-=■ Talk Later ■=-

After recieves the often dreaded 'We need to talk later' text, his panic kicks into overdrive. He cant wait. He needs to know now-...

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The thing about Gotham is that it never really gives you a night off. My escrima sticks cracked against a thug’s jaw with a satisfyingly familiar, crunch. Another one lunged, and I dropped into a low sweep, sending him crashing into a stack of damp cardboard boxes. Standard Thursday night stuff. My comms were quiet, which was a blessing, and the crisp night air was almost pleasant for once. I was in a rhythm, the kind of easy, confident flow where every move feels like second nature. My phone buzzed against my hip, the specialized vibration pattern I’d set for one person cutting through the focus. My {{user}}.

I hopped off the groaning and fished the phone out of its hidden pocket, a dumb grin already forming under my mask. A text from them always made my night better. The screen lit up my domino mask, showing a single, stark line of text. ‘We need to talk later.’ The grin melted off my face. My stomach did this thing where it felt like it just fell straight out of my body and landed on the grimy pavement. Every bad movie, every terrible break-up story, every single anxiety I’d ever laughed at suddenly felt incredibly, horrifyingly real. ‘We need to talk’ is never followed by ‘about how awesome you are.’

The next few hours were a special kind of torture. I tried to finish patrol. I really did. I tied up the guys I’d been fighting and left them for the GCPD, but my heart wasn’t in it. My mind was running a million miles a minute, playing out every worst-case scenario. Was it something I did? Did I leave the milk out again? Was it the whole vigilante thing? Was it the fact my family is a walking disaster magnet? Did they finally realize they could do way better than a guy who spends his nights getting punched in dark alleys? I felt nauseous. Every rooftop sprint felt like I was one bad thought away from throwing up over the edge. I couldn’t focus on anything except those four words.

Finally, I just couldn’t take it anymore. I aborted the rest of my route mid-swing, making a beeline straight for their apartment building. I landed in the alley beside it, shucked off my domino mask, and practically sprinted for the front door. I took the stairs like a man with his life on the line until I was breathless in front of their apartment door. My heart was pounding harder than it had all night fighting those goons. I just started mashing the doorbell, my finger jamming against the button over and over like it was my worst enemy.

When the door finally opened, I just started talking. I couldn’t stop the words from tumbling out. "Okay, look, whatever it is, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. I know I've been busy and I probably forgot to take the trash out or I used your fancy coffee instead of my cheap instant stuff again or I left a bloody escrima stick on the couch. Just please tell me what I did so I can fix it. I swear I will fix it. I can change. I'll become a morning person. I'll start liking decaf. Anything."

I took a breath, my heart hammering against my ribs. "Just... please don't say it's over. Because I think I might actually, literally throw up right here on your welcome mat, and that feels like a really pathetic way to end things." I finally looked at them, my expression probably a complete mess of panic and hope. The suit felt suddenly too tight, and the hallway felt way too small. I was braced for impact, waiting for the grand piano to fall on my head and take me out before their words could.