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[farcry]

What do you mean…I know Bruce? What does Bruce have to do with your mom?

[ oh no… he has a bad feeling about this. ]

Good for you, but I can’t help but feel like I’m a bad influence. You’re doing great, Terry.

[batfakes]

Nothing? They've only met a few times. I just meant you know how Bruce is.

Funny. He said the same thing.

[farcry]

Right. For a sec there I thought you were hinting at something more. How'd they even meet? Does she know who he is?

Did he? [ he laughs. ] Good.

[batfakes]

When he showed up to offer me the job, he spoke to her.

Said I'd be his gopher.

[farcry]

Job? Is that really what it is to you?

[ he rubs his hand across his cheek. ]

And you said? Yes Bruce, I’ll be your gopher?

[batfakes]

No.

But he couldn't exactly ask me if I wanted to be Batman in front of my mother.

[farcry]

[ it honestly might have been healthier if Terry did see it as a job. ]

Then what is it to you? What is he? What is Batman?

So your mom doesn’t know?

[batfakes]

It's a chance to help people who are in trouble. It's a second chance. Not just for them. For me too.

[ Terry debates on sending this. It's so personal. ]

I was a pretty bad kid. I did a lot of bad things. Juvie supposedly wiped the slate clean, but my heart tells me different. I want to help. Being Batman lets me.

[farcry]

[ that's a--pretty good answer. one that tugs on his heartstrings and everyone knows that Dick cannot resist when something (someone) tugs on his heartstrings. ]

Alright. I'm convinced. You can keep him.

[ if it weren't obvious by now, Dick has been trying to discourage Terry from it. ]

I'll help you make Batman yours.

[batfakes]

Sometimes it feels like I'm in over my head. But I wouldn't stop being Batman for anything. I do a lot good for people.

[ He's definitely debating on sending this. ]

Thanks, Dick. You make all of this stuff with Bruce bearable.

[farcry]

[ Dick can practically feel how vulnerable it must be for Terry to send that to him, and the words land so tenderly in his heart. he finds himself smiling, soft and warm as he reads the messages a few times over. ]

I'm glad, Terry. It's never gonna stop feeling like you're in over your head, but you've got a good heart and it'll get easier. I'll always be here for you. Bruce will be, too. In his own way.

[ whether they like it or not. ]

You're also show me lots, Terry. So thank you, too.

[batfakes]

[ Ohh don't do that to him, Dick. It is not helping his crush on you lmao ]

Guess we're the new dynamic duo.

[farcry]

[ do what? he’s just reciprocating the vulnerability. ]

That’s one way to put it. Who’s gonna be the sidekick, though?

[ all jokes aside: ]

You know, sometimes it’s easy to forget what what Batman stands for. So I’m glad you’re staying true to that. You’ll keep me on track, too, won’t you.

[batfakes]

[ it makes Terry's heart go doki doki okay ]

You, obviously. Batman always gets top billing.

[ He's teasing. Mostly. ]

Believe it or not, Bruce is the one who taught me that. Even if he forgets himself sometimes. I won't be like him and I'll make sure you don't turn into him either.

[farcry]

[ cute. ]

Alright. So long as Terry McGinnis is my sidekick everywhere else.

[ he’s mostly not teasing. ]

I believe it. I like to think I knew it before him, but truth is, it could’ve all gotten lost if it weren’t for him. Guess that’s what it is to be a dynamic duo, though. You catch each other when you fall. I’ll catch you, Terry.

[batfakes]

You're making me blush, Dick.

[farcry]

Am I? Bet you blush so pretty.

[batfakes]

[ is he flirting? Is Terry being flirted with right now? ]

Want to find out?

[farcry]

[ is Terry flirting right now?? ]

Yeah. I do. What do I gotta do to find out?

[batfakes]

[ Maybe? ]

Do you kiss on the first date?

[farcry]

[ definitely. ]

Well, if it was a good date and it feels like the right thing, and if we both want it, yeah. I don’t see why not.

Would you blush if you were kissed after a first date?

[batfakes]

If it's you? I might.

[ Bruce is gonna kill him. ]

[farcry]

[ the way that gets Dick grinning. ]

Then I guess I should start asking. Wanna go on a date with me, Terry?

[batfakes]

[ Terry's grinning too. ]

Sure. When?

[farcry]

Saturday, when you don't have class.
But you're gonna have to help me come up with an idea. This is your world.