"Two of a Kind" Addendum
There will be more real fic in this universe soon! This is not it.
Title: First Impressions
Fandom: DC comics
Series: House of El
Pairing/Characters: gen; Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson
Rating: G
Continuity: Missing scene from "Two of a Kind".
Summary: Bruce in the Cave after that patrol.
Disclaimer: DC owns them, they hijack me.
Author's Notes: I really felt Bruce needed a voice here, if only for a moment.
Word Count: 344
Bruce pulled off the cowl and ran one hand through his sweaty hair. The cool air of the Cave-when had it acquired the capital?-refreshed him after the stink of Gotham proper. Sweat drying sent a chill down his spine, though nothing near as powerful as the chill of the alien’s sudden appearance. Out of nowhere, with no warning, by unearthly means no amount of human technology could detect, let alone counter. One of them was enough, ensconced in the bosom of the JSA and limited by her association with them. Bruce had a feeling this second, the youngest left of his kind, would be harder to predict and contain. Bruce doubted he intended to join the slipshod "League", and he had the trust and backing of the people of Metropolis-and before too much longer, the world.
Bruce’s eyes narrowed as he leaned down over the keyboard of his computer, where Green Arrow’s file was pulled up. How long would the man last, playing the kind of game with the League that he was? Black Canary was operating out of the same city, and there was potential for a great deal of chaos there, Oliver Queen being the playboy Bruce only pretended to.
That was a question for the future, however. Bruce switched to Superman’s file, the blank "Identity" category still galling.
"Whoa, Superman! Hey, did you see him out there tonight? Will I get to meet him?"
A smile blossomed on Bruce’s face as he turned around. Twelve years old and with enough energy to supply Gotham for years, Dick Grayson was wandering around the Cave on his hands. The boy beamed at him, then covered the twenty feet or so to his side in handsprings. "Well?" he asked, hands on his hips and a mock-impatient lilt in his voice. "Am I gonna get to meet Superman?"
Bruce tugged off the gauntlet on his right hand before laying it on Dick’s shoulder. "You most certainly will. First, however, you need more training."
Dick pumped his fist in the air, and Bruce smiled again.
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By the by, does anyone know what happened to Roy after he left Ollie? I know where Speedy went, but--where was he living? How old was he? Neither wikipedia nor titanstower seemed to know, and I was hoping people with more experience with the character might know.
Title: First Impressions
Fandom: DC comics
Series: House of El
Pairing/Characters: gen; Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson
Rating: G
Continuity: Missing scene from "Two of a Kind".
Summary: Bruce in the Cave after that patrol.
Disclaimer: DC owns them, they hijack me.
Author's Notes: I really felt Bruce needed a voice here, if only for a moment.
Word Count: 344
Bruce pulled off the cowl and ran one hand through his sweaty hair. The cool air of the Cave-when had it acquired the capital?-refreshed him after the stink of Gotham proper. Sweat drying sent a chill down his spine, though nothing near as powerful as the chill of the alien’s sudden appearance. Out of nowhere, with no warning, by unearthly means no amount of human technology could detect, let alone counter. One of them was enough, ensconced in the bosom of the JSA and limited by her association with them. Bruce had a feeling this second, the youngest left of his kind, would be harder to predict and contain. Bruce doubted he intended to join the slipshod "League", and he had the trust and backing of the people of Metropolis-and before too much longer, the world.
Bruce’s eyes narrowed as he leaned down over the keyboard of his computer, where Green Arrow’s file was pulled up. How long would the man last, playing the kind of game with the League that he was? Black Canary was operating out of the same city, and there was potential for a great deal of chaos there, Oliver Queen being the playboy Bruce only pretended to.
That was a question for the future, however. Bruce switched to Superman’s file, the blank "Identity" category still galling.
"Whoa, Superman! Hey, did you see him out there tonight? Will I get to meet him?"
A smile blossomed on Bruce’s face as he turned around. Twelve years old and with enough energy to supply Gotham for years, Dick Grayson was wandering around the Cave on his hands. The boy beamed at him, then covered the twenty feet or so to his side in handsprings. "Well?" he asked, hands on his hips and a mock-impatient lilt in his voice. "Am I gonna get to meet Superman?"
Bruce tugged off the gauntlet on his right hand before laying it on Dick’s shoulder. "You most certainly will. First, however, you need more training."
Dick pumped his fist in the air, and Bruce smiled again.
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By the by, does anyone know what happened to Roy after he left Ollie? I know where Speedy went, but--where was he living? How old was he? Neither wikipedia nor titanstower seemed to know, and I was hoping people with more experience with the character might know.