[ Dick nods as if this makes perfect sense. As if he can't hear in there Tim giving it to him easy, choosing his words carefully, and somehow the fact that he feels the need to do that at all is the thing that hits like a hammer.
It means they'd lost something more precious than time, somewhere along the way. That unthinking trust isn't, maybe can't be, the way they operate now. The way he and Tim work.
Or maybe he's just tired. Worn out from whatever hell he'd walked through on the way here. He's made the mistake of assuming too much before. ]
You bet. [ The smile he gives Tim is carefully reassuring. His ability to fake it is fraying. ]
I should, uh- round out our supply stash. [ Which hey, actually is an errand that reasonably needs doing as soon as possible. Most of what's in the small kitchen is cereal, candy, and aging takeout. There's no Alfred here to think of the details.
Another role he's already failing to fill.
Dick gets up a little stiffly, but he's careful to move as if he isn't in a hurry. As if nothing here is out of the ordinary. Tim isn't well, he knows that much. It isn't on him to fix whatever is broken here. ]
Are you actually gonna get some rest if I leave you here?
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It means they'd lost something more precious than time, somewhere along the way. That unthinking trust isn't, maybe can't be, the way they operate now. The way he and Tim work.
Or maybe he's just tired. Worn out from whatever hell he'd walked through on the way here. He's made the mistake of assuming too much before. ]
You bet. [ The smile he gives Tim is carefully reassuring. His ability to fake it is fraying. ]
I should, uh- round out our supply stash. [ Which hey, actually is an errand that reasonably needs doing as soon as possible. Most of what's in the small kitchen is cereal, candy, and aging takeout. There's no Alfred here to think of the details.
Another role he's already failing to fill.
Dick gets up a little stiffly, but he's careful to move as if he isn't in a hurry. As if nothing here is out of the ordinary. Tim isn't well, he knows that much. It isn't on him to fix whatever is broken here. ]
Are you actually gonna get some rest if I leave you here?