Valentine's was dumb. A waste. He was fine with patrolling on it, it was a holiday routed in capitalism and the productization of love.

Tim so wasn't bitter that you had a date and thats why you couldn't come with him to patrol.

He didn't spend his whole patrol thinking about it. Totally didn't. He didn't snap at Barbara that he didn't want to know about your stupid date until she corrected him that you had in fact been stood up, and she just wanted to tell him to be nice to you.

Great. Now he had to be nice.

Who'd stand you up? Thats terrible, awful, he wouldn't have done that. If you'd just asked him to be your date.

He could show you that. Plus, if you were all sad around the cave, that'd be more trouble for everyone.

Thats totally the reason why he set himself up in the manor's entry hall, flowers in hand, presenting them to you as soon as the doors opened.

"I told you valentine's was a complete waste of your time."

Tim's soft features were all turned sharp, as much as he'd deny it, he hoped this would make you smile.