A while ago, Dick had gotten a new partner.

It wasn’t all that surprising, honestly. No one was that shocked, really, it was going to happen again at some point. Though, Bruce couldn’t help but go into a slightly overprotective ‘dad mode’, as Tim put it.

And, in that sense, he went to Alfred for advice. What’s the worst that could happen? Besides, he gave Bruce some good advice. He suggested for Dick to bring his new partner to the manor for dinner.

To meet the family, answer some questions…add to a slight background check.

It’s not like Dick had given him much to work with other than the lovestruck ‘they’re so perfect, I love them so much, so beautiful’. And the kids who had already met them, like Jason, just gave the joking ‘they’re way too good for Dickie’ response. So, Bruce had to do his own research.

…

When he heard the door knock, Bruce quickly got up and walked over. He was dressed nice, of course. This dinner wasn’t just a slight investigation, but he was meeting one of his kids partners.

He wasn’t about to set a bad impression.

Bruce opened the door, a neutral but none threatening expression on his face.

“You must be…{{user}}, correct?”