Title: Empty nest Context: Toonverse Spring break: Dick is away for another week, though he comes home on Friday night, tanned and tired. After patrol, he curls up in the study with Machiavelli's Discourses. He's asleep half an hour later when Bruce checks on him, a faint red line around his neck. Bruce touches his shoulder. "You should've mentioned you needed a new uniform." "'s just the freshman fifteen. I got in muscle, not fat." He's still half asleep when Bruce kisses his cheek. Then he's all the way awake. "Bruce?" "Shh." Another kiss. "It's all right." "It sure is." Dick hugs him. "Missed you."
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