Dick - 42
Jason - 39
Kaden - 17
Spring Break
Kaden and his friends laughed as he pushed open the door to his apartment. Star pranced over moments later, tail wagging, coming to greet them. Kaden laughed and knelt down in front of the dog and she hopped up on him, licking his face as he hugged her, giving her a pat.
"Hey girl, how you doing," he said with a little laugh as she nearly knocked him over. Star proceeded to greet both his friends before slipping back across the room to her doggy bed. It was sort of routine for her to greet whoever came through the door before returning to whatever she had been doing before, in this case, napping.
Kaden, Michael and Melinda made their way inside, laughing harder when Melinda nearly tripped over the door mat.
"Jesus, they should rename you Grace," Michael joked between snorts of held back laughter. Melinda snorted and swatted Michael's arm, earning a mock pout in reply. Kaden laughed in amusement and wrapped his arms around both his friends' shoulders.
"God, you guys should join the circus, you'd make good clowns," Kaden said. Michael snorted in reply and playfully shoved Kaden toward his bedroom.
"Please, dude, you're the biggest clown of them all. Plus, one of your dads was actually a circus boy," Michael pointed out. Kaden shrugged, a goofy grin on his face as he walked backward toward his bedroom.
"Jealous? Not everyone gets to be the son of a famous Flying Grayson," Kaden replied, giving a bow. Melinda gave a snort and a dismissive hand wave as she followed her two friends to Kaden's bedroom.
"As if. Frankly, it's freaky how you acrobats bend and move like that. Like, seriously, how the hell do you do a full split without ripping your 'boys' in half," Melinda snorted, smirk on her face and both Michael and Kaden laughed.
"Years of practice," Kaden replied, inviting his friends into his room. Michael flopped down onto a beanbag chair in a corner of the room, and Melinda made herself comfortable on the bed, laying back and stretching out across it. Kaden stood before the bed and quirked an eyebrow.
"What?" she asked innocently. Kaden rolled his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest.
"Move your fat ass," Kaden joked. Melinda snorted and threw a pillow at him.
"I was here first. Go park your ass somewhere else," she jabbed back. Michael snorted at her reply and called from his corner of the room.
"Technically, Kaden was here first. I mean, he grew up here after all." Melinda waved her hand dismissively.
"Fuck your technicalities!" Melinda replied triumphantly. Kaden opened his mouth to speak when a knock sounded at his door. He turned and saw his papa watching them.
"Hey, Kaden. Michael, Melinda," Dick said with a smile, nodding to each of them. Michael sat up right and gave a wave and Melinda looked inhis direction and gave a nod of acknowledgement.
"Uh, hi Mr. Grayson," Michael said politely, earning a snicker of amusement from Kaden. Dick glanced over at the teen who shrugged innocently.
"Please, Michael, call me Dick. Kaden, your dad wants to talk to you," Dick said smoothly. Kaden's face paled a bit.
"I didn't do it! I swear!" He said and Dick laughed, waving his hand dismissively.
"You're not in trouble, but whatever you 'didn't do', I'm sure you did it," Dick replied. Kaden heaved a sigh and followed his papa out of the room and into the living room where his father appeared to be just getting back from the manor.
"Kaden. Hey," Jason called, kicking off his boots. He pulled his son into a hug and ruffled his hair, a grin on his face as the teen playfully shoved him away.
"Dad. What's up?" Kaden asked. Jason frowned for a few seconds, then crossed his arms over his chest.
"Your mother would like to take you with her when she leaves Gotham again. For a week or so," Jason said evenly. He didn't like it, and you could hear it in his tone, see it in his body language. Kaden groaned and let his arms fall by his side in a defeated manner.
"Awww, really? But daaad! Spring Break was so boring!" Kaden whined, moving across the room and flopping down on the couch. He heaved another sigh and scrubbed his face with his hands. He shook his head and went on "she was always working and I couldn't go anywhere without some weirdo bodyguards following me around everywhere. I couldn't even go outside without them! It. Was. Boring!"
Dick and Jason exchanged amused glances, obviously believing he was exaggerating, but Jason was also somewhat pleased. In all honesty, he'd been reluctant to let Talia take Kaden for the whole week of spring break, or even at all. Which was justified considering her past, and the many times she'd manipulated Damian. Talia seemed to have changed a bit since then, however. Possibly due to seeing the utter insanity she saw in her father after his countless uses of the Lazarus Pit. Regardless, he still didn't trust her.
"Well, it's up to you, Kaden. But she said she wanted to make it up to you," Jason said with a shrug. Kaden blushed a little, because that meant she knew how bored he was. He was trying to hide it from her, because, well…he figured she was trying, at least.
"What?" he asked in surprise. Jason smirked and gave a shrug.
"Yeah, she said she knows you were bored as hell and wanted to make it up to you. But it's your call," Jason replied. Kaden frowned and glared at his father.
"What's the catch? You're way too okay with this for there not to be a catch," Kaden said suspiciously. Dick laughed and nudged his husband with his elbow, earning a glare from him.
"Maybe dad is going soft," Dick joked. Jason snorted.
"Fat chance. I already went soft when I married your dumb ass," Jason replied, earning a mock pout from Dick. Dick fell backwards into Jason's arms with an arm over his eyes and the other over his heart.
"Jason, you wound me! I thought you loved me!" he said, playing it up. Jason snorted and dropped him and Dick landed on the floor with a thud and an 'ow'.
"Count yourself lucky, drama queen," Jason replied, earning a laugh from Kaden. Dick grinned and got back to his feet, brushing himself off and kissing Jason's jaw.
"You're both idiots," Kaden said, rolling his eyes. Jason and Dick chuckled in amusement and Dick flopped down on the couch beside Kaden, wrapping and arm around him and pulling him to his side.
"Aw, Kaden, that's not very nice!" Dick mock pouted, snuggling against Kaden. Kaden whined and tried to worm his way out of his papa's arms, and trying not to laugh as the man started poking his sides.
"Papa, stop, you loser!" Kaden cried out with a laugh, falling off the couch with an 'oomph.' Kaden looked up at his father from his place on the floor, upside down on the couch. The man had a smug grin on his face, his arms crossed over his chest.
"Now who's the loser?" Jason joked. Kaden frowned.
"Bite me," Kaden replied playfully.
"Pass. So, what do I tell your mother" Jason asked. Kaden huffed, then moved to sit back on the couch beside Dick, who watched him curiously.
"I…guess I can give it another go. But if I die of boredom this time, I expect my epitaph to read "I told you so."" Kaden answered. Dick snorted with held back laughter and Jason just rolled his eyes.
"You're a brat. Now go play with your friends, so your papa and I can fuck on the couch."
"Ew! I can't hear you!" Kaden replied, making a disgusted face as he plugged his ears and retreating to his bedroom.
The next week passed by like a breeze, the house remarkably quiet with Kaden gone. Dick and Jason both laid on the couch, their hair still wet and both of them exhausted after having a little fun in the shower. Both men were dressed only in dorm pants, Jason laying back on the couch with Dick on top of him, on arm wrapped around the man's waist.
"Did I ever mention how much I love shower sex?" Jason muttered, kissing the top of Dick's head.
"Mention it? You don't need to mention it with how you perform I there," Dick replied with a smug grin, wiggling his eyebrows. Jason grinned and started to speak when the door flew open. Kaden came through with his side bag over his shoulder and a few other bags on his other. He seemed rather happy if the goofy grin on his face was anything to judge by.
"I'm home! And I come bearing gifts!" Kaden called cheerily, kicking off his boots. He glanced over to the couch and paled a little "ew. Please tell me-"
"No, Kaden, just relaxing," Dick replied with a smile, grunting as he pushed himself up off of Jason, and the couch. He cracked his back, then stretched a bit, and Jason sat up right on the couch, stretching his arms a bit.
"Yeah, we fucked in the shower," Jason replied with a smug grin. Kaden made a disgusted face and shook his head.
"TMI, dad. TMI. I didn't need to know that," Kaden muttered, shaking his head "I've already seen too much once before. Are you trying to scar me for the rest of my life?" Dick laughed and approached the teen, pulling him into a hug.
"It's good to see you again baby bird," Dick said cheerily, guiding the teen to the couch. Jason scooted over and Kaden sat beside him, Dick on his other side. Kaden dug through his bag and pulled out a book, Leonardo's Notebooks, written in Italian, and handed it to his father.
"Here dad. I know what a bookworm and huge nerd you are," Kaden joked with a grin.
"Pfft, gee thanks," Jason replied with a grin of his own as he flipped through the pages, sure enough, the entire book was written in Italian.
"So I thought maybe you'd like it," Kaden finished with a shrug. Jason gave the teen a one-armed hug.
"It's nice, thanks Kade," Jason replied. Kaden dug through the bag again and this time, pulled out a box of chocolates. Le Grand Grande Chocolate Truffles. He handed them to his papa and flashed a smile.
"I didn't know what to get you, because you're impossible to shop for," Kaden said with a laugh "so I bought you some Italian chocolates. I hope you like them." Dick smiled and kissed Kaden's forehead, earning a playful shove and an 'ew'.
"No worries, they look delicious," he said, glancing over at Jason, wiggling his eyebrows "your dad and I will certainly have fun with these later." Jason made a purring sound and Kaden jumped off the couch.
"God, you two are so gross! They're not sex chocolates!" Kaden protested and Jason laughed out loud, scooting across the couch toward Dick, wrapping an arm around him and pulling him into a kiss.
"Kaden, any kind of chocolate can be used-"
"Ew, no, lalalala, I can't hear you!" Kaden called, plugging his ears with his hands. Dick and Jason laughed out loud.
"So I take it you had fun this time?" Jason asked. Kaden smiled widely and nodded.
"Yes! It was so much fun! Mom took me to Italy and we saw Rome, and Venice, and then-" Kaden went on excitedly, going on about all the sights he saw in Italy, France and Germany. He didn't spare any details and though his mother did disappear a few times for 'work', and the fact that he had creepy weirdo bodyguards again, he had had a great time.
"Well it sounds like you had a good time," Jason said with a grin and Kaden nodded.
"I did. It was a blast, and I was kind of hoping that, maybe…we could, y'know. Go places. For vacation. The three of us?" Kaden asked. Dick and Jason exchanged looks then turned back to Kaden.
"Sure. Ever been to Australia? We got this nice place in Sydney, compliments of you grandfather," Jason asked. Kaden pulled another disgusted face.
"Ew. You mean where you and papa spent your honeymoon, and probably defiled the entire house?" Dick snorted with held back laughter and Jason grinned like the Cheshire Cat.
"Well, not the entire house. I mean, there's this one spot in the kitchen-"
"Ew, no, gross! Shut up!" Kaden called, fleeing to his bedroom.