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   Hard Conversations and Where They Get Us (Or; Bruce Wayne learns to communicate) by squid_king

   Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No category
   • Complete Work

   09 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Batfamily Members & Batfamily Members (DCU)
   • Dick Grayson
   • Jason Todd
   • Tim Drake
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Damian Wayne
   • Barbara Gordon
   • Alfred Pennyworth
   • Talia al Ghul
   • Ra's al Ghul
   • Tim Drake's spleen - Character
   • Kon-El | Conner Kent
   • Leslie Thompkins
   • Stephanie Brown
   • Clark Kent
   • Jack Drake
   • Janet Drake
   • Joker (DCU)
   • Duke Thomas
   • Cassandra Cain
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Family Dynamics
   • Tim Drake is a Menace (DCU)
   • Damian Wayne Joins the Batfamily Early
   • Protective Jason Todd
   • Resurrected Jason Todd
   • Protective Dick Grayson
   • Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent
   • Bruce Wayne is Bad at Feelings
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • I'm Bad At Tagging
   • POV Multiple
   • Angst
   • Emotional Constipation
   • Emotional Baggage
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Tim Drake's Missing Spleen (DCU)
   • thats a tag??? thats fantastic lol
   • Past Kidnapping
   • that isnt a tag???
   • Im honestly surprised
   • no beta we die like jason todd
   • Arguing
   • cursing and bad words
   • Tim Drake Being an Idiot (DCU)
   • Bruce Wayne Being an Idiot
   • Dick Grayson Has Anger Issues
   • Alfred Pennyworth Keeps the Family Together
   • Past Talia al Ghul/Bruce Wayne
   • Talia al Ghul Tries to Be a Good Parent
   • Found Family
   • Sibling Bonding
   • Brotherly Bonding
   • Conversations
   • Self-Esteem Issues
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Panic Attacks
   • Hostage Situations
   • Dissociation
   • Minor Character Death

   Summary

   Barbara was anxious-terrified!-even.

   She'd done all she could to find Tim, and she had found him! (Or at least his phone.) But now all she could do was wait for a message from Dick or Bruce, or for them to return to Gotham, or for something huge and bad to happen so that she had to call them back to Gotham before they could finish looking or-.

   She had to stay calm.

   She had to remember that there was good in the world, and that they were definitely overdue for a dose of it.

   Barbara needed to stay hopeful.

   XxX

   Post rescuing Tim from being held captive by the League of Assassins, the family has to figure out how to navigate new dynamics as new challenges are on the horizon.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Building a Family and Healing Along the Way

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   68,758

   Chapters:

   19/19

   Comments:

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