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( part of the reason why he’d hesitated to come — why he still wonders if he should be here is the fact that he’s not the version of the man he’s known for a number of years throughout his life. for him, he hasn’t even met a young dick grayson — hasn’t felt the sympathy for a freshly orphaned boy losing his parents right before him and knowing how that feels in the moment and wanting to help. wanting to be there for him because he gets it, unfortunately. maybe this would be a little easier if he already had, knowing how to be around him. or maybe it wouldn’t matter at all, given the fact that they’re relatively close in age like this. maybe it would be even more strange for him if he had a young dick grayson in his care back in his gotham, only to be with an adult version of him now. who’s to say? as it stands, he knows this is more strange for dick than it is him. because of course it would be.

licking over his lips, he stares down to his drink again, having nursed so much of this when being shaken from bed from yet another nightmare of his parents death. sleep is nothing he finds peace in and he only really lets his head hit the pillows when he absolutely needs to. or when alfred reminds him to actually go and get some rest.

another swig, he finishes it and holds the glass there between his fingers, staring to the way the bit of light catches on the glass and he looks over to dick then with those blue eyes that, regardless of version, are so very bruce. )

Sounds like a New Year’s resolution to make.

( not one he himself would ever make. but then again, a lot of bruce’s ways of communicating are mostly done through his actions and the expressions he makes. or doesn’t, in some cases. )