Silly one-shot. A small prank in the early hours of the morning, based on one of the longest known traditions I've ever known. It's been overlooked for too long!
Disclaimer: If I owned them then I wouldn't be writing this disclaimer saying I don't.
Dick crept silently into the shadows, waiting for his perfect moment to strike. It was early in the hours of the morning, not even first light yet, but that never stopped anyone in their business. Snooze time was strictly kept to afternoon napping, unless you happened to be a part time policeman due in the station at nine. This, however, would be worth it.
His target was snoring loudly, with various coughs and snorts breaking the rhythmic pattern. Dick shook his head, this was too easy, he'd never even suspected when Dick had given in to letting him stay in his apartment after his hangover from going to one too many bars in his latest crawl. Pausing for dramatic effect over the head of the victim, when a night vision camera on a timer started snapping pictures, Dick attacked.
'Pinch,' Dick grabbed hold of his victim's nose to cause him to wake up spluttering.
'Punch,' Later Dick might have admitted, he did hit his victim a little hard on the arm here.
'First of the month,' The victim swung at him, but with the unfortunate disadvantage of sitting in the dark and still being half asleep that caused him to topple of the lumpy couch he had been sleeping uncomfortably on, and land face first in last night's pizza.
'No returns!' The ex-boy wonder finished triumphantly.
The perhaps vaguely innocent victim, picking the tomatoes off his face (which oddly enough, did not match his flaming red hair) swore revenge.
But it was best served cold.
The victim groaned angrily and put his cushion over his head, begging for sleep over his friend's laughter.
Roy Harper was not a morning person.
Well, I hope you liked it. I have never seen that written down anywhere, and everyone's heard about it at some point. I don't think it's just a British thing, is it? Please review if you have any opinions, at all. I'd appreciate it greatly. Thanks.