This was fun to write, I kinda binged, like the entirely of Panda Redd's library had a dumb idea. The "do the Gotham rogues know Hood was a Robin" immediately turned into "Does the Gotham public know Hood was a Robin? Do they ship it?". Pitched that idea to the RedHood reddit page and those bastards encouraged some maddness.

- Canoodling with the Crime Lord -

Blair Perry
Sep, 06 2016

Following our coverage and hit article: Batman and Bruce Wayne: Secretly Married, co-written with the Daily Planet's own, Clark Kent, we here at Gotham's Little Birdie have unearthed some shocking new developments in the local vigilante community!

So skooch in close, and here's what the Little Birdie has to tell you!

It's never a dull day or quiet night in Gotham as they say. The local rogues and ruffians trading blows with Batman's brood is certainly nothing new. But something a little more spicy is afoot in Gotham when it comes to engaging with the enemy!

Especially when notorious flirt and vigilante heartthrob Nightwing, has been caught on a downtown rooftop getting handsy with Gotham's own crime lord, the Red Hood. While most Gothamites would agree it's always a good omen to spot the bird in blue darting overhead, the same can't be said for the city's criminal underbelly. Which is why the sudden and what one might even call a 'drastic' change of pace from the pair's previous interaction, has left our viewers gobsmacked.

No bullets and mortar this time, readers. Though something else altogether might be in the air!

The apparent 'enemies' were spied in their stolen embrace on Thursday night, deep in Hood's territory. A rare moment of affection between enemies? A likely story, who wouldn't want to get comfy in those arms?

But our dedicated sleuths have heard of several eye witness accounts that the Bludhaven bird has been making regular appearances in the bad part of town.

And an innocently acquired briefing from the GCPD, regarding a recent bust down in the bowery puts the cozy pair within orbit once again. Maybe gravity has something to do with it, but it seems that Nightwing and Red Hood are reluctant to be out of hands reach of each other.

You know the old adage, readers!

Ones a tip off
Two's a scoop
Three's a Bludhaven hero with a thing for bad boys in biker boots?

Being caught canoodling with one of the city's most dangerous rogues is certainly a daring affair. But Nightwing has never shied away from making a statement. Be that his flirty quips or a form fitting suit tight in all the right areas.

And our resident bad boy, Red Hood is no stranger to headlines himself. His explosive entrance onto the Gotham stage was hard to miss. Neither were his shoulders and thighs, that's for sure. Plenty of readers will remember our coverage last spring when cameras caught Batman's high stakes pursuit of the Hood across the rooftops. Several outlets put Nightwing at the Dark Knight's side during the intense confrontation.

Quite a first meeting, not even time to exchange numbers! But that's one way to catch someone's eye!

Hood was probably too busy taking the stage by gunpowder and hollow-point, and looking good enough to turn anyone to a life of crime. Then again, given where the Nightwing has his hands lately, we aren't the only ones who noticed. Must have been quite the view back there during that chase.

But how does the caped crusader feel about his son getting up close and cozy with a crime lord?

Actions spoke for themselves at the time, reports confirm that Nightwing returned to his city soon after, leaving Batman to handle the Hood alone. The jury is out on if the Dark Knight sent the first Boy Wonder away for his own safety, or if he feared the blue bird was romantically compromised?

Regardless Hood vanished from the rooftops soon after. His return to the scene this spring was met with baited breath. But the streets and alleys have been suspiciously lacking in Hood vs Bat fisticuffs. Plenty of citizens and readers alike were anxious to learn what was holding Batman up from chasing Hood down?

Could it be that the Dark Knight doesn't want to risk his relationship with his son by arresting his boyfriend? Or is Nightwing really just playing the honey trap, hoping for a peek under the Hood?

We can only speculate, but that's all a little birdie has to tell for now!

Jason read the headliner for the fourth time, he knew all the words in front of him, but his brain had failed to comprehend the meaning several minutes ago. Rebelling at even the suggestion of what they inferred.

Calmly he thumbed the cross in the corner of the screen. Exiting out of the site link on his phone and with a blink the screen returned to the chat room of two. His tea had long since gone cold and the bowl of cereal in front of him had fermented into a pile of sludge. Ignoring both, Jason dug the comm out of his jacket pocket and tapped it into his ear. Listening in loaded silence as the line purred for a breath, connecting to the family's channel with a polite click that didn't herald the shit storm to come.

There was a suspicious shuffle on the other end, someone failing miserably at keeping quiet.

"Tim?" Jason asked with a measure of control that would put blue boy-scout to shame. An aborted giggle chokes itself out of existence on the other end.

"Yes, Jay?" The feigned innocence might have worked, if Jason couldn't physically hear the shit-eating grin.

He pressed his lips together and tried to recall all the reasons he didn't want to wring the third robin's neck. Only to find said list remarkably short than it had been yesterday. He inhaled.

"The fuck, did you just send me?"

His answer came with an abrupt scream of laughter in his ear. The list shriveled further.

"Getting handsy, huh!" Tim cackled, gasping for breath and wheezing painfully. Jason hoped he choked.

"Tim, Timmy, Timbo" Jason could feel his molars cracking under pressure, "It was a fucking Hug!"

Never in my life have I used the term 'canoodling' until I decided to write an inflammatory gossip article. But strike it from my bingo card, James!

God, I feel like I need a shower to scrap of the scummy for objectifying the boi's in mock humor.

To any of the three people waiting for the 4th chap of Teachings of the Jackal. Umm, so I had a huge bout of creative apathy after I finished my study. And the moment I could stand to look at my chap I just found that I kinda... hated it?br /

So I'm gonna have to rewrite the whole thing... sorry...

All the Love for my faithful and longsuffer beta, N_Layne