#poor tim

The sillies post patrol

Tim and the few of the Batkids looked out their new classmate Danny.

They met his sister who was pretty normal, but not Danny, he once had a tentacle for a hand and then fingers!

But everyone seems to ignore it except Tim!

And Steph and Cass talking/flirting with him doesn't help Tim much. And Jason has found a literature fan in his sister.

Gym class

Tim: "His hair was just the cosmos and his hand was a vacuum! Look at Basketball". Teacher:" Stop profiling your classmate and the ball must have had a hole! Tim:" Ahhh!!" Steph:" Don't feel sorry for Tim. He didn't get enough sleep." Danny:" Oh okay."

+ The school and the teachers know that their new classmate is an Eldtrich horror.

But who cares with in school for more then 3 months no villain attacked and every broken piece was fixed in a minute or less.

Now how to stop Tim from confusing poor Danny.

+ For Danny. He is also Eldtrich now. But he is good at hiding it! Like he did in Amity Park!

Tim: “Why not both?”

Jason: “I… wait that’s… I can do that?”

Tim: *shrugs*

Dick: “Can you guys please either turn off your coms when you flirt or invite me so I stop feeling like a third wheel.”

In the moment

Damian: Omg you freak the fuck?!?

Jon: I don't know for memories or something

Damian: Send it to me

Weeks later

Tim: *Flipping through Damian sketch book because asshole older brother* what's this?

A sketch book collage of multiple printed sizes of the dick pic

Tim did not jump. Nope he did not, it just that his new corporated babysiter did not make a sound before suddenly talking in his ofisine in a time when Tim was loking to the timw travel clues that Bruse let him.

Nope nope.

"Lest cute the dramatic reveal. Yes i read that, yes i know you are the semi currently robin, ghost gosip is not quiet about the desision that the currently big bad is contempling to do, and yes. That is tkme travel fukering. No you are not going to that crepy munra wana be, but if you soo want to ecplote things i can give you some prety antimeta labs to destroy but only AFTER you toke a nap and go see my big sister or even Harly, if you do that AND only focus in the civilian part of your double life for a week i can go fetch your dad for the time stream. Deal?"

Tim blinked...

"Wha- " Did... did Danny Crakthing or someting his new PA really say that? Who was him? What does all of that means?

"And if you just power down the computer and go eat some fried chiken and then a nap right now i will thwll you may hero name a d why Im retired"

That semed so much temping.

"I may add some demon child training on how to be human if you just take beter care of yourself"

Danny knew that it was rare for a ghost to have two obsessions— even rarer to have three. Ghosts usually dedicate their undead lives to their first obsession and rarely have time for anything else. But really, it should not have been a surprise when he formed a third obsession— one still related to his first but still so different.

Before his death, Danny was always protective over those he deemed his, whether they were his friends or family. He always wanted to make sure they were protected, and while they didn’t understand it, they allowed him to do as he pleased. When Danny died, he died hoping and praying that Sam and Tucker were okay— that the portal didn’t end up exploding or sucking them into it— that they didn’t die because of his stupidity. After becoming a half-ghost, his protectiveness increased tenfold. And Danny? The poor boy was so confused about why he was suddenly more protective over people after his little “accident.”

It was only after a visit to Frostbite— after the fight with Dark Pariah— that he got a rundown on ghost biology and understood that it was his obsession. And not only did he have one, but two.

After that, Danny learned that, yes, his interest in space had turned into an obsession when he died, but he just didn't notice because he had been flying off into space in his free time, therefore satisfying and feeding his obsession. It turned out that to satisfy and feed his protection obsession, he just needed to protect the people around him. As Phantom, that wasn’t a problem, but as Danny? He had to find a more subtle way to do it. Convincing Jazz and Tucker to wear a tracker wasn’t that hard— what was hard was convincing Sam to wear one. She eventually caved once Danny started sulking for a week straight and almost got hit by a car while doing it.

Danny was happy. He got into Gotham University for aerospace engineering and had a part-time job at an old mechanic shop. His sister was in Metropolis getting a degree in psychology, and Tucker and Sam were together in New York— Tucker studying software engineering and information technology, and Sam studying botany.

Unfortunately, luck wasn’t on his side on a random Wednesday when he missed his alarm. He ran into the nearest coffee shop, but thanks to his fantastic luck, he bumped into someone the moment he entered. And his core fucking purrs at the sight of the guy. He looks tired, on the verge of death, but oh so pretty. Danny could see the hidden muscles that the well-fitting suit concealed. He could feel his core reaching out, trying to connect with this poor guy, and Danny had to physically hold himself back from reaching out while simultaneously wrangling in his core.

After apologies and a coffee date, Danny learned the guy's name and a bunch of other stuff about Tim. They enjoyed it so much that they scheduled another date, which turned into another, and it wasn’t long before they were in a loving relationship.

Danny was worried. When he met Tim, he was immediately obsessed, and when they started dating, it got even worse. He wanted Tim all to himself. He wanted Tim happy. He wanted Tim safe. He wanted to be there when he laughed and cried. He wanted to be with him during his failures and successes. He wanted so much of Tim, he knew it was unhealthy.

So Danny did the only thing that made sense— he acted normal. He held back all those urges and pretended he wasn’t an obsessed freak who wanted to love Tim like there was no tomorrow. He toned it down to what humans would call normal— no human would ever love someone so obsessively and devotedly. That is only something a ghost would do. He was kind, patient, respectful, and understanding.

After a few months, Danny knew that he had to figure out what was wrong with him. After a quick visit to Frostbite, Danny learned that he had a love obsession. According to Frostbite, a love obsession occurs when he finds a partner who his core approves of. It is as simple as that, and Danny was confused but even more worried.

Danny had seen what a love obsession does to you. Just look at Vlad! He was insane! And one of Danny’s worst fears was turning into that. He had seen what Vlad’s obsession had done to his mom— she was cordial at best and downright disgusted at worst, truly only tolerating him for his dad’s sake.

After consulting with Frostbite, Danny learned that since his obsession wasn’t fully formed, he had time to stop it from fully maturing. The only way to do that was to isolate himself from the object of his obsession for about three to six months.

Which was easier said than done.

Because Danny loved Tim.

To Danny, it wasn’t even an option to not love him. After all, what wasn’t there to love about Tim? Tim was smart, passionate, and intelligent— everything to Danny. To stay away from him for six months, when being away from him for even thirty minutes felt like his core was being ripped out, would be absolute torture.

But it would be worth it if it meant that Tim would be okay. He didn’t want to become Vlad. He didn’t want Tim to treat him like his mom treated Vlad.

So instead of asking for a little bit of time away from Tim, Danny decided that the best course of action was to break up with Tim.

Hopefully, on a bad note— so bad that Tim hated him so much that Danny’s core would give up and move on. Liar, a voice hissed. You know your core will break if that happens.

Or maybe they would end on a neutral note, and Tim would move on and find someone better— someone who wasn’t a ghost, someone who could love Tim normally as he deserved— which made Danny’s core ache.

But it was okay.

Because it was for Tim.

(Tu manques à mon âme = My soul is missing you)

Tim: Well first when I was like a newborn baby it was my biological parents but I have no memory of that-

Jason: That was a rhetorical quest-

Tim: Then my parents hired nannies and when I got too close or friendly to them, they would fire them out of jealousy. While not bothering to be real parents. And don't worry I'm not insinuating that the nannies really cared about me I was just a pay check to them. They didn't even notice that I dissapeared most of the day/night stalking batman and robin *laughs manically*

Jason: ??

Tim: Then after a bit my parents started forgetting to hire sitters and nannies, so I raised myself and cooked all my own meals with the food in the kitchen because my parents barely ever came home. :D

Jason: Are you ok??

Tim: I think that question was rhetorical :) Oh and through most of this I was just following Robin and Batman into dangerous situations not that my parents cared

Dick (from across the room): WHAT??

Tim: And then Bruce adopted me!

Jason: