The Graysons' return

3rd person POV

John and Mary Grayson were trying to find their son. They were trying to think of where he could be. They had realised that they themselves were in Gotham and had heard from the news that Dick now lived mainly in Bludhaven. After bouncing the topic back and forth between each other, they decided to stick in Gotham. Dick, they found out, often came to visit his adoptive father there after all, and they had more of a chance of finding him there than in Bludhaven.

After a bit more debating, they also decided to go and visit their own graves. Yes, that might sound weird, but they wanted to know where they were, as it was the anniversary of their death, they supposed Dick might go and visit them.

After asking for directions, they walked to the Gotham Cemetery. When they arrived, they noticed only one car in the parking lot. They went inside the gates and asked one of the workers where they would find the Graysons' graves. He pointed them in the right direction, so they continued on that way. They stopped a few feet away, however, as there was already someone standing there. He had his back towards them and he was speaking a language the Graysons were very familiar with- Romanian. The couple knew this could only be one person; Dick.

They listen sadly to what he was saying, not revealing their presence quite yet. They weren't sure how he would take it, finding out that his parents were suddenly alive again after 11 years.

They stayed silent throughout most of Dick's sad monologue, but Mary couldn't when she heard that her son blamed himself for their deaths. She spoke up loudly, in Romanian, startling both of her family members.
"Nu îndrăznești să spui asta! Nimic nu a fost vina ta! nu ai de ce să-ți pară rău!"(Don't you dare say that! Nothing was your fault! you have nothing to be sorry for!)

The boy standing before them jumped slightly in surprise, before turning slowly around.

The parents held their breath anxiously, waiting for his reaction.

He now faced them, and his parents took in his features, noticing how he had changed. He still had the same piercing blue eyes and jet black hair, but both his jawline and nose had sharpened. There was a small, barely noticeable scare just below his left eye and another on his cheek. Even to his parents, he was attractive.

They boy, Dick, stared at them in surprise, not believing what he was seeing. They can't be here, he must be dreaming surely.
"Mamă? Tată?" he asked, with both hope and disbelief.
His mother, Mary, nodded furiously, tears beginning to stream freely down her cheeks. His father, John, smiled broadly, shedding a few tears as well. Dick took a few tentative steps forwards, still not able to believe it was true. But when his mother embraced him in a hug and he actually felt her, all his disbelief washed away and was replaced by overwhelming joy. Tears began to stream down his face as he hugged her tightly, his father joining in soon afterwards. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes before loosening slightly, Mary still holding on tightly to Dick's hand.
"How?" he asked his parents "how are you alive?"
"We don't actually know ourselves," his mother replied, "we were dead until this morning."
"It doesn't matter though," his father said, "we're here now, and that's what matters."
Dick smiled at his father, only then noticing that they stood eye-to-eye, and that he was a full head and shoulders taller than his mother.
"Look how you've grown!" She exclaimed, putting her hands on his shoulders and examining him, "you're taller than I am!"
Dick chuckled, "that's not all that difficult."
"He must get it from his Dad," John joked, draping his arm over Dick's shoulder.
Dick just laughed.
"Do you mind if we leave?" he asked, "this place is kind of depressing."
"Of course!" Mary replied, "where do you want to go?"
"I'm not sure," Dick replied, "we can decide on the way."
"How are we going to get anywhere though?" John asked, "We don't have a car, or any money on us at all, and I don't feel like walking too far."
Dick smirked, "How do you think I got here?"