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When the Words Don't Come
By Bulldozer42
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Kidnapping, Torture, Psychological trauma, Creepy Slade Wilson, Smoking, Victim Blaming
Relationships:
Batfamily Members & Dick Grayson, Dick Grayson & Teen Titans, Dick Grayson & Tiger, Helena Bertinelli & Dick Grayson, Gotham Rogues & Dick Grayson
Additional Tags:
Mute Dick Grayson, Selectively Mute Dick Grayson, Kidnapping, Psychological Trauma, Hurt Dick Grayson, Dick Grayson whump, Angst with a Happy Ending
Chapters 5/6-7
Summary:
Dick Grayson was alone, like really alone. Bruce didn't remember him, his siblings hated him, and his friends thought he was dead. If they knew he was alive, his friends would probably hate him, too.
After his siblings' adverse reaction to him returning from taking down Spyral, Dick had retreated to his apartment in central Gotham and stayed there. Two weeks passed, and he didn't leave, except to patrol. He was careful to stay away from his family's routes. No one called, no one stopped by, and Dick didn't speak a word. He ate and drank when he felt the necessity, no more, no less. He was drowning and felt no need to try to surface.
In which Dick has a horrible, no good couple of months, and Slade Wilson decides to come and make it worse
