This story takes place in the Earth-16 continuity of the DC Multiverse after Dick Grayson and Zatanna Zatara had been dating for a few years now, they continued to go on many missions together. Dick had moved on from the Robin Mantle, passing it on to his successor, Tim Drake, with Dick himself adopting the title of Nightwing. Dick and Zatanna had gone on many dates with their best friends Wally West and Artemis Crock, who had decided to leave the hero life behind to live a normal life, as normal as possible at least. During this time span Dick gave her an affectionate nickname, Zee, as they had become very close, while Zatanna called him several different nicknames. After only a year, a vision of their possible future together came to visit them, their future children, after spending a few days with them they were finally able to return them home to their own time period, this strengthened their relationship immensely, even though it was strong before. Dick had just now gained leadership of the Team; Kaldur had stepped down, grieving over the loss of Tula, Aquagirl, and blaming it mostly on Dick. The years had to been good to both of them, Dick growing to about 6'0" and sporting a well-muscled, well-toned build but also slender build, with Zatanna growing less and being about 5'8" sporting a more curvaceous frame. This story takes place when Dick and Zatanna had gone to live on their own in Bludhaven, for a few weeks as a vacation from the Team. This is my first story so I'll be appreciative of constructive criticism!
**Disclaimer: I do not own any of the locations or songs within this story, Young Justice and its characters such as Dick Grayson and Zatanna Zatara are strictly property of Warner Bros. and DC Comics. Songs that are being sung are not owned by me either, but are written and performed by Jesse McCartney, voice actor of Dick Grayson on Young Justice.
Dick and Zatanna were getting ready to celebrate their four year anniversary there were thirty seconds on the clock left until the New Year. Zatanna said, "It's hard to believe that we became a couple like this, on this night four years ago." Dick replied, "I can't believe it's been this long already, but it's been a great four years. The clock struck 12, and he wrapped his arms around her, while she wrapped her arms around his neck, and he kissed her, more passionately than he had done in the last three years. This moment was on Dick's mind, as he had just finished dealing with a bank robbery in Bludhaven taking care of all of the criminals single-handedly, leaving the robbers tied up for the Bludhaven Police Department to find.
Dick returned to his apartment in Bludhaven, walking in, Dick took off his mask, turning on a light to see Zatanna sitting on their couch, he says, "Honey I'm home." Zatanna looked at him hard, getting up off the couch, she walked up to him and put her hand on his chest rubbing it affectionately, she says to him, "Welcome home handsome." Dick replied, "I'm glad to be home, Zee." She grabbed his chin, and he wrapped his arms around her waist, he looked into her deep blue eyes, mesmerized, he began kissing her passionately for a bit.
Dick pulled away, leaving Zatanna eager for more, he says to her, "Let me wash up, then we can continue… this." Dick gave her another quick peck on the lips, and walked into the bathroom, taking off his suit, turning on the showers hot water. Zatanna says to herself quietly, "Alright ninja boy, I think it's time we go on a little date," casting a spell quietly, "Sserd tseb ym otni egnahc." About five minutes after Dick got out of the shower, he wrapped a towel around his waist to be decent, because he had not brought a change of clothes.
He walked out of the bathroom to see Zatanna in a simple yet gorgeous dress, black with light amounts of glitter, just cutting off at the knees, wearing heels that leveled her almost to his height. Dick's jaw dropped as he looked at her, she was so beautiful, her blue eyes shining with her wavy black hair just past her shoulders, and he loved everything about this girl. He asked her, "What's the occasion, Zee?" She replied, "You're going to take me on a date, honey." He smiled at her, "Alright, just let me get ready."
She smiled at him back with a hint of mischief in it, she motioned him to come closer, and he did, she examined his figure once more looking at all the scars on his chiseled body, she put her hand on his chest again, kissing him while removing his towel from its hold around his waist, exclaiming, "Oops!", as it dropped to the floor. Dick naturally pulled his hand down to cover himself, but Zatanna caught him by the hand. Dick gave in, and she moved her hand down, but then she moved close enough to his face where their lips were almost in contact and says, "You have to take me on a date first." And she pulled away from his lips, leaving Dick hanging waiting for another. "Now go change" Zatanna said to him. Dick replied, "Alright, I'll be out in a few."
Dick picked up his towel and went to go change still completely naked, but it wasn't anything Zatanna hadn't seen before. Zatanna waited and Dick walked out in a nice suit, ready for a good date. Zatanna, impressed, looked at him and said, "You haven't dressed up like this since you took me to that ball in Gotham." "Well you know, you deserve the best, Zee." "Why are you so good to me though, Dick?" "We've been together for four years now, Zee, you know as well as I do it's because I care about you." "But why do you care so much?" "
Because, the day your father took on the mantle of Doctor Fate, as his permanent host, he asked Batman to take care of you, when it became his responsibility, I believed it should be my responsibility as well, I promised to myself I'd keep you safe, to look after you in every way I can, because Zatanna Zatara, I love you, I love you more than anything in this world, and nothing can or will ever change that." "Oh Dick, I love you too." She kissed him again, they embraced, and she said to him "Oh and Artemis and Wally want to meet us at Olive Garden in Gotham." "Ah, a double date, it's been a while since we've seen them, I mean they do live all the way in California." "Oh and it will be a good night, just try to stay 'whelmed, okay babe?" "I'll try my best, Zee." "Good." She smiled at him, they walked out to Dick's 2016 Shelby Mustang, and they drove to the Olive Garden to meet Wally and Artemis.
After a half an hour drive the couple arrived at Olive Garden, Wally and Artemis were sitting in the front lobby waiting for them. Dick got out of the car and rushed over to the other side to open Zatanna's door for her, after he opened it she said to him, "You don't have to open the door for me." Dick replied quickly, "I wanted to open the door for you though." They smiled at one another before Dick leaned in and gave Zatanna a quick kiss, and he slipped his hand next to hers and interlocked their fingers.
They walked into the restaurant, Artemis and Wally spotted them walking in through the glass, and after the door opened Artemis ran up to Zatanna, who let go of Dick's hand to greet her friend. Dick and Wally had their own reunion, performing their special handshake that they had invented a few years back, Zatanna and Artemis keeping a watchful eye on it. The attractive young hostess, who was eyeing both Dick and Wally, continued to make eye contact with them and flirt in subtle ways. Dick and Wally both being friendly responded positively, so the waiter kept going even though she knew Artemis and Zatanna were their girlfriends.
The hostess led them to a square table where they all sat down, Dick and Wally both feeling a bit more gentlemanlike than usual, they stood behind each of their girlfriends chairs and pushed them in for them. The hostess said, "Let me know if you know if you need anything" and she gave Dick a wink, he just kind of smiled back faintly. Zatanna caught it and shot the hostess a glare, and nudged Dick. "What? I didn't do anything." He said, "That girl was flirting with you!" Zatanna replied sharply, "It's not like she was going to get anywhere, Zee." "I know, I just get nervous with all the pretty girls always all over you." "Zatanna, you're the most beautiful girl in the world, no other girl could compare… besides I feel the same way with all the guys eyeing you all the time." "Aww, Dick, you're so sweet."
They were so busy talking that they didn't notice the waiter standing next to them until Wally cut in quickly, "Hey lovebirds, waiter is here." Dick and Zatanna replied in unison, "Oh, sorry." "The waiter said, "It's fine, are you all one separate checks?" Dick replied, "We're all on one check." Wally whispered to him, "Dick what are you doing, Artemis and I can pay for our own meal." "But I'm the son of Bruce Wayne; I can get this even half price maybe even free, Bruce does own the franchise here after all." Wally replied, "Alright, but just this once." The waiter, looking at Zatanna, "What can I get you all to drink tonight?" Wally replied, "I'll have a raspberry lemonade tea."
The waiter wrote it down and then looked at Artemis who said, "I'll have water, with lemon." The writes it down, waiter looks at Zatanna, and she says, "I'll have water with no lemon." The waiter writes it down and says, "And for you sir?" Dick replies, "I'll just have a Dr. Pepper", they got these drinks because none of them were yet old enough to purchase alcohol legally. The waiter walks away and says "I'll just give you some time to look at your menus and I'll be back with your drinks."
Wally looks at Artemis and says, "So babe, what do you want to eat?" Artemis replies, I think I want to try the seafood brodetto, or the parmesan crusted tilapia, but we're going to share, right? What do you think?" "I think the Tilapia sounds good, I haven't had it in some time." "Alright so Tilapia it is then." Artemis and Wally were done but Dick and Zatanna were still undecided. Zatanna says to Dick, "I want to try the chicken scampi, anything else you think would be good?" "The Chicken and Shrimp Carbonara sounds fine, maybe the Chicken Alfredo." "Okay so I think between the chicken scampi, and the Alfredo, I do feel more like pasta now that you mention it." "Okay then, so you want the Alfredo then?" "Yes please, babe." She smiled at him. Just as they were finishing and began a conversation within the whole group the waiter came back with their drinks and the bread appetizers.
The waiter smiled at Zatanna, "Alright so are you all set?" "Yes." Dick replied sharply for her. "Alright so what do you want?" "She and I are splitting a Chicken Alfredo, and we want the Italian Dressing, and that will be all." "Okay, and for you?" looking at Wally. Wally replied, "We'll be getting the parmesan crusted tilapia, and the Italian Dressing salad as well." "Alright, thank you can I have your menus." They pass up their menus to the waiter; he takes them and says, "Let me know if you need anything else." Dick says, "Thank you."
He then looks at Zatanna and says, "I don't like him looking at you like that." Zatanna responds, "Dick, you know that there's no other guy for me out there right?" "I know, Zee, I just don't like other guys looking at you" "You're such a sweetheart." "I strive to be." Zatanna leans in and kisses him on the cheek, and he smiles at her. Zatanna turns to Artemis and Wally, "So where are you two staying while you're here?" Artemis replies, "We're probably going to stay at a hotel in Gotham for a while." "You could always stay at mine and Dick's place in Bludhaven, we have plenty of room." "Oh no, we couldn't, we have business to take care of in Gotham." "Oh well, we won't keepp you from that then."
They continued conversation until their food arrived, Dick and Zatanna watched Wally eat his food, and even though he ate fast, he wasn't as much of a pig as he was when Zatanna first met him. Zatanna looked at Dick, "You were right, I finally got used to watching him eat." Dick smiled at her and replied, "I told you." "Haha, I like the food, don't you?" Dick, with his mouth full, says, "It's great, they did a good job cooking." They both dug into the noodles with their forks not really bothering to cut them, at the same time and eventually they got to the same noodle, sucking it into their mouths, not noticing, but their faces came together, and their lips made contact, they pulled back and blushed but smiling at one another.
Wally looked at them and said to Artemis, "Déjà vu, it looks like something I've seen before." Artemis said to him, "I've never seen anything like it before, but probably because I had a messed up childhood." "It's alright Artemis I'm not even sure what it means to me." They finished their meals and then Dick took care of the bill, getting all of their meals for free, and then he left a generous tip. The group said their goodbyes to each other and Wally and Artemis got into their car and drove to their hotel. Dick and Zatanna were happy to see their friends again, they also weren't tired, and the time was only half past eight. Dick was looking at his watch and he looked up at Zatanna telling her, "The night's still young, we can either go home, see a movie, or do whatever else you want to do." Zatanna looked at him and said, "Let's go somewhere nice and private, let's say… Wayne Manor?" "Alright, Zee, then let's get going. Tonight has been totally astrous, don't you think?" He started the car, they fastened their seatbelts and during Zatanna replied, "Yes, it's only a little short of perfect, babe." "What would make it perfect then?" "You're just going to have to find out." She winked at him, and he laughed.
After a few traffic lights, and some long conversations, they arrived at Wayne Manor, which was empty except for Alfred, the caretaker and trusted family butler of Bruce Wayne and his adopted family, which included Dick and Tim. After they arrived on the large driveway gate, Dick opened the gate with his passcode. They parked out front, and he stopped the car and rushed over to Zatanna's door to open it for her. Zatanna said, "You don't have to do this all the time." Dick replied, "I love doing this, you're my girl, you deserve it." She blushed at this, and she held out her hand, Dick kissed her as he helped her out. They walked out into the manor, Zatanna said, I haven't been here for a year, you know when we lived together here?" Dick replied, "I remember that, those were some good times babe." "Yeah, all those nights you'd sneak into my bedroom and we'd talk, watch movies, cuddle, oh I miss those days." "Not only all the times we'd go out and sit on top of the Wayne Tech building." "Those were the days, babe, maybe we can relive them soon." "We have a little time left, but only another three days before we have to return to the Team." "Then we have to live it up then, hot stuff." "I think it's time to start then."
They ran up to Dick's room on the second floor of the manor." Once in the room, they closed the door, but left the lights on. Zatanna walked up to Dick and began unbuttoning his coat. She kissed him and said, "I think you should get changed so this will be easier." Dick quickly changed his clothes in one of his drawers, a more comfortable shirt, a black tee shirt with blue markings resembling somewhat his Nightwing costume and some jeans. He quickly returned to Zatanna, who was admiring his body while he was changing, and he put his arms around her waist, while she put her arms around his shoulders, they locked lips a few times.
They hit Dick's bed very quickly passionately kissing one another, but didn't go past that, he looked at her and said, "So out to the balcony then?" Zatanna answered, "Sure that sounds nice." "Alright, follow me then." She took grabbed his hand and interlocked their fingers, Dick stopped for a second and looked at her then he shot the smile that melted her heart every time he gave it to her, and she smiled back blushing slightly. Dick led her to the outer balcony of the manner and they stood having conversations, he was embracing her from behind.
Zatanna looked out at the moon and the stars and said, "It's a beautiful isn't it?" Dick replied softly, "All the more beautiful when I'm with you." "Something about the full moon gets a girl's hormones raging for some reason." "Be careful Zee, you know that I can't resist you without your help, you're my addiction." "And if I can't resist you?" "I couldn't help myself if something happened like that." "Well we don't want that to happen, do we Dick?" "I'm only worried about the consequences, your father wouldn't approve of that, and well Bruce wouldn't be proud of me either." "I know, Dick, I just wish we could do this every day, just you and me, not a worry in the world." "Zatanna, I love you, but we both have a responsibility to the Team and the League, they need us both." "I love you too, I just..." "I know Zee, I understand, but it's where we belong." "Yeah, I guess it is, even so, I've had a great night, Dick." "I'm glad, but we should get back to Bludhaven."
"Bludhaven can wait, babe, how about we sleep here for the night?" "If you insist, then I can't refuse." "Alright, so we sleep in your room then, it has a queen sized bed anyway?" Dick smiled mischievously and replied, "Of course, what's mine is yours." They walked back to Dick's room and they looked at one another starting another passionate make-out session, Dick slipped Zatanna's dress off smoothly and it hit the floor.
Zatanna took off Dick's shirt with his help, but they stopped themselves quickly, they however jumped in the bed with only boxer briefs and a bra and underwear on respectively. They cuddled together on the bed, Zatanna commenting "Dick that had better be your utility belt pushing up against my butt." "What? What are you talking about?" "I'm joking I know exactly what it is." "Oh, I'm sorry about that, I can turn around." "Hah, I don't mind." Dick just smiled and kissed her neck. Zatanna said teasingly, "Isn't it past your bedtime, babe?" "No, but we should get to sleep, we have a long day tomorrow." "Goodnight then, hot stuff." "Goodnight, beautiful." "I love you." "I love you too, Zee." And they drifted off to sleep.
Thanks for reading! There'll be more updates soon enough, RxR