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I don't know, your new partner looking problematic whenever I would see her?
And then she'd have this look on her face whenever we would meet like she has something she wants to say to me.

[ why are you talking to his partner, detective amy rohrbach? no one who knows him should be speaking. ]

She probably wants to tell you how great I am to work with.

[ it's the opposite. "detective grayson doesn't talk to me." "is he always so broody?" ]

Right.
Maybe I'll ask her about it when I see her again downtown.
Invite her to coffee or something.

[ she's teasing ofc since he probably doesn't like it when she meddles in his work but she knows it'll bait him so. ]

[ he's such a stupid fish. he's going to take the bait. ]

I didn't realize you two had enough time to talk and swap numbers.

[ don't make it easy for her, c'mon ]

We hadn't had time, actually.
But she frequents the coffee shop close to work so I sometimes see her and say hi.
She seems very nice.

She has to be. She's in law enforcement.

[ and amy's a nice person he refuses to give a chance to, but, whatever, this isn't about him. ]

You're in law enforcement too, Grayson.

[ this is totally about him. ]

[ why did he willingly walk right into this trap? he has an inkling of where this is going to go. ]

I'm nice.

[ 12% nice to adults, 1000% nice to children. ]

[ because he likes her back and he's willing and happy to be baited by her. ]

To a select number of people?

[ okay, that's true, but — ]

I'm nice to you.

[ that's all that should matter! ]

That's because I would've hit you if you weren't.

[ which is still a threat she makes anyway so. ]

You threaten to hit me all the time.

[ it's like he's read her mind. ]

I feel like nothing would make a difference with that, but that's my guess after a thorough investigation. I'm all ears if you think otherwise.

Well, you might be right about that, seeing that it's you we're talking about.

So why me?

Why you?

I

would ask it a second time but then, you'll probably just ask it back and we'll get nowhere.

[ she has a point, even though dick doesn't make it a point of his own to be that difficult. sometimes it just happens. ]

Why am I nice to you?
We're friends. It's natural to be nice to the people you like.

[ he says it like it's so simple. ]

So you like me, then.
I see.

I'm learning a lot of things today, including the fact that you only have a few friends.

And how do you feel about being one of the few?

Surprised but very flattered.
Do you also send naked selfies to your other friends?

I don't.

[ you're just special, davina claire. ]

Good, that's the only answer I'll accept from you.

How many people do you accept naked selfies from?

[ it's for the investigation into whether she can be a law-abiding citizen yet. ]

There's only one I haven't deleted from my phone.

[ again, not like him. ]

[ huh ... ]

You know, I can skip the rest of my shift. I've done enough overtime anyway.
I wouldn't want to keep you waiting any longer.

[ dick grayson sleeps and eats at his job. he can take a few hours off. this is very important, too. official police business off the clock. ]

Already?
I haven't made dinner yet.

[ colour her surprised, though. dick grayson, skipping work and leaving early when he's normally married to his job. ]

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