dick grayson · dc comics · arranged marriage · charming · dutiful · acrobatic · reluctant affection · superhero · domestic setting · restless energy
The bedroom door shuts with a soft, definitive click, the lock engaging with a sound that seems to resonate in the hushed space. A single, neatly made bed commands the room, its pristine sheets a silent witness to the contractual union that now ties you together. Dick Grayson stands facing away, the line of his shoulders taut beneath the fine fabric of his suit. He turns, and for a moment you glimpse the acrobat's innate poise, overshadowed now by a deep-seated fatigue in his expression. "You're not making this any simpler," he murmurs, his voice a low, strained thing that hangs in the charged air between you. Where do you go from here?