"Hey! Handsome…" Zatanna arrives her home after yet another day of handing stuff from her shows. As she enters her home, she meet the scene of her husband, Dick Grayson, playing with John and Mary. "You have something in your face" Zee try her best not to laugh at her husband face.
"Handsomeness?"
"Noup…I mean yes but not quite what I'm talking about" Grayson starts wiping his face with his hand
"Did I get it?" No, he did not get it.
"Let me" With tenderness, the magician, used her finger to wipe the pudding out of his face. "And are you supposed to be the one teaching our babies how to eat?" The woman giggles as she sucks the chocolate pudding out her finger.
"Mary! John. Why didn't you guys told me about this? How dare you let your mom see me like that?" Grayson pretends to be offended by his lack of communication.
"Don't blame our babies. Come to mama. Mama missed you like you have no idea" Zee moves to hug and kiss her kids. "Woow. You two are really heavy" The chubbiness of the twins increased a lot on the last few months.
"They are well feed and what about daddy? Doesn't he get any love?" Zee exchanges look of complicity with her twins before starting an assault of love on the man.
"Let's show daddy how much we love him" Zee out down Mary and John before tackling Dick to the ground. Mary and John knew what to do and the trio lied on top of the man of the house.
"Oh. So much love…ja-jajaja-ja-ha" Between Zee kisses and, Mary and Johnny sucking and his face, Dick, was covered in drool and ticklish.
"Honey, do you have any plans for today?" After the family's assault on Grayson, Zee took off her heels and Dick massages them. Zee was enjoying the sign of her babies playing and Dick lovely touch.
"Mmm…diaper duty. Why?"
"It's been awhile since we go on a date…"
"Is the top performer in the world asking me on a date?" Grayson smirks at his wife.
"That depends…are you saying yes?"
"Has anyone said no to you? Like ever?"
"No. There was this bird boy that was hard to catch back in the day because his boss was a stuck up…luckily, my charm was stronger than his fear for the Bat"
"Alright. Were are you taking me and the twins?" Zee scooted closer to Dick as she puts her legs over his lap and snakes her arms around his neck.
"Nu-uh. Just you and me. A date; movie, walk through the park and dinner at our favorite place"
"Is your dad coming to take care of John and Mary?"
"No. Megan and Conner. They should be here in any minute. When they arrive, we can go and take a shower together and then get ready for our date. How does that sound?" Grayson chuckles and starts caressing her leg.
"Sounds nice but there's a little problem with you plan…" Zee was confused by his words. She planned this on the weekend, making sure that they didn't have any appointments with the Circus, her shows or play dates with John and Mary. "What makes you think that I'd want to get out the shower if I'm with you?"
"We could stay in the shower or we can have our date and then I can perform a little show for you…those squats are really paying off AND I've been practicing my dancing skills"
"The negotiator. I love it. You got yourself a deal gorgeous"
Cries* Cries*
"C'mon, Mary. You know Megan and Conner"
"Johnny, try to relax. It's just auntie Megan and uncle Conner" Dick and Zee were trying to calm the twins down. Everything was going according to the plan; Megan and Conner arrived, Chalant took a hot shower and as they were ready to leave, the babies started to cry non stop.
"Come here, cuties. Conner and I love you so much" The Martian would try to reach for Mary and Conner for Johnny, making the babies cry harder.
"I don't think is going to work" Zatanna was already defeated.
"Maybe they will calm down after you go…" Megan was trying to save her friend's date.
"No. They won't calm down. This isn't the first time…" Zee couldn't hide her disappointment.
"They did it one time with Zatara and another time with Bruce and Alfred. We had to comeback because they couldn't calm them down. Sorry for make you come all this way for nothing"
"Don't worry. It was nice to see the four of you…and sorry for you date" Conner half smiles. The couples said their goodbyes before leaving.
"Can you hold them for a moment? I'm going to change" Zee handled Mary to Dick before making her way downstairs.
"Zee?"
"It's okay, baby. I guess we would have to freeze it for another time" Without much energy, Zee make her way towards her room to change clothes.
"Have some rest and remember that mommy and daddy loves you so so so so much"
"Like you have no idea. We will see you in the morning" Keeping their regular routine, Dick and Zatanna put the twins to sleep after feeding them and kissing them.
"Yawn* I guess It's our turn to catch some eye, hon. Yawn*" After being defeated by her own kids, Zee didn't feel so energetic.
"Is it?" Dick took her hand and guide her to their living room, where he put all the cushions and blankets on the floor.
"What's this?"
"I know that you wanted to go to the movies and everything but I thought that we could see a movie in our tv…"
"And what movie are we watching?"
"I don't know. If I remember correctly, you were the one that asked me out" Zee smiled.
"That's right. Teg eivom ydaer!" With a quick and simple spell, Zatanna changed their clothes. She was rocking short shorts, and tank top while she put Dick some gray pants and white tank top.
"So? Movie?" Zee smiled. She knew the perfect movie.
"C'mon! I totally dance better than John Travolta" Dick took way too personal Zee's comment while they were watching Saturday Night Fever.
"You are more handsome than him that's for sure" Zee was poking at him and for the looks of it, she was getting what she was aiming for.
"Alright. I'm going for my Discowing suit and I'm showing you how to dance disco" Like a child, Dick sprinted to his room where his suit was located. Zee loved so much his pure soul. it didn't take long for Grayson to get back fully geared and start pulling his best moves. Zee applauded the show.
"I know it's not a walk in the park like we initially planned but…" The couple were sitting on Mary and John's swings with Zee leaning on his shoulder. There was peace, the scent of Zee's flowers and the sound of the gust of air and crickets.
"This is better. I just need you, Zee. Don't you forget it" The magician sighed. Their date was better than she initially planned. She couldn't help but to remember how perfect her life was. Every fight, discussion, happy and sad moment with Dick and her babies only make her life better. "But I haven't heard you say it…"
"What?"
"That I dance better than Travolta"
"Haven't I? I though my standing ovation and flashing my boobs made my feelings clear or are my boobs not enough for you"
"I think we need to create a schedule. I'm not longer just sharing them with Mary and Johnny but to our new baby as well. I need my time with them"
"You are so childish but okay. What about we go and have some fun? You give me a show, now it's my time for my show for you" Zee gets up and tries to help Dick to get up.
"Not yet. You promise me a dinner. I'm not that easy, y'know? So, what are we having for dinner?"
"Frozen lasagna from yesterday and my secret stash of chocolates" With the twins getting smarter and skillful by the second. Zee had to use her magic to hide the sweets from them.
"Sounds amazing" Dick got up and as usual, lifted Zatanna bridal style, earning giggles from the magician.
The couple didn't bother to grab a plate, they just heated the lasagna and grab a fork. The magician took a sit on her favorite place, Dick's lap. The magician would use her fork to feed Dick.
"12 years later and we are in the same place…kind of"
"How's that? 12 years ago we didn't have a place or kids"
"But we would be on the Cave, eating leftovers of Megan's cooking or whatever we managed to hide from Wally"
"That's true. I gotta say that you spend too much on the Cave when you hd your own Cave" Dick smiled.
"Well…it has been 12 years since that but I guess is time for the true. I was just checking on you, I didn't want you to be alone"
"Baby. That's not secret, you were too obvious. But you know what? I love you for it. One of my favorite memories from back then is when I'd fall asleep on the kitchen table or in the living room and waking up on my bed. You were so cute when you would fall asleep on my desk because you didn't want to sleep on my bed with me"
"I wanted to sleep with you. It just-just didn't seem appropriate considering that I didn't have your consent"
"You were too shy for your own good. You spent weeks going to my place, knowing that my dad might kill you if he finds out but couldn't build the nerve to stay with me. That's why I have to pull you with me…AND you know what is the worst thing?"
"What?"
"That it wasn't like we didn't sleep together before"
"I might've been a little slow at first but who marry you and got you pregnant? That's right. This bad boy"
"Alright bad boy. Are you ready for some action? I feel really naughty" They could handle the dirty dishes later. They were both on a mission.
"I really have a love-hate relationship with your scars" Zee tells her husband. The next day, they were lying on their bed with Zee resting on his chest. "Like they are so hot and sexy…" She runs her small and delicate finger across one big scar on his right pec. "But at the same time, I know that you suffered a lot getting them"
"Well…that's true but they feel so worthy right now. I love having you tracing them" She moves from her spot and straddles him before leaning down and start kissing his scars.
"I want to change every bad memory…I want you to remember my lips every time you see or feel them"
"I don't need any of that to remember how you feel, Zee. I can't get you out of my head"
"Good but just in case" Slowly, she keep kissing and caressing every single one of his scarfs from the ones on his face, neck and chest; taking her time with each one o them.
"You have been doing this since we started dating and freak out with my scars the first time you saw them"
"Well…you always acted so confident and you are so skilled that it was easy to forget that you don't have any powers and seeing all this was a little too much for me" Dick smiles, he loved the ticklish sensation.
"Nothin can't keep a Boy Wonder down"
"Still…it doesn't hurt to give you more reasons to keep getting back up" Zatanna takes her time to kiss and caress every inch of Dick's body. The twins will wake up in any minute but the couple will use every second they have to enjoy each other's presence.
"Y'know…we should do something about the twins…"
"What do you mean?"
"They are turning 2 this year and they are still latched to you and it's cool but we need to use the feeding bottle more. We can't have two 5 year old latched to you boobs every time that they are hungry…"
"But I can have a 27 year old man glued to my tits?"
"Very different"
"How so? My breast are literally made for them, to feed them"
"Because I saw you first besides, as their father I need to do quality control. I don't want them to get sick and make sure that you are okay as well"
"Mmph…Dick, my beloved, I'm sure if we start tracking who's spend more time with their mouth on my breast, you will still beat both Mary and John at the same time"
"Any complaints?"
"Noup. But may-"
"MOOOM!"
"DAAAAAAD!" The couple's conversation gets cut short by their kids' calling.
"Comin'" Dick offers his arm for Zee to grab. "My lady" Zee grabs his arm.
"My, my…such a gentleman.
Recognized: Bruce Wayne, Barbara Gordon. Access: Requested.
"You heard that?! Grandpa Bruce is here. Yay!" Dick, Zatanna, Mary, John and Pocus stopped their game. Zee was carrying Mary on her back and Dick was doing the same with John, the family was running away from Pocus first, then they will run from John and Dick and finally from Zee and Mary.
"Let's greet your grandpa" Reluctantly; Mary, John and Pocus stopped playing and went to the door to greet the redhead and the Wayne patriarch.
"Hey! Welcome to the Grayson-Zatara home. How can we be of service?" Bruce was holding new toys for Mary, John and Pocus. Barbara smiled upon seeing the family.
"My grandkids are getting cuter and way bigger. I'm glad that you are feeding them well" Bruce was fast to carry the twins.
"Aren't we interrupting anything?"
"Yeah. John and I were about to beat the girls on a chasing game"
"Excuse us?! We had this in the bag. Right, Mary?"
"Then sorry for the interruption" Bruce apologize as the bats enter the house.
"It's okay. We could use a break. I don't know how John, Mary and Pocus have so much energy"
"Are you really asking that?! Just look at their parents. You and Zatanna are tornados and you have been like that since you were teens" Barbara comments and facepalms.
"What do we own the pleasure? Besides Barbara placing a bug in the wall next to Zee's poster" Dick opens his hand to show that he grabbed Oracle's device. "And you Bruce looking for your chance to sneak an attack on me?" Zatanna, Bruce and Barbara were surprised. Bruce didn't expect less of his protégée but at the same time was worried that the normal life might rust him, he was glad that he was wrong. Barbara couldn't believe it, she was sure that Dick didn't saw here planting a bug. Meanwhile, Zee was proud of her man and surprised, she couldn't see when all those things happened.
"I see that you as sharp as ever…perhaps more"
"If I was motivated before…now I'm like millionth times more. Nothin happens here without me knowing"
"Dick?"
"Yes, Barbara?"
"John is about to bite Pocus…" Dick alarms went off as he rushed to save Pocus from the suffer. He knew that Pocus would never hurt the twins but he couldn't allow the bunny to get hurt.
"C'mon, Mary and John. Help me get something for our visits while daddy talks with grandpa Bruce and Barbara" Zee made her way to the kitchen leaving Dick, Barbara and Bruce in the living room. Bruce smiled seeing all the toys across the floor.
"So…I take this is not a social visit…otherwise Damian and Alfred would've tag along" Bruce and Barbara changed their attitude to a more serious one.
"It's about a new hitman agency" Barbara pulls out her holographic computer to show files to Dick. "The agency it's called Spyral. They are training the next generation of assassins and spies"
"And you want me to do what exactly?" Bruce and Barbara got nervous with Dick's attitude.
"We want to enroll you. With your physique, your skills, your training with Deathstroke and The Court makes you the prime candidate for this mission" Barbara starts explaining.
"We are creating a secret identity for you. You are joking their ranks as Agent 37, a rogue agent from-" Dick lifts his hand to make Bruce stop.
"The answer is no"
"But Dick…"
"Let's make clear a few things. I respect and love you both but I'm not doing this. I'm out of the game, specially from the undercover stuff. I'm not leaving John, Mary, Pocus and Zee. They are growing at giant steps and I have no plans on missing anything"
"But Dick…this is really important. We can't do this without you"
"And you won't. I'm going to think in different approaches to resolve this issue but I'm not doing field work"
"I don't think you are understanding the seriousness of this situation…" While still with straight face, Dick could tell that Bruce was worked up.
"I don't think you are understanding how serious I am…" A staring contest started. "And now if you excuse me…" Grayson gets up from his chair. "Bruce, Barbara. You interrupted a very important game between me and my family, so if you are so kind" Even for Barbara and Bruce, it was weird to see Dick so serious and mad.
"Have fun and…Damian might drop later to stay the night, he misses you" Bruce didn't want to make things worse and change the subject with the intentions of leaving.
"He's always welcome here" Without any other comment, Oracle and Bruce leave the Performers' residency. "I know what are you going to say…you are going to say that I was too tough with them that I-" Zee interrupts her husband in their favorite way, by taking his lips with hers.
"You were perfect and I love you more for it"
"Really?" Zatanna cups his face.
"Really. Baby, if you didn't have responded them the way you did, they'd have keep coming back and pestering you with that and now, they know that you are serious and that your family is your number one priority"
"My family is not my number one priority…" She looks confused at him. "It's my ONLY priority and more now that we are growing bigger"
"I know. I can't believe it just yet. It feels like it was yesterday when we first learned about my pregnancy and now…we are back at it"
"I think we should've told them when we were at the pool last week"
"Nah. It was a nice family moment but let's keep this to ourselves a little bit longer. Just the five of us. We will tell the bats and my dad in a few weeks"
"Whatever the Queen wishes and I thought the perfect name for our baby"
"C'mon, Dick. That's not possible…you don't even know if we are having another girl or a boy"
"I know what are we having and the name…"
"Please tell me that you didn't ask Nimue or Nabu"
"I didn't" Zee glares at him. "I swear. It's my father instinct. My gut is taking to me"
"Are you sure the tacos from taco Tuesday aren't the ones talking to you?"
"Zee! C'mon!"
"Fine. Fine. I'll buy. What's the name?"
"I tell you later tonight when we are in bed alone"
"Are you trying to trick me into sex?"
"Do I need to trick you into having sex?"
"No but-"
"There's no buts, you just wait. I know that you are going to love it"