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Valentine’s Day, A Flying Graysons One-Shot

The following is a sort of one shot that’s just decided to come up to me on this lovely Valentine’s Day which seems appropriate enough. I don’t feel there’s really much a plot present, this is just some family based fluff for funsies sake.

It’s dedicated to my good friends @confusedhummingbird @spider-jaysart @lightdusk96 @camo-wolf @theredheaded-stuff @sbd-laytall @starlightbelle @adalineozie @discowingneckline @celaenaeiln @sillymanwithocs @mothnem and many more.

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With that out of the way, on with the show….

Two pairs of feet, one clad in slippers and the other small one without anything on, very lightly padded on the carpeting of the trailer right outside the main master bedroom. Within said bedroom, was lying the third member of their troop, their little performing, their small family; she was peacefully snoring underneath the blankets draped over her, her two feet, bare with the red nail polished toes pointing upwards, mostly perfectly still, and most peculiarly a cardboard ID tag like one can find in the most morbid of places hanging off her right big toe, poking out of one end while her dark red unbraided hair was uncovered at the other. The two figures outside the room, a father and his 9 year old son, are quite prepared for such a day like this. It’s not every single day when people close to each other, like their small little family, can give each other heart shaped gifts or any other sort with that message that carries within them. The message being of “You are a person that’s always there for my heart and I cherishe you in the unique way we do”.

With Dick Grayson’s hands carefully holding the wooden dinner tray, packed with a plate covered up by the microwave bowl and besides it some utensils, napkins underneath them, and a plastic glass filled to the top with orange juice, he can jump in excitement internally as doing so for reals can risk accidentally spill that carefully prepared breakfast his father John and him have spent the better part of this earlier morning making. John though can see the excitement in his son’s bright blue eyes, the eyes of his mother, which cannot help but make him sport a gentle smile on his face as he tends lightly ruffles his son’s jet black hair, his own, to calm him a bit.

As John carefully peaks inside the bedroom with his sleeping wife, he realizes it’s time to finally carry out this little ritual he had been planning since earlier in the week. The peaceful sight of his beloved Mary ‘dead’ asleep must unfortunately come an end sooner or later. That breakfast isn’t gonna stay warm forever and she can sleep in maybe later afterwards, given it was a day off for everybody at the Circus. As such, with a tiny gesture for Dick to keep quiet until John gives him the all clear, he steps into the bedroom by himself, gently as to not wake Mary up that rudely, at least not with such loud noise.

After making soft footfalls on his slippers to the bed itself, John briefly explores a particular question; how should he wake Mary up? He can try lightly shaking her shoulder, though he can recall the many times he tried, she’d simply roll onto her side and still sleep. Stroking a free hand on her hair is another certain option though not without its own drawback of potentially Mary just further pulling up her blanket to further cover herself and resume her deep sleep. Then there’s the tried and true method of opening the blinds to their bedroom.

No, no. That’ll be rude as John can muse as both Dick and him have went through on some nights. Now that one is off of the table. Which leaves really only one option. An option, John would usually save for more very special occasions including anniversaries and Mary’s birthday. But since given everything that Dick and him had prepared for this very day, might as well go for it, which he does slowly making his way to Mary’s two bare feet poking out of the blankets with that tag around her toe.

As for explaining the mere presence of a tag meant for the recently deceased which can be found in the medical examiner’s offices and mortuaries worldwide being found here in this mere simple trailer bedroom, Mary having her father’s side of her family a majority of cousins, uncles and aunties being a friendly macabre collection of medical examiner, morticians and even the occasional grave digger would do wonders for her own sense of humor. After all, what better proof of someone being ‘Dead Asleep’ than the tags often associated with the most sincerely dead. The fact Mary writes down so many details on her tag from her date of birth, location and ‘cause’ being ‘Tending to a Son Motherly-Induced Exhaustion’ makes John chuckle very lightly underneath his breath. After all, she calls out in her motherly ways Dick and his antics, risks and quirkiness in public yet here she is with a Medical Examiner’s ID tag which came from her modest collection of tags from macabre souvenir shops across the world in a dead sleep. But John ain’t got no time for such playful calling out his beloved’s hypocrisy, he’s got to instead playfully wake her up from her breakfast.

As such, with firm yet gentle grip on the tag in his hand, John very lightly moves it not off her toe but back and forth, making the string on Mary’s toe brush up on the stem and space between it and the index toe. Soon enough, John hears the exact reaction he was hoping for as Mary began to giggle from that light brushing of the string, rather loudly. At least now John has a confirmation for his hypothesis on where Dick got such a sensitivity in his feet from. After slightly going faster and continuing for another five minutes, Mary sits upright, the blanket falling off her beautiful face and laughing up a bit. His work done, John lets the tag go, still attached to the toe while Mary catches her breath.

Once she’s finally relaxed and to her almost immediately surprise, John delivers a loving kiss to her lips, which Mary responds by fully committing to it. The two look into each other’s eyes right after finishing said kiss. Somethings like age and experience changed between them over the years but that one spark, a spark of trust, a spark of respect, a spark of love was present in their eyes and they two cannot help but admire so much, as had the years before.

Finally after a minute, Mary breaks the silence between them “I’ll admit, John, that was probably the best way to wake up to today” she says with an all too bright and gentle smile that can melt the heart of any cold roustabout. John’s heart melted almost instantly with delivering another kiss this time to his wife’s cheek.

“At least that’s something we can agree on”, John agrees with a sort of proudness and joy in his voice. It was then Mary spots a certain brush of black hair hiding behind their bedroom door. The owner of that hair giggles in excitement, his time had come.

With that, Dick lightly kicks the door open, doing a small sideways flip on both sides and finally some backwards walking before finally arriving at the bed next to his parents, tray of food perfectly intact. Such a gesture earns a hearty laugh from John align with a hair ruffle and from Mary a big side hug.

“Hey, gotta bring some flare and style into getting you from breakfast, Mom” Dick says as he puts the tray down on Mary’s laps with an absolute confident and probably to an extent a show off ish tone to him. But at least he has some right in being a show off. Finally though, that tray on her and the microwave anti-splatter bowl covering her meal, Mary takes her chance to lift said bowl off.

Even though it seems way too early for it, Mary cannot help but get slightly watery in her eyes for what was in the plate; a stack of three blueberry hotcakes, covered with maple syrup and blue cake frosting, said frosting spelling out ‘Happy Valentine’s Day! From John and Dick’ then to the sides of them, a clump of appetizing potato hashbrowns and finally a modest serving of Vanilla Greek Yogurt. Clearly, their little early waking up this beautiful morning had proved being what exactly she can enjoy. It’s a surprise sure but a pleasant one.

A sentiment she shares as while careful not to spill her food, Mary reaches over to give her two boys the biggest hug and kisses to them imaginable. A big hug the two in turn give back to her without any words needed. John and Dick look at each other with bright smiles and big wink of their eyes.

Mission accomplished. Now, time to actually eat the food since for the kitchen itself…..let’s just say they both know what Mary would have them being cleaning up for most of their day off.

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

before i lose all feeling soon

by discowingneckline Dick Grayson could feel the episode he was going to have from a mile away after several weeks of immense stress. It's late, he's alone, and he had the sudden realization that he might want to have someone with him right now. Like really bad. Enter: Bruce Wayne, also known as Dick's second dad. Hopefully, this emotionally constipated man who raised him will know what to do...right? Words: 6285, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Teen Titans (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Gen Characters: Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, mentioned Catalina Flores - Character, Mentioned Miriam Delgado - Character, Mentioned Liu (Nightwing Comics), Mentioned Eddie Hwang, Mentioned Pantha Relationships: Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, past Dick Grayson/Catalina Flores, Past Dick Grayson/Miriam Delgado, Past Dick Grayson/Liu (Nightwing Comics), Past Dick Grayson/Koriand'r - Relationship, past Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson - Relationship Additional Tags: Past Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Rape Recovery, Angst, Dick Grayson Has PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Trauma, Abusive Relationships, Victim Blaming, Slut Shaming, Dick Grayson-centric, Flashbacks, Mental Breakdown, Dick Grayson Needs a Hug, Dick Grayson Gets a Hug, Phantom Touches, Dick Grayson has BPD, Borderline Personality Disorder, Self-Harm, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Dissociation, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Dick Grayson Has Issues, explicit only because of the flashbacks via https://ift.tt/jGNpCa8

[discowingneckline]

Summary:

“Dick? You good, man?”

Dick was, in fact, not good. Fuck, this was totally an opening for him to do what he and Dr. Kim talked about him doing: the ever-dreaded boundary setting. He could totally do this.

—

In which Dick Grayson had had enough of his friends playing into his promiscuous reputation, and he stands his ground and sets some boundaries with them.

Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), New Teen Titans, Teen Titans (Comics)

Chapter Count: 3/4 (update coming late July/early August)

Word Count: 26,317

Rating: M

Pairing/Category: Gen

Language: English

Important Tags: Past Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Rape Recovery, Angst, Dick Grayson has PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Trauma, Abusive Relationships, Victim Blaming, Slut Shaming, Non-Consensual Groping, Bittersweet Ending, Dick Grayson Setting Boundaries, Two Shot, Hurt/Comfort

[discowingneckline]

Summary:

"Dick? You good, man?" Dick was, in fact, not good. Fuck, this was totally an opening for him to do what he and Dr. Kim talked about him doing: the ever-dreaded boundary setting. He could totally do this. - - - In which Dick Grayson has had enough of his friends playing into his promiscuous reputation, and he stands his ground and sets some boundaries with them.

Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), New Teen Titans, Teen Titans (Comics)

Chapter Count: 1/2 (update coming this month)

Word Count: 7,866

Rating: M

Pairing/Category: Gen

Language: English

Important Tags: Past Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Rape Recovery, Angst, Dick Grayson has PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Trauma, Abusive Relationships, Victim Blaming, Slut Shaming, Non-Consensual Groping, Bittersweet Ending, Dick Grayson Setting Boundaries, Two Shot, Hurt/Comfort

[discowingneckline]

Summary:

"Dick? You good, man?"

Dick was, in fact, not good. Fuck, this was totally an opening for him to do what he and Dr. Kim talked about him doing: the ever-dreaded boundary setting. He could totally do this.

---

In which Dick Grayson had had enough of his friends playing into his promiscuous reputation, and he stands his ground and sets some boundaries with them.

Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), New Teen Titans, Teen Titans (Comics)

Chapter Count: 2/4 (update coming mid-late June)

Word Count: 18,917

Rating: M

Pairing/Category: Gen

Language: English

Important Tags: Past Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Rape Recovery, Angst, Dick Grayson has PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Trauma, Abusive Relationships, Victim Blaming, Slut Shaming, Non-Consensual Groping, Bittersweet Ending, Dick Grayson Setting Boundaries, Two Shot, Hurt/Comfort

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

before i lose all feeling soon

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/jGNpCa8 by discowingneckline Dick Grayson could feel the episode he was going to have from a mile away after several weeks of immense stress. It's late, he's alone, and he had the sudden realization that he might want to have someone with him right now. Like really bad. Enter: Bruce Wayne, also known as Dick's second dad. Hopefully, this emotionally constipated man who raised him will know what to do...right? Words: 6285, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Teen Titans (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Categories: Gen Characters: Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, mentioned Catalina Flores - Character, Mentioned Miriam Delgado - Character, Mentioned Liu (Nightwing Comics), Mentioned Eddie Hwang, Mentioned Pantha Relationships: Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne, past Dick Grayson/Catalina Flores, Past Dick Grayson/Miriam Delgado, Past Dick Grayson/Liu (Nightwing Comics), Past Dick Grayson/Koriand'r - Relationship, past Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson - Relationship Additional Tags: Past Rape/Non-con, Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con, Rape Recovery, Angst, Dick Grayson Has PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Trauma, Abusive Relationships, Victim Blaming, Slut Shaming, Dick Grayson-centric, Flashbacks, Mental Breakdown, Dick Grayson Needs a Hug, Dick Grayson Gets a Hug, Phantom Touches, Dick Grayson has BPD, Borderline Personality Disorder, Self-Harm, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm, Dissociation, Good Parent Bruce Wayne, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Dick Grayson Has Issues, explicit only because of the flashbacks read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/jGNpCa8