A fluffy + angst one shot of Tim and Damian, no trigger warnings, hope you enjoy!
"Geraniums"
Tim could think for hours, but he would never come up with an answer to why Damian suddenly tried getting along with him.
He supposed only Damian knew the answer to that.
But still, even if it was odd, Tim figured the kid had decided that he didn't want to fight anymore, so neither did Tim.
So there they sat, at a family outing in a park, Tim sat with his legs criss crossed in the grass as he watched Dick and Jason play fight, tumbling around in the grass, which was gold entertainment if you started bets on who would win (It was always Dick, but nevertheless).
The girls stayed out of the grass, Steph talking Cass's ear off as they swung together, Cass never minded, just smiling and nodding, adding in her own whispery words every now and again.
Duke watched the fight, but glanced between siblings every few minutes, seemingly checking on them, Tim thinks he was a great addition to the family.
And over on a bench, together sat Bruce and Alfred, making small talk as they watched over everyone, most likely making sure they didn't burn the park down.
Damian however, sat in the grass at Tim's side, something the teen took pride in.
Take that Dick.
He had thought to himself, he didn't really have anything against Dick, though the man had been the reason Tim hadn't got coffee today, so if Tim was stealing the youngest one's attention away from Dick, well who's to really say.
But suddenly Damian stands, Tim glances up at the now standing child, but Damian just pads off.
No one else seems to pay attention to the action, but Tim does, he can't help from wondering where Damian's going, watching him walk away, though he doesn't follow after the younger one.
Tim thinks for a second, Damian was probably going off to play somewhere else. Then he remembered it was Damian.
He ponders for a few minutes on where Damian had left to, stuck in his own curiosity.
But then he returned, Tim peered at him questioningly, and Damian held something out to Tim.
It was a Geranium.
Tim waited, but Damian didn't just push it into his hands like always, Damian waited for Tim to take it put of his hands himself.
So Tim does, holding it up to the sun, watching the way the maroon petals shine in the light.
"Huh..thanks kid."
Damian smiles at Tim's words, nodding pleasantly.
Damian seemed happier that Tim accepted the present, it was a relief that Damian was still in such a good mood.
Tim smiles back, ruffling the younger's hair.
Damian doesn't pull away or shout like he normally would. Opting to stay, even seeming glad.
It confused Tim, but it was a nice confusion, so he stayed silent, letting the comfortable atmosphere wash over them.
The day moves fast, everyone having fun, but when they make it home, Tim realizes he forgot the flower at the park.
Though he supposes it is just a flower after all.
But when they get home Damian's mood sours.
A frown set on his small face. He brushes past Jason quietly.
"Hey, Dami-"
Tim had begun calling out, only cut off by a door clicking shut, Damian's bedroom door, as he ignored Tim...
Tim didn't know why Damian was so upset now.
Jason let's out a whistle.
"Damn, what did you do to piss off your number one fan?"
Jason was amused, joking, but it wasn't amusing to Tim.
They had just started to fix their relationship, why did this have to happen. Maybe Damian just changed his mind.
But as the day finishes and the week continues, Damian doesn't cheer up, only becoming his irritable past self.
And Tim decides he's seen enough.
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Damian was upset, everyone had to know, he was aware of just how terribly he was hiding it.
Drake didn't want to be his brother and that was fine, he just had to let the older leave.
He wouldn't stop him if Drake didn't want him to.
"Damian, we need to talk."
Damian had to admit he was surprised when one day Drake walked up to him, in the living room.
"Yes, Drake?"
Damian prompted, his tone professional, he thought it would be better, thought Drake would enjoy this tone more, but it only seemed to upset him.
"I want to know what's wrong, why are you being a brat again?"
Drake probably shouldn't have worded it that way, and Drake probably knows it too, and just doesn't care, doesn't care about you, stop trying.
Damian pushed all of his thoughts away.
"You disposed of your Geranium."
Damian had informed, as if Drake didn't already know that.
Damian clenched his hands at Drake's next words, his knuckled turning white.
"That's what all of this is about? Damian it's just a flower."
To hear that stung more than Damian thought it would.
"It is not. It is a Geranium, those symbolize siblings, I gave it to you for that reason, I had assumed you left it for that reason. I know I'm not the ideal choice of brother, you don't have to pretend."
After Damian explained Tim fell silent, and Damian just stood, waiting in the quiet, like he had done hundreds of times before.
Although, Damian was confused, Tim had been silent for awhile now, looking almost distraught, it was an uncomfortable look to see on his elder brother.
"I did not know that. Damian, of course you're my little brother. I thought you knew you always were."
Tim spoke through a borderline sorrowful sigh. And Damian couldn't believe his ears.
"And don't talk about yourself like that."
Tim reminds, adding on to his sentence.
Damian can't stand the feeling of embarrassment that washes over him as he listens to Tim.
Was Damian really that ignorant? Not realizing that Tim hadn't even known what it meant to him.
Of course Tim wouldn't know, Damian never told him, not even once.
His face is dusted red, he knows it, but at this point, he isn't sure how much he cares.
He crashes into his older brother with a tight hug, rivaling one of Dick's.
"This never happened, by the way."
Damian murmurs into the fabric of Tim's shirt, a warm smile creeps onto Tim's expression.
"Sure thing, squirt."
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CW: p3do guy, violence
There’s an older boy in Damian and Tim’s school who’s had rumours about being a sexual predator, but apparently there’s no ‘proof’ of it being real.
Tim does his usual research but unfortunately doesn’t find anything concrete, so he just keeps an eye and ear out for if anything pops up.
Then, once some of the later after school clubs are done and Tim is waiting for his youngest brother, he sees the creepy guy talking to Damian.
Damian was trained by assassins and has the back bone of a steal rod, he can handle himself.
But the moment Tim sees the guy lick his lips and go to brush Damian’s hair out of his face, it’s like something takes over him.
He always argues with Damian, genuinely has moments ere he hates the brat, yet it’s not just his sense of justice that fuels is anger in that moment but something personal.
Familial.
Damian manages to stop Tim, but only after the creep has blood pouring from his nose and a few teeth loose or swimming in the blood in his mouth. Damian is shocked and confused, but he’s mostly mad and goes to shout at Tim for fighting Damian’s own battles when Tim picks to guy up by his collar and snarls in his face,
“Don’t you ever, ever fucking look or touch my brother again, you understand? I don’t give a shit who you are, I will fucking kill you.”
Tim drags Damian to the car and doesn’t stop his heavy breathing until they’re halfway home and he’s denied several calls from Bruce and Dick.
Damian doesn’t want to admit he’s grateful, that he didn’t think the guy was that kind of predator, but he needs to say something, so he settles on, “you could have killed him.”
Tim doesn’t nod or anything, he just looks down at his bloodied knuckles and mutters, “Red Robin doesn’t kill, Tim Drake didn’t make that vow.”
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