Meaning: Grounding, dependability


Dick's an insomniac. One of his least attractive qualities if she were being honest.

Dating the Boy Wonder, she's learned, means a lot of late nights and occasionally a couple early mornings. She doesn't entirely blame him; between the team, Gotham, and school he's got a rather unforgiving schedule. She only wishes he took better care of himself. Some days he looks like if the wind blew on him too hard he'd collapse into a pile of creaky old bones.

Zatanna and a couple others were sent on a mission to Markovia earlier. By the time they're back it's already midnight, and after she's changed out of her uniform the magician runs to the kitchen to grab a snack before bedtime. However, she's instead surprised to find her boyfriend out cold over his laptop, doing what seemed to be rather taxing calculus equations on the kitchen counter when his drowsiness finally caught up to him.

She smiles softly, gently rubbing his messy hair and giggling at the mere sight of him quite literally drowning in his work. She leans down to kiss his left eyelid, and he begins to stir as she picks him up bridal style. "Hngh…Z-Zee? Wh-what time is i-"

In his exhaustion he's barely able to get a coherent sentence out, and she chuckles before pecking his cheek affectionately. "Late. Let's go to bed."

He closes his eyes and smiles, wrapping his arms around her neck and resting his head on her shoulder while she carries him back to her bedroom.