Tim shot a quick message to Tam, letting her know that he would be busy for a while, and then he shoved his headphones on and pushed the button to darken the windows of his office.
Tam thought he was taking a nap, and encouraged his daily hour of “dark time”.
Tim was NOT taking a nap, he was watching the love of his life play video games (sue him, he might doze off once or twice during the stream, but it wasn’t on purpose.)
“Good afternoon, gamers. It’s NightenGames here, and I have not had enough coffee.”
Chuckling at the semi-regular intro, Tim took a sip of his dark roast and settled back into his desk chair.
“Today we’re playing Elder Ring- My friend PharaohTuck finally finished setting up my mods.”
Tim wasn’t entirely sure what exactly the mods NightenGames used did, but apparently they were necessary for him to play. The Yeddit threads were full of speculation- from control mods meant for metahumans/aliens, to cheats to make the games easier.
Very few fans believed that one- Nighten died too many times to be cheating with his mods.
“Ooooh, what a fancy character creator! Alright, folks- who should we mock this time? I’m seeing a lot of votes for Lex Luthor in the chat, a few for Bruce Wayne- which, let me remind you, I’ve already done both Wayne and Luthor in the last month, so they’re out.”
This was why Tim had originally followed NightenGames- the streamer would pick a rich person and then pretend to be them for the entire stream, as if they were playing the game. Yeddit had checked- most of the quotes Nighten used were straight from public videos of the target.
“Tim Drake, huh? CEO of Wayne Industries? Isn’t he, like, the same age as me? I dunno, guys- like, nepo baby for suresies, but…”
Tim startled at the sound of his own name, and swooned a little at the way it rang out in Nighten’s rich baritone.
“You’re right, BarleyWater32, I have not picked on Tim Drake yet. In my defense… I have no defense. He’s hot and I’d smash. Don’t want to spoil my minuscule chances, right? Right. Anyways. Oh! Oliver Queen, I can do him. Well, not DO him, but- make me shut up.”
Blinking at his computer, Tim couldn’t help but flush at the knowledge that his internet crush thought he was “hot and would smash”.
Tim would smash too, honestly. He’d done his research. Daniel ‘Danny’ Nightengale was VERY attractive behind the virtual avatars he used.
“Let me pull up Ollie-boy’s avatar- ah ha! Can’t miss that mustache anywhere.”
The avatar finally popped up in the video- Nighten didn’t usually have one up until the chat had chosen a victim, even if he did have a standard avatar for after he was done gaming.
If he had to pick, Tim liked the avatar for Queen the best. He wore a silly pair of green sunglasses, and his matching green mustache twirled far beyond his face- the real Oliver would never, but the mockery was funny.
“Ahem. Yes. Hello. My name is Ollie Queen and I’m richer than anyone else in this city. Let’s get this bread!”
Elder Ring went well- through some chance Nighten picked an archery build for his run through, which Tim thought was quite ironic- and the stream went on for a whole hour before Nighten switched to his standard avatar.
“Okay, folks, I’m going to shut down now- and Tim Drake? If you’re watching? DM me.”
Nighten chuckled a little, like he’d made an impossible request, but Tim was vibrating in his seat, reaching for his phone to DM the streamer.
The video ended abruptly, and Tim’s autotimer on the darkened windows ran out.
Tam was standing expectantly outside of the door, smiling serenely in- but her arms were full of folders that she undoubtedly need signatures on.
With a sigh, Tim took off his headphones, dropped his cell on his desk, and waved her in. Work waited for no man.
~~~
“Danny, are you sure you don’t want me to make you an avatar for one Tim Drake?”
“Positive, Tuck.”
Tucker pouted and draped himself over the back of the couch, leaning his head into Danny’s space as he worked on his essay.
“It would give you an excuse to watch videos of your cruuuuush!”
Danny felt his face go hot, and he shoved Tucker’s face away from his ear.
“Get off, man. I have to finish this paper before midnight.”
His friend stood straight, presumably looking at the clock on the oven.
“Oof, bro.”
10:30PM wasn’t a great time to be writing an essay. Danny knew he should have done it earlier, but, well. He had to film and edit a video for his second channel. UTube wasn’t earning him money yet, but hopefully soon?
Who was he kidding? He would probably have to go back to Vlad for money soon, and he hated the thought of it.
It was hard enough to live in this ramshackle Gotham apartment with both Tucker and Sam, keep up with UTube and streaming, and get through school, without having to cater to Vlad’s whims on top of it.
Sam had only promised to help with his portion of rent for two years, and he was almost hitting that deadline. He hated taking advantage of her guilt for getting him killed in the first place, but she had insisted, even if she couldn’t sustain it for their whole college career.
Danny groaned and turned his attention back to his paper.
11:15 rolled around, and Danny finished checking his paper for mistakes before sending it in. He shut his laptop, planning to brush his teeth before crashing out on the couch.
Tucker had already gone to bed, and Sam was out on an internship trip for the week, so he didn’t have to worry too much about being disturbed after he fell asleep.
His phone chimed with a donation notification and he lazily opened the message.
Tucker came running out of his and Sam’s bedroom, wrapped in a bathrobe and wielding a Creep Stick at Danny’s resulting screech.
“TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS? FROM TIMOTHY DRAKE-WAYNE?”
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Hospital notes
MERMAID AU MASTERPOST AND ADDITIONAL CHAPTERS HERE
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Tony had had every intention of stopping by the beach house at least once every few weeks to check in on Steve, but summer had a way of slipping away faster than anyone ever realized and with things getting tense on the war front, Tony spent more days in the office and on the telephone than he did even at home.
Visiting Steve to make sure he was alright had somehow fallen by the wayside and it was most of the way through July before Tony made it out to the coast.
The road to the beach house was as rattly as it ever was, and Tony noted fresh tracks in still wet mud which meant the delivery van from town had been out to bring Steve fresh food recently. And the house itself looked neat and tidy as he pulled to a stop in the yard, windows wide open to let in the sea breeze, a broom leaning against the well swept deck.
Tony smiled to himself when he saw the collection of shells lining the porch railing and knocked on the door a few times before letting himself in.
“Steve?” he called. “It’s Tony! You in here or down at the beach?”
There was no answer, which was an answer all in itself, so Tony stepped out the back door and heading down across the sand. Shielding his eyes from the glare of sun off sand, Tony could just barely make out a blond head bobbing in the waves right off the boat dock and that– that was weird, was there someone else in the water too?
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Literally I could go on and on with examples but my computer’s starting to crash from the amount of images.
The point is that Heinz Doofenshmirtz is the greatest fictional father out there and anyone who says otherwise was hit by a Lie-inator.
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