Resisting Temptations

Reverse Batfamily set in Young Justice Timeline. Apprentice fic. REWRITE. Originally named "Trapped Under Pressure".

Robin was used to being the burden. He was used to having to be the one to stay back. He was used to being incapable. Or at least, that's the way he was used to feeling. They never outright said he was any of those. But man, they sure made it seem like that was the case.

He just wanted to help. He wanted to be better. He wanted to be seen. He wanted to be heard. But he was never good enough.

A mysterious, powerful opponent appears before Robin and at first, Robin views this man as an enemy. Someone that needs to be taken down. He sees it as his chance to prove himself. To prove that he can do things by himself.

But soon it's so much more than that. It's... It's many things. It's an opportunity, most of all. To become better. To be better. To be heard and to be seen.

He doesn't know when he stopped caring who heard him along the line but he just knows that finally, finally someone is hearing him.

And then they're offering him so much more than that and Robin doesn't know how much longer he can resist the temptation.