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xxgoblin-dumplingxx · 2 years ago

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Can we have more of bff!reader who has Jason's teddy bear? I am now obsessed with the idea because you made it so cute 🖤

Bruce settled back in his chair and waited, watching the cafe patrons- Some of them had taken notice of him. But most people were too Busy trying to get their caffeine fix on the way to work to care very much about the billionaire sipping tea and people watching.

Which suited him fine. Ostensibly he was there on business.

Business he created to have an excuse to check on you, sure. But business nonetheless.

He'd never adopted you. Or even formally been your foster parent. But he felt responsible for you. Even after Jason's death.

Responsible enough that he paid your tuition and had a job in mind for you. As far as he was concerned, it wasn't exactly nepotism if you were qualified. And, in the Absence of Jason, he could think of no one better to over see the Martha Wayne foundation. If, that is, he could coax you back to Gotham.

He hadn't wanted you to go to NYU. But, he understood why you couldn't stay. Too many ghost hiding in Alleys and dark corners. Too many people too familiar with your parents. Too many memories that looked so much bleaker now that you were an adult who understood how dangerous it had been to grow up like you had. You wanted a chance to define your life on your own terms.

And when you breeze into the cafe, windblown and looking well. Bright-eyed and busy-tailed despite the hour, it sets him at ease a little.

When you spot him and give a little wave before going to order your drink, he smiles a little, not bothering to check his watch. He knew you were precisely 10 minutes early. A habit he never understood but a quirk he enjoyed.

"So do you really have things to do today or did you just want to make sure I wasn't partying too hard?" you ask teasing, dropping into a chair.

"A little of both," he allowed, "But. I thought it was a fair assumption to say your partying is still closing down the library- Babs sends her congrats on making the Dean's List Again and Alfred told me to tell you that you're on track to beat the record."

You grin at him over your paper cup and half shrug, "Everyone is good at something I guess."

And for just a second, in his mind's eye, he sees a tiny, scruffy little girl telling him matter of factly that Yesenia Pestis originated with Tobargan Marmots and gerbils- NOT black rats. Even if they did carry the bacteria, not a virus through Europe. All the while, Jason nodded in agreement.

In another life, the pair of you would have made an outstanding Author duo- And not for the first time, he wished it was another life.

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