Maybe now and then, not all the time, or even often, but eventually, when there's time and you feel open, we can talk about a few things. I- I don't want to accidentally set off a bad memory, or trip you up because I do anything that reminds you of a bad thing in the past that I might be able to help with. Like you didn't know I was jealous, and loved you this whole time, because we didn't talk. I love you, and I want us to be strong.

[It's not that Dick wants to talk. He doesn't. It's like needles in his skin sometimes when he brings things up. It's that he knows that if they're going to make it through, going to do this as a couple, that he has to do this.

Dick made a vow to himself, and to this relationship. Maybe he was stubborn enough not to see the counselor like everyone said he should, but he devoured books, online and even a few of the real things. He's got degrees under his belt, and he might as well add to the things that he knows for the most important thing in his life. ]

Alright, then lets go find this place.

[He kisses Jason one more time, securely, and with a fierce need before he even thinks about moving. His hands wrap tightly around him, because he needs this. He needs Jason, so much. When it breaks, he smiles and slowly unwraps himself. It feels harder to breathe when he does, but he knows he has to in order to do anything.]