#great ask bestie i love teen bruce sm sjsjjs

[bruciemilf]

based upon how you see teen!bruce: jason always wondered why alfred and bruce treated his Worse Moments (unnecessary violence, penchant for murder, etc) like teenage rebellion. like it sucked and made him feel small (and angrier) but he also often just wondered why?? why not take him seriously??

he takes one look at teenage bruce (perpetual glare and charming smile, bruised knuckles, probably a split lip) and hears bruce proudly recounting the “latest” fights he won after asking about and thinks, “ah, that’s why.” he asks alfred about it, if he’s already used to murderous teen boy shenanigans and alfred just smiles and gives him a cup of tea and says, “it a family tradition, young sir.”

(dick overhears this. as jason is crying quietly about being Just Like His Dad, dick has the panicked realisation that fuck, damian’s gonna get so much worse, isn’t he??)

BESTIE PLEASE SJJSJS no because i understand the wattpad girlies. Bruce as a suave, hurt inside and silver gold outside loner who behaves like he's straight out of a Neil Gaiman book? Sign me up.

Alfred tells Jason his murderous tendencies are 10x more toelratable than the parties teen Bruce used to throw. Great Gatsby style but make it trashy. Rue from Euphoria but make it Tim Burton.

And Bruce himself is lenient because, honestly? He knows he was an absolute scoundrel as a kid. He liked to drink fast and forget quicker. He liked bleeding fists and mean words and rare, kind words to normal people.

He liked champagne in broken glasses and feeding birds with Alfred after a hangover. He stole Harvey's girlfriend because " You just don't look good next to her, Harv" (because Harvey was too soft and too shy and too good natured to be a walking wallet) and he lost too much too early. He bribed teachers for grades he could earn just to prove a point.

If you were a classmate of his and he caught you being mean to the lunch lady or other kids your family is banned from every high class restaurant in town. Teen Bruce was aware he had privilege and power and weaponized it, and I like to think that's why adult Bruce chooses to stay retreated from the public (think Battinson)

Your honor he was like this