Death By Anxiety

I learned the background from:

Damian, perking up: Do you mean Mr. Daniel? Yes he seems like a very appropriate man to be our new neighbor.

Steph, knocking him upside the head: You only think that because he has three hellhound lookin dogs that he let you pet when you ran into eachother on your walk with Titus.

Duke, snorting: And he said that if Bruce or Alfred came with you, you could bring Titus to play with them whenever you wanted.

Damian: You-

Tim: Daniel Fenton is weird. I looked into him, he has a seriously massive trust fund that is constantly being added to, but he has only used it four times. To import two of his dogs from an overseas reputable breeder, to pay for the vet bills of the third dog as well as adopt her, and finally, to buy that mansion!

Steph: So what?

Duke: Yeah isn't that a good thing? It means he doesn't go throwing around money for no reason.

Steph: It also means he probably hates whoever set up said trust fund.

Bruce: How would you know that?

Steph, raising an eyebrow: Has Jason ever touched his trust fund?

Bruce: *pouts*

Cass: *pats his back*

Tim: Also! He's a school teacher, author, and a part time engineer, he has no kids, hasn't dated anyone in six year, why does he need or want such a big house?

Damian, scoffing: You have a mansion you never use, a pent house, a boat house, and you haven't dated anyone in 4 years. Are you much better?

Dick: I didn't mean to start anything, I was just going to say hes kinda good-looking and super nice. He helped me-

Tim: That's another thing! No one is that attractive and nice and smart and super buff, thats like, against the laws of nature!

Dick, opening and shutting his mouth: Am I missing something?

Bruce, sighing: Tim is attracted to a civilian and his "bat brain", Steph's words not mine, is telling him that something just has to be wrong with said civilian because he's paranoid.

Duke, muttering: Pot meet kettle.

Bruce: I'm speaking from experience.

Dick: Ah, that makes more sense then.

Jason, walking through the door: You see your new neighbor? *whistels* Not bad.

Tim: Something is definitely wrong with him if Jason is interested in him.

Jason: *flips him off*

Alfred: Excellent, you're all here. I invited our new neighbor for dinner. I've noticed that with moving in, he has mostly been eating take out, and that simply won't do, so he'll be coming over at six, do try to be presentable.

Tim: Aha! A chance to prob him for answers! Alfred you're a genius!

Alfred, sighing: Yes I'm aware. Try not to chase Mr. Daniel away with your libido triggered paranoia please, he has a lovely tea garden hes setting up and I would like to trade, or buy some from him in the future.

Tim: *sputters*

Tom, love, I'm pretty thirsty.. Could you get me a drink?

Tom, arrogant and convinced he'd finally gotten through Ryland's shell:

Of course, Sunshine! Anything specific?

Btw I imagine this with the context of it being a Coltland Gentry au

Grace who is deeply intrigued by his new neighbor and keeps thinking about Driver in relation to whatever he is currently doing even though they’ve only had like three conversations but Grace can’t help but think about him and wonder about his likes, dislikes, what he does in his free time, etc.

Grace who notices that Driver is stalking him and instead of being freaked out feels weirdly flattered and knows that this is not a normal reaction but chooses to ignore that fact. Driver’s stalking is protective and attentive and feels weirdly comforting. Grace is worried to about scaring Driver off so he doesn’t say anything about it. He does try to get to know Driver a bit more actively by inviting him to eat at his favorite diner.

Kids and their best alien friends.