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Make It Count

Make It Count Meme
absence makes the heart grow fonder

You just can't get enough of this person, whether it be love, lust, or both. You'd do anything to get to spend more time with them; a little bit is never enough! But the moments you can be together are few and far between. One of you is always on the road, there's duties to be beholden to, your relationship is so forbidden that chances of being caught are too high to justify much risk. Even if you, on the off chance, live together, it seems like you're always just missing each other. More likely, though, you live a considerable distance apart. Or maybe, you know, one of you could be the captain of a ship of the undead, only allowed to come to shore every ten years!

...no? Not really?

At any rate, you two are having one of your rare get togethers, and you're making up for lost time. Perhaps you need some life-affirming, to know that they're still there and still waiting for you. On the other hand, you might just want to go all day for no reason at all. There doesn't need to be an explanation. Neither of you have to justify yourselves to anyone, you just have to soak each other up. Hopefully, nothing's changed between you, though you might have to spend time relearning the curves of their body - but actually, that's nothing you'd ever forget. You have their whole form memorized, and all their weak spots, too, so you can think about them when you're alone.

Now, you're making every second count and forgetting the whole world outside exists.

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[ approx. 15 years old and based on what could have been had the proposed spin-off following a teenaged helga and her family been greenlit.

available with fanart or pb icons, your call. ]

[ very interested in playing against fellow DCEUs or MCU characters. ]

[ She is movie-only so have fun with it! ]

Rose wasn't in any way forbidden to meet with anybody on her side, but, well, she had a suspicious that Rapunzel's parents wouldn't take it kindly to her if she, the leader of an assassin guild, constantly met with their daughter.

Parents could be overprotective like that.

"Hey, Raps!"

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[ Of course, Rapunzel has felt the same way for prooobably a bit longer than he has. The moment she tasted freedom, even on a satellite, learned that the coarse words of her mother weren't real-- boy, that one took a long time to sink in, and still hasn't quite left her... the satellite was freedom until she picked up the last book she had to read and realized-- ah, I'll have to ask for more and send down the rest. Like a little library. She couldn't just do it herself.

But it was so fulfilling to save lives, especially ones just on the brink. A little incantation and hair wrapped around something as small as a pinkie finger, and someone would be sitting up, walking around, laughing with their friends when they were previously bleeding and open and-- she doesn't like to think about those cases, but she does like to think about how the death count has swung to an almost zero since she was here. If she was meant to do anything in the world, it would be to protect the heroes who protected the world itself. That's the most she can give for anyone with the freedoms she wished she had.

There was no time to ruminate on being an extremely privileged member of the Justice League, however! Her name... Gothel hadn't given her a name. Nightwing suggested the name based off a fairytale, and she immediately fell in love with it, no matter what Batman or the others insisted, like a normal name. She wanted it to be the one he thought of first. And it helped that it was pretty.

(Gothel said all girls got their names on their 13th birthday, then their 16th, then promised-- really swore she'd name her on her 18th, oh darling, you'd be so proud.) ]

Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh!
You're here!! You!
Unless someone has stolen your phone and made a very RUDE prank
I'll come prepared if that's the case.

[ Because you can't drag around hair around, and it can't be cut and it's heavy on the neck, an invention something like a pocket dimension in the shape of a hair tie had bound most of it up behind her. It bounced and hit against her back as she rushed over to the window, with a frying pan in hand (likely the first thing she got her hands on.) ]

If you're a crime-- criminal... guy, I'm armed!

[ A beat. ]

Dick!

[ She drops it immediately and rushes into his arms, giving a friendly but loving embrace. There was no question she loved him platonically, but romantically...? Maybe they'd find that out tonight. ]

Dick, you say. I get that a lot!

[ Dick catches Rapunzel mid-embrace, lifting her up - yet holding her close - and spinning. Unsurprisingly, she's as light as a feather in his arms. He shortly puts her back down. ]

How've you been, Rapunzel? I was just in the neighborhood, so I thought I'd drop by.

[ And of course, he's unrelenting with the jokes. How the hell does 'in the neighborhood' apply... in outer space? ]

How are you liking the Watchtower?

[ Upon thinking about it, Dick held her so close during that hug, it was clear that they were within kissing distance. Though he's pretty confident Rapunzel's thinking similar thoughts, he gets a tad more bashful the more it sinks in. It's quite evident in his inability to not smile.

See, just being around Rapunzel, the air's different. She exudes this infectious warmth and vitality that Dick's almost forgotten about... that he wish he still had. It's just so easy to forget when he's constantly lost in the grime and brutality of Gotham and Bludhaven. It's so hard not to get swallowed up by the darkness... to let it scar you without pity.

Good thing Rapunzel brings out the best in him - the light he has to share. ]

You know what I mean--! [ she knows it's a joke, but still! ]

[ The embrace + spin was practically natural to them by now. She made no secret of viewing him as a rescuer, even if her feelings on what happened to her mother were... complicated, to say the least. She might have been abused, but she'd been tricked into believing that's what was best for her. Everyone here had an absurd IQ, and no matter how many times they'd explained, no one could articulate away those feelings.

But she's happy to be out. Out and free. ]

It's great! [ It's bigger than her other tower. ] And I'm helping people... I feel like I'm finally doing something with my life that's meaningful, that'll change the world! And the people who do the hero work, you know, like Batman, are super nice to me! Well-- he's kind of. Stoic. He's nice in his own way. But Wonder Woman? Oh man, now I know why that's her name...!

[ She's rambling now, which is the opposite of what she wants to do. She hugs him again, holds his hands in hers, tiny compared to his. She's not here for any of those people right now, she's here for Dick.

(ha ha) ]

Can I make you some tea? Coffee? I baked two pies today, a lemon meringue and a rhubarb, because the rhubarb was in the fridge for a while and if no one had eaten it by now I thought, why not? So I--

[ Rambling. ]

Are you okay? Have you... been okay? Don't skip out on me, mister, I mean are you okay in every way! Physical, mental, emotional--!

Well, Punzie... I'm as okay as I can be, given the circumstances.

[ He shoots her a wistful smirk. ]

I just missed you.

[ Which is obviously true. After going their separate ways, crimefighting just hasn't been the same. Hell, life hasn't been the same. Dick could keep up appearances, serving as that stable rock for a good number of the superhero community, but he couldn't deny it - he was hurting, and hurting in this new way.

Not a day went by without Dick thinking about Rapunzel. Yearning to be in her presence. The wait 'till now, after all, was suffocating. ]

And I could go for all of the above, honestly. I'm positively famished!

[ He rubs his own stomach as if it's gurgling, though it's currently not. ]

Eat at your place, then? And when we get there, I wanna know more about your thoughts on Batman.

I... missed you too.

A lot. Text messages aren't the same, you know?

[ She sounds wistful... she wishes she were strong enough to accompany him, but at the same time, he'd worry half to death about her, just as same as she does him, every single day. She wants to be down there with him, making sure that she's always seconds away from protecting him.

But it's selfish, because her powers have to go for everyone's greater good. If she stayed with him, then several superheroes could perish before it was too late. This is, unfortunately, her home now.

But it's changed before and could change again. ]

Yeah! Come on.

[ She'll lead him there, with simple smalltalk in between, to her quarters... which are honestly huge. She's painted the walls with greenery since now all she sees is the stars and lights when she looks outside. A mural like this took eight months. Now, everyone is sure to get her canvases. ]

Right! Right, Rhubarb or lemon or Batman opinions?

[ Dick takes a moment to admire the murals, almost forgetting that Rapunzel had just asked him a question. He makes a mental note to photograph these later, as another way of remembering her when they're apart. ]

All three, please!

[ Once she inevitably has them out, Dick's quick to chow down. He doesn't have quite the same metabolism as a speedster like Wally, but vigilantism without any powers is still tough work! ]

Like, have you managed to thaw that cold exterior of his?

[ He's trying not to talk with his mouth full, and failing. ]

I've been his adopted son for a long damn time, and let me tell you...

I'm getting close! He says hello to me in the hallway!

[ She says it gleefully, and the secret to both of them is that Batman's thawing is mostly due to Dick and how he cares about her. That, and she was so damn amicable-- she remembered his favorite kind of pastry and always remembered to set it out at meetings (no one ever asked her to do this, but no one wanted to refuse her, either) without acknowledging they were his favorite, and same as ever, he would casually go in for the same one, each and every time.

He was the most concerned about her surveillance and privacy at the same time. She lived there, after all, and she agreed not to have a choice in the matter for the sake of everyone's lives. That had earned his quiet respect. ]

I'm hoping to work up to a 'how are you'!

Good job. You'll get there in due time... maybe faster than I did.

And I had to live with him!

[ It doesn't actually take long for Dick to finish what's on his plate. Throughout all their subsequent small talk, he moves on to the next plate before finally downing some coffee. ]

Y'know, they say the fastest way to a man's heart is through his stomach. In this instance, they might be right.

[ Hmm, maybe he came on a little too strong there. But hey, he'll roll with it. ]

I mean that. I... appreciate you a lot, Rapunzel.

Oh, please! He cares about you and your siblings more than anyone on Earth. And on this satellite. I just want to get familiar with him, because, you know.

[ Bruce is part of the family, the patriarch. She wants to leave a good impression because ... she loves Dick Grayson and fate permitting she'd like to be loved back. It's easy to say this when it's in her thoughts, but somehow she feels like he can read her mind (he can't) when she thinks them right next to him. So she tries to shoo them away. ]

R- really? Then I guess I ... did a good job!

[ She was about to say 'hit her mark' but she always stops herself before saying anything. ]

I appreciate you too... I mean, I appreciate being here and helping others, but you... saved me. And not only did you do that, you've been kind and funny and wonderful... it makes my world a lot less lonely.

Heh.

[ Screw it, Grayson. You might as well. ]

It doesn't have to stay lonely.

[ Gently, he takes Rapunzel's hand. ]

For either of us.

[ On the one hand, he's a frightened bundle of nerves that are struggling to be contained. On the other, he's more at peace with himself than he's ever been. He's so positive of this, he refuses to doubt it. ]

I love you, okay?

[ He smirks now, as if to abate potential awkwardness-- ]

And I'm not just saying that because of the pie.

Oh! That's great, I love you too. Kinda have for a while, you know, like a prince on a white horse but it's a guy with a bird motif instead kicking your mother in the face and--

[ This is serious. That spilled out of her lips like a jar tipped over, like something so transparently obvious needed the slightest poke to come spilling out.

She realizes that now.

She tries to read his face if he thinks she just did a bad thing. ]

[ She can still save the situation! He just said he loved her. What if he was talking platonically? No, his hand has taken hers. That's romantic. It doesn't have to stay lonely. That's romantic. This is all romantic and she needs to respond romantically or he'll think she's joking with him. ]

I love you.

Even without rescuing me, I would have loved you all the same. Even if all I got to see from my tower window was your face and we had to talk by megaphone, I--

I... have kept in my thoughts ever since I realized I loved you, that I need to do right by you. Even if you didn't love me back, I... I would continue to save the people you cared about.

So, um...

That's. That's it, then.

[ He's so glad he's finished eating by then, or else he would have dropped his plate. ]

Wait, what?

[ Well, that's it. She's earned this one. ]

...I knew it!!!

[ Dick immediately hugs Rapunzel, holding her in his arms with no intention of letting go. ]

I just figured you could never be 100% sure, but I still asked anyway, and... y'know what?

This is great! You're great!

[ Okay, so he lets go just enough to be able to look at her, though she's still in the comfort of his arms. ]

It's official, then, you and I. We're a thing!

[ He looks away for a second, a tad bashful now that everything's out in the open. This might be the first time Rapunzel's ever heard him chuckle nervously. ]

Dammit, Rapunzel, I could kiss you.

We're official! A thing! A really, really good thing!

[ She throws her arms in the air like she just don't care, before wrapping them around his neck and shoulders to return the hug. When they part, it feels like-- like everything's come together. Like that was the last thing that needed to drop before things were right. ]

You should!!

[ wait, is she moving too fast-- ]

We are.

[ His eyes twinkle now, made all the more obvious by the vibrant glow of Rapunzel's room. Could he be on the verge of tears? ]

I will.

[ Dick pulls Rapunzel in close, kissing her lips with a sweet peck. He refrains, though their foreheads touch.

He laughs. So does she. And as they share this moment, a moment permanently etched in their hearts, a tear races down Dick's cheek.

And he moves in for another kiss - deeper and longer as he holds Rapunzel closer than he ever has before. ]

[ As he pulls in for that deeper kiss, he'll become acquainted with the wetness of her cheeks-- she'd been crying too, or just having started. She has someone-- after years and years of 'who could ever love you? No one I'd let in THIS tower, that's for sure' is someone strong, protective who loves her and is kissing her and...

Her heart is beating out of its chest, practically. He can feel that too. The very moments it becomes etched in her heart. ]

You talk a lot about darkness, Dick, but you're my light.

And I have a bit of the sun in me, so you're like... a super-sun. Gosh, that was dumb. I love you? There, is that better?

Wow. Do I really sound that dreary?

[ Dick could do a better job of acting more offended, but he's too busy beaming at Rapunzel with joy, kissing her every chance he gets. ]

It got better the moment I met you, Rapunzel.

It's not just that I love you. I love all of you. And that includes any moment you get immensely dorky.

[ Case in point: they're both dorks. ]

Come on, admit it, the dorkiness adds to my visage. I wouldn't be the same without it, especially not up here!

[ She's happy to tease right back with him, even in a moment like this, because he really is the glow that fills her up, like the sunlight inside of her comes from him, and she'd be... less strong somehow without it. ]

I love all of you too. You're handsome, smart, funny... you make me laugh, but you know when stuff makes me nervous... you understand people really well, you know? Even on that day. I had...

I had always suspected I didn't belong there, but-- anyway, what matters is I love you.

And I want... to be kissed again!

Kissed where, Rapunzel? Your visage?

[ He doesn't even wait for her to answer his question, jumping at the chance to kiss her face again and again. And even when he pauses from kissing her, he doesn't stray far, resting his forehead against hers... smiling wistfully at her light. ]

I hope you see yourself the way you see me, though.

[ As much as he's happy to hear that Rapunzel regards him so fondly, Dick hopes she has enough room in her heart to appreciate herself. ]

Take me out of the equation, and you're still strong. One of the strongest people I've ever met.

Your soul's so bright that even Gothel couldn't snuff it out, Rapunzel. Everything about you's so amazing, so good, that I...

I'll protect you, Rapunzel. I'll help you make the life you should have had, the life you deserve.

[ To give her time to let those words sink in, Dick kisses her more deeply than before. ]

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any prefs or can I just make stuff up as I go? Also, I'm in Poland, so no spoilers past ep 12 of tv

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okay. but seriously, tv series is great, too, I've just watched Queen for a Day this weekend in TV :

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