"Here is the key to your room," the woman said from behind the counter and Rachel resisted the urge to roll her eyes when the woman sent a flirtatious smile at Dick, who was smiling in return at the woman.
"Thanks," Rachel said while she swiftly snatched the room key from the woman before Dick could do so. Afterward, she turned to the detective and said to him, "Lets go."
Dick slowly turned his attention towards her and Rachel raised her brow pointedly at him.
"Right," Dick said while he glanced at the desk clerk.
Rachel pursed her lips when she saw the woman winked at the young detective as he swung his bag over his shoulder. Dick lingered in front of the counter for a while as if considering what to say next to the attractive desk clerk. Rachel was getting annoyed by his behavior that she grabbed his hand with the intent to drag him out of there and into their room.
"So do you want to -" the blonde haired woman was about to say when Rachel interrupted, "Come on Dick!" She said while she forcefully pulled Dick towards the exit.
To her relief, Dick allowed himself to be pulled away while Rachel kept on talking loudly," I'm sure you will probably need that hot shower right now after three days on the road. You practically stink dear brother of mine!"
Dick's eyes snapped back to her after she said this loudly. With her hand holding his, Rachel could practically sense his outrage, irritation and shock after hearing her words. She ignored it and the glare he sent her way afterward as she hurriedly opened the door and dragged him along with her. Dick didn't have a choice but to follow after her.
"I'll see you around, handsome!"
She heard the desk clerk called out as the door closed behind them and Rachel clenched her teeth in annoyance at the woman's words.
"Rachel!" Dick said as he tore his hand away from her and forced her to face him. Rachel met Dick's dark brown eyes while he scowled at her. "What the hell was that all about?"
"I'm sorry Dick but I'm really tired," She replied, "And I don't want to waste another minute of watching you flirt with the woman. I think this is what? The fifth time that a woman tried to get into your pants for the past two days?"
"I - what?! I wasn't flirting with her! And she wasn't trying to get into my pants!" Dick said to her defensively.
Rachel simply rolled her eyes and told him, "I'm seventeen Dick, not twelve. I know when a guy is flirting and when a woman wants to have sex with you. I've seen women make a pass at you multiple times for the past few days that I can practically write a book called, 'Women's Interest in Dick Grayson's Dick'."
"Rachel!" The young Detective exclaimed, sounding scandalized.
Rachel couldn't help but laugh at Dick's shock expression.
"I'm joking! Now, why don't we continue this conversation inside our room, alright?" She said while she began to walk away from him.
She could hear Dick muttering something underneath his breath while he followed after her.
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"I don't stink," was the first thing Dick said to her the moment they entered their room. "And I don't know why you have to embarrass me in front of the desk clerk by saying that I haven't bathed for three days Rachel."
Rachel threw her bag into one of the twin beds and turned to face Dick, "Believe me Dick, you stink and I was only doing the woman a service by keeping her away from dirty old men like you."
Dick snorted at her response while he set his luggage down and walked towards her. "I'm not that old. I'm only twenty-five years old."
"Alright, you are not that old, but you do agree with me that you are dirty and stink like you haven't bathed at all." She said with a smirk.
"I do not stink," Dick said with a scowl as he came to a halt in front of her.
"I'll be the judge of that," Rachel said as she reached out and pulled him close to her by his tie.
"What are you doing?" Dick asked in surprise the instant Rachel pressed her nose close to his neck and started sniffing him.
"Calm down, Dick. I'm only trying to smell if you stink." She muttered while her lips accidentally brushed against his warm skin as she spoke.
Dick seemed to freeze in front of her. He seemed to stop breathing altogether while she remained pressed against him as she continued to sniff him.
Rachel soon realized that Dick didn't stink at all. In fact, he smelled incredibly good. He smelled a mixture of his natural musk, a bit of sweat and a hint of fading cologne he must have worn when she first met him in the interrogation room. It was a heady scent and Rachel couldn't help but breathe it in which made her stomach flutter pleasantly.
"Hmn…" Rachel mumbled absent-mindedly while her hold on Dick's tie tightened. For some strange reason, her mind started to glaze over.
"You don't stink, but you smell good...really good.." She remarked softly and she could hear Dick letting out a stuttering breath when she slowly moved her nose upwards over his skin to settle above his pulse point, where Dick's pulse seemed to thunder wildly.
Odd...Rachel thought as she could hear the familiar whisperings voices getting louder and louder inside her mind.
Touch him, touch him, touch him, touch him. You know you want to….The whispers were saying to her and Rachel's couldn't help but follow it. Her hand absently let go of Dick's tie and began moving towards his bare skin above his shirt collar.
The moment her hand made contact with Dick's skin, she instantly felt what he felt and saw what he was seeing. Rachel could sense his body reacting to her close proximity. She could see how he seemed to focus on the way their body was pressed against each other or how he seemed to like her fresh but flowery scent. She also felt the sudden spark of undeniable attraction towards her along with wariness, and curiously, a slow but sure flaring of hidden desire beneath the surface of his mind.
Make that desire yours, make it yours, make him yours...make him want you. The whispers were growing louder while Rachel's mind began to inevitably unravel. Dick must have noticed something wrong because he tried to pull away from her but Rachel tightened her hold on him.
You've always been alone Rachel. No friends to run to or boyfriends to speak of... You have never experienced how it is to be normal. Never been hugged, or touched the way you want to before...but you can have all of that now if you just use your powers inside of you...I know that this is what you've always wanted. The secret you keep hidden in your heart. The desire to be loved, to be cherished, to be touched and kissed by someone who cares about you...You can experience all of this if you just let me in Rachel...
With her mind swiftly dissolving without her permission, Rachel could not stop herself from giving into her most deepest desire. She felt it when her power surged outwards from her hands and watched as the darkness instantly seeped into Dick's skin.
Rachel only became aware of what she had done a moment later when she sensed the drastic change in Dick's emotional state.
From the glimmer of attraction she sensed in him before, she could now feel the full-blown lust and need roiling off from him.
"Rachel…" it was a half-growl and half-groan that tore itself from Dick's mouth as he suddenly grabbed a hold of her hair and roughly forced her to face him.
"What have you done?!" Dick demanded as their eyes finally met and Rachel's heart started beating erratically when she saw the dark look on Dick's face. She noted how his eyes kept on flickering from her wide-eyed stare to her parted lips and back again.
Dick's gaze was hot and hungry, like he wanted to devour her, like he wanted to push her into the bed and fuck her raw.
"I - I'm sorry!" Rachel managed to stutter as she stumbled hurriedly back from the handsome detective, whose gaze had turned feral. Dick prowled after her, his eyes narrowing as he stared at her retreating form.
The back of Rachel's legs hit the bed and she stopped backing away from Dick, who kept advancing on her.
"I told you before that there is something evil living inside of me! I'm sorry Dick! I don't know what came over me but I'm going to fix this! I'm going to fix you!" Rachel said tearfully as Dick came to a halt in front of her.
Dick gave her a devious grin and said softly. "I am afraid you are too late to fix me Rachel." He said to her before Dick suddenly pounced on her.
Rachel gasped out loud as she fell into the bed with Dick on top of her. She tried to reach for Dick's hand with the intent to reverse what she did to him but Dick simply chuckled.
"I am afraid that won't work Rachel." Dick whispered into her ear as he used his superior strength and his large, masculine body to keep her in place. His hands clamping tightly on both her wrists while he hovered over her. His lips brushing close to her ear as he said. "You see...the only way you can fix me is if you let me fulfill your deepest, darkest desire Rachel."
Rachel could only shiver as his words.
"In other words, I won't be back to normal until you are truly satisfied." Dick told her and she couldn't help but gasp when Dick suddenly brought his mouth to suckle her neck.
