[somewhere in gotham]

[confound]

It's been... well, it's been long enough since his last near-disastrous meeting with Caroline that Eddie feels it's probably an appropriate time to get in contact again. That's what normal people do, right? Normal people who haven't spent the last however long building deathtraps and mining for useful information. Normal people who know how to text their kind of maybe girlfriend without having a minor fit.

He's honestly not sure. But by the sixth time he's rewritten the text, he's about tired of his stomach flip-flopping over it so he just goes ahead and sends it.

Miss, do you have a minute?

That's awful, he concludes, frowning down at his phone. That's actually blandly dreadful. It's sent and out of his hands now, though, so all there really is to do is wander about his safehouse like a fool.

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[sweet_caroline]

Caroline is just climbing into her car when her new phone goes off. It startles her and she jumps slightly, and then immediately she's rolling her eyes at herself. Honestly, Lichfield. She digs the phone out of her purse (which she'd left in the car, thank you) to find... a text from Eddie. That's a pleasant surprise. Even with Jonathan's reassurances, she was starting to get worried. (Starting? Haha.)

I have at least two. What's up?

Is what she finally ends up sending back. It's dumb, she knows it's dumb, but Caroline has no idea what to say, really.

[confound]

All those nerves Eddie was pretty sure he'd gotten rid of during the texting, and the subsequent phone conversation, come rushing back as soon as he actually drives to the restaurant in question. He knows better. She was fine when they talked, of course she'll be fine with him now. And yet...

He spies no car that seems likely to be hers upon arriving - but it doesn't take him long to notice her waiting. Parking and ambling on over to her take as much faking confidence as anything, however. He doubts it's entirely convincing. He wishes he felt less awkward, even just a bit.

"So, uh." Great opener, there. "Hi."