Lit in the glow of the massive screen and dwarfed by screen and chair both, Damian looked every bit the young child he was.
Dick rested his arms atop the back of his chair, watching as Damian rapid-fire clicked and typed, the quiet clicks and taps setting a near-frantic primary layer over the soft, syncopated background noises of squeaking bats nearby and rushing waters in the distance. “Far be it from me to interrupt your work, but shouldn’t you be in bed right now?”
“I…”—his fingertips halted for the briefest of moments—”…seem to have an unexpected surplus of energy at the moment. I thought it best I do something productive.”
Dick suppressed a snort. Too wired to sleep, had to find something to do. The amusement turned to an inwards grimace as the records for a particularly gruesome murder done by Roman Sionis—personally rather than via henchmen—flashed onscreen, muting the blue glow of the computer with veils of red and black. Not sure nightmare fuel is the best cure for insomnia. But he knew better than to say as much to Damian.
“I am not a child, Richard!”—if he’d heard it once, he’d heard it a thousand times. Instead he tried a different tack. “Speaking of case files and organization.…” He let the words trail off, prompting Damian to finally twist around to level a stare at him.
“Well?” He lifted an eyebrow in a gesture of impatience.
For those of you coming directly from the website, here are the links to the Discord server, my coauthor’s Ao3 profile, my own Ao3 profile, and our first released joint project:
- Sapphire’s Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/A_Fandom_Related_Name/pseuds/A_Fandom_Related_Name
- AJ’s Ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/users/AhsokaJackson/pseuds/AhsokaJackson
- SAU Batfam Server: https://discord.gg/W3K28yPVU8
- Our Short Story, “When It Pours”: https://archiveofourown.org/works/39332946
