( open-ish ) dedicate and sacrifice my everything

[batsymbol]

Who: Bruce Wayne/Batman batsymbol
What: catch-all for the month, largely time travel and event focused
When: Throughout September
Where: Primarily the past
Content Warnings: TBD but let's just say Bruce being Bruce and Batman being Batman.

open to both [brackets] and prose, i'll follow your lead if you have a preference. if you want something else with bruce or bats, shoot me a PM or PP at telekinetics to discuss. otherwise things we've planned/discussed can be dropped in here as well. starters in comments.

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[batsymbol]

( there's just the slightest hint of amusement there on his face — as he looks away and around the room, hands still in his pockets there. )

I don't... really do vacations anyways. No time to.

[avatarfortruth]

If you come to help me look for Themyscira, it might be similar to one.

[ It's the first mention she's made of everything they'd talked about the night before. And perhaps a reminder that she remembers the rest of what happened, too. ]

But we'll deal with Chaos Gate, first.

[batsymbol]

( he's not sure how he'd feel if she'd gone and forgotten, truthfully. was he that bad if she did? still, now's not the time to dwell on that, despite some part of him seemingly wanting to. they have more pressing matters to focus on. )

Yeah. Go get some lunch. No time limit.

[avatarfortruth]

Most generous.

[ She says, rolling her eyes. ]

Please refrain from trying out the bow while I'm gone.

[batsymbol]

Wouldn't dream of touching that.

( he's more of a batarang and grapple gun kind of guy anyways. )

[avatarfortruth]

Not even to assuage your curiosity?

[ Which is prodigious, always. ]

Perhaps I'll teach you how to use it, some day.

[batsymbol]

That go for the lasso, too?

( and there might be a slightly raised brow there as he asks that. )

[avatarfortruth]

You could try it.

[ Half teasing challenge, half amusement. ]

But that would require you to touch it.

[batsymbol]

( he knows what she's doing. )

Too bad that's not what I'd prefer to touch.

[avatarfortruth]

Oh? There's something else you'd prefer to get your hands on?

[ Her tone is innocent, but there's warmth behind the smile in her eyes. ]

[batsymbol]

( he knows damn well what they're both saying and not saying at the same time. )

Maybe.

[avatarfortruth]

Then you should reach out and take it.

[ Easier said than done, especially with Bruce. ]

Unless there's something stopping you.

[batsymbol]

( smile so very faint on his lips, he sinks his teeth into his bottom lip, just for a moment, looking away. hands still in those pockets of his. )

You should get your lunch.

[avatarfortruth]

Should I? It might be as satisfying to stay.

[ For a different sort of hunger, perhaps, but no less gnawing. ]

[batsymbol]

( a huff. )

There's no kitchen here and I don't exactly cook anyways.

[avatarfortruth]

[ She doesn't laugh, but her eyes crinkle up, amused, and her mouth quirks. ]

Then lunch it is. And then perhaps I'll enjoy a shower.

[ She doesn't need to make it easy for him. ]

[batsymbol]

If that's what you'd like.

( it's said with a bit of nonchalance to it, bruce looking around the room before he takes a few steps to his bag, tugging his wallet out of it. )

I'll get a few more supplies. Let you have some privacy.

[avatarfortruth]

And if I don't want privacy?

[ She doesn't move as he does, although she considers stepping towards him. ]

But, of course, if you have errands to run, I won't interrupt.

[batsymbol]

( he's risking being thrown through the window with saying this but— )

Guess you could always call your new boss.

[avatarfortruth]

[ She's across the room in the blink of an eye, her hand fisted in his shirt, lifting. Just enough to pull him up and a little forward, but not off his feet. ]

Really. You'd prefer I ask for his company in the shower?

Is that what you really want?

[batsymbol]

( well. close enough.

the surprise is there in his eyes — felt in the way his muscles instinctively tense and he swallows as he's held there. surprise gently fades to something else there in those blue eyes of his as he searches her face... as he opens his mouth and shuts it a second after. )

You're pretty fast.

[avatarfortruth]

Yes.

[ Mild, without letting him go. ]

I did tell you so.

[batsymbol]

Yeah.

( licking over his lips some, trying to hide the amusement there on his face. )

Guess you did.

[avatarfortruth]

But what now?

[ Her tone is very nearly conversational, as she shifts, coming a little closer. ]

Should I throw you through the window? Impress on you the importance of respecting the gods?

Or I could stop your mouth a pleasanter way, with a kiss. Which would you prefer?

[batsymbol]

( her forwardness, while not at all a turn-off, catches him a little off guard and it shows in the way he's seemingly left a little speechless for a moment. )

Might have to pay a hefty bill for the window with the former...