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[personal profile] wingsfordays 2025-07-26 05:06 am (UTC)(link)
Tim is certainly there, passed out on his stomach, still completely nude but at least showered and cleaned out and covered by fine sheets and a massive comforter. He's in deep enough REM that he doesn't even register Bruce coming in, sleeping beside him. So when he wakes and finds the bed full of Bruce around eight in the morning--a late sleep in for both of them--he's shocked. Spends a few minutes in dumb shock just watching Bruce sleep.

Because really--when was the last time he'd seen Bruce actually sleep and not just rest his eyes or take a power nap at the console in the cave? Tim couldn't legitimately remember if he'd ever seen it. As a young teen, he'd half assumed Bruce was lying about not having super powers, figuring his meta ability was just not needing sleep.

Bruce looks soft like this. Hair over his face, his mouth gently agape. Tim bites back a smile. Stays cuddled in a bit longer, because if this is happening then he'll watch Bruce a little while longer. Maybe get up, make them some breakfast. Maybe help Bruce with his case. Like old times. So easy to fall into.
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[personal profile] wingsfordays 2025-07-26 06:03 pm (UTC)(link)

Tim stays put for a few more moments, just watching, and then his antsy brain starts up and gets in the way. He reaches over Bruce for his tablet, balancing precariously but quieter than a mouse as he slips it off the nightstand and then settles back to login to his systems. To check for updates he missed on his evening off. It had been necessary, but now he'll pay the price by the feeds flying up over his screen.

He checks Bruce's as well, easily still able to see where Bruce left off in certain cases, and fills in some gaps that he can from his own Intel. He tells himself he'd have done that no matter if Bruce was there beside him or not.

Eventually, he gets up, throws on a pair of pajama pants and starts up some coffee and eggs. Protein and caffeine. The necessities.

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[personal profile] wingsfordays 2025-07-27 03:25 am (UTC)(link)

Tim glances up as he hears Bruce's soft footfalls, and watches him seek out the mugs like he's done it a hundred times, and no, it doesn't go unnoticed that Bruce doesn't have to look. But Tim's too caught off guard by the kiss to his bare shoulder, the way Bruce's body lingers in close behind his, distracted by the rough murmur of Bruce's low voice against his skin.

Is this--Bruce isn't just leaving. Was taking his time. At least long enough for coffee and eggs. Which is more than he gives anyone, let alone Tim.

"You came back," Tim says, and then flushes, plating the eggs. "I hope you don't mind, but I tidied up your notes on that trafficking case. I was in the Bowery and talked to a club owner and promoter who knows that guy Charlie you mentioned you were looking for." Talking about cases is much easier.

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[personal profile] wingsfordays 2025-07-27 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)

There's a really, really big part of Tim that wants to. Of course he does. They had once upon a time made the perfect team, partners who could read one another and finish each other's sentences without second thought. But things had changed with Damian. And Tim had his own life now, away from Bruce. Away from most of them, if he was honest, only reaching out when it was absolutely necessary.

These days, he'd much rather work with the Teen Titans. Kon was easiest to understand, Cassie made fast work of getting the answers they needed, Bart was growing on him. It was a much better situation mentally.

He sat across from Bruce at the table after dragging his black coffee with him and shook his head. "It sounds like you've got it under control without me."

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[personal profile] wingsfordays 2025-07-28 01:20 am (UTC)(link)

"Bruce." Tim has to stop mid bite, annoyed as ever when Bruce goes pawing through his stuff. He's a little hungover now that he's facing the light of day properly, or maybe it's a tension headache coming on from Bruce always stepping on his toes. "How did you---" No, that's the wrong question. Tim focuses, tries again. Because asking how Bruce got into his grandma encrypted files is like asking how Bruce got into his apartment the previous evening. How Bruce knew the clubs he was at. "Look, I-- don't think it's a good idea. Us working together like that again."

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[personal profile] wingsfordays 2025-07-28 02:32 am (UTC)(link)

Tim gives Bruce a look. "You've already hacked into my stuff. That means you've seen my schedule, too. I know you wouldn't have just skipped over that temptation."

Which means Tim needs to keep a paper schedule instead. At least for a bit. To keep to himself and away from Bruce.

"So you know my schedule. Wayne Enterprises business with Lucius until midday. Then I'm head down in my own cases, big patrol on the East end tonight."

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[personal profile] wingsfordays 2025-07-28 03:51 am (UTC)(link)

Tim hesitates. He's pushing Bruce away, and that's the right decision. It is, it has to be. If he lets Bruce stay or worse goes back to being some shadow version of his partner while Damian is still there being the real thing, it'll end in the same pain and heartache. It's this or it's--hurt.

Those are the only options.

So Tim stays to clean up and pour a big thermos of coffee to take with him once he leaves.

"Bruce?" he asks, leaning into the bedroom to look at his mentor gathering his things. "I---need to ask you again. To give me space. Last night can't happen again." Much as Tim would have loved it to happen every night.

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[personal profile] wingsfordays 2025-07-28 05:27 am (UTC)(link)

"I mean it," Tim says, forcing himself to sound as serious as he needed to for Bruce to get it. "No watching. No swinging by because you're in the neighborhood. No knowing my schedule and reaching out if I don't adhere to it. Okay? Please."

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[personal profile] wingsfordays 2025-07-28 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)

It's the right call. It's the right move. It's exactly what he asked for, what he wants. So why does the look on Bruce's face absolutely destroy Tim? It leaves a thick lump in the back of Tim's throat, a knot in his stomach.

But it's--better this way. Tim needs to be away from Bruce. He can't just fall back into place by his side when Bruce came here last night just to check up on him, just to ensure he was still under his thumb. Right? He stayed the night but so what? That was the trouble with Bruce: it was hard to tell what was real and what was just part of some unseen plan.

"Thank you." Tim moves around Bruce to gather his things, to get changed into his suit for Wayne Enterprises.

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[personal profile] wingsfordays 2025-07-29 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
It's been---well. It's a mixed bag. The loneliness is bone deep, to the point that Tim has been going to the bars more often, hooking up more often. He even found himself looking for the biggest guys, usually the ones who aren't his type but who currently remind him most of Bruce. The ones that grab him a little too roughly, hold him down or make him blow them until he chokes. He's addicted to it, a little, burning the candle at both ends, and nothing seems to help. It's never enough.

But. Bruce kept his word. That's something. Tim isn't going to go back on this. He needs his freedom. Right...?

And getting locked out of parts of the Batcomputer that he had access to before is fine. It's fine. He can get by without knowing every single thing. After all, space goes both ways. And he's not even a little angry about it...

"Last I checked, the docks of Gotham don't belong to just Batman." It's not cold, exactly, just letting Bruce know Gotham is protected by more than just one hero. "That guy-" Tim gestures, "--the one in the track jacket. I need a list he has on that hard drive in his computer."

It's a coincidence, he tells himself
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[personal profile] wingsfordays 2025-07-29 03:49 am (UTC)(link)

This, Tim tells himself, is much better. For both of them. To help one another without actually being glued to each other. It should be good for them, to work as partners in a single mission. To have each other's backs. But Tim can't help but feel lonely being in Bruce's presence again after how close they were the last time.

"Where's Robin?" he asks, before he can help himself. It's normal to ask. Right? Damian is Bruce's partner, after all.

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[personal profile] wingsfordays 2025-07-29 04:56 am (UTC)(link)

This is pretty normal for Bruce and the way he speaks to people, but it feels off. It feels short. And directed at Tim.

"Yeah, we're all busy." Tim's a little short too, and he hates that this is what it's come to, but it's necessary. Right? He takes a deep breath. Work comes first. They can snark at each other after. "I'll go down first. Draw them in. Give you an opening."

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