I'm not planning on getting myself killed again, for you or anyone else!
[ Damian is squirming and lashing out, but Dick can take that. If anyone were to wander past, they'd see what was once a semi-familiar sight in the halls of the original manor: two brothers wrestling on the ground, one trying to get away, the other hanging grimly on.
And Dick is bigger, heavier; all he really has to do is lie on top of Damian. He might be older now, but he still remembers the arguments at Titans Tower that turned into headlocks and rug burn, and it all comes right back. He wrestles Damian down, still wriggling, while the next words feel like he's stabbing himself in the chest all over again. ]
I can't— lose you. I couldn't. And I won't now, either.
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[ Damian is squirming and lashing out, but Dick can take that. If anyone were to wander past, they'd see what was once a semi-familiar sight in the halls of the original manor: two brothers wrestling on the ground, one trying to get away, the other hanging grimly on.
And Dick is bigger, heavier; all he really has to do is lie on top of Damian. He might be older now, but he still remembers the arguments at Titans Tower that turned into headlocks and rug burn, and it all comes right back. He wrestles Damian down, still wriggling, while the next words feel like he's stabbing himself in the chest all over again. ]
I can't— lose you. I couldn't. And I won't now, either.