#But fucking promise me you will NOT open the batfamily fics

[awesomedurraworld]

HOLY, homoculs ( ik i wrote that wrong but i don't care ✨) in the Mix too?? God I love that idea so much. Which would mean that if they were the ones to kidnap Roy they will definitely come back later on to attack him and the rest👀

listen, evil Hughes pains me, but i was inspired by evil super man, and Hughes is such a Clark Kent so it hurts but fits so much 🥲

Maybe Roy never got the news of Meas dying because the kidnapping And the killing happened at the same day? Idk my brain is not working with me rn. But you are right, that way, no one might know that Meas died and everyone is thinking that the besties are together in a mission and then Riza comes and is like, “ and none of you heard of them in how long??” and everyone feels guilty and then she and the Elrics somehow get in contact and bam?

BUT PLEASE KNOW THAT I LOVE YOUR IDEA SO MUCH!! just gotta find a motive for the sins to kidnap Roy And not one of the other sacrifices 🙂‍↕️

OR

maybe Maes and Roy did go together on a mission originally and on the way there Meas was murdered and Roy was kidnapped?

Madam Christmas is mostly just built on my headcanons 💀 people often forget how much potential she has besides her being a way to give Roy info

AND FOR THE AL AND ED TRYING TO BREAK THROUGH TO ROY! Here is an idea about when they realized that Roy wasn't 100% with them:

Edward watched as the man he just murdered- murdered!- fall slowly to his side, as a pool of his Dark blood started to spread under him. The alchemist felt his body shake. With rage? With anger? Fear or shock?

He didn't know what happened, he faintly remembered the colonel being on the ground not moving as that bastard beating him up and- wait, colonel!

The boy turned to see his brother hovering over the chains and shackles that adorned the skinny bruised ankle and wrists, the man’s shallow face was painted in ugly bruises and thin long lines of dark browns and reds, “ big brother?” Alphonse asked worriedly, his soul eyes slightly shifted to the dead body, “ how is he?” noticing how his older brother talking, he got the hint that he didn't want to talk about it now, hopefully, they’d be able to talk about it later.

“ he seems alive, but severely injured.”

“ hm, it's good that we took uncle yuri’s old car then.” As Ed mumbled that last line he started to examaine the older alchemist, as his younger brother undid the chains.

Their action might have caused loud noises, because the colonel started to stir slowly, and squeez his already closed eyes tighter, “ please.” his voice peeped horssly almost not hearable, “ no more… i swear i don't know… please.”

It was strange, hearing the man that they looked up to sound and look both weak and, well, pathetic In a way.

“ Oi colonel bastard, it is us, Ed and Al.” Ed said as he inched closer to the man who slowly, opened his dark eyes. Al watched as The dark and clouded pupils still at their sight, and for a moment, he felt that maybe they weren't late.

But, much like many other things in the Elrics’ young lives, their spirit came crashing the moment Roy whispered, “ who… are you? I swear i know nothing, please! Please… please don't hurt me more.”

Angst is my middle name 💅🏻

also Ed would never in a hundred years admin it that he is cuddling Roy to calm himself down, he is just a tiny guy who needs to feel his dad alive under “ helping him jeep warm” excuse haha

i Am so happy that you liked the idea btw 🥹 warms my heart 🫂🫂

Gonna be real, but i cannot stop thinking about recovery fics and how beautiful they are. They are amazing, the way we see the character gets better always just makes me feel so inspired, the way that they learn to get over- or get around- the thing that hurt them. The way that they learn to be alive and living. How to love themselves and embrace what happened to them.

As much as i love these types of fics, i only wrote like, two maybe? With this idea (I love and have written torture more than recovery) . And it got me thinking… why not write a whole recovery fic?

It is no secret that i love parental Roy and Riza to the Elrics, and how they take him after he was being hurt and help him recover and be better and feel better.

BUT

But.

I am proposing another idea. Same child parent dynamic. Roy And the Elrics. Here is what i am thinking:

Evil Millirty hating how good and you Mustang is and they know he is a threat + them setting up to kidnap him by evil gang or something + team Mustang for some reason not being that loyal in finding him + Elrics stop their red stone research and to find their missing dad CO+ THEM SAVING THIER ADULT + FAMILY DRAMA AND PROTECTIVE SONS™️= my new fic idea

Which has traumatized Roy who is trying his best not being so traumatized but in the middle of it all, the Elrics discover How badly hurt thier adult is!

WHO IS WITH ME!!?

[saintvainglorious]

Fics I Enjoyed in December - DC Comics Fic Rec List

Fell headfirst back into DC Comics for the first time in years this month. Reread some old favorites and discovered some new gems!

My January DC Comics fic rec list is here!

Heart, Humble by Betty (Mature, 8k, 2005) Jack Drake deals with finding out that Tim is Robin (poorly, and then not so poorly). THEE canon-accurate Jack Drake-focused fic of all time, this is canon in my heart.

Back then, all the boys his age had hero-worshipped costumed vigilantes. Jack supposes they still do.

Exit Strategy by smilebackwards/@smilebackwards (Teen & Up, 13k, 2021) Tim plans to leave a family he thinks he was never really a part of and decides to train Damian on how to run Wayne Enterprises before he goes. Delicious angst, excellent character work, and fun Wayne Enterprises worldbuilding.

Batman needs a Robin and Batman has a Robin. Tim is just extraneous now, vestigial. He’s a bandage over a healed wound. He doesn’t know what he’s hanging on to. Or: Tim didn’t expect his exit strategy from the Batfamily to involve quite so much bonding time with Damian over Wayne Enterprises bureaucracy.

On the Downbeat by medusaceratops (Teen & Up, 2k, 2019) Bruce and Jason talk while waiting in line at a drive-thru (featuring Gotham-typical violence and husborth-typical gorgeous prose). I've always adored husborth's Star Wars fics and I'm so glad I dipped my toe into their DC works, no one's writing hits quite like husborth.

Jason has recovered his sanity, and Bruce and Jason have recovered their relationship; but there are some things that are hard to forget.

A Zoo for Canines by medusaceratops (Mature, 45k, 2019) Part 2 of Zoology; Dick and Jason try to help Bruce recover from addiction. If you're used to fanon Dick Grayson (cheery, friendly, forgiving) you will not find him here - his anger and pain is ugly, raw, and so fucking captivating.

Edit: This fic and the series has since been deleted off ao3, though Part 1 (An Aquarium of Nameless Things) is still up; DM me if you'd like to read it.

Dick, Bruce, and Jason head out to a cabin in the mountains, and they handle things about as well as they handle anything.

All the Roofs of Uncertainty by Kieron_ODuibhir/@kieron-oduibhir (General Audiences, 70k, 2015) Dick almost dies and makes Jason promise to take care of the family for him. A masterclass demonstration on how DC fic can square all the wildly divergent canon versions of Jason Todd into a single compelling character.

For all the blood on his hands, Red Hood was never just a villain. And Nightwing never gives up on family, not for good. (Or: The one where Dick bleeds a lot and Jason argues with everybody.)

The Till-Then From the Ever-Since by Kieron_ODuibhir/@kieron-oduibhir (General Audiences, 85k (WIP), 2020) Kid versions of the whole Batfamily mysteriously time travel to the future! I livetexted a friend the whole time I read this so I could yell about how amazing the character writing is; also I'm wildly impressed with how the author deftly handles tons of dialogue-heavy scenes with like 12+ guys in it without anyone going unmentioned.

It began, or seemed to begin, with Jason. Usually that would have meant something in the order of fire and explosion and probably at least one gunshot wound, but for once (as Tim said, sourly), it wasn't actually Jason's fault.

only you will have stars that can laugh by silverwhittlingknife/@silverwhittlingknife (Teen & Up, 9k, 2022) Dick finds out Tim is alone on Christmas and invites him to Babs' Christmas party. Discovered silverwhittlingknife through their galaxy brained Dick & Tim meta essays, stayed for every single line of Chapter 2 ripping out my heart and roasting it over an open flame.

You coming over is possibly the only thing that’s gonna stop me from wanting to punch your dad in the face, Dick doesn’t say. My current Christmas Day plans are 1) pace around at home, and 2) try not to obsess about what Bruce is up to, so trust me, you’ll be an improvement, Dick doesn’t say. Tim's alone on Christmas Eve. Dick finds out, and fixes it.

nerve endings by silverwhittlingknife/@silverwhittlingknife (Teen & Up, 5k (WIP), 2024) Post-Catalina Flores, Dick, Tim, and Bruce go on a (canon-accurate) cruise and dance around their open wounds. This is a glorious example of "he WOULD fucking say that", Dick's voice is so canon-accurate that the angst is even more painful i cri

It's all right, even, to have a foreign hand pressing against his skin, testing him, testing his reactions. He keeps his breathing controlled. Just Tim, damn you, it’s just Tim, don’t fuck it up. Dick's on a cruise with Bruce and Tim. And he's fine. Mostly.

Red Letter Day by silverwhittlingknife/@silverwhittlingknife (Teen & Up, 42k (WIP), 2022) Dick is sure the cryptic scribble in his agenda refers to something he's supposed to do for Damian, but he can't remember what. Mostly about Tim and Dick s l o w l y mending the post-Damian rupture in their relationship, but the whole family is here and Jason, especially, is fucking hilarious.

Dick Grayson, stressed pseudo-parent to a preteen assassin, tries to solve the case of Damian’s Mysterious Wednesday. He never expected it to help him fix his relationship with Tim, too. (… Though only after everything fell apart first.)

Gonna Be A Better One (A Thousand Miles To Your Door) by Traincat/@traincat (Teen & Up, 18k, 2011) Tim and Kon keep dating even after Jack forces Tim to retire as Robin. I reread this fic annually and every time am delighted to rediscover how funny and heartwarming and squee-inducingly kind it is, pure Timkon perfection.

In which Tim quits being Robin, Kon refuses to quit Tim and Ma Kent is full of relationship advice.

last light in a darkened room by bigdamnher0/@bigdvmnhero (Not Rated, 6k, 2024) Tim finds a distressing video of Robin!Dick and wishes that things were different. The whole fic, particularly Tim manifesting a happy ending in the bathroom, is a gorgeously crafted tragedy such that you're left kind of awed at how thoroughly massacred your heart and soul are post-read.

Tuesday morning: a video was uploaded to one of the deep web black markets. The footage, shot on those grainy vintage camcorders. But Tim knew that boy in the thumbnail; his eyes had memorized him, the heft and shape and dazzle of him, imprinting like an afterimage. Or: a brother is a witness; there's your tragedy.

buy back the secrets by sundiscus/@vinelark (Teen & Up, 91k (WIP), 2024) Superboy rescues civilian Tim Drake before learning that Tim is Robin and shenanigans ensue. I spent my whole holiday vacation intermittently screaming at this fic while my family members looked on with vague concern this fic is ADORABLE and AGONIZING and PERFECT please and THANK YOU.

He takes a long, slow breath. Ignores the glares from the other students. “Superboy,” he murmurs. “It’s me. If you’re listening, I could use some help.” Or: 5 times Superboy saves Tim Drake, and one time Tim Drake saves Superboy.

[thr-333]

Just Another Class Trip :) Part 8

News gets out and everyone handles it calmly and respectfully.

First< Previous >Next

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“Hi Tom, Sabine, how are you,” Selina gives a fake smile, not waiting for them to answer, “So Marinette's in town,”

“Yes is something wrong?” Tom asks worriedly.

“No nothing is wrong,” If you didn’t count the villain attacking the pool yesterday as wrong, “It’s just um, you know how I never told you who her father was?”

“Yes,”

“Well, apparently Gotham didn’t need the help and figured it out pretty much immediately,”

“So does that mean we finally get to be in the loop?” Tom’s eyes sparkle, he had always bothered her for the identity of his adopted daughter's father.

“Oh no one special, you probably haven’t heard of him,” They most certainly have, “Bruce Wayne?”

“... You dated Bruce Wayne?” The man who had become like a brother to her asks.

“I’m actually engaged to him now,” that already sounded so complicated and it wasn't even the tip of the iceberg. How did her life become so complicated? Well, at least she had managed to keep Marinette from it, well at least for a while.

“Congratulations!” He booms, “Oh what's the theme? We'll make you a cake! Wait no we cant send it by plane… what am I talking about! We’ll come to Gotham to make it! Unless it’s a destination wedding? A beach might be hard but I’m always up for a challenge,”

“Tom, Tom, it’s exciting I know,” Where did Marinette fall on the nature vs nurture scale? Because these two reacted exactly the same way, “But we have bigger problems right now!”

“What's the matter, Selina?” Sabine asks with motherly concern, much better than Selina could ever hope to manage.

“People figured it out… pretty much the second she stepped into Gotham at that,” Selina sighs, “The press is going crazy with theories, paparazzi basically stalking Marinette, Bruce is trying to talk to her about it … and he saw me with her, he knows somethings up,”

“Do you think it’s time we spilled the beans?” Tom asks, calming down from his wedding excitement, “Marinette's always known she was adopted but…”

“Not that I’m her mother? Yeah,” Silence hangs in the air for a while, the screen being the only source of light in her dark safe house, “You know I can try and work through this, no one has to know,”

“Hm…. if you think it’s best,” Sabine nods, before looking to her husband, “But if you want or need to tell people this would be the time,”

“Is… is that alright with you?”

“We love Marinette, and we know she’ll still love us no matter what, if our little family wants to grow then we should let it!” Tom exclaims, she should have known they would be fine with it, always so accepting that's one of the reasons she chose them to take care of her daughter.

“I’ll think about it,” She promises, cutting off the call to be alone with her thoughts.

Apparently her biggest hurdle was actually plucking up the courage to tell everyone. She thought she should at least tell Marinette, but lo and behold here they were in the Wayne manor waiting to hold a meeting about how to handle the rumor and Marinette is still in the dark. Well, she has no other choice but to commit now, try and get Marinette through her trip and out of the city without anyone being the wiser. Hell, she had kept the world's greatest detective from knowing for all these years surely this would be no more trouble.

Despite that, she ran into a little bitty problem while Bruce was explaining to Marinette how to handle the press; her conscience. It had been this annoying thing that started growing more and more as she spent time around Bruce. And now that they were engaged it decided to be a royal pain in her neck trying to convince her to be honest and tell the truth, how was that going to help with their marriage!

Surely this would be the worst possible place to admit it. Not only was Marinette and Bruce here, but the entire damn Batfamily to boot, sans Jason. If she were to tell now there would no doubt be bloodshed. No, the best way, if she was going to tell them, would be later in private, she could get Bruce to drive them back to the hotel and take a detour along the way, then she could tell them and bam! They would both know and her conscience would leave her alone, that was certainly the best plan of action-

And then Marinette smiled at him and Bruce smiled back, she didn’t even know what was said but goddammit-

“Marinette's our daughter!”

Everything in the room stops. Even those happy to mill about their conversation on the other size pause, a glass drops, she doesn't even wait for it to shatter before continuing. Floodgates are open now, no going back.

“Seventeen years ago, took her to Paris, pretended to be her Aunt, let Tom and Sabine raise her!” She stood up, bolting from the room, not stopping until she was far from Wayne manor.

Yep, I think I handled that well.

They all stood frozen, staring at the door Aunt, no Selina, her Mother had just run out. Everything was silent, for about two seconds before incomprehensible screeching. Or at least that's what it sounded like to her as everyone started shouting over each other.

“Did you know!?”

“No! How would I know?!”

“How could you not know! Everyone else did!”

“You didn’t!”

“That's because he said it wasn't true!”

“How the fuck-”

“Bruce why ,”

“By god how reckless can you be!?”

“This is… wow,”

Marinette didn’t stick around to hear the rest, slipping out the door Selina had disappeared through, like mother like daughter she guessed. Speaking of, she needed to call her Maman and Papa first, had the known all along? She was meant to just be an average girl… who’s a superhero… and vigilante…. And famous fashion designer…. And guardian- ok maybe she hadn't done a great job at the whole ‘ordinary girl’ thing, be she had liked to think she was normal at least once in her life… apparently not.

“Marinette sweetie!” Her Papa’s voice boomed over the call, “How are you?”

“Aunt Selina- not- how- I-”

“Oh, she told you?” Her Maman spoke more quietly than her Papa, calm voice calming her down.

“Me, and everyone else,” Marinette sat down at the steps to Wayne Manor, looking out at the front gardens without really seeing anything.

“Yes we thought she might, are you ok sweetie?”

“I’m shocked,”

“Yes well knowing her she didn’t handle it too well,” Papa spoke knowingly.

“She bolted now I’m stuck at Wayne Manor,” Marinette supplies, not that she really had a better place to be.

“Yes, that's like her,” She can hear her Maman laugh a little, “How are you feeling?”

“A little confused,” A lot confused.

“When she was pregnant with you she came to us, she and Bruce apparently didn’t have a very stable relationship back then and didn’t think either of them could take care of you,” Maman explains, “So she came to us, asking for just to raise you, she wasn't going to be a part of your life but I think she loved you more than expected because she kept coming back and eventually became your Auntie Selina,”

“Thats… wow,”

“Need some time?”

“Yeah,”

“Take all the time you need,” Papa encouraged, “We’re always here for you, and we love you,”

“I love you too,” Marinette smiles, letting the call drop staring off into nothingness.

The Kwamis came out of hiding to cuddle close but left her to her thoughts which Marinette appreciated. They sat in silence for a long time, Marinette worked out that she didn’t mind so much. Sure it was a shock, but it didn’t change how much she loved her parents, and it meant her family had just gotten a little bigger, or a lot bigger as Bruce had introduced her to a lot of people. The only thing left to worry about was the others, they didn’t seem very happy at the news.

Before Marinette can let the dread of that fester too long the front door opens, catching her attention as Bruce steps through. He seemed tired, and was that bruise a punch mark!?- no nevermind she wasn't going to ask. He comes to sit down next to her, neither talking for a while as they both stare out at the garden.

“... So Selina left?” He asks eventually.

“Yep, and I don’t think she’s coming back any time soon,”

“Of course not,” She shakes his head, a little amused, “Did she tell you?”

“No, but my parents knew- wait I didn’t mean!-”

“It’s fine,” He assures, settling her panic, “I just found out, I can hardly be considered a parent,”

“Guess not… What about the others?”

“Oh they’re a little shocked,” Bruce puts it lightly, his bruise being a dead give away, “I think they expected me to adopt you long before suspecting we were already related,”

“Just how many siblings do I have,” Marinette half mutters to herself, “wait- are they my siblings?”

“Depends who you ask, Dick? Yes, I think he already left to find decorations for your room,”

“I have a room?”

“If Dick has anything to say about it, also I suspect Alfred already set you up one, although I couldn't tell you when,”

“Of course he did,” That man seemed to know more than all of them combined, “So does that mean I can stay over some time?”

“Certainly, although I might suggest waiting a day or two,” He looks back at the mansion, light-catching his bruise.

“I might give it three, just to be sure,” She smiles, still wondering what happened there.

They start talking, catching up on each other's lives. Marinette skirts around anything that doesn't pertain to her identity as Marinette, Ladybug, MDC, Starling the whole gang. They are only interrupted by Marinette's phone buzzing, she picks it up, Adrien was the one to call but both Chloe and Kagami are there with him.

“Marinette,” Adrien says urgently, “Remember Cuppy?”

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Taglist (sorry put the taglist for another fic before fixed it now)

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BatFamily Fic Recs Part 3

Hey All, here are some more BatFam fic recs for you! I consider these all to be favorites, so I hope you find a fic or two you absolutely love! All these fics focus on family dynamics so there is no slash, however, the ratings do vary so be conscious of that and be sure to read the tags before you read the fic! And don’t forget to show the authors your love with kudos and comments!

Bury Your Sons by @romiress

Summary: Slade Wilson doesn't have a conscience. If he ever had one, he got rid of it years ago. But watching a man half his age cry every night from his nightmares is starting to get to him, waking up feelings he long ago put aside.

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A Canon Divergence AU: What if Slade looked into the Arkham Knight's history? What if, bothered by his own family issues, he decided to help the Arkham Knight in his own way, rather than helping him continue his revenge against Batman?

Rating: Mature

Word Count: 119,214

My Comments: I have never loved a fic as much as I love this one and as a total Slade Wilson stan I can tell you right now this is one of the best (and in my humble opinion THE absolute best) Slade Wilson and BatFam fic out there. Things that made this fic my All-Time Favorite fic: the characterizations, the hurt and comfort, the finding of family, the humor, the angst, the love the characters have for each other and how Damian is introduced to the family (this is later in the series I believe). I cannot stress how epic and beautiful this fic is.

An Invincible Summer by WithTheKeyIsKing

Summary: What Slade didn't expect upon opening his front door: a nine-year-old with a handful of crumpled bills, wanting to hire him to avenge the murder of his parents.

Rating: General Audiences

Word Count: 3,066

My Comments: An AU where Slade basically adopts Dick? Yes, please! This was such an original and wonderfully done fic. Honestly, off the charts with wholesomeness and left me craving more! I couldn't get over the amazing dynamic between Dick and Slade. Trust me, you will fall in love with this fic and be begging the author for more.  

The Jingle Jangle Morning by @audreycritter

Summary: Dick’s first overnight field trip without Bruce doesn’t go as well as planned.

Word: 5,287

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

My Comments: THIS IS THE BATDAD WE DESERVE!!! The relationship between Dick and Bruce is beautifully captured in this fic, it honestly brought tears to my eyes. This fic is so heartwarming and if you love yourself some good dad Bruce Wayne and adorable Dick Grayson then this is the fic for you. A million kudos to this fic.

Looking for Home by Team_Alpha_Wolf_Squadron

Summary: Bruce and Jason are lost in the woods, not knowing how they got there, or even where they are. A little road trip even when there is no road is always good for bonding though.

Rating: Teen and Up Audiences

Word Count: 11,887

My Comments: Everything I have ever read by Team_Alpha_Wolf_Squadron (i.e., one of my fav authors) has blown me away and Looking for Home is no exception. This fic is one of the most intriguing and beautifully done fics I have ever read. This story has everything I love; a mystery, a bit of an eerie vibe, familial love, and plenty of twists and turns. I love a fic that can bring be to tears and this one did that multiple times. An All-Time Favorite for sure.

Spawn by @heartslogos

Summary:  "You're fucking with me." Tim blinks up at his uncle – and he's never seen his uncle in full armor before, not in person. It's kind of daunting. "Please tell me you're fucking with me, spawn."

Rating: General Audiences

Word Count: 11,449

My Comments: BEST FIC EVER!!!! Honestly, this fic has the coolest and most original fracking premise ever. Slade as Tim's uncle??? Can it get any cooler than that?! Such a well written fic with amazing characterizations. It's hilarious, it's heartwarming, and so so so good. I promise you will LOVE this fic.

For More Fic Rec’s Check-Out:

Wholesome BatFamily Fic Recs

BatFamily Fic Recs Part 2 

BatFamily Fic Recs Part 4

BatFamily Fic Recs Part 5

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Dark!Batfam Fic Rec List

Welcome back to another weekly rec list! This time we’ve got ten dark Batfam AUs to enjoy! Most of these involve most of the Batfamily being less-than-good, but a few are centered on just one member or two. As always no Bat*est and mostly gen fics are on the list. Feel free to request a rec list topic in our askbox. 

A disclaimer that I have not read a few of these, but most came recommended or were skimmed if not read all the way through. Still, pay extra attention to the warnings and tags as most of these are in fact darker than usual.

Without further ado... 

All The Stars Burning Bright (Losing Their Light) by AuroraKant

11k+ | M | Complete | Gen | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Tim & Dick & Jason & Damian & Bruce

“Bruce hadn't expected to wake up again, after he jumped in front of a blaster directed at Red Robin.

He certainly hadn't expected to wake up in a different universe in which Batman had never taken the boys in. Without his presence to open up a home a gallery of Rogues had taken his kids in and Bruce didn't know if he was ready to confront them. But life rarely waited for one to be ready.”

this son of mine was dead and has come to life again by jcp_sob_rjl_lmep

1k+ | M | Complete | Gen | Major Character Death

Relationships: Jason & Bruce

“The drive to Arkham usually took somewhere between 40 minutes to an hour, depending on the night.

Batman was pulling up in front of it 25 minutes after his son confessed his murderer’s identity.”

Living in the Dawn and Dusk series by Ozzywrites

11k+ | T+ | Ongoing | Gen, M/F | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions of Violence 

Relationships: (There are A Lot because of the one shot format but basically the Batfamily in general, Tim/Steph, Janet Drake/Jack Drake)

“‘The Bat doesn’t kill’ isn’t a rule, but a promise.

Just a collection of Dark!Batfam oneshots. Most of them are unconnected, as in they don’t have an over arching plot and will only reference each other occasionally.”

Catch Me When I Fall by BisexualoftheBlade @bisexualoftheblade

655 | M | Complete | Gen | Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death 

“What would have happened if Tim Drake had chosen to take Jason Todd’s offer to be his Robin during the Battle for the Cowl?”

Children of the Dark AUs series by AplusIsRoman 

33k+ | M | Ongoing | Gen | Major Character Death, Graphic Depictions of Violence, No Archive Warnings Apply  

Relationships:  Lots of them but basically the Batfamily, Dick & Assorted Rogues, Harley/Joker

“Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, and Damian Wayne--raised not by the Bat, but by a few famous Rogues! Timelines do not necessarily match up with each other. Some will be General and some will be Mature, so please check the ratings and tags before reading.”

In The Game series by withthekeyisking

14k+ | M | Ongoing | Gen | Graphic Depictions of Violence

Relationships: Tim & Dick & Jason

(From the first fic)

“Everyone knows that if you want Don Bruce Wayne to hear you out, there are a few people you have to talk to first.

(And frankly, his sons can be just as terrifying.)”

Family Business by woodenwashbucket

1k+ | T | Complete | F/M | Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Martha Wayne / Thomas Wayne, Selina Kyle / Bruce, Barbara / Dick, Talia al Ghul (past)

“Mob bosses don't have rules against killing. That changes a few things.”

They Want To Burn The World (And Now You’re Asking Why) by LostandLonelyBrds (RUNNFROMTHEAK)

2k+ | M | Ongoing, 2/? | N/A | Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death

Relationships: Dick & Tim, Dick & Jason, Dick & Bruce, Dick & Joker

““Aw…jeez…I hit Jason a lot harder than that.”

And that fucking clown looks Dick dead in the eyes, smiling despite the swollen eyes and bruises, smiling despite the anger Dick is radiating that sent most running. The Joker smiles, blinking in an almost innocent way as Dick stands over him, fists clenched tight enough to hurt…

“His name was Jason, right?”

*

Dick doesn't let CPR stop him from avenging his family, and everything changes.”

Who Killed The Lark? by truc

1k+ | T | Complete | Gen | Graphic Depictions of Violence, Major Character Death

Relationships: Bruce & Dick, Bruce & Tim

“In this universe, Bruce Wayne is a bored man who's not afraid to kill. In this universe, Dick Grayson is a rebellious Talon. Together, they try to take down the Court of Owls piece by piece.

What will be the price of success?”

Life Is Like An Hourglass series by samiraxlula

42k+ | T+ | Complete | Gen | Major Character Death, Underage, No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Jason & Bruce, Jason & Alfred, Jason & Dick, Jason & Harvey Bullock, Jason & Barbara, Jason & Tim

“Following his death in the showdown between Bruce, him and the Joker in UTRH, Jason Todd dies and is brought back to his childhood. Only now the small tire thief is out for bat blood.”

[bigskydreaming]

Uh.....if you mash together pre-Reboot and New 52 continuities the way we all just tend to do anyway, you know who would have just as much to say about Bruce resuscitating the Joker after Dick killed him in Last Laugh?

Duke. Who does the math and realizes, wait, the fucking clown was actually DEAD, like, game over, the world rid of the problem that is him and the shit he does....and Bruce...actively cancelled this out, whereas if he’d stopped his OWN kneejerk reactions long enough to realize that reviving the Joker wouldn’t erase what Dick had done or lessen Dick’s awareness that he’d crossed that line, literally all it would accomplish is to have all of that remain true WHILE bringing the Joker back into the world and thus creating more potential victims of his in the future?

Victims like....Duke’s parents.

Aka can someone please drag Bruce Wayne’s butt to therapy because his complete inability to bend or budge on the specific issue of killing has 

1) caused his eldest son no shortage of severely debilitating emotional issues all stemming from his deep-seated fear of losing his father’s love due to situations like with the Joker and with Blockbuster 

2) caused and perpetuated his continued estrangement from his second son, whose actual literal death was so devastating to Bruce he was in real danger of getting himself killed before Tim came along and yet upon his actual return from the grave, still took backseat to Bruce’s fixation on a rule he set FOR HIMSELF long ago, because it was always made fairly clear that Jason could have been persuaded to change his methods in regards to fighting all other crimes if Bruce could find a way to make an exception in regards to the Joker, who has hurt all of their family so often and so severely, and that’s not even getting into the shit with the Penguin in RHATO

3) contributed to his third son’s feelings of estrangement and not being deserving of a place in Bruce’s family, in the aftermath of Tim’s entirely understandable DESIRE to see his father’s murderer dead, without even Tim actually acting on it before earning Bruce’s judgment, and with a likely extension and continuation of this divide being evident in how opposed Tim is to going to Bruce for help whenever Ra’s pops up again to be all “I’m outside ur house in the bushes spying on u thru the window, will u join me in remaking the world in our - sorry that’s a lie, I meant my - image, plz check y/n,” because again quite understandably, Tim fears being caught in the middle of Ra’s and Bruce’s ideological war because he’s afraid of Bruce deciding its because Tim is more open to what Ra’s says than he actually is, and the conflicts that could arise from that

4) almost destroyed any chance of a healthy and loving relationship between he and his youngest son before they even got a chance to start one, due to his own issues with a past Damian had literally no ability to opt out of, even if he had been given alternative viewpoints to the morality of killing, as taught to him by the League - Damian was a ten year old child who could not be expected to have the resources to leave the League and their expectations for him, without help, even if he had previously been able to conceive of a way of life other than the one laid out for him from birth

5) I don’t even know where to start with Cass and the whole shit with Deathstroke and like....I just. Yeah

6) As noted at the start of the post, had Bruce simply not intervened to resuscitate the Joker, like didn’t even need to kill him himself, like if he had simply NOT BROUGHT HIM BACK TO LIFE (like and people wonder why Dick was so convinced Bruce would judge him for not stepping between Blockbuster and a bullet to save that villain’s life when not even a year prior, Bruce had established the precedent that apparently in his mind, if there was even a possibility of resuscitating an already dead villain with a body count like the Joker’s, that was apparently what needed to be done)....but like....no Joker after the Last Laugh, no Jokerized Thomases a few years later....not to mention how that could have altered the chain of events that unfolded with Jason’s return and attempt to get Bruce to kill someone who would now already be dead.

Like....Bruce. Buddy. Pal. This vow you made - again, for YOURSELF - to never kill in any scenario, because YOU were afraid that YOU wouldn’t be able to stop yourself from doing it again, and again and again...it might have been born from a place of good intentions, but the stringent, utterly inflexible way you apply it to your own family, with zero allowance for context, let alone exceptions, is actively hurting them in any number of ways, AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS.

You need to get some nuance. Nobody’s saying YOU yourself have to go out and start gunning people down, but there have to be room for more opinions on this than just yours...especially when it comes to the choices OTHER people make on this matter, for born of THEIR moral compasses. Your moral compass has allowed you to give yourself a pass on some pretty fucked up things, so you need to just NOT, with the whole treating it as the be all and end all of Right and Wrong.

I mean in my professional opinion, of course.

Also also also, I would just like to point out that another factor that in my mind, makes the Last Laugh story and the fact that Dick DID in fact cross that line once and kill someone, even if they were later revived.....

This is important, and potentially central to SO MANY of the internal conflicts within the Batfamily, most of them between Bruce and various of his children....

BECAUSE IT DISPROVES BRUCE’S FEAR OF THE SLIPPERY SLOPE IN REGARDS TO KILLING BEING LIKE...A UNIVERSAL LIKELIHOOD, RATHER THAN JUST A PERSONAL FEAR BASED ON HIS OWN SELF-AWARENESS.

Bruce’s entire thesis about never killing even once, even with someone like a Joker, is because he believes once you start down that road, you’re never going to stop....with him frequently shown as seeing Jason and his actions as proof of that basic premise....because ultimately, like with the Penguin, its like even when Jason has gone a long time without killing anyone, Bruce is convinced that its only a matter of time before he breaks his promises or finds another ‘exception’ he feels he can justify....because again, Bruce so often fixates on this idea that there IS no stopping. With it being very easy to see how this also extends at times to concerns about Damian and the possibility of him killing again, given his own past.

But when you take Last Laugh into account.....and acknowledge the fact that Dick has killed as a bigger deal than the comics or most fics have ever really allowed it to be....

Suddenly you have to take into account that yes, Dick has killed once...

AND ONLY ONCE.

Years and years and years ago....and never done it since. 

And that’s a potential GAME-CHANGER for so very freaking many of the conflicts that keep their entire family so divided....because so many of them are sprung from this one central source.....which is based on this one specific fear Bruce has for himself and has since applied to all of his children as well....

To such an extent that when one of his children crossed this line for the first time....BRUCE HAD TO UNDO IT.

Even though Bruce said at the time he resuscitated the Joker so that Dick could live with himself, not have to live with having killed a man and what that might do to him.....Dick still had to live with himself, still had to live with having killed a man! It very much informed his character moving forward, was a central part of his fears in situations even tangentially similar, like with Blockbuster. Bringing back the Joker didn’t actually change ANYTHING for Dick, other than....render all that kinda meaningless, because he had to work through the emotional issues of having killed a villain....who didn’t even stay dead, and continued to kill and ruin lives.

Nope, I maintain in actuality, Bruce resuscitated the Joker so that HE could live with what Dick had done, not have to live with one of his sons having broken the vow that was so important to Bruce himself, and what that might do to him, Bruce...and his relationship with Dick, or even just his ability to continue to have a relationship with Dick. He was driven to ‘reverse’ what Dick had done, IMO, so that HE didn’t have to face it, could in time pretend that it hadn’t really happened, it didn’t count, his world order was still intact.

And that’s a level of denial that’s actually pretty damn characteristic for Bruce in a lot of ways.....and IMO, the real source of so much of his conflict with his children.

Because then once Jason came along and already had eight heads in a duffel bag by the time Bruce realized who the Red Hood really was.....it was too late for Bruce to do anything about it, to stop reality from crashing straight through every barrier Bruce tried to throw in the way to keep from having to face the moral quandary of one of his children (that he so often saw himself in) taking the step that he’d so definitively feared ever taking.

Its not that Bruce was able to ‘forgive’ Dick for killing the Joker that one time, and not the times Jason has killed, because Bruce loves Dick more.

Its because Bruce DIDN’T forgive Dick for it. HE DID HIS BEST TO PRETEND IT NEVER EVEN HAPPENED.

And the reason that didn’t happen with Jason....was because it was never even an option. By the time Bruce was confronting his son as JASON.....instead of a mysterious masked vigilante....there was zero possibility of reframing this in his mind or undoing any of it like he tried to do when he resuscitated the Joker.

Bruce’s vow is all well and good for him....but the thing he’s never faced, because he’s afraid to face it, afraid it could permanently destroy his connections with his family....is that he doesn’t get to make that choice for his children. That it doesn’t make them terrible people to feel differently about the importance of not even allowing a man as destructive as the Joker to die, in large part based on their having entirely different life experiences than Bruce himself, that lead them to feel differently on specific matters like this one.

And I think the most effective starting place for that dialogue, that confrontation, realization....is for BRUCE to face what Dick did all those years ago, AND the fact that in Dick’s case, history has NOT repeated itself since.....that Dick truly did kill a man, kill the Joker, in every way that mattered....and HE’S STILL DICK GRAYSON. The person he was didn’t change, not fundamentally, not in the ways that matter so much to Bruce on every other level. Killing the Joker didn’t make Dick a killer, other than in the specific context of that specific situation.

And that to me, is such an important conversation to have within the construct of the Batfamily and their interconnected conflicts, a confrontation that could actually force Bruce to start shifting his perspective in regards to his CHILDREN’S choices, not necessarily his own....and with that ultimately spreading into each of the individual conflicts Bruce has with his various kids, and allowing for some actual PROGRESS to be made on those fronts, instead of it always just being the same old fight, with them all endlessly running in circles.

[redhoodieone]

But I’m Your Kid!

A/N: Here we go again! Okay, so this is the 4th part of the, “But I’m…” series, and I’m so excited that the series has been well received. I don’t know if this will be the last one or not, because there was another idea (I’d only write this one if people want to read it), for a 5th story to the series, where Y/N is the adopted daughter of Superman and he meets Jason, Y/N’s fiancé for the first time, and the Batfamily is dreading that Superman to be a part of the family. I don’t know it could be called, “But I’m Your Father!” …but I guess we’ll see lol.

If anyone’s interested, this song helped me write this fic: Shinedown “I’ll Follow You”

OH! And since the whole Tom King drama (give me a round of applause, please), there’s MAJOR family fluff in here because I say so! 

Couples: Jason x Y/N, Bruce x Selina, Dick x Barbara.

Warnings: Mentions of sex, language, and adorable family moments. 

Introduction

It’s true the Todd family is beyond adorable. People who know them (or are complete strangers to them) can see Jason and Y/N that they’re clearly meant to be together. With Jason’s rough and tough exterior (but with teddy bear hugs behind closed doors) and Y/N’s kind and beautiful soul, the two balance and fit each other like ideal pieces in a thousand puzzles pieces game. While Jason has always been an angry, rash, and secretly sensitive guy, Y/N has been able to help him overcome his fears, insecurities, and make him feel like he belonged in the world after everything that’s happened to him.

 And he loved her for that.

 Because who knew the Damned Prince of Gotham and his Damned Princess of Gotham could be a match?

 And after only five years of marriage and a six-year-old son, Jason and I were very happy and finally at peace with their small family.

 It’s just an average Saturday afternoon when Jason brings us to the Manor to relax and spend time with the Batfamily. Alfred is in the kitchen with Tim as they’re preparing drinks and snacks for the family. Dick and Barbara are sitting beside Bruce and Selina on one couch while Jason and I hog the love seat. My husband pulls me onto his lap with an evil smirk on his handsome face.

 “I got the best seat in the house,” Jason laughs.

 “Behave!” I warn him. Barbara giggles at us.

 “Yes, please. None of us want to see that,” Bruce pleads.

 “Maybe some of us do,” Selina jokes. Bruce sighs and shakes his head at her.

 Even though Jason and I were practically all over each other, I couldn’t help but feel the heat rush to my pussy. I mean, it has been a few days since we’ve been intimate with each other. J.J, our young rebel has been behaving more needier than usual, and with him in between us in bed, it’s kind of difficult to show my husband how much I want him.

 And need him.

 It’s as if my Jay read my mind. One hand remains on my waist, as the other rubs up and down my thigh; almost pushing up my short black skirt I decided to wear to finally show off my curvy body after working out and taking better care of myself after giving birth to J.J. Jason eyes my button up white blouse that’s unbuttoned on the third button, which gives him a good view of my breasts being pushed up in my pushup bra.

 “I can guarantee you that I’m going to fucking wreck your pussy tonight,” Jason whispers in my ear, and kisses underneath my jaw. He grips me tighter, and groans heavily. “Maybe we can…you know? Try for another one?”

 “Another what?” I ask, confused.

 “A baby, doll,” he answers, as if I should have known. He raises his eyebrows, and his crystal blue eyes shine with the happiness he has fought for a very long time and cherishes every moment with J.J and me. “I…this isn’t how I wanted to tell you, but Y/N…I really want a little girl.”

 “A girl?” I repeat, shifting in his lap which makes him groan when my ass rubs against his already hard on.

 “Even though Jason just has to be gross about it…I agree,” Dick supports his brother.

 Bruce wraps a loving arm around Selina. I suddenly feel as if everyone here is thinking the same thing. Is that why we’re here?

 Is Jason’s family trying to help him convince me to give him a daughter?

Alfred comes into the living room with Tim trailing behind him. He sets down lemonade and freshly backed chocolate chip cookies. “I agree with everyone here, Lady Y/N. I would absolutely love to have a little girl running around here and brighten this dark mansion,” Alfred reveals.

 “Dark mansion?” Bruce asks. He cannot believe Alfred. “When has this home ever been dark, Alfred?”

 “I’m merely speaking about how this home has always been grim and filled with sadness before. But if I may so Master Bruce, you and the boys have lived here with your tragedies, and a beautiful little girl laughing can make this home bright and loving,” Alfred explains.

 “I have to agree with him,” Barbara mentions.

 “Maybe if you smile more and give off a more positive and upbeat vibe!” Dick suggests.

 “I swear to-”

 “Master Bruce! Language! Master J.J will hear you!” Alfred scolds him.

 “Too late, Pennyworth,” Damian says, entering the living room with my son behind him. Damian covers his entire body with Bruce’s cowl and cape, while J.J is wearing his new and improved Robin costume. I feel my heart beat faster because J.J is the spitting image of Jason; and my heart is filled with so much love at the sight of him. “J.J and I have heard everything.”

 “Everything?” I ask slowly. This can’t be happening.

 “Of course, Todd. J.J is smart enough to know everything adults speak of considering I have informed him and taught him well enough these last few months. I have even taken the liberty to teach him sexual intercourse just an hour ago, so you wouldn’t have to. I imagine speaking to children about sexual ideas and facts can be scarring for parents,” Damian confesses normally.

 Jason clears his throat. He is as shocked as I am. “What…did you say you did?” he asks quietly, with poison in his voice.

 “Oh please, Todd. Just a week ago, you, Grayson, Drake, and I were speaking about women and your mannerisms in bed at our Friday night poker game. Like how Gordon hasn’t been putting out for Grayson, and how Y/N has been distant and not ‘touching you enough’ Todd. Drake doesn’t have a sex life at the moment, so he remained alone and silent. J.J even heard the sexual discussions that night, and since you are an obvious and annoying loudmouth, you didn’t know he was behind you. He asked me questions, and I answered them truthfully,” Damian answers.

 “Damian!” Dick snaps.

 “This is why we don’t invite you to play sometimes!” Tim shouts.

 I glare at Jason who just gives me a guilty smile. Fuck I love that man so much…even when I want to shoot his kneecaps for talking about our sex life with his brothers and son behind him.

It’s silent between all of us. Just the thought of J.J (already a smart ass and smart kid in general) knowing sex at this age frightens me so much. Since my husband and J.J’s father, Jason Peter Todd has a high sex drive and is constantly thinking about sex, I fear J.J will turn out to be exactly like him!

 I can just picture young J.J telling the other kids about hand jobs, blowjobs, and tea bagging for fuck’s sake!

 “Mom...Dad...I have a question,” J.J asks, his voice soft and anxious which immediately gathers mine and Jason’s attentions. His bright blue eyes are full of innocence and curiosity. He runs a hand through his messy dark hair like Jason; like father like son. He moves closer to us and stops in front of me. He frowns. “I need answers. I need the truth.”

 “What’s your question?” I ask slowly. Even when I feel my body tense and I already fear the worst; I rub his back to ease his nerves. “You can ask us anything.”

 “Of course, kid. Ask away,” Jason encourages their son, even though he’s clearly anxious, too.

 J.J’s blue eyes sparkle with all the interest and wonder in the world. His frown turns into a smile. “I have to know. It’s been bugging me lately...where did I come from? How was I really created?” he asks.

 I instantly feel myself stunned by his question. He’s only six-years-old and how could he be wondering about this right now?! Didn’t Damian tell him about sex already?!

 Jason freezes with his eyes open wide and mouth hanging open at our son. Everyone around us is quiet and wondering how this will all play out. I gently shake him to awaken him from his daze and he forces himself to look at J.J.

 “Y-you want to know h-how you were created?” Jason asks slowly.

 “Yes,” J.J replies.

 “You want to know where you came from?” Jason asks seriously.

 “Yes,” J.J says.

 “You want to know how you were created? And you want to know where you came from?” Jason repeats.

 “Yes! How was I created?!” J.J cries out hysterically. He’s dying to know!

 Jason begins to sweat and tremble. He always did promise to shield and protect J.J no matter what. “Well...uh...you see J.J, when a man and a woman, well in your case, me and your mom love each other very much, they-” Jason begins nervously until I interrupt him.

 “Honey,” I say, hoping I can find the courage to answer his questions. I must be strong. I must be his strong mother. “If Damian already talked to you about sex, then why are you asking us about it?”

 “Uncle Damian did tell me about sex, but he couldn’t answer some questions,” J.J explains hastily.

 I take a deep breath. “Okay, ask us.” I say gently.

 “Where was I created? How did you and dad create me?” J.J asks casually, even when his eyes are clearly begging for information. His question basically covers the, ‘where did I come from’ question.

 “If you already know sex, then are you asking where your dad and I…created you?” I ask slowly. I can feel my stomach hurt.

 “Yeah Mom,” J.J says nodding his head.

 Bruce gives me a look; the look that tells me to tell the truth, or otherwise J.J will get the wrong idea about his life. I nod my head and lick my lips as well. I settle more into Jason’s lap, and he glances at me to see what I’ll say.

 “You mean location?” I ask, making sure I understand the question.

 “Yeah,” J.J confirms.

 “I believe…you were created at Uncle Dick’s birthday party,” I answer honestly. Because if my memory serves me right, Jason and I were drunk that night. After too many shots of Fireball and Patron, we ended up having sex a few times, and I knew we weren’t using protection. “Your dad and I had too much fun, and we thought about starting a family right then and there!”

 “Really? At Uncle Dick’s birthday party?” J.J asks, seemingly surprised and thankful about it.

 Okay, because I don’t think J.J is old enough to know we were so drunk and careless. If I must be honest about sex, I will be.

 “Yeah, exactly! We-we wanted a boy and that’s the place where we decided to make you, kid!” Jason adds with support for me.

 “Seriously?” Dick whispers to us. While I remain focused on J.J, I can feel Jason flipping him off behind my back.

 “Okay,” J.J begins before looking at Jason and I. “How was I created?”

 “From sex,” Jason answers quickly.

 “Exactly how Uncle Damian taught you a while ago,” I say.

 J.J shakes his head at us. “No, no I mean…” J.J trails off before he finally gives us his undivided attention. “Were you on top of Mom? Was Mom on top of you, Dad? Did you do it sideways or upside down? Or did you hump Mom’s butt like a dog, Dad? Uncle Damian says you’re a real dog is that’s true.”

 Jason’s eyes widen. I cover my face as everyone else bursts into laughter, including Alfred. J.J suddenly blushes in embarrassment, and then I realize his curiosity is not to be laughed at or ignored. I end up removing myself from Jason, and I pull J.J to me so I can hold him.

 “Don’t be embarrassed, J.J. It’s perfectly normal to ask questions, even if they’re…scary or embarrassing. But your Dad and I promise to try to answer all your questions the best we can,” I tell him. I caress his cheeks, and I decide to answer since I’m sure everyone else is just as curious as this little boy. And even though it was a drunken night, the bruises on my ass and hips proved we did in fact do…doggy style. “If you must know, your Dad and I did the last sexual pose you said, and he didn’t do it in my butt; he did it in my vagina.”

 “But why?” J.J asks seriously. “Why did you choose that pose to make me?”

 “Maybe we should stop this conversation,” Jason suggests. His body tenses and his eyes say he’s too afraid to keep talking.

 “Why should we? I want to know,” J.J replies anxiously.

 “You really shouldn’t know,” Jason tries to reason with him.

 “BUT I’M YOUR KID! AND I WANT TO KNOW RIGHT NOW!” J.J yells angrily.

 “BECAUSE IT FEELS SO FUCKING GOOD, KID! IT’S OUR FAVORITE POSITION! Trust me, when you do it one day you’ll see why,” Jason admits, lowering his voice after his outburst to answer J.J.

 “Oh my God!” Dick bursts into laughter as he and Tim fall to the floor, holding their stomachs and crying with real tears of joy. “I-I can’t believe you said that!”

 “Shut up Dick!” Barbara hisses at him.

 “At least Master J.J can rest his curious mind,” Alfred sighs.

 “Imbeciles…” Damian mutters under his breath.

 “I think you did a great job,” Bruce praises me. He and Selina stand up and hug Jason, J.J and I. “You too, Jason.”

 “Even if Y/N did most of the work,” Selina lightly teases Jason.

 Jason finally snaps out of his frozen state and smiles down at me and J.J. He picks up J.J, and uses his other arm to wrap around me. “You’re the best, you know that right, doll?”

“I’m the best too!” J.J whines.

 Jason chuckles and tickles J.J. I kiss Jason’s cheek, and I finally decide to give in. “Maybe we should have another baby,” I whisper to him.

 “Yeah? Really?” Jason asks, raising his eyebrows with a silly grin on his face.

 “Yeah,” I confirm my decision. “I really think we should. I mean, I feel like we’re ready.”

 Jason kisses me and hugs our son in between us. “I believe we are ready, too,” Jason agrees.

 “Then let’s make our family bigger,” I say strongly.

 J.J smiles and hugs us both. The idea of him being a big brother must be something he wants as well. And just when Jason and I are about to seal the deal with a kiss, J.J clears his throat to get our attention, and the rest of the families as well.

 “Yeah, kid?” Jason asks, as we look at J.J.

 “I just have one more question: if you didn’t do it in Mom’s butt, then where did you put your thingy? Her vagina is up front, right?” J.J asks, his wondering mind is at it again.

 Jason and I sigh because tonight is going to be a long night of the never-ending sex talk.

 And to think Jason and I are going to make a girl next.

 Lord help us.

[secondgenerationnerd]

Legacy

Author’s note: So I started this a while ago, but made a few changes. I will ship my soft bois in this fic, fight me and look out for more fics with them! Enjoy!

           The world’s ending again and it’s up to a bunch of teenagers to save it. They’d been going nonstop for two days, watching family and friends die from an unknown alien menace. 17-year-old Luca Gordon-Grayson and his team had been hiding in an old Cadmus Lab, gathering whatever information he could hack from the computers.

           Luca looks at his team. Jania West swears as her older brother, Matt West, unwraps a bandage on her arm to check a bullet wound, both their bows abandoned on the ground beside them. Ceridian sits on some old crates, carefully balanced as he reviews footage from around the world. He has all the calm grace of his father, Kaldur, at that age.

           All three of them are exhausted, but ready to continue the fight. Ready for what comes next. Why isn’t he?

           “I think we need to find a new hiding place.” Ceridan says, rising to his feet, “We can’t hide out here forever.”

           “We can’t let the bad guys find this place either.” Jania points out, wincing as Matt rewraps the wound. “Half the files here could destroy the world.”

           “I can destroy it.” Luca offers. “I have a few things I need to gather still, but you all should start heading out. I’ll meet you 4 kilometers southeast, at the old burger joint on 5th.”

           “Are you sure you’ll be safe? This place is still booby-trapped.”

           “I’ll be fine. I’m Robin after all.” He offers them the trademark Robin smile and none of them question it. They never do. While Ceridan and Jania gather their stuff, Matt pulls him to the side.

“Babe, you sure you’re ok?” Luca tries to meet the speedster’s gray eyes, but he stops short. He knows that compassion in them will break him.

“Yeah. Just tired.”

“Are you sure? I can stay with you if you—”

Luca smiles softly and holds his hand, “I’ll be fine. Promise.”

The lie’s bitter in his mouth, but his boyfriend doesn’t question it. Matt takes a second to press a soft kiss to his lips. Luca kisses him back before looking up at him. “See you on the other side.”

After taking any supplies they can, he watches them head out. Luca lets his smile fall and hooks his gloves up to the cables in the wall. It’s easy for him to watch his friends’ blips make it out of the building safely and send all the files to them. Once his work is done, he activates some security measures.

“Robin?” Matt’s voice in his ear throws him off a bit. He can’t do this with them listening. “Rob, what’s your ETA?”

No answer.

“Robin?” It’s Jania’s voice this time.

“I have a plan. I promise.” He watches the numbers on his screen as they count down. “You all have what you need for the mission.”

“Robin. What’s your ETA?” Matt’s voice is serious now. Sharp and hard to hide the fear behind it. “Luca? Luca!”

“It’s gonna be ok.” 30 seconds now. He lets his head fall back against the wall, staring up at the hole in the ceiling. At least he gets to see the stars. “It’s going to be ok. I promise. I promise. You all don’t need me for this part.”

They understand too late.

“LUCA!”

10 seconds…

“I’m coming for you, Luca! I’m going to save you—”

5 seconds. He closes his eyes.

“I don’t want to be saved.”

The world erupts in flames around him. He doesn’t even scream.

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It’s been a week since their training simulation. Their failsafe, which went better than the first one their parents were in. The others failed soon after him. Luca had disappeared before anyone could confront him about his actions. A week in Gotham locked in his room, only coming out for food when he knew his parents were gone. He couldn’t avoid it forever which is how he ended up here, in the therapy room, face to face with Dinah Lance.

“I don’t want to talk about it.” Luca glares at the ground.

“Alright, we don’t have to talk about—”

“Don’t bullshit me. We both know the League protocol. I can’t go back in the field until you clear me. Given your record, you won’t clear me until I talk.”

“You seem to have it all figured out.”

“Comes with the territory.”

“What’s does that mean?” Dinah leans forward.

“I’m Robin, part of the infamous Batfamily. I always have a backup plan, I always know what to do, I always have an answer.” Luca chews on his tongue.

“That sounds lonely.” Dinah says. “Is it?”

“The title alone? Yeah, it is. But try being the son of the OG Robin and OG Batgirl. Try being the grandson of Bruce Wayne and Jim Gordon.” The tightness in his chest gets worse and worse the longer he talks. “Try never getting to be a teen and fuck up. Because everyone is looking at you for the answers. Everyone expects you to have a plan even though you just watched your entire family be eviscerated, but you’re a Bat so it’s not like you feel anything, right?”

“I can’t imagine—”

“No. You can’t. No one can. Ceridian gets to stop being Aqualad and just be Ceridian. Matt and Jania stop being Impulse and Velocity. They get to be teenagers. They get to go home and go to school and do what they want. They haven’t been in the media’s eye since birth. They never had to learn how to carefully word things, so you don’t create a scandal at 5. They might have expectations in the hero world, but they get to be civilians!” He’s crying. When did that happen? Why can’t he stop? “They don’t have tabloids filled with homophobic bullshit about them because they’re GAY!”

“Luca—”

“No, Dinah! I’m done! You got me to talk! And you know what?! I hate it! I hate this feeling! I’m done!” Luca storms to the door.

“Luca, if you leave, I can’t help you—”

“I don’t want help! I don’t need to be saved!” He slams the door behind him. His ears ring. He needs to think. Somehow, he ends up on the beach. The League rebuilding Mount Justice for the new generation was supposed to give them hope. Instead, Luca wants nothing more than to run into the ocean and never stop.

“Hey.” The boy wonder whips around to see his boyfriend walking up to him. Matt sits on the sand, not saying anything. Luca sits next to him. They watch the ocean in silence for a while. Matt, of course, breaks the quiet. “You know what sucked the most about the failsafe?”

“What?”

“Not being fast enough. After you…did what you did… we kept moving. Training kicked in and we all just…shut down. Focused on the mission. Jania went next. I was right next to her. I should have seen that fucking bullet. I should have saved her…” Matt keeps his eyes on the ocean, red hair seeming to catch fire as the sun starts setting. “Ceridian and I…We just wanted to take as many of the fuckers out as possible. And we did. And we died.”

“Matt—”

“I don’t know why you did what you did. I don’t.” Matt finally looks at Luca. “But I wanted to tell you something.”

You’re breaking up with me. Luca steals his heart.

“I’ve got your back.”

“Wait…What?”

“Look, I know better than anyone what it feels like to have a shitty legacy.”

“How do you know about that?”

“You told me before we were together. Remember? We were talking about our initiation day. I was so excited to be Velocity. You were proud to take the mantle of Robin, but you told me you were scared. I’ve seen it beat you down over the years. If I’ve contributed to that, I’m sorry.”

“Matt. You don’t have to apologize. I should have told someone I was struggling sooner. This is on me.” Luca can’t stand the hurt in Matt’s eyes. Matt gives him a small smile and takes his hand.

“How about this? It doesn’t matter if it was anyone’s fault. What matters is what we do moving forward. I’m not sure what you want to do, but I have some appointments set up with Aunt Dinah.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. I need help figuring out some other stuff that failsafe made me go through.”

“I… I don’t know if I’m ready to talk to her.”

“That’s fine too. She’s always around. Hey.” Matt makes Luca look at him. “Talking about what hurts doesn’t make you any less of a man. It doesn’t make you weak or unworthy of being Robin. It makes you strong.”

“Why are you so fucking smart?”

“My mom’s been reading me Poe and Dickson since birth. Comes with the territory.” Matt kisses Luca’s forehead. Luca’s never let Matt kiss in out in the open. Failsafe was an exception, but the thought of someone seeing them petrified him. So why is he pulling Matt closer? Why are his lips brushing against the speedster’s as the setting sun sets the world on fire? Just one last goodbye in case Matt suggests a break?

Matt kisses him back, his hand holding the back of Luca’s neck. Luca grips the front of his boyfriend’s shirt, scared to let go. Eventually, they need air, reluctantly breaking apart. Matt stands up and offers Luca his hand. They walk to the cave together.

“Matt, when you said you understood a shitty legacy…”

“I’m talking about my grandparents. Lian has it worse with Aunt Jade’s past, but yeah.” Matt shrugs. “We’ve made our place in the team on who we are. Not our parents’ merits.”

“One day, you’re going to talk like a normal 17-year-old.”

Matt gives that bright laugh that Luca fell in love with “Not likely.”

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Luca arrives home in Gotham a few hours later. He’d spent most of the evening just thinking while he and Matt watched mindless sitcoms. Luca can still feel the warmth of his boyfriend’s arms around him, his much longer body encasing him. Luca could have lived there for the rest of his life. But he has things he needs to do.

His parents are at the dinner table. Dick rises as his son comes in.

“Luca John. We need to talk—” Dick doesn’t get much farther than that. Luca’s already crying before he reaches his father, throwing his arms around him. Dick looks at his wife before hugging his son as tightly as possible. “Hey, bud. It’s ok. I’m here. Your mom and I are both here for you.”

“I know, Dad. I know. I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”

[damned-queen-of-gotham]

Jason Todd X Mexican!Reader 2/? : Meet his family

​HELLO!!! First of all ... thank you very much! It makes me really happy that you like my blog! It's like ... wow! Really? LOL XD Well, I must say that this request surprised me very much because I don´t dedicate myself to doing this but I didn´t want to fail you, dear Anon. Sorry for the delay and I hope you like it, since it´s basically my first fic ... so I just hope I didn´t ruin it.

Thanks for the confidence!

- "Okay, listen dorks. I need all of you gathered in the mansion, Friday at eight. It´s a matter of the utmost importance and everyone should be there "- It was what Jason said during the last patrol; and that meant either something very good or very bad, so the Batfamily didn´t know what to expect.

When the agreed day and time arrived, Bruce, Dick, Tim and Damian, were waiting for Jason in the family room.

When the room door opened, none of them expected to see Jason arrive accompanied by a pretty girl.

-"All right! They're all here. Guys, she is Y / N, my girlfriend. Y / N, meet everyone " - "What kind of presentation is that, Jay? Excuse him ... my name is Y / N and it's a pleasure to meet you " It was the first time you saw your boyfriend's family and you didn´t want to ruin it. The boys got up from their seats to greet you and introduce themselves, including Bruce; who welcomed you with a slight smile, what surprised you. Batman ... smiling? It was almost like a natural phenomenon!

- "Oh, miss Y / N. It's a pleasure to see you again and just in time. Come on, let's go to the dining room. Dinner is ready "- said Alfred, as he led you to the dining room. - "Friendly as always. Thank you very much, Mr. Pennyworth. " - "Please, my dear, just call me Alfred ..." - "Alfred knew about your girlfriend?" - Dick asked as he followed his younger brother - "Is there anything in this world that Alf doesn´t know?" - answered Jason Everyone nodded knowing it was true.

Already at the table, you chatted with joy and while the talk was taking place, Bruce could not help asking ... - "Y / N, your English is perfect but I can notice your accent ... You're from Mexico, right?" And bam! There it was, the big elephant in the room ... at least for you.

In past situations you have already received offenses because of your way of speaking, nationality and even skin color. In general, you ignored that comment or defended yourself if necessary; but you really wanted to please Jason's family, you wanted them to accept you.

Jason noticed how nervous you were beginning to feel and looked for your hand under the table. When you noticed the sure grip of your hand in yours, you answered ... -"That's right. I was born and grew up in Mexico. My parents brought me to this country a few years ago in search of new opportunities " -"I see…" A silence was made in the dining room, nobody wanted to make an inappropriate comment that made you feel out of place.

- "Well ... I love Taco Bell" - said Dick in an attempt to break the tension. Everyone at the table turned to see the first Robin, shocked.

- "What the fuck, Dickhead !?" - "Master Dick!" - "For God's sake, Dick ..." - "Nothing cool, bro" - "That was embarrassing, Grayson" -No! I didn´t want ... I was trying ... I didn´t mean ... "

The poor boy was looking for a way to apologize but before Jason finished getting up to punch his brother, you exploded with laughter. It was a sincere and real laugh, which calmed the nerves of everyone, especially those of your boyfriend.

- "All right, doll?" -Yes, don´t worry, it's just that I've never heard that one"- you answered while you laughed again. - "I'm really sorry Y / N. I didn´t mean to sound like an idiot ... " -It´s okay, Dick, really. I've heard so many rude and offensive comments that I know very well differentiate good comments from bad comments ... It's just like when Jason called me "Speedy Gonzalez" - "Master Jason!" - "And your own girlfriend betrays you... so rude!" Everyone in the room laughed at Jason's fake wounded heart.

That was when the boys began to ask you about the traditions and customs of Mexico, questions that you gladly answered.

At the end of dinner and while promising the Batboys to take them to eat real Mexican tacos, Bruce approached Jason who watched you from the door next to Alfred. - "She's lovely, Jason" -"I know" - "And you're happy" -"I am" - “Y ya no piensas que todas esas horas que  pase enseñandote español fueron una perdida de tiempo” (And you don´t think that all those hours that I spent teaching you Spanish were a waste of time) - said Bruce, in perfect Spanish. - “Guarda silencio, anciano” (Keep quiet, old man)- countered Jason, rolling his eyes and walking in your direction, but he stopped for a second and in a very low voice, added ... - “Fue una de las cosas que la conquistaron. B” (It was one of the things that conquered her. B) Bruce and Alfred shared a proud look.

Later, at home -"And? What did you think of that circus? "- Jason asked as he hugged you, reclining on the bed. - "Don´t be mean ... Everyone is very nice and gentile. It was really great to finally meet your family, mi amor” (my love) - "You are also my family, doll" - "Jay ... I love you so much" - "And I love you too, Y / N" -"You know? I was thinking that since I met your family, it's about time you met mine. " "I knew I should kiss you before you said that ..." "Jason!"

And that's it...

I seriously try hard enough so I hope with all my heart that you don´t hate it.

As always, I will appreciate your comments

Lots of love! 💕

[eliehasmoved]

Hello, you have been identified as An Awesome Fic Writer™. Congrats, you rock! So that all of your readers can shower you with some extra love today, please tell us your favourite five stories of yours and why you like them and then send this to another five fic authors you think deserve this title!

okay I hate talking about my own writing because it’s... it’s just eh BUT I’ve been sent this like three different times in the last few weeks so [insert I GUESS! meme]:

5. a lonely hopeyoung justice | spitfire | 1930s au | T | 12kShe is barely sixteen when her world comes crashing down. When her family holds little to their name, and around them, the market burns. When her friends come and go, trying to get by on what little remains of their country. When she falls in love, and it is her biggest mistake—one she never regrets. 

God, this is like, the ONE and only thing I’m proud of from my time in the young justice fandom. The rest of my fics were mediocre at best, but this. THIS FIC. I loved it. And as someone who doesn’t really like period dramas, or things set in the past unless they’re like, medieval past, it was pretty big for me. It was my baby, it made people cry, and it was the only time anyone’s ever made me art for something I wrote!! And all the research that went into it was a lot of fun. 

4. open the doorteen wolf | thiam | season 7 | M | 35k ongoingAfter the war, things settle in Beacon Hills, and Liam is left to watch over the town with the help of his two best friends, a former hunter-turned-ally, and a grumpy chimera. Then, someone from his past surfaces, bringing along a group of supernaturals they are wholly unprepared for. A week later, five dead residents come back to life, completely unharmed.

This is the only thing on this list that’s still a WIP being posted, but with good reason. I LIVE and breathe excitement for this fic. I went pretty hard into celtic lore for the Big Bad in what is essentially a season 7 fic with the puppy pack, werecats, and the dead brought back to life and I cannot wait for all the twists and turns I have planned. If there’s one fic I have that I’d ask anyone to take a chance on and read, it’s probably this one.

3. three steps from the ledgeteen wolf | thiam | batman au | M | 20kThere’s something afoot in Beacon City, and Scott and Liam must go toe-to-toe with a mysterious new vigilante by the name of Red Hood, who just might be someone from Batman’s past and who seems very interested in his Boy Wonder. Subsequently, old wounds reopen and ancient, once buried memories come into the light, making Liam question everything Scott has taught him. Or, an Under the Red Hood au absolutely no one asked for.

Listen, the batfamily from DC comics is my bread and butter. It’s my jam, okay? There’s so many interesting characters and personalities and they match up SO WELL with characters from teen wolf that I really couldn’t help myself. I love writing superheroes, I love throwing references to canon into fics, and I will never be over how perfect Liam and Theo are as Tim and Jason, especially the arc I took inspo from for this fic. I love this au so SO much, and I’m definitely not done with it yet. 

2. just too good to be trueteen wolf | thiam | high school au | T | 56kLiam has the worst luck when it comes to girls. Things just keep crashing and burning. Mason tries to convince him that maybe it’s time to come out, to date a guy instead, but his best friend won’t hear it. So he and Corey decide to find him the ultimate date, someone who’s exactly his type—snarky, tendency to punch people, and tough enough to put up with their volatile friend. Bad boy Theo Raeken is the perfect fit, despite his murky past and caustic personality. And the fact that he won’t do it for free. What could go wrong? 

God. GOD. This is the biggest fic I’ve ever written. It started out as a tiny little thing for the romcom day for Thiam movie week but it mutated into this monster that I will love and cherish forever. It’s one of the best things to ever come out of me, and is probably going to hold that title for a long time. Honestly not sure I’mma ever top this. It was so much fun to write, because 10 Things I hate About You was practically made for these idiots, and it’s one of my favourite movies of all time. It was soft, and slow, and it grew as big as it did because writing the friendships between Liam/Mason/Corey as well as Morey with Theo, and Theo and Tracy was a DELIGHT. It’s also the first time I wrote Tara, and Tracy, and is absolutely to blame for my undying love of them both. Oops? 

1. take it all awaydc comics | damisteph | timeskip au | M | 30kIt was a mistake—this thing they were doing. It was dangerous and stupid, and they both knew that. But it wasn’t something you could walk away from without consequences, without broken hearts and promises. Without someone vowing to do anything they could to make the pain go away—even if it meant losing everything.

I mean, I said DC/Batfamily was my thing. It shouldn’t really be surprising that the absolute best thing I’ve ever written is a fic for that fandom. My original monster baby, that grew beyond what I had planned for it. I don’t even know what to say, because it’s a fic I enjoyed every minute of. I’d love to go back into that universe, or back to damisteph, because I really did love them. I still do. And writing crime-fighting, ordinary vigilantes with no powers but tons of personal issues in Gotham was a fucking delight.

And that’s it! End credits, close curtain. Nothing else to see here. Those are my top five and I’ve got nothing else. Goodbyeeee