So crack au/prompt idea, dick succeeds in locking tim in arkhem while bruce is "dead" and angst, angst yada yada.
this idea is completely crack, but-
tims bundle under the shity ricky excuse of a bed in the black empty room thats suppose to be his room wrapped in the same crappy thin blanket, and he knows he looks like he's proving dicks point but no way hes sitting out in the open or going to any of the "group therapy" sessions or common room, absolutely not.
and so tim just sits curled under his bed refusing to move or eat anything, (his own brother doesn't believe him, wouldn't even look at any of the evidence he had- and oh god bruce, who was going to rescue and bring their dad homenow?- did bruce somehow see what happened or does he just think tim gave up on him-)
the sound of very heavy boots and footsteps snap him out of those train of thoughts. glancing to comfirm who tim thought those footsteps belong too, tim was met with the limited view of bane shifting to sit down against the wall.
he was vaguely aware that bane was talking but he wasn't paying attention to exactly what, thoughts more along the lines of oh god- oh god i could die in here and nobody would know for who knows how long- oh god who was going to get bruce back- im going to die-
he was once again snapped out of his spiraling thoughts when banes hand, holding a surprising fresh looking apple out towards him from over the bed and froze. surely this must be a trick or a ploy to get his closer so he could yank tim out from under the bed to finish him. (he ignored the very flawed logic to those thoughts-)
the apple was pulled back from where bane was holding it out and tim had a moment to speculate that bane was trying to mess with him and all that by tricking him into thinking he was bringing him food-
*snap*
tim definitely did not flinch at tge sound of bane breaking the apple in half, two times.
he grew confused when he was once again offered the apple but now in somewhat vague slice form. and for a while he just stared at the slices unmoving for who knows how long, probably long enough that bane definitely should of left or killed him or or-
bane watched as the child hiding the bed finally and so, so slowly reached out and took a few of the slices and was relieved when he actually heard the kid eating them, seriously though, who sends a child into a place like arkhem for what? some of the other's had gotten a hold of his papers. and sending a kid to a place like this because they refused to believe their father was dead? what nonsense.
(bruce definitely tears dick a new one for not believing tim or even looking at the evidence tim had when he finally returns back home)