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Drowning In Your Absence by tmarauder101
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
10 May 2022
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Summary
"There’s an ache in his chest, deep and all-consuming.
Dick knows pain. It’s evidenced by the marks on his skin, the scars that litter his body. He’s been trained to withstand pain. To bear it. To hold out until rescue or until the inevitable opening for escape makes itself known. He’s held out under torture for longer than what should be humanly possible. He’s been broken, bruised, torn open, and mended time and time again. Gotten up even when he shouldn’t be able to, unwavering and unyielding. His years spent moonlighting as a vigilante has built up his pain tolerance to an unscalable level. He’s triumphed over so much. So much hurt, anguish, and grief. So, so much grief.
And it’s the grief that’s most prominent. That gnawing emptiness that expands and expands, never being filled. Grief weights on him, an ever-constant companion in his life.
Dick is used to pain.
So why does it hurt this much?"
OR
dick's been hit by a stray spell during a fight