Not Me Planning This Out Already.....

Not me planning this out already.....

I swear I'm not gonna write it yet! But a few notes (amd maybe an outline) won't hurt anyone....

I was thinking about writing a Spider-Man and Batman crossover like Leap of Faith and Dark Matter, but I convinced myself otherwise. Not because I don't think I'd do a good job or because I'm already working on a million and a half stories, but because of this:

I tend to go really dark with my writing if I don't make sure to not let myself get lost in the words. I don't think I could bring myself to put Peter through anything I'd come up with. Maybe in the future, but definitely not right now

If you are confused, read the tags

My room is in the basement. We know this. Unfortunately, that means I hear whenever water turns on anywhere in the house. The sprinklers are on between 2am and 8am. Not normally a problem until I have to listen for something outside during that time.

Water is very loud, in case ya didn't know

Anyway, I'm laying here, reading on Ao3 because I took a nap earlier and can't fall asleep, when there's a flash of light outside my window. Concerning because there's four feet of foliage and 15 feet of yard before the street. I turn to look and there's a second flash. It can't be a car because of the angle, so I start freaking out about someone with a flashlight looking in my window.

It's lightning.

I checked the weather because I keep hearing distant and quiet rumbling.

On the bright side, it's looking like it's going to be storming for a few hours.

I did not need that heart attack, though, thank you Zeus

How To Balance Your Daytime and Nighttime Activities So That You Don't Burn Yourself Out More Than You Already Have

It was halfway through his shift the next day, just after he'd come back from lunch, that the anonymous tip came through. Dick had frozen when he heard it, but only slightly because the others were brushing it off as a prank call.

"'Blockbuster's after someone named Oracle,'" Officer Diaz had scoffed, "What a joke. Aren't kids supposed to know that their stupid prank calls clog the system? What if someone who actually had useful information had needed to call, huh?"

Dick didn't mention that that isn't how the tip system works, nor did he eve attempt to scold the officer for brushing it off, no matter how stupid it seemed. No, instead, he was stuck in his thoughts.

Blockbuster is after Oracle. Why is he after Oracle? It doesn't make sense! No one in Bludhaven, save for himself, should no who she is! Besides, he'd kept all of the attention on himself. No one was able to even think about the heroes or rogues in Gotham without him knowing! Or, so he'd thought. How does Blockbuster know Oracle's name? More importantly at the moment was who sent the tip.

There was another scoff from one of the others. Did he say that out loud? "Look, I know you're new and everything, but shouldn't you know the mean of 'anonymous'?"

He forced himself out of his head, rubbing his neck with his left hand with a fake smile. "Yeah, I do. I guess I'm just a bit out of it today."

"Well, get your head back in the game," Detective Soames snapped, hitting a file on the back of Dick's head, "File that for me, then file the rest on my desk."

"Yes, sir," Dick took the file, ignoring the snickers and snide remarks from his coworkers.

He knows he's not going to be able to fully focus on anything for the rest of the day, possibly not even until after he finds out who sent that tip and how Blockbuster knows Oracle's name.

Oracle. Dick knows she can handle herself, but he doesn't like the fact that anyone knows her name. Not even B knows about Oracle! Babs had spent so much time and energy keeping her online persona from B so that she could have at least something of her own that Dick had taken it upon himself to erase traces connecting him to Oracle. She didn't deserve to have Batman on her ass, nor did she deserve to have Nightwing's enemies go after her!

He shook himself back into the present with a soft sigh. He'll call Barbra as soon as he gets home.

***

"Danny!" Dick calls into the apartment, knowing full well that the kid is in the kitchen, "I'm home!"

"Welcome back," Danny responds from where he's standing at the stove. He, Dick realizes, does not sound happy.

He hangs his coat up on the hooks he installed beside the door, his shoes going on the rack below them. "You good? You sound a bit upset?"

"I am upset." Danny, after getting comfortable around him, has stopped sugar-coating his words, being brutally honest. Dick blinks. "I was going to message Tim, but I saw a lack of apologies from you."

Oh. Dick had meant to do what Danny said last night and apologise to that Tim kid for snapping at him, but he had been a lot more tired than usual and it had slipped his mind. "I was going to use my phone?"

"You don't have his number."

Another thing Dick had come to learn about Danny in the few weeks they'd been living together was that he can't be lied to. He somehow picks up on lies, so even Dick's best efforts - that have fooled even Batman! - are always thwarted.

"I meant to," Dick said, sitting on one of the new barstools at he island counter, "But I was really tired last night."

Danny sighed. "Because you were out longer than you're now used to." He turned the burner off, moving the pan to sit on the hotpad beside it. "You're body's gotten used to only being out for eight hours during the day and six hours at night. You going out for eight hours last night wore you out more than usual because you're no longer used to your seventeen hour work days."

Dick tilted his head, accepting the bowl of soup he was given. "But it's only been a few weeks?"

"It only takes eighteen days for your body to get used to a routine." He said, placing a bowl of homemade rolls on the island. "After about sixty-six days, it becomes habitual."

"But it hasn't been sixty-six days."

"No, but it has been twenty-one days."

He hesitated for a moment. "Has it really been only that long?" Then, "Have you been counting?"

Danny blushed, sitting beside Dick with his own bowl of soup. "I've been keeping track of your schedule, which means I gotta keep a calendar. I haven't been counting on purpose."

Dick smiled, eating the soup. As usual, it was really good. The first week of Danny's stay, he'd asked where he'd learned to cook, but Danny had given a non-answer, saying only that his parents couldn't make anything edible that wasn't fudge or cookies.

After they had both finished eating, Dick's portions and appetite being larger than Danny's because of the calories he burns as Nightwing, they settled into a nice quiet. Dick had changed from his uniform into sweats and a T-shirt while Danny had chosen a movie. Then, Dick cleaned up dinner and Danny changed into a hoodie and sweats.

"We still need to take you shopping," Dick pointed out when they were both sitting on the couch, ready to start the movie.

Danny shook his head. "Letting me stay here is already enough. Besides, your old clothes work perfectly fine."

"But you're room's so empty! And my clothes don't even fit you!"

There was a pause like Danny was thinking. Dick had the feeling he might not like whatever was going to be said next.

He was right.

"I'll let you take me shopping next week," Danny agreed, "if we go to Gotham tomorrow so that you can apologise to Tim in person."

Dick's jaw twitched. He didn't want to go to Gotham. Going to Gotham meant that he'd inevitably run into Bruce. He wanted to stay far away from that man.

Then again, he'd promised Alfred to come by some time. And, it'd be nice to see Barbra and Jim again. Maybe he could have Alfred make sure Bruce wouldn't be in the Manor?

"So?" Danny promted.

He sighed. "You're evil, y'know that?"

His grin said it all. "I could be so much worse."

"Please don't."

"Don't give me a reason."

Part 9 Part 11

Announcement for How To Balance And a Kinda Spoiler

I figured I should let ya know that I'm going to be posting the entire story here on Tumblr before editing and posting on Ao3.

I'm gonna try my best to update at noon on Sundays (my time), but I can't really guarantee the consistent time. The day should stay the same, though, until I move it to Ao3.

Kinda Spoiler under the cut, read if you want, but it's not anything explicit

Again, nothing outright:

A lot of fics like to completely ignore the destruction of Bludhaven but this one isn't going to.

That's why I'm here to remind everyone.

Petitions are recognized by Federal Law. Would one work to get the rights/make a movie?????

Research pending

I'm still waiting on a live action version of Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

It needs to be done before Michael J. Fox (Voice of Milo)(hope I spelled his name right) dies so that he can cameo in it or else I don't want it at all.

I offer myself to direct or write or act. The problems, though, are that there's no way Disney would listen to me, let alone hire me on. Also, my only directing experience is a single act show for Theatre Comp. my senior year, and that stressed me out very much. My only acting experience is on a live stage with only two speaking roles since I was 10, and they were all school shows (minus choir. I have sung on TV before, but that was in a group of 100). My tech experience is even shorter only officially existing through my junior and senior years of hs. My only writing experience is all fanfiction, minus about 30 monologues (only 2 of which I'm really proud of) I wrote through high school.

I still offer myself up, but I have no idea what I am doing. Casting, music, writing, casting, directing, funding, etc.

If it's to be done as a live action, it has to be done right. I refuse to have Live Action Atlantis: The Lost Empire be anything less than perfect (though, as long as it does better than literally any of Disney's most recent live action attempts, I'll be happy)