Disclaimer: The characters and names in this does not belong to me, it all belongs to D.C. Comics.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! " Damn alarm clock," he said under his breath, his mouth was dry and sour, morning breath, one of the many things he learned to hate over time. " Kori," he shook his wife, who still slept, " Kori wake up," and she was who he learned to resent over time as well. She was scrunched by the end of the bed, her once long, healthy red hair was now cut short, and was graying from stress. " God damn it Kori, wake the fuck up," he said as he shook her once more, " damn it Kori, get up," he said once more as he was getting out of bed. He looked at her from the foot of their bed, anger, stress and tiredness fixated in his eyes.
He was so tired of this all, the life he choose to live with her, the life of a family man. They quit being heroes after Kori got pregnant seventeen years ago with their only child Mar'i. There was some problems with the delivery of their child that left Kori unable to birth another child, or even be able to carry one in her womb. It devastated them, and caused one of the many problems in their marriage, another being how both of them were meant to be heroes, and not live steady complacent lives as husband and wife in a small suburb in Connecticut. At first things were fine between the two, more in love than they could be, but than a few years as parents problems started to show, fights erupted out of nowhere, and everywhere. But somehow they were always able to get pass a fight, or really repress it and forget about it. But now? After twenty six long years of marriage? Well old fights sprang out of nowhere into normal conversation, and never really able to be repressed again.
Kori got up, after Dick went to the bathroom to wash up and brush his teeth. He stared at himself in the mirror, his blue eyes used to be so full of life and intense he thought, and his hair, it was just starting to show some gray, but the darkness of it was still there. But his muscular body of his youth was gone, he had gained some weight, and was in the early stages of a beer belly but you could still see the muscles he worked so hard for. But all in all he looked so old in his eyes, he looked defeated.
Kori went down to the kitchen and yawned every few seconds as she made her breakfast, black coffee and a peace of toast with jelly. She looked at her pale, orange tinged skin on her hands, they were calloused and rough now from the work she had to do. And yet they were still very bony and elegant like her youth, but how she missed the vitality she had years ago, and oh how she missed how her relationship with Dick was. She drank her coffee in the silence of her kitchen with the lights off, only having the first beams of sunlight be her light. It was cold she thought, cold how here husband now resented her for something they could have both avoided, and yet hadn't. Of course she was still in love with him, the first Earth boy she kissed, the first love of her life, one of her longest friends, and yet he forgot about that all and is cold to her.
Time was edging closer for her to make sure their daughter was up, she walked up the stairs, and every creak of her step made her heart weak. How she missed flying, and the strength she used to have, but how could she do any of that now if all she could feel was tired and stress? Dick passed by her on the stairs, he gave her this sharp look, and continued his way down stairs, and she followed after him. He was already dressed in his suit, getting ready to work in Wayne Enterprises for another long day. " What would you like for breakfast,"she asked him while readjusting her robe. She turned on the stove with a pan ready for anything he would request. But he was silent, and was just making a cup of coffee, she cleared her throat, wanting him to answer her. He started walking away from her to get his coat and keys from the closet.
" Nothing," he said without even looking at her, he was fumbling in his pockets for his keys, " I'll just have Catalina get me something." Catalina was his assistant for the past year, she was a beautiful Latino girl, and single mother. He drank the last of the contents of his coffee as he started getting his shoes on, " I'll be home late again tonight. Don't save me dinner, I'll -"
" Just have Catalina order me dinner," Kori finished for him. She didn't like her, she didn't like the amount of time Catalina was able to see Dick and the very few moments she has been able to for the past year. It was annoying. It was so frustrating, but what it really was, was suspicious. How could a man, like Dick, not want to bone his assistant who was just as beautiful as Catalina, and who spent more time with than his wife and child? Of course she knew he was cheating on her, with a younger woman, how could he not?
" Yes, well bye. Say good morning for Mar'i for me," it sounded so mechanical, there was no inflection his voice, it was just so rehearsed and practiced. He left from the front door, and didn't even give her a kiss goodbye or even a hug goodbye. She sighed, and turned off the stove with disappointment, and made her way up the stairs. Her daughter's room was right by the stairs, the door was closed. It was white with pictures of her friends and one or two of her family taped on to it. Her daughter's room looked pretty much like her door, white and covered with pictures, and only a small bed tucked away in the corner by the window. The room was pretty empty, besides that, and she used white Christmas lights as her lights in her room, which were stringed onto the visible support beams in her room.
" Mar'i, Mar'i, get up," her daughter's head popped from the covers, it was just a big poof ball of black hair like her father's. Kori sighed again, how she wished she could do something more for hr family and not feel like she is failing them every day.
Beautiful. Young. Strong. Sexy. Lusty. Words were the worst way to describe Catalina he thought, nothing did her justice, except the sheer nakedness of her clear skin. She was wearing a short, tight pencil skirt, and sheer blouse, that left plenty of cleavage for the imagination he thought. Her every asset was a perfect ten. Her ass was big and smooth, breasts? Big and firm, and long sculpted legs to die for. Her face was even better, clear, perfect skin, big, luscious lips, and large doe like eyes to die for. She drove him crazy, and she knew that. She was walking into his office, in tall kitten heels, that only accentuated her legs, '' Mr. Grayson," she said as she closed the door behind her and the blinds, " Mr. Grayson," she said again as she unzipped her skirt, and let it fall to the ground as she stood in her blouse and underwear. They were small, black lace panties, and Dick could only imagine what her bra looked like. She stepped out of them and made her way to him and sat on his lap, making sure her bum was directly over him. There were only three layers of clothing that stopped him from penetrating her he thought. " Mr. Grayson," she said again, he was enjoying this, and she was too. She tilted her head closer to his, and moved in closer to him, their lips only centimeters apart, "Mr. Grayson," she said again, and was going in for a kiss, but than stopped suddenly and than leaving his lap to retrieve her skirt. She bent over purposely giving him a good show of her butt.
" Y'know Cat, you really are a tease. Many men just don't like that, but you're lucky that I am on of the few who do." He went up behind her, his crotch nestled inside her butt, and he started to caress her breasts from the outside of her blouse, and she started to moan. He whispered into her ear, " I am also one of the few men who tease back."
This happened every morning when he came to work, not this exactly, but something along the lines of this. He was addicted to her, and her youth. Every day for the past nine months they have done this, and every time they did this he got rid of something that reminded him of his family. At first it was a coffee mug his daughter gave him, and now, well now he got rid of the last picture on his desk of him and his wife, back before they ever were married. It was when they were still heroes. They weren't the only ones in the picture, it had all of the Titans on their team at the time, Cyborg, BeastBoy, Raven, Wonder Girl and Speedy were there. They all had these goofy grins on their faces, and his arm was around Kori. She was so happy there, so full of life. There were so many memories in that photo, but there wasn't enough for Dick not to trash it.
" Ok stop it, remember what I said? We're not gonna fool around anymore until you divorce that wifey of yours," he moaned. Divorce? He thought of it, but actually divorcing her seemed cruel to him. But being with her still locked together in their marital contract? That was cruel to him and his new love Catalina. The two of them had talked about him divorcing Kori, but he was always too hesitant to do so. There was too much history between him and her for him to forget, but the resentment he felt towards her, that was able to defeat any form of memory he had of Kory. " Unless you don't want to divorce her than, we'll just stop forever," she said with a deviant smile on her face. Catalina wanted him, she wanted him as a father for her young son, she wanted him to take that role and help her with her finances. And if that meant she had to have a quick fuck with him every week than of course she'll do it, she just needed someone there for her son to look up to. It didn't even matter to her that she was breaking up a marriage, all she cared about was her young son who is starting to ask questions about his father.
But she didn't have to worry for much longer, she knew she had her boss twisted on her finger. She knew he would take just about any command from her if she was able to sex him up a bit. Did this make her a whore? Yes, but she didn't care, as long as her son kept his innocence, she would be fine.
" Well Dick, I'm waiting," she said and than she squeezed his crotch, cupping her hand around him. She knew how to play, and how to win.
" I'll get the papers later today, and tell her about alright? Is that fine with you," he was under her spell now, not that it was any different than before. But this time? This time she knew he meant every word he meant, and he was a man of his word.
He called his lawyer that day and got a draft for the divorce papers ready. He didn't even seem to care that he was gonna destroy everything he had with a woman who stayed with him, and was always in love with him, even when he wasn't hers. But it bothered him slightly when he saw the picture of him from his youth, with his arm around his wife. Their goofy grins they had, had this affect on him, it made him yearn to see his friends again, and it made him feel like he owed Kori something. Of course she owed him something, she was always there for him, he thought. Catalina stood from the other side of the glass wall, with her eyes fixated on the work done in there. She was so close she thought, just a few more days and she could make her son proud and happy.
The day went fast for Kori, she went to work at the Senior Center. She loved it there, she loved how fragile they were, and how some of the old people were still married to the person they loved when they were young. She wanted this same future for her and Richard, but every passing moment he felt so distant to her. Making her doubt the future she wished for.
She was driving back home when she received a text from Richard asking her to get dressed up, and ready for a surprise. She was excited to say the least, they hadn't done something like this in a long time. She was rushing home, and quickly got ready. She wore a somewhat new navy blue dress, it showed her tiny waste and very slender body. She lost most of her curves over the years, she also lost most of her muscle, but this dress was able to give her some memory of them. She wore a pair of black flats, and curled her shoulder length hair in perfection. She wanted to go all the way with her beauty tonight, she had very little chances to show herself off to Dick.
He came home around ten, and she noticed there was a convoy of other cars in their driveway. It worried and excited her at the same time, who were these people. And what the hell is that surprise? He came through the front door, and it scared her a little bit. He was dressed in his old Nightwing uniform, well it was actually a new uniform because It did a good job hiding the weight he had gained. Than flooded in familiar faces from their past, all in their old and new uniforms. There was Cyborg, he was with Sarah, and holding her hand. Wonder girl was there, who now went by Troia, and she looked absolutely amazing and Speedy, or Red Arrow was there standing next her, with his daughter Lian by his side. Lastly there was Raven and Beastboy, actually Changeling, they were still relatively young compared to the others, but that could be because Raven was given a body that was closer to Garth's age.
Kori's heart must have skipped a beat when she saw her old friends walk into her foyer, and all of them in their costumes. " Surprise Star," her husband said to her. How long has it been since he last called me by that she thought.
A/n:
OK so this story is a lot more mature than my other stories, and it will be pretty short. I'm planning it to have like three or two more chapters and that's it. This is also my kind of I guess reward for waiting for me to update for so long. Not much to say, except when writing the scene with Dick and Catalina was really hard for me cause it was just really awkward for me to think of that, but the story needed it. Also Catalina is also a real DC character, she is Tarantula, and she pretty much raped Dick on a rooftop in one of the issues. So that's why I used her. I also know that Troia does die because of a Superman or superboy robot killed her, but I like her too much as a character I just had to use her. Hopefully I can update this fast :)
Review? It will be very much appreciated to hear from you guys again.
