Bat-Family Oneshots

Dick Whump

Everyone could tell there was something off with Nightwing, it was obvious by the way he would avoid everyone on the team outside of a mission except for Robin who seemed to be glued to his side. The team wanted to talk to him and ask what was wrong, but he was so quite and withdrawn. They tried to ask Robin if he was alright, but he had never been the most talkative and had shut down as soon as he realised what they were trying to ask. The team wanted to make sure he was okay but it was so hard to work with the pair of them when it was like this.

The team where due to have a bonding night and they had expected the two of them to miss it like they had been doing for the last few weeks so when they had walked into the den and found the pair of them sitting on the sofa talking quietly, they quietly shuffled in taking there places before beginning a discussion on what they where going to do but when they turned to the two bat partners they just shrugged and said they didn't mind. "Oh" Wally said "Lets watch a movie we can started educating you lot on Disney films it's a human right of passage" Artemis groaned but for once didn't say anything when she saw how excited M'gann was.

"Which one should we watch?" Wally said pulling the box set out from under the tv stand. M'gann jumped up from where she was sat and fall to her knees next to the Wally so she could see the pictures on the cases after a few minutes of M'gann going between a few of them she finally hopped up and put it into the dvd player. What the team didn't notice was as soon as the first song of the movie came on was Nightwing going pale white and his hands began shaking till she stuffed them into his hoody pockets.

Robin's eyes widened beneath his sunglasses and he glanced at his brother but kept his mouth shut when his brother shook his head. As the dreaded scene approached Nightwing's shaking got worse before he jumped up and stormed from the room startling the others. Robin saw that they where about to ask but he just shook his head as he calmly stood up and left.

*****

Tim was panicking inside his brother had not been doing well, he was sick and stressed and the stuff with the team trying to pry was not helping dick and watching that film definitely did him no favours. He knew it wasn't the teams fault but he couldn't help but feel anger towards them. He had no idea where his brother would go usually it would be somewhere outside and high but that really wasn't a option here.

After about half an hour of searching the mountain and looking at the cctv cameras he made the decision to look at the logs for the zeta tubes but as he expected they like everything else was cleared. Having no other option he turned his communicator on "This is red robin to the batcave" he waited a few moments before the crackle of the comm sounded and Damian was talked "Batcave here" Tim let out a breath "Did Wing come through there?" Damian was silent before he spoke again "Yes, Hood has him" he nodded to himself before saying "Alright, heading back now" he said before punching in the code for the cave and stepping through.

*****

Dick sighed as he slumped down on the roof, hands shaking as he looked over gotham city from the manor. He knew that the young justice was worried about him but it didn't matter how much he tried to keep the happy go lucky mask up sometimes there was nothing he could when the darkness wanted to come out and that film just was to much and pushed him over the edge. After a few minutes he stood up the toes of his shoes just off the wall as he relished in the way that the wind whipped at his hair. "You're not going to jump are you?" a voice said from behind him.

Dick smiled and said "thinking about" was all he said which earned him a dark laugh. He listened as Jason shoes hit the loose rocks making them crunch under his feet before he felt the other sit next to him and a hand dragging him down. Dick went willing and crumpling down and leaning slightly on the younger man's shoulder.

Jason sighed before digging slightly to pull out his cigarettes and lighter before offering them over. Dick chuckled before taking them "I'm terrible always lecturing you about your health but as soon as I feel like shit, I do things ten times worse" Jason rolled his eyes before sighing "Dick" he began but was silenced when Dick handed him back the box and kept talking "I am bad Jason so bad. I have done a lot of bad things in my life to a lot of good people. I hurt the people that care about me the most and everyone says that I am so good and it kills me because I am not and it feels like I'm lying all the time and I'm tired" he paused and Jason couldn't help but notice the way his eyes where glazed over as he looked out over the city "So tired" he breathed out with a puff of smoke.

"Dick" Jason tried again "You are not a terrible person. Terrible things have happened to you that does not make you bad and you are allowed to be sad and angry. You are allowed to feel tired because you are human" He said as he took out his own smoke and lighting it "You are can take a break because you are not alone we are here for you all of us and we will be here for what ever dicision you make wheither it be leaving the lj or giving up the mask. We will be here because we are family" Dick looked at him for a moment a small sad smile on his lips before his gaze returned to looking back out at the city.

Jason knew that Dick didn't want to talk anymore so he just stayed by his brothers side as they looked out at the city they had both long ago sworn to protect just being a shoulder for him to lean on when he needed it.

*****

Later that night when Dick snuck into Bruce's room after a nightmare no one was surprised. Bruce had let the others go out and patrol the city claiming he had an early meeting and needed to sleep early but in reality he knew his oldest son needed him. At eleven after seeing the others off he had climbed to the third floor where his room was located and got ready for bed by one he heard the door creak open and the silent foot step creep into his room before the bed dipped and someone slid under the covers. Bruce rolled over and lifted his arm letting the younger man hide against his chest. Bruce tightened his hold when Dicks shoulders began to shake with silent tears. "It's okay Dickie bird your alright" he whispered over and over again.

After Dick ran out of tears and his face dried Dick finally spoke "I need a break Bruce, I need it to stop all of it to stop" he whispered voice hitching. The older mans heart broke for his son "Whatever you need Dick. You tell me and if it is in my power I will do it Dick you know that" the younger boy was silent before he spoke "I need to leave the LJ and I need a while off from being Wing. I would like to take a week off from WE" Bruce nodded making sure his face brushed against his son's hair "Whatever you need Dickie" Bruce held his son until he drifted off to sleep before following him into dreamland.