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Tim may be ever so slightly over his head but how was he supposed to know that hiding in Robinson park from those goons would lead to him running into poison ivy, Harley Quinn and Catwoman.
He had run into the park because he knew that Batman and Robin were too far away to help. Honestly he was kind of hoping the goons wouldn't even follow him into the park but when they did he decided to run as fast as he could straight to ivy's wooded area. And just when he thought they were going to catch him the leader called off the chase saying “it's not worth it, ivy's out of Arkham” at those words the other goons seem to realise where they were for the first time some looking down at the grass they were crushing and made the sensible decision to book it
Now if Tim was smart he would have also left at this information but Tim was not smart and instead decided to start taking pictures of some of the plants nearby as he regained his breath. Only to lose it immediately again when he heard an audible coo from behind him. Startled Tim spins around to see Harley Quinn looking at him with wide eyes and mouth still open “What's a cutie like you doing all alone I'm Reds park?” and Tim blue screens because that is Harley Quinn the Joker's girlfriend looking at him like he's a cute animal or something. He considers being indignant about not being ‘cute’ but remembers that just last week Harley beat a guy's head in with her mallet, Tim decides he likes being considered cute.
He looks down at the ground to maximise his pitying look “I was scared, some scary men were chasing me and I needed help” Tim sniffles a little to help sell the act but finds them far easier to come than expected. Maybe the situation had him more shaken than he realised. Before he can ponder on this he hears a soft noise from Harley looking up just in time to see her pulling him into a hug. He fights it at first but the moment she deepens the hug he melts. Wow this feels nice.
Harley runs her hand through his hair “Shhh it's ok, do you have somewhere safe to go for tonight?” She asks softly. Tim considers the manor is technically safe but he feels infinitely safer in Harley's arms. But Harley won't exactly be willing to hug him all night he reasons so with that decision he nods at Harley”I have a safe place”
Harley looks at him softly “why did you take so long to answer?” She holds him closer “you know you can stay here tonight if you want” she says softly. And Tim should not feel this safe at the idea of spending the night with Harley Quinn but he hugs her harder pulling himself against her. She giggles softly “I'll take that as your answer, what's your name kid?” And Tim doesn't even consider giving a fake name “My name is Tim, Dr. Quinzel”
Harley laughs at the introduction “Call me Harley or Harls kid no one has called me Dr. Quinzel for a long time” Tim nods in agreement before yawning lightly ignoring Harley mutter about how cute he yawns
“Alright let's get you to bed little one” Harley leads him through the trees until they walk into a clearing and Tim is faced with both Poison Ivy and Catwoman looking at him in surprise “where did you find a child?Did you steal a child!” Catwoman exclaims. Tim makes eye contact with Ivy deciding to be polite he introduces himself like his mother taught him “hello Dr isley, my name is Tim” he puts out a hand to shake once again ignoring Harley's mutterings about how cute he is.
Ivy looks taken back by the young boy talking to her. “You can call me Ivy little sprout” she looks up at Harley “why have you brought him here” Harley explains the situation to them as Tim looks around the grove spotting some nice looking plants he begins photographing them not realising the conversation has stopped until the plants start moving around him causing him to look up at ivy and noticing them all looking at him.
“Of course you can stay here little sprout” Ivy says Comfortingly “follow me I'll take you to my greenhouse” she starts walking away followed by Harley and Catwoman. Tim is quick to follow too. After a few minutes of walking they come across a greenhouse overflowing with plants. As they enter the warmth overtakes Tim, even with the heating on the manor is never this warm and inviting.
Ivy turns around to look at him with a smile and gestures to a clear area in the corner “you can rest over there if you want, my plants won't hurt you.” and Tim really should not be trusting her so implicitly he is surrounded by who knows how many deadly plants and looking at 3 of the most dangerous women in gotham. But if they wanted to hurt him they already would have, he argues, besides he's tired and it's so warm and safe in here it can't hurt to rest at least for a bit.
Nodding slightly, Tim moves towards the corner and lies down wiggling a little to get comfortable. When suddenly a blanket is placed over him he startles for a moment before realising that it was Catwoman who had snuck up on him. “Sorry for startling you kitten” she smiles at him as she tucks in him “your safe now” and she runs a hand through his hair as he drifts off to sleep safer and more content than ever before
Chapter 2
Notes:
Again could be wildly ooc
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Tim was abruptly woken up by something rough and wet against his face, quickly opening his eyes. He is met with a large dog? No hyena looming over him. He yelps and starts to scramble away then he hears Harley's voice and everything from last night comes back, god he's an idiot why is he here. “Bruce! Don't do that” she reprimands the hyena, not that that stops her from giggling clearly finding the situation comical.
Tim grumbles lightly at the hyena but moves to pet it before looking at Harley first for permission. Seeing his hand Harley nods “Don't worry, Brucie only bites those I tell him too.” That's not as encouraging as Tim likes but he starts petting the hyena anyway scratching behind its ears, smiling at the way the hyena relaxes in his arms. “How did you sleep” Harley asks him as she kneels down next to him scratching brucie's rear
“Never better” Tim says truthfully looking up at Harley he is confused by the sad expression on her face. She quickly masks it before asking “so what's home like? And why isnt it safe” Tim freezes at the questions “my house is safe, i'm sorry for imposing on you i should get back there.” Harley just looks at him softly “You don't have to go anywhere,you're the farthest thing from an imposition and I want you to stay as long as you want” Tim feels his eyes water up slightly but holds it in but by Harley's expression he didn't do a good enough job.
When is becomes clear Tim isn't going to say anything Harley adds “i don't know the details but i can guess some facts so i want to make a few things clear” Tim looks up as Harley speaks “one, We will not force you to go home, two, this is a safe place no one can force you to leave if you don't want to and you are welcome here for as long as you want.” By the time she is done talking Tim feels tears rolling down his face before he can rub them away, Bruce starts licking his tears away causing Tim to start giggling slightly.
Tim pushes Bruce away from his face lightly “I want to stay here” he says softly, Harley smiles at him in response “of course Timmy.” she laughs at the expression he makes at the nickname “So Timmy did anyone know you were out last night?” Tim shakes his head in response “ok so how long until someone notices you're not home?” she follows up “uh, it shouldn't be for another 2 days that's when the housekeeper comes but it could be as long as 5 if she thinks i was just out with friends” time responds calmly.
Harley does not respond calmly “Housekeeper? What about your parents Timmy?” she blurts out “there in Ethiopia or something should still be there for another 4 months at least” Tim responds like that's not worrying at all “so you're all alone in that house for most of the week?” Harley continues questioning and Tim nods in confirmation “that's it number three you're not going back there no matter what you want” she tells him and Tim never thought he would feel so happy to a rogue basically admitting they were kidnapping him with no interest in returning him.
“Thank you” he replies softly “You need more hugs, can i hug you?” Tim blinks at her declaration but nods in acceptance flailing slightly when she pulls him into her lap as she gets more comfortable she starts rocking him slightly “its ok timmy you’re wanted here” and tim melts into her body never wanting to leave.
He doesn't know how long he spends wrapped in Harley's arms but at some point Ivy comes back in and smiles at the scene “I see your talk went well” she opens with. Harley looks up at her and nods “Timmy will be staying with us indefinitely” she says with a look that says she will explain the details later. Ivy raises an eyebrow but says nothing and moves deeper into the greenhouse “did you at least give him something to eat?” Harley's face takes a chastised look “um, no he was wiped out from our talk” Tim considers countering that comment but when he decides that sounds too much work he considers she may be right.
Ivy sighs before moving into a different part of the greenhouse returning with 2 plates with fruit and nuts on them “knowing you harls i assume you also forgot to feed yourself” Harleys guilty face makes Tim think Ivy is right in her assumption. Tim picks up an apple slice from the plate and smiles slightly up at ivy as he eats it “thank you” he says softly. “It's no problem Sprout, the fruit had to be picked soon anyway” although she still smiles at his thanks. “Where's Selina?” Harley asks Ivy. Ivy shakes her head and sits down next to them rubbing Brucie's head, “she's out with the other Bruce, some kind of lunch date or something, i have no idea how she stands to hang out with that Brucie, he's an even worse conversationalist than this Brucie” at her words Brucie starts laughing, when then causes them all to laugh “so Brucie is named after Bruce Wayne?” Tim asks Harley “Yeah me, Bruce and Harvey were friends back in college at least until he dropped out and disappeared” she reminisces meanwhile Tim is internally freaking not only was Batman apparently really good friends with both harley and two face before any of them became their alter egos, i mean really what are the odds of that especially because none of their origins are related, Not to mention apparently the hyena in front of him is named after Batman which tim finds so hilarious he can't help bursting into laughter for a full minute.
When he finishes laughing he looks up at the questioning faces of harley and ivy in response he simply says “i'm just imagining what bruce wayne was like in college if a hyena is what you named after him.” Harley joins in his laughter “You have no idea” Tim rubs behind Bruce's ear again as he asks “Does Bruce know he has a hyena named after him?” Harley laughs slightly “God no, besides we don't really talk anymore i've considered but if I try Mr J might decide to target him and he nor his kids deserve that” she looks down sadly in response tim wiggles closer to her and hugs her from his position in her arms. He considers saying she should leave the Joker but decides it's not his place so he simply says “This is a safe place” and looks up at her reassuringly. She smiles down at him before abruptly jumping up pulling him along with her with a yelp “This morning has been far too depressing lets go have some FUN!” she yells out the last part as she starts moving towards the door dragging Tim with her, Ivy follows with a soft smile
And Tim is left to wonder what constitutes ‘fun’ for Harley Quinn.
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That was Harley's idea of fun. Tim considers telling her he's far too old for tag, but as he looks at her she seems far more into it than if she was just doing it for him. So he decides to humour her and runs away when she starts to chase him. And while it is clear that Harley is going easy on him she still catches him quickly. At which point Tim starts chasing Ivy who up to this point had just been watching. Ivy quirks an eyebrow but starts running away when tim gets close but still lets him catch her after a quick chase. Both look up to a pouting Harley “How come you never join when i ask Red?” she complains lightheartedly “well you’re not as cute” Ivy responds with quickly and interrupts Harley's squawk of outrage to start running at her. The rest of the game goes much the same with all of them laughing and smiling most of the time
In the end they all collapse next to each other in the clearing “Thank you, that's the most fun i think i've ever had” from his angle he misses the concerned look Ivy and Harley share “Dont worry sprout there will be plenty of more opportunities from now on” Tim smiles brightly “I never want to leave” he states confidently “and i want to join you at night” he follows with, looking up he sees Harley and Ivy share a look “i don't know if that's a good idea Timmy” Tim pouts in response “But i've been going out at night to follow Batman for years!” he complains “you've been doing what?” Ivy starts going on a rant that Tim mostly ignores meanwhile Harleys face makes a contemplative look “Ok” before Tim can properly celebrate she follows with “But only after all three of us give you training, i know you probably think your ready to go out with us but you have to prove it to us” Tim nods in acquiescence while its a bummer he won't be able to go out soon he still gets to train with the Sirens that's awesome.
“Ok first things first, we all need a shower” she takes an over exaggerated smell of Tims armpits, causing him to giggle a little as she exclaims “You reek” with that comment she picks him up and sits him on her hip as she starts walking back to the greenhouse. “Hey! I'm not a baby” Tim complains but notably does not struggle to get out of her arms “of course not but your light enough to be, you definitely need to put on weight before we let you out at night” Tim starts to complain but is distracted when they enter the greenhouse and see catwoman lounging on the couch “ah there you are” she says before looking up and seeing Tim in harleys arms she smiles slightly “her there kitten, you comfortable?” she asks as she gets up and moves over. Tim nods and moves to hide his face in harleys neck too shy about how much he likes being in her arms, when he decides to have some fun and throws his head back in exaggeration and starts wiggling “let me down, you stink”
Harley shrieks in outrage and starts tickling Tims side when they causes Tim to Shriek and start doing the same to her, and before long there both on the ground laughing, Tim tried to get away but as harley starts pulling him back in he shrieks “no Mom stop” it's only when the other inhabitants of the room go quiet that Tim realises what he said with wide eyes “Im sorry, i didn't mean it” he cries out as he wiggles out of Harleys surprised arms and runs towards the door, not realising its blocked by Selina until he almost runs into her, she drops down to one knee and pulls him into a hug “Hey kitten it's ok, no one is upset at you, do you see Harley as your mom or was it an accident?” she asks softly, rubbing his back as she does.
Tim considers lying but decides telling the truth will be best besides they promised he could stay no matter what and he trusts them. “She has acted more motherly to me in the less than a day i've known her than my actual mother has acted in the 12 years i've known her, so yes” tim explains softly he risks looking at Harleys face and squeaks hiding his face back in the crook of Selena's neck at her furious expression “oh no, Timmy i'm not mad at you i'm mad at your parents” Harley says quickly moving forward and rubbing his back “im honoured you feel safe enough to consider me your mom” she follows with. “And i'd be honoured to be considered an aunt if you would have me” Tim responds with an affirmative nod quickly followed by tears “Your the first people to ever want me around” he says sadly
Harley moves forward and hugs him too so he is sandwiched between the 2 rogues “its ok baby your Home now” harley says softly rubbing her hands through his air until he falls asleep in them. After making sure Tim is completely asleep Harley stands up with a determined look on her face. At Selinas questioning look she moves over and grabs her mallet. “I can let anything happen to Timmy, and he would never allow me to have a kid without him messing the kid up” she hefts the mallet onto her shoulder and walks to the door
“I have to kill that clown”