Day 17 - You're not here but I love you still

August 17 - You woke up and found him gone

Rae rolled over to find the other side of the bed cold.  Her body heaved with a sigh before she rolled back over and began blindly patting though her side table.  Her hand soon landed on the slim object she was searching for.
"Fauna Feral to Nightwing.  Come in Nightwing."
"Rae, is everything alright?"  Nightwing's voice was clearly concerned as it came through the communicator.  "How's the baby?
"We're fine," Rae laughed, still raspy from sleeping.  "But I really want starfruit and pistachio ice cream."
There was a moment of silence then Dick spoke again.  "Together?"
His tone was concerned, confused, and a little disgusted.
"No," Rae rolled her eyes and Nightwing could hear it through the speaker.  "But I do want both.  Do you have a moment?  I could send the cats or bats to pick it up."
Dick surveyed the area.  "I'm near downtown.  Give me a minute and I can get the ice cream from Meijers and there is a little Chinese market for the starfruit."
"Thanks love," Rae purred,  "Fauna Feral out."
"Nightwing out."
As he flipped the comm shut he could feel Tim's eyes boring into him.
"You are so whipped."
Dick didn't respond as he flung himself off the building.  Anything for his wife and child.

I realize this prompt could have been taken very depressingly and the part of me that is a sucker for a tragedy and loves country music certainly thought about going there, but then I decided that we don't want to read a sad story today.  'He' is not gone because their relationship is over.  He is gone because of a duty and he will be back.
And I forgot when I was writing that I changed her name after she came back from hiding.  And discovered that while pregnant with Merlin and Niada she craved raw fish and rare steak.  Emily prompted 'nicer' cravings.

Day 17 - Love Thy Reader

"Readers deserve to be treated like your closest friends ..."
Well, at this point all of my readers are my closest friends.  Or good friends at least!  But I will keep this in mind should I become famous, or more widely read.  :)

Thank you and much love to Deanna, Caitlin, Chelsea, Brian and Luke!