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𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘯 ([personal profile] farcry) wrote in [community profile] thebatfam2021-03-09 11:38 pm
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homecoming | ❝ I'll be waiting in the back streets ❞

(( Dreaming 'bout your old days
You and I
Always end up running ))


// NIGHT //

To: B
From: NW
10:24 PM
I'm stepping out for a bit. Got some business to take care of.


[ That's code for don’t ask, knowing that as with most things, forgiveness is better than permission. Perhaps he’s getting too comfortable here. It's been a week since the mysterious girl fell from the sky, meaning a week spent knee-deep in research, trying to grasp even a single clue. He’s mobilized the easy to reach resources but nothing's quite sticking, and truth be told, he isn't sure he has enough of a case to reach farther. However, as if she somehow knew he was around, a simple text from Kara offers a welcome respite.

He wasn't around a whole lot during Bruce's time with Kara, but the eye he's always kept on home told a familiar story. Their relationship is complicated, as with most things in the family, and he knows better than anyone that Bruce's protection is exactly that: complicated. It's care expressed in only way Bruce knows how, which sometimes comes off more akin to control.

But now, held carefully at arm's length, he can do what he thinks is right.

So he pulls out of the driveway in one of Bruce’s cars, reminded of the time he stole the Porsche at fourteen. This time, he has a good reason--the minivan he brought here just won't manage cutting the six hour drive down to four.

At two in the morning, Dick rolls to a stop outside of the Kents' farm and sticks his head out. The car's headlights are the only source of illumination in the pitch black countryside. He squints into the darkness. Where's Kara? ]



// MORNING //

[ The sun’s peeking over the horizon when they arrive at the Lake House. Wisps of fog drift over the surface of the mirror lake as Dick pulls up in the driveway. Part of him wonders when his own humanity will catch up with him and remind him that he can’t keep living his nights like days like this, expecting no consequences. For now, he’s genuinely not tired. ]

Come on. Let’s go inside. [ A corner of his mouth pulls up in a lopsided grin, betraying how excited he is to have Kara here, even if he has no idea how Bruce will react. He'll try to keep it down, but he knows there's no hiding from anyone in this house. ]


// BREAKFAST //

[ He hasn't slept. It’s six in the morning and he's desperate for coffee. He opens up the fridge to peer squinty-eyed into the brightness, wondering what Alfred has stocked for breakfast. ]
forceshadowed: (💠 77)

during breakfast. sent from ROBB'S PHONE which she borrowed along with the porsche ahem

[personal profile] forceshadowed 2021-03-10 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Hello! This is a mass text. If you can please ask Mr. Robb Stark where I can return his spinner, I will gladly do so within the day. Thank you and may you have a fantastic day!
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[personal profile] forceshadowed 2021-03-14 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
He was passed out and he left his keys lying around. I was going to return it!
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[personal profile] forceshadowed 2021-06-05 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
Excuse me, sir, but he nearly ran me over. Then he asked me to accompany him to the dinner he was crashing. The plan to commandeer his vehicle may have been formed much later in the night.

Or morning. We were drinking and up so late, remember?
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[personal profile] forceshadowed 2021-10-03 12:33 pm (UTC)(link)
I had to meet a friend. It was a matter of life and death!

[ She was not supposed to have been separated from K, after all. ]

But I'm here with him now, so I can return the spinner already.
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night

[personal profile] justanassistant 2021-03-10 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ While she'd texted Dick about wanting to come home instead of Bruce, she had told Martha she was headed back to the city. It wouldn't do to leave without telling the woman who'd helped her like that, after all. Martha had treated her like a daughter come home, almost no questions asked. But the quiet of the farm had started to get to Kara too, and it'd made her want to get back to the city. The hustle, the bustle, the potential to help using these powers.

She'd heard stories from Martha about Superman too. How he'd saved people, saved the world. It's hard not to start to get an itch to help how she can after stories like that too.

Dick won't have to wait too long though, the blond appears in the light a moment later with her suitcase. It's true, she could probably have flown back herself and saved him the trouble. But this felt a little more right, and also let her connect to Dick again now that she's not flinching at every word someone speaks, every heartbeat of anyone close. She slips over to the passenger side of the car and gets her suitcase in the back before sliding in. ]
Thanks for coming to get me.
justanassistant: (bright)

kara catch all

[personal profile] justanassistant 2021-03-10 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)