[It's better to get caught in the heavy rain like this instead of while out on patrol, or even better, out on a stakeout. It was damp and cold and everything got slippery, so the fact that at the worst right now, he was looking at falling on his face in front of someone he liked instead of falling off a building made being out here not that bad, really. Outside of the Admiral being a dick, anyway.

Once they were back out on deck, Dick pushes his hair back from his forehead and laughs a little, still feeling the little bit of burnt out hollowness that seemed to hang over him almost constantly these days.]

You'd think after being here for as long as I have, I'd realize the Admiral just loves reminding people who's calling the shots here.