"HELP ME! PLEASE!"
The vision from the magic school bus echoes in Zee's mind. Hearing and seeing her late friend in such state shakes her core.
"NOOOO!"
Screaming, sweating and shaker; Zatanna, wakes up from her sleep with her heart beating uncontrollably.
"Zee!"
Her sudden moves wakes up her husband, whom, as a reflex got in front of her in fighting position and quickly scanned the room finding no threat to his wife.
"Zee, are you okay?"
He doesn't wait for an answer and wraps his wings (arms) around her. Sitting in front of her, Zatanna gets on his lap (facing him), wraps her legs around his waist and buries her head on the crook of his neck, dropping a few tears. Dick caresses her hair with one hand and draws circles in her back with the other.
"It's okay, love. I'm here. It was just a nightmare"
She doesn't responds and sobs on him. His heat, heartbeat and touch, manages to calm her.
Cries*
"Oh my! John! Mary!"
Zatanna was about to jump from Dick's embrace but his arms doesn't allow her.
"Hey. I'd check on them. You stay here and relax, I'd get you some tea after I handle the twins"
He pecks her forehead and wipes some tears away.
"I-I…I know t-that we shouldn't do this but do you mind if we bring them to our room…just for tonight"
What the magician needed right now to calm herself was the love of her family. Seeing her babies brought her such peace and having Dick's protective arms were the perfect combination.
"Of course. Whatever you need…I'm bringing you John and Mary and then I moving their crib"
Once again Dick pecks her forehead but that wasn't enough for Zatanna. As soon as the man was about to turn around, she pulled him in a tender kiss.
"Thank you baby and I'm sorry"
Once again, Dick pecks her lips.
"Do not apologize to me, Z. I love you bunny"
"Love you more birdie"
"Mmm…Zatanna? No that I don't like this place or spending time with you but what are we doing here?"
After her nightmare, Zatanna manage to catch some sleep and spend the morning scheming something while taking care of the babies. Now, the raven beauty is dragging her husband through a small forest, not far from their place.
"I've been thinking about what Leslie told us…"
Zatanna says with a smile in her face as she drags her husband by the hand.
"That we are sex addicts?"
The man jokes
"No, th-"
He interrupts her.
"That being this hot should be considered a condition?"
"Would you please…? Okay?"
"Alright. Alright"
Zatanna stops in her tracks.
"She told us about how we are the foundation of our kids, our children…the better our relationship is, the better our kids will be. We need to take care of Dick and Zee as much as we take care of Mom, Dad, John and Mary"
She cups his face.
"I didn't know that we were neglecting us…"
"We aren't yet and this is to prevent that. I love our family walks, the trip to the beach, you know that I can't live without the five of us together but we need some couple time and the last time was almost three weeks ago on my birthday"
"That movie was really good…and cuddling with you"
"It really was. That was our last date and it was in our home, which I don't mind but I just thought that it was the right time to have another date and specially because I haven't asked you out in some time"
He playfully smiles at her.
"I mean you still haven't…"
"Oh my handsome, intelligent and dorky husband. Would you do me the honor to go on a date with me?"
Zatanna exaggerates her tone.
"How can I say no to the woman of my dreams,life and mother of my children"
They share a tender kiss. And they keep walking in hand.
"So, what did you plan for us?"
"We are having a cuddling date. There's a shrine in a couple of meters and I set a couple of cushions and blankets for us"
Zatanna was nervous and brainstorming ideas the whole morning. She really needed and wanted a date with Dick but couldn't figure it out what to do with him; so she opted for the best and most simple idea, there's nothing more in this world that she love to do (without her babies) than cuddling and talking with her soulmate.
"I love it but what about John and Mary? This is the first time that neither of us is in the house with our babies and if I'm being honest I feel nervous and fidgety"
"So do I but I trust my dad, Alfred, Raquel and Will to handle the situation besides we are not far and I will transport us there in a blink of an eye if we are too nervous…let's take this one minute at the time"
"Sounds asterous"
Finally, they arrive to Zee's spot with the cushions, blankets and a picnic basket.
"What is it in the basket?"
He asks as Zatanna takes a sit and signals him to follow her. She instructs him to put his head on her lap while pulling some grapes, strawberries and various fruits from the basket.
"Are you really not telling me what are you doing for your big comeback with the circus?"
They've been talking for some time and the couple were at opposite sides of the blanket and throwing grapes to each other's mouth.
"Noup"
"But I'm your wife!"
"And I'm your husband and you didn't told me everything about your show"
"Yeah but I'm a magician. Have you ever heard about a good acrobat never reveal his secrets? Because I haven't…that only applies to magician's"
"I'm telling you nothing. I have to keep things interesting"
"Have it your way…I guess then I'd have to eat these strawberries with chocolate all by myself"
Zatanna close her eyes as she enjoy the first bite of the strawberry but as soon as she opened her eyes, Dick was assaulting her lips and taking the fruit with him.
"These are really good. We should eat this more often at home"
"Maybe we could eat more of this if someone didn't pour all the chocolate in someone else's body…"
"Or…or. I can use the person with chocolate all over her body to dip a strawberry in her"
"A man with fresh ideas…I like it"
They keep talking about everything and nothing. From movies to events between their friends and obviously, their happy life as family.
"Come here"
Zatanna signals Dick to start their cuddling session. She lies on her back and slightly opens her legs, Dick gets in between her legs and rest his head on her breast and she plays with his hair.
"Are you comfortable, Zee? Am I not too heavy?"
"No, you are not but you know what?"
"Shoot"
He closes his eyes. Relaxing with her hands on his hair and feeling her boobs.
"There are some occasions that I miss when you were smaller than me…"
"I was less than an inch smaller than you and it didn't last long"
"In any case, I miss that I could hug you like a teddy bear and be the big spoon. You are too big right now, I gets tiring fast to be on that position"
"What are you taking about? You were the big spoon like 3 or 4 times and it didn't last long. You never endured the whole night, you'd always move and climb on top of me on the middle of the night or even worse! Let me go, giving me your back, wake up and be mad at me for "stop" spooning you when you were the one that loose her grip"
Her cheeks turns rosy pink as she smiles remembering how long they have been happily together.
"I say that I miss it in some occasions…obviously I like better the hunk of a man that you are right now"
"I love your boobs…they are so soft, squishy and comfortable"
"And I love you strong toned chest as much"
Zatanna hums.
"Who would have thought that the big bad Nightwing-"
"Who calls me big and bad? I'm Bludhaven's friendly neighborhood"
"Besides the point but the man who took down Deathstroke, Talon, Owlman, among other meta humans and even bested Batman in hand to hand combat is at the mercy of this small, cute and innocent magician"
"First, you are tall, like those legs goes forever…"
Dick starts running his hand up and down her legs.
"Second, you are indeed super cute"
He readjust himself on her breast.
"Third, you are everything but innocent my sexy and mischievous magician"
"Still you are under my command and you know it"
"I'm under your spell and everyone knows it"
"Time to change position because as much as enjoy being like this…I need you hold me"
With a groan for having to leave that position, Dick kisses her breast goodbye before moving and setting Zatanna on top of her.
"This is more like it"
"Zee?"
"Yeah?"
"I don't want to bother you or anything but you haven't talk about your nightmare and you know that we can talk about it"
Zatanna bites her lower lip and get nervous about it. She didn't feel like to talk about Conner's vision or whatever that was.
"I know. I-I…it wasn't a big deal, honest. Just a bad dream"
"Are you sure?"
"100%. I know I can talk with you about anything. You are my best friend"
"Okay but if your change your mind…"
"I know where to find you"
"Hey! The happy couple is here. How was your date?"
Will was the first one to greet Chalant.
"Amazing man. Thanks for doing us this favor"
"No problem. You take care of Liam millions of times and it was good for her to play with Amistad"
"Hey, girl. I'm surprised to see you walking"
"Raquel!"
"Don't blame the girl. You two have quite the reputation…"
"Where are my babies?"
"Nursing room with Alfred, your dad and…"
"And?"
"Captain Carrot. You should've watched how Pocus knock the wind out of Will while playing superheroes with Liam and Amistad. It was hilarious"
Raquel starts laughing at his friends expenses.
"Hey! That bunny is as cute as it is strong"
"Oh my God! Dick! Come here! Hurry"
Zatanna was playing with John and Mary in the living room after Alfred, Will, Raquel, Liam and Amistad left and Zatara was resting in his room.
"Zee! What is it?"
Grayson was shaving and runs from the bathroom to the living room, jumping and doing parkour through his house.
"I think they are going to crawl"
They stare at Mary and John that looked at their parents in confusion. The twins were resting their backs on the couch in sitting position but John leans over and crawls towards his parents.
"Oh my God! That's it, Johnny"
"That's my boy, come to mama"
Mary looks at her twin and follow his lead.
"Baby, come to your parents"
"Mary. You are amazing you two can do it"
After two small steps, the babies stop and lies on their back and starts sucking their feet.
"Did you see that? They totally crawl"
The couple quickly moves to their babies and kiss them.
"You two are amazing! We are so proud of you"
"You are so incredible!"
"Is everything alright?"
Zatara wakes up from his nap with all the noise. Zatanna and Dick lift the twins.
"Daddy! The twins just crawled!"
"What?!"
"It's true, sir"
"Wait! Put my grandchildren back to the ground I have to see them!"