"What are you doing, honey? Why are you not in bed with your beautiful wife?"
Zatanna asks a very busy Dick Grayson, who is working on his holo computer. The magician was leaning against the frame of the door of their bedroom in her black nightgown.
"Working some stuff. I need to get these files sort out as soon as possible"
Dick doesn't bother to look up to see her.
"The bed is very cold and lonely…"
She tells him in an attempt to call for his attention.
"I'm going to be right away with you, Zee. I really need to finish this"
Grayson answers without breaking his gaze from his computer.
"Okay…"
Zatanna waited patiently for her prey but it took him too long that she fell asleep. She wakes up when she hears the sink of their bathroom.
"Oh! Are you finally getting into bed?"
Dick sits on the edge of the bed and Zatanna sits behind him with her legs wrapped around his waist, she starts breathing down his neck and playing with his earlobe.
"Yeah. I'm really tired and I need to wake up early to go and see Bruce. He needs me to discuss something about the training for Tim, Steph and Cass…"
Dick was yawning, he has been working non stop for the last few weeks and this week has been the worst for the magician gettting next to no attention from the acrobat. Zatanna groans knowing she wasn't getting affection from him and sighs as she lies on her side of the bed.
"Good night, Zee. I love you"
Dick kiss her cheek before cuddling her.
"I love you too…"
Zatanna answers half-heartedly. She wasn't liking at all the lack of attention. She decides that the best course of action is to talk with her friends for advice and then talk with her husband.
"What do you guys think?"
Zatanna, Artemis, Barbara, Megan and Donna were chatting in Chalant's living room.
"Mmm…it is weird for him to act like that but it's a Bat, all bats are weird. No offense, Barb"
Artemis tries to be the voice of reason.
"Non taken. He has been acting up and he seems to be scheming something with Bruce…I don't know what it is tho"
Oracle tells everything she knows.
"Donna? Any ideas?"
Artemis asks the Amazon.
"Mmm…Dick can be pretty unpredictable and he's a guy. I've been spending too much time with him, Kaldur, Wally and Will to know that guys zoom out for not reason. Maybe he's plotting something…"
"Like what?"
Megan asks.
"Isn't he planning another tour with the circus?"
Artemis thinks that she hit the jackpot.
"No. He has no tours"
Zatanna quickly answers.
"Don't you think that he's seeing someone else, right?"
Megan asks nervously. The tension in the room was high.
"Not a chance. We love each other so much and I trust him…even if he's distant. I can still feel his love when he holds me, kisses me and when he tells me that he loves me"
Zatanna was so sure about each other's feelings.
"And…are you guys boning or not?"
The Amazon asks the million dollar question.
"Yeah. He was so amazing and passionate this morning…"
Zatanna bites her bottom lip remembering her love making session before he leave in the morning.
"Then what's the issue?"
"He's not talking to me that much…I know that he's into something a-and barely spend quality time together like watching movies or cuddling…he's usually in a rush"
"Then you just gotta talk to him, Mrs. Grayson"
Even after a 2 of years of marriage, Zatanna would still feel butterflies and so much more in the stomach by being called like that.
"What about you, Mrs. West?"
Artemis smiles like the Cheesire Cat.
"Amazing. The honey moon was great. We finally got the gist of the whole Flash and League stuff. I gotta hand it to you, Tanna. It's harder than it looks"
Zatanna takes a sip of her wine.
"It really is but It's so worthy. I still wonder if Dick will ever join the league…"
The magician's thoughts runs back to her hubby.
"What about you? Is Tigress joining the league anytime soon?"
Barbara asks as she takes a sip from her glass.
"No. I like my spot in the Team and co-leading with you, Oracle"
"And what about the Outsiders?"
Donna asks.
"Aren't we too old to take part on that Team?"
Artemis asks.
"Conner is in it"
Megas quickly answers.
"Well…soon to be Mrs. Kent. Technically, Conner is 9-10 years old"
The women laughs and keeps having a good time and chat about everything until Dick gets home.
"Hello, ladies. Honorable bae"
Dick pecks Zee on the lips.
"What's with the honorable bae?"
Oracle asks.
"Well…Zee is older than me. I call her madam magic, dear honey, among other names that if told you…I'm sleeping on the couch"
"Woow. The Boy Wonder does learn new tricks but we better leave"
Donna mocks her friend and decides that it's better to leave the couple alone.
"You don't have to. I can cook something for all of us or order pizza or Chinese…"
Dick loved to spend time with his friends.
"Don't worry. We have stuff to do…U.N and all that jazz"
All the girls give perfect excuses to leave.
"Well then I see you later…"
"It's not like I have another option. I have to see you in the Batcave to train the batbrats…"
"Your life would be boring without me and don't let Cass see you tipsy. You need to be a good example for her"
The women says their goodbyes, leaving the couple alone.
"So…do you want me to make dinner or do you prefer pizza?"
Dick asks his wife, who shyly rubs her arm.
"Actually…can we talk?"
Dick takes her hand and guides her to the couch.
"What's it? Is something wrong?"
Zatanna bites her bottom lip.
"Yeah. I think you've been kinda distant…specially this week and I didn't wanted to ask you why because we usually tell the other everything and with all the work you've been doing lately…I-I didn't want to add more stuff to your plate but I don't want this small fence turn into a wall between us"
Dick smiles tenderly and softly at her. He pecks her lips, puts his hand on her cheek and Zatanna automatically leans on his hand.
"It was a surprise for you…for us"
Zatanna looks surprised at him.
"I'm taking a page from your book…."
"What do you mean?"
"Dick Grayson is stepping into the light. I'm becoming a public hero just like you…."
"Does that mean?"
"Yeah. I'm joining the League as both Dick Grayson/Nightwing"
"And what about Bruce and everything else?"
"I've been going to the Cave to train the bats and to plot something to get Bruce Wayne clear from any suspicious. We are going the shape shifting route with either M'gann or J'onn"
"And your work as detective?"
"I'm resigning from the force. I've been working with Yin to fix this so all the cases under Richard Grayson doesn't get dismissed…we have a team of lawyers and an iron clad defense. I'm doing more work with the circus and with gymnastics team"
"How did you reach that decision?"
"I love the center ring since I was a kid. I was the master of the trapeze but when Bruce took me in…I have to build this whole other persona and mask. I'm going back to my roots, seeing you living one life and not two made me realize that is possible"
Zatanna throws herself to his arms and starts nuzzling against his chest.
"It's amazing, my love. You have my full support, always"
"Glad that you say that…"
Zatanna having her head on his chest couldn't see him but she knew that he was smirking.
"What are you plotting?"
She knew too dammed well that tone of his.
"I know that you are the headliner and you don't like to share the main stage but I was thinking that maybe we can do a show together…The Princess of Prestidigitations, Zatanna Zatara and The Prince of the High Wire, Dick Grayson"
"You are right. I don't like to share the center ring but I think I can make an exception for you"
She smirks at him.
"Lucky me"
She rest her head on his chest. She loves to hear his heart.
"I'm the lucky one"
She plant soft kisses on the crook of his neck.
"One more thing"
Dick lifts his index finger.
"I'm…all…ears"
She bites and sucks his finger.
"From our show together…we can donate everything to charity. To the orphanage of Blüdhaven"
Dick was having problems focusing with Zatanna's attics.
"I love you so much. You and your big heart…"
"I love you a Zeellion times more"