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  • Tim realizing that Stephanie is the thing he most misses in Gotham after his father moves them out of town and his getting a speedster to rush him back to the city when she goes into labor in order to be there for her.
  • Tim asks Dana to teach him how to make soup from scratch when Steph gets a cold, and then takes the pot of soup to her via subway and walking the eleven blocks from the station to her house since by that point he no longer had a car in his civilian persona.
  • In Robin #123 after thinking he accidentally killed the super-powered Johnny Warlock (who ends up just getting up and walking out of the morgue) Tim is deeply upset, but when he tries to tell Bruce why he's a failure he's met with steady rebuttals;
    "Hit the showers. Take your time. Come up with other reasons you're a terrible person and I'll shoot those arguments down when you get back."
  • When Tim learns that Stephanie's dad has died he's reluctant to finish his current mission as Robin rather than stay with her, though she tells him to get a move on. He then spends the entire next day with her just listening and being there for her as she works through her emotions.
  • After the deaths of so many of his friends and loved ones in Robin Vol 2 #156 after and while stopping a man from committing suicide it's heavily implied Tim has been having suicidal thoughts as well and the issue end with him calling Dick for a brotherly talk about what he's going through.
  • When he realizes the "imposter" in the Spoiler costume is actually Stephanie instead of someone romping around Gotham using his deceased beloved girlfriend's name he immediately swoops her up in an ecstatic hug and gives her a kiss.

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