Dick rubbed his eyes tiredly. It was too early for Kory's shenanigans. He also hadn't gotten any sleep the previous night.
"What's wrong? I didn't mean to offend you, I just thought you would like it." His girlfriend now wore a saddened expression that Dick couldn't bear to direct any of his frustrations towards.
"Nothings wrong, it's just...it's not something I'm comfortable with." Dick explained calmly. "I'm pretty versatile at a lot of things--I'm an acrobat, I have great leadership skills and work well under pressure, multitasking, I jump off of tall buildings every day...but wearing next to nothing while someone takes pictures of me is very new to me."
"It's not always revealing outfits, Dick!" Kory pointed out, "You would mostly just wear whatever is fashionable and looks good on you--" Then adding under her breath, "Though the magazine cover sells better when there is less clothes..."
"See, that's what I mean!" Dick said in annoyance, "They'd probably have me in a loincloth, or a speedo--"
"How is that bad? I would love to see you in either of those things!"
"Yeah, I'm thinking more along the lines of the thousands--no, the millions of people that are going to be buying the magazines." Dick continued, "I don't even know where to begin in what all our friends are going to think--I know for a fact Wally and Roy are never gonna let me hear the end of it--or what Batman would say if he found out I was a male model--"
"Don't let what you think the others will say hold you back." Kory retorted with a more serious face now. "And what are you trying to say about modeling that is so bad? That it is not something to be proud of, just because it brings many admirers? You've never had any problems with me being a model."
"And I never will." Dick assured her. He sat down on the couch with a sigh, Kory joining him a second later. "I didn't mean to imply that I didn't approve of you as a model or anything, Kor, it's just... I don't think it's for me."
Kory nodded solemnly. "I understand. I didn't mean to push you to it. And if I had to be completely honest, part of why I offered the idea was so I could have hot images of you I could pleasure myself with whenever you weren't available."
"Pleasure yours-?!? You wanted me to be a model so you could masturbate to magazines of me wearing extremely small swimwear?!?"
"Of course!" Kory replied, looking at Dick in mild confusion. "Did you not do the same with my magazines before we became intimate with one another?"
"No, I didn't really have the time, and--"
"Oh, Dick, why would you do that to yourself?" Kory interrupted, now shocked and looking at Dick like he'd just admitted to starving himself for two weeks. "All those years, and you never even relieved yourself once? X'Hal, you must have been so pent up, no wonder you flooded Poison Ivy with your seed-"
"We're getting off topic." Dick cut in. "I'm not against giving you racy photos of myself, if that's what you want. I'm just saying you might not like all the attention I'm gonna get from other women--"
"Dick, we both know you just came back from fucking Dinah and her friends in Gotham. So you do not have to pretend I care about other women pleasuring themselves with pictures of yourself." Kory countered smugly. Then her face lit up with inspiration. "Ooh, and I bet the other women you've already slept with would love having sexy magazines with you in it, too! Especially on those cold, lonely nights..."
Dick groaned inwardly, rubbing his eyes again. He needed a cup of coffee. "At this point, I should just take Helena's advice and become a gigolo."
"Another good idea!" Kory said, not noticing Dick's sarcasm.
"Okay, fine, model it is!" Dick replied, throwing his hands in the air in defeat. "So how would it even work exactly? Do you have anyone that works there that can vouch for me? I don't really have any experience with photography outside of getting harassed by paparazzi back when Bruce took me in."
"Okay, it's fine, there's a secret discount for heroes at the place I work at, Epiphany." Kory giggled. "And I'm sure my friend Beatriz will vouch for you, given that she's a superhero, too."
"Who?"
"She's from Brazil, I think she calls herself Fire? She's fun, when we first met she made a joke about me taking her hero name and putting 'Star' in front of it." Kory remarked. "She started out as a model like myself, but now she's making outfits for me and the other models! In fact, she's the one who designed the clothing I am wearing now!" She made a gesture to her form fitting purple crop-top that just barely kept her firm breasts at bay, and her gray short-shorts that rode up her thighs. "Wait--does this mean you are serious about the modeling job? Oh, Dick!"
"Don't get too excited, I'll give it a chance, that's all." Dick yawned, leaned back on the couch, and reached for the TV remote. All he wanted at the moment was a break so he could enjoy the comforts of his new home. "Just let me have a little time for myself...you know before the endless wave of my 'fans' show up, begging to have my--"
Suddenly there was a bright flash of blue and yellow lights, and a puff of dramatic smoke in the middle of the living room, and when Dick and Kory adjusted their eyes to the blinding sight, in its place they saw Zatanna and Raven.
"Dick, we need you!" cried out Zatanna with an inexplicable sense of urgency in her voice.
"That was quick." Kory said with amusement, "You haven't even done any modeling yet!"
"This is serious!" interjected Raven, rolling her mesmerizing purple eyes, "Dick, I know this is hard to explain, but you need to come with us."
"Wait, you're a model now?" intercut Zatanna, looking over at Dick with interest. "Which magazine?"
"I'm not a-!"
"Actually, Dick just said that he would give it a try-"
"Guys! Focus!" Raven snapped, her eyes glowing red for a moment. They all paused and looked at Raven with concern. "Dick, have you ever heard of Felix Faust?"
"Isn't he one of the magic-based supervillains Batman listed as the potential cause for the outbreak of dark magic?" Dick asked, suddenly finding himself interested in Raven's dilemma. "What, is he the guy?"
"We're not sure." Zatanna said, placing one of her hands on her shapely hip. "What we do know is that he trespassed into Themyscira and stole the Amazon's Magic Sphere, and hid himself in an old fortress in Athens nearby."