Steve was just minding his own damn business, on his way from Gotham University, when he turned a corner into an alleyway and found... a guy with a bullet hole in his arm?
Steve and the guy looked at each other for a few moments, then Steve asked, "Are you... okay?" The guy looked back at him, then nodded. "I'm... learning to be a nurse? I can help?"
"Okay." The guy said after a moment.
"Alright, um, want to go to my apartment? I have a first aid kit there." Steve suggested. The guy looked suspiciously at Steve for some reason but eventually agreed.
Steve spent the entire walk back to his apartment trying to figure out just how shot the guy was. They reached the apartment and Steve directed the guy onto his couch, then grabbed his first aid kit... that he needed to restock, shit.
"There's not a lot because I need to restock it, but I think I can get by," Steve said as he returned to the guy.
They sat in silence until Steve finished and he put the first aid kit up, just to come back with a granola bar, a water bottle, and a water flavor packet, just in case. The guy suspiciously took it but ate and drank.
More evidence that it's not a Gotham thing, but a Batman thing. So he's just a rude man, good to know.
"I'm Steve, by the way," Steve said, holding his hand out to the person.
"Tim." The guy, Tim, said after a moment, accepting Steve's hand.
Steve nodded. "So... wanna tell me why you were shot?" He belatedly realized he had his hands on his hips, but didn't move them, not really caring.
Tim looked away, which only raised Steve's suspicion levels. "I was, uh, mugged."
"Mhm," Steve said, not believing Tim in the slightest. He looked too damn guilty. He stared at him in silence before asking, "Did you break a law?"
"... Technically not?" Tim said, shrugging slightly.
"... I'll allow it." Steve conceded, moving to grab a textbook and study.
Tim stays for another five minutes before leaving. He came by every other day to have his injuries treated or to have a sleepless study session. They rarely talked, and Steve never asked questions, he was far too used to this bullshit by now.
He was a little confused when Tim showed up with medical supplies the first time, but it turned into Tim helping Steve restock his first aid kit every once in a while. Steve didn't question it because the sheer number of people stopping by his apartment to get treated for injuries was too many for his college student budget. Especially because after the whole thing with Red Hood, both Hood and Nightwing had started to stop by his apartment when they got injuries.
A/N this ones a little short but this was when i started considering taking this fic seriously and uploading it! it was just a drabble before
i want to reinforce that i have absolutely zero medical knowledge and accept any mistakes i mightve made
i did in fact do a bit of research but i wasnt able to find much on when steve would learn what so apologies! if it makes more sense, just imagine any inaccuracies in steves education is because gotham is Like That
i use that excuse for a lot of bullshittery
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