i have a headcannon (at least for the fannon understanding of tim) that tim does a lot of self soothing gestures from his time alone in the drake estate. like if he’s standing there zoning out maybe he’s hugging himself without realizing or maybe when he gets hurt he lets out a choked mantra of “i’m okay, i’m okay, i’m okay” to himself or something along of those lines. maybe he talks to himself outloud when he’s tired. listen, i love fics that have tho whole criminal neglect aspect but you gotta give tim some characteristics of children in isolation in the caregiver aspect!












