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Dick Grayson (

gothamboy) wrote in

It seemed weird to be watching this in his Nightwing uniform, but he'd done far stranger things than this in the past, although at the moment he was having a hard time coming up with an example. "Let me... yeah." He retrieved the disc and turned on the television in the living room.

Beauty and the Beast was in there. Ordinarily he would have made a comment, then she would have made a different comment, and they would have flirted. It was a difficult time indeed when they didn't seize upon any opportunity to seduce one another. As Dick pressed play, he hoped that whatever the results were, he would not be the horrific monster he suspected would prey upon Carrie's inhibitions being lowered.

"What are you doing?"

"That couple we talked to are chattering about marriage, I wanted to eavesdrop. Now shush."

"Iris, you rascal."

"Shush! How's this thing work--oh, there." The camera wobbled and focused eventually on Dick and Carrie, who were sitting together and didn't seem to be that drunk.

Carrie was speaking. "--a big deal. It's for life. Or it's supposed to be. And I never saw a happy couple when I was a kid. My folks were just together, it wasn't like they were super in love or happy."

"Oh, the poor dear."

"Iris, I can't hear."

"Oh, rascal, am I?"

Carrie finished speaking just after Barry and Iris did: "I don't really think it's possible."

Dick looked at her for a time, then said, "People don't stay happy forever. They don't stay happy forever. Like Barry said. They work at it."

"Hear that? Boy has taste. Knows when to respect his elders."

"--there are some people who stay together because, well, the happy and the not-happy average out close enough to even that it's more of a hassle not to be together. But then there are others who fall in love, who find just the right person and they grow in just the right ways and they both care enough to work to have as good a relationship as they can possibly have."

The camera moved as Iris let out an 'awwww.'

Dick took Carrie's hand in his and took a deep breath. "If you really, sincerely believe that if you stay with me, then one day you will end up hating me or being miserable, tell me now. Break up with me. I'd rather be a friend with a broken heart than a lover with two."

The camera went to black at this point, then came back on facing a scene clearly taking place a few minutes later. "I'm taking a risk that you might break my heart into a million pieces, and I can look into your eyes every morning for the rest of our lives and think, wow, that was worth it." Dick's voice was crisp, but the camera was facing into Barry's chest. It switched off again, cutting another indeterminate amount of time. "--you really love me," said Carrie's voice over Barry muttering "I think I got it--wait." And the camera went black again.

"Ha! There it is!" Iris' voice was as triumphant as Carrie's was loving. Carrie said, "I love you," and the camera did its best to focus on the young lovers as she said, "Marry me."

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