So, this is a fan request from a new friend, MoonKingdomlover. I don't always do fan requests, but this one seemed interesting to me. So...yeah. Enjoy. And keep any homophobic flame comments in your brains where they belong and not on my story. Constructive criticism only.

This is post-time skip but Kaldur didn't go deep cover. He's still with YJ.

Kaldur never knew he was there until it was two late. The boy always managed to sneak up on his older friend. Kaldur supposed that was only normal for the former student of Batman. Dick Grayson never ceased to surprise the Atlantean. Tonight, Dick had seemingly appeared out of nowhere behind Kaldur as he worked on his part of the mission report. Even though he was no longer the leader of the team, it was hard to break the habit of writing reports, and Dick welcomed the help when the paperwork was overwhelming.

Tonight, however, he had something other than paperwork on his mind.

"How do you do it?" Kaldur asked and smiled as Dick leaned down and wrapped his arms around the older's shoulders. "I have not once caught you in the years I have known you."

"It's not that hard. The trick is not to make any sound." Dick laughed quietly. "Come on, you've been working on that thing for hours! Let's do something tonight!"

"I would not have to work on this if you were capable of doing it all by yourself!" Kaldur teased lightly as he let his young lover pulled him out of his chair.

"That's why I have you." Dick whispered as he pulled the (slightly) taller boy's face down and brushed his lips across Kaldur's. They had begun this relationship quite by accident, and it was unexpected for both of them. They had decided not to tell anyone yet, not until a certain old friend of Dick's knew. Kaldur drew him closer and let Dick rest his head in the crook of his neck for a moment before he spoke.

"Have you talked to him about us yet?" Kaldur asked softly. He felt Dick tense, and then sigh as he pulled out of the embrace. "I will assume that means no."

"I just...I lust don't know how to tell him. He's so closed off right now, from me, the Justice League, even Tim." Dick's eyes fell to the floor. "I want to tell him. I'm not ashamed of us, but I can't find the words." Kaldur lifted Dick's chin and put his hand on the back on his neck.

"You will. When the time is right, you will know exactly what to say to him." Kaldur drew the former Robin closer. "And then we will tell the rest of the team. Together." Dick nodded, but he felt a stab of fear at the thought of telling his friends. He knew in his heart that they were his friends, but it was hard not to imagine them rejecting him. In his life he had already lost so many people...

"I know something else we could do together." Dick whispered suggestively to change the subject, though his heart wasn't really in it. Kaldur's eyes widened. Usually the eighteen-year-old was content with their nighttime talks, kisses, and sleeping together. They hadn't gone any further since the day they realized their feelings. Then he saw the look in his teammate's eyes.

"You know that I do not expect that of you if you do not want to." Kaldur said sincerely, and Dick knew he was telling the truth. "I do want you, but not if you are only doing it because you think you have to. To make me happy."

"I know. I know that. I'm sorry." Dick said as he sat down on Kaldur's bed. Sometimes he felt like such a fool in front of the twenty-one year old, but in all honesty he had no past experience with homosexual relationships. "So, what do you want to do tonight?"

"I do have to finish this. I am sorry." Kaldur shrugged apologetically. Dick smiled.

"That's ok. I'll just watch some TV until you're done." Dick said as he stretched out on Kaldur's bed. Twenty minutes later Kaldur heard his breathing slow as the overworked team leader dozed off.

A few hours later, long after he had returned to his own room to keep their secret, Dick awoke again. This time, however, he was shaking and in a cold sweat. The ghosts of his parents' death danced before his eyes and he pulled his knees up to his chest and wrapped his arms around them. Dick rocked back and forth slightly, wishing he had just stayed in Kaldur's room. The Atlantean had made it clear that Dick was always welcome to stay, and Dick was sure he could sneak out without anyone ever knowing. But he liked to respect the privacy of others, something Batman had taught him.

Tonight was different though. He could feel the fear coursing through him just like it always did when he had nightmares. They were infrequent now, but when they did happen the nightmares instilled the same crushing terror in him as when he was eight years old. Finally, Dick couldn't take it anymore.

He snuck out of his room and used the blind spots in the cameras to make his way to Kaldur's room. The door opened with a soft 'whoosh' then closed behind him and he saw Kaldur shake himself out of his sleep at the sound. Kaldur was always a light sleeper, even the slightest sound woke him.

Kaldur woke to the sound of his door opening and he turned to see Dick in the doorway. Kaldur didn't say a word as he got out of bed and pulled his shaking lover into his arms. Dick buried his face in his lover's shoulder and inhaled his familiar scent. Kaldur pulled away slightly and wiped the tears off his younger teammate's face. Dick was grown up, the leader of Young Justice, and the famous Nightwing, former partner of Batman. But he was also just a kid who lost his parents far too young.

Dick let himself be led to the bed and then tucked into a tight embrace. He relaxed as the fear slowly left him and his eyelids drooped. Then it hit him.

"I'm...I'm going to tell Batman tomorrow." He said sleepily. Kaldur smiled into the back of his head.

"I guess you found the words."

To be continued. Be ready for Batman and more fluffy bits. Review me!