Title: The Undiscovered Country (4/4)
Continuity: The Dark Knight Rises
Pairing/Characters: Jim Gordon/Bruce Wayne
Warnings: None
Summary: While Jim and Bruce weather a cold Northeastern spring, Batman returns to Gotham, and both of them are forced to consider their options.
Rating: Light PG-13
Word Count: 3600

( That evening, they turned on the late-night news to find the news anchor with a manic gleam in his eye. Before he even said anything, Jim felt Bruce's muscles tense. )

Title: The Undiscovered Country (3/4)
Continuity:  The Dark Knight Rises
Pairing/Characters: Jim Gordon/Bruce Wayne
Warnings: None
Summary: Wintery weather forces Jim and Bruce indoors; Cooking, reading, and cribbage follow.
Rating:  G this chapter, up to light PG-13 overall
Word Count: 1800

( Jim Gordon took a moment to savor the surreal sight of Bruce Wayne wheeling a shopping cart down a brightly-lit Walmart aisle. )

Title: The Undiscovered Country (2/4)
Continuity:  The Dark Knight Rises
Pairing/Characters: Jim Gordon/Bruce Wayne
Warnings: None
Summary: Jim and Bruce arrive at a cabin on the lake and start to re-orient themselves.
Rating:  G this chapter, up to light PG-13 overall
Word Count: 2300

( The morning was cool. Winter was still in the air, little piles of snow lingering in sheltered spots. The air smelled of lake water and pine needles. )

Title: The Undiscovered Country (1/4)
Continuity:  The Dark Knight Rises
Pairing/Characters: Jim Gordon/Bruce Wayne
Warnings: None
Summary: Bruce Wayne comes back to Gotham, and Jim Gordon needs to figure out why.
Rating:  G this chapter, up to light PG-13 overall
Word Count: 1700

( Three months after disarming a nuclear bomb, Jim Gordon came home from work to find a dead man on his couch. )