Partner of Batman

The sound of a phone beeping instinctively made him look up and lay his eyes on Robin. He was standing in his underwear and for once not wearing the mask.

Roy didn’t exactly consider himself gay. Bi would be much more correct, but even still he normally was only interested in women. But something about Tim had stirred something in him. Ever since the mission to the LexCorp farm in Smallville, something stirred inside him.

It had started innocently enough. Roy would tease, and Tim would get flustered. He didn’t know why Tim was so fun to tease, but for some reason the more time they spent together, the more interested Roy got. 

Two weeks ago they were assigned to a mission that required an overnight train ride. Roy and Tim shared a cabin. Roy had taken a chance then by kissing Tim and the boy hadn’t turned away until Roy tried to take it a step further. He claimed it was a mistake, but Roy knew better than that.

Three days of adrenaline pumping action had made Roy so exhausted that he was at the point where he couldn’t be exhausted.

They had just arrived back to headquarters from an infiltration mission that had involved sleeping outside and a battle that nearly killed them all until a thunderstorm short circuited enemy communication channels. After Roy and Tim detonated a bomb inside the base, the mission was finally over and everyone was finally able to go home.

The words ‘hit the shower’ had never sounded so good when Nightwing said it. 

While most people used the main team showers, Roy preferred the ones in the training bay. He was able to detach his arm in privacy, and he wouldn’t have to speed up his shower for people waiting on him.

After he debriefed with Nightwing, he was finally able to go shower. Which was long overdue in his personal opinion. For a moment he almost went with everyone else to the main showers before remembering he didn’t have anything to hide his eyes with. ‘Training bay it is then....’ he thought to himself. 

Running, Nightwing hurled himself off one of the tallest buildings in Gotham. The wind around his ears was deafening as he waited until the last possible second to send out his grappling hook to catch him. 

He often did this when he had a lot on his mind, and as of late, there was. While normally he would patrol Bludhaven, he had changed his mind and had gone to Gotham, more along the lines to check on Tim to see if everything was okay. He and Tim got along, but he did suppose it was his fault that they weren’t as close as he and Jason had been; distancing himself had seemed like the best idea at the time. But with Batman off doing League stuff, no one was around to really help Tim, because you could only talk to Babs about so much stuff without annoyed about her not understanding how the male mind worked. 

Peering off the roof of one of the skyscrapers, he looked to his left and right for the sidekick. 

It had been kind of boring as of late. Sure, he still had the team and Cassie, but not much had happened in his home town. And Robin was only allowed to do so much. Maybe Nightwing was around? Yeah right... that was a long shot in the dark. 

With a sigh he zipped up to the roof and landed with a small huff. He ran a hand through his hair and then shook his head as he looked out over his beloved city.

“Looks like another slow night...” 

YOUNG JUSTICE APPRECIATION MONTH Day Twenty-Two: Family

Wonder Woman: You indoctrinated Robin into crime fighting at the ripe-old age of nine.

Batman: Robin needed to help bring the man who murdered his family to justice.

Wonder Woman: So he could turn out like you?

Tim: Let go Damian!!

Dami: NO!!

Kon: …

- Robin 116