batmanschmatman | 015 [audio]

[Filtered away from Roman, but otherwise Public.]

Okay, so, a flood turned hostile takeover attempt, another sinister plot, a port... now do you think we'll get a little bit of downtime?

I know people had their issues with port, but seriously, at least for the most part, barring a misadventure here or there, most of us got out pretty unscathed. That's got to be worth something on the scale of boring to traumatic.

... And it was kind of fun, being a cop again. Even if there wasn't exactly much chasing down bad guys involved.

I mean, not that I'm saying "sign me up for a universe transfer", but I guess all I'm trying to say is I'll take what I can get.

[Private to Port Family: Olivia, Wally, Seven, Tim, Shego, Isaac]

Seriously, as far as fake families went, you guys were pretty cool.

[Private to Tim]

Were you ever going to get around to telling me my best friend survived the Crisis?

[Private to Ariadne]

Did you and Jensen get to say your tearful good byes, or are you now parted from your one true love forever?

And hey, I think this port's the first time we've ever gotten to hang out that hasn't been interrupted by the Barge trying to collapse around us or something. Clearly a celebration is in order.

[Private to Bourne]

So... How's your shoulder?

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Guess I'll just have to trust you not to beat me unconscious and leave me in a ditch.

[He nudged her playfully, still smiling.]

[Ariadne laughed at that, keeping her hand firmly on his arm but cocked the other so she could flex her non-existent muscle.]

Looks probable.

You never know. It's always the quiet ones, right?

[And then, suddenly, a random thought struck him, and he looked at her curiously.]

Why did you want to know if I had kids?

[Ariadne took a couple moments, suddenly filled with so much awkward.]

Oh.. I... [really really like you? No. That wouldn't work.] I thought...

[She couldn't quite articulate it properly.]

I was curious.

[Dick might not have been the smartest guy when it came to the opposite sex, but he wasn't a total idiot, and he grinned sort of mischievously at her, in a 'If you say so' way.]

Hm. Anything else you're curious about?

[Ariadne smiled up at him, trying to fight down the blush as she quietly asked,]

Do you have someone... back home?

[Oh well that was vague. She felt stupid for saying it in the first place.]

I mean...

Ah.

[He was quiet for a few seconds, thinking over how and what to tell her.]

Uh, no. Not anymore.

I mean, we're still friends, but whatever we had's... pretty over. [He was pretty sure "putting an engagement on indefinite hold" was Babs's way of saying "you're not ready and neither am I, and until you figure out what the hell you're doing with yourself, I'm not interested", and even though it had kinda sucked, he was pretty okay with saying it was over.]

How about you?

No, I don't have anyone back home.

[She didn't know whether to take his quiet as a good thing or a bad thing, though. Or where to take the conversation next.]

You got anyone here?

[He was teasing, considering she'd been here a shorter time then he had and they'd been a little distracted by the whole... Aztec, whatever had happened while he was busy with Costigan, and port thing, but anything was possible.]

[Ariadne briefly thought of Arthur. He'd kissed her during the Fischer Inception, but had he meant anything by it? She could hardly read anything from him and yes, she definitely had some romantic feelings for him, but they were nothing compared to Dick. Dick was the complete package. He was incredibly smart, funny, and she felt completely comfortable around him, and safe. Arthur just didn't quite give off that same vibe.]

No, I don't have anyone here.

[She paused, realizing that Dick could definitely have someone here. Maybe Hayley, even. Perhaps that's why the younger girl had made that ultimatum.]

Do... you?

[Dick shook his head.]

Nah. Just friends. And Tim.

[It was true. While he had a good amount of friends and people from back home, the only person he'd found himself kind of maybe liking that way - or at least maybe heading in that direction - was... well. Sort of walking next to him. And even then, they barely knew each other.]

[She smiled quietly, blush creeping up her cheeks again. Almost subconsciously, she shifted her hand on his arm, just to remind herself that he's not running off.]

I... that's... good.

[She wanted to mentally slap herself for saying something like that. It wasn't necessarily good that he didn't have someone else.]

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