Fics like A Quiet Ache

When Bruce had opened Dick’s door his son had also been asleep. Buried under several comforters and rolled up in a ball. His head the only thing poking out of the nest he had created for himself. His mouth was open and small wheezing breaths came from it. Bruce had quietly crossed the room and gently checked his forehead. Warm, but not hot. He had tucked the blankets tightly around his son and after running a hand through Dick’s hair, made a note to take his temperature the following day. By the morning the fever had set in and Dick was halfway to delirium. A constant stream of nearly incoherent mumbling was softly coming out of Dick’s mouth. Only interrupted when his throat was too dry to continue and Bruce would gently slip an ice chip between his chapped lips. The words were quiet and at times incomprehensible, but when a coherent sentence slipped through it never failed to pierce Bruce’s heart like a sharp blade of guilt crafted from his own making.

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