Tongue Tied

(Used to be called "Mend the Broken Spirit")

Tony Zucco meant to kill all three Flying Graysons, so it came to a surprise when one of them managed to remain alive. Instead of murdering the brat, he decides to do something much worse- he keeps him.

Bruce Wayne was present when the Flying Graysons fell to their deaths, and remembered that the youngest, Richard, had disappeared not too long afterwards. Two years later, Batman finds a familiar, yet damaged child living with Zucco, and he decides to take him in. But will Dick have faith in him, or has all of his trust in humanity already been shattered?

Trigger Warning: Abuse and depression. This story is almost pure angst with tiny bits of fluff sprinkled in. You have been warned.