"Estimate" Entry: The More Things Stay the Same
Title: The More Things Stay the Same
Universe: DCU (DC Comics Universe)
Genre: General
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Dick, Roy, Damian, Lian
Word Count: 332
Warnings: None
Summary: The conflicts remain the same, no matter who the players are.
~*~
”Come on, Rob, how many do you think?”
“I don’t know.”
“Guess.”
“Hundreds. Maybe thousands.”
“He’s been Batman for how long, and you’ve been Robin for how long, and you don’t know any closer than that?”
“I haven’t taken stock.”
“Uh huh. You’re no fun.”
“Well, I can guarantee it’s more bad guys than Green Arrow has put away.”
“Tuh! Whatever.”
~*~
Ten Years Later
“You’re just jealous your dad hasn’t locked up as many villains as my dad.”
“My dad hasn’t made all the whackos in an entire city want to kill him. And all the non-whackos haven’t converted into whackos!”
“Whatever.”
“Your dad is also way older than my dad!”
“But you still can’t even guess how many bad guys he’s put in jail, and it’s less.”
Dick winced at Lian’s aggravated scream. She was too young to have that teen girl screech. But he wasn’t about to go into the other room and join the conversation, or what was essentially Damian picking on Lian. He remembered wondering just how many villains Bruce had put away over the years, and when he finally tracked down the number, it was nauseating. So many off the streets, and so many still out there. Never ending.
And the perpetual Bat/Arrow fighting… Exhausting, really.
Then of course Roy had to join in with, “Hey, pumpkin, remind Damian that there aren’t as many Arrows as there are Bats. We have to do the same amount of work with fewer people.”
Dick sighed then replied, “Not helping, Roy.”
His friend came into the room and grinned. “Come on, Rob, it wouldn’t be Bats and Arrows without some friendly competition.”
“Can’t they compete in training? Or cards? Guessing how many M&Ms are in a jar?”
“Nah."
“Fine. But if it comes to physical fighting in there, you’re taking care of it.”
“Always do.”
Because you always antagonize.
But that was okay. Dick would rather have a family that argued than not have a family at all.
Universe: DCU (DC Comics Universe)
Genre: General
Rating: PG
Characters/Pairings: Dick, Roy, Damian, Lian
Word Count: 332
Warnings: None
Summary: The conflicts remain the same, no matter who the players are.
~*~
”Come on, Rob, how many do you think?”
“I don’t know.”
“Guess.”
“Hundreds. Maybe thousands.”
“He’s been Batman for how long, and you’ve been Robin for how long, and you don’t know any closer than that?”
“I haven’t taken stock.”
“Uh huh. You’re no fun.”
“Well, I can guarantee it’s more bad guys than Green Arrow has put away.”
“Tuh! Whatever.”
~*~
Ten Years Later
“You’re just jealous your dad hasn’t locked up as many villains as my dad.”
“My dad hasn’t made all the whackos in an entire city want to kill him. And all the non-whackos haven’t converted into whackos!”
“Whatever.”
“Your dad is also way older than my dad!”
“But you still can’t even guess how many bad guys he’s put in jail, and it’s less.”
Dick winced at Lian’s aggravated scream. She was too young to have that teen girl screech. But he wasn’t about to go into the other room and join the conversation, or what was essentially Damian picking on Lian. He remembered wondering just how many villains Bruce had put away over the years, and when he finally tracked down the number, it was nauseating. So many off the streets, and so many still out there. Never ending.
And the perpetual Bat/Arrow fighting… Exhausting, really.
Then of course Roy had to join in with, “Hey, pumpkin, remind Damian that there aren’t as many Arrows as there are Bats. We have to do the same amount of work with fewer people.”
Dick sighed then replied, “Not helping, Roy.”
His friend came into the room and grinned. “Come on, Rob, it wouldn’t be Bats and Arrows without some friendly competition.”
“Can’t they compete in training? Or cards? Guessing how many M&Ms are in a jar?”
“Nah."
“Fine. But if it comes to physical fighting in there, you’re taking care of it.”
“Always do.”
Because you always antagonize.
But that was okay. Dick would rather have a family that argued than not have a family at all.