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AU: De-aging Fic

The Bats take turns getting hit with a spell meant to heal their inner child by transforming them into their younger selves. As soon as the spell wears off for one Bat, another Bat randomly gets targeted.

For the most part, everyone manages to figure out what is needed and how to help the child. There's a bit of chaos (quite a bit of angst), but they learn to roll with the punches. Sometimes, it takes a while to get the child to trust the Bats enough to let them close, but they manage.

Then Tim gets transformed.

The little shit refuses to let the Bats comfort him. He switches between perfect manners and setting things on fire for the hell of it. To top that off, no one can figure out what Tim needs to be healed from. They thought it was his lonely childhood, his hyper-independence, or his lack of adult supervision. Nothing seems to be working.