Blood is rare, but there is always pain. Pain of bruises, strained muscles, tired eyes and late nights.
Dick pushes himself anyway. Robin cannot fail. Dick must not fail.
After the pain, there is Alfred. Alfred with compresses, hot baths and food, Tylenol and a soft, clean bed.
After Alfred, there is Bruce. Different pain and different comfort. Pain that strikes to his very self, and comfort of strong arms and soft words .
Dick leaps, landing nimbly on the sidewalk. Lately, there is new pain, one neither Alfred nor Bruce can help. He watches Barbara with hungry unseen eyes.
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Pains
Date: 2005-04-15 01:12 am (UTC)Dick pushes himself anyway. Robin cannot fail. Dick must not fail.
After the pain, there is Alfred. Alfred with compresses, hot baths and food, Tylenol and a soft, clean bed.
After Alfred, there is Bruce. Different pain and different comfort. Pain that strikes to his very self, and comfort of strong arms and soft words .
Dick leaps, landing nimbly on the sidewalk. Lately, there is new pain, one neither Alfred nor Bruce can help. He watches Barbara with hungry unseen eyes.