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Tim has always been in pain. Way before Jason showed up in the tower. Only Alfred and Bruce knew and that's all who Tim wanted to know as far as family goes Barbara knows but she isn't family and isn't one to tell. Tim is just tired of being afraid to look in the mirror. He already feels why but for once he wants to see his reflection without makeup but he can't even if it's been years since he was almost an adult he should be able to look at himself. He is Robin.
At least he was after Damien took the role it's been harder for him to see his reaction even when he has makeup on. Robin had made him not worry about what was in the reflection and didn't have to worry about it when he was out of the mask but now its all he can feel and see. Tim's still trying to discover his identity, something away from the letter j away from green and purple away from everything.
It didn't help that he's stuck at the manor all because he has a small cold. But he understands not having a spleen can spiral out of control but that doesn't mean everyone had to stay in the manor. He had talked to Bruce and Alfred about the condition of what'll be happening while he's here.
The rules were simple: only Alfred and Bruce can come into his room; everyone else is off limits. There will be no reflection in sight so everything gets covered in his room. And finally keep Jason as far away from his room.
It sounded demanding but they are there for a reason. One he's not gonna be able to apply makeup every morning especially because he's resting and sleeping all day he's not gonna wear it and outside of his room he's gonna wear a face mask which won't be suspicious. And he doesn't want to trigger Jason which then will trigger him so they agreed with me.
Which is why this scene shouldn't have happened. Jason shouldn't be in his room and shouldn't have gone still and frozen. A few moments ago Tim had finished taking a shower and put on his pajama pants. They were blue with sharks on them. He was drying his hair when he noticed some green strands coming through. He freaked out a bit and left his bathroom only to see Jason sitting on his bed looking at the wall when he heard Tim come in and started to speak . Tim froze.
“Yo Timmy you want to join us to play-” Jason looked over to Tim and stopped speaking as he looked at Tim’s face. Jason stood up and froze. Tim didn't stay frozen and brought a hand to cover his face to hide his scar but he froze again when he realized he wasn't wearing a shirt. And more scars are on display.
Tim went to go to his dresser when someone grabbed his wrist with a bruising grip. Tim tried to get away but he was yanked and dragged out of the room. Tim looked up at Jason as he tried to escape but his body was too weak. Jason's eyes were green and he became more desperate to escape. It's hard to escape when one hand is covering his mouth and the other is in Jasons the further they walked away and the closer the noise in the living came and Tim's heart dropped, everyone was in there.
Tim left with no other choice screamed for Bruce making Jason grip stronger and the voices in the living room to quiet. Then there where rush of feet pounding on the floor coming from behind him where the stairs are and must be Bruce Tim thought.but there were also voices and feet coming from the room Tim and Jason where in front of and doors swing open and his siblings where in front of him and he quickly turned away from them to face Bruce who is in his view before he's turned around and tossed onto the floor.
Bracing himself he caught himself with both his hands.but then he realized nothing is covering his mouth and quickly covered it with both hands and faced the ground everything was turning to static as he got up and backed away from his siblings and away from Jason he didn't realize there was nothing under his foot and he fell back he tried to catch himself but it was too late Bruce was too late to catch him.
He fell down the stairs, ribs hurting, head pounding and blood everywhere his arm numb. He blinked and Bruce was right there with everyone he was trying to say something to Tim. He looked around and saw everyone's face was horrified and scared. “Dad…. They saw”.
Tim said as a whisper that could barely be heard before everything went black and his body gave out. Tim woke up to a beeping noise and in the cave he looked down to see Bruce sitting next to him sleeping. And then felt pain and twitched waking Bruce up who eyes met his own. “I'm so sorry Tim” Bruce said leaving Tim confused he rembers what happened but it wasn't Bruces fault. “Dad you don't need to be sorry I didn't fall down the stairs because of you and you didn't know Jason would go in my room” Tim said through heavy breath his chest and throat hurt a lot but it was worth it to speak to Bruce.
Bruce gave him a soft smile and grabbed some water to help his throat.”You have 4 cracked ribs, sprained wrist,ankle and a concussion with 3 stitches in your head. You have been sleeping for the past two days had us worried”. Bruce spoke it explains the blood and the pain." did you tell them i know they have questions” Tim asked as he drank some water Bruce nodded and Tim let out a sigh. " That's good in a way I won't have to explain” Tim said with a soft smile and Bruce smiled back at him. “So how long do you plan on keeping me,” Tim said, knowing he plans to leave after his cold has disappeared. “Until you're healed to my liking” Bruce said and Tim let out a whine knowing he'll be here for more than a month. Bruce just smiles at him.
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Now we get some other POV and a bit of fillers and reasons behind action.
Jason POV
Jason was in the living room everyone was arguing over what game to play “um how about we get Tim to play and choose what we play” Duke spoke up making everyone pause there arguing before agreeing to it. “ I can go get Tim” Jason said as he got up and walked out of the living room. When he got to Tim's room he knocked before opening it. He heard the shower on and figured Tim was taking a shower so he decided to sit on his bed and looked around. He saw that the windows and computer were covered up. He heard the shower turn off and figured Tim was done. He also guessed that the reason those things were covered was because of wanting Tim to rest.
The bathroom door opened and Jason started to speak from where he was staring at the computer. “Yo Timmy you want to join us to play-” Jason cut himself off as he looked at Tim. Except that Tim has never looked like that. Why does Tim have those scars? He looked at Tim's face and saw how there were scars going from the corner of his mouth to Tim's check where.
A permanent smile.
He stood up and Tim's hand went to his mouth to hide the scars but it revealed another there was lichtenberg scars running throughout his arms and across his chest. He saw Tim realize that and went to his dresser but Jason reached out and grabbed his wrist and dragged him he has to ask Bruce and Bruce is down stairs.hes angry how could another on of his kids get hurt by the joker he kept dragging Tim which he knows wasn't a smart decision but he needed answers and he figured Bruce would have them.
What he didn't expect was for Tim to shout for Bruce. ”dadddddd help” Tim screamed Jasons grip tightened and he paused no one to call Bruce dad unless they were in trouble or scared and that's when Jason realized he messed up he heard Bruce coming up stairs and heard the rest of the family coming from the living room. The doors swung open and in the doorway stood his siblings. He saw Bruce about to reach the top of the stair and pushed Tim behind him except Tim was trying to get free that a simple pull behind him turned into him throwing Tim on the floor he panicked and went to see if Tim was okay but both his hand where over his mouth Bruce was standing next to him.
“What the hell is going on Jason?” Bruce said with anger as he looked at Jason. Jason went to respond but Tim was up moving back and away from them towards the stairs. There were shots of alarm; it was too late. Bruce tried to grab Tim but his fingers grazed Tim's and Tim fell down the stairs everyone froze as they tried to process what happened Tim was laying down awkwardly and there was a blood pool starting to form.
Everyone dashed down the stairs. Bruce was down first and carefully rolled Tim onto his back leaving everyone to see the scars on his face where gasp all around and Tim's eyes opened he looked around Bruce was speaking to Tim. “Dad…. They saw” Tim spoke in a soft voice, a voice no one has heard him use, a voice that made Bruce freeze and become panicked as Tim passed out.
Bruce took him down to med bay and got him hooked up and took care of Tim as everyone was sitting in the living room processing what had happened. There was a knock on the door and everyone snapped to the doorway to see Bruce standing there. “I guess you want an explanation” Bruce said as he walked across the room to sit in front of the group everyone nodded and Bruce looked over at him
“But first what were we trying to do Jason” Bruce said crossing his arms with his I'm not mad just disappointed look. Jason sighed and spoke “well wanted to see if Tim wanted to play a bored game and so I went to go get him but then I saw the scars and dragged him out I wanted to speak to you about them since I figured you knew and then the rest happened” Jason explained and Bruce pinched the bridge of his nose
“You are correct though you probably didn't need to drag Tim with you” Bruce said and Jason nodded Bruce was right he didn't need to drag Tim but he was just angry. And wanted answers; it wasn't an excuse.
Bruce let out a deep breath before speaking. “When Tim was 12 he was training to become Robin. We went out to test run but it ended with the joker kidnapping him and tortured him for three months. Joker's goal wasn't to kill the new Robin no it was to turn the Robin into a flightless bird, a bird that turned into a jester. He made Tim believe that the joker was his dad and that his name was joker junior when we found Tim it was too late. He had succeeded and the joker had a son. He then told Tim to shoot me and Tim pulled the trigger without hesitation but instead of a bullet it was a flag. He pulled the trigger again but wasn't aimed at me no he shot and killed the joker. The joker is dead but that doesn't mean Tim doesn't have lasting effects. He can have laughing fits that could kill him. We have an inhaler for that. His hair is permanently green, his skin is bleached white forever and the scars are a terrible reminder to him but he has something more permanent. I said the joker succeeded in making a son , but Tim and JJ are two different people in the same body. JJ is not harmful to anyone unless someone is a threat to tim or Tim gets triggered and JJ is in control.