Tim shouldn't be here, he knew that, it was dumb, he was supposed to be in school right now, and yet here he was, in the manor, on Monday, curled up in his room.

He hadn't even figured out exactly how he would do this, he should have thought of that, but he didn't.

You couldn't blame him really, he was scared and small, he felt like crying.

He wanted to curl in on himself, he wanted to be little, actually little so he didn't have to deal with any of this, he wanted someone to hold him, but he heard hushed voices outside of his room.

"Did Tim stay home from school today?"

Dick's voice had sounded out, that was Dick, great, oh and how his spirits only lifted when he also heard Jason's voice, the man uttering a simple, 'dunno', how pleasant.

Tim wasn't upset at them really, but he was tired and uncomfortable and little, and everything seemed so loud, he could only hope that the two didn't enter.

A knock on the door.

Silence.

Another knock.

More silence.

"Tim?"

Silence.

The door opened.