Imagine the Bat Family....

Imagine Stephanie Brown

Imagine Stephanie catching a cold.......

AAAACHOOOOOO!

Damian jumped at the loud noise that came upstairs.  Frightened he raced into the next room where Dick was. 

"Grayson!" He looked out kitchen door into the hallway. 

Dick placed his sandwich on the counter and looked worriedly at the scared thirteen year old, "What is it Damian?"

Damian whispered, "There was a noise, it came from upstairs." 

Dick's eyebrow rose in confusion, "What?" 

"I was reading my book, when there was this loud sound.  It scared me." He confessed. 

Laughing, Dick covered his mouth, "Oh.  You heard the sneeze too." 

Damian shook his head in disbelief, "That was not a sneeze.  It was too loud and obnoxious for a sneeze." 

Dick laughed again. 

~

"Steph." Tim held the sleeping girls hand. 

He could tell that her body was wore out.  She rarely got a cold, so fighting it was sometimes a battle.  Tim didn't want to leave her alone for very long, just in case she woke up and needed something.  But he was very hungry, and she would wake up from the growls of his stomach if he didn't settle the noise. 

Ready to stand up and leave for a few minutes, Tim moved slightly.  Coughing overcame Stephanie.  She coughed so much she woke up. 

Tim sat down on his knees beside her bed, "Hey." He wiped her forehead of sweat.  She was burning up.  

Stephanie closed her eyes and smiled, "Hi Tim."

"Steph, you're burning up." 

She shook her head, "I'm so cold." 

"Your cold's pretty bad this time." Tim whispered. 

She tried to laugh, but led to only coughing, eventually she was able to nod, "It seems to get worse every time." 

Tim smiled at her sadly.  "I'm really hungry Steph." 

"You should probably go get something to eat then." 

Tim grabbed her hand again, it too was hot, "Are you going to be ok?" 

She nodded, "I'll be fine.  I'm going to try to get some more sleep though." 

"That sounds like a really good idea, you do that." 

Tim stood up, and dropped Stephanie's hand.  

"Wait." She re-grabbed Tim's hand that was just holding hers.  "Promise me you'll get some sleep as well." 

Tim smiled and brought her hands up to his lips, and planted a sweet kiss on the back of her hand, "I promise." 

Stephanie smiled as she watched Tim walked out of the room leaving it dark once again. 

~

"Hey Tim." Jason said as he passed his brother in the hallway leading to the stairs. 

Tim was mumbling something to himself, which led to a weird look from Jason. 

Jason shoved the last of his piece of bread in his mouth, "Uh Tim." He waved his hand in front of his brothers face. 

Tim snapped out of it and looked at Jason, "Oh hi Jason.  Is something the matter?" 

"Well, you seemed pretty out of it just now, so I think I should be the one to ask you that." 

Shaking his head, Tim responded, "Stephanie just has a cold, and I'm really worried about her."

"Oh." 

~

"Tim." Dick laid his hand on Tim's back.

Tim's head shot up from the counter, he had been asleep.

"Sorry to wake you." Dick whispered. 

Tim waved him off, "It's fine." 

"Just wanted to tell you you should probably go to your room.  It's really late." Dick stood up straight again. 

"Don't worry I'm used to late night." 

Dick frowned halfway, "But tonight is not your patrol night.  It's Damian and I's." 

Tim nodded, "Oh right.  I'll go to my room then." 

Dick grabbed Tim's arm as he stood up.  Tim realized that Dick was in fact in his Nightwing costume. 

"Alfred stopped by Stephanie's room earlier.  He said her fever got worse and she's been coughing a lot more." 

A worried look was spread across Dick's face. 

Tim then frowned, "Oh."

"Alfred left with Bruce a few hours ago, they went to a meeting." 

Tim nodded. 

~

Tim screeched. 

Jason, Dick and Damian plugged their ears. 

"Tim, calm down.  It's just us." Jason yelled over the screaming. 

"I have to go." Tim said, standing up and gathering his things, "Stephanie needs my help.  She's sick." Tim ran across the room and up the stairs.  "STEPHANNNNNNNIIIIIIIEEEEE!"

"I think he's slowly going crazy." Damian said crossing his arms. 

"Because he's crazy in love." Jason agreed. 

Dick nodded. 

Thank you antoniastylez for the request!