#and he’s appalled Bruce hasn’t noticed this quirk in his kid for so long

[motleyfam]

Tim hardly ever wears seatbelts.

It’s not a conscious choice at this point really, he just never got into the habit. When he outgrew his last car seat at age five, his parents didn’t bother getting him a booster and just let him sit in the normal seat, so the belt always felt like it was cutting into his neck and he hated it. He put up a big fuss about it once on the way to some important event, and his parents just huffed, “Fine, don’t wear it then. Fly out the window for all I care” and that was that. They never forced him again.

He just so rarely has to wear one that it slips his mind. Buses don’t have seatbelts. Motorcycles don’t have seatbelts. The Batmobile has them, but they’re rarely used due to the necessity for split-second drop ins and getaways.

It’s not until he’s 17 and driving with Jason somewhere that he finally gets called out on it. Not only called out, but told in a no nonsense sort of way “This car ain’t moving till I hear a fucking click. What, did they stop showing ‘Red Asphalt’ in drivers ed while I was dead??”

(They do still show it. Tim just slept through that class)

#Jason Todd is a mother hen whether he admits it or not #and he’s appalled Bruce hasn’t noticed this quirk in his kid for so long #mostly because in the beginning Bruce wasn’t paying enough attention to Tim #and then once he was Tim was old enough to drive himself places #idk if this counts as a drabble #more like just a headcanon that spun off too far #but I don’t have an actual fic behind it #Tim Drake #child neglect cw #tim drake headcanon #drabble