In the Big House [Open to other prisoners, but keep it all one thread if you want to hop in]

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"Hey, Robin. You awake?"

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[mrsarcastic003]

"Mmhm." Tim stares at the ceiling. "You okay?"

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine. I was just about to ask you the same thing."

[mrsarcastic003]

"I'm all right."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"Is that actual alright or 'I'm lying through my teeth so you don't worry about me' alright?"

[mrsarcastic003]

A short laugh. "It might be a little closer to option number two. I'll be fine, though."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

There's a long, long pause.

"I'm sorry."

[mrsarcastic003]

"I made my own decision. It's not your fault."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, well, I helped you make it. I could've helped you decide to stay away from it all. I talked you into it."

[mrsarcastic003]

"You wouldn't have had much luck talking me into something I wasn't already inclined to do. The feelings were already there, and that's not on you. It's on me."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"You can have all the tinder and gasoline in the world sitting somewhere, but it's not gonna do jack-all without a match."

[mrsarcastic003]

"I could have backed out at any time. I didn't."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"Maaatch, gasoline boy. Maaaatch."

[mrsarcastic003]

"I don't think I've ever been called that before."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"I bet I can come up with some other fancy nicknames, too, Cap'n Wondertights."

[mrsarcastic003]

There was a light snort of suppressed laughter. "That's just absurd. You've never even seen me in the tights."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"I know you wear 'em, tho. Comic books. Not that I read 'em, but you know."

A pause.

"Unless you don't wear any leggings. Is your costume the whole Peter Pantsless one like the original Robin?"

She honestly doesn't know.

[mrsarcastic003]

"I don't have the legs to pull that look off. Robins One and Two went without pants. I wear tights."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"Now now, you're just as pretty as the other Robins. You just have to have confidence in yourself."

[mrsarcastic003]

"No, really. If it means I don't have to go out on the streets in my briefs, I don't mind not being as pretty as the others."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

"Look, first of all, all you need to do is invest in a Thighmaster or something, Boy Wonder. If Suzanne Somers can do it, you can do it. Two, don't all you super-folks wear your undies on the outside anyway?"

[mrsarcastic003]

"I'll keep that in mind. And wearing my underwear on the outside is a lot different than just wearing my underwear. I'll leave that second one for people who are willing to shave their legs. I'm not. I have an intimate, personal relationship with each and every one of my hairs."

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

Now she actually laughs.

"Oh my god, you're actually funny."

She says this like it's a new and wonderful discovery.

[mrsarcastic003]

"It was one of the job requirements. 'Able to crack jokes.' It was right between 'able to keep secrets' and 'willing to wear undergarments in a manner that may be seen by others.'"

[daaayum.livejournal.com]

She laughs again.

"Seriously, what is with that? I mean, you've got, say, Superman, all truth, justice, and the American way, and you're supposed to take him seriously, but I'm sitting there and all I can think about is the super-undies kinda call attention to his super-junk, and I really don't think that's what I'm supposed to be focusing on--"

[mrsarcastic003]

Tim is less successful stifling laughter this time. "I... would really like to unthink that thought. I work with Superman on occasion. I really can't be focusing on his groin when I do."