11 Works by below21
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“You couldn’t save them. But he can still be saved."
After failing to stop a child trafficking ring, a guilt-ridden and exhausted Bruce brushes off Dick's midnight Father's Day surprise to investigate a case.
But a haunted piece of evidence has other plans for him.
Trapped in a highlight reel of his own mistakes, Bruce is dragged through visions of the past, present, and a grim future to see exactly what his emotional distance will cost him.
or: bruce gets ‘a christmas carol’ style reality check on his parenting methods.
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Tim has never been in charge before. But he knows the rules. It doesn't matter that this Batman claims this universe is different.
When he knocks on the door and tells Tim to get ready for a movie, he knows exactly what it means.
He just has to keep Jason quiet, keep Dick out of sight, and figure out what this Batman wants before he has to ask.
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- Part 21 of Through the Looking Glass
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“Death already took Robin, alone and unwanted. I couldn’t let you go the same way.”
Benched and struggling with the feeling that he’s been replaced, Tim sits at his desk at 3 AM debating if it's easier to be here and unwanted or gone and missed.
He wasn't expecting the ghost of Jason Todd to appear in his bedroom and offer him a third option: follow him into the afterlife. No dying required.
The rest of the family has something to say about that.
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Jason has been in the system long enough to know how to read between the lines.
When he overhears something awful, he decides it's time to face the facts: Wayne Manor is just like everywhere else.
At least he can ask Dick about what to expect.
or, Holy Misunderstanding, Batman!
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- Part 5 of jason todd whump
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The good news: Dick successfully extracted Bruce's son from the League of Assassins.
The bad news: He almost killed him.
The worse news: The kid’s a complete shithead.
Lighthearted AU ending to State Lines and Bloodlines. Can be read as a standalone.
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- Part 2 of bloodlines
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When Talia al Ghul calls Nightwing for an emergency extraction of a child she claims is Bruce’s son, Dick knows something is wrong.
He has no idea just how right he is.
Or, Dick learns he has a little brother and rescues him from the League of Assassins. Things go from awkward to terrifying as Damian's body begins to shut down.
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- Part 1 of bloodlines
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Four days after being kidnapped, Tim Drake returns to Wayne Manor.
or If a Robin shatters in the dark and no one sees the pieces, is it still whole?
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His dad’s said Jason's annoying and in the way. That he never wanted kids, that Jason was an accident, the thing that trapped him in this shitty apartment with no way out.
He's said a lot of things over the years.
But he's never said Jason was a good son.
Jason is determined to change that.
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- Part 4 of jason todd whump
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Everyone told Jason that what happened in that basement was wrong.
But standing in the rain outside his house, all he wants is to be able to go back.
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- Part 3 of jason todd whump
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It’s Jason’s deathaversary and he can’t help but wonder how his family celebrates his special day.
He takes a front row seat from a nearby roof and settles in for the show.
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- Part 2 of jason todd whump
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Dick built the spare room to be safe.
He never thought he'd be using it as a cage for his dead brother.
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- Part 1 of jason todd whump