The next two nights Artemis sleeps in Dick's room so she can keep an eye on him and get anything for him if needed.
Monday morning arrives.
"Dick, time to wake up," Freda says.
Dick winces in pain as he swings his legs to the ground.
"I'll get you some pain medication," Artemis says leaving the room.
"Freda, open work closet," Dick says with a sigh.
Dick thrusts himself to a standing position and walks over to his closet.
He takes a white button up shirt and black slacks out and lays them on the bed.
"Here are your pills," Artemis comes back in.
"Thanks," Dick says having a hard time taking off his shirt.
"Let me help you," Artemis says putting the pills and water on the nightstand.
"I can do it myself," Dick struggles.
Dick successfully gets the shirt off but knocks the pills and water off the nightstand in the process.
"Brucely, no, go lay down," Artemis says noticing her dog sniffing at the pills.
The dog does as commanded and goes to lay down by the door, still able to see Dick.
"I know that you don't like asking for help, but you can't do it by yourself right now," Artemis says picking up the pills and the glass.
"Fine," Dick sits down.
Artemis goes into the kitchen and fills up the glass.
"Here, take these," Artemis says giving Dick the pills.
After Dick puts the pills in his mouth, Artemis hands him the glass of water to wash them down.
"Thanks," Dick hands the glass back to her.
"Now, let's get you the rest of the way ready," Artemis says putting the glass on the nightstand and reluctantly starts taking off his pants.
"This is weird isn't it?" Dick asks seeing her uncomfortable face.
"You mean undressing my boyfriend who is my dead boyfriend's best friend, yeah," Artemis sits down.
"You don't have to do it, I can just go to work in my pajama pants and sit at my desk all day," Dick says.
"I don't think that would work, even behind the scenes," Artemis smirks.
"Fine, even though I don't like it, maybe we can ask one of our friends for help," Dick says.
"I'll call Garfield, he is still on leave from work," Artemis says leaving the room.
Dick stares at the ceiling, thinking about everything that happened over the past few days.
"Beast Boy, D-01," the Zeta-Tube says.
"He's in here," Artemis says as they walk into Dick's room.
"How you feeling?" Garfield asks.
"Lousy, but with Bruce out of commision I have to deal with Wayne Industries," Dick says.
"Let me help you get ready and then we will go from there," Garfield says.
"I'll go make some coffee," Artemis says as she leaves the room.
Brucely follows her.
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Impossible Love (A Young Justice Fanfic)
FanfictionIt's been years since the Team defeated the Reach. The founding members lost a friend and colleague that day, but Artemis lost the love of her life and for Nightwing, a brother. Artemis is now Tigress. They are spending a lot of time together, but w...
