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It Could Stay This Simple (Just Stay This Little) by coconuticecream (magspie)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
12 May 2020
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Maybe claiming legal guardianship over a child at 22, and so soon after becoming Batman, spread Bruce thinner than he'd realized. Maybe Bruce was less equipped to parent a third grader than he'd thought. Maybe Bruce should do more to invite Dick into his life.
Maybe Bruce should hug Dick, or promise he'll do better by Dick, or tell Dick that he loves Dick more than he thought himself capable.
(or: bruce and dick practice self care together.)
Bookmarked by catchalatte (cschuma)
31 May 2026
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Bruce pinches the bridge of his nose. "Please?" he asks weakly. "What if I say please?"
"Please what?" DIck chirps. Bruce drops his hand.
"Please trust me," he says. "Please tell me what's going on. Please sleep under proper covers, and please don't shove yourself at the end of my bed. You're not a dog."
"Do you wish I was a dog?" Dick asks, his previously sharp voice wavering in sudden uncertainty. Then he blinks a few times, but he can't blink away the glassiness in his eyes. Bruce's own eyes widen in abject horror as Dick's lower lip begins to tremble.
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Dick sounded amused. “You didn’t tell me you were coming.”
“You should have known.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. My latent psychic abilities haven’t kicked in yet,” Dick said. Then, as if the possibility was just occurring to him: “You told someone you were coming, right?”
Tim made a noise, vague enough for Dick to interpret however he wanted.
“Hey,” the next tug on the blanket was sharper, as was Dick’s voice. When he got the blanket down enough to see Tim’s face, he raised an eyebrow, repeating, “You told someone you were coming, right?”
Or: Tim and Bruce have a fight. Tim does the only logical thing and goes to Dick about it.
Bookmarked by catchalatte (cschuma)
30 May 2026
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He plucked at the toe of Tim’s sock, where it rested against his knee. “God knows he’s not always rational about the Robin stuff. But he’s a lot less strict about Tim stuff. So that means he thinks he’s right, and you think you’re right. My guess is that maybe you could have lived with letting him think he was right, even if you didn’t think he was, but then he said something he shouldn’t have, and it hurt you, and then you had to get out of there before your head exploded. How am I doing?”
“It's like you've lived it,” Tim replied wryly.
Dick smiled. It wasn’t an uncomplicated smile, but it was a sincere one. “And I didn't even have an awesome big brother to run off too, either,” he said, sliding his hand back down to tickle the bottom of Tim's foot again.
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Flying back to Cherry Street, weaving reckless in the dark, it comes down to this: Dick is the only one of his siblings that Jason has any real claim on. Dick is the only one of that whole mess of victims to Batman's cult of self-immolation who belongs to Jason. Even more than that - Dick is the only person in the world who he shares a parent with, who knows what it meant to be the Robin to Batman of nearly ten years ago.
It's just not the same anymore.
So if Dick fucking kicks it, Jason's the only one left. Jason becomes an only child. Jason becomes the last of his kind. Jason becomes the sole keeper of that memory, of a brotherhood shared under a man who no longer exists. There is no way to replace Dick, because the world that they lived in together is gone, and can never give Jason a surrogate.
The Red Hood pulls the thread on a mystery big enough to bridge the distance between two cities, two brothers: The plot they unravel is far deeper and darker than a garden-variety drug trafficking scheme. A story about siblingship, hauntings, and rivers.
1. Ostium, osti(i): Latin noun, II Declension: Door, opening; (river) mouth; entrance (to the underworld).
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- Part 1 of these and other tragedies
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Bookmarked by catchalatte (cschuma)
01 Mar 2026
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“Not of the folktales. Who cares about that?” Dick says. He squirms in Hood’s hold, restless. “It was Scheherazade. I loved her, the idea of her. Clever, clever. Every night, weaving stories on stories to stay alive, no proof that the end would ever come. That’s all she is, is stories. I love her. She is what I am.”
There’s an ache in Hood’s chest. “How old were you?”
“Thirteen? Fourteen?” Dick guesses, bleary. “B gave it to me when I was laid up with pneumonia. Broke a rib. Stupid. I read it over and over. Jay, how did you find me?”
“You caused a big fuckin’ scene, remember? You got snatched off the street in broad daylight.”
“I overdid it a little,” he admits. His breath is still choppy. “But they didn’t give me a lot to work with, they’re very bad at kidnapping. I had to all but trip and fall into the van! Ruins all the fun.”
“The fun? Of being kidnapped?” Hood snorts. “You’ll have to leave a bad review.”
“One star,” Dick agrees distantly.
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these tangled threads, this outstretched hand by wildsofmarch for withthekeyisking
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
08 Jul 2025
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Dick stared. There was a sign affixed to the inside of the bathroom door.
GET HELP
If you are a victim of human trafficking, call this number
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Bookmarked by catchalatte (cschuma)
03 Feb 2026
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“Then what’s the problem? After all, aren’t we all in the same line of work here?” He swirled his finger in a lazy circle to encompass everyone in this room.
Talia’s lips compressed with displeasure. “But you didn’t used to be. There was a time when you considered life precious. Sacred, even. What on earth has Deathstroke been doing to you?” She looked him up and down with a strange expression on her face. “Two years with him, and he’s turned you into this? This brittle, slavishly obedient, pitifully diminished semblance of your former self?”
“Oh, is this the part where we insult each other? I thought we were skipping it in the interest of saving time.”
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Clark grimaced. “I’m not sure it’s that straightforward in Gotham. There’s -- things are different here."
“Hnn.” That was a dangerous sound, especially when it was coming from Ollie. “So when Batman forced Robin through Joker Gas as training, that was just dandy? And when the kid showed up on the Watchtower a month later with six broken bones because Batman abandoned him in Gotham for a night -- that wasn’t straightforward to you?”
Bookmarked by cschuma
23 Dec 2025
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“Try again,” Bruce instructed quietly, barely more than a murmur in Clark’s ears. “Don’t think about what’s coming or where. Think about sticking your landing no matter what happens.”
“I always stick my landings,” Dick said petulantly. “You’re the one making it hard.”
“Good.”
“UGH.”
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Slade gets the call one cold winter morning, when he’s between jobs. He recognizes the number immediately because it belongs to a former client. A satisfied client.
“Mr. Wayne,” he says when he picks up. “What can I do for you?”
“I have a job for you,” says Wayne.
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OR: The Reverse!Apprentice AU where Slade Wilson ends up with a feral Talon on his handsSeries
- Part 1 of How to Train Your Talon
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Bookmarked by cschuma
22 Dec 2025
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By the time he bursts into Desmond’s inner sanctum, he’s angry enough to smash skulls to pulp. There are ten men in the room, but Slade’s eye immediately finds the boy tied to a chair in the middle of the room. Abruptly, the haze of rage recedes and cold logic reasserts itself. It’s like waking up from a nightmare.
Because the chair that Robin’s sitting on might be bolted to the floor, but the only things holding him are some ropes and zip ties. They haven’t removed his full-face mask or bothered to gag him. A thug is holding a knife to his throat, but Robin’s feet are tapping the ground idly and he’s humming softly under his breath. He is the very picture of unconcern.
The tidal wave of relief almost washes away his anger. Almost.
“Kid, what the hell are you doing?” Slade growls.
Robin tilts his head like his namesake. “Waiting for you. I didn’t know what the kidnapping protocol was.”
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See You At Your Worst by wildsofmarch for withthekeyisking
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Nightwing (Comics)
07 Aug 2022
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Dick has only been a mob enforcer for six months, but delivering a shipment of guns to an up-and-coming crime lord in Gotham should have been easy. All he needs to do is win the man's trust and secure him as a repeat customer.
Unfortunately, the Red Hood is not impressed with him.
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Bookmarked by cschuma
22 Dec 2025
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“Are you trying to kill me?” Dick asks breathlessly as Hood bends over and gets his hand around a long metal rod with one end bent at a right angle.
“I’m gonna maim you, Golden Boy. I don’t know why you’ve turned into this — this sad, crumpled dishrag of a person, but it makes me sick. I can barely stand to look at you like this. Christ.”
He bashes the rod through a glass-topped table. Dick narrowly escapes filleting his hand open on a shard the size of a coaster.
“Hood—”
“Pick up a fucking weapon.”
“Hood!”
“Who did this to you? Tevis? I’ll rip him into a hundred pieces.”
He’s gone completely off the deep end, Dick thinks, horrified.
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The Greatest Boyfriend by exhaustionw1ns
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
08 Dec 2025
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Tim Drake is a vigilante. Bernard is not. This shows in a lot of places, including the bedroom.
“You’ve not had sex with Bernard yet?”
“No, I have.” A pause followed by the realization there may be no respectful way to phrase this. “That’s the problem.”
Bookmarked by cschuma
21 Dec 2025
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Dick’s picking Tim’s thrown clothes from the ground, folding them idly, and placing them on the bench.
“But I just kind of want to be fucked till I’m exhausted sometimes,” Tim says absently. “With him, it’s always the other way around. I never really feel tired after.” He pauses and gauges Dick’s face. “TMI?”
“A little.” A tiny smile. “Speaking from experience, you’re not going to ever get that from him.”
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built yourself a myth (can't keep hanging on to what is dead and gone) by lifetimeoflaughter
Fandoms: Batman (Comics)
14 Mar 2023
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“He wouldn’t want to come back, you know,” says Jason, watching Bruce’s back heave with each labored breath, “He wouldn’t want it.”
It’s like treading water in the dark.
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The consequence
Of what you do to me
Help me to name it
Help me to name itBookmarked by cschuma
20 Dec 2025
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he stepped in front of me in the line of fire, and that’s why I’m here now, trying to save you before you lose yourself like you lost him, because I loved him and he loved you and I owe him, I will owe him for the rest of my life, for the rest of time.
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the great resurrector by ScarlettSwordMoon for Rygdea
Fandoms: Batman and Robin (Comics), Batman Incorporated (Comics), Batman (Comics)
06 Oct 2025
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During a mission gone awry, Bruce finds out the truth about what happened between Dick and Clark when they both thought him dead.
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Bookmarked by cschuma
25 Oct 2025
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Suddenly, Dick drops to the ground. He punches what appears to be just another area of wall. Instead of either his fist or the wall breaking, a panel opens like a drawer. It reveals a cluster of circuits and cables.
“What do you need?” says Bruce, already reaching for the usual suspects in his utility belt.
“No need, Batman,” Dick replies, clicking open the golden bat-emblem on his belt. “I brought my own.” He waves a small multipurpose tool with a wink.
The little brat. He’s been waiting all day to say something like this. Bruce smiles, proud, and leaves his boy to do his work.
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The baby’s crying.
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12 Oct 2025
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She’s still fractious, tired and unable to get to sleep, and Dick leaves the nursery and the baby monitor to let Slade get some sleep. He can soothe Marian on his own. He’s her mother.
“It’s okay,” Dick hums, pacing around their living room, bouncing lightly. “I’ll do better. I will.”
He doesn’t know if he’s talking to his daughter or his husband.
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Dick is sold to a werewolf pack.
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Bookmarked by cschuma
11 Oct 2025
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Slade’s expression was level, but Dick was too far to see if agitation or grief or rage lurked behind the calm facade, numbness creeping up his limbs as Slade got closer. Slade made a snorting sound and bent down to—to pick Rose up, the pup whining as she was roused from slumber.
“I said he needed rest, I didn’t say use him as a bed,” Slade chided, and his—his voice was gentle. Rose made another sleepy whine, and Slade placed her on the blankets next to him, chuckling softly when Rose curled up and went back to sleep.
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“I always figured a witch’s hut would look more…” Tim wiggles his fingers over the windowsill, adorned with various kitchen herbs and Rae Dunn pottery. “You know. Hovel-y.”
“That’s because it’s an apartment,” Bruce responds. “Don’t touch that.”
Tim doesn’t know how he knows, considering he’s still inspecting the bookshelves and facing the opposite direction. He makes a face, setting the purple mug that proudly proclaims sweater weather in spindly font back down where he found it.
Whumptober: 2025
Day 1: “Please don’t cry.”
Lamb to the slaughter | Ceremony | Beg for forgivenessSeries
- Part 1 of Whumptober 2025
Bookmarked by cschuma
06 Oct 2025
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Bruce’s face twists - relief and something more pained all tangled up in one. He reaches out, and Tim takes his hand on instinct. He squeezes. “Thank you,” he breathes. “You’re… you’re a good Robin, Tim.”
And then, as Tim gapes at him, he steps backwards down the stairs. “But first,” he says. “I need your help.”
And Tim never has been able to turn away when Batman has needed his help.
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Flightless Birds by Ionaperidot
Fandom Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Green Arrow (Comics), Superman - All Media Types, The Flash - All Media Types
07 Jul 2026
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A passing curiosity about the multiverse becomes a determination to save children across dimensions. Bruce builds a family. Others follow suit. Traumatized children heal.
There will eventually be a fourth part. In the meantime everything wraps up neatly at the end of each story, so don’t feel like you have to wait to start!
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Bookmarked by cschuma
02 Sep 2025
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it’s only the 8 of them at the funeral, and damian finds himself instinctually doing a head count every few minutes. between the monotonous pull of the priest’s words and stephanie’s crying, his hand grasps at the empty space beside him, looking for a child that isn’t there.
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Bookmarked by cschuma
21 Aug 2025
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“He’s home,” Bruce says. Damian doesn’t startle. “He’s safe.”
“He isn’t,” Damian replies, because Dick’s smile is no longer lovely. It is an alien stretch of skin, torn in two with keloids that separate his expression from something kind to inherently dangerous… then, this morning he’d woken to childish laughter on the grounds outside his window. From the balcony he watched Dick sprint into Jason and Tim’s arms, letting them slingshot him back to the grass where Cassandra clapped excitedly.
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When Slade gets his chance at the Winner’s Room after the Metropolis Dooms destroy the Bludhaven Blades, he doesn’t think twice before naming Grayson.
Maybe he should have.
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21 Aug 2025
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The Nightwing Protocol by PurpleSoot
Fandoms: Teen Titans (Animated Series), Young Justice (Cartoon)
17 Sep 2022
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In a universe that falls somewhere in between Teen Titans and Young Justice, Robin was fourteen years old on the day he was killed in action, caught in a clever trap laid by the world’s most dangerous mercenary assassin.
Deathstroke’s Apprentice was fifteen on the day he finally surrendered to the Justice League, with blood on his hands and scars that will never heal.
Dick Grayson is seventeen on the day he chooses to face Slade Wilson again.
Some things you lose and can’t ever find again. Some things you drop and leave behind. Some things you just have to learn how to carry with you.
(They’ll call that the Nightwing Protocol, if he survives.)
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Bookmarked by cschuma
04 Aug 2025
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Eight minutes later—which would be an appalling time for a vigilante, but mercenary armor is less likely to be needed in response to an unplanned emergency, so it’s less of a concern—Dick steps out of the bathroom in his full Renegade regalia for the very first time. It’s similar to his Apprentice suit, electric blue and bright orange in alternating pieces, clearly complementing the Deathstroke armor that Slade has made so famous. The major difference is the blue domino mask over his eyes in place of Slade’s iconic two-tone helmet.
And, of course, at the top of his back, right between his shoulder blades, there is a buckle that should hold crossed sheaths. It’s empty, instead, and it feels like a gaping wound, one the many other knives strapped around the armor can’t begin to heal.
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“do you miss him?”
“i don’t know,” damian replies honestly. “do you?”
“i don’t know either,” dick admits.Bookmarked by cschuma
29 Jul 2025
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“You can’t get old. We have to be the same age, okay? You have to let me catch up.”
Bruce’s smile is so very soft. Dick will always remember that.
“Alright, I promise.”
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Her perfume still lingers, however faint; more like the memory of jasmine and gardenia, the suggestion of it, than a real scent.
There, in the hood, struck through the fabric like a barb:
A strand of her hair.
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(Titlte from Eros the Bittersweet by Anne Carson)
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- Part 10 of grief as great as your splendour
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29 Jul 2025
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Roy’s gaze, all-seeing. Meeting it, realising only very distantly — like the thought comes from outside of him — that this is the first time in months that Roy has seen his eyes.
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look what i became (my tragic comedy) by withthekeyisking for walkerofthestars
Fandoms: DCU (Comics)
08 Jul 2025
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If Slade died seven years ago, right after he took Dick, Dick would've cheered and run back to Gotham. If he died four years ago, Dick would've wept with relief and gotten the fuck out of dodge. If Slade died ten days ago...
Well. It seems if Slade died ten days ago, Dick has a new mantle to take on.
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- Part 18 of 2025 Event Fics
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Bookmarked by cschuma
11 Jul 2025
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"I hope I made you proud," Dick says. "I hope you're burning in Hell."
He can't think of better last words for the man that is Slade Wilson.