I just want to remind you that if you accidentally hit someone with your car, don't just fucking drive away. Actually stop, get out and make sure they're alright. Call them a fucking ambulance. Jfc

Connor started his lesson easily, just some sparring without powers or weapons. Then he took it up to powers and weapons. It was going all well and good, the wins the same between them. "Hey Supey, how about we try powers Vs no weapons?" Dick suggested. 

"Fine but if you get hurt it's your own fault," Connor responded. He was confident he'd win, emphasis on was. Turns out Dick was better than he thought. Connor had just been floored for the tenth time and was getting annoyed. M'gann and Kaldur had come in whilst he was floored for about the eighth time which angered him even more. This little brat had showed him up infront of his peers and that smirk he wore just added insult to injury.

When he went down for the twelfth time, Dick gave out a hand with a friendly giggle. But this giggle was a trigger for Connor.(T R I G G E R E D) He grasped his hand then threw the boy over his shoulder, onto the ground and put his foot on his chest. Dick again giggled. "Wow, that was a dirty tactic," he commented. Connor grimaced and put more pressure on his chest. "Can you ease up?" More pressure. Dick was now trying to lift his foot up worriedly. "Connor, can you stop now?" Dick asked, his eyes were a little wide with fear as even more pressure was added. "Connor stop!" M'gann yelled, but Connor ignored her. Either that or he was so furious he lost all hearing. "Connor you're hurting him!" she yelled. No use. Kaldur ran and pushed him off Dick, who was now coughing and gasping for breath.

This must've knocked him out of his angry state and he felt guilt rise in his chest. "I didn't mean to I just got angry," he said before walking over to Dick. M'gann was rubbing his back as he struggled for breath. "Connor, how could you?" she asked. It was one thing accidentally hurting him but increasingly adding pressure after being asked to stop was completely different. A villain would do this. "He kept beating me then he beat me in front of you so I just broke. I'm sorry Dick," he apologized. Dick gave him a weak smile. "Been through worse," he wheezed. He coughed again then his breath returned to somewhat normal. "Can you help me up?" he asked. Connor took his hand and pulled him up, causing another slight coughing attack. "Jesus, that hurts," Dick muttered. "He didn't break a rib did he?" M'gann asked nervously. Dick smiled at her. "No, it's just bruised. So Supey, you struggling with any schoolwork?" he asked. They looked at him in surprised. This guy nearly crushed him to death but he was perfectly okay with teaching him a school subject. "Richard I suggest you get some rest," Kaldur told him. The boy shook his head. "No it's fine, like I said, been through worse." he insisted. 

"Dick, at least just sit down until Wally and Artemis come here."

Seeing as he wasn't going anywhere he agreed to sit down. "You never answered my question," Dick stated as Connor sat down adjacent to him. "You never answered mine," Kaldur added. Dick awkwardly laughed. "Touché." Connor rolled his eyes and M'gann made a worried face. 

"What question?" she asked.

"He asked me why I don't call Bruce Tati all the time," he answered. Even Connor thought that was peculiar. "But he is your new father, why wouldn't you?" Dick bit his lip nervously. 

"In the eyes of the state he isn't my father, he never adopted me," he admitted. "I'm fostered so he gets money to look after me and he can give me up at any time. Guess I think he's going to give me up."

"He wouldn't do that." M'gann insisted. 

"But you don't know that. So I never let myself call him Tati like I called him Tati." They frowned.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Wally asked from the doorway. 

"Nothing Wally, you got that homework you wanted me to look at?" he answered. The speedster nodded. "It's in my room, I'll catch up once I get something to eat." Dick walked out as Artemis joined them. "I heard everything. All I want to say is Dick has issues with abandonment and loss. It took months to get him from Mr Bruce to Bruce," Wally explained. "He won't tell you this but I will. His night terrors aren't just about his family falling, they can be about people he loves leaving him or anything to do with us and leaving him in some way." They nodded and couldn't help but feel special about this. Dick cared for them a lot by the sounds of it all. "Wally we wanted to know why he is home schooled," Kaldur announced, hoping he would explain. 

"Kids did terrible things to him. One person went too far and Bruce had enough. They took pictures of their death and put them on his locker. Artemis saw what it did to him," he answered. Artemis sighed, remembering Dick's expression. "So Bruce took him out and the League has been teaching him since then." 

"Thank you Wally," Kaldur said. 

"Thanks for asking Wally and not looking it up," a voice spoke out. They turned around and saw Dick smiling broadly at them. They smiled back at him. "I'm gonna get some painkillers, Wally you're homework is already done." 

"Wait, why do you need painkillers?" Wally asked. Dick giggled, seeing his chance at mischief. "Ask Connor." Wally snapped his head to where Connor sat. 

"Spill!"