[fic] chocolate box (BruDick)
Thus starts my fanficverse.
533. with a skewered heart in the centre (DCU: Dick/Bruce, 2.7k, M)
Tags: Established relationship, mild sexual content, characters learning about fanfiction
Summary: Following what should have been a nice, romantic Valentine's dinner, Dick ruminates on the public nature of his relationship with Bruce.
Water rushes into the basin, cold enough to hurt Dick's teeth when he takes a sip. He gargles, spits, then gives his choppers another furious scrub as if they had personally offended him.
"Was the food that terrible?" Bruce asks. He's undoing his cufflinks – the monogrammed ones Dick gave him on their last anniversary – and Dick's eyes soften, his brushing growing less severe. Bruce is never more attractive than when he's in a state of undress, his bowtie hanging loose around his neck, the top half of his shirt unbuttoned, his expression unguarded.
"Wasn't the food," Dick says through a mouthful of froth. He rinses his mouth to continue. "It was us."
Written for FleetSparrow via chocolate box round 4. I was psyched to get this request because it got me to write BruDick in an established relationship for the first time!