His eyes close briefly, taking in his adoptive father's words and filing them away for when he needs them again. Doubt and inadequacy are unwanted albeit familiar faces that Tim hates with every fiber of his being. Perhaps that is why he clung to the mantle of R.obin for so long, the feeling he would be nothing if he did not wear the badge and cape. But with it feels like Bruce's blessing he can stand a little stronger in the dark. "I..." His voice catches, adam's apple bobs as he tries not to overcome himself. "I wouldn't go that far. Eventually you would have found another raggedy orphan to take under your wing."
He blinks back his tears and leans into Bruce's grasp briefly. "I think I'm ready to come back. Unless Alfred has turned my room into his personal hobby room then I might need to find another place." It's meant as a jest but a frown crosses his face. "You did keep my comics and boxes in the closet, right? Some of those are collectibles, Bruce..."
nerves guided her eyes restlessly through the sea of strangers she was very much drowning in ; all in search of the one man who made showing up tonight even remotely worth it.
“ ooh, hey ! bruc— mister wayne ! ” she called out, waving her arm with a little too much excitement to be anything but genuine. free hand hiking up the hem of her evening gown just enough to keep from tripping over herself, wasting exactly zero seconds waiting for him to notice her first.
she all bounced to a stop in front of him, heels clicking out a cheerful little rhythm of their own. a quick sweep of her hand through her hair. baby blues caught light like they were made for it. “ i’ve been lookin’ for you all over this fancy - schmancy thing all night ! y’see, now that i’m done with the whole crime thing —totally reformed— there’s this itty - bitty idea i’ve been itchin’ to pitch your way. ” she straightened up, fussed with her hair again.
hope, small but impossible to miss, shone right through her words as she continued: “ something clever, summin’ i think wayne enterprises might just like to get in on ! ”
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Logan looks up. He's not surprised by what he sees. Batman moved quietly, sure, but not many people could shut off their heartbeats.
Here we go.
"My job." He retorts with a scoff. Maybe that was a bit reductive, but he didn't care. He wasn't here to make friends. He was here to, as he said, get a job done. He lets his claws slide back into their sheaths, shucking the blood as they go. "Don't worry, they're not dead. I know how you like running things around here. Just roughed 'em up a touch." He dusted his hands off as he stepped away, then spoke more quietly when he moved to stand by Batman.
"Mutant traffickers - just needed some information about their boss. All yours now."
perched on a chair she didn't buy in a house that was no longer hers drinking from a teacup that might be someone else's favourite now martha stares at a man with thomas' hair and her eyes. all in all, she thinks that she's taking everything fairly well. it’s not every day one finds themselves twenty-nine years into the future. "i don't know where to start."
Riona wishes she could forget Soll’s dead body. Throat cut. Blood stained. She wishes she didn’t have to remember that. She wishes she didn’t remember every time she closes her eyes.
on the occasion that barton isn't fighting for himself, one could almost guarantee that he'd put even more effort into defeating whatever threat he was facing. especially when he cared about the other person as much as he cared about his daughter. but what could he do, barton thought, when the person he was up against was both physically stronger and quicker than him? matilda had committed a crime; a heinous one, that much was for certain. but the only regret that barton had was that he let himself be grabbed the way he was by the batman at that moment.
he could hardly recall how it even happened, just the moment right before he felt like he was being launched into a grand mirror not too far away from himself. it seemed like batman had shown up out of complete nowhere as matilda was about to cut into her latest victim. or, perhaps what was supposed to be her newest 'doll-to-be.' the name that matilda had taken on for herself, which was dollhouse, unfortunately did have quite a literal meaning to it. she had made quote unquote 'art' out of people who she viewed as throwing away their lives so they could be a part of something bigger than themselves after all. and, of course, so their 'degenerency' could somehow be stripped out of them. but that was not at all how reedeeming oneself worked if they even really needed redemption.
no, this was just a twisted way for matilda to engage in similar behaviors to her father. the thing is, though, that barton had gone to extraordinary efforts to keep his daughter out of the eyes of the police and out of arkham most of all. so he was prepared to defend her with all of the viciousness that a lioness might protect her cubs with. barton had hit his head hard against the mirror, however, and this was not lost on neither him nor matilda as she rushed over to him. everything felt like it was going in slow-motion whilst his daughter helped him to his feet, saying something to him that he couldn't quite catch. ❛ how do you think this is going to end? ❜
it took barton more than a moment to compute the other's words as his ears were ringing like crazy. suddenly, the batman's image contorted into something else, and he found himself looking at an almost perfect copy of his biological father. except that couldn't be because he died decades ago. his brain seemed to be overriding that logic for the time being, however, as he stumbled towards a shovel he had in his workshop. barton could feel a steady, slightly heavy stream of blood trailing down his neck, but he was determined to get rid of him for once and for all this time.
❝ it'll end with me doing whatever... whatever i need to do to defend my family. i'm sick and tired of you showing up, thinking you can interfere in my life — so why don't you just take a hint already and die for good?! ❞ yeah, he most definitely wasn't talking to batman whenever he was saying this. barton was talking to wesley, which confused matilda as she realized that this too sounded a little weird. she actually exchanged a brief glance with batman through her mask before wrapping her arms around her father from behind. matilda suspected that that fall he'd suffered might've gotten him a little mixed up, because it almost didn't sound like he was talking to batman, after all.
it was only when barton dropped the shovel in his hands, despite trying to fight against matilda's hold, that it seemed confirmed to her that there was a strong possibility something was off with barton. he went limp within his daughter's arms then as his knees buckled, but she kept him up. a few tears ran down barton's face whilst he closed his eyes to wesley (batman) and matilda took off her mask, her face contorted with concern underneath it. barton whispered something beneath a sob that matilda barely caught as he held onto her wrists for dear life. ❝ all i wanted was for you to treat me like a human being... like i was your son. why couldn't you do just that one, simple thing, for me? ❞
these were the kind of situations that a half-baked bet with ted kord of all people initiated : breaking and entering into unwarranted territory. case subject being the batcave and it's colossal dimness that was in a resounding silence. even the tiniest sound of movement could set off echo's ricocheting off it's jagged walls. twirling a batarang between his fingers, like a quarterback spinning a football. booster grinned big as he perched atop the console that was safe to assume where bruce wayne did all his gadgetry stuff behind the scenes. his boots scuffed the pristine surface, leaving smudges, while skeets zipped around the cave, the ai companion's optics flashing as it scanned a rack of utility belts nearby. after michael was done toying around with consoles, he set aside his focus to a more enticing endeavour. the batmobile.
now he was in his element—flicking switches on the batmobile’s dashboard, its engines revving with a growl he mimicked, ❛ vroom, vroom ! ❜ once he was done playing around with the legendary vehicle being the stuff of legends, he snatched a nearby grapple gun. firing off into the void, his voice cackled in spite of the echoed projections. ❛ sir, abort mission ! hostile detected ! ❜ skeets suddenly chirped. ( shit. ) michael was about to make a run for it when right on cue, he was swept up by the cold, looming shadow of the bats looking right at him with pure disdain. ❛ uh, hey bats ! think of this as a surprise inspection ! ❜
6. what are some more situational or contextual turn-ons?
pat has a complicated relationship with those Rich People Events, such as fancy dinner parties, auctions, golf outings, etc. there are times, especially depending on her company and the situation, that she finds them extremely boring. but pat is a person who feels the need to secure and reaffirm her place in high society, so feeling like part of the elite like that? it can feel great. so don't be surprised if, right after one, she's dragging you straight to bed, or can barely wait until you're home before trying to mess around in the car.
exhibitionism is another one, whether that's inviting a third party or having sex in a semi-public place or simply too much pda/getting frisky in a place where people can see it. it really just depends on her mood and on the situation.
