Broken But Loved (Robin Fic)

Chapter 10

Dick slowly woke up, the room he was currently in made him feel slightly uneasy. He slowly sat up in the bed, looking over at the opened door, seeing it was pitch black. He gulped, throwing off the blanket, suddenly getting a strong fear of the opened door. Slowly standing up, he made his way to the doorframe, peaking his head out to see some lights on down the hallway.

He clutched the hem of his shirt tightly, regretting his decision to get out of bed. Taking a step out into the hall, his whole body seemed to reel from the smell of something rotting.

He brought up a hand to cover his nose as he slowly made his way down the hallway. The closer he got the stronger the scent was. His heart hammered in his chest the more he realized just how close he was getting.

Once at the end of the hallway, he heard talking, which sounded like the justice league. Covering his mouth, he slowly leaned against the wall, straining to listen to what was being said. Immediately, he regretted it.

"Well he wasnt there when we checked. This was the only thing we discovered." An unregistered female voice said.

"Have you identified the body yet?" Black canary asked.

Body?

"No it's too decomposed to identify but if I were to say, the rotting away tattoo would suggest they were in a gang. Not just any gang, but Deathstrokes." Batman explained.

Hearing Deathstrokes name, Dick wanted to puke. His whole body shivered at the name. His stomach churned and his eyes bulged. All the memories seemed to come back like a truck, making Dick's legs weak.

His knees buckled and he dropped to the ground. Holding onto his mouth, tears swelling up in his eyes.

"What was that?" Green arrow asked.

Dick froze. Was he not supposed to hear this? Will he be punished if he is found? As these thoughts circled him, his whole body shivered in fear. He didn't want to feel pain. He didn't want to be punished.

The footsteps started towards him and in a moment of mass fear he scrambled on his hands and knees, crawling into a dark corner of the hallway, clasping his knees to his chest as he covered the soft sobs escaping his shaking body.

He spotted the justice league next to him, making his eyes grow wide. They looked serious and scary, nothing like in the daytime. Dick couldn't help the powerful sob escape him as he buried his head into his knees. He heard footsteps right next to him before they stopped.

"Dick?" Batman asked, making Dick jump at the voice.

Slowly he lifted his head up to see Batman kneeling down next to him, his cowl down to show his face. Dick looked absolutely mortified and Bruce knew he had heard the conversation. Hearing Deathstrokes name must have set him over the edge.

"Dick what are you doing up?" He asked.

Dick sniffled, shaking fearfully in the dark corner. He was too scared to speak, still thinking punishment was on the agenda.

Batman raised his hand, trying to grab the boys shoulder, but without realizing his actions, caused the boy to shriek loudly, cowering deeper into the corner, holding up his hands as if defending off an attacker. Bruce realized his actions and dropped his arm.

"Its okay. I'm not going to hurt you, Dick. I'm not mad your up this late or wandering the halls." Bruce explained in a very soft voice.

Dick slowly poked his head out of his cowering position. Bruce smiled. "I'm sorry we scared you."

Dick sniffled, taking this moment to read Bats sincere expression and movements. Slowly he relaxed, making Bruce feel a little at ease.

He really wanted Dick to trust him more. With a small smile on his face, he held out a hand, a little hurt when Dick flinched at the movement. "How about we get you to bed and in the morning I will take you to get some frozen yogurt. Sound good?" He asked.

Dick felt his stomach flutter instead of churn as he slowly grabbed the hand. What he didn't expect was his body moving on it's own. Throwing himself into Batman, he hugged him, knocking Batman to the floor.

Bruce didn't know how to handle the hug, instead he just placed a hand on the boys hair and slowly roughed up his hair, trying to comfort him.

They stayed like this for quite some time until Dick finally fell asleep. Bruce picked him up and tucked him back into bed. Seeing Dicks sleeping face put a smile on his face. It almost felt like he had a son himself and honestly he didn't mind the role of parent. With that thought he made his way out of the room, making sure to close the door.

--Another Line Break. Pardon me--

Walking out of the bedroom, Dick made his way to the livingroom, finally dressed for the day. He wore the mask that Wally had given him with the red Robin hoodie, blue white washed Jean's and black worn converse. His hair was sticking up in bed head but he didn't care. After the night he had all he wanted to do was sleep some more.

"Wow, do you have plans today?" M'gaan asked.

Dick nodded, shoving his hands into the hoodie pocket, which was resting just above his knees. Just then Canary walked in smiling.

"I'm here to escort you." She says.

Dick nodded, following behind her. He kept his head down, taking big interest in the way he walked. Not realizing Canary had stopped, he ran into her back, squealing slightly as he took a few steps back.

Glancing up he saw Batman in a gray suit, his hair slicked back and his face free of the cowl. Bruce looked a bit shocked at the mask on Dicks face, but he figured it suit him well.

"Have fun, guys." Canary explained before walking out of the room.

Bruce smiled. It was a very small smile, but it was there. "Shall we get going?" He asked.

Dick gulped. He still couldn't forgive last night, but being in Bruce's presence seemed to calm him. With a nod, they both walked outside and towards the car. The whole time they walked to the car, Bruce couldn't shake the small ebb of a bad feeling from his conscious. He just hoped it doesn't ruin the bonding day between them.

A/N: *Clears throat* I'm uh... I'm alive guys. Sorry for the late update. It's been a very hectic year and im just blegh but I was in a writing mood so voila! A chapter! I hope if your still reading this you like it! It means a lot knowing I still have people reading it even after not updating consistently! I loves you guys!!!!