Yay! another one-shot! So this is for The Turn Coat who wanted a one-shot where Dick walked in on something. So that's where this came from. So please enjoy!
Title: Awkward
Rating: T
Summary: It was already awkward... Dick just had to go and make it work.
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters... DC does... (bummer).
Dick made his way through the winding corridors of Wayne Manor with a manila folder in his hand. Bruce had asked him to do a background check on some witnesses of a case he'd been working on for weeks now. It was a homicide and none of the suspects that the police had seemed to fit in terms of motivation or discrepancies in alibis. So Bruce had thought that maybe one of the witnesses wasn't telling the whole truth. And not surprisingly, he was right.
Now normally Dick could've just sent what he had found via email from his computer in Bludhaven. But he figured it was about time for another visit. Alfred had been dropping him non-too subtle hints to come home for a properly cooked meal over the phone and he had even received a call from Tim asking when he'd be home next "so you can help me train more… or something."
And how could he say no to his little brother?
He found the corridor he was looking for and made his way over to the door to Bruce's room. He knocked and called, "Bruce, got the files you wanted," before opening the door to a… sight.
He didn't know how to describe it because it was just so… beyond what he thought could ever possibly happen ever? Was there a word for that? Would it be crazy? Insane? Weird?
Yes, it was weird. It was weird to find his best friend Wally and his mentor/surrogate father Bruce tangled together in a very intimate and compromising position with both of their shirts off. It was also weird that Wally was on top.
Wally seemed to be both surprised and frustrated with Dick's arrival and Bruce just looked irritated.
Dick almost immediately thought of just the right thing to say to make Bruce feel as awkward as this whole thing was. And would probably make Wally blush but Dick just really wanted to make Bruce feel awkward.
So before even a second passed after he opened the door he said, "Holy erections, Batman! What the hell is going on here?"
Dick really couldn't help himself. It was Wally… and Bruce… Together like this? Like in actual reality and not some parallel universe?
He saw the flash of irritation in Bruce's eyes and thought it was worth whatever choice words he had for him later. He saw the flash of desperate rage that crossed Wally's face and still thought it was worth it.
Truth was, Dick had known about Wally's "awkward crush" on the Bats since probably even before Wally knew about it. And after Wally had told him about it he had said that he'd support him in any way he can. So he had known exactly what was going on.
But it didn't keep him from asking.
Satisfied with their reactions Dick continued, "Well anyway, Bruce, I got the files that you wanted on that witness? Yeah, turns out you were right. I'll just go and scan them into the computer then. Feel free to take a look at them whenever…" he paused as if thinking about the correct way to finish the sentence but was only really pausing for effect, "whenever you're done."
With that he gave them a million dollar smile, winked at Wally then promptly left being careful to close the door behind him. Then he thought of something and immediately opened the door again and said, "Hey! You should probably lock the door. Y'know just in case Tim might want to pop in for your fatherly advice on something. Just a suggestion. I mean if you want to teach little Timmy about the birds and the bees like this then go for it but-"
"Dick," he heard Bruce growl. It was that no-nonsense Batman growl too. Bruce was also fixing him with the Batglare and he felt the hairs on the back of his neck prickle. "Not now."
Cue Dick exit stage right.
Before he could even stop himself he said, "Okay. Have fun!" and then quickly as he could closed the door and made his way down the stairs.
On his way down and amidst the many thoughts of what he knew Bruce was going to say to him later, he registered the fact that Tim was coming up the stairs. Dick smiled and greeted him, "Hey, Timmy, how's it goin'?"
Tim gave him a little smile and said, "Fine. I have to go ask Bruce a question."
Dick blanched a little and grabbed Tim by the shoulder and said, "I think he's a little busy at the moment so let's not bother him right now, kay?"
Tim's brow furrowed in confusion. "Really? I thought he was just going to spend some time with Wally."
"Right. So let's just… leave them alone and I'll help you with whatever it is you need help with."
Tim seemed to be a little more confused but then nodded and said, "Okay."
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Later that night after the lecture that he didn't get from Bruce and all of the cold shoulders he's been getting from the otherwise stoic billionaire, he got a very angry phone call from his red headed best friend.
"Thanks to your sudden relapse back into catchphrases, we ended up not doing anything! ANYTHING, DICK! He sent me home hard and hurting and wouldn't even look at me after that! And it's all because Dick "Fucking-Troll" Grayson had to saunter in and graciously hand us one of his witty one-liners which frankly wasn't even that funny! 'Holy erections, Batman?' Really? I thought we already graduated fucking fifth grade, Dick!"
Dick half felt bad and half wanted to laugh.
After a pause, Wally seemed to have calmed down a little and continued in a more subdued tone, "Dick, he was so embarrassed. What am I gonna do if he wants to end it?"
Dick snorted. "Embarrassed? Dude, do you remember who you're talking about? It's Bruce. He's hardly a blushing virgin and I think you're taking this whole thing way too seriously. I mean, come on. If it wasn't you with Bruce and I had said the same thing, you would've laughed. Don't even deny it."
There was a pause. Then he heard Wally snicker. "Okay, yeah… I would've. But I just hope that… y'know… he still wants me around."
Dick rolled his eyes and was happy Wally wasn't there to see him. "Wally, if he was just going to keep you around until something like this happened then he probably wouldn't have started this in the first place. He'd know I'd kick his ass if he ever tried to pull anything like that."
He could hear the relief that was evident in Wally's voice as he said, "Yeah… I guess you're right. Thanks, Dick."
"Yeah, no problem, man. Just one thing…"
"Yeah?"
"You love him?"
There was a pause almost as if Wally was surprised at the question. Then he heard a soft, "Y-yeah."
Now it was Dick's turn to feel relief. He didn't know why but for some reason and for the briefest of moments he had this irrational thought that maybe Wally was just stringing Bruce along. That he actually wasn't serious about Bruce and that whatever they had was no different than the countless of faceless women and men that Wally flirted with daily. And Bruce didn't need something like that.
Dick smiled.
"Well, good. Otherwise, I might've had to come kick your ass."
He heard Wally laugh on the other side. "You wouldn't be fast enough to kick my ass. I can run circles around you. Oh by the way, dude? Can I ask you a favor?"
"Sure. Anything you want."
"Please promise me next time that you'll knock and wait for an answer before you come barging in and you break up the mood?"
Dick laughed. He decided to not comment on how dumb the 'break up the mood' comment sounded since he didn't want to bust his friend's balls too much. Apparently that happened enough today.
"I'll try to remember that for next time, buddy."
Yay! Dick you loveable troll you... So since I filled a request... then it's likely that I could fill more... so if anyone has any situation or crazy happenstance they would like to see then by all means leave a review and I will try and work on it. :) *kisses*
