( 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]

( 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...

[avatarfortruth]

Interesting. But likely true.

[ There's some shift in him, in his expression, and her eyebrows flicker into a brief frown. She relaxes her arm and steps in closer... to place a chaste kiss on his cheek. ]

Make up your mind, Bruce.

[ Said, gently, before she lets go of his shirt and steps back. ]

Consider it a personal request.

[batsymbol]

( the kiss to his cheek, sweet as it is, also leaves him speechless. despite that, there's a familiar softness there within his eyes along with the uncertainty so prevalent there, and he stares to her as she steps back.

already his mind goes into a sort of bruce overdrive and he drops his gaze, licks over his lips, and clears his throat a moment later. )

I, uh... need to get those supplies.

( reaching over for that wallet again, he stuffs it in his back pocket and looks to her. just for a moment. )

I won't be long.

[avatarfortruth]

Then I'll see you when you return.

[ In the meantime... that lunch is sounding better and better. ]