Eighteenth shot at a hot date // Locked to Lois Lane // And backdated a tad

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

[Roy would be pretty visible, halfway to the back at that table for two, even if he hadn't just stood up when Lois walked in. He's made a command decision to just roll with the surreality for the night, which is why he's giving in to the mischievous impulse to act like a gentleman - or at least act like Ollie - and pull out her chair.]

Evening. Find the place okay?

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[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

[Shrug! The answer wasn't a simple 'he cheated on me, the lying bastard' so.] Hey, I hear ya.

But then you've known about him for awhile. [Why didn't you report him, reporter?]

[loisfuckinglane.livejournal.com]

Not... exactly.



Which was part of the problem.

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

. . . Oh.


And it wasn't... completely obvious?

[loisfuckinglane.livejournal.com]

I had my suspicions. But he went sort of above and beyond to convince me it wasn't true.

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

... Yeahhhh, that's true to form. [Eyeroll] Secret identities. More trouble than they're worth.

[loisfuckinglane.livejournal.com]

I used to sort of be the chairperson for that particular opinion society, but I guess I've come to... see both sides a little clearer.

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

Mmm. [Pause. Let him eat for a bit.]

... Depends on the person, too, I gotta be fair. [Offhand] Take the Bats for instance.

[loisfuckinglane.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't know very much about them.

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

And if they have their way, you never will. [Huff.] Justifiably.

If any one of them unmasked, in Gotham in public, a hell of a lot of innocent people would die.

... Me, I was just... never that important.

[loisfuckinglane.livejournal.com]

Maybe that's not looking at it right. Maybe a certain degree of anonymity even behind the secret identity was a good thing if it keeps people out of danger.

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

Well, for people like Ollie that was also never an option. Rich playboys from the start and all that.

Not so true for us youngsters.

[loisfuckinglane.livejournal.com]

It seems like that would afford you a certain freedom of movement they don't have.

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

[... Thinks about this!]

Some of us! Sure. Me and Robin probably handicapped ourselves, in different ways. But many the rest managed very successful unmasked lives. [Perks up] One's a fashion model.

[loisfuckinglane.livejournal.com]

That seems an odd career jump, but maybe not, considering some of the costumes I've heard about.

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

Well, one thing about this job - you do end up on a lotta front pages. And you end up meeting a fair number of very interesting people.

[Raises his eyebrow and ducks his head at Lois for that. Hi.]

[loisfuckinglane.livejournal.com]

[Smirk.] But the hours gotta suck.

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

Nothing's perfect. [Chuckling. ] At least you can get around that with enough of a team for shifts and a good babysitter.

[loisfuckinglane.livejournal.com]

Kids, too?

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

[Oh. Ignore that tiny wince, if you would, and don't attach too much importance to the pinched, odd quality of this smile.

Looks like he just can't steer clear of this topic. Physically incapable, maybe.]

Just the one! Just mine. An unexpected side-effect of that self-sabotage I mentioned.


But a very welcome one.

[loisfuckinglane.livejournal.com]

[She notices, alright.]

Boy or girl?

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

Girl. My Lian.

She's fi- she was five, the last time I saw her.

[loisfuckinglane.livejournal.com]

We don't know how time works when we get out of this joint.

[eatshootsnleves.livejournal.com]

Yeah. [Bucks up, crisply] I think I know the drill by now, Lois, thanks. I've also had more than enough in the way of condolences for things nobody's gonna change. So if you don't mind.

[loisfuckinglane.livejournal.com]

I don't.

How about you steer the subject matter back onto a track you don't mind navigating and I'll follow?