#nightled

“I think she’s teething or something.  She must be teething.”  He was still adjusting to this whole dad routine.  The sound of a baby crying was like nails on a chalkboard even before; now it also had the fun addition of stirring up an overprotective panic in him as well.  A panic he didn’t really know how to deal with.  

This was why he hadn’t slept in weeks it felt like. And he was grateful for the company of someone who could actually eat solids.  

“You sure?” He’s skeptical -- what experience does Dick have with babies anyway?  Then again; what experience does Roy have?  Between the two of them, one was likely more equipped to be a dad than the other -- that same one wasn’t dumb enough to have this kind of accident with a supervillain in the first place though.  

      ❝ if you keep starin’ at me i can and will punch you in the face.  the only reason i haven’t yet is because i know better.  ❞      RYAN CHOI WAS ONE OF the few people she would actually listen to about these things.  being here was weird enough, she didn’t need the third degree from a former sidekick.  she KNEW she didn’t belong here, she was a wag, a wife or girlfriend and a former villain at that !  

“I sure hope you love my kid as much as I love my kid, because we got Lian’s school pictures back,”  He said, holding out the manila envelope with said photo delicately slipped between two pieces of thin, filmy protective paper. “ . . and when I asked her who was getting what size photo, she made sure that Uncle Dick got the biggest one.  You’re up there with Ollie and Dinah who are shoe-ins for the 8 x 10s.  Even Donna only gets a 4 x 5.  Uncle Hal is stuck down in the wallet ranks with Garth and Wally and Rose.”  Before handing it over, he jerks the envelope back as if to take it all back, the general, juvenile kind of psych-out as to be expect from Roy when he’s trying to suppress this kind of grin.