#okay but that part with steph in the witch costume?

[yall-batman-fanfic]

Blurred Photos | Batfam x Reader!Magician x Batsis

Synopsis: Gotham press is going nuts with the birth of Bruce Wayne’s daughter and is trying to get a scoop, but it wasn’t just the press that wanted a photo of Gotham’s princess. 

Bruce and Vivian Wayne were protective with their new born daughter. They didn’t let the press get a glimpse of the girl for months. For some reason, every stolen photo of the family whenever they roam the city would have the infant girl blurred or the photo itself would be blurred. When a photographer thought it was just some plot by their costume criminals that has something against digital photographs, they turned to film, but even their shots with the film were compromised. Or their cameras would have some problem before taking the shot. 

Strange.

It infuriated many photographers as their bosses wanted to be the first to publish an article about the most awaited birth in Gotham. When Vivian and Bruce revealed their pregnancy many months ago, people were trying to get a scoop from them – what’s the gender? What’s going to be the name of their child? How do the couple feel about having a baby at this late stage in their life? And for Vivian, how does it feel being pregnant at such an old age? The last part nearly had the chasing paparazzi punched by Bruce if it weren’t for Dick stopping him… and for Jason doing it himself. 

“Alright, what did you do, Viv. You gotta tell us how you did it,” Tim said as he looked at the magazine that had their photo in the mall but with Valerie’s face blurred out. 

It was one of the rare times he and his brothers got to babysit their sister and bring her to the mall, and during their time there, there were so many who wanted to get a photo of Valerie. While Jason and Damian did a good job to get them far from their sister and stop any photos to be taken, there were still those who got a photo of them sitting in a cafe with the stroller. 

Or Jason wearing the baby carrier with their sister happily sitting there and pointing for her bigger and older brother to go near the cat that was in the fountain. 

Or when Damian was carrying her while he let her drink her milk from the bottle. 

It was an adorable sight to see her sons with their sister and would want to have those shots but she knew how the press worked and she needed to protect her daughter so she placed a little glamor to do it.

“A little spell I learned,” Vivian answered as she fed Valerie some mushed food. “It’s a really old spell that witches used to protect their charge and secrets from unwanted people by blurring out the senses of those listening when that charge mentions that secret. What I did is a little tweaking with the spell that would blur out the photos from untrusted people. That’s why you guys get to take photos of little Val.” She then took a scoop of the food to eat. “Smart, right?”

“Yeah, it is,” said Tim.

“Mumma! Mumma!” Val giggled when she ate her mushed food and asked for more.

Tim chuckled. “Viv, that’s for Val, not for you.”

“I know, but it’s really good. Here, have a taste,” she shoved the spoon into Tim’s mouth to taste before he could protest.

“Yeah, not bad,” Tim said and went to get another spoon for Val. He made sure to tickle the girl as he passed her.

“‘Immy!” Val made grabbing motions to him.

“Okay, I’ll stay here with you,” Tim said and sat beside her and fed his sister while Vivian finally had her breakfast. He then took out his phone and took a selfie of him and Valerie holding his finger, then sent it to their group chat.

It instantly had replies from everyone in the chat.

Barbara replied: Cutie! 

Duke said: Adorable! — I can get some more baby food before heading back after patrol, Mrs. P.

Steph said: I wanna squish those cheeks! So adorable… oh, Tim there too.

Cass sent a ton of emojis that were filled with hearts and kisses.

Damian replied: You’re hogging her now, Drake, but when I get home I’ll bring Valerie on mine and Titus’ walks.

Then Jason said: Goodluck with that. I’m on my way home. I’m taking her with me.

Dick replied with a photo of some baby clothes he found in Bludhaven with a caption saying: They got Nightwing onesies! 

Damian replied with: Unfair. How come they don’t have Robin merchandise?

Vivian laughed at their chats and turned her phone on silent for now, as it kept sending notifications. She then fed her daughter another scoop and said: “You are a troublemaker, you know that? And you’re not even doing it.”

Valerie squealed and happily ate her mushed food, and as Alfred entered the kitchen with a warm towel to clean up the girl’s cheeks and hands. “Gampa!” 

Alfred smiled at the girl and asked, “Here you go, Ms. Valerie. Time to clean up.”

Valerie pouted her lips, thinking it would help her grandfather and let him wipe the mess on her face, and then she let go of Tim to clean her hands. 

“There, all clean,” said Alfred.

“Thank you, Alfred,” Vivian said and picked up the girl from her high chair and told Tim she was just going to give Valerie a bath. “Then, we could head to the garden and play with Grandpa Alfred.”

~*~

Bruce rarely has visitors from his family in the office. Vivian didn’t want to disturb him at work as much as she could, but with Valerie now here he welcomes the visits and their lunches together. So, when his secretary mentioned that Vivian and Valerie were on their way up, he immediately packed up so he could meet them halfway in the building and they could head for lunch.

He made sure to leave his blazer and opt for a simple jacket, having learned that lunch with his daughter could mean there is a possibility of a mess.

As he walked through the corridor, he followed the sound of some of the employees that were making a commotion with the whispers of “Valerie Wayne’s here”, because at the very center of it was Vivian holding their daughter who was shy with the sight of the people around them. Lucius Fox was with them and he was more than able to shield the child from the adoring fans who kept calling the child’s attention.

“Dada!” Valerie whimpered and reached for him.

“I’m here, Val,” Bruce picked up his daughter and kissed Vivian in greeting. “Val, is everything alright?”

Valerie hid her face at the crook of her father’s neck and held onto him like her life depended on it.”

“Dada,” Valerie muttered.

 “Lucius, we’ll just head out for lunch.”

“Of course, Mr. Wayne. Do enjoy your lunch. It was nice to see you again, Professor Pryor, and a delight to see little Valerie Pryor-Wayne.”

Vivian thanked Lucius for the help and joined Bruce to their walk out of the building and to their favorite cafe that wasn’t far. They took their table inside by the window that showed Wayne Tower, Valerie liked looking up to see the gargoyles there. 

“How was your day?” Vivian asked him.

“Meetings. I might take a trip to Argentina to see our division there. There’s some issues that need addressing. I was thinking of bringing you both along. Dick can look over everyone.”

“Val’s first trip out of the country,” Vivian fed their daughter with mashed food. “Wanna see Dada work?”

Valerie, as if she understood, nodded and reached to get more from her spoon. 

“Good thing she already has a passport. Just tell me when and I’ll prepare our things. Man, the others will riot when they find out that we’re taking Val for a couple of days out of the country.”

“How about you two, how was your day?”

“Usual. Val and I dropped Damian off at school. Then we headed home where we played with Alfred in the garden. She almost ate mud but we caught her before she could take a bite of her mud pie.”

As they had their lunch, conversing about their day, a man outside the window passed by and took a photo of Valerie before they could even notice. The flash startled Valerie that the girl started crying. Bruce was quick to his feet and started running out of the cafe and chased the man who took the shot. Vivian, while holding their daughter, looked out of the window and saw the man about to cross. With a wave of her hand, she had him blocked by a runaway shopping cart. 

Bruce approached the man and held out his hand to him. “The camera,” Bruce glared at him. He knew that the photo would be compromised, thanks to Vivian’s spell, but he wasn’t going to let anyone get away with something like this. Especially when it wasn’t a public event nor has he given the press any permission to post photos of his daughter on their papers. Not that they could anyway. 

“Come on, Wayne,” the man chuckled. “It’s not like it hurt anyone.”

Bruce grabbed the man by his arm, pulled him up and pointed in the direction of the cafe window where Vivian was trying to calm Valerie’s cries. “No harm? My daughter is barely one, and you’re already circling her like vultures. I should report you for taking my daughter’s photo without our consent.”

“It’s just the job – come on!”

Bruce wouldn’t have it, he took the SD card from his camera and pocketed it. “I’ll give this back to your boss,” he said then walked back to the cafe where Valerie reached for him. 

Bruce took his daughter and her cries calmed instantly in her father’s arms. “You’re okay,” Bruce whispered to her. “You’re okay.” Sitting back down, Vivian pulled down the blinds of the window, and sat next to Bruce as she checked on her daughter. “Thanks for the shopping cart, if you hadn’t I bet that chase would have gone for a block.”

“I’m sure you would have found some way to catch him,” Vivian wiped her daughter’s tears. “I guess lunch is ruined, huh?”

“We can get these to go and eat at my office.”

“Val would make a mess.”

“It’ll be fine… I think we should have just had lunch there in the first place, but she does like to look at the gargoyles.”

“Another Wayne trait she got,” Vivian chuckled. She then asked one of the staff to pack their food to go and to bring the bill. 

After packing up, the couple went back to Wayne Tower where they continued their lunch at Bruce’s office. They settled on sitting on the ground where Valerie could crawl on her outdoor blanket and see out the window. She didn’t have her gargoyles there but she did have  the city and she was close to the sky. 

“Mumma!” Valerie pointed out to the horizon.

“You want to fly?” Vivian asked as she ate her lunch.

“Mumma!” Valerie raised her arms up.

Bruce pulled his daughter to sit on his lap and fed her more of her food. “Soon, we’ll fly around Gotham. I’ll take you flying.”

“Or we could ask Clark or Jon or Conner to help out,” Vivian teased him.

“No,” he said with a deadpan face.

“Dada!” Valerie kissed his cheek. 

Vivian could easily just take Valerie flying with her using her magic but she knew how important it was for Bruce to give that experience to their daughter so she kept the offer to herself. 

“Also, when we went to the store earlier, Val was pretty insistent on this, and I just can’t say no,” Vivian pulled out a toy from their bag. When Valerie saw the plush, she reached out for it and hugged it as soon as she got hold.

“Ba-man!” Valerie pointed at the toy, telling her father who it was.

Bruce chuckled. “Who is that?”

‘Ba-man!” 

They had an agreement, the entire family, that for the safety of their secret identities and for Valerie too, they won’t disclose to her about the whole Bat-vigilante gig they had going on. They would come to see her in their costumes, since she would be too young to remember any of it, and it seems the silhouette of the Dark Knight imprinted on her mind that she can easily identify Batman whenever she sees them. 

“Maybe we shouldn’t bring her to the Batcave so often now,” said Bruce.

“She’s still young, Bruce. She won’t remember much. What she will remember is that Batman and the Robins are there to protect her,” Vivian kissed his cheek. “Also, the boys are jealous when I showed them the photo of her hugging Bat-plush, so they started looking for their plush merch.”

“Are there any?” Bruce raised a brow.

“I’m sure Bludhaven has a Nightwing one, can’t say for Robin and Red Hood or Batgirl… I think Jason and Barbara are planning on making their own.”

~*~

“I got the baby bag,” said Tim. 

“You forgot her snacks,” Jason shoved the small Tupperwares into the bag.

“What about Bat-plush? You think she’ll want it?” Damian asked.

“Bring it anyway,” Dick replied.

It was one of the rare days when they get to babysit Valerie. Bruce and Vivian were called to a meeting for the Wayne Foundation about a charity event they were going to host and with Alfred helping to set up the caterers, they didn’t have anyone to look after their daughter, which meant she’ll be left with her brothers and sisters. 

It was only Damian at the manor that time and he swore that he can look after his baby sister on his own, while Bruce and Valerie had complete faith in him to protect Valerie, they were not so sure about handling the diaper changes or the feeding or what are allowed for babies to do and have. So, they called for the only son they knew who had good experience after looking after all of them all. 

Dick. 

But for reassurance, Bruce also called Tim. 

Then Jason also arrived, out of the blue, to see Valerie. So, now there were four. Then Duke arrived after finishing his patrol and was about to head out to visit his parents who were still at the hospital (for further observation after Vivian cured them of Joker gas) but decided to do so after the four were settled with Valerie’s things.

Now there were five of them. 

Five brothers.

Five Robins.

What could go wrong, right?

Duke only watched as Dick, Jason, Tim, and Damian fussed about what to put in the bag and how to use the stroller while he held Valerie on the counter. The girl was more than content to be in his arms while she munched on a soft biscuit. 

“Duke!” Valerie handed him a biscuit from her plate.

“Thanks, Val,” Duke chuckled and ate the biscuit. “They’re taking a while, aren’t they?”

Valerie sighed and tugged on his hoodie. “Lena,” she said, pointing out the kitchen window to the garden. 

“Wanna visit Helena?” Duke asked.

Valerie nodded.

“Okay, let’s wait for them there,” Duke picked up the baby from the counter and took the Batman plush from the seat before they went out to the garden and wait for the others to finish their discussion on the list of things that’s needed in the bag. Completely forgetting about the list that Vivian placed on the refrigerator for their guide.

Sitting on the grass, Duke set Valerie to stand on the ground and held her hands. 

“Mumma?” Valerie asked.

“Mrs. P is in a meeting today so it’s just us, Val.”

“Dada?”

“Also in a meeting.”

Valerie pouted. 

“I know, Val. But we’re gonna have loads of fun today, if Tim gets to finish packing.”

Valerie sighed again and sat on the ground with her Bat-plush, she started playing with the toy, moving its stubby arms and legs around, until a shadow loomed over her. Looking up, Valerie grinned, showing her two front teeth, and reached out to the person.

“Cassie!” Valerie got up to hug her sister.

“Hi, Val,” Cassandra sat on the ground and hugged the girl. “Miss you.”

Valerie didn’t reply, she only hugged her tight and settled on Cassandra’s lap.

“Hey, Cass. Didn’t hear you come in,” said Duke. “I thought you were following on a lead.”

“Finished. Now babysit.”

“Vivian told you, didn’t she?”

Cassandra nodded. “Missed Val,” she hugged the girl and kissed her cheek. Val giggled and returned the gesture. “Taking long?”

“Yeah, Tim and the others can’t figure out how to use the stroller and what to put in the bag.”

“Let’s help. Then we went out,” Cassandra handed Valerie to Duke again and the three of them went inside. Upon entering, they were greeted by the sight of Dick and the others having a hard time to figure out how to fit all the things they prepared into the bag and how to fix the stroller. 

Sighing, Cassandra took the note from the fridge and showed to them what needs to be brought along. What made Duke laugh was the first line on the note in Vivian’s penmanship: Congratulations, you finally found this! Or Cassandra and Duke found it and showed it to you four. What to bring for Val’s baby bag… 

Then for the stroller, Cassandra took the thing from Jason and with one push of a button she had the thing standing from its folded state, then back to being folded so they could put it in the car.

“Easy,” she said to them and carried the thing out. They’ll be bringing Dick’s car since it had more space. Next challenge was putting the car seat, luckily Duke was familiar with how to do it, as he watched Batman set one in the Batmobile once, not sure why but he did help Bruce when they bought one for the car. With the car seat in Dick’s car, not everyone would fit in the vehicle. Jason gave in to taking his bike and meeting them in the park with Cassandra.  

Once at their destination, with Valerie riding her stroller that Jason was pushing, they were met by Barbara and Stephanie, and Kate, who wanted to see the youngest member of their family. 

“There she is! My little cousin – once, twice, thrice, I don’t give a fuck, removed,” Kate picked up the girl, who happily pulled on her red hair as it reminded her of her mother’s red hair. “Yeah, ow, ow… Someone get the baby now.”

“Alright, Val, let’s go!” Barbara took her but got the same treatment too so Jason took her from them. 

“What are you guys doing here?” Damian asked.

“Dick messaged me that you guys were taking Val to the park,” said Barbara.

“I was really just going to do errands, but when Dick said to the group chat that you were heading here, I thought why not see the little princess first. Cass, wanna come with?” Steph replied.

Cassandra nodded, after saying goodbye to Valerie with a kiss on the cheek and went with Stephanie. 

Kate shrugged and said: “Would you believe me that I genuinely wanted to see the kid?”

“A little hard to do,” Jason snickered.

“Honestly, I did want to see Val but I also need to head out.”

“Listen, I gotta bounce too,” Duke said. “I’m gonna visit my parents at the hospital.”

“Okay,” Jason tossed him his bike. “Not a scratch.”

“You got it. Thanks, Jay,” Duke then tickled Valerie’s tummy. “I’ll see you later, Val.”

“Duke!” Valerie grabbed his face and placed a smooch on his forehead. “Play!”

“I gotta go, kiddo, but I promise we’ll play when I get back.”

Duke bid his goodbye to her and left with Jason’s bike to see his parents.

Alone in the park, the four brothers set the baby on her stroller to walk around. The entire time, Valerie was pointing at things and saying what they were and calling for either of them to pick her up. When they came to the playground, Damian had Valerie on his lap as they rode the swing. Dick was sure to keep watch just in case she falls off. 

“You sending a pic to Vivian?” Tim asked Jason.

“Yeah, Ma asked me to send her one once we’re at the park,” Jason said and hit send. “I never really liked playgrounds.”

“Any reason?”

“It’s where perverts hang around.”

Tim frowned. “Oh.”

Jason leaned back and looked around the area, taking in every individual he spotted and reading their actions like a hawk. After hearing what he said, Tim too was on high alert and not just for his little sister but for the other kids in the playground too. All of them were there to protect these people, not just Valerie. 

“Jay!” Valerie got down from the swing, and while holding Damian’s hand they were walking towards the bench where they sat. 

Jason smiled and got up to meet her halfway. “You hungry, little bird?”

Valerie nodded. 

“Okay, let’s get you some snacks.”

Sitting on the bench, Jay placed her on her stroller and had Tim prepare her food and Dick cleaning her hands. 

It was when it happened, they saw the paparazzi trying to hide behind some bushes and take shots of Valerie with their cameras. They knew about Vivian’s spell but as Bruce said, if they let it happen it would have the press suspicious of them that they were the ones responsible for the blurred photos or see the Waynes as weak and take advantage of it.

Dick and Tim were the one who acted on it and went to approach the guys who were taking the photos, the two chased the photographers and blocked their path. As they discussed with them about the photos, and Tim videoing it live while saying they were taking photos of kids at the playground without the consent of the parents, Jason decided to get some food himself as the situation was taken care of.

And it was there he saw it. The odd one in the playground. The one person that wasn’t supposed to be there. It was a man wearing a plain looking jumper and shirt, with his slacks and leather shoes. He wore glasses that were slightly tinted – probably transitional — And he had his phone pointed at Valerie’s direction as she crawled on her blanket towards Damian and the Bat-plush. 

Fucker!

Jason ditched the hotdog stand and jumped on the guy, grabbing him by the arm and twisting it to his back.

“What the fuck!” The man exclaimed. “You’re going to break my arm, man!”

“I should, but my little sister’s here so I’m not going to break your fucking arm for taking photos of her, perv.”

“Todd!” Damian had Valerie in his arms and was about to approach him but Jason said to him and to everyone in the park: “DON’T COME ANY CLOSE, KID! THIS ONE’S BEEN TAKING PHOTOS OF KIDS IN THE PARK!”

Damian instantly hid Valerie from the man’s direction and placed her in the stroller. 

“I’M NOT!” The man called out.

“Really? Show us your phone.”

“You’re not the police!” 

Tim and Dick came to the commotion and the former took the phone from the man’s pocket. He opened it by using facial recognition and went to the photos. Normally he wouldn’t pull something like this, but the moment he saw the photos, he held the phone and punched the man across the face.

“You’re fucking, sick! She’s a baby!” Tim grabbed him by the shirt. 

“I already called GCPD,” said Dick. “I’ll take it from here, Jay.” He was a police officer and he could talk to the GCPD about this since he was out of his jurisdiction. 

Jason released the man and handed him to Dick. “I’ll take Val home.”

“Yeah, that’s a good idea. Tim, go on ahead too.”

“Alright,” Tim handed the phone to Dick and whispered to his ear, “Val’s photos are blurred out. But there’s photos of other kids there.”

“Got it, thanks.”

After cleaning their hands at the park faucet, Tim and Jason packed up and took their sister away from the park. Valerie didn’t want to go just yet and nearly cried as she was having fun and because she sensed the tense mood with her brothers. 

“Dick?” Valerie asked them.

“Dick will be home later,” said Tim. 

“You should have broken his arm,” Damian muttered.

“And traumatize those kids and Val?” Jason glanced at Damian at the rearview mirror. “Let Dick handle it. He’s got everything he needs to have GCPD to put him away.”

When they got home, they immediately called Bruce and Vivian to discuss what happened. The couple were at the door minutes later and went to see their daughter who was mindlessly playing on the bed in the nursery with Damian and Tim. Not long, Dick also arrived and informed them that the man was arrested – he’s been arrested for similar charges and selling photos of children online. Didn’t matter to who.

Vivian held her daughter in a protective embrace, it made her feel so sick to know that someone would do that to Valerie and to those children in the park. It disgusted her. Bruce was silent for a while before telling Dick and the others that they needed to find a way to find how this man got his network. Batman’s villains are not just the costumed criminals in Gotham but all those who do crime, especially those like the man they encountered. He’ll make sure to mention this with Jim tonight during Patrol.

Sensing the down feeling in her family, Valerie started to tear up and hiccuping, she hid her face in her mother’s embrace and cried silently.

“Oh, Val,” Vivian rubbed her back. “It’s okay.”

Valerie cried.

“Maybe we should go somewhere to lighten the mood,” she told them. “Maybe we can settle at Helena’s garden for a while just to ease the tension. I think she could sense it.”

“Good idea,” Bruce brushed his daughter’s hair. “Come on, love,” he reached for his daughter and let her cry on his shoulder. Before they left the room, he placed a hand on Jason’s shoulder and said, “you did good. All of you did.”

“I’ll head out and start hunting the perv’s network,” said Jason.

“Jason,” Vivian called for him. “Stay for a while.”

“I’ll be back once this is done, Ma.”

“Jay,” Valerie whimpered.

Jason smiled sadly and patted her head. “I’ll be back, I promise. I just have to do this first.” Turning to Vivian, Jason wrapped her in an embrace and placed a kiss on the top of her head. “This is what I do, Ma. I gotta go while the trail is hot, I’m sure his network is now packing up. I’ll have Roy to make the chase fast.”

“Okay,” Vivian sighed and squeezed her son’s hand. “Come home, okay? Val misses you.”

“I will.”

With that, Jason left and went on his hunt, and the Red Hood and Arsenal’s work was fruitful. In less than twenty-four hours they found one of the man’s networks, and from there they traced everything to a pimp that ran the forum and was based in Gotham. After informing Batman of their find, Batman informed Jim Gordon. With the Batfamily and the GCPD, they shut down the whole operation.

Along with the arrest of the whole operation, Vivian insisted that the Wayne Foundation aggressively supporting to organizations that were fighting against such syndicates to put to stop such disgusting acts. Many were 

~*~

“Why don’t we just hire a photographer?” Stephanie asked as they took their place at the mantle with Tim trying to arrange them all to fit the shot.

“Because it’s safer if we just take the family photo than hiring someone else,” said Time.

Standing before the mantle, the entire Batfamily gathered with Vivian sitting on the leather seat with Valerie on her lap. Bruce stood at her right side, a hand on her shoulder, and his other hand on Damian’s shoulder. Cassandra sat on the armrest of Vivian’s seat and beside her was Stephanie and Duke. Alfred stood just behind Damian, and the rest were gathered around to fit the photo.

“Until when is the ban on posting photos of Val online?” Stephanie asked.

“Until she’s old enough to attend galas,” Vivian answered.

“Fair enough.”

“Okay, Jason, move over so I can just —” Tim hit the button and ran to his spot with time to spare.

“Master Timothy, how long is the timer?” Alfred asked.

“Yeah, Tim, my eyes are drying out,” said Stephanie.

“Tim, Val doesn’t have a long attention span yet,” Vivian said through her smile. 

“It’s just ten seconds,” said Tim.

“You sure?” Dick asked.

“Yes!” 

Click!

The photo was taken and it had Tim yelling out startling everyone, and Valerie laughing at him.