Tuesday - Chosen Family

[girlmarauders]

Hiya, it’s girlmarauders again and I’ll be your lovely host for today. Today’s theme is the family that we choose. Our favourite characters all have friends as close as or closer than their actual family. These odd relationships deserve a little love!

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[ani_bester]

It was such a small thing that Dick nearly missed it.
Well no, it wasn't a small thing at all, and Dick was already hitting Tim's number on speed dial because it was a freaking huge thing. However it was done in such a covert manner that Dick and nearly missed it, which of course was just like his youngest brother.

"Dick," Tim yawned on the other end of the line. "What, at 3:00 am, is going on that you call me on the civilian line?"

"Is it that late?" Dick asked in surprise.

He could almost hear the sarcasm bubbling up from Tim, but curiosity intercepted it. "Yes it is, so what is it?"

"I was going over Damian's job application, the internship with Wayne corp he wanted."

"Right, at 3:00 am I needed a reaffirmation that you are as much a snoop as any other Wayne."

"Tim shut up a second, it's important. On the contacts line, he listed me and you as emergency contacts."

"Well, right, that's logical Dick. who else could he have put. It's a civilian job, it's not like he can list too many of the Teen Titans."

"No, I know. Tim, on the "relation to" line he listed us both as 'older brother. Older bothers Tim, right there in Damian's handwriting."

There was silence on the other end for a moment. "Oh," Tim said in a soft voice. "that's-"

"I know," Dick said and couldn't hide the smile in his voice. "I thought you should know.

"Yeah, thanks," Tim answered. There was a pause and then. "Want me to stop by tomorrow?"

"If you've got the time. I'd love to see you, so would Alfred, and maybe so would Damian."

He heard Tim chuckle. "Ok, I'll see what I can do. Night Dick. Sleep, at some point. You know you need to, right?"

"Kettle you're black said the pot." Dick answered. "Good night Tim."

Dick hung up the phone and grinning, went to go show Alfred.

[angel_gidget]

Awww! Such an adorably technical literally fine-print acknowledgment. I love how excited Dick gets that he just has to wake Tim up to show it to him. And you know that Dick isn't going to just stop with Alfred. He's gonna show everybody he can, and when Damian wakes up the next day, everybody's going to be giving him these weird "D'aw! Aren't you so cute!" looks and he's gonna wanna scalp somebody.