[Months. The thought on its own is almost unbearable, waiting that long to get back into the action. Back to helping. He's already fussing with the tube at the thought of it, but Damian's tone of voice-- his scrutiny and authority, makes him want to disappear, scrunching his shoulders over and trying to compact himself as much as he can, trying to absorb himself into the bed and the headboard (it's only now that he's realizing it's familiar, that it's his room, and it should be comforting but it's not right now). It's only after a moment, his neck seeming to try and decide what to do, that he lifts his head up to look at Damian, in a perfect imitation of a lost puppy.
Dick listens, and he's-- he's not sure what to do with himself, what to think. It's not as if his parents had ever been short of loving and caring, but-- but this magnitude, it'd never been required, never been necessary, never been a topic to breach before they'd been gone forever. And Bruce, he'd-- for the short time Dick had known him, he'd never been taught that anything was more important than the mission. That's all he had the time to learn.
But Dick was a smart boy-- smart enough to draw his own conclusions and opinions at the least, from both Bruce AND Damian. And he fidgets and squirms, and holds the IV tubing in his figures as he drops his eyes back down to his hands, away from Damian's gaze.]
But I almost got you hurt.
[Unforgivable. Unacceptable. He had an entire new family here, but Damian was the one that had been watching him, training him-- he was his partner. He's glad he's the one hooked up to the machines, as long as Damian's still OK.]
I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened to you because of me.
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Dick listens, and he's-- he's not sure what to do with himself, what to think. It's not as if his parents had ever been short of loving and caring, but-- but this magnitude, it'd never been required, never been necessary, never been a topic to breach before they'd been gone forever. And Bruce, he'd-- for the short time Dick had known him, he'd never been taught that anything was more important than the mission. That's all he had the time to learn.
But Dick was a smart boy-- smart enough to draw his own conclusions and opinions at the least, from both Bruce AND Damian. And he fidgets and squirms, and holds the IV tubing in his figures as he drops his eyes back down to his hands, away from Damian's gaze.]
But I almost got you hurt.
[Unforgivable. Unacceptable. He had an entire new family here, but Damian was the one that had been watching him, training him-- he was his partner. He's glad he's the one hooked up to the machines, as long as Damian's still OK.]
I wouldn't be able to live with myself if something happened to you because of me.