Absolute Zero [1/?]
Roy has just picked up Lian from daycare on the way home from work – security coordinator at a local bank – when right as he’s buckling her into her car seat, his cell phone rings.
Thing is, his cell phone isn’t on.
“Hello?” he answers suspiciously, tucking it between his shoulder and his ear so he can finish tethering his daughter in. “Who is this?”
“It’s Nightwing,” responds the caller. “It’s an emergency.”
(Well that solves the mystery, at least – the bastard hacked his phone.)
“So deal with it,” Roy snaps. He adjusts the car seat straps and ruffles Lian’s hair, taking the phone back into his hand and straightening out. “Or get the League. You know I don’t do that sh – stuff anymore.”
He glances at Lian to see if she noticed his slip-up, but she’s contentedly flipping through the book the daycare lady gave her, something about a lost cat finding its way home. She didn’t hear.




