A Single Smile(discontinued)

Chapter 1

With: Bruce,
Where: the manor,
When: one week after Damian is kidnapped.
P.O.V. nobody
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It had already been one week since Damian had been kidnapped. The air was tense. And, it felt as though time had stopped. Bruce was still angry and blind to any and all evidence that Damian was kidnapped.

'He can handle himself' and 'if he wants to run away to his mother, that's not my problem' is what was running through Bruce's head.

At one point Dick had tried to show Bruce evidence that Damian WAS in fact kidnapped. Bruce wouldn't listen though, he said that Damian was just trying to throw them off his trail so then he could get away, unscathed. Bruce wouldn't let that happen though, he was going to get Robin back. The next side kick was going to need it.

No matter what Bruce said though, everyone knew he really cared for Damian. Even if he couldn't see it right now, he would eventually realize his mistake.

A few days after Damian went missing dick brought his thoughts about this to bruce. And, Bruce told dick, Jason, and Tim that if they could provide evidence, that he couldn't deny, that Damian was infact kidnapped, then they would send a search party for him.

So dick and his brothers started their search. After they found which hotel Damian had stayed in, they started checking the premises, to see if they could find anything. Anything at all.

Nothing. Not one peice of evidence was left behind. They couldn't find anything about Damian being kidnapped. They turned to their last resort and without giving away the situation asked the other people staying in the hotel if they saw or heard anything. "I heard a loud ruckus" and "whoever it was, really needed to shut up" were the only responses they got.

This was a start, wasn't the best but, it wasn't the worst. They weren't expecting any detailed responses but, they were hoping for something better than "I heard a loud ruckus". The hope of finding their baby brother was almost all gone.

Despite their feelings they knew they needed to get the, little, information they had to Bruce.

When they got to the manor, they went to tell Bruce what they found. Bruce, decided that what they had wasn't enough, he wouldn't and couldnt send a search party based on simple words. "Don't bring me information that won't help your case" through clenched teeth, Bruce had told them.

After that he left to the batcave. Going to finish a case they had been working on.

How come they didn't realize it before. Bruce needed help right now. They were so focused on finding damian that they didn't realize that Bruce was having trouble. Bruce was...stalling. He was putting off saving his son, not because he wanted to but, because he had too.

It was clear to see now, Bruce was coping the only way he knew how. Bruce knew that words weren't enough evidence, not only that he wanted to believe  that damian was safe. That's why this past week, he's been couped up in the bat-cave and a REAL jerk everyone.

The last time Bruce was in this state was when Jason had died. It was horrible, he had stayed in all day, only leaving for patrol and to, grieve, basically. He was in bad place and everyone knew, he felt Jason's  death was his fault. It was something that no one dared talk about.

Bruce was afraid that damian would be dead when they found him. He scared damian away and all the blame would be put on him. He was afraid to look for damian and find nothing.

From the very start his HOPE was gone. In fact, it was never there. If damian, an assassin, AND vigilante could get kidnapped, then these people were either really strong and smart or damian had been so focused on their argument that he was left open, for attack.

Bruce never knew how to deal with his anger and sadness properly. When his parents died he went and trained under Ras AL ghul, turning his feelings into training and energy.  With Jason he sat inside grieving his death. When it all got too much he worked and worked till he passed out.

Damian though, damian was a different story. Damian was his BLOOD son. Made from his and talia's "love". His BLOOD son felt unsafe in his father's house and ran away. It was all his fault, he felt.

He completely ignored all evidence that damian was kidnapped and absorbed himself in his work. Everyone could see it was killing him inside and out. He wasn't taking care of his health and he look like crap. His mind was taking him to a dark place, again.

Though they didn't want it, Dick and his brothers had a front row seat to the worst show in town.

The show of watching their father and his health decline at an alarming rate.

Hey guys this is the first chapter and it took like a week and a half to get it done so, hop yall like it. And yall I know that this chapter is way shorter but, not all chapters will be this short. Depending on my determination to write a chapter kinda determines how long a chapter will be. Anyways, I know those who read this came for more damian. The next chapter will have a lot more damian in it.

Anyways this take a lot of time so, it will probably be like a week and a half again until I post but...yeah that's all for today. Thanks yall for readings.

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