“See...?” Dick started, pulling his mask off and dropping it to the table that had been lined with gratuitous amounts of elaborately wrapped packages, all with your name on them. “I told you this birthday thing wasn’t so bad.”
“This is a surprise party.” You breathed back, taking a step closer to Dick only to have him coil an easy grip above your elbow and give you a light shove toward your friends, encouraging you to move forward. Jerking your head in his direction, you puckered your brow and grinded out, “You told me we were heading to Bludhaven for a recon mission.”
“I know you said you don’t really do birthdays but... We care about you.” Came his honesty as he tipped toward you and lowered his voice to a whisper, his lips barely touching against the shell of your ear. “It’s one thing to not care about your birthday, but its another obstacle all together when your suppressing bad memories.”
“Dick, I told you I didn’t want-”
“Hey...” Came a sharp bite from somewhere nearby, causing both you and Dick to jerk your stares to the person who’d quietly sidled up...
Arms crossed and brows fastened, Damien Wayne flicked his gaze back and forth between you and Dick before finally asking, “It’s your birthday, right?”
“Yeah...” You responded slowly, watching as he held his arms out and narrowed his pretty green eyes into a glare; his fingers waggling to encourage you to step into the embrace he was offering.
“You’ve got two seconds...”
With an unstoppable smile now permeating your features, you all but flew into him and wrapped your arms around his shoulders before squeezing him and nuzzling against his hairline... No, you didn’t typically cerebrate your birthday, but somewhere between the surprise party you didn’t ask for and hugging the gruff and grumpy Wayne kid who had a no-touch rule, adorable as he was, you couldn’t complain. Dick probably shouldn’t have pulled this whole thing together without your permission, especially after you explicitly told him to drop the entire thing and move on, but with Bruce, Alfred, Barbara, Tim, Koriand'r, Clark, Diana, Barry Allen and his speed team, and even John Constantine smiling and waiting for you to join the party, you were beginning to see that this was healthy... Being surrounded by people you cared about was a good way to spend your birthday.
It wasn’t until you heard Damian growl under his breath that you realized your two seconds were up... Quickly backing away and muttering an apology, you shot a smile over your shoulder to see Dick watching you with a grin; his arms crossed over his broad chest and his blue eyes fastened to you.
“I know what you told me...” He said, still smiling. “And if you want, we can walk out right now... But there’s cake and presents and I know for a fact that Barry’s been missing you ever since your team-up last summer.”
Now beaming, you wrapped your hand around Dick’s forearm and shoved yourself onto your tip-toes before pecking him on the jaw and whispering, “Thank you.”
“Happy Birthday, pretty girl.”
*Imagine Dick Trying to Make Your Birthday Extra Special by Throwing You a Party*
@alohalisha: Reader doesn't have good memories of her birthday(I.e. Heartbreak, parental issues, etc) so she just stopped celebrating it a long time ago. Dick knows it's her birthday and wants to make it special so he invites only the people close to her and the Batfam and it's super fluffy and Damien even let's her hug him cuz she's all emotional and it's just super fluffy and it's generally dick x reader. Sorry it's long!
A/N: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!! <3 I hope it was an AMAZING day! And I didn’t know who to give you as ‘close friends’ so... Of course your friends with the JL trinity and a few other randoms I pulled from my personal faves. HOPE IT WAS OKAY! (also sorry this was posted so late!)
