contents ౨ৎ ⋆ golden retriever bf! dick grayson x reader. slightly suggestive fluff. ⭑ you’re trying to get ready for a night out. your very distracting boyfriend resorts to stealing your makeup to get you to stay in.
“Yeah, baby?” Your boyfriend looks up innocently from the fluffy brush in your hand, where he’s been leaning on the edge of your vanity, watching you get ready.
“Give what back?” he says, voice syrup-sweet.
You narrow your eyes at him. “You know what.”
“I’m afraid not.” He leans in to carefully tuck a stray hair behind your ear, acting all oblivious. “I’ve been admiring the most beautiful girl for the past hour, so my apologies if my memory’s a little hazy.”
“Mm, say my name just like that again.” His grin widens as he leans in to press a slow kiss to the crook of your neck, and you gently swat his bicep. “Keep doing your makeup.”
“Well, that’s going to be a little hard when my lip gloss is missing.”
“Really?” He gasps, hand flying to rest over his heart. “Seems like we have a little thief on our hands.”
“Yeah.” Your eyes trail up to his ear. “Seems like.”
“That’s too bad. Really, it’s a shame. I’ll help you look for it later.”
You look at him quizzically. “You really don’t know?”
He blows out a puff of air, exaggeratedly folding his arms over his chest as he looks into your eyes with a stumped expression. “No clue. This thief got you good.”
You snort. “Last call to fess up.”
“No idea what you’re talking about.”
You grab his tie and tug him down to your eye level from where you sit on your cushiony chair. His breath hitches, lips parting just slightly as your faces hover inches apart.
“It’s right here,” you murmur, nimbly plucking the tube from behind his ear. “Thief.”
“Oh, that. How did that get there?” He laughs and swallows, voice low now. “You know what, baby? Maybe we should just stay in tonight.”
You raise an eyebrow at him as he sinks to his knees. “We RSVP’d to this gala months ago.”
“Yeah. And?” He wraps his arms tighter around your waist, now sitting on the floor, resting his head against the side of your thighs. You comb a hand through his dark hair, and he melts into it, eyes fluttering shut.
“And the cab you booked is on its way in ten minutes.”
“So?” He grins, eyes still closed, then suddenly perks up, his chin now perched on your knees to look up at you.
“So, we need to be leaving by the time it gets here.”
“What if I just tie you up so you can’t leave?”
You laugh. “With what?” you say, bringing a hand to cup his cheek, which he immediately sighs into.
He doesn’t answer—just glances to the side, slow and deliberate, from his tie, to a wing-ding he left on your bed from the night before, to your wrists, then back up to you with a suggestive smirk playing at the corner of his mouth.
“Hey!” He ducks as you swipe at him with a pillow. “I’m giving you options!”
“That’s not what you were calling me last night,” he teases, dodging another pillow.
You grab another one from the mountain on your bed. “Out.”
“Okay, okay.” He’s laughing even as he retreats to your doorframe, another pillow hitting him square in the chest. “Your aim’s getting better, pretty girl.”
Then he just… stands there watching you. And you stare back at him.
“That is not out, Dick Grayson.”
“What? I am out. As in, side of your room.”
“And I meant out. As in, of my sight.”
“Whaaat?” He lets out a small, wounded noise that sounds suspiciously like a whine, deflating like a scolded puppy. “But I like watching you get ready.”
“Maybe if you didn’t steal my makeup, you would still be.” You shoot him a dirty look, and your broad, six-foot-tall boyfriend—who once bench-pressed an overturned car to save a trapped kitten—pouts. Actually pouts.
“…Okay. Can I still help zip up your dress later?”
“Good?” He grins. “I can be good. I’m always good.”
You snort, entirely unconvinced. “We’ll see about that.”
He pouts harder. “Promise me.”
“Fine.” You reach up on your tiptoes to give him a kiss, and he hums happily against your mouth. “I promise.”
After your terrible distraction of a boyfriend leaves to wait somewhere in the kitchen, you finally get to do the last finishing touches on your makeup. You step into the dress, shimmying it up your hips with practiced ease, but for this one, your fingers fumble at the zipper that you can’t quite pull all the way up.
You huff, defeated, and give in.
“Dick,” you call, still struggling in front of the mirror. Not a second later, he’s already eagerly standing behind you.
“Yes, baby?” If he had a tail, he’d probably be wagging it right now.
“Thought you’d never ask.” His hand finds the zipper as the other settles on your hip, holding you in place. He looks up at your shared reflection, eyes going soft.
“Hey,” you murmur. “I think you’re going the wrong way.”
You raise an eyebrow at him. “You said you’d be good.”
“I’m trying,” he breathes, finally tugging the zipper up in one smooth motion. “There.” Both arms are now on your waist, as his eyes meet yours in the mirror.
“You’re beautiful,” Dick says, voice barely above a whisper.
“Because it’s always true.”
You roll your eyes, but your breath catches when he presses a kiss between your shoulder blades.
“You know,” he murmurs, lips brushing your skin, “it’s not too late for us to still stay in.”
“Just saying. You look too good, and I really, really don’t feel like sharing.”
You turn, catching his face in your hands. “And the cab?”
“I paid them already.” You’re still looking apprehensive, and he holds you tighter to his chest, swaying from side to side.
“Come on, baby. Let’s stay in. Watch a movie, order takeout. Maybe even…” he drops his voice to a hushed whisper, “Cuddle.”
You can’t help it, you laugh and his grin brightens at the sound.
“With Haley too, of course.”
“Of course.” You finally let out a sigh, giving him a wry smile. “You are very persuasive, Dick Grayson.”
“I know.” He beams like he’s just won the lottery, and you feel the last bit of your resolve melt away as you meet his gaze in the mirror again, his baby blues darkening.
His fingers ghost along the edge of the zipper and you shiver, despite the warmth radiating off of him in waves behind you.
“Now let me help you out of that dress.”