There is this scene. In my head. For weeks now. That won't go away.
Neal & Peter are staying with gazillionaire Bruce Wayne as they attempt to track down some international jewel thief that Neal almost certainly knows exactly who it is but isn't saying yet. (Bruce *offered*. Neal is not staying in an FBI-funding approved hotel when there's a mansion available. Which he's totally not casing; stop looking at me like that Peter.)
Neal & Peter are poking around some seedy part of Gotham (in my head, it's near New York, but not the same city) at night, and Stuff Happens. Bad guys, guns, maybe knives & bombs, and so on. Neal gets hurt--shot maybe.
Batman swoops in out of nowhere, takes down a pile of thugs, grabs Neal, cuts off the ankle cuff & throws it to Peter, and swoops away with Neal.
Peter goes crazy with cuffing the criminals and making calls to appropriate agencies ("Yes, dammit, the goddamn BATMAN stole my partner!") and yadda yadda and calling hospitals and finally makes it back to the mansion at dawn. Where Neal is sleeping in his own bed, all bandaged up, and Alfred is ready with coffee for Peter.
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Neal & Peter are staying with gazillionaire Bruce Wayne as they attempt to track down some international jewel thief that Neal almost certainly knows exactly who it is but isn't saying yet. (Bruce *offered*. Neal is not staying in an FBI-funding approved hotel when there's a mansion available. Which he's totally not casing; stop looking at me like that Peter.)
Neal & Peter are poking around some seedy part of Gotham (in my head, it's near New York, but not the same city) at night, and Stuff Happens. Bad guys, guns, maybe knives & bombs, and so on. Neal gets hurt--shot maybe.
Batman swoops in out of nowhere, takes down a pile of thugs, grabs Neal, cuts off the ankle cuff & throws it to Peter, and swoops away with Neal.
Peter goes crazy with cuffing the criminals and making calls to appropriate agencies ("Yes, dammit, the goddamn BATMAN stole my partner!") and yadda yadda and calling hospitals and finally makes it back to the mansion at dawn. Where Neal is sleeping in his own bed, all bandaged up, and Alfred is ready with coffee for Peter.