Drabble: Prevention (Batman: The Animated Series/Batman Beyond)
Part of the Robin Red Bird project.
While Terry eats pancakes, Matt touches the letter. The creases in the paper are so deep it has almost torn in two. Matt's pancakes sit untouched.
"Your decision. I made a promise. I don't want to influence you." Terry looks across the table at his little brother. Without intending to, he seeks out familiar echoes in the jaw, the brows, the mouth.
He's never told him.
"But if you did...?" Matt prompts.
"Take another path."
"Why?"
"Because you're my brother and I love you."
Nodding, Matt puts down the letter. Now he begins to eat.
"College," he says.
Terry breathes.
While Terry eats pancakes, Matt touches the letter. The creases in the paper are so deep it has almost torn in two. Matt's pancakes sit untouched.
"Your decision. I made a promise. I don't want to influence you." Terry looks across the table at his little brother. Without intending to, he seeks out familiar echoes in the jaw, the brows, the mouth.
He's never told him.
"But if you did...?" Matt prompts.
"Take another path."
"Why?"
"Because you're my brother and I love you."
Nodding, Matt puts down the letter. Now he begins to eat.
"College," he says.
Terry breathes.