How It’s Going:

I had wanted to draw everyone, but thanks to the laryngitis I did NOT have the energy to draw for a while, so core four it is!

A delivery person comes to Tim's house one day with an age restricted object (like alcohol or something). On this day, Damian also happens to be visiting.

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(Tim opens the door)

Delivery Person: Oh, hey kiddo, is one of your parents in?

Tim: Haha, no (he reaches for the package) do I need to sign for it?

Delivery Person: Oh- woah! (they hold the package away from him) Sorry, no can do, this needs to be collected by an adult. Are your parents in, or should I come back tomorrow?

(A cold gust of wind blows as Tim tries not to be mad about the all-too-common situation)

Tim, sighing: Right. I get it. Hold on.

(Tim goes to the kitchen to get his ID from his bag, but in his irritation, seems to be having trouble finding it in there)

Delivery person (out of sight): Oh! Hey, sorry for the trouble. And you're that kid's... parent?

Damian: Tim? No, I'm his brother.

Tim: 🤨???????

Delivery Person: Oh, cool, that's fine too, could you sign for this?

Damian: Sure?

Delivery Person: Awesome, thank you. Hope you and your little brother have a nice day!

(The delivery person leaves)

Tim (stepping back into the entryway, only to see Damian holding his package, looking extremely confused): ... did you just accept my package?

Damian: Uh? Yes?

Tim: And he didn't ID you..

Damian: I'm not sure what just happened - I was just coming to see why you were taking so long at the door.

Tim, (snatching it out of his hands, his pride wounded): You don't even live here, don't sign for my packages.

Damian (who is just here to innocently hang out with his big brother): ???? 😶??

Tim, grumbling under his breath as he takes the package into the lounge: And who's he calling your younger brother? I'm 24. I'm literally 24. You're barely 20! I don't look that young, screw that guy. I can't believe this. The nerve..

Happy Lunar New Year! Give it up for the snakes!

In my opinion, when he was younger, after Dick witnessed a little spat/fight between Bruce and Clark that resulted in them not talking for like a whole week, he noticed that Bruce got broodier without Superman to bounce ideas around with, and decided he would help them out in the only way he (a small teen) knows how.

So he buys one of those best friend half-heart charms (yk what I mean, like one side says "best" and the other says "friends" etc) and he gives one half to Bruce who's like omg.. to share.. and then he gives the other half to Clark who's similarly pleased to be sharing a best friend locket with Dick.

But THEN, at a JL meeting or whatever, Batman notices that Superman has half of the same type of locket he has, and Superman notices him noticing, which prompts him to proudly gloat that Robin shared it with him, because they're best friends. But Batman has already low-key clocked on so he just sighs and reveals that he hid his under his glove or something, and he's like, "yeah me too." At which point Superman gets it, too. And they're both like a little embarrassed because Dick (a child) wanted to repair them from their (adults) argument, and it's a little shameful that he felt the need to step in. And they both kind of want to keep the charms because they are actually technically from Dick, and they aren't exactly upset to have a little matching charm either, so long as the others don't find out because there's no way they won't get bullied about it. So they decide to both go and pick out some charms of their own to share with him, too.

Of course, they're just little trinkets, and they break and tarnish fairly fast - but you can find the remnants of them deep in drawers in the manor, shoved in the edges of boxes during house-moves, or maybe sitting somewhere, left in the pocket of an old, out-of-use batman suit, a remnant of the first kid in their lives.

Digital sketchbook - Page 24! [all pages here]

I miss him so much you have no idea...

sending this in an email to dcdl devs in hopes he will be there soon

Almost forgot! New song!

It's a bit more somber than usual, and less electronic than usual too. I just want to dip my toes in the music pool and not get stuck anywhere!!

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