#(aka mostly tim's way)

[timothyslucy]

as devastated as i am over the chenford breakup i must admit i am extremely excited to be getting a 2nd pining era.

[flwrkid14]

Danny Phantom x Tim Drake: The Ultimate Campus Power Couple, Football Edition

picture this: Danny has always been a huge college football fan—like, Amity Park goes nuts for it. It’s practically in his DNA at this point. So when Danny hits college, it’s a no-brainer: he tries out for the football team, and obviously, he crushes it. He’s the star running back, fast, agile, and honestly just born to be on the field.

Enter Tim Drake, aka Danny’s ridiculously supportive boyfriend. Tim’s not necessarily a football guy, but for Danny? He’s there. He’s at every single game, wearing Danny’s varsity jacket like it was made for him, sitting front row, screaming louder than anyone else when Danny scores. The other students think it’s adorable (or they’re jealous, let’s be real).

On campus, these two are the definition of “campus couple goals.” Danny’s the football star with all the charisma, and Tim’s the genius who’s always with him, supporting him in his own quiet, unshakeable way. If they’re not holding hands walking between classes, you’ll find them at the cafeteria, Tim quizzing Danny on some class they probably share while Danny’s got an arm around him, nodding but mostly just focused on how cute Tim looks in his jacket.

Game day is serious business. Tim shows up early to claim his seat (always the same one, right where Danny can see him). He’s got his routine down—Danny always gets a good-luck kiss before heading out onto the field, and let’s be real, Danny is 100% convinced that those kisses are why he’s so good at the game. The rest of the team teases him about it, but he doesn’t care—because Tim’s his lucky charm.

Danny loves to show Tim off, too. After a big win, he’s dragging Tim onto the field with him, arm around his shoulders like, “Yeah, that’s my genius boyfriend,” while Tim just stands there, trying not to look embarrassed but totally failing because he loves it. Danny’s got that proud grin, Tim’s got his almost too big varsity jacket, and the entire campus is either swooning or jealous because honestly, who wouldn’t be?

And let’s talk about the post-game routine: after every game, no matter what, they’re meeting outside the locker room. Danny’s still hyped from the adrenaline, all sweaty and beaming, and Tim’s waiting there with a smirk, ready to hand over a water bottle and steal a quick kiss. They walk back together, Danny in his football gear, Tim still in that jacket that’s like three sizes too big, and it’s just… perfect.

the best part? Even when they’re not at a game, they’re still that couple on campus. Tim’s constantly wearing Danny’s jacket, and Danny’s forever pulling him into random kisses between classes. They’re the kind of couple that makes everyone believe in love again—Danny’s the heart, Tim’s the brain, and together they’re just unstoppable.

[bluerosefox]

Waiting... Waiting...

So... This was inspired by listening to EPIC (FREAKING LOVE ALL THE ALBUMS, SO GOOD) and by @noxcheshire post of Tim being Odysseus reincarnated and Danny (maybe also reincarnated) being his Penelope (Here) so I had to turn it into a Dead Tired idea.

The song The Challenge is the main one here. (Cause I LOVE that song... along with Would You Fall In Love With Me Again)

So WHAT IF Danny IS the reincarnated Penelope, after becoming the Ghost King Danny's memories of his past life as Penelope returns and remembers how before dying/ or being reincarnated both Penelope and Odysseus promised to find each other in their new lives, no matter who they are, what new form they take, they will find each other.

So Danny/Penelope, just like before waits for their Odysseus to return to them, but also tries to find him in their new life (CW is laughing whenever Danny asks for hints and gets a 'In due time, just wait' answer, ugh Danny wants to smack CW for that)

However just like in his previous life with being in a high position of power, Danny is being pressured to marry/take a spouse (now its not just men/males though so its a huge headache, I head canon Ghosts don't care much for gender preference) mostly by the dang eyeballs that Danny is still trying to find a way to get rid of without upsetting the Infinite Realms delicate (but slowly healing) balance even if Danny wanted nothing more than to punch all of the suitors out.

So Danny decides to play the long game again.

And waits for their Odysseus return.

Danny's wait is over when they suddenly feel the Realms shift one day, as if welcoming someone familiar home, and the same feeling Danny had when he had been Penelope and saw the storm that was sign of Odysseus coming home, Danny decides its time to bring out The Challenge once again. (CW gifted Danny a few things from his past as Penelope as a coronation gift, like Odysseus's bow (now enchanted to be unbreakable), a painting of when he was Penelope, with Telemchus, and Odysseus, and the Marriage Bed/Olive Tree, AND the Palace Odysseus made that Danny takes to being in over being at Pariah's Keep)

-x-x-

Meanwhile

Tim Drake, aka Red Robin, always had strange dreams as a child.

War, Death, Monsters, Gods, Goddesses.

His dreams were more like nightmares, haunting him and he sometimes woke up in cold sweat.

He hated storms. Hated being in the water for to long. Hated how he felt both tense but also at home when around Greek heroes, as if he was afraid to 'disrespect' them (Cassie was the only one he didn't feel that way around, mostly cause they had been somewhat friends before their heroing since their parents knew each other) but also knew how to appease them should he insult them. He also had a strange hatred for the CoO with a burning passion because he felt like they were mocking real Owls.

The worst part of nightmares that always pop up are of what feels like should be his home is being invaded by unwanted guests (they aren't guests), how they are angry over trying to string a bow and shot an arrow through axes, of the terrible terrible things he hear them saying they were going to do to his loved ones (two names that keep getting muted out).

How it ends in bloodshed with echoing of begging, pleading, mercy, and screams.

However in those nightmares at the end. He also finds himself looking for something in them.

Or rather he always found someone waiting for him at the end of the nightmares. Calling him by the wrong name but it sounds just right coming from them.

The dream always ends with the person asking 'How long has it been?' and before he can answer he wakes up.

So yeah Tim has horrifying nightmares/dreams he could never explain.

And the urge to find someone. To go home to them.

It isn't until he and his friends from Young Justice are hit by a spell from Klarion (who may or may not had a visit from a certain chaos encouraging Time Keeper) and sent to a place called the Infinite Realms in the middle of their fight, that Tim is hit hard with déjà vu when he spots a certain Palace in the distance and overhears some of the 'people?' (they glow and float and some don't even look human?! where are they?) talk about how the 'King' has issued a new 'Challenge' for his 'suitors'.

A Challenge involving a bow, and axes.

And Tim, feels like he knows this all too well and needs to do it.

[dio-niisio]

(English is not my first language, so please ignore any mistakes! :-))

Ok I've been imagining a scenario that for some reason Martha and Thomas Wayne are brought back from the dead...

One day they are dead and the other they are starting at their graves, reading their names and being very confused.

Alfred probably finds them first, he looks out the window and sees two people standing in the family cemetery, Wayne Manor had problems in the past with grave robbers, and he would be damned if he let that happen with their grave. So poor Alfred runs, grabbing some old shovel on the way (just to scare, not to harm!), ready to give an ear full on these people. That's when he sees. His friends.

He's surprised to say the least. They don't look young, the years they were gone caught up to them. Thomas has mostly grey hair and Martha had a white strip of hair right in the top of her head...

Alfred doesn't know what to do, so he brings them inside. And starts to prepare some tea while he tries to explain the past 30 something years.

The next person who sees them is Dick, he smelled the tea and was going to get a cup, then he saw the people in the painting on the top of the stairs. And he panicked. Cuz he knows what that implies, and he is worried for his dad.

He introduces himself as 'Bruce's son' which gets them to be a very happy set of grandparents, he tells them the story of when Bruce adopted him (cuz grandpa wanted to meet his mom, in the end he got a nice and tragic story of the flying Grayson's)! And how he always wanted to meet them! He also text Jason, telling him to get his ass downstairs and talk to his family.

Jason almost had a heart attack, he thought that Dick wanted him to talk to Bruce not grandpa and grandma, he's very happy of course, but he's worried for them, resurrection isn't something nice, but they assure him they are as good as they could be. And it is his turn to explain that he's also adopted (they laughed at the tire story, he told them it was one of Bruce's "fancy cars"). He comments that he and Martha have matching hair (both with a white stripe right in the middle).

Tim comes home around noon, he's been spending time with some school friends, and when he hears some commotion in the kitchen he goes to investigate, that's when he sees them and thinks he's hallucinating (again), but he's reassured by a very happy grandma. He tells them he's 'Tim Drake-Wayne', and is his time to explain that no Bruce didn't marry a Drake, he is his legal guardian (aka Dad) cuz when his parents died on a archaeological excavation his uncle was not fit to be his guardian so Bruce stepped up.

Thomas and Martha are so happy in a couple of hours they went from being dead to having 3 beautiful grandchildren! They are very proud of Bruce for making a difference in these boys lives!

That's when Damian walks in the kitchen he just wanted Alfred's help with something, he looks just like Bruce when he was that age (or what they think Bruce would look like), he doesn't look surprised or excited, he just says that he's Bruce's 'biological son', which gets one of his ears pinched by Dick with a very stern 'be nice'. Before they can ask anything they're being hugged by Damian who says that it is nice to have them in here.

When Bruce comes home he's very tired™, he had a day full of meetings on Wayne enterprises and he still gotta do Batman stuff. He passed through the kitchen and saw that his kids had guests over. He doesn't think much of it until he gives a good look at them.

"Mama? Papa?"

And the world stopped spinning. That's them! All he wanted to see since he was an 8 year old little boy. He just doesn't believe it.

He looks just like his dad. Probably a bit shorter (and not rocking the mustache), but he has his mama's eyes. And her smile. He missed her smile so much! He missed his papa's hugs, he missed the lullabies his mama used to sing, he missed playing pretend with his papa, he missed them.

And he can't say a word. He just cries. He hugs them and he cries. His mama and papa are really back! They are back home!

And now it's his turn to catch up! And boy he's got a lot to say!

As they move to the living room Thomas gives this look to Alfred, smiles and says "Thank you for caring for our little boy, old friend!"

"Little boy? I'm sorry Mister Wayne, but that's an understatement. He's almost taller than the cabinets!"

[renirae]

what I think the season one archival staff would dress up as for halloween!!

Jon - would not dress up. he has a professional image to uphold !!

Sasha - I feel like she'd go with a classic, like maybe a witch or a vampire!! or something matching with Tim :)

Martin - probably wouldn't have the courage to do anything fancy, but after badgering from his coworkers (aka mostly Tim) he would go for one of the classics too, like a ghost/mummy/zombie?

Tim - would absolutely go overboard with something extravagant and lots of accessories, but also maybe not something actually getting too close to the supernatural. so like, a pirate? or a movie character? OR something RIDICULOUSLY spooky (specifically to annoy Jon lol)

alternatively:

a few days before halloween, Jon walks in on the archival assistants discussing how they're going to dress up. he frowns and tells them wearing halloween costumes is actually against the office dress code, as dressing in such a ridiculous way would be highly unprofessional.

he walks in on halloween to see all of them dressed up as him.

(and yes they absolutely deny it - them? dressing up for halloween against Jon's strict instructions?? they would NEVER!! they simply decided to all wear dress shirts, ties, and sweater vests on the same day by pure coincidence :))

[seleneprince]

What are Cassandra Cain thoughts on the Perez family and was she part of the batfam during the neglect?

She’s my precious baby, but I know she is loyal to Bruce. But also the Perez' wouldn't last if she was there, she knows everything.

So I'm wondering if like Duke she arrives later and decides to embrace them? Like, how can you look at Rosa loving her kids and not be like "I want that 😢." Specially with the insanity that are Cass' bio parents.

It would be funny because Cass isn't as sweet as she is usually portrayed, she can and will beat a bitch, (that bitch usually being Jason. I don't remember correctly but I think the only batboys she doesn't throw hands with are Tim and Duke) she is the same fighting level as Bruce too 😭

Also, she strikes me more as a mommy's girl than daddy's girl but I can't confirm, cause well, her mama is absent 😶

Oh boy, that's a good question.

First of all, I start this by admitting that I don't know about Cassandra as much as the other characters, so I apologise for any slight innacuracies. That said, it's hard to keep up with DC's canon these days. But I confirm, she's only chill with Tim, I think. She has thrown hands with all the batboys at some point, specially Jason ashsdf. Only Tim and Duke are safe as far I've seen.

Now, to answer the question:

Everyone in the family knows that Rosa forced Bruce into the marriage because she knows their identities and threatens to expose them otherwise. So, yeah, they're all kinda pissed at her and resentful. Cassandra is no exception. She first views her stepmother as this evil golden digger who used vile ways to get Bruce and her kids low-key as opportunists just like her, but the thing with Cassandra is, as we know, that she can see things most people can't.

Before Duke arrives, she already clocked the Perez family weren't all what they seemed. Like you said, Rosa has her flaws and she's not really a good person, but she loves her kids more than anything. Literally most of the shit she does is for them. Cassandra finds it hard to think of her as this pure evil villain when she sees her brushing her oldest daughter's hair before school even though she protests she's old enough, or when she ruffles Marco's hair with the softest eyes, or when she's teaching her youngest daughter how to bake sweets she likes as a bonding activity. She might be cold and untrustworthy with the Bruce, but when it comes to her children, she seems like an entirely different person. Her eyes turn the softest she's ever seen, and her hands are always so gentle and tender with them. Just the way she handles leaves no doubts that it's true love.

And Cassandra can't help but think that a woman capable of such love can't be all bad. And deep down, a part of her wishes she could have that. Regardless, she doesn't go out of her way to bond with her because, like you said, her loyalty is with Bruce first.

It's different with Bruce's daughter and the twins, since she doesn't really resent them at any moment. She out of all people can't blame others for their parents' crimes, but she's definitely part of the neglect. She doesn't do it on purpose, she just...doesn't know how to approach them. They have nothing in common. She can't relate to them the way she does with the others. For someone who already struggles with social interaction and mostly relies on hanging out with people equally fucked up as her (aka the batfam), well, you can guess.

Besides, reminder that the Perez family have resided on the other side of the manor since their arrival and have spent all the years until the current timeline leading separate lives from the Batfamily. The only times they're all in the room together are on the rare occassions they all have family dinners, because the Perez family go as far to make different schedules to never eat in the same table with them unless there's no choice. Cassandra only sees them when they cross paths around the house, which it's not often, and they barely talk. That doesn't give her enough material to read them properly and figure out their secrets. Plus, as bad as it sounds, she's not interested to. They're the normal ones of the family, who aren't involved in the bloody bussiness of crime fighting, who don't have to go through the same hell. They can simply enjoy the luxury and safety of being civilians.

They're not...tainted, like her.

In her head, she even convinces herself it's for protection. She doesn't want to ruin the perfect picture of normal family they have (again, she doesn't interact enough with them to notice the cracks), so she thinks its reasonable to keep them away. She can't bond with them anyway. Nor reach a mutual understanding. They're too different. Opposite worlds and all of that.

Instead, she's content on catching glimpses from afar, of what they have, what she could've had in another life, and move on.

That's it, until the Signal and Red Hood find her in that state after falling off the window. On the verge of death, and no one knows what happened or how, or why she was even there. Cassandra looks at her as she lays in the hospital bed, unconscious and recovering, and feels the crushing weight of her guilt. Her failure. Because she definitely blames herself, just like Jason. Ironic. She thinks she failed as a sister. That in her determination to keep her safe, she did the oppposite.

Eventually, when the Perez family are forced to interact more with the Batfam due to some circumstances that happen later, Cassandra gets to see them in another light. Now she interacts with them more often. There's no hiding, no running away, no avoiding. And being Cassandra, she's the first to clock the loopholes in their facade. She knows they're hiding something, have been for a long time, but can't figure out exactly what because they're elusive as fuck.

But she also sees more of Rosa's motherly affection, the twins being endearing (when they're not pranking the batfam) and N! Daughter being more than just this spoiled rich girl with no problems in her life. And the more she sees....the more she wants to be part of it.

[redhoodieone]

You Belong With Me

A/N: Hey guys!!!!! I’m back again, but this with fluff, drama, and a slow burn, and eventual smut. I hope you guys like it!!!!!

PLOT: What happens when you realize you’ve fallen for Jason fucking Todd? Well…you pine after him like an idiot. However, being the adopted daughter of Bruce Wayne means you’re off limits to most guys, especially Batboys, at least that’s what Jason believes but after a passionate kiss with Jason just seven days ago, Y/N realizes she’s in love with him. But what can she do when Isabel Ardila is back and she’s not letting Jason go? Cue Dick Grayson, who might actually be in love with Y/N, too. [More might be added. We’ll see.]

Snowflakes fall from the darkened sky, as one in particular lands on my cheek. The icy touch melts, moistens my rosy cheek, but I dare not rub it away when all I am focused on is when he’ll return. Crossing my arms, I sit up straighter on the ledge of my open window at Wayne Manor. Luckily, I’m dressed warmer than usual since I clearly don’t mind waiting in the cold for him; my black yoga pants, and a red hoodie that belongs to him that I have stolen months ago. Bringing the sweater to my face, I inhale his expensive cologne: oud notes, exotic woods, and warm amber. All Jason Todd. All man. 

A few tears fall from my eyes. An almost unbearable pain surges through my chest at the thought of him kissing her, holding her, maybe even telling her he loves her. 

Fuck Isabel Ardila. 

Jason had met her a few years ago during a flight to China with Roy Harper. Ever since then, she’s been a soft spot in his heart, even when he’s had a fling with Artemis about a year ago. 

But that doesn’t explain if I even have a place in his heart…especially after two weeks ago.

The bedroom door slowly opens. Fourteen-year-old Damian Wayne pokes his head inside the darkened bedroom, but he sees me  sitting at the open bedroom window. The outside lights allow Damian to notice I am silently crying, while hugging myself in an oversized red hoodie.

“Y/LN…” Damian calls out, before he cautiously approaches me.

In Damian’s green eyes, he must realize I’m troubled. But why? He doesn’t exactly know why, but he’ll find out. He is Batman’s blood son after all.

“Not now…” I say quietly, while wiping away the extra fallen tears from my eyes. 

Damian ignores me as always, and he sits across from me at the open window ledge. From there, we’re both forced to look at each other.

“Something troubles you,” Damian says, after a long pause of silence. He stares intently. “What is it?”

I don’t want to tell him. Not that I don’t trust Damian, but he wouldn’t understand. If I told him, it would end in two different ways.

One, Damian would kill Jason Todd. Lazarus Pit be damned, Damian will undo his mother’s and grandfather’s work that brought Jason back from the dead.

Two, Damian would tell Bruce. And I really don’t want that.

“You don’t want to know,” I say, after a while of thinking. 

“I believe I do, or I wouldn’t have asked,” Damian responds. After a few more seconds, he finally relaxes after being so tense. “Despite our age gap, I see myself as an…older brother to you. Not in the sense of being older than you, but…protective, if you will. If something is troubling you, I want to know so I can try to…help you.”

Since I don’t have many friends, mostly due to Bruce being overprotective, I could only say that Kara Danvers, AKA Supergirl, Alfred, and Tim would be the ones I could say I am close to. 

When I first met Superman, I was with Batman after a mission gone wrong. As the new Batgirl, I had big boots I had to fill, since Barbara had become Oracle. Bruce and I were out on patrol, just the two of us, until we had to fight Scarecrow. He had planned to release the newest fear toxin in the water supply, and I was caught, injected with a fear serum, and I lost control. Somehow, Bruce found me, but not without calling for backup. Superman must have heard it first, and he and Supergirl came and helped stop Scarecrow.

When I regained consciousness, that’s when Superman introduced me to Kara. Ever since then, the overly friendly alien invites me to Smallville every summer.

I’m still Batgirl, even at twenty-one years old, and it’s the best thing in my life. Even when I compare how Dick and Babs were once romantically involved when she was Batgirl, I sometimes envision Jason as Robin and me as Batgirl. Twisted, I know.

I smirk at the memory of how Superman was the one who came to help us. Because if you must know, the Batboys at the time were dealing with their own stuff.

Dick Grayson currently lives in Bludhaven full time with Kori.

Jason Todd was traveling around the world with his new Outlaws team, with Bizarro and Artemis.

Tim Drake is living with his new boyfriend, Bernard, and they’re both working at Wayne Enterprises full time now.

That just leaves me and Damian mostly living at Wayne Manor now. At the time of the Scarecrow incident, Damian was in Smallville hanging out with Jon.

I uncross my arms, and instead bring my knees to my chin, and I lean my head down, as a way to comfort myself more, because what is about to be said is something I’ve never thought I would have to talk about.

“Do you…see me as your sister?” I ask softly.

“Well, considering Father adopted you five years ago, I’d have to answer with yes. You may not be my biological sister, but you are my sister nonetheless.”

I huff at that. Maybe that’s why Jason was giving me the cold shoulder and hasn’t spoken to me since our kiss.

Maybe Jason sees me as his sister. Maybe he realizes he kissed his sister and that’s why he’s disgusted at himself…even at me.

“If I tell you…” I begin, before I give Damian a serious look. “You have to swear, and I mean swear to Superman, that you’ll never tell anyone, not even Alfred, and especially never to Bruce or Tim. Because Tim can never keep a goddamn secret.”

“He can’t. He’s physically unable to keep anything to himself. Remember how he spoiled Father’s birthday last year? Drake practically gave him an open invitation. He practically ruined the surprise, ” Damian agrees, before he nods his head at me. “I swear to Superman, even though he’s not even a God.”

“Just promise me, Damian!”

“I do! I promise!”

Then, I inhale sharply, and then exhale with the same pain fluttering in my chest and stomach. “Jason kissed me two weeks ago.”  

Damian’s eyes widen in shock and horror. “What?”

“Look, I know this is fucking bizarre and unreal, but it’s true. He kissed me while we were out on patrol. It was after I almost…” I trail off on purpose, because I know what the demon spawn will say. I sigh deeply. “Died.”

“You mean when you and Todd fought against Bane?”

“I know he broke Bruce’s back before, but Bane almost broke my neck. I seriously almost died,” I say.

“That’s why Todd hasn’t really been here at all. All because of the kiss?” Damian asks, as he uses his detective skills to figure out Jason’s absence. 

“Up until last night, at least. Jason needed a place to crash,” I remind him.

“But still, he’s been M.I.A for almost two weeks.”

I don’t say anything. I can feel my throat closing in, because whatever I’m feeling for Jason is almost suffocating me. The worry I’ve always had for him, the attraction I’ve felt for him, and now the desire I have for him is consuming me. 

“What led Todd to kiss you, though?” 

I find myself closing my eyes, as the memory resurfaces behind my eyelids. 

FLASHBACK/FLASHBACK/FLASHBACK/FLASHBACK

After soaring through the dark sky, Red Hood lands hard on the top of Wayne Enterprises. When he deems it safe, he sets me down carefully, as if I’ll fall over and break.

When my feet touch the ground, I find myself stumbling a bit, until I sit on the edge of the building. My heart is still racing. I almost died tonight, at the hands of Bane. I know if it weren’t for Jason, I’d be fucking dead. 

Dead. The word almost makes me laugh, considering how many times I’ve almost lost my new family. But this time, it could have been me.

After releasing a heavy sigh, I remove my Batgirl mask and look up at Jason, who has just removed his own mask. Both our maskless faces stare at each other. “I didn’t get a chance to say thank you, so…thank you. Thank you for saving me tonight,” I say.

The look on Jason’s face is one I’ve seen many times. But tonight, that face is because of me. His bluish, gray eyes are hyper focused on me. His jaw is clenched, as if he is holding back what he wants to say to me, or unless he’s still pissed off at Bane. After all, he almost killed Bane. Jason was going to rip Bane’s head off if it weren’t for me. But luckily we left, but now without Jason teaching Bane a lesson.

Someone should probably check on Bane in the morning.

Then, Jason is somehow sitting next to me. His large gloved hand reaches behind my head, and he forcefully brings my mouth to his. The kiss is hard, as if Jason wants to feel everything I’m feeling, and he wants me to feel what he’s feeling. 

Then, Jason’s tongue runs along my bottom lip, silently asking if he can explore my mouth. Without hesitation, I opened my mouth. While our mouths explore each other’s, I feel fireworks bursting through my body. I’ve never kissed a guy like this before. The last guy I kissed was a guy at the bar, and that was just a drunken kiss.

Jason must realize I’m thinking too much because he pulls me into his lap, so I’m straddling him. His gloved hand runs through my long hair, while his other gloved hand holds my waist down. Our tongues continue to explore each other’s mouths. The taste of tobacco, whiskey, and just Jason is like a fucking drug to me. I just want more. I want so much more of him than what is happening.

Jason pulls back a bit from my mouth, so we both can breathe a bit. Our breaths are hot, and I can still feel his tongue running along my bottom lip. I want to bite his bottom lip.

“Thank fuck you’re still alive, doll. I don’t know what I would do with you, Y/N,” Jason whispers against my mouth. 

I slowly open my eyes, and there I see it. The pain. The worry. The “I almost lost you” on his face. Even though his beautiful bluish, gray eyes are closed, his jaw is still clenched, and his eyebrows are furrowed, as if he is reliving everything that happened tonight.

With my gloved hand, I reach up to caress Jason’s jaw. Within a few seconds, he finally opens his eyes, and he must see the loving smile I’m giving him.

“I’m okay, Jay. I’m okay because of you,” I tell him, before I bring his face to mine, and we kiss again, all night until the morning light comes. 

FLASHBACK/FLASHBACK/FLASHBACK/FLASHBACK

When I open my eyes, Damian must see the pain I’m feeling from remembering that night. He reaches across for me, and he brings me in to hug me tightly.

“I’m sorry, Y/LN. I truly am,” Damian whispers in my hair.

Then, we see a motorcycle speeding down towards Wayne Manor. Damian and I both see Jason climbing off his bike, before he helps Isabel climb down. When she removes her helmet, I can see Jason grin down at her. They both say something we can’t make out, and then they kiss. 

The kiss isn’t like the one Jason and I shared two weeks ago.

It doesn’t make it hurt any less.

“Jay…” I whisper. My bottom lip trembles, and more tears fall. 

Damian must know I’m crying, because he holds me tighter.

We both silently watch Jason and Isabel walk to the front door until they’re out of sight.

After a moment of silence, Damian speaks up.

“I truly am sorry, sister. Todd doesn’t deserve you. He never has, and he never will,” Damian whispers once more.

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The next morning, I woke up with a huge headache. When I opened my eyes, I saw Damian must have made sure I got into bed and slept enough because the spot beside me shows he stayed a while. I roll over onto my stomach, and I reach out to grab my cell phone on the nightstand. I kick off the blankets, and the red hoodie I’m wearing rides up my body to where my lower half is exposed.

I must have kicked off my yoga pants sometime in the night.

My fingertips barely reach my cell phone, just as my bedroom door slams open. 

“Morning sunshine!” Dick Grayson shouts excitedly, as he enters my room.

“Jesus!” I cry out in shock. He fucking scared me, man.

Dick stops in his tracks when he sees the lower half of my body. For him, Dick can see I’m only wearing Jason’s red hoodie and my black cheeky panties. I’ve never been this exposed in front of my family, except for Bruce and Alfred, but that’s only when they’re treating my injuries.

“Oh…” Dick sighs to himself. His eyes must have zeroed in on everything.

“Dick! Come on! Look away! I’m practically mooning you!” I yell out, before I pull the covers up and bundle myself up.

When I manage to look at Dick, I can see he’s still stunned. His gorgeous blue eyes are huge, and his mouth is still open. 

“You…”

“What?!” I hiss out angrily.

“You have a tattoo on your butt cheek,” Dick answers quietly.

“Yeah, so?! I’m twenty-one years old, Dickhead,” I answer back.

Dick finally shakes his head and snaps himself out of his daze. He walks further in until he’s standing at the end of my bed. “You’ve been hanging out with Jason too much for that profanity.”

Not enough time with him. 

“What does your tattoo say?”

“What?”

“What does your tattoo say?” Dick repeats his question. He sounds too eager. Too interested in it. “It’s a word in cursive. I just…I couldn’t see exactly what it said.”

I roll my eyes. “It’s my nickname, Dick.”

“Y/NN?”

“No, my other nickname.”

“What’s your other nickname?”

“I’m not telling you!”

“Come on! Please! Please tell me! I won’t tell Bruce! Or Tim!”

Realizing Dick won’t stop, I push the covers away enough to slip out on the other side of my bed; away from Dick. My yoga pants are on the floor, so I quickly grab them and put them on. 

“Tim already knows. He went with me when I got it,” I reveal.

“That’s not fair, Y/N. Come on. I’m begging you. Please…” Dick continues.

“Fine! It says doll! My tattoo says doll!” I snap.

Dick appears confused. “I don’t remember you ever having a tattoo there. When did you get it?”

I’m suddenly stunned. How would Dick know? He’s never seen me naked or even almost naked before. 

“I got it last week,” I answer.

“And you only asked Tim to go?” Dick asks.

“Well, yeah. He’s not judgemental. He was rather supportive of it.”

I walk around Dick to get ready for breakfast. I hurry over to my vanity mirror to brush my hair. Glancing occasionally in the mirror, I can see Dick is truly confused as to why I have that as a tattoo. I don’t know why he cares so much. Dick is usually laid back whenever he visits. It’s only when he stays longer that he becomes the mother hen to us all.

“Why doll? Why that nickname?”

Dick’s question really surprises me. “I don’t know. It just felt right,” I lie.

He must know I’m lying because his blue eyes never leave my eyes in my mirror. After a while, he sighs and shakes his head.

“Come on. Breakfast is ready. Alfred made your favorite.”

“Waffles?!” I ask excitedly, suddenly hungry.

“Yup!” Dick responds with quick excitement, as well.

“I wonder why. He usually makes oatmeal on Sundays.”

“Maybe someone requested them?”

Damian…I think to myself. He must still feel bad after last night, and that’s why he made that request to Alfred…for me.

I hurry to the door to leave with Dick rushing after me.

When we get downstairs, the smile on my face falls when I see Isabel and Jason sitting next to each other, staring into each other’s eyes with smiles.

“Good morning…” my voice trails off. 

“Good morning, sister,” Damian says first.

“Good morning, Y/N,” Bruce greets me with a warm smile.

“Good morning, Miss Y/N,” Alfred says with a smile as well. He sets the plate full of waffles on the table. “Waffles are ready. Your favorite.”

I can feel my bottom lip quivering, and the tears stinging in my eyes. Frozen in the entryway, I see Bruce looking confused and worried at me. Damian looks at me with a sad smile. Alfred appears concerned. 

And right beside me, Dick sees through me and he suddenly knows after seeing what triggered me to almost cry, because then he reaches for my hand.

Then, Jason looks away from Isabel for a couple of seconds and that’s when he sees Dick holding my hand. The familiar jaw clench is back. Jason looks pissed off as he glares at Dick. Sitting across from Damian, I catch Damian kicking Jason in the shin.

“Ow! What the fuck, demon spawn?!”

“You didn’t say good morning to our sister, Todd,” Damian hisses.

Isabel grips Jason’s bicep. “Are you okay, Jason?”

“I’m fine, babe,” Jason answers Isabel first, before he looks at me. He grins, even though it’s sexy, it still hurts me. “Good morning, doll. Sit down and eat with us.”

And in that exact moment, Dick finally knew who gave me my nickname.

He knew that my tattoo was for Jason.

[fangedxnight1836]

Character of the day:

BARTHOLOMEW HENRY ALLEN II aka Impulse aka Bart

Some facts about him:

He is from the future!!! (30th Century)

The son of Don Allen and Meloni Thawne, grandson of Barry Allen and Iris West.

Was a member of the young justice, teen titans (where he went by kid flash) and the legion of superhero’s

The process to getting his powers was quite traumatic for him because he started to age quite rapidly, so he physically appeared to be 12 but mentally was 2.

He has a clone called inertia who was created by the Earthgov scientists.

Best friends with Kon, Tim and Cassie ^_^ this was shown through the young justice comics.

He has a bad relationship with both Wallace Wests.

Trained by Max Mercury. He loves that guy.

Headcanons:

He had many phases throughout the years. (He went from emo to y2k within a few weeks)

Bart doesn’t understand personal privacy stalked Jamie Reyes (Blue beetle) all the way to his house.

Impulse and Flash (Wally West) for some reason have an unspoken rivalry like Bart could annoy him for hours (just for fun) and Wally could be rethinking his decisions of existence😭.

Bart goes back in time to slap the back of his opps heads.

He made a group chat with the young justice and named it YoungJustUs.

He is the most feared Hero due to his menacing behaviour. (even joker and reverse flash were fed up with him) .

He wears big trainers/sneakers to make him look bigger and taller.

He is the king of taking mugshots of people he about one million worth of pictures saved dedicated to the young justice they are mostly on Tim drake. (Red Robin)

His hair has its own emotions it takes Iris and Barry/Flash ages to tame.

Silly little guy.

He reminds me of a looney toon character. (No disrespect✌️).

He plays Minecraft.

[jalluzas-ferney]

NINJAGO AU ALERRRTTTT

AU where Nya escaped Garmadon on her own (don’t ask me how I still have to think about it) and eventually ends up being found my ronin and gets taken in by him, basically becoming his adopted daughter. With him she basically trains to become a thief, and practically turns into a more traditional ninja, since ninja are tradionally known for being thieves, spies and assassins.

(More info under image)

Difference is they do it in a more robin hood kind of way, where they usually steal either from the wealthy or bad people to then sell the items or just keep them for themselves. They also have a mechanic shop, kinda like a cover up, where Ronins wife, Melis, mostly worked at. And now with Nyas help she has even more hands to help and further their business! Ronin does still scam people, at least from time to time, even though Nya doesn’t really approve of it, but does it less and less as Nya continues being part of his family. (If you’re wondering if Melis approves of it, she doesn’t really care lmao. She wouldn’t do it herself but she’s not against it.)

And ah yes! Ronins family! Remember how ronin mentioned that he has a wife and a daughter? Well while I didn’t draw ronins wife I did draw Nya bonding with Ronins daughter, aka Nyas now adopted younger sibling. Her name is Amparo but they usually call her Pachi. She’s a very sweet and outgoing girl. Loves talking to small talk with anyone and adores watching Nya fix cars and even ronins helicopter. (By the time Nya meets her she’s 9 years old.) obviously they grow really close to each other and Nya loves her to DEATH (and vice versa).

since she goes on missions to steal things, Nya travels pretty often, so she visits many smaller villages or even larger cities. Because of this, I like to thinks she’s come across many characters we know, like Chamille, Dr Saunders ( :0 ), griffin turner, Dareth, Twitchy Tim, and he’ll even Ed and Edna. Who yes, after seeing Nya do mention her to Jay once he comes visit, but they can’t remember he name, probably accidentally messing it up in the process and calling her something else like “Mia”, so Jay doesn’t rreally make a connection between her and Kai’s missing sister he can’t stop grieving for, Nya.

Which OH YEAH. LETS ADRESE THE ELEFANT IN THE ROOM. KAI. and the ninja. You see, after Nya escaped, of course she made a grueling journey back home where she was expecting to find Kai at four weapons, but upon seeing that he wasn’t there, and everyone at the village had previously believed Garmadon and the skulkin had taken them both in the midst of the chaos, which clearly wasn’t the case which basically just pronounced Kai as missing. Because of this, Nya grieves her brother but also lived with the hope that he is still out there somewhere. She really misses him and her (other) family knows, providing her love and support whenever she’s feeling especially down because of Kai’s disappearance. Although she tries her best to hide her grief from Pachi, and even sometimes copes by telling Pachi funny stories about Kai and her childhood. Choosing to think about the happy moments and make Pachi laugh with them rather than cry about the. Of course, whenever she’s traveling she makes sure to ask almost every person in the places she visits if they’ve seen her brother.

I’d also like to clarify that the ninja in this au hide their identity. So while the ninja are well known for being heroes, no one knows who they are under their masks, due to master wu believing it’s better for their safety, which it pretty much is. This is how Nya basically DOES know the ninja and really admires them, although she’s only ever seen pictures or heard countless of stories about them. She dreams about meeting the elemental masters and seeing them fight and use their powers up close. Of course she does eventually! By the time season 5 aka possession rolls around…..TO BE CONTINUED BECAUSE I HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THEIR MEETING BETTER

feel free to ask me any questions ab the au in my ask box!

[vintagerpg]

New year, new week of gamebooks, mostly! Let us begin with Steve Jackson’s House of Hell (1984) AKA Fighting Fantasy Gamebook 10. Many consider this one of the best in the series and I tend to agree, even though I kind of forget about it when FF faves come up in conversation. Which is crazy, because look at that cover by Ian Miller! How do I forget that exists? What a stupid brain this is sometimes.

My intellectual failings aside, House of Hell is kind of an FF outlier. For one, it’s set in the modern era (and possibly the only FF that does this). For two, there is a Fear mechanic, in which you accumulate points as you encounter scary things and if you hit a certain threshold, you drop dead — this is unique among all the books in the series. For three, you talk quite a lot and fight not very much (and when you do, you’re bad at it because you’re a normie and probably unarmed). Talking to characters who are clearly villains who’d like you dead is actually necessary for your survival and success. And there isn’t really an optimal path through the book. Rather, multiple deaths and playthroughs will inform you of aspects of a greater mystery to solve as you seek to escape the house. And it is extremely hard. Puzzle elements, including many secret passages (I kind of love and hate these, as they make the book very difficult), complicate navigation. I only wound up getting somewhere close to the ideal ending when I started to get very, very frustrated with the construction of the book, and because of that I am still not entirely sure I solved it. That was a couple years back, and I still don’t have the energy to give it another crack.

And that, too, speaks to its enduring appeal. I still think about it, and will probably play it again some day to see what, if anything I’ve missed. Precious few gamebooks keep calling me back like that.

It helps, too, that it’s genuinely spooky in parts! Tim Sell’s illustrations are gruesome in a camp sort of way, full of blood and screaming faces and Satanists (and certain Hammer mainstays). The book was released in the US as House of Hades, because we’re a big bunch of babies, I guess. On the other hand, my UK edition lacks the “scandalous” human sacrifice illustration, so I guess we’re all babies in the end.

[doodlespaulas]

Love your jon drawing❤️!! Im getting a feelling you have some headcanons to go with it, so if you wouldn't mind yapping ab them 👀

I do have some headcanons!! I asume youre referencing this one

The most obvious thing is his leg. Story behind that is the end of s3 with the Unknowing. An entire building fell on him!! It didnt feel light to leave him unscathed. So no leg for him. What inspired this is some "everyone lives" designs for Tim after s3 where he has arm amputated, so thought to do similar with John but take his leg instead. For my way of seeing it, John wouldnt like a prosthetic. I feel like it doesnt fit his character, and it also has to do with how amputees are represented in media. Often theres this expectation that they Have to use prosthetics and blend in, which isnt true for everyone, each person may prefer different mobility aids, so that did affect Johns design

The other bigger thing thats not very conventional is his hair, as people tend to give him long waves. The locs are from the comma era. I lime to picture that Martin used to visit John quite a bit before he got roped into Peter Lukas' plan, and in these visits he would braid Johns hair both aa a passtime and as protection. After making the deal, though, he no longer went and no one took care of Johns hair, meaning he was left with the braids Martin gave him. After walking up and hearing about this, John decided to fully commit to locs because they reminded him if Martin

And then theres just Johns fashion sense. I think he has very bad clothes after s3. He was homeless for most of s3, then lost his apartment during the comma (aka lost his house + most of this stuff twice), and at the start of s4 its mentioned by Basira that they threw away Johns clothes from the archives but she'd buy him new ones. Point being, by the time we reach season 4 John has been homeless twice and has lost his Good Nice Clothes from s1 forever so he mostly just wears whatever Basira got him in a hurry from the charity shop and thrift finds twice his size

[flwrkid14]

Training the Bat Way (aka Bruce’s Terrible Parenting 101)

Bruce Wayne, aka the Dark Knight, aka the absolute worst, has this little training exercise that the entire family unanimously despises. He calls it “building resilience” or “preparing for the unexpected.” The rest of the family calls it Bruce’s stupid sleep-deprivation kidnapping game.

Here’s how it works: Bruce waits until you’re at your absolute lowest—after a grueling week of non-stop patrols, minimal sleep, and a near-catastrophic Gotham meltdown. Once you’ve finally collapsed into a dead sleep (and sometimes, after he’s sneakily slipped you a sedative to make sure you stay asleep), he picks you up, sticks you on a plane, and drops you off in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes it’s a remote village in the mountains; sometimes it’s the bustling heart of a city on the other side of the planet. The challenge? Find your way home.

Occasionally, Bruce will leave you with some supplies: a wallet, maybe a burner phone, a little equipment if he’s feeling generous. But more often than not, you’ll wake up with absolutely nothing. No money, no ID, no tools—just the clothes on your back and a pounding headache from whatever the hell Bruce drugged you with.

Some highlights of Bruce’s 'training' include:

• Dick waking up in the middle of Germany with nothing but his expired driver’s license and missing socks (He'd hidden cash in them, so he can only guess Bruce found it).

• Steph regaining consciousness in Iceland with a crumpled €5 euro and zero idea how to exchange it for local currency.

• Damian waking up in the middle of the Sahara Desert. No gear. No money. Nothing but sand and the distant memory of Bruce’s smug face.

• Tim once took over a month to get home from a tiny town in Thailand. By the time he made it back to Gotham, he’d created an entire fake identity, complete with forged documents, an elaborate backstory, and several new international contacts. Bruce called it “impressive.” Tim called it traumatizing.

• Cass, of course, took this completely in stride. Woke up in India, dismantled a shady criminal organization she stumbled across, and then casually returned to Gotham two days later like nothing had happened. When asked how she managed it, she just shrugged.

• Duke waking up in the Grand Canyon with his phone at 1% and a granola bar in his pocket. He got home in less than a day, having hitched a ride, bartered his way onto a train, and charmed a group of tourists into helping him. He also got himself a pet chameleon on the way, somehow.

• Jason refuses to talk about his turn, but based on the suspicious amount of diplomatic immunity he now has in several Eastern European countries, it’s safe to say he didn’t play by Bruce’s rules.

If they’re lucky, Bruce leaves them somewhere within the U.S., in which case the Wayne name might help speed up the process. But outside of the States? Forget it. Flashing a “Wayne” credit card can cause more problems than it solves (That's if they're even lucky enough to have a credit card to flash in the first place).

To the rest of the family, this whole thing is less of a “training exercise” and more of a weird, sadistic game Bruce plays when he thinks they’re getting too soft. And no matter how many times they complain, Bruce insists it’s “for their own good.” Because of course he does.

The thing is, they all do get home. Eventually. And yeah, maybe they come back stronger or sharper or whatever excuse Bruce uses to justify it. But at what cost? (Mostly their sanity and a burning hatred of international airline fees.)

Still, the Bats have learned to adapt. They’ve formed their own set of unspoken rules:

1. Always keep some emergency cash hidden somewhere on your person (And hope Bruce doesn't find it, because he will take it).

2. Never, ever fully trust that glass of water Bruce hands you after patrol.

3. And if you wake up in the middle of nowhere, the first step is simple: curse Bruce Wayne’s name as loudly and creatively as possible. Then get to work.

Because at the end of the day, they will get home. And they’ll probably sucker-punch Bruce the second they do.

[phantomchick]

✩ WEEKLY FIC ROUND-UP ✩

Jason Todd/Batfam

How We've Changed (for better or for worse) by Anonymous

You are suppose to overcome your fears. Not all of them will ever go away but as you get older and with the people around you, you should be able to face them. But what happens when you don't have the luxury to get older and well you lost any semblance of family when you died. Jason thinks about how his greatest fears have changed over the years.

when the man comes around by julodinae_sunsets

Alfred’s love is pressed shirts and warm food. And his love is a gleaming knife, too. He would bleed for his boys. He would make others bleed for them. And so he does. (Or: the Joker must die, and Alfred Pennyworth is not a man who waits on others to do his work.)

little misunderstandings by Wisetypewriter

Bruce has heard that line hundreds of times, mostly in his own thoughts, when he sets his eyes on the clown. Clark was the one to tell him first. He would have done it. He's known for years that those words were the only thing that kept his one rule intact. Unfortunately, they are a lie.

Liminal Spaces by Ghxst_Bird

“Am I a good father?” Jason doesn’t know how to answer that in a way that won’t make either of them sound like a dick. — Aka. Sometimes, the spaces between realities overlap. And sometimes you’ll find a younger version of your father in it.

Acid by QuenchiestCactusJuice99

“I’m curious,” The man says. “How many times have you died, I wonder?” — Jason Todd falls out of his dimension and directly into the hands of HYDRA in another.

Home Intrusion by daedalusdavinci

There are moments when the... everything of Dick's life catches up with him, and exhaustion sinks deep into his skin. However, when he goes dark on everyone else, Jason doesn't quite get the memo. Rules never seem to apply to little brothers. After two weeks of little more than clipped texts, Jason shoves his way into Dick's life and gets him up and moving again.

buy one, get two free (without your knowledge) by Figgypuddin

It really was unfortunate that Jason had to kill so many of Talia's contacts. But how fortuitous that he learned everything from them first! or, Talia is paying Jason an exorbitant amount of money just for him to gaslight (train) her star assassin

> RIVER by vfx_batman

“Someone is dead,” she starts. She can see he wants to interrupt, probably with some joke about how you can’t throw a rock without hitting a corpse in this city. She doesn’t know how to tell him his jokes are bad, so she pushes forward. “He’s a man I thought I knew well. A man I thought knew me. Who understood what I wanted — who I was trying to be. He was the only one to know me in that way. But now… now he’s gone. And his final words—” The stranger jolts. His attention is entirely hers. “They make me wonder if he ever knew me at all. If…” “… if you’d only fooled yourself into imagining something that wasn’t there.” - Battle for the Cowl Epilogue: Jason + Cass talk about Bruce’s will + their identity issues + don’t deal well with either.

Sold to Wonder Woman (by my evil adoptive father Batman) by JeanjacketCarf

Jason writes some fanfiction- it’s totally not a self insert

White Lighters / Afterglow by lurkinglurkerwholurks

Jason Todd was the worst kind of liar.

So You'll Know That I'll Carry You by Geeves

Two brothers carrying each other home.

to the red planet mars by r_astra

Tim doesn’t notice the Batmobile roaring into the cave until the tires squeal as it skids to a halt. He starts, splashing long-cooled coffee across his lap as he lurches upright. Bruce is practically throwing himself out of the driver’s seat. He stalks around to the back of the car and Tim stares, confused. The trunk? He calls out. “Mask?” Bruce grunts a negative. Tim circles the car in time to see Bruce haul something—someone out. They’re big, but not quite as tall as Bruce, clad in black Kevlar and brown leather, wrists cuffed. Tim stops in his tracks when he recognizes the man. It’s Jason Todd.

Rewind, Reset by Ionaperidot

“Bruce. Bludhaven is—Chemo hasn’t happened. We can stop Chemo from happening. And Jason—” Jason. They have no idea how long he’s been alive, or how he came— “I need to call Clark.” (Some Bats go back in time. It's mostly a good thing.)

[l0vergirls]

omg i love your yandere batfam sm!!!! may i request a part 2 where they end up kidnapping the reader? id love if it was gender neutral reader but if not thats ok!!

hi anon!!! tysm for the love on the yandere batfam post !!<33

to be honest, i was planning on making the reader more willing in this au, but i haven't elaborated enough on their character yet! i was planning on the brothers slowly easing into the reader's life, as seen with dick, jason, and tim. then once the batfam feels that reader's relationship with tim has developed enough, he'll make his way into their heart— aka be the perfect boyfriend!

from there, the reader would be invited to the mansion a lot more often, also spending many nights there, as the reader would be feeling lonelier in their small, dingy apartment compared to a big mansion seemingly full of life. jason, dick, and damian would be introduced to the reader as tim's brothers, with the reader being mostly amused with the fact that they're already familiar with 2 of tim's older brothers. they'd write it off as a coincidence. at first.

bruce always seems to be too busy when you come over, so you've seen only fleeting glances of the man, with the way he disappears into the shadows feeling far too familiar.

but let's say the batfam is more impatient, and they're just itching to get to you already.

they're tired of watching you from the shadows, and through the cameras (where you always seem so close yet so far). so they make a plan: they'll take you in your sleep, all precautions taken of course, and settle you into your very own room at the wayne mansion.

they don't tie you to the bedpost of anything like that, no, you're not an animal! they'll all keep their distance, watching from cameras they've planted (again) as you gain consciousness.

you're a lot calmer than they expected, carefully looking around the unfamiliar room. they've rearranged the furniture to nearly mirror your own room in your apartment. nearly.

they've arranged some things for maximum comfort, that you've failed to do so in your place.

they can barely see your hand shaking as you reach to open the door.

they decide that tim should be the first one you see.

as you head down the corridor, you bump into your friend. you can barely make out signs of nervousness coming from him; his cheeks are flushed, and you can see a light sheen of sweat across his hairline. you choose to ignore how his eyes have almost lost all colour, with his dark pupils heavily dilated.

their goal here is to not freak you out and risk your running away. given what they know about you, there's a chance you'll stay, even with great hesitance.

so, they'll act slow and steady.

your heart races in your chest, threatening to jump out. if you're being honest, you can't even comprehend what had happened.

why were you in a strange room, in a strange house? you fell asleep in your bed, in your apartment.

so, how did you get here?

why is tim here?

what were you doing here?

you ask him as much, but your voice is no louder than a whisper.

it's a miracle he even heard you, but tim is always willing to strain his ears, to earnestly listen to you.

"why don't we tell you over breakfast?" he says, in his oh so kind voice.

you don't get a chance to answer before he's guiding you to the kitchen with a tight grip on your hand.

on your way there, you realise it's a house that was bigger than you thought. a lot bigger.

the enticing smell of breakfast reaches you before you get there. your steps only quicken by a beat, but tim notices.

as you turn a corner, you're surprised to see a few familiar faces. jason, your sweet neighbour, and dick, the funny detective that happens to be a regular at your work.

there are three other strangers in the kitchen.

bruce wayne, who isn't technically a stranger, you can't live in gotham and not know who he is, but a stranger nonetheless. his dark, dark eyes seem to pierce your very being and see right through you.

a boy, younger than you by just a few years. he's got a tan to his skin, and eyes that seem eerily similar to bruce wayne's.

lastly, an older man, in a tuxedo only befitting a butler. considering bruce wayne was in this house, you think he is a butler.

a look of recognition must have been present in your face, as dick, bless his heart, smiles gently at you, taking your hand from tim's and sitting you next to him.

his toothy smile does nothing to calm you, unlike many other times before.

your eyes snap to bruce wayne's as he clears his throat. a sign that he demands your attention.

you stay silent.

the familiar faces and smiles have done nothing to appease you, but why? why do they unsettle you, when you have turned to those same smiles for comfort?

"i'm sure you have a lot of questions, (y/n)."

usually, bruce wayne saying your name would be an occasion any other person would celebrate. though you can't find it in yourself to feel flattered, not when he says it with such ease... such intimacy, as if he had uttered your name many times before.

ok i didnt know how to end this but i will elaborate on reader's character more next time !!! swear !!!! i have thought most of it out so please look forward to it! <33

[catwouthats]

Young Justice (98’) and their ACCENTS because it drives me insane

Bart Allen: Internet/game accent with a southerner twang (plus, speedsters process the world around them differently, including language, so I imagine there is a sort of “speedster accent” since he’s not used to speaking slow)

Anita Fite: Bayou, Haitian, and slight Jamaican accent (probably got not as strong after less time with her relatives. Btw her dad is Jamaican. Also, where did she move to with her dad after gma’s death? Bc that would influence it too)

Tim Drake: Gotham accent (NY or NJ. Mid-Atlantic) kinda privileged white boy version.

Kon El: I hc him as speaking in a “charming” city/suburb way (Delaware aka metropolis), while trying to hide that ever so slight rural mid-west accent from slipping out at certain words

Cissie King-Jones: A suburban east-coast accent (She is from Pennsylvania) but add the fact she goes to an all girls school (groups can form their own dialects)

Cassie Sandsmark: suburban east-coast accent mostly. (mixed slightly with NYC style accent)

Slobo: he’s from another planet, but if ya interpret how they spell what he says mixed with his personality you get rough city-southern (slurred speech with some consonants spat. Harsh, gravelly voice.)

Secret: She grew up in Rhode Island (suburbs I think?), so New England accent. Also, based on how they show her speech bubbles/text: soft spoken, week voice, strained

More languages headcanons:

- Kon tries to avoid saying words like “dog” around his friends and crushes. When he does have to say it, he’s very conscious of how his pronouncing it and will pause a moment before saying it slightly slow.

- Because of Bart being neurodivergent, he picks up accents easily. And his accent can fluctuate occasionally into the accent of who his speaking to. (This is technically canon)

- A Valley Girl moved to Cissies school and infected the whole school with her accent. She then has a slight valley accent for a bit (never fully goes away)

- Bart Allen confuses the FUCK out of other southerners since he speaks so fast with a slight southern accent.

- Bart’s voice is fucking weird in general bc he had to get used to speaking 10x slower than normal (bc VR world n shit)

- It’s canon that Cassie says “like” a lot, and I just wanna point that out again

- They all mock the way Tim speaks

- Nobody mocks the way Bart speaks (some of them want to but literally don know how to since his accent is so weird)

- Slobo’s accent is slightly softer than Lobo’s (genetic runt n all). He tries to force it to be harsh most of the time though.

- Secret is so soft spoke with a strained voice bc of her ptsd. After she becomes human again she is slightly better, but the way she strains her voice hurts her now since it’s a solid body.

- Not exactly a hc, but did Anita smack Kon after he mocked her accent? Bc if they didn’t show it in the comic, I hc she did. Kon tried to be better after mocking her accent that one time though (This is canon. She pretended something he said once was a racist thing and he got so scared. She laughed at him for it and said she was just messing).

- Strangers sometimes stare at Bart and Slobo talking to each other bc their accents are so odd. When one of them notice, they silently signal to the other, and then they both suddenly stop talking to turn ominously to the person looking. (They also later let Anita in on their trick bc they noticed that some racist people occasionally shoot her weird looks. They love scaring bigots with this trick.)

- After all her parents died, Anita noticed her accent start to slip and that frustrated her, so she made sure to make sure to have her Haitian accent prevail (visits to her hometown, etc.)

[azaharinflames]

Whether Buck and Tommy become a main couple now remains to be seen but if the show goes in the direction we assume, meaning Ravi becoming a main and maybe Eddie returning to LA, then they will have their "hot single guys" quota down without needing Buck in any case. Ravi could cover the "navigating the confusing but fun world of dating in your mid or late twenties" demo and Eddie is the "single parent trying to balance dating and childcare"

I hate that we now also have "women who lost fiance, first and second husband" Athana instead of the "there can be a second chance at love and happily ever after" Athena I adored so much. Her and Bobbys story was so hopefull and upliftig. So often visual media reserves love and affection or sex for its younger characters and Bobby and Athena were such a nice example that people can meet and fall in love and marry (and do roleply hahaha) in their 50s or 60s, too and now she is alone again. And now Bobby died after finally wanting to live again and Athens is alone again. It makes me so sad.

I agree still have to see with Bucktommy, Nonnie. Personally, I do think the signs are there. I don't mean to say/imply that Bucktommy would be a substitute for Bathena, because in no way, shape, or form would they be that. But a part of me did wonder if they'd have four established 'main' couples and only one (max two) single people in the cast. And ngl, that thought was one of the things that made me a bit nervous about the future of BT. Tim's decision to kill Bobby threw everyone for a loop. That, paired with all the signs I've been seeing of Bucktommy being LT/endgame material, is what is making me think that they might wanna make them one of the main couples, to bring them back to three. Again, not a substitute. But I wouldn't be surprised if it happens.

I do see your point about Ravi and Eddie, and I agree (Ravi hasn't had a single LI thus far, so it would be fun to give him one), but I do think Athena won't have a new LI for a long, long time. In fact (and I might be wrong here, who knows), if she ever has another one, it will be years (aka seasons) from now. Mostly because no one is ready to move on from Bobby / Bathena any time soon. Much less Athena.

So, if this happens, my current bet is that the main couples will be Madney, Henren, and Bucktommy, with Madney possibly taking the lead (because it's the only couple consisting of two mains). And we'll have the 'single' people with Ravi, and whoever new comes along. And Eddie, if he comes back (though, I will not lie, I've never been invested in his romantic storylines. He just seems to go in circles).