Gonna be at SFU Summerfest next week, table J12! Hoping to have some extra goodies in prep for Jamil's birthday
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The Memory of Bodies AU:
Jason has been making amends with Tim in his own stilted way. He keeps his distance, but he'll put a blanket on Tim when the kid passes out somewhere (since Tim is always falling asleep in random places). The teen will find his favorite snacks in various places. Red Hood has shown vicious protection for Red Robin.
Tim has noticed and acknowledged these changes. As far as Jason is aware, Tim's forgiven him. They're good.
During a YJ mission, a magic user "gifts" Tim nonconsensually with a spell that makes him forget some of his more traumatic memories. One of the memories targeted was the TT attack.
At first, the Bats don't realize Tim's missing any memories. They don't like to talk about it and usually avoid that topic.
All the Bats see is that Tim's shoulders have lost a tension they didn't realize he was carrying. He allows himself to be physically closer to Jason, even going as far as falling asleep on him during a movie. The teen smiles more, makes more jokes, and isn't as guarded around the Waynes.
He wasn't unhappy or distrustful with them before, but he wasn't nearly as open as he becomes post spell.
Eventually, someone makes a comment about TT. Tim asks them what they mean by that.
Cue the Bats freaking out.
Once they figure out it was magic, they have a discussion on whether Tim *should* get his memories back. He's obviously happier like this.
Tim is extremely uncomfortable with the idea of someone controlling his memories and him being unable to remember such important details. He doesn't care if it will cause him to be more stressed out and cold. The idea of him not knowing freaks him out. Besides, what other memories could he be forgetting? What if none of the Bats were there when they happened? What does he not remember?
Anyways, Tim's having a few mental breakdowns.
Jason's having a few mental breakdowns (he thought they were good. He thought Tim trusted him. He thought he made it up to him).
The Bats restore Tim's memories, and he can feel the weight of them as they settle. His eyes become sharper, less bright, and they keep track of the exits as well as everyone in the room. The other Bats knew better, but they still feel slightly disappointed and sorrowful.
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