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"No." I plead. "Don't!" My parents scowl at me.
"You're a liar, Dick. You lie and manipulate people." My dad hisses, placing his hands on the trapeze.
"You aren't my Robin." My mum screams. "You let us die!" They both jump off the platform.
"No!" I scream, lunging for the platform. Darkness encloses me.

"You failed us all, Dick." Bruce yells. "You can't do anything we ask!"
"I can! I have!" I protest.
"I never should have asked you to be Robin." He scowls.

"You let us die!" Jason punches me.
"You could have saved me, Grayson." Damian says from behind him. I sink to my knees.
"Please...stop." I whisper weakly.
"Words didn't stop us dying!" Jason screams. "Do you know what we went through?"
"It's your fault." Damian growls.

A spotlight highlights my body on my knees.
"You ruined my life." A voice I know too well says from the shadows. They step out from the darkness. Babs. "You hurt me more than that stupid bullet did. Where were you during that? Oh yeah, sleeping with an alien."
"Please...stop..." This hurts more than anything that I've experienced. "If you hadn't stormed out, if you had stayed with me, you could've protected me." I can't look at her. But she bends down and lifts my chin, and looks at me with so much hate it's indescribable. "You broke me, Dick." She puts her lips to my ear. "I hate you."



Barbara's POV
I haven't left Dick's side for three days. No improvement whatsoever. In fact, apparently his coma has induced some sort of dreamlike state in his mind. I just hope that it's not a nightmare.
"Miss Gordon?" A nurse asks. "I'm afraid I have to ask you to leave."
"Please let me stay." I beg.
"I'm sorry, I can't." I slowly stand up, and walk over to Dick, planting a kiss on his cheek. Just as I walk out the door, the sheets ruffle and I spin around.
"B-Babs?" A weak, dry and cracking voice whispers. Almost unrecognisable. But I know Dick anywhere.
"Dick!" I throw my arms around him, not caring about the wires connected to his arms and chest.
"I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." He mutters.
"There's nothing to be sorry about." I whisper into his hair.
"But in that-"
"Whatever it was, Dick, it was a dream. A nightmare." I say.
"It was the worst feeling. I was reminded of every wrong I've ever done. And right at the end...it was you." Dick sobs into my shoulder.
"You make me happy, Dick. That's all I care." I breathe. "Your parents love you, Bruce loves you, Jason, Tim, Cass, Steph, Damian. They all love you." I press my lips to his. "I love you." I say after breaking apart.

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