JL Drabble: Colors
Colors
(spoilers up through SotH)
Shayera breaks the transmission, not quite a smile on her face.
"You're still seeing Hall," says Batman.
"He likes me. He knows me."
"He researched you on the Internet. That's not the same thing."
"It's close enough."
They head to the meeting together. It's John's turn to get refreshments: tangerine juice in multicolored plastic cups. He hands her the teal one without comment.
"Thanks."
He shrugs. "It's your favorite color, right?"
She pauses. "How do you know that?"
"You told me once. That mission to Alpha Ceti."
"That was five years ago."
"So?"
Batman coughs, and they start the meeting.