[This is more familiar territory. Bruce has done the first impression thing a hundred times, especially as the fresh face of Wayne Enterprises. Aziraphale extends a hand and Bruce takes it politely- the smile he offers is small, and his head shakes even as he moves towards the offered seat. It is- far and away, the most familiar introduction he's had with anyone in Beacon and just like that he finds himself thinking about Gotham. How little he wanted to leave it.]
I'm the one who should apologize.
[It would be an easy remark to make, but Bruce- means it. There are so many things he misses from home, so many people, the small details that made up a tapestry of ordinary life. The smell of Alfred's cooking that could reach him all the way upstairs. The firelight in his father's study. The floorboards that creaked on the left side in the east wing. The blare of a horn from an angry driver, the grey skies, Selina's face at the window. These things have immeasurable worth because of what they are- because they're memories. And he's held onto someone else's for so long.
Bruce sits as his opposite, and reaches into his jacket pocket- withdrawing the small, carefully wrapped stone.]
I shouldn't have kept this from you for so long. It was selfish.
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I'm the one who should apologize.
[It would be an easy remark to make, but Bruce- means it. There are so many things he misses from home, so many people, the small details that made up a tapestry of ordinary life. The smell of Alfred's cooking that could reach him all the way upstairs. The firelight in his father's study. The floorboards that creaked on the left side in the east wing. The blare of a horn from an angry driver, the grey skies, Selina's face at the window. These things have immeasurable worth because of what they are- because they're memories. And he's held onto someone else's for so long.
Bruce sits as his opposite, and reaches into his jacket pocket- withdrawing the small, carefully wrapped stone.]
I shouldn't have kept this from you for so long. It was selfish.