ❛ One, I am not a hen. Two, I am not a prize at the state fair. You cannot win me! ❜ ❛ Life is unfortunate. Random. Coincidental. Bad things happen to good people all the time. ❜ ❛ Run away with me. Save me. ❜ ❛ I lie in bed every night and I play our relationship over and over again in my head like a movie. We meet. We fall in love. We can’t stop ourselves. We’re meant to be. I give up everything inside of me and then it stops. The movie just stops. I don’t know how it ends. ❜ ❛ The last thing this needs is another sex scandal. Stay away from her. ❜ ❛ I don’t want us to fight anymore. If you don’t hurt me, I won’t hurt you. ❜ ❛ Oh look, it’s the girl who can’t shut her legs or her mouth. ❜ ❛ You’ve always been the other guy and the whats-his-name. Good, fine, but never great. We both know the reason they call it a race, the reason there is a winner, is because someone wins. And it’s never you. ❜ ❛ Whew. We sleep better when she’s lying between us. ❜ ❛ I am not a toy you can play with when you’re bored or lonely or horny. I am not the girl the guy gets at the end of the movie. I am not a fantasy. If you want me, earn me. Until then, we are done. ❜ ❛ The irony is he/she chose you because he thought you would be loyal. ❜ ❛ Want me to have the chef send you up some fried chicken? ❜ ❛ Let’s face it, baby. This is all about you. And you just want me to play my part as the co-star, the dutiful wife who smiles and acts proud of you. ❜ ❛ I kept my distance from you because I was terrified of what he might be. Turns out he was yours the whole time. But he was always mine, or at least he should’ve been. ❜ ❛ If we’re going to die, can we do it now so I don’t have to listen to the two of you? ❜ ❛ It’s my turn! He suffers. He hurts. He  burns. I’m tired of carrying the cross. Let him pick it up now. ❜ ❛ I want his head in the fire and I want to see him burn. I want to hand him the one piece of news that will destroy him and I want to watch his face when it happens. ❜ ❛ Somebody out there wants me dead. ❜ ❛ Don’t patronize me like I’m some hysterical teenage girl at the beginning of my cycle. ❜ ❛ It hurts until it doesn’t. You think it’s going to break you, but it won’t. You may not sleep as well at night, but you will be fine. Numb, but numb and fine are the same. ❜ ❛ You’re worried about him cheating on me? That’s… oddly sweet. ❜ ❛ I’d say this a new low. ❜ ❛ You don’t have to love me, but we are in this hell together and the flames are burning both of us with equal intensity, baby, so the least you can do is be my friend. ❜ ❛ I just don’t understand why I have to apologize for his affair. ❜ ❛ Give any piece of trailer trash a push-up bra and a microphone and those stupid flyovers will eat it up like fried Twinkies. ❜ ❛ As long as she’s still alive, well, she’s your flaw. Your Achilles heel. Which makes her my weapon. ❜ ❛ So cheers, baby. Drink up. I live to fight another day. ❜ ❛ I’d lose… Our little war, I’d lose. ❜ ❛ That’s impossible. A lady never gets drunk. ❜ ❛ You’re drunk, _____. ❜ ❛ The upsetting thing about being as educated as I am and as intelligent as I am is that being the First Lady is profoundly boring. ❜ ❛ Aren’t you part of ‘they’ now? One-third of some secret, unholy trinity? ❜ ❛ This is me being in love with another woman. ❜ ❛ Does it ever bother you? All the lies, all the pretending? And that’s not an accusation cause I do it too and I do it well. ❜ ❛ She’s perfect, but she is not you. ❜ ❛ You are the one I like to ride, but no one will ever ride you like I do. ❜ ❛ I’m just a twisted sociopath who gets what she wants, no matter who gets bulldozed along the way. ❜ ❛ I can’t do this… Be with you. I can’t be with you. I’m sorry. ❜ ❛ You love me. You love me! ❜ ❛ I can’t be with you. It’s not even that I can’t, I don’t want to. ❜ ❛ You’re not good enough for me. ❜ ❛ You’re weak. You need me too much. Need me to tell you what to do and how to feel and– you were never an option for me. ❜ ❛ You’re an escape, someone to toy with. You’re a yo-yo, a booty call, a side piece. ❜ ❛ Frankly, it’s embarrassing that you still haven’t realized, after all this time, that if we were together – actually together – I would tear right through you. Destroy you. ❜ ❛ You’re scared of what we have… Of having something real. ❜ ❛ You’re wrong. I’m not scared. I may be horrible, because I’m abandoning you, because I always abandon you, but I’m not scared. Not the least bit. ❜ ❛ You’re wrong. And pathetic. ❜ ❛ I could tell you five minutes from now that I want to be with you, that I want to save you… You would crawl back to me, forgive me, every single time. ❜ ❛ He is who I choose. He is who I will always choose. You are just a lesser version of him, a sad reminder of the man I truly deserve. ❜ ❛ I will slit his throat. If he learns that I’m the one who made you break his heart, that too will force me to slit his throat. ❜ ❛ If I were you, I would pick up whatever chips I have left and run. ❜ ❛ I’m sorry, the truth does not work. It does not work for me. ❜ ❛ If you try to tell that disgusting fairytale, I will make such a scene. ❜ ❛ I will open up our closet and I will pull out our dirty laundry with the world. I am that tired. ❜ ❛ What’d you call me? Ornamental? Not functional? I am a rose dying on a vine here. ❜ ❛ You missed out on your happy ending today. ❜ ❛ Her being blown to bits… That’s your dream, isn’t it? ❜ ❛ I am spectacular, but I can’t compete with religious fervor. ❜ ❛ I thought, hey! Let’s get some estrogen in here, see what happens! ❜ ❛ What’s wrong? What’s wrong? What is wrong? This is my life! That is what’s wrong! ❜ ❛ I am tired of doing everything myself! I am alone here! ❜ ❛ Let’s not pretend we’re something we’re not. ❜ ❛ If you knew the sacrifices I have made, the things I have given up, and the pieces of myself that I have given away for you… and you treat me this way? You declare war on me and you shame me and you make me beg for scraps when I have done nothing but fight for you. ❜ ❛ When I was faced with the chance to cheat, I kept my knees together and I said no. ❜ ❛ What does it feel like? To be so hot for someone, to be so turned-on by them that you would put everything you ever worked for at risk? Does it feel good? Is it an amazing high? ❜ ❛ Really? So me sticking my fingers down your throat, that was what, a typical Tuesday night? ❜ ❛ Do you want me to thank you? Thank you for saving me from my sad little suicide attempt? ❜ ❛ Are you insane like him, or just stupid? ❜ ❛ You’re ornamental. Not functional. So don’t come in here and try to use your brain because no one cares! ❜ ❛ You always did know just the right way to hurt me. ❜ ❛ Relax, I’m kidding… For now. ❜ ❛ I’m sick of smiling. I’m sick of acting like we’re happy. ❜ ❛ She’s not my mistress anymore, so buck up. You won. ❜ ❛ We can’t always get what we want, can we? ❜ ❛ I thought you tried to kill me, the night I was shot. ❜ ❛ I would never try to kill you. ❜ ❛ You’re the only one who has always been honest who you were. ❜ ❛ Do you love me? Enough to… to be on my side? No matter what happens. ❜ ❛ I have never left my side. You left mine, but I never left yours. ❜ ❛ And yes, I do love you. No matter what. I have always loved you. No matter what. ❜ ❛ We’re in this together, okay? We have to be in this together because I don’t have anybody else. I don’t. You’re all I have. ❜ ❛ It’s you and me. ❜ ❛ I am not some man acting out of rage and then thinking later. I am a woman. ❜ ❛ We tip toe around, figuring out how to get on your good side… But you don’t have a good side. ❜ ❛ Put another glass of Scotch on top of it and just deal with it. ❜ ❛ Pretending is what’s real. Every married couple alive pretends. ❜ ❛ Buying into the delusion that there’s any way to live together, to get through an entire life together, that’s… Well, that’s the fantasy. That’s pretending. ❜ ❛ You did this! You ruined our relationship! You killed us! You killed us, _____. Don’t you see that? Don’t you see what you did? We never had a chance. ❜ ❛ You think you’re family, but you’re nothing but the help. And you don’t even know it. ❜ ❛ But thank you… for reminding me that when I decide to kill you, I need to do it all by myself. ❜ ❛ So you can cheat and I can’t? Is that it? Well, that is one hell of a double standard. ❜ ❛ Well, guess what. You’re alone! The path that you walk is not my path. The shoes that you stand in are not my shoes. We are not equals, nor will we ever be. You are a-lone! ❜ ❛ You! You ruined our relationship! You shut me down. You locked the door. You killed us. ❜ ❛ I never blamed you. It wasn’t your fault you didn’t want me. “Poor ____. My poor wife’s dried up. She can’t control her body or libido.” But it turns out that was a lie. ❜ ❛ It wasn’t that you didn’t want sex, it was that you didn’t want me because you’re all hot and bothered for ______. ❜ ❛ I have spent all this time feeling guilty, feeling like a monster, feeling like I broke us! But it was you. ❜ ❛ How does this go? What are the rules? ❜ ❛ When you licked my face, when you put your tongue on my cheek, apparently that was just what you needed to get in the mood to rip my molars out, right? ❜ ❛ You put your tongue in my mouth, and now I deserve to live? That’s a thing? That’s how it goes? ❜

[bcywonder]

refocus (dick's goodness is the universal constant)

[mcflymemes]

PROMPTS FOR LOTS AND LOTS OF FLIRTING ♡ *  assorted dialogue, adjust as necessary

what did you think after our first kiss?

what did i do to deserve you?

what are you craving right now?

i can't stop thinking about you.

you can't do that and expect me not to kiss you!

i never believed in true love until i met you.

sometimes i can't get enough of you.

my days get brighter when i think of you.

don't get mad if i fall asleep on you.

will you be mine?

you make my head spin and my knees shake.

i like it when we hold hands.

i want to grow old with you.

how do i look in your shirt?

that was really adorable.

let's skip the small talk and go straight to flirting.

i've been thinking about you all morning.

what did you think of our first date?

i could stare into your eyes forever.

come here. let me hold you for a while.

sorry, i got lost in your eyes. can you say that again?

i love your laugh.

i had a dream about you last night.

i want to spend the rest of my life by your side.

are you in the mood to have some fun?

how much skin is too much skin to show on our date tonight?

can i take you on a date?

do that again. that was really cute.

was it good for you?

you're really hot. just thought you should know.

how can you resist this face?

want to be my little spoon?

nobody understands me like you do.

i'm trying to flirt with you, but clearly it's not working.

you're so cute.

you don't know what you do to me.

i don't know what i'd do without you.

when can i see you again?

my bed smells like you.

i hope you feel the same way.

how about we take this to the bedroom?

you drive me crazy.

are you wearing my shirt? it looks good on you.

let me give you a nice, long massage.

you mean a lot to me.

you're pretty irresistable.

have you been flirting this whole time?

i thought about your smile today.

why don't you come sit with me? there's plenty of room.

it's okay if you fall asleep on me.

stay close to me.

you make everything brighter.

it's you. it's only ever going to be you.

you're cute when you blush.

i don't want to share you with anyone.

i wish i could wake up next to you every morning.

you make it hard to focus.

hey, i'm not the one with the cute smile! you are!

want to try that again?

you are my whole world.

i miss the taste of your kiss.

want to make them jealous?

i was counting down the minutes until i saw you.

you're my favorite type of distraction.

i think i'm addicted to you.

don't worry, i make a great pillow.

you're a great hugger.

you make all my dreams come true.

i can't stop thinking about last night.

i never want to know a world without you.

ever since i met you... i haven't stopped thinking about you.

you're more than enough.

let me get a good look at you.

i love everything about you.

you're a very special person.

you have amazing hands.

i promise you a weekend you'll never forget.

i have something special planned for tonight.

you're cute when you get like that.

oh no. not the puppy dog pout. you know i can't resist that.

i saw this and thought of you, so i had to get it.

[leneemusing]

affectionate prompts

“  i’m happy when you’re around.  ”

“  i like having you here.  ”

“  i’m glad you came.  ”

“  just tell me what you need.  let me give it to you?  ”

“  why are you smiling at me like that?  ”

“  i trust you with parts of myself i’m afraid to show anyone else.  ”

“  you have a good heart.  ”

“  your eyes look so beautiful in this lighting.  ”

“  i’m all yours.  not going anywhere.  ”

“  you have my full attention.  ”  

“  i never want you to stop looking at me the way you are right now.  ”

“  follow me,  i have a surprise for you.  ”

“  you make me feel brave.  ”

“  come walk with me.  let’s get some air.  ”

“  c’mere.  sit down.  tell me what’s going on.  ”

“  i want you around.  if i didn’t,  i wouldn’t be here would i?  ”

“  it’s okay,  you can sit here with me for as long as you’d like.  ”  

“  here,  take my hand.  ”

“  stay still—  i’m trying to hug you.  ”

“  do you like my new dress?  ”

“  do you like my new suit?  ”

“  could you hug me again?  i think i need it.  ”

“  i like hearing your heart beating when i put my head on your chest.  ”  

“  i like watching you work.  ”  

“  just sit there.  i’m going to make you something to eat.  ” 

“  why don’t you tell me what i can do to make your day better?  ”

“  what’s on your mind?  i want to listen.  ”

“  i sure you hope you don’t think you’re walking out that door without giving me a kiss first.  ”

“  i know i need to go but—  one more kiss.  ”

“  here,  take my jacket.  you look like you need it more.  ”

“  keep the jacket,  looks better on you.  ”

“  you just make me feel good when you’re here.  i feel better any time you’re around.  ”

“  i don’t feel whole unless i’m touching you.  ”

[ GRIN ]  for one muse to reach out and playfully push the other’s cheeks up to make their lips curve into smile. 

[ PRESS ]  for one muse to poke either side of the other’s cheeks where smile dimples would be. 

[ BOOP ]  for one muse to playfully tap the other’s nose with their finger. 

[ LIGHT ]  for one muse to kiss the other’s cheek. 

[ WARM ]  for one muse to take off their jacket and drape it around the other who is cold. 

[ COMFORT ] for one muse to place a jacket or blanket around the other’s shoulders because they’re upset. 

[ TEASE ]  for one muse to squish the other’s face between their hands. 

[ SCOLD ]  for one muse to gently pinch the other’s cheek in response to something they said. 

[ REST ] for one muse to rest their head against the other’s shoulder while they talk. 

[ REASSURE ]  for one muse to place their hand on the other’s back as a subtle comforting gesture. 

[ SAFE ]  for one muse to wrap their arm around the other’s shoulders and kiss their temple. 

[ LEAP ] for one muse to run and jump into the other’s arms because they’re excited to see them. 

[ SEEK ] for one muse to track down the other at a crowded function because they noticed they slipped away. 

[ COMPANY ] for muses to sit on a balcony or roof together sharing a drink/food/joint etc. 

[ HELD ]  for one muse to offer their hand out to the other to hold to comfort them.

[ REACH ] for one muse to reach out and take the other’s hand to comfort them.  

[ LACE ]  for one muse to hook their arm around the other’s while they walk. 

[ INTERTWINE ]  for one muse to offer their arm to the other while they walk. 

[ DIRECT ] for one muse to pull the other into that kind of hug where their hand rests against their head and they tuck them under their chin. 

[ SLEEP ]  one muse discovers the other napping and simply joins them. 

[ EQUAL ]  for a taller muse to pick up the other and place them sitting on a counter/table so they can be eye level. 

[ URGE ] for one muse to move their arm to be around the other’s shoulder or over the back of a chair so the one sitting next to them can scoot closer. 

[bruz3r]

He still feels barely alive but barely is a long way from almost dead. His heart still feels like its rattling in his ears and his head still felt heavy. Breathing feels like a curse upon itself but other than the sluggishness, it doesn’t telegraph to the surface. He couldn’t. The fear and panic in Dick’s voice was enough to send him to immediate cardiac arrest. 

It had felt too close like the nights he’d just come ino the manor where BRUCE stood between the precipice of not knowing if he was doing the right thing and worried about how quickly they might take him away from him. He’d been worse. They’d been worse. He can withstand the discomfort for a little longer. 

Arms wrap around him unquestioningly. As tightly as his numb limbs could allow. Somehow convinced he could squeeze  the tremors out of him or subsume it unto himself. But it doesn’t. So he just holds for as long as his son lets him. 

“ Shhh. “ He whispered, exhaling as he stroked his back. “ I know, son. “ He offered, weak but reassuringly. “ We’re okay. “ A softer, whisper, almost just for Dick's ears. " Dad's got you. " He figured he can get away with it for a little bit longer.

[bcywonder]

he feels terribly, impossibly small. he tucks himself in against bruce as close as he possibly can, like he might be able to disappear in bruce's bulk, hide away from every terrible thing he's done, everything he saw. he won't be able to, he knows. they can't, between them, but dick thinks maybe they can pretend for a while. just like he thinks they're both pretending he's not crying.

he lets bruce's words wash over him, those quiet whispers, like he's a little kid waking up from a nightmare again. it helps - how could it not? most days it feels like dick isn't built for anything other than fighting, like he's been crafted so well into a soldier that without it he has nothing left that he can do, nothing left that he can see past the pain of it.

here, in bruce's arms, letting the nightmare wash away, it feels maybe, instead, like he just gets to be himself. he gets to be dick grayson -- not robin and not nightwing and not batman. just...bruce's kid, for a little bit. ❛ i'm okay, ❜ he says it like he's not sure, like he's testing out how it feels. he swallows, takes a breath. then, again, a little stronger. ❛ i'm okay. ❜ that feels more real. ❛ we're okay. ❜

[bruz3r]

He still feels barely alive but barely is a long way from almost dead. His heart still feels like its rattling in his ears and his head still felt heavy. Breathing feels like a curse upon itself but other than the sluggishness, it doesn’t telegraph to the surface. He couldn’t. The fear and panic in Dick’s voice was enough to send him to immediate cardiac arrest. 

It had felt too close like the nights he’d just come ino the manor where BRUCE stood between the precipice of not knowing if he was doing the right thing and worried about how quickly they might take him away from him. He’d been worse. They’d been worse. He can withstand the discomfort for a little longer. 

Arms wrap around him unquestioningly. As tightly as his numb limbs could allow. Somehow convinced he could squeeze  the tremors out of him or subsume it unto himself. But it doesn’t. So he just holds for as long as his son lets him. 

“ Shhh. “ He whispered, exhaling as he stroked his back. “ I know, son. “ He offered, weak but reassuringly. “ We’re okay. “ A softer, whisper, almost just for Dick's ears. " Dad's got you. " He figured he can get away with it for a little bit longer.

[bcywonder]

he feels terribly, impossibly small. he tucks himself in against bruce as close as he possibly can, like he might be able to disappear in bruce's bulk, hide away from every terrible thing he's done, everything he saw. he won't be able to, he knows. they can't, between them, but dick thinks maybe they can pretend for a while. just like he thinks they're both pretending he's not crying.

he lets bruce's words wash over him, those quiet whispers, like he's a little kid waking up from a nightmare again. it helps - how could it not? most days it feels like dick isn't built for anything other than fighting, like he's been crafted so well into a soldier that without it he has nothing left that he can do, nothing left that he can see past the pain of it.

here, in bruce's arms, letting the nightmare wash away, it feels maybe, instead, like he just gets to be himself. he gets to be dick grayson -- not robin and not nightwing and not batman. just...bruce's kid, for a little bit. ❛ i'm okay, ❜ he says it like he's not sure, like he's testing out how it feels. he swallows, takes a breath. then, again, a little stronger. ❛ i'm okay. ❜ that feels more real. ❛ we're okay. ❜

[bruz3r]

The darkness is hardly a comfort. Despite how often the song in his head tells him otherwise. It's almost suffocating when accompanied with deafening silence ; caught between the liminal space of deep sleep and dreaming. He thinks this must be it — the final concoction by Scarecrow's deranged mind that could finally break him.

     [ ₁ ] Or worse.      [ ₂ ] Kill him.

And he thinks there are footsteps, or at least he's moving. Something was set aflame, he feels a drench in his back, and a burning ache take over. And next thing he knows, he's running. And —

Light pierces in and he gasps.

Alfred over him. Serum just administered. His own vitals screaming at him to calm down but his body still felt like it was on high alert. Anticipating Alfred to rear a second head. Something until it's just silence. And it's two of the weariest men staring back at each other in the almost silence of the cave.

Only when he's managed to calm down does he hear Dick's own steady heart beat. It picks up here and there. The antidote still flushing out the bad from the good. He clutches his temple and closed his eyes. Exhaustion draining him into absolute quiet. This darkness too close to the nightmare but he makes himself stay. Still as a statue as if that would feel better. And who knows how long he stayed like that, drowning in the sensation ; or the lack of it until he heard Dick's voice again.

Breath finally escape him. His soul has come back to roost. Relief brings a little bit color back to his pallor and he forces himself to move from his surgical table to Dick's eye line.

" Right here, Nightwing. " He coughed ; still feeling like his lungs hurt from running to nowhere. " You're safe now. "

[bcywonder]

fuck. fuck. suddenly bruce is there, close and too far away, and dick can hear alfred sigh but mostly ignores it in favour of trying to get over there. it's clumsy and uncoordinated, and dick's legs give out halfway but alfred - disapproving or not - helps him bridge the gap. the bed is nowhere near big enough for both of them, but dick tucks himself into bruce's side like he's eight-years-old again and curls up so tight it makes his ribs hurt.

he thinks maybe he hurt bruce - or maybe he tried to. they both know that it's fear serum, that what a person does under it doesn't speak for their psyche, their feelings. not totally, anyway. not the way the guilt suggests it should. but that doesn't stop dick from trembling against bruce's bulk, tears leaking unbidden from his eyes because he always feels soft and uncontrolled when he's coming down from fear serum.

❛ sorry, ❜ it comes out wet and heavy, thick with emotion. dick closes his eyes and there's dead robins on the ground, and he presses into bruce's chest with a sob. ❛ i didn't mean to - ❜

[lightningstrikes-art]

[bcywonder]

starter / plotting call !!

[bcywonder]

starter / plotting call !!

[remcadll]

🚗💨

[fatehunted]

Artemis quirks a brow. ❝ Aren't they going to be too bulky? Your gloves are already padded, ❞ she says. ❝ But then again, what do I know? You guys practically carry the kitchen sinks on you. ❞ A teasing tone. ❝ Or should be able to. ❞ She's genuinely interested to see how he'd perfect the design.

She does as she says nonetheless and seats herself down in the desk adjacent to him. ❝ We're never going to leave, are we? ❞ She spins in the seat.

She pauses on her next way around, leaning back against the back of her seat. ❝ Just be careful there, that one's not complete, ❞ she says, gesturing to one of the circuits.

[bcywonder]

❛ hence the tiny wires, ❜ it comes out a little muffled, dick still halfway attempting to keep his tongue between his teeth while he's talking. it's a concentration thing, and right now it is really not working. he sighs, putting the glove down, and shakes his head. ❛ y'know what, i can finish this later. your vibes are throwing me off. ❜

it's still a little teasing, but artemis does seem impatient, and dick's not about to make that worse. he knows what she's like. ❛ come on then, sassy. let's hit the road before you decide to rewire me. ❜

[leagueraised]

it will never not frustrate damian that no matter what he does, he cannot seem to fool richard. no one seems to be able to see through him quite like his oldest brother, and it is almost infuriating. he scowls as richard goes on, though he cannot deny that it sounds like a nice time. " i will relent, richard, but only if you choose a western where the horse isn't injured. " he may or may not have become misty eyed the last time they watched a western together.

[bcywonder]

dick doesn't celebrate, because he knows that'll set damian off. instead, he rolls to his feet and holds out a hand. ❛ that's the spirit, kid. and you know i didn't mean to do that, last time. i forgot. ❜ mostly because dick is really kind of bad at paying attention to movies. ❛ hey, how about butch cassidy? you'll like that one, ❜ he offers damian a hand up, tilts his head. ❛ 'kay smelly, hit the showers. i'll go bribe alfred to make us garlic bread. comfy lounge in thirty, yeah? ❜

[fatehunted]

incoming transmission ... :: from @bcywonder / dick grayson. "I'm not messing around, I'm doing important stuff." meme || accepting.

❝ 'Cause that sound reassuring, ❞ Artemis drawls in reply. The roll of her eyes is dramatic as she speaks, but she nonetheless pushes herself off the wall she had been leaning on to loom over his shoulder.

She shoves at his shoulder so that she can see what he's doing. ❝ Do you have to do that now? We really have to— What the hell is that? ❞

The switch from annoyed to shock is immediate. Really, she should know not to be surprised by anything Dick Grayson of all people brings to her attention. In fact, most of the time, it was better to have him lay out of all of the facts and then react to whatever situation later.

She balks. ❝ Do I want to know? ❞

[bcywonder]

❛ always with the doubting, ❜ dick's tone is teasing, but his gaze doesn't waver from the gloves in front of him. the wiring has to be small because of the flexibility aspect, and he's already poked himself more than once -- he's not planning on doing it again. ❛ they're gauntlets. i'm trying something out. ❜

the thing about the nightwing suit is that it doesn't have a lot of pockets. there are days when dick mourns his little robin belt -- that thing had space for every stupid gadget he ever convinced bruce to let him make. and snacks. but it didn't exactly scream practicality, especially now that dick's older, and needs more flexibility in his night-to-night job.

hence...getting creative. ❛ maybe. maybe not. but if you don't want to get electrocuted i'd keep your distance. ❜

[bcywonder]

the way dick has a favourite member of the justice league, is vocal about it, and it absolutely is not bruce

[ahkmenrxh-blog]

NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM STARTERS

[whatareyouseven]

“End of the line, cool breeze.”

“All right! Let’s do this, people! And… animals! And… weird faceless puppet creatures!”

“Oh. That’s problematic.”

“Why are you slapping a monkey?”

“Some men are born great, others have greatness thrust upon them.”

“This is not worth $11.50 an hour!”

“I’m gonna shoot you in your dang eye. In your dadgum eye.”

“A little birdie told me somebody likes… magic.”

“Don’t let anything in or out.”

“We may be small but our hearts are large… metaphorically speaking.”

“I ain’t quittin’ you!”

“He looks like a weirdie.”

“Are you crackin’ wise?”

“Moving on.”

“I told you, I don’t like to be manhandled!”

“Now stop whining and take it like a man!”

“Don’t be a kiss-ass.”

“You don’t seem very bad. You just seem sort of vaguely grouchy to me.”

“I just feel as if I’ve been asleep for along time and now suddenly I’m awake.”

“This is a no-touching zone!”

“It was shorter in Egyptian.”

“Is that you breathing? Because I can’t hear myself think.”

“He is not a friendly. I repeat, NOT a friendly!”

“Whoever you are, Archie Bunker, you had one comfortable throne.”

“Don’t cross this line with your hand!”

“If you speak again, I’m going to kill you.”

“You haven’t been able to take your cheaters off my chassis since we met.”

“Did they run out of jokes at the interesting-joke store that you shop at?”

“My hair is considered currency in certain parts of Europe.”

“That mustachioed horseman ain’t always gonna be there to protect you! You hear me?!”

“Bully! Gotcha, boy.”

“It’s just for decoration.”

“Don’t talk down to me!”

“For the love of Gideon, stop wallowing in self-pity.”

“Yeah, it’s cool. It’s freakin’ awesome!”

“You wanna dance, hot dog?”

“You ain’t gettin’ rid of us that easy.”

“Who’s evolved?”

“The Guardian of Brooklyn has returned!”

“I HAVE COME BACK TO LIFE!”

“We’re Americans! We don’t plan, we do!”

“I’m a person just like you.”

“But won’t yelling "Attack!” alert the enemy that we are about to attack?“

"Any questions not about the dress?”

“Why do you look at me when you say "short”?“

"Oh, you naive American man-boy.”

“Steady, my friend. Just stay alive! I will find you!”

“I’m sorry, I can’t take you seriously. You’re just adorable.”