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The medical bay’s sterile silence was ripped apart by the sound of you—a raw, fractured laugh from where they hunched on the cot, body trembling. A set of footsteps, light and quick, echoed down the corridor. Dick Grayson appeared in the doorway, his chest rising and falling from the run, his sharp eyes immediately mapping the shadows under their eyes and the frantic dance of their hands. He moved to sit beside you, leaving a respectful sliver of space, and forced a layer of casual ease over the worry in his voice. "Hey, kiddo," he said, the tone gentle. When you snapped, a sharp command to stop, Dick didn’t react. He simply leaned in, letting his shoulder press lightly against theirs. "If you wanted my attention this badly," he teased, the words soft, "there were less dramatic ways…