[1] Beware the Batman and the Black Widow [1]

Tim Drake's Great Idea

An Unforgiving Anniversary Part 1

Tim Drake's POV

My alarm clock begins to sound off at 6:30am,

I sigh heavily to myself it's painful to open my eyes I really need to get to bed earlier, but unfortunately evil never sleeps I suppose evil doesn't have to worry about getting good grades at school.

I smack at the bat shaped alarm clock (a joke gift from Dick) and it hits the floor with a loud clatter you would have thought that it would have broken with how many times I've thrown it to the floor but it was sadly invincible, 

I sit up from my warm comfortable mattress and stretch my sore muscles I had been training hard last night just because I was the youngest in this family by no means was I a slacker, Natasha has been teaching me some moves but she has also been testing my endurance in battle and although I was not in the big levels yet I remain incredibly determined.

 I had no school today but still Bruce insists I get up early or he'll send Alfred after me with a bucket of cold water and I certainly do not want that, the thought of it sends a chill up my spine.

I head down stairs still in my pyjamas the main staircase to the downstairs level was huge like a staircase from a castle in a fairy tale

Sometimes I feel over whelmed by how things ended after the death of my father I tried not to think about it too much because whilst my father was neglectful and he forgot my birthday nearly every year he was still my dad my mother died whilst I was only a baby I was lucky to have not ended up in the care system at only one year old

<And trust me my dad never let me forget that>

  But I was very lucky, I always dreamed of having a family A brave, handsome and caring dad like Bruce, A funny, charming and protective brother like Dick and a Beautiful, intelligent and amazing mother like Natasha

<That last one was wishful thinking on my part but a boy can dream> 

I walk to the dining room for breakfast where I see Dick, Alfred and surprisingly Natasha at the large dining table eating breakfast

"Nat what are you doing here?" I ask as I sit on one of the empty chairs, 

Natasha suddenly looks up from her coffee as if she was previously lost in deep thoughts she had a distant look on her face

"Oh I fell asleep in the Bat cave you know busy night" she says and rubs her eyes with her hand as they looked a painful red as if she didn't get enough sleep, now I know something is wrong

"We have such things as beds you know Romanoff" Dick Jokes trying to lighten the mood with some Grayson humour but his eyes also showed the same distant look. I look at each of them but nobody says a word which gets me wondering where is Bruce

"Ok what is going on?" I exclaim since I was beginning to panic, Natasha looks at me with a gentle expression on her face and Natasha was not a gentle person

"Tim today is the anniversary of the death of the Waynes" she tells me now I see this had to be a very painful day for Bruce, I don't think anyone sitting at the table knew what to say myself included.

"Each year this day is a painful reminder to why he put on the cowl in the first place and every year he never gets to pay his respects in peace, it hurts him more than he'll ever let on but I can tell, he's a good man I just wish that he wasn't hurting so bad" Natasha tells me, it must be hard never getting to mourn in peace them without something bad happening each year,