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Summary:

Dick has a bad day. He texts Babs about it.

DickBabs Week 2026 Day 2 - Tuesday, June 9th
Vanishing | Convergence | Read at 2:17 a.m.

Notes:

slightly late oops 🫣

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Work Text:

Dick sat on the bathroom floor, staring at the read receipt below his text. The worst part was he had the proof she'd read it, but still hadn't responded.

The thing about bad days was that they just kept spiralling downwards. He couldn't sleep because his thoughts were too loud.

He had tried to go to bed. Got to his room, but was unable to change into pjs. Eventually got to the bathroom but slumped to the floor.

The door opened. He looked over and frowned.

"You didn't reply."

"Sorry, I was already on my way. Of course, I came."

A white square with six unequal images of text messages with black backgrounds, in blue text bubbles and written in white text. The top left text message reads: what are we even doing?, with a read receipt below saying, Read 2:17 AM. The top right text message reads: i love you, with a read receipt below saying, Read 2:17 AM. The middle left text message reads: i can’t do this anymore, with a read receipt below saying, Read 2:17 AM. The middle right text message reads: can you come over?, with a read receipt below saying, Read 2:17 AM. The bottom left text message reads: today sucked, with a read receipt below saying, Read 2:17 AM. The bottom right text message reads: had a bad day can we talk?, with a read receipt below saying, Read 2:17 AM.

Notes:

thanks for reading!! i gnaw (affectionately) ok comments <3

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