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Bruce Wayne Addiction Recovery HC

I like the idea that Bruce Wayne explored unhealthy coping mechanisms far before Batman and that his image as a reckless playboy came from Bruce partying far too hard and far too often as a teenager/young adult.

He drank way before he was 21 and he experimented with ecstasy and other drugs to try and escape the emotional trauma that followed him everywhere he went.

Alfred did his best to combat these habits. He frequently changed the locks on Thomas Wayne’s old liquor cabinet, but Bruce would always manage to pick them.

Alfred even started searching Bruce at random because Bruce had been picked up by Officer Gordon one too many times. Gordon had said if he caught Bruce with drugs or alcohol one more time, he would go through with arresting Bruce for an MIP (minor in possession).

Bruce decided to get sober in his late teens/early 20s. He was walking around the Manor one night, when he heard Alfred talking to his parents’ portrait. Alfred was apologizing for failing Bruce. The older man even admitted he was afraid that Bruce, because of his risky behavior and lack of self preservation, would soon be joining his parents beyond this world. Hearing the distress in Alfred’s voice was what he needed to decide to take the first steps in his recovery.

Bruce joined NA and started exercising more to help with his addiction.

Bruce gives every chip or award commemorating a milestone to Alfred.

When Bruce attended charity functions after getting sober, he would pay the bar tender/server to bring him non-alcoholic versions of the drinks being served. The bug tips were incentive enough not to tell the press or anyone else at the event.

Eventually, Bruce becomes Batman, which Alfred felt like was trading one harmful coping mechanism for another. Alfred only relented because at least this time Bruce was focused on helping others.

Oliver Queen was aware of Batman’s secret identity and journey to sobriety. So, years later, when they are both vigilantes with partners of their own, Oliver didn’t hesitate to approach Bruce and ask for help with Roy. Bruce didn’t judge Roy for his addiction or Oliver for being unable to support Roy through it on his own. Bruce agrees to talk to the young archer because he recognized the same fear and desperation in Ollie’s eyes that were once in Alfred’s.

After Bruce and Roy talk, he realizes that they are likely not the only two heroes who struggle with addiction and decides to found a support group for the league. He hosts weekly meetings at Watchtower with the open understanding that he will not reveal who attends or what they said during the meeting to anyone, not even the other founding members or his own children.

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No one asked for it but my brain wouldn’t shut off. Here are a few more ideas:

Bruce allied with another tribute named Harvey Dent during his games. Harvey ended up getting caught by mutts and only half of him was left.

Joker was a game maker in Dick’s games but he became head game maker for Jason’s

Harley and Ivy were born in the Capitol and work with the tributes during the games. Ivy mostly works with tributes from 7. Harley just follows Bruce from tribute to tribute. Both of them eventually turncoat on the Capitol and align with Bruce and his family of victors.

When Dick Grayson matured, he was often “loaned” out to Catalina Flores and Miriam Delgado. There were others as well, but those two were the ones who asked for him the most.

Dick taught Bruce old covey songs when they were first paired. It gave Dick a piece of home to focus on and to share, it made sure he was passing something on of his parents so they weren’t forgotten. Bruce remembered every word and sang those rebellious little lullabies to Jason when he rocked the terrified tribute to sleep on the train.

Jason’s token from home was his mom’s favorite book. He ended up using the pages to start a fire, which made him cry. Bruce also cried watching.

After Tim won his games, he woke up in a hospital and his spleen was sitting in a jar next to his face.

Cass doesn’t talk much which have lead to some calling her the Avox Victor. Cass chooses to ignore them but once her back is turned, Stephanie punches the idiot who makes the joke and anyone else dumb enough to laugh at it.

Jim Gordon was the bastard child of a Peacekeeper and a member of District 3. Barbara grows up hearing the only blood her father is ashamed of is the Peackeeper’s blood that runs through his veins.

Duke got the most sponsor gifts out of any of the Batkids. After the district 12 tributes were taken out, Dick and Tim were advocating for him as best they could. The most practical gift he got was medicine but his favorite was a peanut butter and strawberry jelly sandwich, cut diagonally, and wrapped in a daisy yellow cloth. He remembered telling Tim that his mom used to make him this exact sandwich on his birthday.

Damian had two fears when he learned he was going into the games: (1) that he would be forced to hurt an animal in order to survive, and (2) that he would win and his father would be ashamed of just how easy it was for Damian. Winning was harder for his dad and Dick, two people he loved and respected, because setting their humanity aside was hard for them. It wasn’t as hard for Damian and he was afraid they would see it and be ashamed.

Batfamily Hunger Games Designations HC:

Bruce Wayne: District #1

District #1 is a wealthy district that produces jewelry and other luxury items, which could account for the Wayne Family wealth. Bruce’s parents were killed in the war with the Capitol and he inherited their fortune but was reaped in on of the first set of Hunger Games. The Capitol recognized Bruce could pose a threat and intended to neutralize him like it had his parents. Bruce was around 15 when he was reaped. Coming from District #1, a career district, he would have received more training than some of the other tributes. His primary mentor from his games was Ra’s al Ghul. After his victory, Bruce was forced to become a mentor as well but was given kids from the more “pathetic” districts so they could torture him. They knew it was hell for Bruce to send helpless kids into an arena knowing they would never make it out alive.

Dick Grayson: District #12

The Covey were a nomadic group of performers. A few years before the 10th Hunger Games, the Covey were rounded up by Peacekeepers and forced into the districts. Those that resisted were killed. Dick was born into a Covey family that had settled into District #12. His parents had rebellious spirits of their own and raised Dick to live without fear. Dick would often idealize birds and their ability to fly free, wishing one day he and his family could return to their nomadic lifestyle and roam the country. But he was reaped for the Hunger Games at 14. His parents caused a scene when Dick was being escorted to the stage. The Peacekeepers took them both to a nearby alley and killed them for their resistance. Dick was then placed on a train where he met Bruce Wayne, his mentor for the games. The two grew close in a short period of time and Bruce helped Duck channel his anger at the Capitol into the skills necessary to survive the arena. Dick won and was the youngest tribute to ever win the games. As he grew into his looks, the Capitol began to exploit him (think Finnick).

Jason Todd: District #6

District #6 specializes in transportation. I’m not gonna lie, this choice was mostly inspired by Jason stealing the tires off of the Batmobile in canon. I think this Jason’s father was a mechanic before he passed away in some kind of “accident” or was killed by the Peacekeepers. His mother was a drunk after that and it left Jason to take care of himself and his mom. He picked up his dad’s old trade but still had to put his name into the reaping extra times so he could help make ends meet at the house. He was reaped when he was 15 years old and Bruce Wayne was assigned as his mentor. Just like with Dick, Bruce felt an immediate connection with the kid and he became more of a father than a mentor. Jason also met Dick several times while training for the games. Dick had his own tributes from 12 to mentor but he still gave Jason advice, like how to climb a tree and walk on the branches without falling.

To match Jason’s death in canon, I don’t think Jason survives his games. Bruce had hope that Jason would be like Dick, that the something special in the kid Bruce sensed meant Jason would survive. But Jason was lured by the sound of JabberJays mimicking his Mother’s screams. He couldn’t resist the sound of her crying out for him and he was met with a pack of mutts waiting for him that he couldn’t escape. Dick and Bruce had been watching together, holding hands. Dick saw the little bit of hope Bruce had left leave his eyes.

Cassandra Cain: District #2

District #2 is another wealthy district, this one responsible for manufacturing weapons. They are also a career district that trains their children to prepare for the games. Casandra Cain’s mother was a previous Victor and personally trained Cass for the games. She was instructed to volunteer for the games at 13 so she could break Dick’s previous record. Her mother was her mentor for the games.

For added angst, she could have been in the same games as Jason. Cass found Jason after he passed and dug a grave for him, that way he couldn’t be disturbed by anymore mutts. This action endeared her to Bruce, even if he was in the midst of grief. After she won, Cass’s mother didn’t offer any congratulations. Instead, she scolded Cass for wasting her energy on digging graves for fallen enemies. Dick overheard the admonishment and approached Cass after to thank her for burying his little brother. The two became friends after that and then Dick introduced her to Bruce.

Stephanie Brown: District #2

I think Stephanie is also from District #2 and a year younger than Cass. The two of them became best friends because Stephanie’s dad worked with Cass’s mom. I know the district is wealthy so they don’t need to trade extra names in the reaping for food like other districts, but imagine Stephanie did have extra names in the bowl the year Cass volunteered. Yes, Cass was instructed to volunteer that year but she also did it because if a girl had to be reaped, her best friend had increased odds. And Cass didn’t want to see Stephanie die.

Stephanie wasn’t reaped after Cass won, but the two trained together to prepare for the possibility. Cass asked Stephanie not to volunteer for the games and Stephanie agreed under the condition that the girl reaped from their district isn’t under 15.

Cass also introduced Stephanie to Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne when the two visited Cass’s house in District #2’s Victor’s Village. A house that Stephanie has since moved into because she and Cass are attached at the hip.

Stephanie loves purple and before Cass’s games, she didn’t have many clothes or jewelry with purple accents because her father said it wasn’t worth it to spend that kind of money on her. But now Cass loves to spend her winnings on Stephanie. It is partly because Cass likes to see Stephanie happy but it is also to spite her mother. And Stephanie is on board for both.

Tim Drake: District #3

District #3’s primary industry is electronics. Tim’s parents were engineers and openly hostile to the Capitol. They often spoke reverently of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and told Tim they were working with Bruce to stage a rebellion. The Capitol became suspicious of the Drakes and punished them by reaping Tim when he was 16. Bruce Wayne manages to pull some strings so he could be Tim’s mentor.

Tim (like Beetee and Wiress) outsmarts his arena and fellow tributes with his knowledge of electrical engineering. It is one of the shortest games ever recorded.

The Capitol for its part is humiliated by Tim and as punishment it stages an accident where his parents were killed.

Barbara Gordon: District #3

Barbara Gordon worked closely with Jack and Janet Drake and was introduced to Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson by extension. Bruce immediately recognized her skill and brought her into the group he was forming to start resisting the Capitol.

Barbara was never reaped, aging out unscathed. But after her first year not having to put her name in the reaping, she is at the Drake’s house the night of the accident. She isn’t killed but she is severely injured and confined to a wheelchair after.

She goes to live with Tim in the Victor’s Village after she is released from their district’s hospital.

Duke Thomas: District #5

District 5 is the battery of Panem. As a reference to Duke’s meta abilities in canon, I think it would make sense for him to be from the district responsible for keeping the lights on.

Duke’s family was average and unassuming but Duke was a little more rebellious. He had been caught by Peacekeepers attending suspicious meetings run by district members that had been arrested for insubordination multiple times. Duke had pitched an idea at one of the meetings to blow the dam and cut off power to the Capitol. Two weeks later, he was reaped.

Tim was assigned to him as a mentor. Duke felt weird about it because Tim was only 18 and Duke was 16. But Tim managed to be a decent mentor because his engineering background complimented Duke’s knowledge of electricity. Tim warned Duke about ending the games too quick, sharing his own story and punishment from the Capitol.

Unfortunately for Duke, the Capitol was not satisfied with simply putting him into the games. It didn’t want him to win and when he came out a victor, his parents disappeared under suspicious means. That was when Tim introduced him to Bruce Wayne. Bruce promised to find Duke’s parents or find out what happened to them, and he promised to look after Duke in the meantime. Duke agreed, sensing Bruce had more planned for the Capitol than merely exposing what they did to his parents.

Damian Wayne: District #1

This year is a quarter quell and the theme made Bruce’s stomach drop. The tributes were to be reaped from the victor’s children. The Capitol had grown tired of Bruce’s scheming and decided to put him back in his place. They were also threatened by the amount of victors that Bruce was amassing and they wanted to make it known that to be associated with Bruce Wayne meant almost certain death.

Damian’s name was the only one in the boy’s bowl. He stood there with his head high, refusing to show even an ounce of fear. His mother and father had trained him for this. The people he had come to see as siblings were victors and he was determined to join their ranks.

Stephanie broke her promise to Cass. After seeing Damian be selected, she volunteered as the district #2 female tribute. Her father had won the Games years ago and for the first time in her life, she felt it was useful. She would go into the arena and keep Damian safe. She was doing it as a thank you to Bruce for taking Cass in and loving her as his own. She was doing it for Cass, who adored Damian as a little brother. She was doing it for Damian, who was far kinder and gentler than he liked others to believe. And she was doing it for herself, to prove that she did deserve all the things her father denied her.

Bruce was terrified. He had already lost Jason to the Games. Now, there was a chance he could lose Damian as well.

The night before the Games, Dick and the others approach Bruce and Damian. They have a plan. Damian and Steph would go into the arena but they will also come out, not as a victors but as a rebels.

They are were going to overthrow the Capitol.

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Batfamily Hunger Games Designations HC:

Bruce Wayne: District #1

District #1 is a wealthy district that produces jewelry and other luxury items, which could account for the Wayne Family wealth. Bruce’s parents were killed in the war with the Capitol and he inherited their fortune but was reaped in on of the first set of Hunger Games. The Capitol recognized Bruce could pose a threat and intended to neutralize him like it had his parents. Bruce was around 15 when he was reaped. Coming from District #1, a career district, he would have received more training than some of the other tributes. His primary mentor from his games was Ra’s al Ghul. After his victory, Bruce was forced to become a mentor as well but was given kids from the more “pathetic” districts so they could torture him. They knew it was hell for Bruce to send helpless kids into an arena knowing they would never make it out alive.

Dick Grayson: District #12

The Covey were a nomadic group of performers. A few years before the 10th Hunger Games, the Covey were rounded up by Peacekeepers and forced into the districts. Those that resisted were killed. Dick was born into a Covey family that had settled into District #12. His parents had rebellious spirits of their own and raised Dick to live without fear. Dick would often idealize birds and their ability to fly free, wishing one day he and his family could return to their nomadic lifestyle and roam the country. But he was reaped for the Hunger Games at 14. His parents caused a scene when Dick was being escorted to the stage. The Peacekeepers took them both to a nearby alley and killed them for their resistance. Dick was then placed on a train where he met Bruce Wayne, his mentor for the games. The two grew close in a short period of time and Bruce helped Duck channel his anger at the Capitol into the skills necessary to survive the arena. Dick won and was the youngest tribute to ever win the games. As he grew into his looks, the Capitol began to exploit him (think Finnick).

Jason Todd: District #6

District #6 specializes in transportation. I’m not gonna lie, this choice was mostly inspired by Jason stealing the tires off of the Batmobile in canon. I think this Jason’s father was a mechanic before he passed away in some kind of “accident” or was killed by the Peacekeepers. His mother was a drunk after that and it left Jason to take care of himself and his mom. He picked up his dad’s old trade but still had to put his name into the reaping extra times so he could help make ends meet at the house. He was reaped when he was 15 years old and Bruce Wayne was assigned as his mentor. Just like with Dick, Bruce felt an immediate connection with the kid and he became more of a father than a mentor. Jason also met Dick several times while training for the games. Dick had his own tributes from 12 to mentor but he still gave Jason advice, like how to climb a tree and walk on the branches without falling.

To match Jason’s death in canon, I don’t think Jason survives his games. Bruce had hope that Jason would be like Dick, that the something special in the kid Bruce sensed meant Jason would survive. But Jason was lured by the sound of JabberJays mimicking his Mother’s screams. He couldn’t resist the sound of her crying out for him and he was met with a pack of mutts waiting for him that he couldn’t escape. Dick and Bruce had been watching together, holding hands. Dick saw the little bit of hope Bruce had left leave his eyes.

Cassandra Cain: District #2

District #2 is another wealthy district, this one responsible for manufacturing weapons. They are also a career district that trains their children to prepare for the games. Casandra Cain’s mother was a previous Victor and personally trained Cass for the games. She was instructed to volunteer for the games at 13 so she could break Dick’s previous record. Her mother was her mentor for the games.

For added angst, she could have been in the same games as Jason. Cass found Jason after he passed and dug a grave for him, that way he couldn’t be disturbed by anymore mutts. This action endeared her to Bruce, even if he was in the midst of grief. After she won, Cass’s mother didn’t offer any congratulations. Instead, she scolded Cass for wasting her energy on digging graves for fallen enemies. Dick overheard the admonishment and approached Cass after to thank her for burying his little brother. The two became friends after that and then Dick introduced her to Bruce.

Stephanie Brown: District #2

I think Stephanie is also from District #2 and a year younger than Cass. The two of them became best friends because Stephanie’s dad worked with Cass’s mom. I know the district is wealthy so they don’t need to trade extra names in the reaping for food like other districts, but imagine Stephanie did have extra names in the bowl the year Cass volunteered. Yes, Cass was instructed to volunteer that year but she also did it because if a girl had to be reaped, her best friend had increased odds. And Cass didn’t want to see Stephanie die.

Stephanie wasn’t reaped after Cass won, but the two trained together to prepare for the possibility. Cass asked Stephanie not to volunteer for the games and Stephanie agreed under the condition that the girl reaped from their district isn’t under 15.

Cass also introduced Stephanie to Dick Grayson and Bruce Wayne when the two visited Cass’s house in District #2’s Victor’s Village. A house that Stephanie has since moved into because she and Cass are attached at the hip.

Stephanie loves purple and before Cass’s games, she didn’t have many clothes or jewelry with purple accents because her father said it wasn’t worth it to spend that kind of money on her. But now Cass loves to spend her winnings on Stephanie. It is partly because Cass likes to see Stephanie happy but it is also to spite her mother. And Stephanie is on board for both.

Tim Drake: District #3

District #3’s primary industry is electronics. Tim’s parents were engineers and openly hostile to the Capitol. They often spoke reverently of Thomas and Martha Wayne, and told Tim they were working with Bruce to stage a rebellion. The Capitol became suspicious of the Drakes and punished them by reaping Tim when he was 16. Bruce Wayne manages to pull some strings so he could be Tim’s mentor.

Tim (like Beetee and Wiress) outsmarts his arena and fellow tributes with his knowledge of electrical engineering. It is one of the shortest games ever recorded.

The Capitol for its part is humiliated by Tim and as punishment it stages an accident where his parents were killed.

Barbara Gordon: District #3

Barbara Gordon worked closely with Jack and Janet Drake and was introduced to Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson by extension. Bruce immediately recognized her skill and brought her into the group he was forming to start resisting the Capitol.

Barbara was never reaped, aging out unscathed. But after her first year not having to put her name in the reaping, she is at the Drake’s house the night of the accident. She isn’t killed but she is severely injured and confined to a wheelchair after.

She goes to live with Tim in the Victor’s Village after she is released from their district’s hospital.

Duke Thomas: District #5

District 5 is the battery of Panem. As a reference to Duke’s meta abilities in canon, I think it would make sense for him to be from the district responsible for keeping the lights on.

Duke’s family was average and unassuming but Duke was a little more rebellious. He had been caught by Peacekeepers attending suspicious meetings run by district members that had been arrested for insubordination multiple times. Duke had pitched an idea at one of the meetings to blow the dam and cut off power to the Capitol. Two weeks later, he was reaped.

Tim was assigned to him as a mentor. Duke felt weird about it because Tim was only 18 and Duke was 16. But Tim managed to be a decent mentor because his engineering background complimented Duke’s knowledge of electricity. Tim warned Duke about ending the games too quick, sharing his own story and punishment from the Capitol.

Unfortunately for Duke, the Capitol was not satisfied with simply putting him into the games. It didn’t want him to win and when he came out a victor, his parents disappeared under suspicious means. That was when Tim introduced him to Bruce Wayne. Bruce promised to find Duke’s parents or find out what happened to them, and he promised to look after Duke in the meantime. Duke agreed, sensing Bruce had more planned for the Capitol than merely exposing what they did to his parents.

Damian Wayne: District #1

This year is a quarter quell and the theme made Bruce’s stomach drop. The tributes were to be reaped from the victor’s children. The Capitol had grown tired of Bruce’s scheming and decided to put him back in his place. They were also threatened by the amount of victors that Bruce was amassing and they wanted to make it known that to be associated with Bruce Wayne meant almost certain death.

Damian’s name was the only one in the boy’s bowl. He stood there with his head high, refusing to show even an ounce of fear. His mother and father had trained him for this. The people he had come to see as siblings were victors and he was determined to join their ranks.

Stephanie broke her promise to Cass. After seeing Damian be selected, she volunteered as the district #2 female tribute. Her father had won the Games years ago and for the first time in her life, she felt it was useful. She would go into the arena and keep Damian safe. She was doing it as a thank you to Bruce for taking Cass in and loving her as his own. She was doing it for Cass, who adored Damian as a little brother. She was doing it for Damian, who was far kinder and gentler than he liked others to believe. And she was doing it for herself, to prove that she did deserve all the things her father denied her.

Bruce was terrified. He had already lost Jason to the Games. Now, there was a chance he could lose Damian as well.

The night before the Games, Dick and the others approach Bruce and Damian. They have a plan. Damian and Steph would go into the arena but they will also come out, not as a victors but as a rebels.

They are were going to overthrow the Capitol.

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Robins with robins with robins or something like that

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Finished Kiki, so now I have to do Vax. Those are just the rules 🤷🏼‍♀️

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I’m almost caught up with season 3 💚 and I love it so much that I couldn’t resist painting Keyleth!

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Give me Duke Thomas auditioning for the winter musical and getting the role of Seaweed J. Stubbs in Hairspray.

Give me the Batfamily being unbelievably supportive when they find out:

Cass helping Duke practice his choreography

Stephanie volunteering in the costume department because she wants Duke to look amazing

Damian doing ‘research’ by watching the movie and a bootlegged version of the Broadway version that way he is familiar with show before they go to see it

Tim being the one that gets Damian the bootlegged copy of the show

Dick calling a flower shop well in advance to make sure each member of the family has a bouquet to give Duke after they go see the show

Jason taking over some of Duke’s daytime patrols so Duke can be at rehearsals

Bruce bragging to everyone about Duke being one of the leads in the musical. Everyone at WE knows that Duke is playing Seaweed as do all the founding members of the Justice League. Bruce is even lifting his no metas in Gotham rule for opening night so Superman can patrol the city and let the Batfamily go support Duke.

Another for Bruce because he’s a good dad! Bruce taking Duke to the hospital so Duke can tell his parents about his role. They go back again after the musical is done but this time they have a recording of it that Barbara took, that way Duke’s parents didn’t have to miss their son’s accompaniment.

Just give me Duke getting to see just how much his new family loves and supports him.

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Bruce Wayne hates Donald Trump.

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✧ And suddenly his world wasn’t so dark anymore ✧

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Happy Thursday, here is some depression:

Just thinking about Jason Todd having a panic attack the first time one of his nieces or nephews calls him “Uncle J” and the family has to divide and conquer to take care of Jason and explain to the poor baby why they can’t call their Uncle Jason by that name.

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I know that Dick Grayson already named his dog Haley but if he hadn’t, I would have loved for him to give a future daughter that name because it would honor both of his parents and his circus roots.

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Batman Headcanon

Give me a 9 or 10-year-old Dick Grayson who has been Robin for a little bit but is still figuring out his relationship with Bruce Wayne. They are more than a guardian and his ward but not quite yet father and son. They both want that but neither of them have gotten up the courage to say it.

Now give me a hostage situation, during some kind of gala or charity event for the school. One where a lot of rich people and their rich kids are present so it’s very important for Bruce and Dick to be selling the whole secret ID thing, so they have to looking just as pathetic and scared as the other people around them.

The bad guys immediately recognize Bruce Wayne and his brat, and they pull Dick away from Bruce. They threaten Dick’s life, saying that Bruce better cooperate or he’ll have to find a new orphan to to take care of, not like it would be a problem since Gotham has so many.

Dick thinks the fear in Bruce’s eyes is an act. That’s not just Bruce after all, it’s Batman. The Dark Knight. He’s literally not allowed to be afraid, so that look can’t be real.

But it is.

Bruce hasn’t been this terrified since the night he lost his parents. His heart is racing and he has to physically push down a panic attack because that isn’t going to save Dick right now. He doesn’t know what to do. He can’t fight these people, not when he is Bruce Wayne. Without the cape and cowl, he has to be a helpless playboy.

So he does the only thing he can think of: he begs.

Bruce Wayne drops to his knees and he pleads with the masked goons to spare Dick’s life. He’s just a boy. A boy who has already lived through enough trauma. Bruce understands if these people hate him and if they want to hurt him instead, that’s fine. But he begs them not to hurt Dick.

He promises to give them anything. They can have his fortune, his life, whatever they want. Just spare Dick. That’s all he asks.

And a masked woman steps forward, leaning down in front of Bruce with what he knows is a sick smirk. The air around them thins and Dick feels himself shiver fifteen feet away. He hadn’t been expecting Bruce to say any of those things. Sure they were close, they had to be as the Dynamic Duo. But he thought after his parents died, there wouldn’t be another adult who would speak about him like that.

That would care enough to swallow their pride and beg, just for him.

Dick’s ears perk up when he hears the woman speak.

“Anything?” She asks. She sounds delighted, almost like she had won some sort of bet at a bar and not that she was leading a hostage situation.

“Anything.” Bruce confirms.

“Okay.” She stands, pointing her gun in Dick’s general direction. “I want your Mommy’s pearls.”

Bruce’s body freezes in shock.

Dick closes his eyes now resigned. Bruce may have been willing to say he would give anything but those were just words. It was one thing to say it, it was entirely different to actually do it. And Martha Wayne’s pearls were too high a price.

Dick can’t blame Bruce either. He imagined being asked to give up his mother’s wedding ring and felt his stomach turn. No, he wouldn’t begrudge Bruce for changing his mind—

“Done.”

Dick’s head shoots up, eyes wide with surprise. He had to have misheard. Bruce didn’t. He wouldn’t…

“Give me a phone. I’ll call my Butler and he will bring them here.”

And Dick cries. Not because someone is holding him hostage, he doesn’t care about that, but because a wave of realization crashes down onto him with an unforgiving strength.

He isn’t an orphan anymore. He has a dad. Bruce loves him.

Bruce ends up calling Alfred and Alfred, being the badass that he is, gives the Gotham PD a heads up but drives there anyway just so he can sucker punch the woman who demanded his late mistress’s pearls just to psychologically torture his son while holding his grandson hostage.

He then takes the pair home. There’s a small tin of cookies in the back for them to share on the drive back.

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yj dick, on my mind again (what’s new)

this started out serious and then the rest happened

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“Of course I’m faking it,” Dick snapped, smile gone as if it had never been. Jason didn’t back up, but it was a near thing. “You think I’m happy all the time? It’s a mask, Jay. Like your anger or B’s stupid Easter Island statue bit he does or how Tim is always fine. I can’t afford to lash out like you do. Can’t afford to close off like he does. And someone around here has to be fucking civil to clean up after the rest of you. So yeah, I fake it. I smile when I don’t feel like it and laugh when I want to cry and take all your crap and don’t shove it back on you. It’s not lying, it’s called being an adult and a fucking decent person, and if you don’t understand that then its time for you to grow the fuck up.”

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Young Justice Headcanon

Dick Grayson took Stephanie and Cass to the Eras Tour and started to cry a little during ‘I Can Do It With A Broken Heart’ because it’s been years since Wally died and Dick still misses him every single day but has to continue as a leader in the hero community.