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.
[ 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. ]
[ 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.
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.
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.
Why? [ a part of him wonders why he even considers believing it, given clubbing culture, Terry’s age, the fact that he’s a student. how he sees the ease with which Terry carries himself. ]
Because you think it’s going to make you a worse Batman?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
[ 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.
no subject
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.
no subject
[ He's definitely debating on sending this. ]
Thanks, Dick. You make all of this stuff with Bruce bearable.
no subject
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.
no subject
Guess we're the new dynamic duo.
no subject
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.
no subject
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.
no subject
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.
no subject
no subject
no subject
Want to find out?
no subject
Yeah. I do. What do I gotta do to find out?
no subject
Do you kiss on the first date?
no subject
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?
no subject
[ Bruce is gonna kill him. ]
no subject
Then I guess I should start asking. Wanna go on a date with me, Terry?
no subject
Sure. When?
no subject
But you're gonna have to help me come up with an idea. This is your world.
no subject
no subject
Okay. Let's do it.
Hang on. Are you even of legal drinking age yet?
no subject
Come again?
no subject
no subject
no subject
Why? [ a part of him wonders why he even considers believing it, given clubbing culture, Terry’s age, the fact that he’s a student. how he sees the ease with which Terry carries himself. ]
Because you think it’s going to make you a worse Batman?
no subject
But yeah that too.
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)