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bruce loses his fucking mind: pt 2

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𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗽 (𝗶𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆): n/a

𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁: 757

𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆: refer to part 1 that i literally wrote over a month ago but whatever-
(it was the very first one-shot where bruce was an asshole and abandoned dick, driving dick to insanity, then lied abt it. remember that fucked up shit? yeah here's some more of it-)

𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: ^^

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"Dick... there's something I have to tell you..."

The boy's blue eyes fluttered up to Bruce's, silently urging him to go on. But, Bruce couldn't. He couldn't tell his kid that he'd purposely abandoned him without a word of explanation. God, it'd break Dick. Bruce would never be able to forgive himself.

"Wh- what is it, B?" Dick asked innocently when Bruce didn't speak.

The older man just shook his head with a guilty smile, "Nothing, Chum. It can wait. For now, let's just get you up to bed, okay? I need you back in fighting shape for patrol tomorrow night."

Dick looked hesitant, "I- I'd rather stay down here with you."

Bruce sighed to himself, guilt eating him up inside. For fuck's sake, he'd already broken his surrogate son. Dick wouldn't even leave his goddamn side...

"I know, Dickie, but you gotta get some sleep. You've been burning the candle at both ends for a little too long now."

Dick scoffed, his tired, blue eyes fluttering up to Bruce's, "That's rich coming from you."

Bruce chuckled and gave a slight nod, "Touché. But I'm an adult and you're my kid so you gotta do what I say. In other words: upstairs... now."

Dick crossed his arms determinedly, "No. I'm- I'm staying with you. I gotta- I gotta make sure the Joker doesn't take you away again."

Bruce ran a hand through his son's dirty, raven hair and sighed softly, "Alright, Chum... I'll stay upstairs with you tonight. How's that?"

Dick still looked hesitant, "Fine... But- but I'm gonna stay up and protect you."

Bruce nodded, unable to find words as his guilt made him want to puke. How the hell could he do this? Why did leaving seem like such a good idea a week ago? Hadn't he known he was all Dick had and his disappearance would quite literally break the kid?

"Come along, Master Dick," Alfred, waiting by the entrance to the Manor, grabbed the teenager's arm and helped him up through the clock in the study. Dick fought against the butler and tried to fall back so he was closer to Bruce, but, ultimately, Alfred was stronger and kept his iron grip on the boy no matter how hard Dick resisted.

Bruce watched sadly as Alfred practically had to lift the sixteen-year-old up each step. Finally, he couldn't take it anymore and stepped forward, picking the swaying boy up into his arms bridal style. After the initial shock of how light-weight Dick was, Bruce forced him to finish the remainder of the stairs whilst ignoring his son's weak protests to be put down.

"Here we go, Dickie..." Bruce murmured softly as he carried Dick into the teenager's room that looked like it hadn't been touched in days. He walked over to the unmade bed and laid his son on the right side of it, pulling the navy blue comforter and sheets up to Dick's shoulders.

The kid protested, mumbling incoherent words about staying up to protect Bruce, but it wasn't long before his arguments faded to silence and his eyes fluttered shut.

Bruce sighed, turning back to Alfred as he took a seat on the unoccupied side of Dick's bed. "I fucked up, didn't I?"

Alfred didn't answer that question, but rather, asked another. "Are you going to tell him?"

Bruce rubbed his eyes, exhaling softly, "Do you think I should?"

Alfred considered for a moment, "Perhaps when the time is right. I fear it would do more harm than good now."

Bruce looked down at Dick, running his fingers through the kid's normally soft and silky black hair, "Yeah... you're probably right..."

Alfred sighed softly, going to leave the room. But before he was completely gone, he turned back to his surrogate son, "Master Bruce..."

Bruce met Alfred's gaze, "Yes?"

A small frown appeared on the butler's face, "I do hope you've learned your lesson..."

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