Eat, please?

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Dick normally loved food, but recently, he didn't. He couldn't stand it and the worst part? None of his family knew why.
At dinner, Alfred would call him down, but he'd say he wasn't hungry. His brothers would ask him if he wanted lunch he would say he already ate, although that was a lie. Had it been because of a villain or criminal he fought? Was he sick? Or was it that reporter who picked on the fact Dick Grayson was gaining 'noticable' weight? Well, whatever it was, they didn't know.

Now, this had been going on for a few weeks, three if we're pretentious, but his family had noticed now, and they were gonna find out why.
"Hey, Dickie?"
"Yes Timmy?"
"Are you..feeling ok?"
"Yeah im fine thanks Tim, how are you?"
"Im alright..are you sure youre ok?"
"Yeah...why?"
"No reason in particular"
And that's how it went for most of the bat family members if they tried to bring it up. While mostly all of them went for quite ambiguous interrogations, Jason had another idea.
Everyone was sat down at the table for a change except for Dick, though he walked past to get a drink. Alfred asked if he could fix him a plate, and when Dick sweetly declined, Jason striked.
"Alright, we are all thinking it Dick why arent you eating?"
Dick froze, he didn't think his family would really notice but, then again they are all heroes, anti-heroes, detectives or their name is Alfred.
"I just havent been hungry recently...thats all!"
Dick argued rubbing his arm, something he did when he was nervous.
"Then why are you nervous?"
Jason fought, he was going to get the true answer.
"What do you mean nervous?"
Dick questioned hoping to be able to get away, although, he knew that wouldn't happen.
"You're rubbing your arm, you do it when youre nervous."
Jason looked to him expectantly, as did the rest of the family.
"Come on Chum, you can tell us."
Bruce reassured, everyone else nodding in agreeance.
Dick sighed and sat at his seat at the table.
"You know the interview i went for?"
"The one on national TV?"
Damien questioned, earning a nod from Dick,
"Yeah, we all watched it together, you were great! But we didn't like the interviewer."
Tim stated, and everyone shared their opinions all of them pointing a dislike towards the interviewer.
"Yeah, i didnt like her either...but it was something she said on tv that i guess...stupidly it got to me..."
Everyone looked down in thought when Steph looked up as well as Cass who got out of her seat and hugged him.
"Oh Dickie, was it when she mentioned your weight?"
Everyone turned to Dick for a response as they all remember Dicks obvious discomfort from the question on tv.
"Yeah......"
He mutters quietly ashamed he listened and actually cared about what she said.
"But, it was also the comments i got after the interview agreeing with her that really got to me the fact that multiple people agreed that i should get thinner, whether that be through starvation or a diet."
Everyone looked towards him thoughtfully, feeling bad for him. Everyone always saw Dick for his body and looks, same with Nightwing, who was a hero and was sexualised beyond belief compared to other heroes and such.
"Dick, you know you are perfectly fine as you are. Right?"
Duke comments trying to lift Dicks self esteem, while everyone else agrees.
"Yeah, we all love you for you we dont care if your weight fluctuates."
Bruce adds, trying to comfort his son.
Everyone, once again agrees looking to Dick who was holding in tears.
"Yeah, if anyone says anything negative ill kill them so just please eat something?"
Jason encourages smiling at Dick who laughed at his younger brothers antics.
"Alright, alright ill join you all for dinner."
Everyone's spirits were lifted as they all enjoyed dinner as a family.
They would always be there for each other no matter the issue at hand.

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