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Are you sitting down?

Dear Haley,
I've run away from home. Don't look for me, because I'll be back in a few days anyway. I'm safe and I'll bring you back a new toy.

Love, Tim

Is it me or is Jason’s ability to read a conversation off? You don’t think he has a concussion, do you?

haven't decided yet if i should go get drunk and start barfights or if i should pick a good gang to start a war with

( otherwise read as: i'm in a bad mood. )

[About a day after this conversation, Jason sends a text]

Had a few conversations with our little brothers. We need to talk

[Uh-oh. Looks like the Jays are up to something]

Old Hood is taking Rook out of Central. He's gonna make sure he's with someone safe

before you say anything about it

tim started it

[While Jason and Tim are texting to each other, Jason also sends a text to Dick]

We need to talk

[He then sends coordinates to a rooftop that's not too close to Descendant or Red Hood territory]

I feel like doing something stupid and could use a wingman.

I found Bruce at the store and wound up inviting him over and he said yes

[ He breaks into the channel with little preamble, a little distracted by the work he’s doing. ]

You safe to talk?

[Not long after this conversation, Jason texts Dick]

TJ and Tim's birthday is apparently coming up and someone wants to stick party planning on me

do you have time to meet up today?

it's no big deal if not

[ Because everything is totally fine. :) ]

( he sends a copy of the following exchange to dick's phone because, out of all the kids he seems to have here, dick seems like the one to go to. for a lot of reasons. )

Does this mean anything to you?

~~surpri~~
~~guess what? it's me r~~
~~so funny story~~
~~i'm aliv nope~~
~~shit~~
hey grayson, it's harper
got your # from jaybird
just wanted to let you know i'm here

hey amazing grayson.

got a minute?

[The text doesn't come with an explanation. Just a picture of a kid in Dick's apartment, petting Haley.]

[It's just that they'll all KNOW that kid. They've all seen pictures of that kid, either at stately Wayne Manor or, in the case of the younger Dick and the Jasons, in the tabloids, implying something salacious about Bruce Wayne taking in kids that he doesn't have to.]

[At least they have a quiet place to all have a crisis about it.]

we need to talk

[While this is happening, Jason texts Dick]

Extra Tiny Tim is with me. I'll keep an eye on him

Edited 2023-08-19 04:03 (UTC)

( there's an envelope, thick in width, marked dick on it left at his place with tim. inside, bill after bill after bill after bill totaling fifteen thousand dollars. tucked in front of the bills, a white notecard with bruce's handwriting on it: to help with a new place. - b. whether that means a new place for him and tim or a belfry for all of them is up to dick. )

( as always, through a secure connection, etc. )

I take it you got it.

you sitting out on this one, grayson?
cuz word on the street is that only wonder woman and small b are going to fight the super powerful goddess

( he's been at dick's apartment before, but he's not waiting inside when the other heads in when the possibility of tim being inside is there. because that's just it: tim lives with dick [and haley] and bruce just wants to talk to dick. alone.

whether it's the front door outside the building or the window as dick seems to have a penchant for slipping in, the moment dick goes to do just that, a batarang flings by dick and sticks into the cement there of the building harshly. right beside him. not as a threat, but more to get his attention. given the early look of it, it's not too difficult to know who threw the thing.

and that's when bruce appears... and he doesn't look all that happy. )

You're not going.

( voice rough, he doesn't even need to clarify what he means by that. he knows dick knows what he's talking about. )

( in the time that they've spent here in the past, bruce hasn't done much in the way of getting to know dick — in spending time with him that hasn't been tracking, stalking, skulking, or working. they didn't come here as some sort of vacation, he says. they're here to do a job, to find what they can, and do what they can with that. despite that, he's had a couple moments with diana, sure. ones which, should they get back to the present, he'll overthink and dissect the absolute hell out of. but with dick, he's kept it mostly about work. about all this. and he wonders if maybe he shouldn't have. if he should have... done something different.

so he's here. coming into dick's room, paper bag in hand that tells of food being brought what with the familiar smell of fast food wafting from inside it. )

Thought you might be hungry.

( never mind that it's a little late. who doesn't like burgers and fries when they're so ridiculously cheap? )

( through a secure connection, etc. a little before he dips. )

I’m headed out for a bit. Call it a break. Need to figure things out. Letting you know this time.

Text, Dick’s phone

text; Dick Grayson's phone

Text to Dick, during work hours

text » mr grayson

Text | Dick's phone