#Bruce x Kathy

[romancemedia]

Cartoon Romances + First Meeting

[puppiesandnightlock]

LINK: Last Friday Night

Cowritten with the lovely @livingtobethevillain, who's idea set us off on this road ;-;

Summary: Damian wasn’t one to go out of his way to cause scandals or to give the masses something to gossip over. He tried to distance himself from his family in that aspect. He liked the way his name was kept out of the papers, unlike his father or siblings. It was something he took pride in.

Or something he did take pride in. Because as the saying goes, love makes you stupid. And well, Jon wanted Damian to have fun. Damian had reasoned that a couple drinks wouldn’t hurt. But once Damian had passed the threshold of ‘a couple drinks’ that's when the trouble really started.

TL;DR Damijon + friends go out and party, Damian gets a bit too drunk and everyone thinks this is hilarious

Anyone who knew Damian would know that being caught by the press doing anything “improper” was simply unheard of for him. 

His brothers and father had hundreds of scandals, memes, audios on the internet but surprisingly, even having been brought up in the spotlight, he’d rarely had any.

But of course, Jon had to change that.

There was an awful lot of truth when people say love makes someone stupid, and as much as Damian was loath to admit it, he was as weak to the emotion as anyone, and it had led to many things he’d come to cringe at.

Although, admittedly there hadn’t been any as…spectacular as this one, though.

It was not a special occasion by any means that led to these events, just a meet-up with some friends at a local bar near Met U. They’d parked a few blocks away and were walking down to the entrance, hands swinging between them.

Damian took a deep breath, letting the warm air slide in and out of his lungs before looking at his husband out of the corner of his eye.

“Jonathan, if you have something you’d like to say you are welcome to say it.” Damian said, the corners of his mouth quirking up in amusement.

“Well-I-I just-” Jon stuttered before clearing his throat and gathering himself. 

“I wanted to ask if-well I couldn’t help but notice that you're always the one in the group that stays sober on the nights we go out and I wanted to ask if this time, would you want to be the one to, y’know, party.” Jon rubbed his neck with the hand not intertwined with Damian’s, the other man raising an eyebrow. “This isn’t like-a scheme to get you drunk by the way, I know how it sounds. I just…I want you to have fun.”

Damian's expression softened. “Thank you, love. But you don’t need to worry, okay? I have plenty of fun even when I am off to the side.”

Jon snorts and Damian scowls playfully. 

“Last time we went out you were so high strung that you nearly drop-kicked a guy ‘cause he bumped into me.” Jon laughs.

“He shouldn't have bumped into you if he didn’t want to face the consequences.” Damian responded dryly. 

“Yeah okay,” Jon says, rolling his eyes. “Just-try to let yourself have fun. I'll be the one that plays lookout tonight, alright? You don’t have to worry about anything.” 

Damian hums in acknowledgement. “You feel very strongly about this.” 

“I do.” Jon gives a crooked smile and Damian can’t help but give a small but genuine smile back. 

“Well, we’ll see when we arrive.”

That was neither a yes or a no, but a small victory nonetheless. They weaved through the crowd of college students, staying in a comfortable silence until they reached the inside of the bar. 

They were quickly spotted by Kathy, who dragged them over to where Colin and Maya were sitting, already with drinks in hand.

“Damian!” Colin slung an arm around his neck, not quite drunk but enough alcohol in his system to be rendered tipsy. 

“Wilkes.” Damian ducked under the grasp, momentarily regretting the evening. 

“So, who’s gonna stay sober this evenin’?” Kathy called from where she was hanging off of Jon, much like Colin had Damian a few seconds before. “Y’all can count Colin off the list.”

“Jon is, I believe.” Damian responded, slightly awkward.

Cheers went up, and Maya tipped her glass towards him. “All grown up, aren’t you, little brother? Gonna join the grownups for some fun?”

He scoffed, taking a seat next to her. “Hardly. Just because I did not join the rest of you imbeciles in becoming inebriated doesn’t mean I was less of an adult.”

“Hey!” Jon put a hand to his heart, mock-offended. 

“Not you, of course,” He was quick to remedy the statement, both sharing soft smiles that left their friends gagging. 

“I’m too sober for your disgusting PDA,” Kathy announced, waving a hand to get the attention of the bartender. 

“Amen to that!” Maya sipped from her cup, Damian’s answering unimpressed expression being undermined by the blush that heated up his face at their words. Jon only laughed in response, placing a chaste kiss on Damian’s cheek, before then starting up a conversation to update their friends on recent solo missions, although they were worded to sound like typical civilian jobs to any possibly prying ears.

Kathy brought over a refill for Colin and Maya, as well as Damian’s first drink of the evening. 

“Figures.” Colin snorted, looking over at the glass. “You’ll never grow out of rich boy shit, will you?”

“This is perfectly acceptable.” Damian sniffed, looking mildly insulted. Jon patted his shoulder, nodding along. 

”Whipped.” Kathy muttered into her drink. Jon coughed, the rest of them snickering.

“Am not!”

“Are too!”

They went on like this for a good five minutes, Damian on the brink of losing his mind for all of it. It was better to save his grievances until the night was in full swing, as things would only escalate from there, and there was no use in wasting his breath when it wouldn’t be heard over the loud music.

It wasn’t long before the group needed another round of drinks. Jon volunteered to grab them and motioned for Damian to follow. Damian tilted his head in a silent question but followed anyway. The pair made their way through the crowd, their hands naturally linking back up as a way to stay close. 

“Are you alright, Dearest?” Damian asked upon arriving at the main bar area. 

“What? Oh yeah, I'm fine. I actually wanted to check on you again.” Jon admitted sheepishly. 

Damian huffed a laugh, rolling his eyes fondly. “Of course,”  

Jon fidgeted with the hem of his shirt. “You know I wasn't trying to pressure you earlier right? You don't have to get balls to the wall wasted-I just-”

Damian squeezed Jon’s hand reassuringly. “Beloved. I know you didn’t mean any harm. I am well aware of my autonomy, believe me. And if I do get ‘balls to the wall wasted’ that is my choice. Okay?”

Jon laughs and his shoulders slump in relief. “Yeah. Okay. Sounds good. Is that-like-the plan then?”

“tt-of course not. Who do you take me for? Richard?” Damian scoffed, his face scrunching up at the mention of his older brother. 

Jon grins. “I mean-”

Damian glares. “Finish that thought, Kent. I dare you.” 

Jon barks out a loud laugh. “Wouldn’t you call me ‘Wayne’? I did take your last name.” 

“You’re an imbecile.” Damian said, the effect was lost of course seeing as the pair’s hands were still connected and there was an unmistakable fond note in his tone. 

It wasn’t much longer before Damian and Jon were able to get the group's desired drinks. Sliding back into their claimed seats, Damian stayed tense, back straight as he sipped on his drink and surveyed the room. He was quickly offset as he felt a light smack hit his shoulder. 

“Relax, Darlin’.” Jon said, looking exasperated. 

Damian sighed, rolled his shoulders and focused on the conversation that was being had at the table. 

“And then, you’ll never believe this, he tried to hit on me!” Kathy waved her drink around, Maya and Colin cackling.

“I was like, excuse me sir, does this look like the face of someone ready to drop their panties? No! I have a knife to your throat.” 

Damian snorted at that, Jon looking over, pleased. As time went on, the music seemed quieter and the lights not as blinding. Damian had already well entered tipsy-zone, onto his fourth drink now, and the world blurring together into a perfect mess.

The rest of their friends were past the safety zone and on their way to an early morning monster hangover. 

“Beloved, have I told you how much I love you today?” Damian had draped himself on top of his husband, looking at him with adoring eyes, caramel skin dusted with a pink flush. 

“Yes.” Jon chuckled, keeping him close. “But I’d love to hear it again.” 

Damian hummed and leaned in close enough that their breaths mingled and Jon could smell the alcohol on his husband's breath. 

“I love you.” Damian said quietly in the very little space between them. His husband leaned forwards to close the distance and place a chaste kiss on his nose.

“Love you too.”

Damian laughed in response and leaned back just enough to breathe, his arms comfortably wrapped around Jons shoulders and one hand propped to play with the curls at the nape of his neck. 

“You’re pretty.” Damian mumbled. 

Jon flushed immediately, ducking his head with a small laugh. “Thank you, darlin’, you’re not half bad yourself.”

Damian tilted his head with an indulgent smile. “I'm absolutely stunning and we both know it.  What’s that one song? The one that’s like-'I'm sexy and I know it’? Yeah, that's me.” 

Jon coughed, unsure whether to burst into laughter or blush harder. “Sure is, D. You've always been the more confident of the two of us.”

Damian groaned. “Well yeah, but do remember-you have every reason to be confident in your appearance as well. I mean-I love you for many reasons but one of them would absolutely be how ethereal you look at all times.”

He went with the ‘blush harder’ option, resisting the urge to duck his head again and instead peppering Damian’s face with little kisses. “You’re so sweet when you’re like this.”

Damian laughed in response to the kisses, lightly pushing Jon away and rolling his eyes. Jon gives a crooked smile and Damian takes another drink from his glass. 

“I'm not sweet, Jonathan,” he scoffed. “I’m simply an honest man. And the truth I'm living is that you're the love of my life.” 

Damian leaned in to steal another kiss from his blushing husband before leaning back again and sipping from his drink. 

This time Jon did hide his face a bit, sure he was burning from the words. Their friends who had previously been on the dance floor returned, Kathy leaning on Maya and Colin stumbling over with a grin on his face.

Damian sat up upon seeing their friends. He downed the rest of the drink he had been drinking and waved them over. 

“Hello peasants.” Damian smirked. “Glad to know none of you are passed out in the bathroom.” 

“If anyones ending this night passed out in the bathroom, it’ll be you. I’ll eat my shoe if I can’t hold my liquor better than you can, assassin training or not.” Colin challenged, leaning over.

“Yeah sure, Wilkes. Whatever you say. I’ll bet you check out before we even get started. What, with how you're leaning off to the side?” Damian scoffed, pointedly ignoring the way he was also leaning a bit too far to the side when he wasn't paying attention. 

Colin called for a round of shots, leaning towards the other side at Damian’s observation. 

“C’mon, how many do you think you can do? Before passing out, of course.”

“More than you, I'm sure.” Damian challenged.

“Bring it, Wayne.” he picked up a shot glass, the rest of them looking on, Kathy and Maya cheering while Jon looked mildly concerned.

Damian patted Jon’s fidgeting hands reassuringly. “Stop looking like that,” he said, picking up his own glass. “Go back to being embarrassed. That was cute.” 

“Hey!” Jon protested, his voice going unheard as the girls counted down.

“1, 2, 3!”

Damian and Colin both swallowed down their shots, both of their faces screwing up for a moment at the strong taste.

“Gonna give up?” Colin grinned, picking up a second one. He tipped it towards the other boy, a challenge clear in the gesture.

Damian scoffed and snatched another shot. “I hope you’re prepared for the hangover you’ll experience tomorrow. I’ve heard blackouts are worse than normal hangovers.”

“You’re gonna eat your words, rich boy.” 

By the fifth shot, both were beyond the bridges of completely wasted, Colin more so then Damian. Jon plucked the 6th glass from both of them, giving them both glasses of water instead. 

“Okay, no one’s getting alcohol poisoning tonight, thanks.” 

“Aw, why not?” Damian pouted, head tilting in amusement. “Go big or go home, right?” 

“Mm, yeah but I'm the one taking you home, and I love you too much to let that happen.”

Damian slid off his chair and leaned into Jon, standing between his legs, chest to chest with his husband. 

“I love you too, beloved.” Damian tilted his head up and caught Jon’s lips with his own. Jon made a surprise noise before melting into the contact. Damian's hands coming up to tangle in Jon’s hair before Damian was pulled away by the collar of his shirt. 

Damian turned and glared at Kathy, while Jon was catching his breath. “Excuse you.” 

Kathy grinned in response and shrugged. “Keep it to the bedroom, lovebirds, I don't wanna see it.” 

Damian muttered a couple unsavory words under his breath but sat back down in his own seat. 

Jon momentarily mourned the loss of his husband, joining Damian in shooting Kathy a less-than-pleased look. 

“Like you haven’t done worse,” He scoffed. “At least you haven’t walked in on us, unlike some people who don’t understand the concept of locked doors.” 

She seemed to have been silenced with that, only snickering a bit as she snuck a sip from Maya’s half-empty glass, sitting abandoned on the table.

From there time flew by, Jon sat in place for a long while, just observing and having lost Damian at some point. Jon exasperatedly looked around throughout the crowd and it was only when Maya stumbled out of a dance circle that he was able to ask where his husband had wandered off to. 

“-eah i don't know, i think he and Colin are dancing somewhere. I know Kathy went to get them some more water.” Maya laughed. “Never thought I'd see the day that Damian Wayne got shitfaced in some random bar but here we are.” 

Jon snorted and let Maya stride over to Kathy. Jon–now with a direction in mind–headed over to find Damian on the dancefloor. 

Jon wasn’t disappointed by what he found. Damian and Colin were each having the time of their lives drunkenly dancing and then proceeding to laugh their asses off at the other at the drop of a hat. Jon’s eyes wandered back to Damian and Jon let out a choked noise upon seeing the man's newest attempt at dancing. This time he moved his hips and let his hands drift up his sides. The lights above them washed over his handsome features nicely, his dark eyes feeling like something Jon could get lost in. 

Someone bumped into Jon and the spell was broken by another round of laughter from Colin and Damian. Jon strode forward and wrapped an arm around Damians waist. 

“Hey, darlin’. Having fun?” He said fondly. 

Damian twisted in Jon’s hold and pressed close, as he had done multiple times that night. Jon was beginning to sense a pattern.

“I am, thank you for asking, dearest. Me and Colin were dancing.” Damian said, only slightly slurring his words. 

“I think it might be time to head home, hun. It’s late and I can guarantee that tomorrow you're going to want as much sleep as possible.” Jon stated, rubbing his hand soothingly up and down Damians back.

Colin whined. “Awe c’mon, night’s barely begun. We’ve been here, what? Two hours?”

Jon laughed. “Try again. We’ve been here for about four and a half.” 

“Damn, alright.” Colin shrugged. “Just make sure to tell Kathy when you leave. You don’t want her losing her mind when she can't find y’all at the end of the night.”

“Will do. C’mon, D.” He led his husband back to where the girls were, Damian doing as much as possible to stay close to Jon, hanging off of him like a baby koala. 

They stopped at the table, Jon being pulled into a seat while Damian unlatched himself and proceeded to sit in his lap instead of the many available seats, arms going around Jon's neck.

“What’re you doing?” He chuckled.

“Is it illegal to take a seat now? Unbelievable.” Damian scoffed.

“I-Okay, we need to get you home.” Jon shook his head fondly, before pulling out his phone and sending a quick message to the group chat.

“There. Now they know that we’re headed home. Are you okay to walk or do I need to carry you?” Jon said, only half joking. 

Damian huffed. “I can walk perfectly fine.” 

Jon raised an eyebrow.

“You’re lucky I'm madly in love with you or else your disrespect would not go unnoticed.” Damian said, sounding fond. 

Jon smiled softly. “I wouldn't have thought that you’d be an affectionate drunk, but here we are.” 

“M’not drunk, I'm just…hm. In a good mood.” Damian insisted. 

“Of course, of course.” Jon rolled his eyes, before sliding Damian off his lap and steadying the both of them. 

“Time to go home, Dames.” 

—--------

The light was much too bright out, Damian decided as he opened his eyes, despite the protests of the hammer going off inside of his skull. The blackout curtains were drawn shut, but the tiny sliver of light coming through them seemed much more like a flashlight shined directly into his face.

With what he’d admit was mild discomfort, he shifted in bed, drawing a small noise from his husband, who was apparently not asleep.

“Good morning.” The words were whispered but sounded like a megaphone, causing Damian to swat at him.

“Speak quieter.”

“I guess the hangover isn’t treating you as well as you’d hoped.” Jon’s voice was much more amused than he would have liked, but at the moment, he hadn’t the energy to comment on it, only grumbling.

“This is all your fault.”

“It always is, isn’t it?” Jon gently pushed back a few loose pieces of hair around his face. “You didn’t have to get as…compromised as you did, but you Bats can never back down from a challenge.”

“And you kryptonians do?” Damian snorted, wincing as the action jostled his body. “Beloved, if you ran from a challenge, i don’t believe we’d be here.” 

Jon hummed in acknowledgement. “So, moral of the story is we’re both stubborn and competitive. Yeah? Me slightly more than you, of course. ‘Cause you’re just a sweet baby angel aren’t ya, honey?”

Damian scoffed and subsequently cringed again, Jon’s previous snark was replaced with soft, exasperated affection.

“I’ll grab you some painkillers and some water. I'll be right back, darlin’.” Jon clambered out of bed and shuffled himself out of the room. 

Damian closed his eyes and willed the headache to go away. 

“Hey, we’re both off today from day jobs so that’s nice–oh and I was planning on calling Bruce and asking about us sitting out of patrol for tonight-” Jon rounded the bed and quickly handed off the aforementioned items. 

“No.” Damian mumbled. 

“You really can’t think you’re alright to patrol tonight-” Jon said slowly.  

Damian glared tiredly and Jon crossed his arms. 

“I’m fine, Jon. Stop coddling.” Damian insisted. 

Jon sighed in response but didn’t push. He crawled back into bed and picked up his phone only for his eyebrows to shoot up into his hairline upon seeing the mass amounts of notifications on his homescreen. Tiktok, instagram, snapchat. Any kind of social media and there was someone mentioning him, or trying to get his attention. It wasn’t too unusual. Not really. Jon always had at least a bit of attention due to marrying one of Gotham’s sweethearts. But even then, this was excessive. Curiously Jon randomly opened one of the Tiktok videos that people had been sending him–and Jon couldn’t help the laugh that shook his body upon watching. 

“Shut up,” Damian uncurled just enough to glare at his husband. 

Jon didn’t even attempt to stifle the chuckles that escaped his mouth. 

“You’re famous, Dami.” Jon snorted. “Again.”

Damian huffed and sat up to snatch Jon’s phone. It took all of five seconds for Damian’s face to flush upon recognizing himself from the night before. 

It was an edit, Damian vaguely remembers himself and Colin dancing with each other and apparently the people had  not only seen but recorded, uploading the clips onto the internet for frivolous purposes like these.

Damian glared at Jon and gestured pointedly with the phone, ignoring the looped music playing from the device. “This is your fault.” 

Jon laughed harder. 

Their ship name was trending again, along with different variations of Damian's name. The rest of the morning was spent with his horrible husband watching various edits and reading posts aloud to him.

Of course, it was all followed up by being doted on the rest of the day, which may or may not have made up for everything.

When the evening came and he slipped on the suit, Jon tried to talk him out of it again. 

“Really, Dami, I think they’d understand, people have called off patrol for less.” He plucked the mask from his husband’s hold, putting out the puppy eyes he knew made the other’s resolve crumble.

“Jonathan.” Damian huffed, reaching up for the mask, eyebrow raising as it was held above his head in a childish gesture. “I will not be brought down by a generally harmless illness and an unfortunately timed headache.”

“A hangover, babe.” Jon kept the mask above his head as if they were bickering preteens and teens all over again. “You never drink enough to get properly wasted, so now that you have, it’s not going to be kind to you.”

“You’re being childish, give it to me.” Damian scolded instead, refusing to lower himself to the grounds where he’d jump. He’d need a running start to reach above Jon’s height, and frankly, he was not in the mood for this, nor willing to waste what little energy he had left.

“Just stay tonight, i’ll stay with you,” He pleaded once more. Damian sighed, looking out of the apartment window at the darkening sky.

“I will end patrol two hours earlier.” He offered, headache thanking him as it thrummed in his skull. 

Jon scrunched up his face, analyzing him, before handing him the mask, resigned. “You shouldn’t even be going out. I’m a horrible husband for condoning this.”

“You were a horrible husband when you let me go viral due to my antics while inebriated, no matter how pure the intentions.”

Jon whined. “You’re so mean.” 

“So I've been told.” Damian snorted.

Jon sighed and handed over the mask, it was quiet for a moment as Damian checked over his gear. 

“You have to admit that the reality of you being a party drunk is pretty damn funny-” Jon said, breaking the silence.

“Jonathan.” 

“I know you’re embarrassed, it's okay honey-'' Jon grinned. 

“I am not embarrassed-” Damian huffed. 

“You totally are!” Jon laughed. 

“You are on thin ice, habibi.” Damian turned away from Jon and made his way out into the night.

“You know you love me.” Jonathan chirped, following close behind. 

“I suppose that’s why I married you, isn’t it?”

—--------

Damian was beginning to wonder if he should have listened to his husband.

The sudden jolt of nausea had caused him to nearly miss a swing from his grappling hook, looking downwards not helping whatsoever. He made it finally to the designated rooftop his siblings had told him to go to. On a normal day, he would have seen where it was going, but at this point, he was much too out of it to care too much.

“Hey Demon.” A voice from behind him caused him to jump and he turned, seeing his second oldest brother grinning at him, helmet under his arm.

“Todd.” he crossed his arms. 

“He got you, didn’t he, Baby Bat?” Tim appeared next, a smirk on his face. “Must be a bit disorienting for you, huh?”

“I haven’t the slightest clue what you’re on about, Drake.” Damian sniffed, turning around and silently begging every deity known to man that his siblings wouldn’t mention his…late night escapades. 

Of course, God is dead and Damian could always count on the others to stir the pot even more.  Dick hugged him, and mentioned nothing, thank fuck, but Stephanie was another thing.

“You’re all over the internet, Dami!” Steph cackled, shoving his phone in his face. The brightness was too high for his liking and he batted it away, grumbling.

“Little brother, not in shape for patrol.” Cass said, sounding serious but the mirth was dancing in her eyes.

“Baby’s first awful hangover!” Jason cheered, ruffling his hair. “Surprised your gorgeous husband whom you love so much and is the best person in the world didn’t make you stay.”

Damian cringed at the use of descriptions, just one of the things from when he was drunk off his ass and waxing poetic about his partner going viral on the internet. 

“He attempted it. I am perfectly fine, thank you.”

“You’re too young for this,” Dick wailed. “This is my baby, you guys, this is not right-!”

“Grayson.” Damian grumbled and his oldest brother clung to him. “Stop.”

Jason snorted. “C’mon don’t beat him while he's down. Plus. You’re, what? Ten years old?”

“I am twenty four!” Damian hissed.

“Four?” Tim echoed, shit-eating grin splitting his face open. “Holy shit you guys, he’s still a baby.”

“Drake.” Damian growled as he was held tighter. “Sleep tonight and you will not wake tomorrow.”

“Dami,” Dick whined. “You got drunk-” 

“Yes, we’ve established this.” Damian grumbled. 

“You’d think with all the bitching you’ve done at us, you’d never even touch alcohol.” Steph said, still scrolling on her phone. 

“I am an adult. I am allowed a couple drinks-” said Damian. 

“More than a couple.” Cass shook her head while the rest of their siblings stifled their laughter. 

“Need to go home.” She declared, poking at him affectionately.

“I’m fine.” Damian would never admit to the whine that laced the words, swatting at Cass’s hand.

“Uh-huh,” Jason snorted.

“I blame Jon.” Damian grumbled. 

“How could you say that about the love of your life?!” Steph gasped in mock offense. 

“He’s the one who encouraged me to ‘have fun’. I was merely making him happy and…got carried away.” Damian flushed and elbowed Dick at his responding coo. 

“God, you guys are so gross. Ew, Look you’re practically grinding on him-” Steph flashed her phone in Damian’s eyes again and Damian hissed. 

“He is my husband. Stop being a voyeur, Brown.” Steph’s face screwed up in disgust. “And I swear you turned up the brightness on that vile device just to spite me.” Damian scowled. 

“Maybe I did, what’re you gonna do about it? Stab me? When you can’t even walk in a straight line?” Steph grinned. 

“You’re all dead to me.” Damian deadpanned. “Also that is a gross dramatization. If I was that compromised I wouldn't have come to patrol at all.”  

At the responding looks of skepticism, Damian sighed. At that moment there was a thump and the crunch of gravel as another person joined them. None of the young adults had to look to know it was their dad, or as he was now, Batman. 

The immediate silence weighed over them, louder than the previous conversations. Anticipation hung in the air as he cleared his throat, seemingly waiting for a greeting.

“Father.” Damian glanced at him, seemingly unconcerned over the possibilities this exchange might bring.

“Damian.” Bruce responded stiffly, looking rather uncomfortable. Damian raised a brow, seemingly scandalized.

“Names on the field, Batman.”

“Right, well, how has your day been?” Bruce coughed, much to Damian’s confusion.

“Fine..?” Damian narrowed his eyes at him. “What are you getting at?”

“Last night seemed to have been very eventful for you.” There was a choked wheezing noise from behind him, undoubtedly one of his brothers. 

Damian flushed, crossing his arms and looking much like a petulant child then the adult he was supposed to be. “I’m far past legal age, father. I’m married, I no longer live under your roof, there’s really no need for-”

“I don’t think we really ever had a talk about safe drinking, son.” Bruce cut him off with a seemingly concerned tone of voice.

“Father, we absolutely do not have to-”

“You should always have a limit, and I know that you do, but please remember to have a designated driver, and stay hydrated.” Bruce’s voice was tuned out by Damian’s own fuming thoughts, his siblings barely concealed laughter echoing in his mind.

This was humiliating. Here he was, surrounded by absolute hypocrites, all clowning on him and giving him talks. He was Damian Al Ghul Wayne (Kent), for fuck’s sake! He’d been building up his tolerance since he was a child, granted not that it had been exercised recently past a glass of champagne at a gala, but still. 

“-amian? Damian, are you listening to me?” He snapped out of his thoughts, Tim seemingly doing a dolphin impression next to him, high pitched shrieks and rumbles of barley held back laughter.

“No.” Damian scowled. “You’re all hypocrites, how dare you have the audacity to treat me this way when each of you have had much worse versions of this than I have! At least I didn’t go around trying to flirt with anyone other than the person I am actually with.”

”Pretty sure he just called y’all hoes.” Steph stage-whispered, Tim now in a fetal position on the rooftop and rocking back and forth while Jason cackled loudly.

“Furthermore, yes, while my tolerance isn’t exactly what it used to be, it certainly looks better that I am actually of the correct age for something like this, and everyone seems to have taken it as positive publicity. This was my choice, no matter how other elements may have influenced it.”

He let out a long breath, looking up with annoyed glance. “And besides, I was kept safe by Jonathan, who didn’t let any of us go past a limit, and cared for me and attempted to get me off of patrol.”

”Whipped.” came from somewhere in the crowd, followed by a gagging noise and something that sounded like a dying vacuum. 

“Tt.” Damian turned. “I’ve had enough of you imbeciles. I’m retiring for the night, and you’ll do well to stop gossiping for God’s sake.”

The tips of his ears were dusted pink, betraying his mortification over the events. He moved to shoot his grappling hook, tripping and landing on his face due to the dully pounding headache at the back of his head that was meddling with his senses.

That was the tipping point for his siblings, and the poorly concealed laughter began to scream out near hysterically. 

“What, were you all hit with laughing toxin?” Damian brushed himself off, looking moments away from stomping his foot like a toddler. “You’re insufferable, the lot of you!”

He swooped away, entire body burning in shame. God, he should have just listened to Jon. Not that he’d tell him though.

—----------

Damian was considerably less flustered by the time he entered his home but the tips of his ears still felt warm when he thought back to the mortifying encounter with his family. 

“Of course all of them had to be present to humiliate me. None of them can be bothered to make time for any event of actual importance but oh as soon as there's blood in the water everyone shows up. Sharks, the lot of them.” Damian muttered angrily. 

“So how was patrol?” Damian looked up to see Jon leaning against a doorway nearby. 

“It went well, nothing interesting.” Damian said, lying through his teeth. 

Jon looked amused. “Liar.” 

Damian held back a groan. “And why do you say that, Jonathan.” 

“Aside from the fact that you look more pissed off than usual, you have your tells.” Jon looked fond. 

“What may these tells be, exactly?” Damian raised an eyebrow.

Jon shrugged with a grin and finally made his way over to Damian before wrapping his arms around his waist. 

“You inhale a bit through your nose and deliberately make more eye contact when you lie. I’ve always assumed it was to keep your heart rate controlled and to make what you're saying be taken more seriously because usually you hate direct eye contact.” Jon explained.

Damian did groan aloud at this and Jon laughed quietly. Damian scoffed but couldn’t help the way his eyes softened at the sound and the way he leaned into Jon’s touch. Damian and Jon were again chest to chest but this time they just existed in each other's arms and swayed slightly to the soft sound of a song that only the two of them could hear. 

“Seriously though, are you alright?” Jon pulled away slightly before he finally spoke again after an indiscernible amount of time had passed. His voice was soft and slightly concerned. Damian sighed and pulled out of his arms completely in order to get out of his suit. 

“I’m fine, I promise, habibi. Slightly embarrassed due to my family's idiocy but fine nonetheless.”

Jon hummed. “I’m going to take a wild guess and assume they saw the videos online.” 

Damian snorted. “Stephanie made it her mission to scroll through as many as she could.” 

“Of course she did.” Jon rolled his eyes. 

Damian pulled off the last bits of armor and quickly pulled on a pair of sweatpants that had been lying around as well as a shirt he didn’t doubt belonged to Jon seeing as it hung a bit loosely off his frame. 

“I would like to go to bed now.” Damian said, coming to lean into his husband’s side once more. 

“Sounds good to me. I did put out some water and painkillers for you if you need them, though.” Jon said. 

 Damian's headache abruptly made itself known now that Damian’s attention was brought back to it. 

“Ah, yes. Water and medication, then sleep.” Damian winced. 

Soon, Damian and Jon were able to fall back into bed and wrap themselves around each other under their duvet. Damian hid his face in the crook of Jon’s neck and Jon tilted his own to the side in order to rest his chin atop the soft strands of Damian's hair. Before long, both were fast asleep and soft snoring filled the room. 

It was quiet, save the soft noises of sleep. And despite the darkness of night, the love that they held for each other was as bright and clear as day. It would continue like that as long as they would stay together, a shining beacon of light through the harder times and lighthearted chaos. For now, though, they were content to stay like that, their bubble of home, warm and soft and full of love.

[gabbelart]

Gotham girls

Totally forgot to post this, i had so much fun doing this and tbh there's not enough of these gals

[afewfantasies]

Lucky Strike 🎯 🎱 - HISTORY- II

PREVIOUS CHAPTER

Pairing: Benny Cross (Bikeriders) X Reader

Summary: Benny deals with the personal ramifications of his joyride & learns about the precincts unexpected guest after a night of being in the doghouse with Kathy.

Warning: Mentions of DV and substance abuse. Neither are descriptive or in the current timeline of the story they are reflections of the past.

Word count: 1.3K

Getting to the house felt like it took twice as long while Johnny drive Benny home with Kathy in the back seat and Bruce following behind with Benny’s bike. The tension was getting to be too much for Benny and half of the reason he’d been going on a joyride. He’d grown up in a household that argued and it was why he shut down most times instead of going at it with Kathy. Johnny bids him a farewell with an apologetic look having not time to talk as Brucie puts the keys to his bike in Benny’s hands.

“Come by tomorrow we’ll talk” Johnny says with a serious tone.

“Ok, thanks guys” he nods before heading in with Kathy. He closes the door behind him and heads to the kitchen to find something to eat before Kathy really starts fussing. When it does start Kathy really does lean into it. Her points are valid but it wasn’t like Benny had become a bike rider after he’d met her. If that were the case she’d be on a solid foundation. But she’d fallen in love with an outlaw and then tried to change him. 

“And who was that woman there with Johnny? Never see you fellas with them kinda real fancy women” Kathy snaps. Benny hadn’t returned home to peace but all out war for the stupidity of his deeds and disregard for his lady and the family they were building. Kathy’s words not his.

“I was locked up how should I know?” Benny asks thinking of heading to stay with his father tonight as a means of stilling the argument.

“Fancy broad, all done up” Kathy explains as he gets a cigarette. “No smoking in my house!” She snaps.

“What am I locked up in here too!?” Benny snaps finally.

“You comparing my place to a jail after I just put all I had towards your bail? I’ll be eating from cans for the next two weeks” Kathy snaps.

“I didn’t ask you to do that Kathy and you should’t of if you’d resent me for it” he snaps lighting up as he exits the house. He sees her in the doorway as he revs his engine heading back to his father’s house. The drive is long and allows him to clear his head. When he gets out he sees people up playing cards in the middle of the night and nods a greeting before getting his keys. A foul smell hits him as he enters to find his father in a worse state than last time.

“Hi son” Mr. Cross says to his son.

“Pops” Benny nods heading into his bedroom. Sitting in his room be breathless fresh air opening the window and lighting another cigarette. His eyes hold your old window. No one hand heard anything about you since you’d left with the exception of one letter from your mother to Benny’s with a check for the money she’d borrowed and a note telling her that you and your mom were safe and doing well. There was no return address. Teaching over to his nightstand Benny opens his book of children’s stories to your favourite, a photo falls out. Looking at the old photo Benny smiles at your toothless grin. It was one of very few keepsakes he kept from childhood. The two of you had walked for miles on tiny legs to the fair. One of the carnies took pity on the two of you, fed you and gave you enough cash to do one thing. After an hour of contemplation you both decided on the photograph. It was a miracle you’d survived at all. He couldn’t think of things being any worse for children. 

He didn’t know why his mind was on you that night but people say when you dream of someone they’re thinking about you. Benny was the main character in tonights dream of yours as you reimagined a colourful life for him. Based on the news reports and his new friends. He was so handsome from the picture he gave James Dean a run for his money. Wherever you were he hoped you were happy, hoped things were going well and that one day he could see you again. Tomorrow he would to to see the guys and straighten out everything to do with his bail, then he’d find a way to repay Kathy. Maybe even leave her alone for awhile.

…

Benny feels more eyes on him than usual. Tensing he prays Kathy didn’t carry on too badly about his jail time. He finds Johnny across the room and heads over. Brucie gets up and Benny sits down unnerved, looking at Johnny.

“How fast were you going kid?” Johnny smiles. His demeanour is a shift from Benny’s expectation.

“I don’t know but I’ll pay the club back” Benny says ready to stand up. 

“No need kid, it was taken care of here, have a beer” Johnny says putting one in front of Benny. It’s surprising he’d seen what a bailout could do to the clubs treasury and with so many lately he knew the coffers were probably nearing empty.

“How? Kathy says you called up a woman?” Benny says describing you from Kathy’s recollection.

“Handle your old lady Benny, I don’t need the headache at home.” Johnny snaps. Not wanting the untrue tale to get back to his wife. Johnny hadn’t called you, he didn’t know you.

“Alright” Benny nods sharply.

“Besides, she wasn’t there for me, she was there for you.” Johnny tells Benny.

“I don’t know any women who dress that well” Benny mumbles lighting a cigarette. He’d been underprivileged before he’d become an outlaw. 

“Yeah? Well she knows you.” Johnny responds taking out the two day old paper, handing it to Benny he points to the death announcements. Skeptical at first Benny goes line by line stopping at a familiar name. A man whose death he’d prayed for often as a kid. Emotions overtake him and suddenly he feels like the chair he’s sitting in is unsteady and the clubhouse is spinning around him.

Sitting back Benny recalls the last time he cried. It had been a tearful goodbye because of the very name he was looking at. The two of you were holding onto each others hands for dear life, with fear for the unknown as your mothers pulled you apart. Your mother trying to get you to the car before your dad returned home from 60 days in jail, while Benny’s mother tried to get him back inside. You were only kids and you were both wailing. Your father had gone on a tear and really did damage to your mother before nearly turning on you. It had been Benny screaming into the phone like a void that made the police rush over to avert a homicide. It was the first and last time he called them. He’d been trying to save your life and had lost you anyway. Once separated you both watched each other tearfully until you were no longer in each other’s sights as the taxi cab drove away. The memories flow in and he remembers how powerless the two of you had been. Remembers that you were the only person that ever really fought for him. Swallowing he gets goosebumps, he’d just been thinking of you last night.

“Y/N?” Benny asks, your name carrying with it a ghost of hope.

“Y/N, where’d you meet a dame like that?” Johnny asks making Benny smile.

“You sure?” He can’t hide his excitement.

“I’m sure Benny, she came in all done up” Benny smirks recalling the somewhat wild and unkept child from his memory. “The guys were nearly drooling, she’s a looker with good instincts.” Johnny says. Leaving Benny to ponder those thoughts.

“She married?” Benny asks.

“I didn’t look at her hands” Johnny admits as Benny tries to visualize the new image of you in his mind. He was relieved that you seemed to be alright, thriving and beautiful but his heart hoped against hope that you’d found forgiveness for such a sorry excuse of a man.

“How do you know her?” Johnny repeats drawing Benny from his thoughts.

“Neighbours, as kids” Benny mumbles getting up. “Gotta run” he says getting back on his bike suspended license and all.

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NEXT CHAPTER

Authors note:

Thanks so much for reading🩵 🎆 ! Don't forget to comment, like and reblog.

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Where's Benny headed next do you think?

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[yuinterrobangapologist]

Batfam members by which obscure Olympic Sport(s) they would be (its a stunt for charity or something):

Bruce: His inquisitive nature leads him to ask: Is there a limit on how many Sports You're Allowed to Compete In? Not for him. He wins gold in Golf, Diving, Badminton, Greco-Roman Wrestling, Ice Dancing with Cass (she's not going to prom of course, so this is his best chance at a father-daughter dance) BMX Racing, Men's Skeet (he has nothing against sport shooting! Honest!), Dressage, and Weightlifting (wait? 860 KILOS??), and Beach Volleyball (Dick is his partner). In fact, he already did sports with Dick and Cass! Why not all his kids! Badminton with Bette (she's basically his niece, come on now), Tennis with Jason, Luge with Tim (Tim literally falls asleep on top of him), and 3x3 Basketball with Damian and Duke.

Kate: Kate runs a poll on twitter asking for the "Straightest sport possible" and that's how she ends up doing a fucking 50 kilometer race walk. Why the fuck is walking an Olympic Sport?? I don't know Kathy, its for charity, just do it please. So for one day, Kate turns into Karen, and speed walks 3. Fucking. Hours. Kate is tempted to melt her Bronze of course its fucking bronze medal down into parts for nose piercings out of malic

Luke: Obvs wants to go into a combat sport. Which is why Dick purposefully tells he he wouldn't be able to do anything else, and dares him to try Artistic Gymnastics. He gets Gold in Rings and Silver in Pommel Horse and Vault

Dick: Dick wants to challenge himself by doing the other Gymnastics he's never done. So he signs up for Rhythmic Gymnastics! But...it's a women-only sport. Which is why Dick comes out as genderfluid and is a woman specifically for the games (cue Tim being fucking furious at Dick about enforcing negative stereotypes). And naturally, Dick wins. But also....you know...he kind of really feels...empowered with she/her pronouns. Like....it feels right. And thus, it took winning an Olympic Sport for Dick to realize he was bigender all along.

Bette: She's like actually a Tennis player, so that. Also, she idolizes Dick and wants to impress him with her super good Gymnastics skills. After winning the gold she bites it in tradition, and it actually bends. She actually ended up with a fucking poorly made tin medal fuck this is so embarrassing noone look at me

Babs: Curling, another weird fucking sport. It's basically like shuffleboard on ice. And honestly, like, its not an athletic sport. Honestly, you probably could do it in a wheelchair. And a huge part of it is technique and intellect. It was MADE for Oracle. After she wins Tesla reachers out for a sponsorship deal to make a robotic wheelchair, and Babs makes a working spaceship just to fucking spite Elon. She also hacks X and removes all the X branding, literally turning it back into Twitter.

Jason: I kid you not, in 2024 they will add competitive breakdancing To the Summer games. Jason is on the first U.S. team. It...you know there were worse ways to make money on the streets than street performing...and you know...it was fun too...I made like $74 one day outside an iHop. No shit fuck Babs don't look for it please don't fuck no please

Tim: Skateboarding has also been recently added to the Olympics. Tim isn't allowed to put his Superboy stickers on it because Young Justice happen to be involved in several international incidents.

Steph: Everyone remembers Steph lived in Africa, but no one even bothered to ask her about it, much less ask which country. Ethiopia, thank you for asking. Curious how they offered her citizenship right after she announced her Olympic plans. Steph wins gold in Speed Skating, giving the continent of Africa its first ever medal in the Winter Games. (She mentions this every single time possible)

Dami: Modern Pentathlon is by far the weirdest fucking sport in existence, but Dami loves it. He gets to swordfight, shoot things, and most importantly. meet a horse.

Cass: Karate kata. Cass in a combat sport would just be unfair, so she does the Kata, just showing off the execution and form. Ice Dancing with Bruce, as mentioned earlier. Her outfit is based on the Black Swan, of course. Frustratingly Bruce is much better at it than her, and she's unsure why. Until it dawns on her she's competing and he's having fun with his daughter. After she stops caring about scores, they two get the highest score in history.

Duke: Artistic Swimming. 2024 is the first year men will be allowed. "No Bruce, I'm isn't going to use my powers to see easily in the water, god." And showing off his abs to that pretty girl in his Women's Studies Elective is definitely not part of his choice of sport. Nope. (She's turned off by his puberty acne, and Duke cries in his room for 8 days straight)

Harper: No Bruce. No Steph. Fuck you Cass. No. No. No. Hey Harper, just wanna let you know, as part of the charity thing, we're doing a gala, and Bernard's busy. Do you think Cullen would like to go?...Fine Tim, I'll do it, for Cullen. Harper of course needs to do something to make an impact though. If she's gonna do this shit, she might as well have fun with it. Which is why she starts a one-woman crusade to add a new sport. It takes petitions, conferences, and a few million dollars in charitable donations to the IOC...but a new sport is added, and Harper Rowe because the Olympic's first ever gold medalist in Sumo Wrestling.

[spider-jaysart]

I feel like a Dceased video game would honestly be terrifyingly awesome to play and if done well, can also deliver very good emotional angst at certain moments, ESPECIALLY the ending, because Damian sacrificing himself and then also having his last moments with Jon to say bye literally made me cry frrrr😭😭 and that's the first time a comic book has ever made me do that (I imagine it would probably be turned into a little series though maybe just to get to that point, like...possibly three games?? Because that apocalypse lasted a long time in the books and everyone who survived grew and got older with all of the time passing by, but idrk though, unless there's a clever way that's figured out on how to fit the whole story into one game without any of it feeling weirdly rushed)

And I can imagine it having gameplay style like The last of us (except some of the main characters have abilities and others have very useful hero gadgets now) and also so many great jumpscare moments too, and like literally because it's mostly superpowered zombies now everywhere besides the regular ones, which is even more terrifying

It'd just be a pretty fun experience all of it, along with a lot of good main characters (idrk all of them though loll) to switch to during different parts of the story (but whenever it's their turn, I would really LOVE playing the Supersons the most though during it hehehe, especially in this kind of setting)

The only thing I would hate though is if the Damian x Cassie romance gets kept, because it just feels weird tbh due to her always being an originally older character that's also always actually been apart of Young Justice (she should be with Tim, Kon and Bart instead who are her main group, not the Supersons!!). And besides the romance, she was only put with the boys just to be the girl in it and also recreate a trinity thing, like Bruce, Clark, Diana, but I don't feel like that fits Damian and Jon's type of thing at all imo

I would honestly just replace her with Maya and Kathy, because they're so much more fitting for a team up with Damian and Jon, especially because of the fact that they're the perfect girls right there too who already have such close relationships with the boys that isn't forced like hers is!! Maya is Damian's sister and Kathy is Jon's first close friend, which is good enough, and I would make sure the romance is still erased, cause they shouldn't have to date just because they're boys and girls hanging out (and obviously mostly because Maya is Damian's sister too, so that would be gross)

But okay, that is just getting a little too off topic from what I'm really trying to talk about I think😳, but my whole point is that it would be really great to have an actual game like this based on the series and I would totally buy it and play it if it was real!!!

[still-nix-d-goffic]

10 songs with names in the title challenge.

Thanks, @tinx-methinks for the tag! You can see her post here.

Let me know if you recognize one of these.

In no particular order here goes:

Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town- CAKE (original by Kenny Rodgers.)

Donny Darko got the Draco - B Train, Trippy the Kid

(Marie's the Name) His latest Flame - Elvis

Donatella - Lady Gaga

Half Jack - The Dresden Dolls

Bizzy Lizzy - Clann an Drumma

Kathy's Song - Apoptygma Berserk

Boris the Spider - The Who

Bruce Campbell - Psychstick

Christian Says - Tones on Tail

And an honorable mention from my favorite band (and cause I'm not sure aliases count for the challenge lol.)

Pogo the Clown - Dog Fashion Disco

Now for the hard part:

@hare-majesteit-aurelius, @bayousexual, @unwontedfemme, @firearmwitch, @alivewiththe-glory-of-love, @yuki--0nna, @esotericdeath, @x-cxnspxrxcy-x, @peaachyleaf, @thatgirlfromhotelcalifornia

Yeah that's right, I'm gonna make you all sorry for interacting with my posts enough I know your handles, mwa ha.

[driftwork]

names, most surnames (2)

Allow me to apologize again for this partial list of names in the library,  titles available on request…

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Twin Peaks / Natalie Diaz “My Brother at 3am” / Twin Peaks / Hanif Abdurraqib / Twin Peaks / Kathy’s Song Simon & Garfunkel / “X” 2022, dir. Ti West / “Badlands” 1973 dir. Terrence Malick / Take ‘Em as They Come Bruce Springsteen

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Perry, de 54 años y quien personalizó a Chandler Bing en la afamada y legendaria serie de televisión fue encontrado muerto ahogado en un jacuzzi en su casa de Los Ángeles. REDACCIÓN TIRAMILLAS El actor Matthew Perry, conocido por interpretar a Chandler Bing en la popular serie "Friends", falleció este sábado a los 54 años, adelantaron varios medios estadounidenses. El periódico Los Angeles Times señala, citando a fuentes policiales, que Perry fue encontrado muerto en un jacuzzi en su casa de Los Ángeles. Las autoridades acudieron a su domicilio sobre las 16:00 hora local (23:00 GMT) y allí lo encontraron inconsciente, señala el diario. "No había señales de ningún hecho delictivo", añade el periódico, que afirma que el Departamento de Policía de Los Ángeles encargado de "robos y homicidios" está investigando la muerte. Por su parte, Warner Bros. Television dijo hoy en un comunicado que el estudio encargado de Friends estaba "devastado" tras enterarse de la muerte de Perry. "Nuestro corazón está con su familia, sus seres queridos y todos sus fans", dijo en Warner Bros. Television en X (antes Twitter). Perry ganó su popularidad en la serie de este grupo de amigos, encarnados por Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc y David Schwimmer, que duró diez temporadas. Asimismo, protagonizó películas como "The Whole Nine Yards", en la que compartió pantalla con Bruce Willis. Según confesó el propio actor, a lo largo de su vida ha sufrido varios episodios de adicción a las drogas y al alcohol. Reacciones a la muerte de Matthew Perry Las reacciones a la muerte del actor han sido numerosas y muy sentidas. Maggie Wheeler, que interpretó a la popular Janice en la serie 'Friends', se ha mostrado devastada en las redes sociales: "Menuda pérdida. El mundo te echará de menos. La alegría que brindaste a tantas personas en tu corta viva seguirá viva. Me siento muy bendecida por cada momento creativo que compartimos juntos". Paget Brewster, que dio vida a Kathy en la temporada cuatro de la serie, ha destacado el encantador trato del actor cuando coincidieron en el rodaje y cuando se encontraron después. Además, la actriz ha instado a todos a leer su libro, en el que habla de la salud mental. "Estoy muy triste. Por favor, lean su libro, es su legado para ayudar", ha reflexionado. Warner Bros, distribuidora de 'Friends', ha mostrado su dolor por la muerte de Matthew Perry y le ha agradecido los buenos momentos que ha hecho pasar al mundo en la pequeña pantalla: "No hay nada que podamos decir que haga que esto sea menos terrible, te vamos a extrañar siempre. Gracias por cada risa y por darnos a Chandler, vivirás por siempre en nuestros corazones". Julia Roberts, su pareja entre 1995 y 1996, se ha despedido en las redes sociales del actor publicando una fotografía de ambos juntos. "RIP Matthew Perry", ha escrito junto a un emoticono triste y un corazón roto. Por su parte, Morgan Fairchild, que interpretó a la madre de Chandler en la serie 'Friends', ha lamentado su adiós: "Estoy desconsolado por la prematura muerte de mi "hijo", Matthew Perry. La pérdida de un joven actor tan brillante es un shock. Envío amor y condolencias a sus amigos y familiares, especialmente a su padre, John Bennett Perry, con quien trabajé en Flamingo Road y Falcon Crest". Por su parte, Alyssa Milano trabajó con él en 'Who's the boss' y ha ensalzado su amabilidad y buen humo. "Matty siempre era la persona más divertida de la habitación. Y era el más amable", ha escrito la actriz en sus redes sociales. Olivia Munn ha destacado su fortaleza: "Luchó contra tanta adicción y fue lo suficientemente valiente como para ser abierto y honesto al respecto". Los principales actores de la serie, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, y David Schwimmer, todavía no han reaccionado a su muerte de forma pública. En cualquier caso, es evidente que, por los años compartidos y por la buena relación que tenía, ha sido una noticia trágica para ellos.

El actor Matt LeBlanc, en una mítica escena de 'Friends'. El último mensaje de Matthew Perry en Instagram El actor publicó por última vez en sus redes sociales hace seis días. En su post en Instagram, Matthew Perry aparece en una piscina relajado, junto al siguiente texto: "Oh, ¿entonces el agua tibia ondulando a tu alrededor te hace sentir bien? Soy Mattman". Las adicciones que reveló Matthew Perry en su libro El actor publicó sus memorias, tituladas 'Amigos, amantes y aquello tan terrible' el 1 de noviembre de 2022, prácticamente justo un año antes de su reciente muerte. En ellas, Matthew Perry explica sin tapujos sus problemas con el alcohol y de salud mental: "Me he gastado más de siete millones de dólares para intentar mantenerme sobrio. He ido a unas 6.000 reuniones de Alcohólicos Anónimos. He estado en rehabilitación 15 veces. He estado internado en un hospital psiquiátrico. He ido a terapia dos veces a la semana durante 30 años. He estado a las puertas de la muerte". Para recibir en tu celular esta y otras informaciones, únete a nuestras redes sociales, síguenos en Instagram, Twitter y Facebook como @DiarioElPepazo El Pepazo/Marca/EFE

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decided to do a stuffed animal tour bc im bored

here we have Herbert (monkey) and Dan (panda) named after the re-animator movies, Erik (elephant) named after Magneto bc i had a huge x-men phase when i was gifted him, Bruce (the hulk), and Neil (the bee) named after Neil Perry bc i hc him as genderfluid

here we have Bilbo (dinosaur) and Thorin (cow) named after the (most definitely canon) ship from the hobbit, Tony (iron man), Leuca (panda) which is short for Ailuropoda melanoleuca which is the scientific name for giant pandas, and Stanley (unicorn) named after both Stanley Uris and Stanley Barber

and here we have Jason the Third (frog) named after Jason Todd (the first Jason) and the bug i named Jason that lived in my room for a week bc i got too attached but then eventually flushed him down the toilet bc my roommate was scared of him, Kathy (llama/unicorn hybrid thing) named after one of the mcs from Singin' in the Rain, and Cari (mushroom) his name is Amanita muscaria - long for Cari, short for Malcolm (he's in the middle bc when a pretty girl makes a Malcolm in the middle joke and says he has to be positioned in the middle of my other stuffies how can i say no)

this is Spengler named after the Ghostbuster and im gonna be honest here this guy has had a lot of names and i have forgotten them all but he's Spengler now and im gonna remember that

and a little treat for enduring this

this is CJ he so desperately wanted to be in all the other photos so it's only fair that he gets his own photo

and bc i cant forget my baby this is Castiel, she is a gremlin but i love her

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SuperHero/Villain Romances + In & Out of Costume (1)

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The Devil and Angel on My Shoulders 2

Part One Here

Flashback: Devil Meets an Angel

Marinette roamed the halls of Francois Dupont nervously, Adrien had taken a liking to her recently which would have been great if she wasn’t totally over him because he supported Lila’s lies. He had been trying to corner her all day to ask her out according to Alya and she just couldn’t reject him, she had worked so hard to get him to notice her but now she just didn’t want to put in the effort anymore.

“Marinette!” Adrien called out running over to her and her classmates stared. “I wanted to ask you something,” Adrien said and her entire class watched.

“I um could it wait until later?” Marinette asked not wanting to have to say no in front of the entire class and risk looking like a jerk. Things were rocky as is since Lila was expelled and living with the Agreste’s since Lila’s mother kicked her out.

“I really wanted to do this now,” Adrien said voice smooth as silk but Marinette could see right through it and so could the boy who just walked into their class.

“Sit down blondie class is starting soon,” the cold boy said piercing eyes staring into Adrien’s soul.

“And who do you think you are?” Adrien asked annoyed.

“Damian Wayne, nice to meet you,” Damian said smirking before walking up to the back of the classroom and sitting next to Marinette. The bell rang and Adrien reluctantly went to his seat next to Nino. “You’re welcome, that guy was coming onto you and you obviously didn’t reciprocate,” Damian said starting to open his bag.

“I didn’t need your help, I could have handled that,” Marinette said as Miss. Bustier started to take names the two in the back each raised their hands when names were called not breaking eye contact.

They hated each other and were competitive for months into the school year. Nicknames and glares were thrown back and forth.

“Pretty boy.”

“Midget.”

“Stuck up rich kid.”

“Toddler.”

Marinette had noticed the uptick in crime in Paris and started taking self-defense classes. One night when she came home there was a man with a gun in her parent’s bakery so she threw her stuff to the ground and took a second to breathe, she took off her top leaving her white long-sleeved shirt. She grabbed her sais from her bag walking into the store kicking the man in the back as her parents screamed and the gun slid across the room.

Damian heard the commotion and looked through the window blending in with the night sky. He saw Marinette on top of a man with a sai against the back of his neck as her parents called the police. “Impressive,” he said to himself.

Marinette walked into school the next day taking her seat next to her rival. “I heard what you did last night,” Damian said.

“And now you know that I can easily protect myself,” Marinette said neither of them were looking at each other.

“I’m sorry for ever doubting you,” Damian said and Marinette turned to face him shocked.

“Did you just…” she started but Damian interrupted her.

“Yes, now I have an offer for you,” he said and faced her.

The two met at his penthouse after school and he led her into a room full of weapons.

“What is all of this?” Marinette asked.

“We’re going to stop people like the one that tried to hurt your parents,” Damian said. “But first we’ll need to hide who we are so if the police do come after us they won’t know who we are,” Damian said leading her to a closet. “See if you like anything in there.”

From there they became Devil and Angel geared out in the best tech they could think of. Angel could slam her wrists together and let off a yellow glow from her hands, Devil could shoot fire from his gloved, both were in tight long-sleeved kevlar shirts, baggier pants, and combats with domino masks in white and black respectively.

They perched weeks later now only a month before school was over staring down at a man and Angel played with her wigged braids which were stark white before Devil gave her the signal to jump down with him onto the man below’s shoulders. And he fired a gun at her as she fell the rest of the way down and Devil screamed before running at the man taking him down in seconds knocking his bloody head into a brick wall for the third time before running over to his partner.

“No, no, no, Angel, I never got to tell you I love you,” Devil said feeling his eyes well up with tears. Angel went to sit up laughing a little.

“You do?” she asked and Devil just crushed her in a hug. “I feel the same way,” she said pulling him down for a kiss.

The two walked into school together holding hands the next day and Adrien’s eyes widened, he was never able to get close to her with all her friends around and the threat of Damian’s cold dead eyes staring at him. Now Adrien had had enough of waiting.

“Marinette, remember that talk we were going to have on the first day, could we do that now?” Adrien asked and Marinette stood up, arms crossed.

“I don’t see why not,” she said annoyed.

“I was wondering if you wanted to go out sometimes, just the two of us on a date?” Adrein asked.

“No, I’m good, thanks, I don’t know how my boyfriend would feel about that,” Marinette said sitting down.

“Boyfriend! You guys hate each other! You can’t have a relationship built on hate!” Adrien shouted face turning red.

“We realized we can’t live without each other, and a year ago I would have loved to hear you say those words Adrien but now I’m not interested,” Marinette ground out once warm blue eyes turning cold as ice scaring him slightly.

“You can’t be serious Mari…” Adrien started but Damian growled standing up slamming his hands on the table.

“She said she’s not interested,” Damian said and Marinette put her hand on top of his calming him down. Adrien retreated to the bathroom.

“One day I’ll get something or someone that they care about and rub it in their faces, they’ll beg for forgiveness,” Adrien said to himself grinning like a maniac.

“We’ve got to get out of here, my dad has a nice place in Metropolis, what do you think?” Damian asked.

“Isn’t that in America?” Marinette asked smiling at how Damian moved around his place packing things up.

“You’ll have all summer to learn English,” Damian said holding her face in his hands.

“And what about Devil and Angel?” Marinette asked.

“They’ll be coming with us.”

The next day at school Adrien was surprised to see the back seat empty until Miss Bustier came to the front of the class and announced, “Marinette and Damian have been transferred to America for the next school year, anyone interested can still apply, you have all summer.”

“All summer to make a plan,” Adrien whispered to himself biting his lower lip to contain his smile. When he got home he slammed the door open marching to his father’s room. “Send Lila and I to America next year dad, there’s someone I have to see.”

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Next chapter the plot will really start up promise.

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Earth 187 Bat Family (& Their Mantles)

The “Core” Family:

Alfred Pennyworth - Penny-One

Bruce Wayne - Batman I

Selina Kyle - Catwoman I

Dick Grayson - Robin I, Nightwing I, Batman III (temporary and unwilling)

Barbara Gordon - Batgirl I, Oracle

Jason Todd - Robin II, Red Hood I, Phoenix

Tim Drake - Robin III, Red Robin, Cardinal

Cassandra Cain-Wayne - Batgirl II, Black Bat I, Batman IV

Stephanie Brown - Spoiler, Robin IV, Batgirl III, Nightwing III

Duke Thomas - Lark, The Signal

Damian Wayne - Robin VI, Redbird, Nightwing IV

Athanasia Al Ghul Wayne - Blackbird, Flamebird III

The Extended Family:

Kate Kane - Batwoman II

Luke Fox - Batwing

Minhkhoa Khan - Ghost-Maker

Bilal Asselah - Nightrunner

Jace Fox - Batman (currently working on where to put him in the order that is why there is no number at the moment) 

Julia Pennyworth - Penny-Two

Ryan Wilder - Batwoman III

Holly Robinson - Catgirl I, Catwoman II

Bette Kane - Bat-Girl, Flamebird I, Hawkfire

Jean-Paul Valley - Batman II, Azrael

Harper Row - Bluebird

Carrie Kelley - Robin V, Catgirl II, Redtail 

Tiffany Fox - Batgirl IV, Delphi

Nell Little - Batgirl V

Maps Mizoguchi - Robin VII

Alina Shelley Wayne- Sparrow

Other Associates:

Commissioner James Gordon

Dr. Leslie Tompkins

Dr. Victoria October

Lucius Fox

Tamara Fox

Cullen Row

Onyx Adams

Helena Bertinelli - Huntress I

Charlie Gage-Radcliffe - Misfit, Huntress II

Clarissa Todd* - Red Hood II

Next Generation Kids Not Otherwise Classified:

Mariand’r “Mar’i” Grayson - Nightstar, Nightingale 

Jakand’r “Jake” Grayson - Wildfire 

Elainna Grayson - Batwoman IV

Helena Wayne - Robin VIII, Batgirl VI, Huntress III, Batman V

Thomas Wayne - Black Bat II

Bruce Wayne Jr.  - Robin IX

Tyler Todd - Blue Hood, Blue Jay

Nathaniel Todd* 

Terry McGinnis- Batman VI

Matt McGinnis- Robin X

Nissa - Batgirl VII

Authors Notes:

* Denotes an OC

Kathy Kane-Webb was the first (very brief) Batwoman but I don’t have her on here because...reasons lol. Anyways, these are all subject to change as I write and further plot out this universe. Technically speaking I could have added a ton of characters under “Other Associates” because of who I have dating/marrying who but this post was already too long and that information feels like I should put it into household posts if that make sense. Additionally, I would like to credit @ flashhwing and @ dykerachelsummers with the codename Phoenix for Jason!! 

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You probably have heard of fake dating and all but what about pretending to not date so maybe a Jason x reader where for whatever reason they pretend they aren't dating and they get caught in the most funniest way or the dumbest way

I'm not sure if this is exactly what you want but it at least has a little of it? Anyways its not my worst work! Here you go! Sorry it took so long. The other requests will be queued when finished!

Word Count - 1,132

Beta Read - never

Hiding a relationship normally meant bad things in general. Whether it be because of others not approving it, because one of them didn’t want their friends to know and so forth. Most of the time it meant the relationship probably would last. Key words, Most of the time.

You were hiding your relationship with Jason for 3 reasons. All of which would potentially cause less property damage and lawsuits. Not something most people would think of as a reason why you would hide a relationship, but really, they were simple.

One, the press. Jason was Bruce Wayne’s adopted son, not only that but he was considered one of the hottest bachelors in Gotham. That’s not what the press would go after though. Bruce Wayne and your father didn’t get along and didn’t keep it a secret. They respected each other but that's as far as it went. While they wouldn’t let their bad relationship stop the two of you and probably try to get over it for your sakes, the press wouldn’t see it that way for a long time. Then they would probably work together and sue the company.

Two, Jason was Red Hood. He has been captured enough times most of them already know his real identity. They find out he has a girlfriend and your life is in more danger than normal and if they did kidnap you or even try anything. No one would be able to stop Jason from burning the whole city down just to kill one person.

Three, more peace for you. If word got out that you were dating Jason, you would probably end up flocked with people trying to be your friend in order to meet him or his family. Not only that but between the press, villains, and maybe even his family. You would go crazy and you know the codes for Jason’s gun safes. Not a good combo.

So your relationship was kept secret. The plan wasn’t to stay secret forever, it was only supposed to go until you and Jason got comfortable enough with each other to be able to withstand the pressure of everything that would come crashing down on you when you went public. If you didn’t make it that long and broke up, no one would know. There wouldn’t be a ton of drama and things could go back to as normal as they can after a breakup.

Things went better than expected and you ended up moving in with him in his apartment. Everyone there was older, they all adored Jason because he would help them whenever they needed and he had any time he could spare. So when you moved in and he asked that they not tell anyone, everyone sealed their lips and within a month you became one of their favorites too.

Every Wednesday at 2:30, you would meet with the ladies for tea time while Jason worked on cars or building things with the men. It kept them busy and Jason handled the heavy stuff so it gave them a chance to feel younger again. However this time, Jason wasn’t there. He was at the Wayne Manor getting a check up.

Mary, the lady that lived in the apartment on the first floor had made a batch of your favorite cookies and sent you home with the rest despite your weak protests about how you and Jason had enough sweets in the apartment.

Tea time had been great as always. The conversation was always nice and Betty knew the best teas and how to make them so even if you didn’t normally like the tea it would be good if she made it. Kathy always had the best stories of the traveling she did when she was younger, and they all had great relationship advice for when you were having trouble with Jason.

It had been a good day in general too! It was cooler out so the widows in your apartment were open. The sun was shining and just brought up the spirits of everyone in general. Until you walked in your apartment that is. There you were met with most of Jason’s family and no sign of your boyfriend.

“She’s real?” Tim was the one who broke the silence. Well, now they knew. How things would go from here was up in the air. “I thought he was making her up because he was high on meds.” High on meds? Jason didn’t take strong meds unless he absolutely had to, he didn’t like losing control of any part of him and when the dose was high enough he did.

“Is Jason ok?” Bruce decided to end your panic before it got too bad.

“He’s fine, Alfred just needed to take a deeper look into one of his scars because it didn’t seem to be healing fine. Jason was just loopy when he woke up and started talking about you. He’s sleeping it off in bed now.” Bruce motioned back to the bedroom.

“It was the one on his arm wasn’t it?” Heading for the kitchen to put your new snack away you listened for a response. “He wouldn’t let me clean it and I swore I saw gravel in it.”

“It was.” You could hear some whispers but couldn’t hear what they were saying. But then again, they probably knew you could hear them with how Jason talked about them.

“You have a cat?” Within seconds of the statement Zuko decided to make his presence known and scream. “What's his name?”

“I believe Zuko was the one that just screamed at you. Azula’s probably hiding.” Heading back to the living room you found Damian on the floor with Zuko sitting in his lap just relaxing as he was pet.

“So, were you and Jason going to tell us?” They all glared at Dick like you didn’t know that's why they were all still here.

“Eventually, it was the plan.” Interrupting him before he could ask why you just decided to explain. “My dad is F/n L/n, the tabloids would go wild with that and Jason. The whole Red Hood thing, and I’m not the most mentally stable when overly pressured and stressed and I have the codes to the gunsafes.” They all seemed to understand. “By chance, did anyone record Jason when he was loopy?”

“Should I bring baby pictures?” Dick was clearly ready to go to war with you against Jason using your combined knowledge of things he’s done.

While it happened sooner than you would have liked, his family was onboard with keeping the relationship out of the eyes of the public until you were ready. Jason however, started regretting all his life choices when Damian and Dick started joining your Tea time with the ladies.