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Tim's absolutely done with whatever this shit of a family is. He's not part of it and doesn't want to be, he's far too angry. It all came out after changing but Tim's not taking in anymore bullshit and frankly he's done with this family. Well he's done with Bruce.
Taking his keys he stormed over to his bike ignoring the way everyone screamed at each other he could hear someone calling after him but he didn't care. Starting his bike he sat down and turned the bike on and got some people to look in his direction but he doesn't care he wants to get away from this mess.
he took off speeding out of the cave causing echoes throughout the cave he doesn't care what speed he's going at he just needed fast he can feel the air through his hair.
When he got out of the cave he was met with a dark sky and darker clouds with heavy cold water hitting him soaking his hair. He should probably care about getting sick but he doesn't. He can see the road flooding but that doesn't waver him. If anything that made him go faster he didn't know where he was going but it didn't matter as long as it was away from them.
But he should have paid more attention, he should have slowed down, should have never taken the bike out.
It was too late turning a corner too fast, the bike was off balance and the tires were above the water. The tilt was too much as the bike slid causing him to fly forward bouncing off the road into a wall. Before he made impact with the wall he brought his hands to his head to add a barrier before he hit the wall. There's ringing in his ears and his vision is blurred but he can see a yellow glow close by but it's turning red before it goes black.
Before
It was pouring outside. Tim was shivering. He had to end patrol soon and he can't stay out any longer. “I'm heading back to the cave to finish a report” Tim said he got the okay and headed to the cave on his bike. He was low on medicine at his nest so it's why he was heading there to begin with.
He made it to the cave and went to med bay area and grabbed antibiotics and popped two into his mouth before heading to the showers. Once the heat hit him he relaxed the cold going away. He got changed into sweatpants and a t-shirt. He figured he'd stay the night or at least stay until the storms were over.
When he was done with the shower he headed towards the Batcompeter to work on his report. He didn't realize how much time passed by until he heard the others pull into the cave. Looking over to greet them did he notice that Damian was injured. Getting up he rushed over towards the med bay and got the supplies they needed out.
“What happened out there? What are your injuries Damian” Tim asked as Bruce helped Damian get on the bed so Tim could get a better look at the injury, ignoring the look Bruce gave him. “Tt it's just a cut on my calf drake” Damian responded by rolling his eyes. Looking at his leg it was a five inch long cut and looked to be deep enough that Damian would need stitches. “Okay I'm going to cut the pants and stitch you up” Tim said pulling the rolling chair towards the bed and grabbed the tray he prepared and put it on the rolling table.
Sitting down he put on gloves and grabbed the cover and cut the fabric making the wound more viable. He got the non lint pads and started to wipe away the blood once most of it was gone he was still bleeding but not as much he grabbed the alcohol.”this is going to sting” Tim said making Damian roll his eyes once again “tt I have had worst things happen-” Damian got cut off by the high pitched sequel he let out as Tim poured the alcohol over the wound finding a bet of pleasure in doing so. After he was done cleaning it he started to stitch up the wound. After doing eight stitches as a precaution he could do without the extra one but Tim wasn't risking it. He looked over at the rest of the group as they were discussing what happened tonight.
From what he could overhear was that at the warehouse Damian and Bruce were watching waiting for a shipment to come in. When it did and they went in everything was going good until a goon got a lucky strike on Damian. Letting out a sigh Tim looked at Damian and realized something else happened. Never once has Damian ever shown Tim an ounce of fear and there were tears in his eyes. Noticing that while everyone else was at the Batcompeter now screaming at each other, Tim realized something terrible happened that night.
Looking at Damian he knew it had to be because he did something.”hey so what exactly happened to night Damian” Tim asked and he saw how Damian hand clenched and with his hands being ungloved he can see his knuckles turning white. After a beat passed by did Damian speak. “I broke fathers number one rule” that broke something in tim. The way Damian's voice was softened by fear how shaky his words were and just how broken he was. “So what was it on accident or on purpose.” Tim asked, making Damian snap his attention to tim.
“An… accident…. I- after the goon slashed my leg I lost balance and fell to the ground next thing I knew he was on top of me with a knife to my throat.” Damian explained making tim angry but quickly faded as he realized Damian was crying. He pulled Damian into a hug and let him through his explanation." I-i didnt mean to.. I reacted on instinct… and he died” Damian said, sobbing harder. Tim started to rub his back; he can still hear the family fighting. “You acted in self defense, nobody should blame you if anything they should be worried about you not being over there fighting over whether or not you killing was justified” Tim explained to Damian, making Damian pull back in shock and look at Tim." I don't care if you killed you had to protect yourself I know we don't get along well but your always be my little brother and I will always love you and as long as you and I live I will still love you and be your big brother no matter what.” tim said making something flash across Damian's face.
“As long as you are safe and come back to life, that's all that matters to me Damian,” Tim said, giving Damian a smile."Now you rest here and let me knock some since into them” Tim said moving Damian into a comfortable potion and kissing his forehead before turning away.
Facing away from Damian he dropped his smile and calmly walked over to where his brothers and Bruce were yelling at each other. He watched as dick was trying to calm both Jason and Bruce but he could tell he was Jason's side. Making it over to them he stopped and waited listening to Jason and Bruce go back and forth until he snapped.
He stepped between them placing a hand on their chest and pushed them away from each other making their Aguring come to a stop and all three of their attention snapped to him. Taking a breath he glared at Bruce to stand down and from the body language Bruce did not like that.
“Mind telling me why you guys are over here Arguing when your son-” Tim said looking at Bruce before looking to his left at his brother. “And our little brother is currently injured, it might not be critical or anything but it is an injury that needs eight stitches” Tim said giving all three a glare he noticed how Bruce's jaw clenched and can see did and Jason having at least some type of guilt written over it.
“You need to stay out of this red Robin” Bruce spoke meaning this is going to be some hurtful shit. “No you listen here Bruce Wayne you son is injured and you are more worried about the fact that he killed someone in self defense” Tim said now full on facing Bruce both now glaring at each other. “You don't have a say in any of this” Bruce spoke and well that pissed Tim off and really he probably should have kept his mouth shut.
“I do in fact have a say would have liked for Damian not to kill the man if so then you would have been okay with having another dead son-” Tim got cut off with pain shooting through his cheek Neely making him stumble. The cave was quite reeling in the fact that Bruce had just hit him. “...did you just hit me Bruce?” Tim asked, feeling a smile come on his face as he looked Bruce in his eyes. He could see the fear that flashed over Bruce's face before taking a step forward. He can hear how Jason was starting to yell at Bruce with dick but Bruce and Tim weren't listening to them nor were they looking at each other.
“Got to say Bruce was not at all surprised,” Tim said, making Bruce freeze." What is that all you got can't say anything so you resolve to be physically” Tim said, bringing his arms to his chest and crossing them. “You weren't needed and never have you wanted Tim. This issue doesn't have anything to deal with, this is a family issue” Bruce said, causing Tim's smile to drop. He knew things were going to be said but he didn't think Bruce would out right dammit it. He hear let out a noise of surprises and sees Bruce smirking like he won.
“You aren't my son, never have and never will be” Bruce said, sounding so sure he won something over Tim. Jason stopped yelling and just looked at Bruce. “Your right I have never been you son Bruce” Tims calm voice caught Bruce off guard and Tim noticed and smiled at him.
“Truth is you were my son the day I became Robin. At thirteen I had to parent you making sure you ate and slept. Having to watch you so you didn't kill yourself because you where suicidal having a gun that I had to wrestle out of your hands. Having to sedate you so you can sleep or even help fix your wounds because you didn't care if you died on patrol. I had to drag you to bed because you drank until you couldn't remember the reality you lived in." Tim said shouting at Bruce every jab he made Bruce took a step back and Tim followed him. “So yeah Bruce you weren't my parent and I wasn't your son no if anything I was your parent." Tim spoke calmer this time around he turned to the Batcompeter, grabbed his bike key and walked away.
Taking five steps he looked back at Bruce “oh and don't be a hypocrite about your no kill rule you and I know you killed 3 people but only I know that you really killed 7 I bet those other four deaths drive you insane since you don't know who they are” Tim said smiling at Bruce. Tim can still feel anger as he marches over to his bike he can hear Jason and dick yelling at Bruce.but what made him freeze was Damian standing at the med bay railing shouting his first name but Tim couldn't handle it right not.
Present
Opening his eyes he sees orange filling his vision he can feel an intense heat making him sweat. He tried to move but couldn't because he felt too weak to even open his eyes so moving was out of the question.that doesn't include the that he felt enormous weight on his legs. He could barely breathe.
Every breath felt painful he could taste iron in his mouth and feel something dripping out of his mouth. But his entire face felt wet and realized it was the rain. He just couldn't see that the rain was mixing with his blood and the puddle he's laying in is his own blood.
His legs were pinned by his bike which explained why he couldn't move his legs.his bike crashed into the wall setting too a blaze he was slowly going to get burned alive. Managing to move his head down did he realize he might not die. A rear bar pierced through where his spleen would have been if he had an organ.
He noticed how there was a crowd forming and realizing he could live he moved whatever he could and that movement may have helped save his life. People rushed in lifting the bike off his legs and looked him over making sure to try and stop the bleeding. Then he heard a familiar roar coming closer and Tim stomach dropped he doesn't want to see Bruce not like this. Then a Famliler traffic colored suit came rushing through the crowd towards Tim.
Tim's heart broke; he rather had Bruce find him then let his little brother see him like this. Moving the people away from Tim he crouched down not wanting to hurt Tim even more. He kept his voice hushed so as to not let anyone know what they were saying.
“Timothy hey I need you to stay awake for me can you do that” Damian spoke pulling Tim's hand into his and held it Tim tried to give him a small reassurance “I'll be okay robin I'm not going anywhere… “ Tim said it hurt but he knew Damian needed to hear that. Damian continued to speak to him until the ambulance came. He knows Damian wants to come with him but he can't without compromising their identities even more.
In the ambulance ride it felt like a daze throughout the drive looking over at one of the paramedics his stomach dropped when his eyes locked on to a familiar blue eyes.
“Omg Tim" Bernard said words trembling as he looked at Tim frozen with hurt and worry. “It's okay bear” Tim said, making Bernard look at Tim's broken body, the other paramedic now realizing the relationship between Bernard and Tim made Bernard sit down.
Getting to the hospital made him exhausted. He doesn't know when he lost consciousness but he remembers waking up in a hospital room by himself. Which isn't shocking seeing as he doesn't have a spleen he is more prone to infections which is most likely why the hospital limited visitors.
Just then he heard the door open he went to look to see who opened the door only to realize he couldn't move his head but he could move his eyes looking over he made eye contact with Damian who quickly walked over. He saw Bernard and Kon following closely behind him. He felt Damian grab his hand and he squeezed it telling Damian he was awake. Damian looked over at Kon and Bernard and told them something as Kon left the room not even a minute later did a doctor come in.
Before Damians POV /3pov
Damian had yelled at Bruce telling him he was no longer his father he grabbed the keys to the Batmobile and took off after Tim his leg hurt but he rather be with Tim and make sure he doesn't do anything stupid. He didn't know where Tim went so he had to take his time looking until he heard a loud crash sound on the other side of the crime alley and quickly drove over.
That's where he saw a crowd forming pushing through. He saw people crowding a person trying to help looking at everything. He spotted a very familiar bike and quickly rushed over moving those that were helping away. Damian took in Tim's broken body, his legs were crushed, neck and hand were broken and he could see his head was bleeding. But what made all of Damian's blood drain from his body was the rear bar that pierced through Tim's upper right of his abdomen.
Falling to his knees Damian grabbed Tim's hand gently and held it making sure Tim knew he was there he knew that Tim was in pain and it wouldn't be smart to hold his hand but he needed to. He waited till the ambulance came and took him away but one of the premedics caught his eye as he's seen that man before. He didn't want to stop and question the person no he needed to get Tim to survive he can ask later.
He watched as the ambulance drove a way he was left standing there until a gust of wind came from next to him and saw Conner standing next to him. Getting the idea of what happened Damian got pulled into a hug where all the tears he was holding fell out. He cried until he realized that Tim was alone and had to get to him. Letting the clone know to meet him at the manor so they can go to the hospital together. Getting into the Batmobile he sped to the Batcave once he arrived he changed out of costume and went out of his bedroom door where he met the clone and headed towards the hospital.
When they got there they bumped into the blond paramedic that seemed familiar and he could see that he recognized them and made them follow him to the rooftop.
“Damian” the blond man said, making him nod “I'm going to be honest, his heart stopped for two minutes before we got it beating again. He should live; he's currently in surgery.” As he spoke, he felt his heart drop. “He will be in quarantine for a while since he lost his spleen. He's lucky that the rear bar didn't piece through an organ or he would be dead” the man spoke as if Tim not having a spleen was common knowledge. “Thanks for letting us know I wish he could have called me to get him faster” Conner spoke to this bear guyand from the words and phrases this bear is in on the secret.
“Yeah well he could barely talk when we got there but i can tell you one thing Damian he will be happy to know you're here” this bear person spoke as if he were close to Tim. His confusion must have been seen as the bear gave him a small smile. “I'm Bernard, one of Tim's friends, he told me a lot about you,” Bernard said, offering his hand for Damian to shake. Damian's hand meets Bernard and isn't that name familiar as he has heard Tim talk about this Bernard guy here and there. “Nice to meet you Bernard, I wish there were better circumstances.” Damian said before getting tugged into a hug and got crushed by both Bernard and Conner.
After having an emotional one on one with each other did they head down to the floor Tim was on waiting for the news. It wasn't till a voice called out “family of Timothy Drake Wayne” all three got up and rushed over to the doctor. “We are here” Damian said but because he's young he knows that's not going to be enough. “What is your current relation to the patient?” The doctor asks if he can see how panic Bernard was and can see Conner tense up but before either of them can speak Damian was the one to say something. “These two are his husbands, I'm his brother but the three of them were taking care of me over the weekend” Damian said lying through his teeth.
Tim was already out as being bi so that much wasn't a given he could see the doctor still hesitant to say anything to them “it was fairly recent and haven't gotten the time to change the documents” Bernard added in shifty nudging Conner to say something next. “Yes, the marriage certificate is at home. I can go get it and bring it back to get the documents up to date." Kon said thank you for making scenes but the doctor nonetheless believed them.
“Okay then I would like to say your husband and brother aren't in a good condition. He has both his legs and hands broken, his ribcage fractured along with his school but his neck was also broken. I'm sorry to say this but you brother and husband may never be able to walk again and we can't determine anything until he wakes up. And that if he does” the doctor said reading off her clipboard and her final words hit him all at once he could possibly not awake again.
“And if it isn't too much trouble I could really use those documents but right now you won't be able to see Tim as I said before he's currently quarantined so in the time being get rest I shall call you when he is out of qurinteen." the doctor said hand over a clipboard so that Conner and Bernard can write their information down. After word the car ride to Tim's best was silent.
Over the next two months all three of them grew closer; it was chaotic when his brothers found out they visited whenever they could. Bruce never Step foot in the hospital Cass was in town playing the role of red Robin Stephanie visited with Cass. And Damian refused to step foot in the same house as Bruce which lead to him moving in with Bernard and Kon they decided to live in the nest as it was big enough for them to live there not to mention it was close to the hospital.
Gotham caught wind of the accident and have been hounding for answers from anyone. After the first week of Tim being in a coma did everyone in Gotham realize how much of an impact Tim had on them. Coffee shops Tim visited no longer had their favorite sleep deprived walking in and ordering a pure sugar drink. The Wayne enterprise workers didn't realize how much work Tim took off their shoulder until everything started to pile up. The cases that got major leads disappeared and the police didn't realize how much red Robin help was needed. It was harder to communicate with Batman but Red Robin was easier. The public realized how much they missed there snarky CEO and how sincere the kid was he put his brain to use.
Present
It's been three months since the accident Bernard, Kon and Damian were always visiting and talking to Tim. It wasn't until they walked in did Damian make eye contact with a now awake Tim walking over quickly did Damian hold Tim's now healed hand and felt Tim squeeze it making Damian feel relief. He turned towards Bernard and Kon letting them know and Kon sprints out of the room to get the doctor while Damian tells Tim a summary of how Bernard and Kon are married to him. Feeling another squeeze he knew that he understood. The doctor came in and kicked all three out to question Tim.
When it was over the doctor spoke to them. “It looks like he can move his feet and feel his legs. He is having a bit of trouble moving his head which is normal and to be expected. His memories are intact, the only thing I would say is a worry is that he may need to learn to speak again. He is struggling with speaking but if anything he will just need therapy." the doctor said making the tension leave all three of them.
Months passed and everyone was happy to see him awake continuing to stop by. Tim wasn't cleared to go out as Red Robin until 6 months after he left the hospital, which was a month after he woke up. Though the first sentence he spoke to Bernard, Damian and Kon without his speech sounding shaky or slurred is something that has stuck with all of them.
“My family, I love you” Tim said, bringing all of them into a group hug.
Nobody has talked to Bruce ever since the accident whenever they see Batman they keep it strictly business chat nothing more