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Yes, the title is weird. It's based on the saying 'Birds of a feather, flock together'. These are all drabbles about the Batman/Bruce Wayne and Co. hence the "Bats" and the "leather" (wings). Hope that cleared things up.
Timeline: Before Batman Begins
POV: Bruce Wayne (around the time when he and Rachel are still in their teens)
The rating may go up in further chapters due to language. And it may get somewhat parody-ish at times.
Kiss, Kiss
He's too nervous to say it out loud. (Not that he needs to. She always seems to know.)
Especially when she's looking at him that way. Like she can see into his head and read the thoughts in there.
Not that he's capable of thinking much, for the moment.
She accepts the flowers that he wordlessly hands her with a small, knowing smile. And the chocolates.
"Thank you, Bruce. Happy Valentine's Day."
"Rachel…"
"Hmm?"
"I-I…"
Words cannot say this.
He leans forward, she leans forward and he kisses her, he kisses her, he kisses her, little by little by little.
Um, for this drabble, I stole the last line "he kisses her… by little" from Gregory Maguire's absolutely brilliant book "Wicked". I only changed the tenses. So, yeah, that doesn't belong to me either.
Hope you liked that. More drabbles will be coming up soon.