#i fuckn WISH tim would be more forthright about what he's done as robin and red robin but he's an emotionally locked up box i'm so sorry

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I am so sorry but your shutterbug au has been in my head for DAYS. Mmmm what about regular Tim sparring with Other Jason while they're in the Cave with the rest of the Bats? Jason's kinda hesitant at first but Tim rolls his eyes and just fucking decks him (with his staff or in hand to hand idk) and oh boy then it's on. Naturally this leads to a whole conversation about some of the stuff Tim's fought, where the fuck he learned to fight like a league assassin, the fact that he was robin, how the HELL he became robin, etc. And Tim just talks about the most insane shit any of them have heard in the most absurdly casual tone ever. Other Jason, while in awe, quietly decides to never let his own Tim out of his sight ever again

No need to be sorry!! I'm so glad people enjoy it!! I really didn't expect it to get so much love honestly 😂 I just started it thinking "lmao what if Tim found out him and Jason were dating in another universe"

you actually bring something up i wanted to touch on but didn’t due wanting to move the story along haha which is that: Shutterbug Tim is not nearly as well toned as Red Robin Tim 😂 It was gonna come up while Tim was investigating Shutterbug’s apartment, and have him realise Shutterbug also isn’t littered with scars like he is but I ended up cutting it.

BUT! I think a sparring session would be a lot of fun, though I don’t think it would start with Jason or Tim really lmao. Tim still doesn’t want to tip them all off too much on his history since he doesn’t want Jason to feel guilty about something he didn’t even do in this universe BUUUUTTT...

Dick is the one who asks to spar because he’s intrigued by this other Tim and what little tidbits Stephanie has managed to drag out of him. They’re all detectives, they can tell Tim’s being purposefully dodgy. Tim isn’t really sure sparring is a good idea at first but on the other hand he’s starting to feel real pent up from the stress and even if this borrowed body isn’t the same as his, he can still let off some steam.

So he asks if they have any bo staffs around.

He can tell Dick isn’t giving him his all, but Tim also can’t give it his all so they end up about even. Tim’s just gotten Dick to yield in their latest match when Jason begins to blurt out, “you move like-” but gets interrupted by Stephanie excitedly saying, “like Cass!”

Which leads to Tim having to sheepishly admit he has been trained by Lady Shiva. Steph assumes this was recent, since their Tim spent well into his teen years travelling with his parents, unless Gasp did Tim’s parents have connections to the League or something in his universe?

No, no, Tim stayed in Gotham while they travelled. Which just leads down the entire path of what do you mean your parents left you behind. Oh I was supposed to go to a boarding school but my parents didn’t really pay attention to what school I was enrolled in so I just changed it so I could Bat Watch at night. He shrugs and completely glazes over most of it, if anything because he doesn’t think any of them need to relive Jason’s death and Tim doesn’t really want to talk about the shape Jason was in when he returned.

But he talks a little bit about the photos he used to take, he and Other Tim clearly share the penchant for photography even if their subjects were different. Jason has to admit he’s charmed by that, by Tim quietly admitting he used to take so many photos of the former Robin. That he has a lock box full of them.

Jason is a little horrified to hear how casually Tim shrugs off his parental neglect, though his Tim is the same in a lot of ways. He knows Tim is avoiding... a lot, in an effort not to upset him. He thinks he can piece together what might have happened between Tim and his Jason, knowing himself. But he is also immensely charmed by how Tim talks about his stalking and knows there’s no way he wouldn’t fall for this incredible man in any universe.