RobRae One Shots

Scars/Muscles

We were both lying in bed cuddling. It was one of our favorite things to do to unwind from eventful nights.

I can't tell you have many petty thieves were out tonight. It was like it was National Steel all the Jewlery and Cash night or something. It was truly ridiculous.

Normally we don't deal with that kind of stuff, but I mean there was a lot of them tonight.

Nothing bad happened while we were out, no one was hurt, except the thieves, and no one was killed. So, it was a really successful night, just really busy.

While I was thinking of the night's events, I was moving my hand around Richard's chest. My hand absentmindedly went to his shoulder and started to rub one of his scars.

I've seen all of his scars, obviously we've been together for five years, but now that I think about it, I've never asked him about them.

"Hey, Dick?"

He hums in response.

"What's this scar from?"

He sighs. He probably doesn't want to talk about it, now that I think about it. He hates talking about his past.

"You know if you don't -"

"That's where the Joker shot me."

"Oh."

He hummed again.

"So this is when everything went down between you and Bruce? When you gave up the Robin mantle."

"Yep. And there's honestly nothing I'd do to change that dispute. It lead me to where I am now and I couldn't be happier." He looked me in the eyes when he said that. I didn't say anything, I just smiled at him.

But when I started to think about it, he was being open about his past so I thought I'd see how many stories he'd tell.

I sit up and look around his body.

"How about this one?" I point to a scar on his bicep.

"Poison Ivy, cut me with a poisonous vine. Almost killed me, but when have I not almost died in a fight before."

I shrugged and continued to look for another scar on his body.

"I feel like I remember you getting this one on your leg. Did you get it during our time as Titans?"

"Yes, I did get that one from when we were Titans. Do you remember from whom? I specifically remember you patching it up for me."

I thought about it for a little bit since I have patched him up quite a few times.

"Oh! Was that the one from Mad Mod?"

"Good memory! Yes it was from one of our fights with Mad Mod."

"How about this one?" I pointed at one that was on his upper thigh.

"You don't remember? Come on Rae think about it."

I looked at him for a minute.

"Nope. I got nothing."

"That was from my first encounter with Damian."

"Oh!" I started to laugh. I remember that night well. Richard came home all banged up. Of course, when he told me what happened all I could do was laugh.

"Ok, how about this one?" I pointed to one on his side.

I saw him tense up.

Oops. I might have just hit a touchy one that he doesn't like to talk about. So, I decided to change the subject.

"Remember how scrawny you were when you were Robin?"

"Scrawny!? What are you talking about!? I looked good!"

"I didn't say that you didn't look good, I just said that you were basically a stick."

"I don't think I recall the same thing as you."

He gets up off the bed and heads to the closet. He pulls out a photo album of when we were Titans. He comes back and sits next to me on the bed. He flips through a couple of pages and then stops.

"Look at this handsome man. So strong and muscular."

I laugh.

"I mean you didn't look like Archie or Jughead from Riverdale."

Dick gives me the 'really' look.

"You know that they're like, in their twenties playing sixteen year olds right? So, that isn't even a valid comparison."

"I know. I'm just saying."

"I think for a sixteen year old I looked pretty good. And VERY muscular. And what about you, huh? You weren't very muscular. Even now you aren't that muscular."

"I don't have to muscular, thank you very much, I just have to look good. That doesn't require muscle."

"Are you saying that you wouldn't be dating me if I didn't have all of the glorious muscle that I have now?"

"Um, I would have dated you if you weren't dating Kori when we were Titans. Plus, you didn't even have feelings for me at that point, so what you looked like back then has nothing to do with what you look like now."

"Are you saying that if I wasn't dating Kori, you would have dated me?"

"I mean, yeah."

"Rachel. Did you have feelings for me while I was dating Kori?" He dramatically placed his hand over his heart and had wide eyes and an open mouth.

"I mean, yeah. How could I not. After all you did for me, it's kinda hard not to fall in love."

Richard had a dumb smile on his face.

"What?"

"Nothing. Just you admitting that you loved me."

"I've been telling you 'I love you' for five years. Why does me admitting that surprise you now?"

He shrugged.

"Look Rachel! Now you know what it feels like to have someone asking you about your past. It doesn't feel good does it?"

I gave him a push and he fell back onto the bed, he was laugh the while time.

"If you didn't like me asking you about about your scars then you should have asked me to stop."

"I was just joking Rae. Besides, it's kinda nice to open up about my past sometimes. Plus you already know a lot so that makes it easier."

I just shake my head.

We sat there in silence for a little bit. With no warning, Richard lunged forward, pushing me over so we were both lying down facing each other.

"Alright, it's been a long night. Let's get some sleep."

"I can agree with you one that one."

We both chuckle.

"Good night Rachel, I love you."

"Good night Richard, I love you too."