@d.grayson ( text )

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anyone else trying to cross the river? we should pool our resources.

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[ his smiles since his arrival have been rare. dick doesn’t like being angry, but it’s been his life for the past year. and before that. but it didn’t have that much space around bruce and alfred.

on his own, it’s expanded. it fills him up. being trapped and worrying about rachel and the others. not sleeping that well in the tree he’s got for himself.

she’s achieved a real victory. she got him to relax his guard. even if it won’t drop completely. ]

Hey! What - [ bet she thought that was funny!

he’d dusted his hair reflexively. but it’s really all gone. ]

I’m going to remember that.

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Yeah? What are you gonna do, arrest me?

[It's nice—more like back home, bantering and teasing before a job, even if it might end up being dangerous. She doesn't have to think about being dead or about why they're here or about anything else. Not for these few moments, anyway.]

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[ he rolls his eyes playfully. ]

Yeah, I'm the fun police, your jokes are too funny. I got the handcuffs right here.

[ he pretends to dig in his pocket for them. there's a set on him, but he won't draw them out. ]

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[She gasps, feigning shock, and leans forward to whisper conspiratorially.]

So you do like my jokes!

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[ dick shrugs. ]

I can take them or leave them. [ it's too late for him. and he hasn't stopped smiling. ]