[Y/N walks into the manor he can feel something is off. Usually he would hear Jason and Damian at each other's throats or hear Ace barking when he got home. But something felt....of about today. He walks upstairs]
Y/N: Where is everyone? Cass? Steph? Dick? Duke? Anybody?
[They hear the sound of crying from Dukes room. Y/N quick turns to the sound as Venom says]
Venom: Duke?
[Venom says with a hint of sympathy in his voice. Y/N knocks on the door and says]
Y/N: Hey, Duke, you there, man?
[Y/N doesn't hear a response. He then says]
Y/N: I'm gonna open the door, okay?
[Again not a single response. He opens it up and sees Duke at the edge of the window. Near the edge of the roof. Y/N steps out and sits next to Duke. They sit there for a good couple of minutes. Awkward energy fills the air. Y/N then turns to Duke and says]
Y/N: So.... what happened?
[Duke doesn't respond and just looks down in sadness. YN sighs and says]
Y/N: Duke, I can't help you if you won't open up to me. You're family. I want to help you, but only if you let me.
[Duke then lifts his head up and says]
Duke: Anna and I broke up.
[Y/N eyes widen as Venom appears on Y/N shoulder]
Venom: What?!
[Duke then says]
Duke: I don't understand what went wrong. I thought it was going so well. What did I miss?
Y/N: What happened?
Duke: I-I don't know, she just said she didn't think it was working.... Did.... did I do something wrong, Y/N? Did I not love her enough? Was I not there for her when she needed me?
[Duke looks at Y/N desperate for an answer. Y/N stammers as he can't think of an answer]
Y/N: I-I-Um.....
Duke: She said "it's not you, it's me." Has that line ever made anyone feel better?
Venom: I.... we don't know, Duke. I'm sorry.
[Cass then clicks open the window and comes out and says]
Cass: Hey.
Y/N, Duke, Venom: Hey.
[Cass leans her head on Dukes shoulder, trying to comfort him]
Cass: Sorry.
[Dick and Peter come out and say]
Peter: Got room for two more?
[The five try to comfort as Y/N distances himself from the group not knowing how to help Duke]
Duke: So everyone knows, huh?
Dick: Yeah, detective training and all that.
Peter: You get used to it.
Duke: Great.
Peter: [looks at Duke with a small smile] I've got Damian guarding the door. He'll hold off Bruce until you're ready to come out and get the "post-break up dad talk." It's a doozy. Believe me.
Cass: Want to talk?
Duke: No.
Cass: OK.
[Tears come from Dukes eyes]
Duke: She wanted to he friends. How am I supposed to go back to that after everything?
[Y/N then does a deep inhale and exhale and then walks up to Duke and sits next to him moving in between Dick and Duke]
Y/N: You may never be able to go back to that. And that's fine, Duke. Trust me, I've been there. You love someone so much you think you did something wrong...
[Y/N Looks at into the distance a tear coming from his eye thinking of his ex. He then pulls out a picture of him and Stephanie on a date having a good time, just two kids in love]
Y/N: But then one day you'll find someone that changes everything. Now, it may not be the same, but at least they will love you til the very end. Just as you love them to the very end.
[Y/N wraps Duke into a hug as Venom's tendril wraps around him to]
Y/N: And I'll be there right beside you to help you through it. We all will. I promise.
[Duke cries into Y/N shoulder]
Duke: It doesn't feel like it it'll ever get better.
Y/N: I know, man. I know. But it will in time.
[They all wrap their hands around Duke as Peter says]
Peter: We've got you. Duke. We're here.
Venom: It's okay.
[It then fades to black]
