darkknight_ (darkknight_) wrote in newalliance, @ 2016-08-04 09:19:00 |
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Entry tags: | batman, black canary, iron man, pepper |
Who: Bruce, Dinah, Tony, Pepper
Where: Wayne Manor, Gotham City, NJ
When: August 4th, 2016
What: Bruce and Dinah have news
They'd been invited, ostensibly, for dinner. Bruce realized that this in itself was suspicious, as it was entirely too formal. Tony usually just dropped by for a meal, or else this sort of invitation accompanied something involving dancing, charity, and/or a lot more people. He managed to avoid the curious looks from both, and the many more pointed comments from Tony, until they'd finished dessert and returned to the study for coffee.
Bruce was aware of a desire to do this right, which was ridiculous. Tony had told him about Pepper when she became pregnant without this degree of fanfare, but with no less pride. He couldn't help it, but that didn't make it any less frustrating an impulse for what should have been simple.
Simple, except it not only changed everything in his life, meant more than he could express, but was something he'd purposefully kept from Tony. The first two Tony would entirely be able to relate with. The last - well, Bruce knew it wouldn't be held against him.
He stood by, hand in pocket, waiting until Alfred was gone and then didn't bother to play innocent any longer. "Alright, you know there's a reason we asked you here. We wanted to share something with you before it became public knowledge." The smallest finger on the hand wrapped around his coffee cup scratched at his eyebrow in a tic. "And because I want you to know first." Turning, he raised an eyebrow at Dinah for her to take over.