With all his anger issue, it was only a matter of time before Dick was chose by a red ring.
It only made sense that it would happen just one hell of a week, after Slade's umpteenth attempt to make him his apprentice, after the near-destruction of Bludhaeven, a kidnapping, Damian and his pre-teen issues, his relationship with Barbara going nowhere...yeah, a lot of pent-up anger, and Dick had been unfortunate enough to have a breakdown while on the Watchtower, after a Titans mission gone wrong.
Guy was making fun of him. It was the last thing he remembered.
Then, the ring and...yeah, it must have been an incredible shitstorm.
He wasn't naive, he knew how much damage he could do when he was angry.
Damage that was made worse if you had a fucking power ring empowering you and pumping adrenaline and rage into your system.
A Red Lantern was always bad news.
Dick should have woken up in a sickbay room, stuck in bed, with some of his bones broken.
He shouldn't have regained control over Batman's lifeless body, and so much blood, there was so much of it, and Batman wasn't breathing, he wasn't moving, he...
He tried to get closer, but Superman wouldn't let him: he tackled him to the ground, pinning him down, his eyes red, angry and with little control.
"Don't you dare touch him," the Kryptonian growled, tightening his grip. "Don't you dare."
"Clark, I...I didn't mean to, I swear..."
But Superman didn't let him finish. "You didn't mean to? You were dying to do this! I've seen your other fights, but never like this...you wanted to hurt him, Dick. He is dying because you wanted him dead so bad that the ring felt it!"
No, he desperately wanted to tell him. No, I didn't mean to, I didn't want this, I...
But he couldn't defend himself, not when the proof of his crime was right there and he had his father's blood on his hands.
(Dick was always angry. Often for the wrong reasons and at the wrong people. It was only logical that the red ring would feed on that anger, unleashing years of dormant resentment and making him a hundred times more cruel than usual.)
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