fic: News Cycle
Title: News Cycle
Author: darthbatgirl
Disclaimer: I own nothing
Rating: PG
Characters: Roy/Tim
Summary: Tim hides from the media, Roy makes jokes
Word Count: 528
Warnings: fluff
A/N: written for my kiss bingo card, prompt body part: fingers, follows after Stealing Headlines, might want to read that first.
Roy couldn't help the wide smile on his face as Tim pulled the baseball cap further down on his head and hunched down more in the booth they were sitting at.
“It's not funny,” Tim grumbled as he caught Roy in the act.
“Are you sure? Not even a little bit?” Roy asked getting his grin under control.
“No. Do you have any idea how hard it was just to get out of Wayne Tower and meet you for lunch?”
“Hm I think I can guess,” Roy mused. Ever since the pictures of them kissing made the news, Roy as Red Arrow and Tim as just plain old Tim Drake-Wayne, the media had latched its self onto Tim trying to figure out the exact nature of the relationship between the billionaire heir and the up and coming member of the Justice League.
“I just can't believe this happened. We were being so careful,' Tim moaned softly.
“Hey don't stress about it,” Roy comforted as he reached over and squeezed Tim's hand. “You just had a gun pressed to you head. We were due a glad-my-boyfriend-isn't-dead kiss.”
Tim just nodded and squeezed Roy's hand back.
“You know what we should do?” Roy mused . “I should take you back to Wayne Tower and right before you go inside I should kiss you right in front of everyone there.”
“How would that help anything?” Tim asked bewildered.
“Probably nothing,” Roy smirked. “But the press loves torrid love affairs. Just think of how much fun they'll have if you were cheating on me - with me.”
“You're crazy,” Tim said as he shook his head, a small smile on his face.
“Maybe, so you want to smooch?” Roy asked with a leer.
Tim smiled and shook his head, “Like you need this media circus.”
“Well if I can survive Bruce and Dick interrogating me I can survive anything.” Roy grinned
“Yeah sorry about that,” Tim said as he snagged a french fry from Roy's plate.
“The interrogation from Bruce and Dick I was expecting. The call from Jason just to laugh at me for having to talk to Bruce was a bit excessive I thought,” Roy said as he stole the pickle from Tim's plate.
“Sorry, I didn't want them to give you a hard time. Thought by keeping it a secret, we'd avoid all of that.”
“Oh little bird, you can't avoid family,” Roy chuckled. “You haven't even gotten invited over for Ollie's chili yet.”
“Ollie's chilli?” Tim grinned. “Can't we start off with something simple like Connor's tea?”
Roy chuckled as he tugged Tim's hand closer and kissed Tim' fingertips “Anything you want little bird. It'll be okay you know. We'll get through this I promise.”
“I know,” Tim said as he pulled Roy's hand over and repeated Roy's move and kissed the archer's fingertips. “If anything we don't have to hide from our family and friends. We just have to ride out the news cycle until they find the next big thing.”