Dick Grayson one shots

Sleeping beauty

Whumptober day 13: Team as a family

"You sure you want to come with us?" M'gann asked. "The team should have this one covered."

Dick flashed her a smile. "You trying to get rid of me so soon after I rejoined the team?" He asked jokingly.

"No, that's not what I meant," M'gann said quickly, slugging Dick lightly in the shoulder.

Dick laughed. "I want to see how this team of yours runs," he said.

M'gann chuckled. "You better get onto the ship then," she said.

Dick laughed and followed her aboard.

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The mission was going well, everything going to plan. That is until it was no longer going to plan, which happened to be about the time Klarion showed up.

Dick was immediately on guard when he saw the chaos lord appear.

Klarion let out a maniacal laugh, beams of red light shooting out from his fingers.

'M'gann. Get the team to safety and contact fate. I'll hold Klarion until then,' Dick said via the mind link, charging at the villain.

Dick was able to hold his own surprisingly well at first. He could tell Klarion was just toying with him, so he tried to make things as interesting as he could to hold his attention.

A glowing ankh was Dick's sign that Dr. Fate had arrived, and he foolishly let his guard drop just a bit, assuming the lord of order would engage the villain immediately.

Klarion himself let out a childish whine, stomping his foot and glaring at Fate. "Meanie. Always come to ruin my fun," he said, his glare turning to Dick. "I have one last surprise though," he said, grinning evilly as a beam of red struck Dick in the chest.

Dick stumbled back a few steps, his eyes falling closed in the same moment his knees gave out. He hit the ground with a thud, his breaths deep and even.

"Look at sleeping beauty, how handsome," Klarion said with a cackle. "I wonder how long he'll be waiting for true love's kiss."

With that, the chaos lord disappeared, the team rushing to Dick's side.

Dick lay there as if he were sleeping, his face peacefully serene despite all their attempts at waking him.

"Step aside," Fate demanded, kneeling by the fallen hero. His hands glowed, and he rested one on Dick's chest, the other on his forehead.

The team waited with bated breath for Fate to fix their friend... but nothing happened.

"He's asleep," Fate said after a few long moments.

"Why can't we just wake him up then?" Tim asked, peeking out from behind M'gann's back.

"Klarion put a spell on him," Fate growled, annoyance filling his voice as he glared at Tim.

"How do we break the spell?" M'gann asked.

"True love's kiss I suppose," Fate mumbled.

"What does that even mean? That's like some fairy tale nonsense," Beast Boy asked.

"If you haven't noticed," Fate snapped, "Klarion doesn't necessarily operate by the rules of what does and doesn't make sense."

Tim held his brother's hand, ignoring the others as they bickered back and forth with Fate.

Fate pushed them all back, trying a spell to wake the sleeping hero. A beam of glowing golden light shot out from his hands, striking Dick in the chest.