“Curiosity killed the cat.”“Did it? Last I heard, the Cat was in Bludhaven.” He smiled at his joke, not knowing if the girl would get it. Selina was…complicated. He wasn’t sure if Bruce had managed to tell the others about her yet.
He cocked his head to the side as the image of his student popped up on screen, sitting bored and annoyed in a jail cell.
“Fuck. What the hell?”
Dick knew better. He wasn’t afraid of his identity getting out, but still. The kid had connections to Jason, and getting arrested wasn’t a good thing. Arrest records meant a paper trail, which meant Dick was a liability. Unless…
“Thanks, Kid. Gotta go save the Padawan, you know.”
Turning on his heel, he walked past Cass, stopping only to hug her tight one last time, not knowing when he’d see her again.
“Be good, Baby Bat."
Fifteen steps later, he spun around, calling out one last jab at the girl at the computer.
"Dick is friends with Harley Quinn. Wrap it before you tap it, alright Kiddo?”
He was in the Dragon after that, climbing in to see a very pissed off Kory in the copilot chair.
“I’m in trouble, aren’t I.”
Tim rolled his eyes. He assumed it was a joke about Catwoman, Childish, not to mention necessary. Thought while that was true, it did give the boy information he didn’t have before. He knew where Selina had been all this time.
Whatever response Tim had for the new nickname bestowed upon him by Hood was lost at the man’s next remarks. Not only was the vigilante under the completely inaccurate impression that they were sleeping together, the man assumed that, had Tim slept with him in the past, he would still be doing so now. Tim choked on his next breath and shook his head.
The young hacker hadn’t seen Dick in years, hadn’t spoken to him, and now, he knew why. He had been with the Red hood all this time and just forgotten all about him. It made an anger flare up inside Tim that he hadn’t felt in a long time, and though he wanted to ignore the feeling, he let it fuel his next words instead. Calling after the man, Tim made sure he would get to the bottom of this, regardless of what Hood thought of him.
“Tell him to call me.”
[Completed]
and all of this will never be the same again 