Chapter 18: Babybird's Brothers
Tim's POV
I was nine years old when I found out that my parents died in a plane crash. Luckily, Bruce adopted me. That's when Dick became my big brother.
At first I didn't talk to anyone, because talking and touching were forbidden. Everyone thought that there was something wrong with me. Dick was the only one who didn't think that. He's the only reason I started talking.
Dickie would hug me every day and tell me he loved me. He'd call me his little monkey brother when I wanted to ride on his shoulders or be held. He even bought me a stuffed monkey. Sometimes, he would sneak me cookies before dinner.
At first I was quiet and I tried to stay out of their way, but Dick wouldn't let me. I'd follow Dick around whenever he was home. He made me feel really special and loved. I feel safe around him. Dick even convinced me to give Jason a chance.
I know I can come to him about anything and that he will always love me, but Damian's in the way now. But I have Jason now.
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I didn't like Jason at first. He was big and strong and intimidated me. I was afraid of him. I tried to avoid him at all costs. At first, I thought he hated me. He was really mean to me and he would call me Replacement and Dick would yell at him. I don't like it when they fight.
But one day, I was being bullied by some kids at school because I am small. Dick had already graduated so I thought no one would help me. One kid had shoved me to the ground; that's when Jason came charging out of nowhere and physically made them leave me alone. He had picked me up off of the ground and asked if I was okay, while wiping away the tears from my face and cuddling me. He had gotten into a lot of trouble for helping me that day, but that was when he became my other big brother.
Jay protects me like Dick does. Jason doesn't allow anyone threatening near me. He lets me crawl into bed with him if I have a bad dream. I can come to him if I have a problem as long as it's not about homework. He lets me hang out with him. And he calls me Babybird, unless he's mad at me. But he never stays mad at me for long; because he loves me.
We work well together on patrol. He even gave me his old costume when Damian stole Robin from me. We even have special code names for each other while on patrol; Big Red and Little Red. Jason tries to be good and not shoot people while we're patrolling together, because it really bothers me. He'd never let anyone hurt me.
Everything was great before Damian came along.
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Damian, my 'little brother,' is stuck here. All because Bruce won't send him back to his mother! Damian's mean, annoying, obnoxious, stuck-up, and a demon. Plus he tried to kill us! Multiple times!
And he stole Dick from me! Dick seems to believe that he's sweet and lovable for some unknown reason. Dick is so oblivious to his evilness. At least I still have Jay.
And Damian likes animals. I'm allergic to cats, so I have to take medicine just so he can keep his precious fur-balls! And his dog likes to push me around! Dick says that Titus is only trying to play with me, but I know better! He's using his animals to try and murder me!
But we are close in age. So, we kinda get each other. We can work well together sometimes. And it is kinda fun to pull pranks on Dick and Jay together. And we have the same favorite TV show: Phineas and Ferb. So we normally watch it together and we have built some stuff together. And we're the same height, so we normally practice together in the cave. And now that there are four of us, we can do a lot of team activities.
But Damian is still my little brother, even if we do fight a lot, so it's my job to protect him and to look after him. Just like Dick and Jay protect and look after me. I'm just happy I was given a second chance at a family.