#v.ask

Dick Suave. Shameless. Thoughtful. You don't really pay that much attention to Dick's presence in the manor. There's no point of perking up like a bored puppy when you see that flash of striking blue and inky black, stretched across the strong chest that was the unfortunate source of your earliest 'tinglings'. Entraced in your upside down doomscrolling session on the sofa, you don't even notice the frown that tugs the corners of his lips when you fail to greet him with your usual enthusiasm. Or at all, really. He clears his throat once, and then twice- which finally gets you to drop your phone and right yourself. "Hi." "Hey," he grins, setting a duffel bag at your feet. "Sooo, you're gonna wanna get dressed. And...I kinda can't tell you why." You don't know what you're expecting- but it isn't the Rouge Astronomers Gown and a matching domino mask. "Dick-" "Please, little wing?" You have literally no idea why you're wearing noise dampening earplugs, or how no one saw two distinctly dressed figures grappling into the rafters of Gotham Square Garden- but you do know what it's like to see Juno performed live, soaking up the vibrations of Nightwing's own humming as you lean into his chest. "Will you?" "Huh?" The whites of your mask convey confusion, and then understanding. "Oh." You snort, glancing back down to the dancing Sabrina Carpenter. "What? Let you make me Juno?" "No," he laughs, and you can feel his arm tuck you closer into him as the other fishes for a heart shaped card. "My puns aren't that bad." BB Mine? "You sure about that, Nightwing?" Jason Jason in my head has the capacity to be an old school romantic (even more of a romantic than Dick) but he doesn't have the confidence to do something as overt as he'd like. Jason's desire to look cool and his history of comparing his game to Dick's makes for a storm of overcompensating via nonchalance. But it's super obvious because the romance still comes through in the end. So he'd: - ask BB if she was free 'on Friday' (Valentines Day) - if she wanted to go to 'this bookstore opening' (it's a romance only bookstore such like Lovestruck in Boston). - if she's hungry, they can 'grab something to eat' (it's a picnic. He made the ice tea pink) You'd lay together tucked away in a corner of Robinson Park, full on little treats and pastries and ice tea. You'd share his earbuds, the short wires forcing you into close proximity as you listen to an audiobook together. "Jay?" "Mm." "Is this a date?" "...Do you want it to be a date?" "Jace." "Princess." "Be my Valentine?" You ask, prodding a finger right over his heart. "Is that all I'm worth to you, BB? No card? No Hoizer? No heart shaped- ow!" He groans dramatically as you shove him, and the playfighting that ensues ends with him allowing you to pin him. "Well, if you're gonna beat it out of me," he sighs. "Yeah, sure. I'll be your Valentine." Tim "Whose the lucky guy?" Silas asks as he pushes off the gates marking the entrance to the academy. Students huddle together, whispering behind their hands and doing full 180s to glimpse you in the courtyard. Arm thrown around your shoulders, Silas guides you to your locker. It's stickerbombed with motifs of glitterfied conversation hearts toting classic phrases like 'Luv U', 'XOXO' and 'UR Cute'. There's no note on your locker. You side-eye Silas, who raises his hands in full surrender.

"Learned my lesson last time." He announces, but not to you. He's glancing at Damien, who leans against his own locker looking more displeased than with his usual resting Bat face. The final straw is when you open your locker, shutting your eyes out of reflex as an air cannon full of rose petals and glitter kindly decorates you and a few curious peers. You don't even have to look at your phone to know whose calling.

That being said: I imagine that Dick and Damian would actively try to keep their kids seperated from vigilante life, though I think only Damian will be truly successful. Last year some anons asked me to brainstorm what Dick's kid with BB would be like, and I can see that much like one of Dick's canon kids (Eliana?? Elaina?? i think? She's from the rebirth Batman Beyond run), all that coddling just makes them yearn for vigilante life. I feel like Jason's daughter could go either way. I think Tim's kid would be an Oracle 2.0. If Jon has a kid and they develop powers, they would feel pressured into it (not by their parents but just not being able to sit by a do nothing).

I Love Dick Grayson, but I Offer You My Slanderous Words: As for Dick- he absolutely IS grooming BB. I know it's a nasty word but the unfortunate truth is that what he is doing is the textbook definition of grooming. He may not have what we would consider nefarious intent, we may know he's a great guy; but Dick has had a major influence on her life since she was six years old, even if they didn't really hang out when she was like 13-18.

When her kids are teenagers, she'd fight the urge to helicopter mom a little. She'd want to ensure they know that they could come to her with the same questions she had. Especially with daughters. When her children are in college, she makes time to take them to dinner or brunch every other week. And she stays blowing up their phone haha. When they're post grad, she's taking them on overseas trips to engage in their interests. Museums if they're an art/history kid, music festivals, exclusive workshops/etc. All this to say, she is very affected by growing up without a mom and it shows haha. As for the ages; she and Dick would start pretty young. Like 22-23. Contrary to popular belief, Dick is actually really on top of contraception- so it would be purposeful. Ever the unethical but passionate choice haha

Honestly prob early with Jason too, but it would be entirely a happy accident. I genuinely don't see her having kids with Tim atm