What Sleeves Cover

For Your Own Good

Clank of metal.
Rip of fabric.
Crying of a child.

Clank of the batclaw latching onto the side of the building.

Rip of the fabric of Robins cape as Batman grabbed it.

Crying of a child, a Robin as it fell from its nest.

It was all a blur for Robin, the noises and the wind against his face. Then pitch black and the faint crying of a deep voiced man. Batman, Bruce? Bruce!

Robin woke up hyperventilating and his hair clinging to his face from all the sweat. Wait, im alive? Robin finally realized, and he slowly took in his surrounding. It wasn't Gotham's hard concrete ground, it was the medical bay in Mount Justice. Next he looked down at himself, he was covered in bandages, from his neck and down, except a few spots on his chest and his hands, and put into a light blue hospital gown. Lastly he realized he was alone, Robin felt up his face realizing he still had his mask on, and slowly swung his legs over the side of the bed and let his bare feet softly fall onto the cold floor.

He was shaking, not from being cold but from how messed up his legs were, he was having trouble supporting himself on them. First he checked the door, locked. Next he checked the cabinets, also locked. It seemed more like a jail cell then a medical bay room to him, Robin spotted his clothes and slowly made his way over to them. He took off the gown, underwear still in tact and looked at his bandaged self in the mirror. I wonder if i can take these off he thought as he started to peel off the beginning of the bandage wrapped around his arm. One by one he took all of the bandages off, his left arm to his right arm, his chest then his legs then back up to his neck. He just stood there and stared at the mirror for awhile before he started trembling and broke down crying, he fell onto his knees and cried into his hand

What Robin didn't know is the camera hidden in the back corner of the room and a few of the JL members watching him.

"I think he's crying" Flash quickly stated as soon as Robin fell to the ground

"Should we check on him?" Green Lantern questioned

"No i think he needs a little more alone time to process whats happening" Superman responded looking at the screen that showed Robin in distress

Robin needed the contact, one more time, all he needed was one more time. Piercing flesh, all the cabinets were locked as he frantically tried to open them as well as the door

"I think he's having a mental breakdown" Flash said as the other two men moved closer to the screen

"There's nothing in there he can hurt himself with, we locked them all in the cabinets" Superman responded trying to reassure himself

I need it. I need it. Just one more time, ONE MORE TIME. Robin was freaking out by this point looking for anything, he shakily made his way over to the garbage can and picked it up

"Whats he doing, he cant hurt himself with a garbage can, can he?" Hal asked looking closer to the screen

Shatter

Robin had thrown the garbage can at the mirror shattering it leaving pieces of glass on the ground, without a second going by he stumbled over and took a piece of glass in his hand. One more time. He was about to pierce the skin but a red blur had grabbed his hands and the motion made him drop the glass shard.

"Robin" Flash's voice sounded calmer then usual and you could see the worry under his mask

Robin had just stared at Flash taking deep breathes with his hands still being held until Superman and Hal both walked in which caught Robins attention

"..how, how many of you know" said between breaths

"All of the Justice League, and the Team. No outside civilians though" Superman spoke slowly

"I'm sorry" Robin spoke softly but enough for the three men to hear. His body became not as tense and he leaned into the grip of Flash

"You have no reason to be sorry" Flash spoke as he opened his arms up to Robin who gladly took the hug, Superman and Green Lantern also came over and gave him a group hug, Superman picked him up and laid him back on the bed. Robin curled his legs up softly hissing at the pain it caused.

"Where's Br-Batman" Robin softly spoke stopping himself from saying his real name

Hal walked over being awkward, because he doesn't know how to deal with kids, and tried to push away robins stray hairs but kind of put his hand on Robins face

"Hal your never having kids are you" Superman asked while smirking

Robin make a faint snort noise under Hals hand, he was laughing