This is another one that went through a couple of incarnations before I settled on what you see today. I hope you all enjoy a little fluff!

Day 4: Downtime

Timeline: 3 Years Post-Series

Dick Grayson and Koriand'r have been married for nearly one month and are seemingly more in love now than ever before.

While they still spend a lot of time at the group facilities at Titans Tower, right now they're in a modest suburban home where they can retreat from being Nightwing and Starfire for a while. This led to some intrigue from the neighborhood, as is natural when Bruce Wayne's eldest protégé and the enigmatic "Kory Anders" moved in but weren't even home a lot of the time, but that's not pertinent right now.

The life of a superhero can never be completely peaceful, not when there'll always be some kind of trouble afoot, but they learn to appreciate the quiet moments.

Case in point, this morning.

The sun peeked in through their bedroom window while birds chirped outside. Fresh sunlight made Kory's orange skin sparkle in a way that to Dick, made her more beautiful.

Her wavy red hair draped in front of her face a little, but Dick delicately brushed it aside.

"Hi."

"Greetings."

For several moments they simply stared at each other, smiling. You could say they were each admiring the view, but they were also reflecting on how they made it to this point.

Dick entered the world of superheroes at age 10 and kind of had a 10-year-old boy's view of romance for the next several years. Even when he formed the Teen Titans and eventually accepted his crush on Kory, he didn't think it would go anywhere. But here they are now: married, and he couldn't be happier.

Meanwhile, Kory had grown up accepting that as a princess, her romantic prospects were dim at best. Arranged diplomatic marriages are par for the course, and she nearly wed Glgrdsklechhh because of it. But thankfully she stood her ground and returned to Earth where she slowly but surely secured Dick's heart. Being married to the love of her life makes her giddier than a high-energy taurank.

"We do not have nearly enough quiet days," she said. "They are quite peaceful."

"I agree," he replied. "Do you want breakfast?"

"Eventually. Some fried plargbork would be nice. But right now I am content laying here."

And so they shifted closer to each other and cuddled for a while. Dick and Kory would enjoy their peaceful morning.

If you asked either of them, they'd say being with each other is the greatest gift of all.

Yeah, I just had to do a callback to the "Hi." "Greetings." exchange from Tokyo.