eggplanting: (but there were so many red flags)
stephanie brown | batgirl ([personal profile] eggplanting) wrote in [community profile] metalogs 2022-12-24 05:03 am (UTC)

[It's definitely a cope thing and it's also definitely a worry about Tim thing, but saying any of that won't actually help the situation, it'll only put him more on the defensive.]

I'm probably the only one that's not scared of saying the wrong thing and fucking things up.

[She hears what he isn't quite saying, and she's.... glad? that he knows she cares, she just also wants him to know that the others care, too. They likely just worry about not knowing how to handle Tim when he's upset like this. None of them are especially adept at navigating emotions. It's not that she thinks she can't say the wrong thing to make it worse, that would be ridiculous.

The thing is, she's decided that saying the wrong thing is worth it. Better to try and fail, than to leave Tim alone and hurting. If he's angry at her for a few weeks after this, fine, she's a big girl, she can deal with that.

At least he'll know she cared enough to try.]


But if it's not a cope thing, and it's not a worry thing, what is it?

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