Once a Robin

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ship: Bruce Wayne/all the Robins
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content: m!steph, gangbang, dubcon

Normally, Bruce didn't think of Robin, any Robin, as stronger than him. Maybe Jason nowadays, but not back then. But with a small army of Robins past and present pinning him down, it was starting to sink in there wasn't much he could do to resist. 

"Why? Well, it occurred to us that Spoiler and Signal never get the Robin recognition they deserve," Nightwing was saying, waving one of his escrima sticks around as he talked, like they were having a casual discussion about the weather. "And with Spoiler's new… condition, thought we'd do a little bonding exercise."

Nightwing said something else, but Bruce couldn't grasp what it was because at that moment Spoiler had pushed in past his rim, her breath damp and hot in his ear. 

"Bruce, you can't even imagine how much you belong in this position," she moaned to loud assent and cheering from the other Robins.

Ten minutes ago, Bruce had still been at a gala, thanking Gotham's brave vigilantes for saving his life and the lives of all those attending, expressing eternal gratitude on behalf of everyone present, and as an aside for the benefit of the cameras, joking about whether their little party really merited so many heroes. Then he was whisked away, with great flourish and assurances about needing to get him checked for injuries.

Bruce had thought they needed to discuss something important, perhaps requiring the immediate presence of Batman elsewhere, or possibly related to Spoiler's sudden anatomy reconfiguration and a way to reverse it.

Instead they were up on this balcony of a foreclosed penthouse with a good view of one of Ivy's rooftop gardens, and his pants were around his ankles, Red Robin was using his smoking jacket as a fashion accessory, and Spoiler was panting with her nose buried in his hair, asking the others if anal always felt so tight.

Before anyone could answer, she convulsed, groaning, and bit him painfully through his shirt, the motion of her hips faltering to an insistent press up into his sore asshole.

"Fuck," she cursed, pushing herself up to look around at the others. "Fuck."

Everyone except Robin laughed, and Nightwing said, "To answer your question, yeah, pretty much."

"I swear," said Spoiler, pointing at them accusingly, "if any of you so much as think of reversing the effects of that potion, I will beat you into bloody pulp." Pulling out, she added, "I'm going to fuck so many idiot middle aged men, you wouldn't even believe."

She zipped back up and patted Signal on the shoulder, taking his place restraining Bruce's left arm. "Your turn, Robin."

"Thanks, Robin!" he said, moving behind Bruce with a pep in his step.

"I would like to once again remind you all that I didn't consent to this," Bruce ground out as he tested Spoiler's hold on him. No give. "And you all better stop while you're ahead."

"Yeah, yeah," said Red Hood, and put more pressure on his right shoulder, so that Bruce's arm started to go tingly. "We heard you the first three times."

"I gotta say, I'm pretty excited," said Signal from behind Bruce, hands on his hips and running his cock up and down the length of Bruce's crack. "I've never had sloppy seconds before."

"Imagine how excited I am for," said Nightwing, hopping off the balcony railing and doing a quick headcount as he approached, "uh, sloppy sixths. Don't get that opportunity every day."

Signal pushed in and groaned in satisfaction as Spoiler whooped softly, eyes riveted to Bruce's backside.

"Who says you get to go last?"

Nightwing sighed. "Hood, if you want to go last, power to you. I've never had sloppy fifths before either."

Groaning again, Signal fucked Bruce leisurely, smoothly. "Are we taking our time with this or trying to wrap it up quickly?"

"Up to you," said Red Robin from somewhere behind where he and Robin were holding Bruce's shins tightly. "Robin's never fucked anyone before either, so he's probably gonna go as fast as Spoiler. The rest of us don't really have anyone to show off for."

"Just don't keep us here all night," added Robin very quietly. How had the others even put him up to this? Of everyone, he seemed the least enthusiastic, and while he was irritated and indignant with the others, Bruce was worried about his youngest. He was just sixteen, for crying out loud. They didn't really expect him to go through with something like this, did they?

"I got you, Robin," said Signal and picked up the pace, gabbing handfuls of Bruce's glutes and gripping tightly. Bruce groaned in discomfort, for which Duke only picked up the pace. "Gotta say," he added, huffing, "still pretty tight. Thought he would be looser after the first round."

There was a little snickering from those watching, but they stayed hushed, and looking around as much as he could, Bruce could see they were all watching intently. Using the opportunity, he heaved himself up off the patio rug.

Or, he tried to. 

Red Hood immediately leaned so much into his shoulder, Bruce almost dislocated his arm with the effort, and the others weren't half as distracted as they seemed. With one last groan, Signal seemed to come, slowing back down to deep, leisurely thrusts.

"Oof," he said, pulling out of Bruce with an affectionate pat to his ass, "I hope it doesn't say something about me that I came right as he tried to escape."

"I think it's a little too late for that," said Spoiler, reaching over to high five him.

"Okay, your turn, Baby Robin," said Signal, standing and moving to take Robin's post.

Bruce's stomach clenched as he felt Robin rise and move to stand behind him. He was just about to say something, anything to reassure his son and give him and out when Nightwing spoke up first.

"You know you don't have to if you don't want to, Robin."

"Who says I don't want to?"

"C'mon, kid, you've been quiet all evening," said Red Hood.

"Hey, leave him alone," spoke up Spoiler and shoved Red Hood's shoulder with enough force to shift the large man off balance, which got everyone's attention. "He's just nervous." 

Red Hood quickly repositioned himself before Bruce could take advantage. "That's what Nightwing's saying, he doesn't have to do this."

"Shut up, Hood," said Robin, sounding even more grumpy. "Just… don't look."

Everyone that Bruce could see immediately averted their gaze. After another pause, there came the sound of shifting fabric and a fly unzipping.

"Robin," said Bruce, "I really don't want you doing something you'll regret for the rest of your life."

"Shhhh," hissed Spoiler, still looking out at the city.

Robin didn't reply, but the tip of his cock pressed to Bruce's slick hole, immediately thrusting past it. Bruce could feel Robin pull back and line himself up with his fist. He pushed again, sliding in, and halting before making it all the way in, gasping slightly. 

After a few moments, he pushed forward again until his uniform pressed firmly to Bruce's backside. He held still, panting, then choking out a small high-pitched moan. Clearing his throat, he tried to grunt more lowly, and started moving his hips, erratically and quickly, making a lot of noise as the come leaking out of Bruce squelched between their bodies and dripped down to their balls. Everyone remained silent, not shifting a single muscle as the ball-slapping died off as suddenly as it started and Robin collapsed across Bruce's back with a high cry, panting through his teeth. When Robin's breath finally started to even out, which took longer than his thrusting had lasted, Spoiler cautiously lifted one hand and reached back without looking.

Robin high-fived her tiredly and pulled out, fumbling with his costume.

"I'm done," Robin mumbled quietly, still rooted to the spot.

Red Hood immediately turned around and clapped him on the shoulder, and Bruce heard Robin stumble under the pressure. Everyone whooped and offered their congratulations.

"Yeah, whatever," said Robin, sounding pleased. "Who's next?"

He shuffled off to switch places with Red Robin, and Bruce, still shell-shocked from the experience, heard Signal clapping him on the shoulder, offering one last heartfelt and quiet commendation. 

"Now that's one messy hole," commented Tim, unzipping. "Bet it's starting to get pretty loose too."

"I honestly think it should stay loose," said Spoiler, shifting her weight. "We should make this a regular thing. How's 7 o'clock sound? Quick warm-up before patrol."

Red Hood snickered. "Our costumes will get so skanky."

"Skunky, even," added Nightwing.

"All musk, all the time," agreed Signal.

Spoiler shrugged. "All to help us intimidate or foes better. Hey, so how's sloppy fourths treating you?"

Red Robin had pushed in and was fucking Bruce leisurely, hands on the small of his back and leaning all his weight into them. "Like throwing a hotdog down a hallway."

Robin burst out laughing harder than anyone, though the joke went down great with the whole group to Bruce's neverending chagrin. You think you're doing a great job raising your kids and then they go and turn out like this. Red Robin waited until everyone had finished chuckling before continuing. "No, it's great. Nice and smooth. Tight and hot. I'm with Spoiler on this one; we could totally make this a regular thing."

Grunting softly, Red Robin shifted gears and shifted his weight down harder on Bruce's back, picking up the pace. The sound of his balls slapping echoed between the Robins as they all watched hungrily, Nightwing palming himself loosely through his costume.

Red Robin didn't take long, burying himself in deep and staying there as he breathed deeply with great satisfaction. Finally groaning, he pulled out. "Yeah, it seems weird to really try to drag things out when everyone's standing around waiting."

"Right? I kinda thought I'd take my time," said Signal, "but like. People got places to be."

"My turn!" said Nightwing and playfully bumped Red Robin out of the way, who shoved him back in turn and a small scuffle broke out behind Bruce, with the others yelling encouragement. Finally, Red Robin broke off with a laugh and walked off, still trying to get his costume to zip up.

"Unbelievable," said Nightwing, making short work of pushing into Bruce. "No respect for your elders."

"You know, I vaguely remember there was once this other guy I was Robin for," Robin piped up. "Rick Mason? Nick Hayson? Maybe we could all fuck him next."

"Oh, yeah!" said Signal. "I know that guy! Great ass."

Nightwing jerked harder up into Bruce as someone, likely Signal, slapped him on the ass.

"I hear we wouldn't even have to go very far," added Spoiler. "We could do it tonight!"

"Hilarious, guys," said Nightwing, "I don't think he's had his monthly crack-waxing, though. Come back next week."

The others broke out into whoops and catcalls.

"God, he's really sloppy now, huh?" Nightwing continued, and the others agreed in a variety of grunting and "Uh-huh." All around the patio echoed the rude and messy noises of churning come and wet farts, filling in the space between Nightwing's neat rhythmic thrusting. "Hood, you wanna see if he's loose enough to take two?"

"Hell yeah. Red Robin, hold my purse."

And to much cheering all around, as Red Robin relieved Red Hood's vigil over Bruce's right shoulder, the Hood stood and moved to join Nightwing.

"I don't think this is a good idea," said Bruce, his guts working themselves into knots.

"You're wrong, it's the best idea of the night," said Spoiler, pressing him down into the ground more tightly as Nightwing paused his motions and leaned forward, his dick pulling up uncomfortably inside Bruce. With a bit of cursing and shoving each other, he and Red Hood rearranged their limbs and had Robin and Signal help them lift Bruce's hips off the ground for better access.

When Red Hood finally pushed in alongside his brother, Bruce thought he'd lose his vision from the sudden overload on his senses. He choked, trying to lurch away from the massive intrusion, but was held soundly back by the other Robins, who all hollered in victory.

Nightwing and the Hood's motions were awkward, hardly rhythmic, but they made up for it with sheer force, ramming into him hard and fast and leaving him breathless and sore.

Gasping and clutching at Bruce's sides with soft murmurs of coordination, "Are you?" "Yeah, I'm." "Me too." "Say when." "Yeah, wait." "Okay." "Okay," they came together, shuddering so hard, Bruce felt like they would shake them apart.

Around them, all the other Robins let go of their prey and broke into applause.

As Bruce tried to recollect his mind from wherever it had run off at the shock, the others slowly got to their feet, clapping each other on the back, helping Nightwing and Red Hood stand.

""You guys know he got hard, right?" asked Signal.

"Oh, is he hard?" Spoiler asked, laughing and bending over for a look under Bruce's hips. "That's hilarious. Great job, everyone!"

"Here," said Red Hood, and Bruce saw a few fivers float down in front of his face. "In case you're too sore to walk home and need a cab."

Red Robin added another twenty to the cash. "And maybe buy yourself something nice. I think you've earned it."

Then, laughing and making plans for the rest of the night, they were off, leaving behind only the soft hiss of six grapple lines shooting off in unison.

Carrot and Knot

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ship: m!Cassandra Cain/Duke Thomas/Tim Drake/Damian Wayne
words: 1.2k
content: alpha/alpha, knotting

Cass was quite proud of the other Bats. 

They never had the same start she did in life or have the same opportunities to achieve excellence. Which is all for the best because she wouldn't wish that level of isolation on anyone. But they've overcome their late start in life and really improved in leaps and bounds since she formulated their new training methodology.

Still panting harshly, she pulled her knot out of Duke's tight grip, savoring the way the rim pulsed around the length of her dick, trying to pull her back in. Duke lay limp and exhausted under her, come spilling prodigiously out of his reamed out asshole as she sat up and looked at the training room's doorway, where Tim stood nervously, hands subconsciously clasped behind him, over his pert ass.

 Like that would stop her. He'd have to fight for his life if he didn't want another rough pounding today.

She offered Duke a hand and heaved him to his feet. 

Legs wobbling, come sliding down the backs of his thighs and dripping on the mat, Duke thanked her and stumbled to one of the benches along the wall, where he sat down gingerly.

Stretching her arms over her head, Cass's gaze returned to Tim.

"Well? Did you come to train or are you just stopping by to say hi?" she asked, letting her arms fall and stroking her dick as it stirred again.

Of course he was here to train. He'd come naked. That was Cass's rule. Show up naked and ready to spar or don't bother her during training hours.

Taking a deep breath and stealing himself, Tim stepped forward.

He'd improved a lot. Sparring with him was getting to be more fun than ever before, and lasted much longer. But she'd caught sight of Duke shifting restlessly and getting up to leave, so it was time to end this. As humiliating and embarrassing as it was for alphas to get knotted and bred, as effective of an incentive as it was to fight harder to avoid getting pinned, the whole thing was much more effective with an audience.

Tim wouldn't be able to meet Duke's eyes for days if not weeks.

Cass tripped him up and in the end it was as simple as that. NExt moment, she had him on the mat, struggling ineffectively, her cockhead pushing past his rim, still puffy and swollen from their sparring match two days ago.

Duke stopped in his tracks as Tim cried out, turning to watch.

It was hard for an alpha to resist a good show, even if they'd just gone through the exact same humiliation themselves only half an hour ago and were still nursing their wounded pride.

Cass never bothered to draw it out.

So long as the family was going along with her training regiment, there would always be plenty more holes to breed than she really had time to savor.

Tim continued to struggle and yowl in pain as she pushed in, clawing at the mat to try to get away as she fucked him with her large cock, stretching his hole obscenely. Her knot swelling since before she'd pinned him down, it made him cry out every time she pushed it in or pulled it out, before finally thrusting all the way in and waiting for it to tie them together. Pleasure rolled in waves over her as orgasm hit.

Punching the mat in frustration, Tim ground out, "I thought I'd have you this time."

"Your footwork. Still gives you away. Meditate more," she said, letting go and laying down comfortably on top of him.

He reached back to grab her hips and pull her out, but it was too late and he only hurt himself trying. Cass propped her head up on one elbow and winked in Duke's direction, watching him jerk off.

"Come here," she called to him, and he did as asked. "Come on his face?"

Duke, his pupils blown wide, stared at her a minute, before zeroing in on Tim's aghast expression.

"Uh, you sure? I mean, I'd love to, but-"

"Don't even think about it," Tim ground out ferociously, face furiously red.

Duke swallowed, glancing at Cass again before grinning slightly and moving in.

"Actually, no need to tell me twice," he said, kneeling down and stroking himself quickly, his knot soft but his dick twitching as he pointed it down to Tim's face. 

As Tim started to struggle again, she lifted herself up and put her weight into pressing his head down into the mat with one hand, pinching his left shoulder with the other to keep his arm numb and ineffective.

Duke came fast, not as copiously as he would have if he was buried to the hilt in someone, but still sending thick and pungent milky ropes of come to drip down Tim's cringing face, over his cheeks and nose and chin.

As soon as Cass let Tim's head go, he buried his face into the mat and didn't struggle or speak any further.

"What's going on?"

Cass and Duke turned to look at the entrance to the training room, where a very confused Damian stood with his hands cupped in front of him, eyeing Duke warily.

"Bonus training. Tim needed extra motivation. Duke, you can go."

"Sure thing." Looking a little happier than he usually would with his ass leaking Cass's come, Duke stood, and walked past Damian, giving him a friendly wave which Damian ignored, looking a little anxious.

"Don't worry. You're too young for extra motivation," said Cass, testing whether or not she could pull out yet. "Your turn soon. Sit."

Swallowing loudly enough for the sound to carry across the training mat, Damian nodded, and tried to find a spot on the bench that wasn't covered with come that had leaked out from Cass's previous sparring partners that day. He finally perched himself on the corner, flinching as his thigh touched a sticky puddle.

Below him, Tim was starting to sniffle, all the fight gone out of him.

He was a good, determined alpha.

He'd be an even more worthy opponent next time.

xxx

Spent and chafing a little after her second time fucking Bruce that day, Cass walked bonelessly into her room to get a nap in before patrol.

"Boys kept you busy today, huh? I was starting to really miss my girlfriend."

Steph sat perched on the edge of Cass's bed, leisurely stroking her cock with a playful glint in her eye.

"So glad to see you," Cass said, shutting the door behind her. "Need a real alpha. Boys are useless."

"That they are," said Steph and got up to kiss her, pushing her towards the bed, hands already groping Cass's rear.

It was obvious who among the two of them would win in a fight, but that's not why Cass was dating Steph. Sometimes you met an alpha with knot game so good that all your alpha instinct got overwritten and you wanted nothing more than to be pounded into the mattress until your brains turned to mush. And after a long hard day training and reaming out others, there was nothing better than getting just that.



Sweat

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ship: Damian Wayne/Jason Todd/Duke Thomas/Tim Drake
words: 1.4k
content: armpit worship, boys will be boys

Sweat damian/jason/duke/tim, armpit worship - for ME uwu

Damian's nose was pressed too firmly to his underarm for the feeling to be ticklish. Jason could feel himself blushing and hardening as Damian moaned and pressed closer, pushing Jason painfully into the lockers behind him. Damian's wet tongue brushed against his skin, seemingly unconsciously, accidentally slipping past his parted lips, but the next moment, Damian's whole mouth was pressed firmly to Jason's pit, sucking so hard Jason's vision went spotty.

"What the hell am I looking at?" 

Tim and Duke stood in the doorway, flushed and sweaty from their workouts and mouths agape.

Damian spun around, pressing his back Jason's chest in panic. "You," he breathed, as though Tim and Duke had no right to be here, as though he'd forgotten entirely that they were in the shared dressing room.

Jason clapped Damian on the shoulder reassuringly. "Just satisfying a little teenage curiosity. Why don't you guys hit the showers; you reek."

The guys didn't move.

"What kind of curiosity?" Duke asked.

"Apparently armpits are sensitive enough to be erogenous zones," Tim replied mildly without tearing away his gaze, "but how Todd could convince Damian to suck his stanky armpit is beyond me."

"Hey, I'm not in the business of convincing sixteen year olds to be doing me any weird favors in the locker room," Jason said, lifting both hands defensively. He was already guilty as charged of fooling around in a weird way with someone way younger than him. He didn't need any additional blame.

Damian lifted his chin defiantly. "Not that any of you could convince me to do anything I deemed below me anyway."

"So you just walked up to Todd and asked, 'Hey can I sniff your pit?' Weird," said Tim, scrunching up his nose.

That's not exactly what happened, but it was a good enough summary. The real version of the story also involved Damian trying to hide his erection and angrily slamming Jason into the lockers when that failed. Also Damian hadn't used so many words. It was pretty cute, actually, the way he'd nosed shyly to his destination, breathing so rough you'd think he was already getting sucked off.

"Wanna sniff mine?" Duke asked jokingly, lifting his left arm to show off his hairy pit and strong tricep. Tim grinned at him.

Oof, wrong move, thought Jason as Damian tensed, pressing himself harder against Jason.

"Yes."

The two guys across the bench from them jerked out of whatever other joke they were sharing, looking at Damian with wide eyes.

"Seriously?"

"I'm always serious, Thomas."

Duke looked to Tim. Then he shrugged and came forward. "What the hell. Knock yourself out, kid."

Yeah, that's what Jason had said.

Tim came trailing behind Duke, peering at Damian and Jason curiously, eyes catching onto Jason's boner and giving him a reproachful stare.

Jason shrugged and turned his attention to Duke, who was stepping over the bench and once again lifting his arm. Phew. Yeah, the smell was just about enough to knock someone out. Not that he was any better after a workout.

Damian, however, latched on like a remora, moaning as he wrapped his hands around Duke's waist, wiping that sheepish grin right off his face as he stared down at Damian in shock. Duke stood still, only his eyes wandering between Jason and Timm, looking for clues on how to react in such a situation.

"Huh," Tim said, as though he'd just learned something new and deeply fascinating, perhaps even useful. He listed his arm experimentally and took a sniff, but made a face. Then he looked at Jason and raised his brows, as if to say, "You interested?"

Jason rolled his eyes. "I guess I'll go hit the shower if you're done with me." He had only just pushed away from the lockers when Damian's hand swung out to grip the top of his shorts.

"Stay, Todd."

And then Damian was back, pressing close, still keeping one fist balled up in Duke's tank, licking at Jason's chest where it met his bicep until Jason obliged and lifted his arm again.

Tim raised his brows at Duke.

Duke shrugged. "Feels really good, actually."

Jason could feel Tim's curiosity starting to boil over. Along with the jealous tilt to his mouth, he could see what was coming from a mile away.

"Alright, I'll bite. What's a guy gotta do to get his armpit licked around here?"

Damian ignored him and switched back to Duke, leaving Jason's underarm wet and cold and his dick harder than ever. Reaching out with one hand, he tugged the elastic of Damian's shorts down experimentally. Just half an inch of skin, nothing major. Rather than turning around and stabbing him to death, Damian perked his ass up a little.

Well.

That was as much encouragement as a guy really needed.

Jason reached over and pulled Damian's shorts and jockstrap down with both hands, letting them flutter to his ankles.

"Whoa, hey," Duke breathed, looking at him with wide eyes. "We really doing this?"

Jason shrugged, drawing both of them close as he wrapped his hand around Damian and gave him an experimental squeeze. 

Damian bucked wildly, letting his mouth fall from Duke's armpit and moaning.

"Here's your chance, Timmy," said Jason, turning to Tim, who was straight up stewing by now.

Glaring at Jason but a slave to his curiosity, Tim stepped over the bench, and exchanging a brief glare with Damian, lifted his arm as he pressed close. 

Damian didn't need any convincing.

He pressed his nose into Tim's underarm hair and sniffed deeply before licking over the whole area. The somewhat hostile look on Tim's face melted immediately, leaving him looking surprised and just short of delighted. He pressed in closer, grabbing hold of the back of Damian's head.

"Don't suffocate the kid," said Duke, looking amused and palming himself through his shorts.

"If he didn't want to suffocate, he should have picked a different fetish,'' said Tim, closing his eyes contentedly.

Damian pulled away, his hair getting mussed as it slipped from Tim's grip, and turned back to Duke, aiming for his right armpit this time, bucking up into Jason's grip and letting Jason rub himself against his backside without complaint.

Damian came with a short cry, muffled by Duke's skin, still holding tight to both Duke and Tim, his hips becoming even more pliant in allowing Jason to get off against him. Thrusting a few more times, Jason came right in his shorts, imagining being buried to the hilt in that tight ass.

Tim pulled Damian's face back to himself. "Hope you don't mind, Duke."

"By all means," said Duke, pulling out his own dick and stroking it as he watched Damian eat Tim's armpit out.

"I hope you don't mind, Timmy, but I'd like another turn too," said Jason and manhandled Damian to face him. Their eyes met and Jason got a good look at blown out pupils under heavy lids, mouth swollen and wet. Damian was pliant as a rag doll, so far from his usual self, as Jason lifted his left arm and offered up the still sticky with sweat pit Damian hadn't tasted yet.

Damian moaned as he settled into it, both hands gripping Jason's pecs tightly.

Pulling his gaze from the mop of hair under his arm, he found both Tim and Duke jerking off, eyes zeroed in on Damian's tight naked ass. Reaching down, Jason grabbed hold of Damian's left ass cheek and pulled it to the side.

"Fifty points to whoever lands closest."

Damian shuddered against him at the words and reached his own hand back to grab his other cheek and pull it wide too.

Cursing and hissing, Tim and Duke both shuffled closer, picking up the pace but keeping their strokes shallow to aim more precisely. Damian stuck his ass out further. Tim came first, dead on target, and Duke second, shooting right over where Tim's come had landed. They pressed in, shuddering and kissing Damian's back, rubbing their dicks and his fingers over his messy asshole. Damian's slack mouth breathed hot and damp against his skin.

Jason's own fingers joined theirs, thinking about whether he'd be able to get it back up and convince Damian to let him hit it properly.

"Alfred, what's the likelihood of that?"

It came echoing from the hallway up into the manor, but scrambling to pull their shorts back up and disappear into the showers, the boys never heard what Alfred replied.