Summary: Takes place shortly after YJ S1 Ep 20. Chalant fluff

Disclaimer: I don't own DC

Zatanna snapped her eyes open and jumped up in her bed. She struggled to get her breathing under control as she wiped the tears from her face. A-another nightmare. T-this one was worse than l-last time. She had been struggling with these random nightmares basically ever since her father put the helmet on. Some nights were peaceful, but some were not. Even during the day, she was constantly hit with guilt and sorrow. Even the team's company wasn't always enough to get rid of the feelings of guilt, but she did have moments where the pain would leave her. She noticed that these moments of calm and happiness always had something to do with Dick. Whenever he was around, or whenever she was thinking of him, the nightmares left her. Even when he wasn't around, he was somehow keeping her safe. Just the thought of him calmed her nerves. She knew why that was. She was falling in love with him. Pretty hard, if she might add. But she wouldn't tell him. She couldn't. Because why would the Boy Wonder, prodigal son of the Dark Knight, ever love her back? She was certain he was only helping her because he was a good person and they were friends. Friends. Nothing more.

Zatanna stayed up for a few minutes, trying to get her mind off the nightmare. But nothing was working. An idea crossed her desperate mind, and she thought about it for a minute. No! I shouldn't bother him! It's the middle of the night for crying out loud! He's probably trying to sleep, God knows he works way harder than me. But he DID say anywhere, anytime, and I honestly can't think of anything else...Zatanna got up and slowly headed for Dick's room while fighting against the oncoming doubt telling her it was a bad idea.

Dick had been spending many more nights in his room in the cave, which Bruce was surprisingly fine with. So long as it didn't affect his training, school, patrol, or public life as Dick Grayson, his mentor had no issues with him staying overnight with his friends. Dick knew the real reason for him staying over was Zatanna. They had spent way more time together recently, and he loved every second of it. He had helped her with her dad's...captivity a lot too. The League had tried to get her to speak with Dinah for therapy, but Batman convinced them to not force her. Dick knew that therapy rarely helped the unlucky few in their...situation, and so he knew Zatanna didn't want to go to Dinah with her troubles. He took it upon himself to act as a sort-of therapist to Zatanna whenever they hung out, but he was very tempered with his attempts to get her to talk about it and he let her do it at her own pace. He didn't rush her at all and never brought her father up if she seemed uncomfortable. She was more than grateful for it and he was very eager to not only help her, but to also spend the extra time with her. While he hated the fact that she was going through the same pain he and Bruce had to go through, he also couldn't help but be a little thankful that they could just hang out with each other more frequently. His feelings for the magician had not dimmed in the slightest, and he was still very much head over heels for her. However, he didn't make any move on her for several reasons. One, he knew it wasn't right to take advantage of her emotionally vulnerable state at this time, and two, he wasn't even sure she felt the same way. He was worried that he had acted too friendly in the countless hours they spent together and all she would see him as was a friend. Which was fine, he loved being friends with her. But he couldn't help but want more...Why would she want more with ME, though? She's amazing. She's smart, funny, caring, and hot. Why would she wanna go out with someone like me, who can't even talk about his personal life or show his eyes in public because of some stupid secret ID?

Dick was currently working on his laptop, researching files that he and Batman had...borrowed from Stagg Industries the other night. Figures. Work with the Dark Knight, don't get any rest. Kinda part of the business contract. He heard a knock on his door and was surprised. Who would be visiting him at this hour? Probably just Bruce asking for something. Wait, but wouldn't he just call? Dick put his shades on before he opened the door. His eyes went wide behind his glasses.

"Hey, Zee. What's up?" He moved out of the way to let her into his room, and she slowly walked up to his bed, sitting down. She didn't respond immediately, so he just sat down next to her, trying to read her thoughts. He noticed tear streaks and puffy eyes, so he already had a good idea of why she was here.

"I, uh, I'm s-sorry for bothering y-you."

"It's n-no worry. Are...are you okay?" Zatanna let a few tears fall as Dick instinctively wrapped an arm around her. She buried her head in his chest and he just sat there, patting her back to try and get her to calm down a bit. Heat rose to his cheeks as she buried herself further in his chest. Wow, she smells really nice. God, focus Grayson! She's here crying and you're thinking about what she smells like?! Once her crying slowed, he started to speak.

"Nightmare?"

"Y-yeah. I don't know how to g-get them to s-stop. I-I've been h-having them a lot r-recently." Dick nodded. He knew exactly what that was like. When his parents first died, he had nightmares almost every other day. He eventually got it to stop, but not without a ton of help from both Bruce and Alfred. The least he could do was offer her the advice Bruce had offered him when he first found out about the nightmares.

"Yeah, I used to get them too."

"H-how did y-you get them to stop?" Dick sighed.

"It's different for everyone. Just...try to remember that your dad gave himself up so you could be free. He wouldn't want you to be, y'know, upset that he's gone. He'd want you to be happy. Just remember the fun times you had with him and hold on to any good memories, cuz that's all that you have left. It helps to have some type of symbol or beacon of hope or something. Bruce was that for me. He gave me something to look to and kinda feel safe with. S'funny cuz everyone sees Batman as a scary guy, and that's what he wants, but I've never felt safer than when he was around." A comfortable silence ensued between them as Zatanna thought of this. Although she couldn't tell him, she already knew who her beacon of hope was. He was sitting right next to her.

"D-do you still get nightmares?"

"Yeah...sometimes. They don't go away forever, but I get them less often now. I guess that's nice. Plus I've gotten better with dealing with them." Zatanna nodded and all was quiet for a few moments. Zatanna, feeling out of place, got up and sheepishly turned to Dick.

"I'm, uh, I'm gonna go back now. I don't wanna keep you up any longer. Thanks for, y'know, whelming me and all" Dick smiled at the wordplay and got up to follow her out. Before he could even think, he started to blurt out what was on his mind.

"Uh, It's n-no worry. Y'know, i-it helps if you're not alone. I-I mean you're free to stay here for the night i-if you want. I can sleep on the chair, it's f-fine." God, desperate much? Why did I say that?! Zatanna looked back at him with a hint of surprise in her face. She was seriously considering it, but at the same time, she didn't want to be a trouble to him. Well, it would be nice to not be alone...

"O-okay. Thanks." Zatanna walked over to his bed and lay down as Dick shut the lights off for her. He went over to sleep on the chair, but Zatanna felt guilty for kicking him out of his bed. "Y-you don't have to sleep in the chair. I-it's f-fine. Y-you can stay here. Seriously!" God, desperate much? What am I saying?! It was now Dick's turn to look surprised before he nodded and got into bed next to her. They both blushed for a moment as their feet touched and they both turned around, not wanting to make it any more awkward than it already was.

Dick woke up the next morning with his arms both around Zatanna as she was clinging to his chest, her head resting on his torso. He stirred for a moment, confused as to why there was something stuck to him, but when he looked down at Zatanna, he turned beet red and his eyes nearly fell out of his sockets. Holy-what happened?! Uh, this is...kinda nice? Oh, crap, what if Zee wakes up?! Oh, that would definitely be a disaster, HEAVY on the dis! Dick tried very hard not to focus on his burning cheeks or the, ahem, birdarang in his pants as he tried to scoot away from Zatanna. However, as he tried to gently push her away, she started to stir and let out a few noises of discontent as she simply clung to him even tighter. Dick turned even more red at this, if that was possible, and he stopped trying to get away for fear of waking her. He DEFINITELY did not want her to wake up and question what was currently poking at her thigh, not to mention the awkwardness of their current position. However, as Dick stopped resisting, he had to admit, he really liked this. It just felt...right to him, but he knew that was his hormones talking. After a few minutes of laying in this position, he decided that he needed to get her to her own bed before things got unbearably awkward with them, and so he very carefully picked her up bridal style and carried her to her room, which just happened to be right next door. Luckily, it was relatively early in the morning, and so nobody else was awake. He knew he needed to get to the Batcave soon for his daily training, he was just praying that Batman didn't come to the cave right now to fetch him. Thank god nobody's here. If Artemis, Wally, or, God forbid, Bruce saw this, I would be SOOO not traught.

Dick opened the door to her room and very gently placed her down. He took a few moments to just stare at her and admire how freaking gorgeous she looked to him at the moment. He quickly caught himself staring and ignored the severe butterflies in his stomach while he wrapped a blanket around her and parted stray strands of hair that were covering her face to the side. I should probably leave a note just for when she wakes up...Dick wrote a quick note on a nearby paper before laying it on the table and Zetaing to the Batcave. Bruce's batglare was there waiting for him.

"You're 30 minutes late. I was about to come check on you."

"Yeah...sorry about that. I overslept a little. Uh, Imma go up and shower. Be down in 20." Bruce huffed before letting him go up to the showers. Thank god he didn't ask.

Zatanna woke up a few hours later in her own bed, somewhat confused. The last she remembered, she was in Dick's room. IN DICK'S BED. Oh, that's not asterous at all. God, PLEASE don't let him be weirded out! Zatanna noticed the note on her table and opened it to read what was written.

Sorry if you're confused. I thought it would be kinda weird if you woke up next to me in my bed so I brought you back to your room. I had to go train with Bats. Be back around 10. Hope you feel better!

Zatanna smiled as she read the note and the nervousness and awkward feelings of panic she had quickly disappeared to make room for giddy excitement. She may or may not have been over the moon about having gotten to sleep in the same bed as Dick, but of course she kept that to herself. Beyond her hormonal thoughts, she felt far better than she had when she first came to him. The horrible sorrow and guilt she felt was almost fully gone, and she knew that the only person who could've made something like that happen to her was Dick Grayson. God, he's amazing.

True to his word, Dick Zeta'd back to the cave around 10 in casual clothing, talked with Wally and Megan a bit, and went over to check on Zatanna. PLEASE tell me she's not weirded out or anything. "Uh, hey Zee."

"Hi. Thanks for last night. It really helped."

"Uh, y-yeah. A-anyt-time. S-so, you wh-whelmed now?" Zatanna smirked.

"Yeah. Totally traught." Zatanna then leaned in to kiss his cheek, before lightly blushing and walking off to talk with Artemis. "See ya, Boy Wonder!" Dick turned redder than his uniform as he touched his cheek and formed a massive smile that would make the Joker jealous. W-wow. She's r-really amazing. Wally caught him gawking and smirked.

"Soooooo, something happen with Zee? Ya look like Cupid just bulls-eye'd your heart." Of course he's making archery jokes while talking about this sorta stuff.

"Sh-shut up, Wally."

This one was really fun to write. Let me know what you thought of it. Next chapter unfortunately won't have Zatanna, but will have Dick since its ep 21, which is the Hello Megan ep. After that is like 3 chalant fluff chapters. Feel free to review and leave comments or suggestions. Next chapter up soon.