"I-" she exhaled. She'd been expecting a longer period of bafflement. "I just asked you to..." she laughed and leaned into him. "I'm shaking." That had been terrifying. Being threatened by the Joker, nearly killed by naughty nurses, and fighting all sorts of big bad didn't compare.
She kissed him again and this time it was longer and slower. There were people applauding them, but that was all background noise. When they broke apart, Carrie leaned in very close and spoke into Dick's ear, "I knew I loved you on our first date. You cried because of that cartoon and I pretended like I didn't notice but I totally did. And I knew I was screwed then." She pressed a soft kiss to the side of his face. "I don't think I'm going to change my name. But I want to spend the rest of my life with you."