#good dad bruce wayne

[dandeliont3aandsageleaves]

Bruce: *putting superman to shame with his workout routine*

Clark: Hey Bruce, is everything okay? Did Bane get out again?

Bruce, without pausing: I tried to pick Jason up last week but I ended up dropping him. I need to get stronger so I can carry all of my kids >:(

[spicy-apple-pie]

And now we're going to see why Bruce and Talia aren't together anymore :p

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[ellestrade]

It's so funny to me when people said that Damian is the only BatFamily member that Bruce didn't choose/want/was forced into caring as if we didn't watch that boy tried to leave on multiple occasions only for Bruce/the other BatFamily chasing him down and dragging him back kicking and screaming

[versasfanficwastedump]

and while i’m on a self indulgent thing? i think that any of the kids calling Bruce “dad” changes his whole demeanor. it helps him know that whatever they’re talking about is serious.

hearing his name shouted across the house does nothing for him. a hundred people say his name all day, including his kids. whatever the situation is can be fixed.

but hearing “Dad!”, cried out in battle or screamed from the other room, has him rushing to their side. what is it love and i’m here you’re alright and shh i’ve got you

“Bruce, I need help” = can’t open this large jar, have a question about math homework, need someone to look at this case file for me

“Dad, I need help” = I am hurt. I am scared. I am in danger. I need you to make things better. I need you to protect me.

[everwalldigan]

My favourite thing ever is when Jason is drawn to resemble Bruce because I KNOWW his ass would HATE it😭😭

Dick: hey Jason you haven’t forgotten our meet u— oh my god are you ok?? What happened?

Jason *rocking back and forth on the floor with a traumatised look in his eyes, whispering in horror* someone mistook me for Bruce in the grocery store today.

Random kid at a charity event pointing at Jason standing grumpily in a corner: who’s that?

Bruce (smiling fondly): that’s my son Jason!

Random kid: he looks like you! :D

Jason: *leaves the room*

Bruce (running after him): jason, Jason they didn’t mean anything by it, Jason, you’re going to jump off a balcony just because of a child’s observation Jason?

[haveihitanerve]

Bruce lives alone but the ghosts of his memories still haunt him so he still hides take out containers in the trash can outside instead of inside, he still cleans the kitchen after every use because its alfreds kitchen and when alfred makes a mess he cleans it and when Bruce makes a mess in his space he cleans it too, and he still hides gifts and gift ideas in lockers and under his bed because his kids are little sneaks and they might not be around anymore but he cant stop the habits 

And Bruce patrols alone but the ghosts of his memories still haunt him so he leaves a space at his side and sometimes forgets to dodge a blow because he had done a move to allow someone else to use him as a springboard but they’re not there and he still talks to himself, sometimes, lonely on a roof and asks for help and says please and thank you and when he drags himself, bruised bloody and even more broken than before back to the cave he whispers “I’m alright” to himself because maybe someone still cares enough to need the reassurance of his survival

And Bruce goes to Galas alone but the ghosts of his memories still haunt him so he still has sweets in his pockets in case his kids need a pick me up and he still leaves a window open in case anyone wants to make a quick escape and he still drops notes under tables to convey his pride and let them know its ok to go home now, and he still wears those bracelets because they were their favorite thing to fiddle with and he still talks about them even though no one is listening and still orders grape juice because they might be adult enough now but they’ll always be kids in his mind and he can’t be a bad example. 

And Bruce works alone but the ghosts of his memories still haunt him so he packs extra sandwiches and sticky notes for doodling and makes sure everything is secure and stable and the way they like it and he is quick to soothe a crying child but can’t help but wonder how much better they would’ve been at it, how much quicker the child would’ve been laughing. 

And he works alone, he always has and he always will and maybe, for a time he didn’t but those times are old now, gone with his youth and his past mistakes and its better this way he knows, they are better this way, without him, he is better by himself, with no distractions, but the memories drown him and he can never escape their ghosts so he still lives like he doesn’t. Still acts like his house is a home. 

[siriusly-dc]

I have a fic idea that Martha and Thomas come back to life (sort of its magic but they’re here)

And they terrorise Bruce.

Like Bruce really loves them but does not want them there.

Why.

Well Bruce hasn’t had an authority figure since he was eight. Him and Alfred were more like bros tbh. He was his parents inappropriately younger third who was originally hired as a bodyguard under the guise of butler.

Ergo Bruce did not grow up the way they wanted, and he knows.

His father and mother are painfully traditional, in the worst way to Bruce.

They cannot find out he’s had sex, his father will kill them, all. Thomas Wayne is a painfully protective man, especially when it comes to his princess Bruce, never mind Bruce is a 38 year old man and Batman.

Oh lord Batman. And Martha is just an enabler and arguably worst.

“Bruce you could hurt yourself”

“You should take care of yourself”

“Put that down you could hurt yourself, it’s dangerous”

And Bruce was always strange, his parents worked a lot as a child. It’s why they hired Alfred. He learnt his paranoia from somewhere, but Alfred wasn’t exactly parent material and well there was a lot Bruce did that they didn’t know about before they died.

Like learning how to sword fight, sneaking out at night to explore, science experiments in the forest, finding all the hidden passageways in the manor (that one they knew about and Thomas almost had a seizure because “Martha he’s so small he could trip”) and Bruce was so endlessly curious and smart and kept wandering but Thomas and Martha loved they’re little baby boy and NO ONE could convince them they’re little angel stabbed the greasy man at the gala who kept grabbing at Ms Darcy’s rear. Not their little angel, sweet, innocent, angel.

And worse “Bruce if anyone and I mean anyone comes up to you, you tell me alright” “no dating till your at least 25” “marriage first Bruce” his father was a proud Italian man and his mother was raised in Russia.

And he his beautiful children found them wandering around Gotham and thought Bruce would love to see them, why wouldn’t Bruce, brooding Bruce love to see his loving amazing perfect parents, the ones he’s been giving them small heavily edited stories about. Bruce may be floored but he’ll love it, what fun bonding.

His children were wonderful, caring, idiots.

Oh god the children. How is he going to explain all the children.

[malfiora]

Nobody:

Absolutely no one:

Bruce: But why can't I adopt him? His name is literally BatSON!

[green-electric-stars]

you know your life has gone to shit when you start imagining bruce wayne as your dad mentor figure

[spocks-husband]

I know for a fact that, at some point a couple years after Dick moved to Blüdhaven, he came back to work a case with Bruce and at some point they needed to get into some party or something and Bruce of course is about to pull out the Brucie persona to sleaze by the security, but before he can Dick turns into Richie Grayson <<3 and hits on the bouncers until they're way too flustered not to let them in and Bruce is SHOCKED and pulls him aside and is like "DICK WTF YOU CAN'T DO THAT YOU'RE A MINOR" and Dick just stares at him like. "Dad I'm 24." And Bruce has a mental breakdown because his BABY BOY should NOT know what those words mean

[spicy-apple-pie]

Dick's puppy dog eyes are extremely powerful

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[ffaelix]

bruce wayne absolutely keeps every single drawing, card, and handmade gift his kids have ever given him. like, every single one. no matter how messy, weird, or even accidentally insulting (looking at you, jason’s “world’s okayest dad” mug from when he was thirteen), he keeps them all.

he has a drawer in his desk with the “important” ones—like the first time dick called him dad in a scribbled crayon card, or the weird but endearing origami bat tim made when he was sleep-deprived.

but the real collection? it’s in a reinforced, locked safe in the batcave.

alfred found out once when he caught bruce carefully putting away a pile of random childhood drawings. when asked why he had an entire safe dedicated to them, bruce just muttered something about “sentimental value” and refused to elaborate.

but really, he just can’t bear to part with them. his kids may not always say it, but those little gifts? they were proof that, in their own way, they loved him. and no matter how much time passed, no matter how rocky their relationships got, he never wanted to forget that.

..

years later, damian finds the safe.

he’s not even trying to snoop—he was looking for something important, something mission-critical, and instead, he finds this. a locked safe, hidden behind a shelf in the batcave, coded with one of bruce’s personal encryptions. naturally, he assumes it holds classified files, maybe contingency plans, or something worthy of all the security.

he hacks it in under five minutes.

when the door swings open, damian stares.

it’s not secret mission files. it’s not weapons or emergency cash. it’s… drawings? old birthday cards? a lopsided clay model of a bat (which he immediately recognizes as drake’s terrible handiwork)?

his eyes narrow as he pulls out a faded crayon drawing—one of his, from when he was younger. it’s him, a wobbly little stick figure, standing next to bruce in an oversized bat symbol. he vaguely remembers making it, but he definitely doesn’t remember bruce keeping it.

“tt.” he huffs, shoving it back in the safe. ridiculous. sentimental. pointless.

and yet…

when bruce walks into the cave later that night, he finds the safe locked again, nothing out of place—except for one new addition. a freshly drawn sketch, carefully folded and placed on top of the pile.

it’s of the whole family. him, grayson, todd, drake, cain—everyone. standing together.

bruce doesn’t say anything about it.

but the next morning, damian notices that his drawing isn’t in the safe anymore. it’s framed on bruce’s desk.

[aeturnum-mendacacium]

As Bruce grows older into his 50's or 60's the paparazzi and people crowding him becomes less and he thinks that people have finally decided that Bruce is too old to be attractive or mainstream and he's actually super fine with it and makes jokes( more like sarcastic remarks) about it. But in reality they've grown more freaky cause instead of looking wrinkly and a sappy old man the level of cunt he serves grows everyday,he doesn't look like a snack he looks like a buffet, 13 year olds are using his pics as the cover pages of their mafia wattpad stories, he looks majestic, absolute dilf, we don't talk about the amount of tags he's birthed just by ageing on ao3, and hes still an absolute UNIT, the reason he's not heard about it yet cause the batkids are blocking the shit OUT with all of their will and strength cause it doesn't matter if all of them are full grown adults they're still all like-THATSMYDADGETAWAYFROMHIMHEDOESN'THAVETIMEFORYOUHESBUSYBEINGOURDAD

[timdrakewhump]

Press, holding a microphone too close to Tim’s face at a gala: how are you settling in at the Wayne’s now you’re officially adopted?

Tim, with a confused face: What do you mean? I’m not adopted.

Press: ..What? No, you were adopted-

Tim: Bruce gave birth to me.

Bruce, behind Tim, nodding: Obviously.

[everwalldigan]

Bawling my eyes out at the thought of Dick’s last bit of parting advice for Damian on how to be Bruce’s Robin (before he went back to blud) being “just pretend to fall asleep during a stake out. Trust me”

Of course Damian’s sceptical and it takes him a long time to even THINK about making himself look that vulnerable but his curiosity eventually wins and he pretends to fall asleep during a boring night.

He thought he was prepared for all possibilities but he was not prepared for Bruce to call out his name, sigh softly and scoop him up, not letting go of him even once until they reach his bed (he will never admit it but he actually did end up falling asleep). He was absolutely not prepared for Bruce to take his shoes off, tuck him in and hesitate just a little second before giving him a forehead kiss and leaving the room silently. He ends up actually falling asleep on the very next week

[haveihitanerve]

Headcanon that Bruce’s kids have all pulled the ‘you're not my father card’ at some point or the other and by the time steph rolled around he didn't even take it seriously

Of course, the first time dick said it, bruce cried himself to sleep. But by the eighteenth time, he was numb to it. “Dickie just eat your peas.” 

The first time jason did it Bruce pulled him aside and said “i know Im not, but that doesn't mean i don't care for you jason.” by the twenty fifth time he just held up the adoption papers

The first time Tim said it Bruce laughed. “Tim, you literally forced me to adopt you. Yes I am your father.” Tim didn't bother to say it from then on, maybe muttering ‘you're not my dad!’ under his breath at the computer, just for bruce to whisper ominously ‘yes i am.’ 

When Steph said it, full of anger and hate and sadness and fear, bruce just followed her and said “you're right. Im not your father. And i will never be your father. But, if you'll let me, id like to be better.” After that any time steph said ‘ur not my father’ bruce would just respond with ‘never will be’

Cass said “your are my father” and left no room for argument

Babs said “ur not my dad or my father or even close to being any of it, but you are my mom.” bruce just had to accept that

When damian said it bruce just stood there for a solid fifteen minutes rebooting. Dick and jason fell out of their chairs laughing. 

Duke specifically went “ur my dad! My dad! Boogie woogie woogie!’ and bruce was just like ‘bet aight.”