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A City of Thy Making | Chapter 3

Fandom: DCU (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Millarworld Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Nemesis (Millarworld)/Dick Grayson, Dick Grayson & Blüdhaven Police Department, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd, Dick Grayson & Melinda Zucco Characters: Dick Grayson, Nemesis (Millarworld), Blüdhaven Police Department Officers, Nightwing Ensamble Additional Tags: Truth & Lies, Death & Destruction, Drugs & Toxins, Blood & Gore, Yandere Nemesis, Police Officer Dick Grayson, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Alternate Universe - Canon, Urban Legend Nightwing, Nemesis has a Cop Kink, Brothers in Blood Jason Todd, Identity Shenanigans, Trauma, Panic Attacks, Trickster Personas, Dirty Thoughts, Dirty Talk, Melinda Zucco Lied, BAMF Dick Grayson, side character death, Hero/Villain, Inappropriate Flirting, Dubious Consent, Compromise

Mere days before Dick joins the police academy to reshape Blüdhaven's police force, a new villain enters the world stage. Nemesis decimates his first police department overnight. To keep the villain’s attention from his city, Nightwing becomes an urban legend prowling the streets, but all contingencies turn out to be for naught. Nemesis is coming. Forced into the middleman position for a villain seeking revenge, Dick’s life is turned upside down. Is Nemesis telling the truth or is his life a lie? Does it matter if the evidence of the crime sits right in front of him?

Chapter 3: Dick Grayson

Dick seems to be moving through a dream as he slowly sits up in his bed. Nothing is clear, everything is fuzzy, even the horizontally folded card that drops from his chest into his lap. His fingers curl around it sluggishly. He opens it, noting the perfect slopes of handwriting first, so reminiscent of Bruce's that it stings.

I won't disappoint you as she did.

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Grayson Post-Spyral: From Sensational Ouroboros to Checkmate’s Scraps

Dick’s adventures with Spyral still had a profound effect on Rebirth Nightwing as penned by Tim Seeley and Javier Fernandez, showing quite clearly the impact Spyral had on Dick. In the hands of other former Grayson writers, Tom King and Kelley and Lanzing, two neat little stories were developed as well, which highlighted that the structure of Grayson adventures remained well suited for Nightwing. It all fell apart when the Grayson components, or rather Spyral, were taken into the hands of writers who never knew the Morrisson version of the organization nor paid respect to Grayson. This ultimately lead to Spyral not being an organization whose existence remained tied to Dick Grayson but rather it being just another secret organization that could be used for lip service if someone was in need of a spy agency.

SPYRAL, THE SENSATIONAL OUROBOROS

Nightwing’s Rebirth and Dick’s Feelings Toward Spyral

The Rebirth initiative shook the world of DC Comics, Grayson ended with a second creative team taking over as Mikel Janín and Tom King moved to Batman. Meanwhile, Seeley stayed with Dick Grayson for a little while longer as he became the writer for Nightwing during the Rebirth relaunch. While Dick’s time as a spy ended quite decisively in the last pages of Grayson, Nightwing Rebirth shows excellently how Dick feels about his spy life and the connections he made while part of the secret organization.

The end of Grayson shows Dick jumping back into action as Nightwing to ready readers for the new direction (Grayson #21), but Nightwing Rebirth #1 fantastically deals with the actual emotional ramification Dick faces freshly out of Spyral. Dick loves being back in his usual environment, but in the same way someone might miss their summer camp vacations, Dick misses the people he learned to know along the way. Dick trusts that Tiger will be handling Spyral much better than its former overlords. While everyone doubts whether Dick can move on from his time at Spyral and what it might have done to his sense of identity, Dick himself knows very well who he is. He defines himself as always wanting to help and Nightwing offers these capabilities much better than being a spy.

Nightwing: Rebirth #1 is the true epilogue of Grayson. Seeley shows clearly how King and he were able to make especially the first issues of Grayson into such character-driven stories. It is one comprehensive look as to how Dick feels about his Spyral days and that the Court of Owls turned out to be a much greater enemy to him than any effects working as a spy might have had (Nightwing: Rebirth #1).

In the following stories, Tiger and Spyral are called upon by Dick when need is be. They act as Dick’s global net as he is forced to work with and then against the Parliament of Owls as well as while fighting other foes. Post-Grayson Spyral being portrayed as Dick's net is a fitting continuation of the Spyral plotlines. Nightwing (2016) shows Tiger's Spyral transform into exactly what he said it would be: An organization to help superheroes instead of trying to destroy them.

Dick continues being on good terms with Tiger, calling upon him and Spyral to fight Kali-Yuga as well as to take care of Raptor and ensure he will keep Bruce’s and his identity secrets (#7, #8). When helped by the new Clark while Destiny brings him nightmares of his friends dying, Dick’s second dream is about Helena and Tiger. His words indicate that he tries not to reveal how important they have become to him, yet their presence in his dream is proof that they have (#9). Other writers than Seeley could have done more with it. If Dick had been around for Event Leviathan as Bendis wanted, maybe it would have been, but even like this Spyral is an excellent addition to Nightwing’s supporting cast. Spyral’s initial appearances in Nightwing also reiterate what was already clear during Nightwing: Rebirth #1: Dick is glad to be back but that doesn't mean he has to cut ties with the people he learned to appreciate and calls his friends (Nightwing 2016 #4).

It is after Dick’s breakup with Shawn that Spyral takes center stage in Dick’s life one more time and with them an old villain returns. As Dick tries to keep a new group of arms dealers, the Second Hand, in check, Giz one of the Run-Offs to which Shawn belongs, dies as he helps save Blüdhaven. Helena hears of Dick’s loss and comes to visit him. Dick reveals that he has been trying to get information on Gianni Dracul of the Second Hand, but without success, and Tiger, with him Spyral, has been unreachable for backup. Despite not being entirely opposed to Helena’s presence, Dick calls her out on her real reason for visiting. She has been hunting everyone with the slightest connection to the mafia and that is where Dracul comes in.

Now a pair of superheroes instead of spies, Nightwing and Huntress pair up, which causes Dick to stick with the realization that he has been surrounding himself with people who he can stop from going too far, so that he does not go too far himself. Seeley echoes the connection between Dick and Bruce onto Dick and Helena as well as Dick and Damian. Just as Bruce was Dick’s net, Dick has transformed his personality into a net for others. Dick acknowledges that he can be motivated by anger but surrounds himself with people who act on it, he believes he does not have to do so himself.

Huntress and Nightwing find Dracul, who is revealed to have been Spyral’s Agent 19. Dick figures out that his enemy The Second Hand is in fact Spyral (#26). Dick is confronted with his friends having gone bad just after he trusted Raptor, and this time these friends are spies who he should not have trusted anyway. If Grayson is all about Dick’s identity himself, then Seeley’s Nightwing is all about trusting other people the way Dick trusts himself.

While Dick does not look back too favorably on being a spy, the friendships he made are dear to him. Dick points out two times that Tiger might be compromised, but Helena disagrees by saying “Tiger’s motivations have never been anyone’s but his own”. The Skull Girls rescue Dick and Helena from Spyral. They reveal that Spyral did change for the better under Tiger and then suddenly for the worse. Lotti is being held captive for having stolen some of the discarded technology they were supposed to gather all over the world. Under Helena’s and Dick’s guidance, they aim to save Lotti.

Once inside the headquarters at St. Hadrian’s, Dick is separated from the others as Lotti’s image is used to attack them all by a second Tiger who speaks of the Ouroboros that Spyral and Leviathan represent (#27). The second Tiger has been Mr. Minos all along, who has held the real Tiger captive. Minos has not forgotten who he is, despite two of this three bodies having been killed during Dick’s time at Spyral.

The Spyral headquarters remain full of mystery as Helena and the girls are saved by a so-called Bughole that the real Lotti activates. Dick, meanwhile, has been caught by Minos, who is angry that Tiger has kept Dick’s true identity under wraps. While Minos used to knows from Helena who Dick is because of the deprive he got in Secret Origins, the Somnus satellite has erased his memories of Dick too. Mr. Minos is seeking a new identity to final destroy all superheroes by exposing their secrets. Through this, Minos is the opposite of Dr. Deadalus who wished others to become him. As before, the themes of Spyral remain identity.

Through the help of Helena and Lotti, Dick is able to realize that Minos is nothing but a program whose purpose is to hunt superheroes. Minos is truly called Hyperion and is a Cadmus Project used by Checkmate. Tiger uses the created diversion of villain monologue to shock Minos and Dick is glad to see that they are still “a dynamic dysfunctional duo”. As Minos dies, he wonders and hopes there is an afterlife though Dick has no answer for him about that. Spyral is saved, and Helena and Dick have to leave the organization behind once more. Helena’s anger at the world and Dick’s lingering grief bring them together as Dick wonders what death of a close friend does to one’s psyche. His answer is that it changes the lives of the people who remain and makes them question choices and decisions (#28).  

Helena and Dick develop a short-term relationship as she helps him against Raptor, but Helena breaks it off once realizing Dick has decided to work with Roland Desmond, who she regards as a low-level mobster and with that decides Dick broke her trust (#30-#31). Their break-up represents the end of the Grayson supporting cast appearing in Nightwing.  

Robin 80th Anniversary: Grayson Returns

The anthology Robin 80th Anniversary #1, published in 2020, includes a Grayson story by the original Grayson quartet Tim Seeley (script), Tom King (script), Mikel Janín (art) and Jeremy Cox (colors). Two years after Spyral’s last appearance in Nightwing, noone expected to see Grayson to make an appearance again. Dick had been shot in the head in October 2018 and become Ric. Even his out of continuity appearances lessened significantly. The only comic Dick appeared in during this time was the anniversary comic in which he was represented by four stories.

“Lesson Plan” takes place during Dick’s tenure as Agent 37 and conceptually leans on Grayson #5 with its focus on the relationship of the Dynamic Duo and how Dick came into his own. Dick teaches one of the Skull Girls, Paris, in the same categories as Bruce once did him as they finish a mission. The story reflects where Dick differs from his mentor and how they are the same even if their words are different. Dick learned how to pick and choose his lessons through years of experience. The most important lesson Dick imparts on Paris is not listening too much to her mentor. One of Dick’s greatest skills is to be unexpected and versatile in anything he does. Trusting others is a great strength to him, one he learned from his parents and his teammates not his mentor. Dick’s adult life is based on trust because the transition to Nightwing is (article reference). The short-story is used to exemplify how much experience Dick has gained over the years. 

Let Them Live! #2: A Glimpse at Agent Nightwing

Let Them Live was a short series that showcased stories from the DC Vault. Kelly and Lanzing’s story was originally pitched as an Agent 37 story to get the writing gig for Grayson. So if you would like to see what kind of feeling an Agent Nightwing story would have had? This is it.

“Without A Net” opens with Dick falling out of a plane as he steals a gravitation bomb from the religious organization St. Dumas and the robotic saint himself. It is easily recognizable how the story might have been slightly rewritten to show Dick as a free acting agent instead of Agent 37 of Spyral as Batgirl accompanies Dick in his ear. The technological McGuffin will remind readers of early Grayson issues as well. Robin and Cyborg are also part of Dick’s ground team, and the latter takes over from Batgirl when her hacking the systems gets too risky. As a civilian airplane becomes a victim of the fight, Dick ramps up the charm and gives the pilot his jetpack so she can escape safely. Despite the dangers of the mission, Agent Nightwing has less baggage than his Agent 37 counterpart.

Dick destroys the cyborg St. Dumas and gets rid of the bomb by tying his backpack to it. It leaves him as vulnerable as a human hero fighting gods and monsters usually is, but Dick planned it all out. The mission ending with a free fall is the reason why he had to go fight on the plane, not his mission mates. Bruce berates him but they both know their vigilantism comes with risks and they all have their own specialties. Dick makes the safe only he could, and the issue ends with Dick conversing with Bruce as he relaxes in the middle of the coral reef. After a high-octane fight and flight mission, Dick feels more like Bruce than anywhere else while in the middle of nowhere, the sun shining down upon him.

THE TRUTH ABOUT POST-SPYRAL

While Dick views his time at Spyral like a time that needed to happen and one he does not wish to return to, it is not a phase of his life which he hates. He formed valuable connections during his time as an agent and happily calls back onto these relationships when he can. Bruce and Damian are a large part of Dick’s post-Spyral stories because Bruce accompanied him as Mr. Malone, the voice in his ear, from the start, and Damian is sucked into the larger Spyral framework after his resurrection and during the Robin War. Dick deals with the complicated past as he always does, by looking forward with the people he connected with.

CHECKMATE’S SCRAPS

Spyral’s Destruction

During Event Leviathan, a Superman event written by Brian Bendis, all spy organizations of the DCU are destroyed by Leviathan itself. Sadly, the history of Spyral and Leviathan as rivaling sister organizations is not explored. Even though Bendis allegedly wanted Dick Grayson to be in the event but could not include him due to the Ric arc.

Bendis did not use many Grayson elements for his Spyral. Helena is sought out by Clark and Lois as is Tiger, who is even seen drinking hard liquor despite being a devoted Muslim, but the two of them are there simply because some Spyral/Leviathan connection remains. In the middle of the event, Tiger is seemingly killed by the enemy’s energy blast that takes out a whole neighborhood block. Had Bendis been allowed to use Dick, it might have come differently, instead, he created Lois Lane’s brother to fill that plot hole.

Random Agents

Since Spyral’s destruction, random Spyral agents have appeared during New Frontier. In Suicide Squad (2021), Culebra is revealed to have been a member of Spyral before its dissolution. A surprise (mostly negative if we want to be truthful) appearance of Spyral also occurred in the Nightwing 2024 Annual when Bea Bennett, born Destiny Alston, is revealed to have been working for Spyral all along instead of naturally growing interested in Ric as a civilian.

While Bea tries to solve the case of who murdered her mother and why, she meets Carmen Navarro who leads her to St. Hadrian’s Finishing School. Bea begins to train as a St. Hadrian’s Woman and is given the codename Siren after her graduation. Among other agents and the St. Hadrian Girls, who are her peers, she also meets Dick and later is assigned to keep tabs on him by Carmen.

Despite not being in favor of the assignment, Bea eventually grows closer to Ric and opens up to him, worrying what Spyral will do if he regains his memories. With this worry, Moore reintroduces a smidgen of the original Grayson identity arcs, but the danger Spyral poses to Dick should he regain his memories makes no sense. For one, Tiger would not care if Dick had the memories and Event Leviathan happens after Bea and Ric have been together for a while, destroying Spyral before they could ever harm him.  

By the end of the story, it is revealed that Bea’s mother too was an Agent of Spyral, doing undercover work at a Checkmate front. Carmen used to be the partner of Bea’s mother and killed her, Carmen was actually working for another agency called La Agente Fuebre, and Bea’s mother found out.

The Annual ends with the wrong lessons learned from Grayson. Instead of seeing Spyral as its own organization, the Checkmate connection is thrown in to give it relevancy and makes it look, through the introduction of yet another spy organization, as if Spyral is always infiltrated by someone else. Spyral disappears before Event Leviathan even happens. Instead of continuing the tone Helena and Tiger set during Grayson and Nightwing, all Spyral retains is its name.   

CONCLUSION

The first months after Grayson still saw Dick grabbling with topics of identity. No longer was it about finding himself and determining who he is but how others treat his trust in himself, his friends and even strangers. Post-Spyral saw new and old friendship be an important part of Dick’s life. Even though Helena failed to ensure Spyral would retain its new mission, Tiger picks up the pieces and Spyral can be rescued once more by Dick, Helena and the St. Hadrian Girls from certain too as all loose Grayson ends are taken care of. Spyral becomes Dick’s safety net during Rebirth before it is twisted into unrecognizability during Event Leviathan and Infinite Frontier. The spy organization with a purpose and a changing yet known leadership is gone, in its place Tiger is reverted to being just another agent and other organizations can infiltrate Spyral simply to do so instead of having a specific goal. Agent Siren, Bea Bennett, becomes the opposite of a safety net in her retcon by creator Travis Moore. Despite being an organization shrouded in mystery, Spyral’s beginnings and direction were always clear until Event Leviathan broke it into pieces.

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I’m pleased to announce that…

SumSladick is happening! Be prepared for creations in July about our resident hero Nightwing | Dick Grayson and his adversary Deathstroke | Slade Wilson! 

All the information you need is listed in Mini Event Guide and down below under the cut!

🖤Timeline

> 26.02 Event Announcement

> 06.03-26.03 Suggestions

> 31.03-26.04 Voting

> 01.05 Prompts

> 26.07 | 27.07 | 28.07 posting days

🧡FAQ

> How do I participate?

You can post your work to the collection on Ao3 https://archiveofourown.org/collections/SumSladick and to tumblr by using #sumsladick

> What type of content is allowed?

Any rating, any dark content as long as you tag responsibly, explore the relationship to your hearts content

> What is the minimum requirement for this event?

The minimum word requirement is 700 words and the minimum art requirement is a completed sketch

> Are there catch up days?

No, considering the mini event only lasts 3 days, but the collection stays open regardless so you can still always submit your work

🩵Rules

> All submissions must be Sladick-centric per the theme of this mini event

> The work should be a new work (finished, in-progress or a part of a series are allowed) don’t plagiarize or repost

> No hating on other works, be kind and respectful

> Since every kind of rating is allowed keep the “don’t like, don’t read” in mind

> Tag responsibly

(Psst, I’m known for bad jokes, so instead of calling this SumSladick (Summer + Sladick) I could have called this mini event Dickstroker (Dickstroke + Summer) but that’s a secret between you and me, under-the-cut-reader)

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Persuasion | Chapter 38

Fandom: Young Justice (Cartoon), Deathstroke the Terminator (Comics), Nightwing (Comics) Rating: Explicit Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Dick Grayson/Slade Wilson, Minor or Background Relationship(s), Canon Relationship(s) Characters: Dick Grayson, Slade Wilson, Rose Wilson, Other(s) Additional Tags: References to Canon, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Dubious Morality, Dysfunctional Relationships, Post-Season/Series 02, Pre-Season/Series 03, Canon-Typical Violence, sex as payment, Families of Choice, Under-negotiated Kink, Friendship, Dick Grayson-centric Series: Part 1 of Trigger'verse

“We don’t want the same thing. You want Kid Flash. I want Nightwing.” As long as it serves the mission, Nightwing will do almost anything. If it gets personal, all bets are off. He never overbid the Light with money anyway.

Chapter 38

Luthor turned to Slade and Dick as they arrived in one of the observation rooms below LexCorp Pharmaceutical. Behind the window front, multiple scientists could be seen working on projects far beyond the capabilities of Luthor’s legal front. Multiple computers were running different calculations for certain projects. Among them, they would find concrete data as to how Wally West could be brought back to their Earth. Back when Dick had asked Slade to help him, he had not expected that it would end here. Luthor had been interested, so much was clear, but Dick had been left wondering if he was actively working on it. That he was, was both a relief and a concern. A simple side project, something to keep his mind active, that's what Dick had expected. The question had been whether Luthor would be far enough along with his research to make a difference, and not how to even find what they were looking for among all the different datasets.

Dick stayed a few steps behind Slade as the two men shook hands. Luthor caught his gaze regardless.

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Sketches of adult Dick and Bruce practicing a couple’s trapeze act based on The Owl and The Pussycat’s sensual routines. Featuring Dick with a Cirque du Soleil-esque costume.

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BruDick Fanfic First Loves [A Reclist]

For Valentine's Day 2025, BruDick shippers submitted the fics that first got them hooked on the BruDick ship. Here is a gathering of the community's first loves!

Anima by Antiquity (3.7k, Teen, Fluff)

With his soul mark fluttering more and more restlessly across his back, Dick can't wait to meet his soulmate. To some of his friends a bat might be strange - and it's not a vampire bat, thank you very much - but to him, it's perfect. And an excellent barometer for when there's trouble on the horizon.

Better than the Sweetest Dream by shield_of_selene (15k, Teen, RomCom)

Damian accuses Bruce of failing his Valentine’s Day duties; namely, romancing Dick Grayson. This starts a chain reaction that leads to exploding heart bombs, forced imprisonment, and wedding bells.

Blood Roses and Midnight Jasmines by TheOakTreeGhost (19k, Explicit, Vampire AU)

Dick Grayson woke up up to the feel of kisses being peppered over his neck, pointy teeth grazing gently at his skin. As his mind slowly rose to conscious, he became aware of that amazing musk and bergamot scent, of the heavy weight on top of him, of that stubble he adored so much rubbing against his skin, of the feel of a tongue tracing his collarbone, of hands sandwiched between his rear and the mattress, of the crotch gently — unconsciously, instinctively — grinding against his hips. It was his favorite form of waking up.

Casino Royale by spaceisgay (Chancellor Griffin) (135k, Explicit, Romance)

Boravia’s grand casino, once a hotbed of European crime, has reopened with a high-stakes poker tournament Bruce Wayne suspects may be the work of Roulette. In a country where superheroes are banned, the only way to foil a criminal conspiracy is to enter the tournament as himself, and play his way up to the top. But not just any card-playing billionaire can get his name on the list. The real price of admission is a lot higher than the two million dollar buy-in. You also need a secret to offer up as your stake. A dirty one. The kind a man like Bruce Wayne would pay dearly to keep quiet. Enter Dick Grayson. Though he agrees to accompany Bruce to the tournament in the guise of his illicit lover, to help him fake a blackmail-worthy secret besides the one with masks and capes, Dick's not wild about spending so much time with his old friend in flirtatious playboy mode; but somehow it's harder than expected to watch Bruce direct that legendary charisma at other people, and Dick doesn't quite know why. Over the course of four days, what began as a straightforward undercover job devolves into a messy emotional tangle which forces both men to confront truths they’ve kept hidden for years . . . even from themselves.

Distractions, Distractions by ZeAwesomeBirdie (1.8k, Explicit, Smut)

Bruce had to tell Dick that Robin’s suit needed a cape. He just had to figure out how to do so without admitting the real reason behind this. For better or worse, Dick had a way of wriggling the truth out of him.

Down the Line by Averia (5k, Mature, POV Outsider)

It's just Bruce being Bruce, Clark says. Lois Lane begs to differ.

He Shouldn't Have Interfered by WorldsUnreal (21k, Mature, Fluff)

How Clark found out about Bruce and Dick. Or rather, how Clark mistook their completely appropriate feelings for something else and then it turns out he had been right all along.

He Would Never Series by kleine_aster (12.5k, Mature, RomCom)

Tim has an uneasy realization about Bruce's and Dick’s relationship and confronts Dick with his newfound knowledge, initiating the most awkward brother talk of all time. Dick reminisces about the night he and Bruce made a series of escalating rash decisions.

How to Marry a Millionaire by Petra (63.5k, Explicit, Identity Porn)

Bruce Wayne, playboy millionaire, has a taste for the exotic.

i can bend and not break by noctiphany (2.5k, Explicit, Spyral Arc)

"Can I come home?"

I spend the afternoon on top of you by ladybugkay (4.1k, Explicit, Getting Together)

A little too much wine leads to kissing between unexpected people when Clark and Lois invite Bruce and Dick over for dinner, but there’s no rule saying someone else can’t cut in.

Illuminated by Aeedee (79.3k, Explicit, Hurt/Comfort)

[FTM Dick] There's something Dick wants from Bruce. But you can't always get what you want, right?

In Dreams by kleine_aster (39k, Mature, Angst)

Regular!Bruce & Dick meet Bruce & Dick from Frank Miller’s notorious (and glorious XD) All-Star Batman and Robin. Sparks fly, yo. Fists, too.

Lowlight by Averia (1.6k, Teen, Humor)

“I am not melodramatic! You just had sex with Batman!”

Magnificently Cursed by Mysterious_Aud_Lou (40k, Teen, Gothic Romance)

In the wake of his parent's tragic death, twenty-year-old Richard Grayson makes his way to Gotham City with two small suitcases and a newspaper advertisement that reads: Male employment requested. Requirements: Pleasant vocal timbre. Must be able to read in English, but reading comprehension in other languages is preferred. Full salary, lodging, and meals provided. Report to Alfred Pennyworth at Wayne Manor, Gotham City between the hours of 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock on the Second of September for interview. But what secrets lay behind the old, stone walls of Wayne Manor? Who is the mysterious, reclusive Bruce Wayne? And why do the people of Gotham seem to fear a night-stalking creature that they call "Batman?"

Mamabird Universe by Laroyena (77.9k, Explicit, Drama)

Batman Omegaverse in which Dick, not Talia, is Damian's biological mother... though Bruce doesn't find out about his son until Talia drops Damian off in Gotham almost a decade later.

Matchless and Matchless II by StarCityRebels (13k, Explicit, Identity Porn)

Stories about Batman's underworld alter-ego and the dirty dirty things he does.

Naked as We Came by klose (5.6k, Mature, Established Relationship)

"As it happens," he says, letting humour crinkle his eyes as his gaze flickers towards the other end of the table -- "I believe Dick would make a fantastic trophy wife." Fix-it for for this headcanon: "Bruce secretly longs to marry Dick, but after joking with him about it for so long he’s afraid Dick will say no. He can’t take the thought of that rejection and so he keeps the ring in his back pocket. It’s his father’s."

Or that if I do by favyan (1.6k, Teen, Romance)

Bruce finds the letter Dick wrote in Gotham Knights #14.

Please by Cadkitten (10.6k, Explicit, Sex Pollen)

Of all the places Bruce thought he'd ever find himself, this was not one of them. Thirteen minutes ago Barbara had patched him through to Dick's comm, had heard his adopted son's labored breathing, heard the desperation in his voice when he pleaded with Bruce to come and get him from where he'd holed himself up at and to please bring the antitoxin.

the pleasures of civic duty by gloss (15.6k, Explicit, Historical Romance)

"Just a boy good at heart, more brave than a man -- too brave to *become* a man."

Practice Makes Perfect by klose (1k, Gen, RomCom)

Bruce tries to ask Dick out on a date.

Shining Light, Shining-Bright by BradyGirl_12 (280, Mature, Established Relationship)

What would an observer see in the master bedroom of Wayne Manor?

To Court A Grayson by Mysterious_And_Lou (3.2k, Teen, Relationship Reveal)

Damian Wayne has always gotten what he wants, and what he wants is his father to realize that Bruce will find no better romantic partner than Damian's beloved Grayson. So, armed with a briefcase and a carefully planned powerpoint presentation, Damian takes on the challenge of convincing his father that it's time to throw all other romantic entanglements aside, and begin to court Grayson properly.

You are forever in my mind by [orphan_account] (30k, Explicit, Angst)

This started off as a simple idea: Bruce installs a new set of cameras in the manor; cameras he doesn't tell anyone about. One night, he accidentally sees something that fundamentally affects him - and the way he looks at Dick.

Wertham's Law by RobinRocks (34k, Teen, Romance)

In 1954, Dr Fredric Wertham wrote a book called Seduction of the Innocent, in which he accused Batman and Robin of being gay. So naturally there’s fun afoot when the Teen Titans visit Gotham!

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Still not over how Frank Miller made Dick into a homoerotic Joker for Dark Knight Strikes Again. And the nicknames Bruce calls him… one complaint? Pretty boy Dick should have been a Pretty Joker.

Inktober Day 17: (Manly) Journal

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Dick Grayson Anniversary Week 2025 is TWO MONTHS away! Plenty of time to take that leap into Dick's milestone year with the creation of fanworks centering around one of DC Comic's oldest sweethearts! From April 6th to 12th, we’ll be celebrating 85 YEARS OF DICK GRAYSON with the following amazing prompts 💙

DICK GRAYSON ANNIVERSARY WEEK 2025 PROMPTS

Day 1: Prince of Gotham | Time Travel | 5+1 Things Day 2: Secrets | Everyone’s Favorite | Model Dick Grayson Day 3: Underappreciated Relationships | Trauma Recovery | Greek Mythology Day 4: Wonder Twins | “You will always be my Robin.” | Unlikely Allies Day 5: Brainwashing | Truth Serum | Cryptid of the Family Day 6: Multiverse | Dick’s Harem of Older Men | Murder Attempt Day 7: BAMF Dick Grayson | A Celebration of 85 Years | Filling in for Batman

‘A Celebration of 85 Years’ marks the free prompt of the event.

WHAT'S GEN FOR 85? 🤸‍♂️ Gen for 85 means Dick Grayson Anniversary Week is adding an extra challenge exclusively. To honor 85 years of Dick Grayson non-romance and non-smut takes center stage in this years week. You're still allowed to include canon and non-canon ships in your works, they are simply not the focus!

Why do this challenge now? Since DGAW went live six years ago, the DC fandom event corner has changed! A lot of excellent ship events are happening all year around and DGAW has always attracted more gen prompts, so highlighting Dick's gen side during his 85th Anniversary makes for a good challenge to celebrate the character's milestone. This is your excuse to write the Dick Grayson adventures you think you can't! 🐦

If you want to talk about your process with fellow Dick stans or talk all things Dick Grayson join us on the Dick Grayson Discord server ‘Green Booty Shorts’ (18+, ship-friendly)! 🕵️‍♂️

Any questions left? Check out about or rules--or feel free to send an ask.

Don't be shy, let those yummy prompts feed your muse! 💙🤸‍♂️🕵️‍♂️🐦

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Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dick Grayson/Bruce Wayne Characters: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson Additional Tags: POV Bruce Wayne, Alpha Bruce Wayne, Beta Dick Grayson, Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha in Rut, Mildly Dubious Consent, Mating Bites, Overstimulation, Anal Sex, Submission, Embarrassment, Urination, Feelings of Inadequacy, Alpha/Beta, Knotting Bruce's rut sneaks up on him in Blüdhaven and he settles on Dick's place to ride it out. Alfred's Beta has always calmed him, so Dick's will too. However, their similarities might end with being Betas and always there for Bruce. Bruce might not be quite truthful to himself.

@brudick-week 2025 - Day 4: Omegaverse

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2025 - The Year of Multi-Chapters! 🤸‍♂️

2025 will be a busy year! I have a few Finish Em Fics over from 2024 but I was able to complete a lot, and I hope this New Year's Resolution will work just as well!

(The exclamation marks indicate priority projects.)

Multi-Chapters to Finish

‼️Persuasion I restarted in October and have been having a little trouble with the next chapter. Mostly because I had finals and was on vacation after. The fic will continue on February 6th! Definitely finishing it this year, come what may. Four more chapters left! And a lot is going to still be happening. We've entered the faster paced stage of the fic. Finally!

Take Triumph From Tomorrow and where hope has been laid to rest each have one more chapter to go!

Multi-Chapters to Start

‼️Echoes of the Gotham Massif will be a Bruce and Dick Warlord and Werebunny AU that has been spinning in my mind since the BruDick Summer Exchange 2023. The first part should be ready at the end of March. It'll include four parts, three of which are multi-chapters of their own.

Here's a little graphic teaser because I'm proud of it 😄:

I am aiming to write multiple multi-chapters simultaniously for the first time. Maybe it'll work, maybe it won't. We'll see. Probably depends on how big each of them is going to get. I have planned to start two others this year at least in private.

The still untilted multi-chapter will be a violence intervention practicioner AU in which Dick's life is told through the eyes of Jason with appearances by a lot of Dick's friends.

Stardom is a fanfiction about Lois dying before the Trinity has truly established itself. The World's Finest are the only team around. Clark fucks off into space as Dick makes Metropolis his city (and a hero city in general) as Nightwing with help from Jimmy Olson. Clark returns and falls in love but Lois' death has changed him.

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The Gotham City Post

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my dad passed away and i don't have the funds to get to his funeral. it will be happening soon, as soon as the police releases his body, but i need to get to another country to be there and, well. money.

i made a ko-fi goal for it, any and all donations are appreciated: https://ko-fi.com/sonneambedo/goal?g=0

if you want something in return, my commissions are open on VGen, or you can donate and send me a DM here or on discord about what you'd like.

portfolio: sonneambedo.webflow.io all prices in image

thank you in advance for any help

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Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dick Grayson/Bruce Wayne Characters: Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne Additional Tags: Hanahaki Disease, The Hall of Justice, Ice Villains, Kissing, Disease Treatment The Batsuit’s emergency alert brings Bruce and Dick together.

@brudick-week 2025 - Day 2: Sharing Body Heat | Hanahaki Disease

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Hello! Sorry to bother but your fic link for A City of Thy Making is sending me to a website called beautiful.ai that is asking for a subscription and I wasn’t sure if I was missing something or if it’s just hosted on a different platform than usual. You can answer privately if you want, I’m just a little confused lol.

Omg, thank you for telling me! This is embarassing, lol. Definitely not on a different website! I'm a AO3 truther. It's fixed now. Here's the correct link to the fic.

Beautiful.ai is a presentation website I had to try out for college. Nothing to do with fandom or writing in general. (It's pretty lame if people can already work with powerpoint or sth else, tbh.)

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people really just walk into horror movies and expect them not to deal with uncomfortable things despite the genre being dedicated to discomfort.

i saw so many people complain that lisa frankenstein, a movie where one of the leads is famously a rotting corpse, was too gross for them. when i walked out of nosferatu, i heard people say that the nudity was uncalled for... in a vampire film. nudity? in MY gothic horror?! unheard of!

a LOT of people really need to accept that maybe some genres just aren't to their taste, idk. not every movie needs to be cookie-cutter clean. sexuality is a staple of gothic horror, if not the wider genre horror in General. you don't need to enjoy it, but it doesn't make these things uncalled for.