Officer Wayne: Dinner Date
Mar. 31st, 2015 05:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jeriendhalScene: The Chez Ritz, the fanciest restaurant in Gotham City. Harvey Dent is sitting at a table with a raven haired woman at his side. Harvey gets up to greet Bruce as he approaches.
Harvey: Bruce! Good to see you. Out of uniform for once?
Bruce (smiling): I'm off duty, Harvey. For once. Who's this?
Harvey: Let me introduce you. Bruce Wayne, this is Selina Kyle, the socialite and environmental advocate. Selina, this is Bruce Wayne, the best uniformed cop in the GCPD.
Selina: A pleasure.
(They all sit.)
Bruce: Selina Kyle? Ah, the sponsor of the new panther reserve down in Florida. I thought I'd heard of you.
Selina; I should hope so. The Wayne Foundation contributed 20% of the funding for that project.
Bruce: I think you're right. Sorry, I'm afraid my police work keeps me from being directly involved in the Foundation's decisions.
Harvey: Don't believe him, Selina. Bruce keeps his hand in. Actually between being a cop, CEO of Wayne Corp. and and watching over his family's charity foundation, I'm not sure when he sleeps.
Bruce (looking concerned): I'm not the one who needs to worry about his sleep. You look ragged out, Harv.
Harvey (frowning and rubbing his temple): I've been getting headaches when I sleep. Bad ones. My doctor says I need to reduce my stress. I told him I'll be a lot less stressed when Sal Moroni stops sending hit men after me.
Bruce: Hmm. I'll snoop around a little. Maybe if I can "persuade" one of Moroni's goons to make a move on me, I can arrest him and get some information about his boss's next move.
Harvey: Jesus, Bruce. Don't do anything like that. The GCPD has few enough good cops as it is. I can't afford to lose you.
Bruce: We can't afford to lose you, Harvey. I'm just a beat cop. You're the first clean DA Gotham has had in decades.
Harvey: You're more than just a beat cop, Bruce. I wish you'd stop pretending otherwise.
Bruce (irritated): You think I'm wasting my time with this?
Harvey (holds up a hand to stop Bruce): I'm saying that I know two cops in this city that are completely clean, you and Lt. Gordon. And maybe Bullock, depending which day of the week it is. I can't trust anyone else, Bruce. (turns to Selina) Sorry, dear. I mean on the force.
Selina (concerned): I know what you meant. (checks her watch) Ah! I have to meet with panther reserve's board of regents. I'm sorry, love.
Harvey (kisses her briefly): Go on, sweetheart. I'll talk to you later.
(they watch her go)
Bruce: Lovely woman.
Harvey: Yeah. I'm going to ask her to marry me next week, after we wrap up the Fries trial.
Bruce: Really? Congratulations!
Harvey: She hasn't said "yes" yet. (beat) I'm scared to death.
Bruce: That she might turn you down?
Harvey: That she agrees to marry me. I've got a target on my forehead, Bruce. She will too if we're together.
Bruce: Don't worry about that. I've got you're back, Harv.
(he holds out his hand, They shake.)
Harvey: Same here, Bruce. Same here.
Harvey: Bruce! Good to see you. Out of uniform for once?
Bruce (smiling): I'm off duty, Harvey. For once. Who's this?
Harvey: Let me introduce you. Bruce Wayne, this is Selina Kyle, the socialite and environmental advocate. Selina, this is Bruce Wayne, the best uniformed cop in the GCPD.
Selina: A pleasure.
(They all sit.)
Bruce: Selina Kyle? Ah, the sponsor of the new panther reserve down in Florida. I thought I'd heard of you.
Selina; I should hope so. The Wayne Foundation contributed 20% of the funding for that project.
Bruce: I think you're right. Sorry, I'm afraid my police work keeps me from being directly involved in the Foundation's decisions.
Harvey: Don't believe him, Selina. Bruce keeps his hand in. Actually between being a cop, CEO of Wayne Corp. and and watching over his family's charity foundation, I'm not sure when he sleeps.
Bruce (looking concerned): I'm not the one who needs to worry about his sleep. You look ragged out, Harv.
Harvey (frowning and rubbing his temple): I've been getting headaches when I sleep. Bad ones. My doctor says I need to reduce my stress. I told him I'll be a lot less stressed when Sal Moroni stops sending hit men after me.
Bruce: Hmm. I'll snoop around a little. Maybe if I can "persuade" one of Moroni's goons to make a move on me, I can arrest him and get some information about his boss's next move.
Harvey: Jesus, Bruce. Don't do anything like that. The GCPD has few enough good cops as it is. I can't afford to lose you.
Bruce: We can't afford to lose you, Harvey. I'm just a beat cop. You're the first clean DA Gotham has had in decades.
Harvey: You're more than just a beat cop, Bruce. I wish you'd stop pretending otherwise.
Bruce (irritated): You think I'm wasting my time with this?
Harvey (holds up a hand to stop Bruce): I'm saying that I know two cops in this city that are completely clean, you and Lt. Gordon. And maybe Bullock, depending which day of the week it is. I can't trust anyone else, Bruce. (turns to Selina) Sorry, dear. I mean on the force.
Selina (concerned): I know what you meant. (checks her watch) Ah! I have to meet with panther reserve's board of regents. I'm sorry, love.
Harvey (kisses her briefly): Go on, sweetheart. I'll talk to you later.
(they watch her go)
Bruce: Lovely woman.
Harvey: Yeah. I'm going to ask her to marry me next week, after we wrap up the Fries trial.
Bruce: Really? Congratulations!
Harvey: She hasn't said "yes" yet. (beat) I'm scared to death.
Bruce: That she might turn you down?
Harvey: That she agrees to marry me. I've got a target on my forehead, Bruce. She will too if we're together.
Bruce: Don't worry about that. I've got you're back, Harv.
(he holds out his hand, They shake.)
Harvey: Same here, Bruce. Same here.
