[ dick arrives with only two bags, driving the family heirloom he took from bruce when he left gotham for detroit three years ago. in the time since, the car has been through a lot, from being used as a getaway vehicle to being traded for a mini-van, until dick tracked it down and stole it back.
itās the car thatās taken dick through the last three years, through leaving robin behind, starting titans up again, meeting jason, becoming nightwing, losing donna, losing jason. losingāhimself, maybe.
itās late morning when he pulls up to the driveway of the lakehouse. texting bruce hasnāt been easy, but after losing so much, he simply canāt bear to lose bruce. itās probably saying something that heās been closer in touch with wanda and jon than the bat himself. it never cases to amaze him how easy it is to shove aside deep years of history as he turned to the news and his adopted siblings for updates on bruce.
only two bagsāone a duffle of clothing, the other his nightwing suit. besides those, he carries a wealth of baggage thatās impossible to sort through. perhaps bruce hadnāt wanted him there when things went down with superman, but dick could tell that underneath it all, underneath the exhaustion, the cold, the hard shell, bruce is trying. and so, heāll try too.
//earlier//
itās the car thatās taken dick through the last three years, through leaving robin behind, starting titans up again, meeting jason, becoming nightwing, losing donna, losing jason. losingāhimself, maybe.
itās late morning when he pulls up to the driveway of the lakehouse. texting bruce hasnāt been easy, but after losing so much, he simply canāt bear to lose bruce. itās probably saying something that heās been closer in touch with wanda and jon than the bat himself. it never cases to amaze him how easy it is to shove aside deep years of history as he turned to the news and his adopted siblings for updates on bruce.
only two bagsāone a duffle of clothing, the other his nightwing suit. besides those, he carries a wealth of baggage thatās impossible to sort through. perhaps bruce hadnāt wanted him there when things went down with superman, but dick could tell that underneath it all, underneath the exhaustion, the cold, the hard shell, bruce is trying. and so, heāll try too.
he rings the intercom. ]
Itās me.