reader (Damian established gf) showing up to a Wayne halloween party in a really realistic nightwing costume
dick loves it, Damian does not <3
WARNINGS: mildly suggestive ok so maybe a little more than mildly suggestive
Dick's been teasing him for forty-five minutes. It isn't even verbal. Damian doesn't know how he's doing it, but every single goddamn side glance has a different one-liner behind it and it's driving him up the wall.
It's the confliction that's drilling him into the floor.
Because on one hand, you look good. It fits you so well, perfectly, he might even say. His girlfriend is strolling around his home in a skin-tight uniform. He's feeling things.
But here's the problem. It's too perfect. Suspiciously so, he might even say. All of the false armor plates are in the right spots, the mask is flawless, even the escrima sticks look a little too realistic. To put it plainly: you look like his brother. The one he's closest to, at that. And thinking about the way that suit hugs your body makes him feel wrong when you're wearing that emblem.
Even that's bothering him. For different reasons, thankfully.
It almost feels traitorous. You're wearing his brother's crest. Not his. You might have a sticker of his emblem on your car's bumper, you might still smell like his cologne, you might be staying the night in his room after, and you might be on your way back to him with his drink in your hand—but you're wearing his brother's crest tonight.
You smile at him, all familiarity and warmth, but he can't get past that mask. "Here, it's on your tab," you tell him, holding out his second drink of the night. A sly grin. You hold up your own. "So's this one."
He rolls his eyes. Naturally. Like he'd let you pay for a drink in his house. "Thanks."
Dick glances at him again. All smugness and laughing in his face. If Jason shows up, he's a goner.
He clears his throat, turning his back on his brother to face you. "So, where'd this come from?"
Your eyes sparkle with no white lenses in the black frame. "Oh, this old thing? Just had it lying around."
He cocks an eyebrow. "My brother's suit was just lying around somewhere in your house?" He peers at you over the rim of his glass.
He's expecting a witty remark. He's expecting you to play along, toss him some sly, smart reply alluding to an affair. Not, "Yep. He must've left it there after we banged."
He almost chokes on his bourbon.
You beam over his shoulder. He can imagine Dick clinging to his wife for dear life while he laughs his ass off.