I can't write a fic but here is a ficlet because I loved this idea but didn't have a lot of time so we miss out on the JL side and Bat reunion
“Your’e surrounded Red Robin, stand down or we’ll have to use force. Please don’t make me use force on my little brother. I can’t lose you too.”
Rodin stands right next to Dick. His hand rests on his katana, almost ready for Tim to resist. You can only kick a dog so many times, and for all Damien adores animals, Tim is less deserving than an animal in his eyes.
Tim remembers feeling hurt as Dick chose to believe Damien without looking for the truth, betrayed when Robin was taken back, and anxious as he set out alone knowing Ra’s waited.
Not even audacity as his forgiveness is assumed.
Internally he scoffs as the surrounding heroes tear up at Dick’s words. They lower their guard in one form or another, but Tim is going to give them a little reminder of why you don’t drop your guard.
“Yeah, have fun with that.” He inhales watching as they become confused just before he shouts, “I accept!”
The sudden cold at his back all but embraces him. It’s a little startling to see a massive black claw land beside him while another curls protectively in front of him. The lazarus colored veins alternate between glowing and dimming.
Tim relaxes knowing Bruce will be saved and marvels at the veins that begin to slow down and speed up again. Like a heart beat. Tim’s heart beat to be exact.
He no longer hears the shouts or alarm and for him to run.
All he can focus on is Phantom, the being who has all the power in the world and chooses to make Tim his heart. He looks up into the voids that take the place of eyes. Along with the grimaced smile, it would make for an unsettling sight but not for Tim who can see beyond the facade.
“No finer tribute will ever be found.” He sees stars in the void and how they twinkle just for him. He loses sight of those stars as they turn towards everyone else. “You wretches will have your Bat at the behest of my Birdie.’ The dramatic laugh that follows drowns out the chorus of no’s.
The claw curled before him moves to press him against the massive chest, but Tim doesn’t panic. He closes his eyes as a portal begins to swallow them both.
He feels as the other form shrinks. The laugher is not so booming now that the chest he’s held against is smaller.
“Oh my god you have some balls man. Imagine if I would have left you hanging? That would have been so embarrassing”
Tim looks at Phantom. For so long he’s been his secret protector. The constant comfort in his life who made even the Drake Manor feel less lonely. He feels nothing but affection for this being that saw Tim and found him deserving. “You’ve never let me down before, I knew you wouldn’t when I needed you the most.”
Tim can only smile at the lovely flush on Phantom’s cheeks and the recreation of keyboard smashing. Teasing a king sounds like a fun way to pass the time, especially when they are this cute.
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