miles from where you are I lay down on the cold ground (canon update catch-all)

[overlyprecocious]

Who: Tim Drake overlyprecocious
What: threads related to Tim's canon update
When: concurrent with the Confluence and probably up to a bit after
Where: attic safehouse, to start with
Content Warnings: tbd

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[forceforlight]

"You don't have to eat yet, but you will have to eat something before you get the good drugs." It was one of Alfred's rules growing up and it's never served Dick badly. Especially since they don't entirely have access to IV drugs. "But, yeah. We're going to stay here right now. We don't have anywhere to be and I'd like to make certain you don't fall over."

[overlyprecocious]

Honestly, he’s not sure why he wants to leave aside from a lingering itch of being somewhere Not Safe from before he ended up here. Logically, the safehouse should be as good a place as any to rest up for a bit. He just. He wants to go.

“What about Haley?”

[robintohood]

“One of us can look after him,” Jason replies easily. “We have space to take care of each other.”

[forceforlight]

"I can run to check on Haley. And bring her here, if you want me to." Tim might rest better with the puppy nearby. "And bring back my bike so that I can take you home when the medics release you."

[overlyprecocious]

“Can’t we just go?”

He’s fine. Ish. He’s okay enough to go back to their apartment. He wouldn’t pass out, probably. He’s definitely not utilizing any Little Brother Puppy Eyes.

[robintohood]

“We’re not taking our chances yet,” Jason says in a firm but not angry voice. “You know as well as we do that head injuries take time to recover from.”

[forceforlight]

Dick can feel the tension running through Tim's body. There's something bothering him about this place, but Dick can't put his finger on it.

Something to ask Tim about another time.

"We're not going back to the apartment," Dick confirms. "Right now, more eyes is better and means nobody will fall asleep that shouldn't." Also, he's not going to point out that Tim isn't even really keeping himself upright at the moment. "However. Is there another room we can move to, Jason? Someplace with a bed?" At least then Tim could be comfortable while lying down. And they could get him out of his uniform, too.

[overlyprecocious]

“I won’t collapse just going back to the apartment,” Tim mutters.

[robintohood]

“Better safe than sorry,” Jason calmly retorts.

He walks over to the sofa and unfolds part of it to reveal the pullout bed.

[forceforlight]

"You more than likely won't," Dick agrees, giving Tim a one-armed hug. "But you're also due one hell of an adrenaline crash once your brain catches up to the fact that you're not in the situation you were in half an hour ago. Which is probably contributing to your need to move at the moment."

He shifts around to look at Tim's face. "You're safe. We're not going to let anything get past to hurt you. You're allowed to be hurt and let somebody take care of you. All we want is to let you rest while you can."

[overlyprecocious]

That’s… logical. Which is irritating, cause he doesn’t want it to be logical, he wants it to be overprotective so he can fight against it more. “I’m not scared, and there aren’t any Beetles here anyway.”

[robintohood]

Jason looks back at Tim with a frown.

“Beetles?” He says. Then he’s quick to start putting together the pieces. “Something happened with the Blue Beetle in your world?”

[forceforlight]

Well, now. That's not what Dick was expecting to hear. He can't say he knows the current Blue Beetle well, but he's always struck Dick as a good kid.

It takes a moment for Dick to realize that Jason might be thinking of Ted Kord. Which is...those memories get a bit awkward, thanks to Barry smacking around the multiverse a few times.

"What happened with Blue Beetle?" he asks, shifting to help get Tim up and to the bed. To at least sit so they can get boots and armor off.

[overlyprecocious]

He didn't actually mean to let that slip as a piece of information they could pounce on, but of course they did. That's the problem with having Robins for older brothers. "He attacked us. I think - he's probably being controlled."

Because he can't think of any other reason for Jaime to suddenly turn on them like that.

[robintohood]

Jason’s still frowning when Tim elaborates. He doesn’t personally know Blue Beetle but he’s only heard good things about him. Or rather, Ted Kord he’s aware of.

“While you were all up in space on a mission?” He asks.

[forceforlight]

TJ was more of the Ted Kord fan in the family, but Dick had always liked him, too.

Of course, TJ was also the one who knew Jaime better, as well.

"I'm guessing it has something to do with the Scarab?" Ted had never been able to use it, not the way Dan Garrett had, at least. And Jaime had outdone both of them. "That could definitely explain being in space."

He gets Tim settled before starting on getting his boots off. "I'll admit, I don't know Jaime that well. He's been part of the Titans back home, but he spends most of his time in El Paso and seems pretty content with doing the hero thing there."

[overlyprecocious]

"I don't really want to get into it right now."

Seeing as how it kind of hurts to think about it. Metaphorically and literally.

[robintohood]

“That’s fine. A lot of shit happened already,” Jason says. Though truthfully he hopes Tim will properly unpack what happened as opposed to just suppressing it and pretending he’s fine.

Jason then walks over to the closet to get pillows and a comforter for Tim.

“We’re all here for you and want to help.”

[forceforlight]

One of these days, Dick may have to break down and see if there are therapists that work mostly with the Starfallen population. Though trusting them would be a hard sell for...any member of the family.

Thoughts for another day.

Dick nods, getting off Tim's boots. "No need to go into it now, I shouldn't have asked." Because Tim's already having to sort through a lot, mentally. Dick knows he shouldn't ask for more. "But if you ever want to talk about it, we're here to listen and help. All of us."

It might be that Tim would trust TJ more with this sort of thing. Which would be understandable. But Dick's more about making certain Tim knows that he can come to any of them.