Eddie looks forward to his visits, from his doctor and his friends, both. It improves his mood for the day. He's not any less cooperative when he knows there's a visit coming, but he's certainly happier and more talkative. Getting him to be talkative again after the incident with Crane has been an ongoing process. Sometimes he's chatty and like ( Read more... )

To say he still has reservations about this whole thing is, let's all be honest, rather like saying that water is wet, ice is cold, and the Narrows is a slum. Despite all of these, here he still is, allowing Peter to accompany him out on patrol (the boy is accompanying him, he isn't accompanying Peter anywhere), so that he can assess the young ( Read more... )

...Bruce returns to his apartment. He even goes through the lobby, instead of some insanely convoluted security-dodge. He doesn't need to, this late at night, and he doesn't feel like bothering right now.

He makes his way, ninja-quiet, to the kitchen, wanting something quick and microwaveable to eat, before he showers and goes, finally, to bed. ( Read more... )

And the last minute shoppers are just beginning to realize they need to get their asses in gear. The stock in stores is starting to look rather picked over ( Read more... )

Bruce should have known better than to think he could just be left to nurse his anger at Parker without interference. He returns the throwing knifes to the hidden room in his bedroom and stays in there, skimming over security footage (a half-dozen locations Uptown, all hit at the same time on the same night). It's not even an hour before Alfred ( Read more... )

The weather forecasts had all been predicting snow on Saturday. To the chagrin of some, they're not wrong. It's just a light snow, a couple inches, not likely to stick even a day, but it's paired with biting wind and occasional bouts of freezing rain. There have even been power outages reported across the state, though not in Gotham (yet ( Read more... )

Having Peter and his aunt in his home hasn't affected Bruce nearly as much as he'd thought it might. There's more noise, perhaps, and he's had a few more meals at the dinner table, with May Parker's cajoling... but for the most part, it's business as usual. Even Peter's revelation that he's found out what Bruce does at night hasn't caused any ( Read more... )

...a driver picks Peter Parker and his aunt, May Parker, up from Gotham General, and takes them to the building Bruce Wayne currently resides in. He owns the top two floors -- the upper for himself, and entertaining, and the lower reserved for guests. For now, for as long as he feels like it, and they will allow him to, those guests are Peter and ( Read more... )

Peter and the doctors were in perfect agreement in checking Aunt May into the hospital overnight. They were in less perfect agreement about Peter himself. He was burnt, huge blisters and long red sears up both arms, with lesser blisters on his face and neck. He hadn't even felt them. He only agreed to be admitted when they promised him he'd share a ( Read more... )

Peter Parker and his aunt have never done a thing to the Joker. Hurting them isn't all that funny or useful to him. Normally, they would be mostly safe. However, he's holding a real grudge against The Riddler for shooting him. That grudge is going to be taken out on any friends and family he can ( Read more... )