Re: Batcave: Cat & Bat
What, exactly, was the adult equivalent of a boyscout? Bruce had no idea. He refused to call himself a hero. Her apologetic shrug, like she couldn't come up with anything else, made him smile. "I'm not very good at labelling myself. I suppose boyscout will have to do for now. Just try not to use it too often." It seemed more fitting of Dick than of him, someone younger, even if he and Dick weren't really all that far apart in age.
He was only mildly surprised to find that she was rethinking her strategy of infiltrating the mobs. "The quiet is deceptive," he said. "I care." Of course he did. "But I never liked the idea of you becoming one of them, even to take them down. We can find another way." Especially with Eddie not being himself. They'd barely spoken since Christmas, he was trying to give him space. The last thing he wanted was to force his friend into something he was no longer ready for.
Adorable, he thought, suited him even less than boyscout. The mention of a prenup made him chuckle. "Would you sign one, if I had?" Not that Bruce believed he would. He would never marry someone he couldn't trust, and to him, a prenup spoke of distrust. Why else would he need to protect himself financially? As for Jason, he nodded. "I will." He wasn't thrilled with the boy's involvement in Marvel, but there was nothing he could do. And, maybe, it was good that he had people he cared about.
There was a momentary hiccup, a shadow over his expression, when she said she'd given Eddie a key, that he wanted to go. But it was gone as quickly as it had come, and Bruce glanced up. "He needs to do what's best for him. I'll reach out soon." He sighed. "You should rest, while I run some tests. Can you make it upstairs?" Because he assumed, of course, that she would be staying.