[ HE'S TRYING TO HAVE MANNERS HE WASN'T RAISED IN A BARN just in a haunted mansion by a secret agent
Somehow, the absurdity of the overture puts him more at ease. Instead of sitting opposite Barry, he moves to sit down on the same sofa, though still with enough room between them that someone would have to reach out. It rolls through his head, still, Barry's worry about an authority dynamic being infringed upon. On the other hand— the speedster is one of the most conceivably powerful beings on Earth, not Bruce's secretary. ]
Hard-R swerving should be what we both want, [ he says mildly. But there's a thread of warmth in his voice. ] So you'd have to just say so, if you wanted something.
[ Bruce is aware he hasn't said his own half of that, yet, but he'd rather Barry cough it up first, considering the way he keeps hedging around what Bruce, in turn, might want. What he wants is: no guesswork.
Barry is brilliant, and funny, and good company. He is shockingly loyal, and it's maybe a little pathetic how badly Bruce wants to dig his fingers into that alone, having spent so long miserable over everyone in his life (save Alfred) walking away, dying, abandoning, fleeing. He has to be careful not to project too much weirdness at him, in that respect, being such an inherently intense person. Probably Barry's not like, really hoping Batman ends up with a complex over him. ]
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Somehow, the absurdity of the overture puts him more at ease. Instead of sitting opposite Barry, he moves to sit down on the same sofa, though still with enough room between them that someone would have to reach out. It rolls through his head, still, Barry's worry about an authority dynamic being infringed upon. On the other hand— the speedster is one of the most conceivably powerful beings on Earth, not Bruce's secretary. ]
Hard-R swerving should be what we both want, [ he says mildly. But there's a thread of warmth in his voice. ] So you'd have to just say so, if you wanted something.
[ Bruce is aware he hasn't said his own half of that, yet, but he'd rather Barry cough it up first, considering the way he keeps hedging around what Bruce, in turn, might want. What he wants is: no guesswork.
Barry is brilliant, and funny, and good company. He is shockingly loyal, and it's maybe a little pathetic how badly Bruce wants to dig his fingers into that alone, having spent so long miserable over everyone in his life (save Alfred) walking away, dying, abandoning, fleeing. He has to be careful not to project too much weirdness at him, in that respect, being such an inherently intense person. Probably Barry's not like, really hoping Batman ends up with a complex over him. ]