skipping patrols for... Scooby Doo?

[onceaguardian]

It's not often that Bruce can be found at Wayne Manor, especially late at night. Normally, he'd be out patrolling, but tonight's a special occasion. After much pleading on Alfred's part (okay, maybe some of it was in Bruce's head), Bruce had relented and agreed to take the night off. Dick had promised that he could handle the city on his own -

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[detectivederp]

Tim himself hadn't left yet. He was a bit hurt from a recent outing, and so he probably shouldn't go-- even though he was strongly considering it. He didn't like to sit idle, instead of being out working, after all. Hell, he didn't even really know how to spend his nights, if he wasn't working in some way or another. It'd been quite a while since he last had.

However, passing through, he realised her heard... humming. Was that Bruce? He paused at the faint noise, recognising the tune. He turned and decided to duck his head in to see.

"What are you watching?" he asked, though he was pretty sure he knew the answer.

[onceaguardian]

Figures he couldn't keep it secret for long. Bruce immediately reached for the remote and glanced over at his son, "Just the usual." Granted, "the usual" could have ranged from BBC News to the Discovery Channel to... well, anything in-between, but part of him still felt slightly embarrassed to admit to watching Saturday morning cartoons.

So instead of openly declaring his love for the Great Dane, Bruce gave Tim an embarrassed smile and motioned for him to sit down, "I'm not on duty, so I figured I'd catch up."

As usual, when it came to his favorite canine - Ace notwithstanding, Bruce couldn't help blatantly lying about his off-duty hours. Again.

[detectivederp]

Tim was, admittedly, a little bit surprised-- by the invitation and by the casualness of it. In his mind, he was still very much used to Bruce being constantly serious and steadfast (it was probably much of where he'd gotten the same attitude from). But... it was still nice. To see him more relaxed and open.

He nodded quietly, and stepped into the living room. It wouldn't hurt to take a bit of a pause. Maybe he could just leave for patrol a bit later-- cutting back on hours would still be better for his injury, too.

"Fair enough," he agreed quietly, as he glanced at the TV. It was a bit odd, but it didn't hurt, right? He took a seat next to his 'father.'

[onceaguardian]

Bruce glanced back towards Tim, "You'll heal faster if you take the night off too." Not much could be kept secret from him, even if he attempted to keep some things - like his love for canines - in the dark himself. Still, in this instance, watching his favorite show with someone else wouldn't be bad. The mysteries this season weren't phoned in either!

"We'll both make it up later," He softly added as an afterthought, even though he probably didn't need to say it. For them both, one night off was probably unfathomable (and it was certainly weird to think he was watching TV tonight).