#I now ant to write the Tim & Lex one just for the fear bit

[goddessofroyalty]

Slade helping Dick through his labor was amazing, and it’s giving me ideas about other Bats giving birth. What if Tim, Steph, Dami, or maybe even Cass wound up pregnant and in labor while in a bad situation? You’ve stated that Ra’s wouldn’t be there for the birth if he knocked up Tim, but I could see Luthor and Mercy helping Tim deliver a baby while Kon’s reluctantly busy with a Crisis, because Luthor wants his grandkid and potential heir to be as safe and healthy as possible. (P1)

           Damian arguing with Harley but in the end she actually does have medical certificates and no history of hurting babies, so he reluctantly lets her help while he waits for his family to come. Shiva semi-reluctantly assisting Cass and having unpleasant flashbacks, much to the discomfort of both parties. Steph gave birth the first time in a hospital with Tim at her side, but if she got pregnant again who knows how it would end? Maybe Selina could help, but for angst factor it would be her dad. (P2)            

Thank you - I’m glad you enjoyed it.

I mean… there are situations where Ra’s would be there. Just, if he was in complete control he wouldn’t be.

I feel like Tim probably is in the most distressing (? this is the word I’m using for “overall suck factor”) situation of all of them. Just because while Luthor would want his potential-heir born healthy he is also very much not above kidnapping them the second they are born. Like doing that well fits within his motives and it is kind of the perfect opportunity to do so. And Tim would be very aware of that fact. So he is very much aware that while no harm will come to him or the child he might have them taken from him while he’s exhausted from the birth and therefore less able to stop it. And Lex is clever and resourceful enough that if he does take the child it was be a task to get them back. So Tim feels like he can’t drop his guard at all until someone he trusts is there to keep an eye on Lex & Mercy and make sure they don’t try anything.

The others don’t have that fear as much.

Like Harley wouldn’t hurt or take the baby. She has no reason to want to take the baby (especially seeing this would almost certainly have to be A WHILE after she split with Joker and he’d be the only possibly reason she would want to) and, yeah, isn’t known to hurt them either. Objectively judgement she’d actually feel good knowing Damian and the baby are healthy - like she’d be happy Batman’s getting a grandchild and the kid she watched grow up now a parent. Subjectively from Damian’s perspective those facts don’t matter because he’d father it not be her delivering his child but he does know she isn’t a threat and has a level of medical qualification (which, yeah, different field, but she would of had to have at least 1st aid training considering some of her workplaces and childbirth is covered in that).

Also, quick joking side comment: If Ivy’s around Damian might actually get some chemical-pain-relief. (Although whether or not he would accept it is a whole different question)

With Cass and Steph the distress is a lot more based on their relationships with the other person (if going with Shiva & Cluemaster). The fact that if their lives where more like ‘normal’ peoples are they would actually be a person they would want as support through childbirth. But their lives aren’t ‘normal’ so instead having them there makes the situation more stressful. For Shiva there’s also her own stuff effective it as well yeah.

And okay, Selina would blame Bruce for her ending up in the situation of her having to help one of his effectively-children give birth. If she hand’t met him this wouldn’t have happened. Which TBH if she said it out-loud Steph would probably agree just agree with it because, hey, feeling like you can blame someone for it makes the situation slightly better. Also I feel like the circumstances leading up to the two of them ending up in that situation would somehow be connected to Bruce and/or his crusade - so while overstating his role in it they can technically tie him to the blame.