What is this human emotion? (Bruce and Dick)

[justlikeacircus]

Dick strode into the Batcave with a determined look on his face, probably more focused than he'd been on anything in a while. Was there some terrible villain on the loose? World-threatening events afoot? Some other disaster looming over them all? 

Well, sort of.

He was here to talk about feelings.

He came through the cave first because he knew this was the most likely place he was going to find Bruce, but he was willing to scour the whole house if he had to - and to lay in wait if Bruce wasn't here, because this was the first time he'd seen the man since Bruce got back from his cruise. He'd had his talk with Clark, and he felt pretty good about that, but Bruce wasn't going to get off that easily.

It was probably just because all the irritation he felt at not being told had been displaced by Clark's easy friendship, and it had been left with nowhere to go and ended up directed at Bruce, but whatever had caused it he was on the warpath. There would probably even be hugs.

"Anybody home?" he called out.

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[justlikeacircus]

"Alfie has never given me drugged cookies," he replied, tone still smug. It probably wasn't entirely true, there were definitely anti-biotics, painkillers and other assorted medications he'd refused to take that had been smuggled into him via chocolate chips over the years.

"I'm everybody's favourite."

[knightbynight]

"If you believe that, I have a piece of property I'd like to sell you." Which wasn't really refuting Dick being everyone's favorite so much as the drugged cookies. "You've never been sedated via cookie."

Or tranquilizer dart, for that matter. Or whatever teh hell else Alfred did to get horse tranquilizers into Bruce.

[justlikeacircus]

"Exactly. Alfie loves me best so he's never found me so annoying he needed to sedate me." He teased. Technically it was because Dick actually stopped when he was injured. Most of the time. For a bit. More than Bruce did, anyway, and he actually let himself get some sleep occasionally.

That was another good thing about Clark, he was another person who would force Bruce to get more regular sleep. And if they weren't sleeping, Dick didn't want to know about it.

[knightbynight]

Honestly, he was raised by a man who knocked him out with horse tranquilizers. There was no wonder Bruce had some odd ways of showing love. (Except the chocolate chip cookies aspects of Alfred's affections, anyway).

"I should ask if he's had occasion to sedate Jason yet." He paused and rephrased. Jason was always an occasion. "I should ask if he's actually done it. I'm not sure I want to know."

[justlikeacircus]

"I bet he has. Jaybird's good at being annoying enough you want to sedate him," he grinned. He didn't really mean it, Dick was very fond of all his brothers, even when they drove him insane. Which, admittedly, was often. ...ok, so maybe he meant it a little bit, but that was just the perils of siblings really.

"I better head off," he said after a moment of silence "glad we had this talk, I will leave you in peace and force unwelcome emotions on you no longer. Until next time anyway."

[knightbynight]

Bruce didn't hug Dick again because he was Bruce and Dick was Dick and... he just didn't do hugs, easily or naturally, but he did give Dick a long look and a slight nod.

All he said before he turned away though, was 'Thank you'.

For him, that was pretty huge.

[justlikeacircus]

Dick put a hand over his heart and pretended to wipe a tear away from his eye, but teasing aside he was genuinely touched. Smiling more genuinely, he nodded slightly.

"You're welcome," he said quietly, before turning away and heading out.

(Fin XD)