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[someboywonder.livejournal.com]

So, every other time I've come here, it's been while in costume. It's been as Robin, teenage vigilante, prowling the streets by night, living a secret life by day. Nobody here (well, nobody who doesn't know from before I came here) knows about my real identity.

So when I walk into the bar in my civilian clothes, no mask, no cape, I'm a little worried. I don't panic, exactly; I'm able to keep my cool, shift my school bag on my shoulder, look like I belong. There's no way anyone here knows everyone that comes in and out of this place, so I should be able to fit in without a problem. The door is, when I glance casually behind me, gone, but I've been told it can happen. I try not to worry.

On the outside, I'm just Alvin Draper (like I'd use my real name), normal teenage guy, here on his way to school; on the inside, I'm Tim Drake, Robin, and I'm flipping out.

That's my life, never a dull moment.

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[someboywonder.livejournal.com]

"I knew you would be. When and if you need me for that, I know you'll tell me when it's time, so I'll do my own thing for now."

Oracle will be Oracle; she'll plan and she'll plot and when everything is ready, then she'll tell me exactly where to be and what to do. So I don't bother wondering what her plans are.

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

She nods, then lets herself switch topics.

"How are you holding up? Here, I mean." With Stephanie.

[someboywonder.livejournal.com]

"Fairly well," I reply, which is only not a lie because my real life isn't really that super most of the time anyways. Lies, deceit, avoiding loved ones for a second life. It's all relative, here and there. "Steph and I are still very awkward around each other."

Big understatement. I pause for a few moments, and then, failing to be casual, ask "Have you seen or met Steph's boyfriend, by any chance? I haven't yet."

Yet.

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

"Awkward," Barbara smiles just a bit, "That's a good word, even if it's probably an understatement."

"The ex-boyfriend? Zuko?" She nods slowly, "Once. He seemed... nice but boring, really. Not someone I really would have put with her."

That's what you get when you meet someone while they're in the throes of insanity.

[someboywonder.livejournal.com]

"Ex-boyfriend?" I try and fail (utterly, completely) to sound uninterested. "So she dumped him then? I mean, nice and boring, with Steph? No way. She's not into assholes or anything, but boring guys? No damn way."

I'm not sure if this is good news for me or what, but it's...interesting...

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

"That's... the part I'm not sure about," Barbara frowns. "From what I can tell, it seems that he dumped her on account of her being dead. She took it pretty hard, and I think it may cause problems," she looks up, "Between the two of you."

[someboywonder.livejournal.com]

I fold my hands in front of me and rest my chin against them, frowning to myself as I think over the encounters Steph and I have had here.

"Problems. Yeah, I can see how that'd cause a lot of problems. And before you get into it, no, I don't need to be told that the Steph here is different than the Steph I know, and any feelings I might have for her should not be expressed here in this place. It would only make things more difficult for her, especially if that's why her old boyfriend dumped her."

[twiceahero.livejournal.com]

"Robin," Barbara frowns, "I know this is hard on you. And I don't want to make it harder, but..."

She reaches up to rub her temple, "I need you to... not interfere back home either. Things are... very delicate. We're talking about changing history in a way, and a miscalculation could unravel time itself."

Not that just such a thing hasn't happened a few times in the ol' home universe. But it's still bad.