Heroes of the Squared Circle Side Ficlet: The Unseen Treasure

[mithen]

Title: The Unseen Treasure
Characters: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson
Continuity: Heroes of the Squared Circle, a DC/pro wrestling fusion ( click for notes and all chapters).
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: PG
Word Count 880
Summary: Shortly after the deaths of the Graysons, while Bruce and Dick are wrestling together in Japan, Bruce takes Dick out to

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[ilovetobefree]

Dick grimaced, pulling his mind away from that night, that moment, again. It was funny, half of the time he didn’t ever want to think about it again, like he couldn’t bear to remember how it felt. The other half of the time he felt almost like if hedidn’t think about it all the time it would be like forgetting his parents, letting them go completely. It made wrestling tough sometimes, too. Like if he enjoyed himself in the ring he was betraying their memory, but if he didn’t enjoy himself in the ring he was letting them down. It slowed him down during matches, threw off his reflexes. He was pretty sure Bruce had noticed it.
Oh Dick *hugs him*

Bruce grinned. “We’re not allowed to see it,” he said. “No one but the royal family has seen it for thousands of years.”
WOW

Every twenty years, they build it so it’s completely new. And yet it’s still the exact same building, the same one that’s been here for thousands of years. It never lets go of the past, but it’s always starting new. It can do both. And inside it, in its heart…” He tapped Dick’s chest, “Is a secret t! reasure that no one can see: the wisdom to bring back the sunlight.”
AWWW! Bruce! That was so beautifully said!

Dick was pretty sure the rest of the sight-seers would probably be scandalized by the sight of two foreign men hugging in front of a sacred shrine.
<33

That was perfect! Wonderfully written! Loved it!
And it reminded me our talks about Japan and their customs and traditions (especially that "tearing it down and building a new shrine" part :)).
Thank you so much for brightening my day! :D

[mithen]

I hadn't written much about Dick in this AU--mostly only things that illuminate Bruce and Clark--so this was really fun! And having Bruce be a good mentor for Dick is always SUCH a pleasure to write...

(Working in things about Japan is always particularly fun too! I'm glad you enjoyed!)