[ Tim. It hits like a punch to the gut, and as soon as Jason says it he knows it's true. It hadn't occurred to him to wonder. To go chasing Tim down yesterday, that day before that. When was the last time he'd even seen him?
Because the truth is this Tim avoids him, for reasons he's tried not to take personally. Because he thought he'd been giving him the space he'd needed. Clearing room for them to reconnect. To fix whatever mistakes that other Dick Grayson had made. His heart thuds. ]
Hold that thought.
[ He calls back thirty minutes later, after he's checked the file at City Hall, done a run-through of local police reports, and yelled at the man unlucky enough to be sneaking a long smoke break instead of hopping to his request.
He's in Tim's room now, sitting on the unmade bed. ]
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Because the truth is this Tim avoids him, for reasons he's tried not to take personally. Because he thought he'd been giving him the space he'd needed. Clearing room for them to reconnect. To fix whatever mistakes that other Dick Grayson had made. His heart thuds. ]
Hold that thought.
[ He calls back thirty minutes later, after he's checked the file at City Hall, done a run-through of local police reports, and yelled at the man unlucky enough to be sneaking a long smoke break instead of hopping to his request.
He's in Tim's room now, sitting on the unmade bed. ]
He's gone.