Danny was being harassed in broad daylight.
He can’t get the guy to take a hint and frankly he’s going to be late for his new job if he can’t get through the door.
Just when he was starting to think that he would have to hit him, a hand gently rested on his shoulder.
“Hey Chum sorry it took me so long to get here but traffic was a killer! Is this man bothering you?”
Turns out His boss Bruce Wayne is actually a nice man.
Too bad Gotham gossips worst than a small town.
Seriously guys, this isn’t funny, it stopped being funny the third time he got picked out of a crowd as the “new Wayne.”
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I’m pretty sure I’ve talked about how much I love the “Hopper accidentally adopting Steve” idea, but I’m talking about it again because I love it.
I don’t care so much when it happens, just that it does, and then Steve starts hanging out with Eddie and Hopper doesn’t really know how to address that because while he knows that Eddie is just a kid who got handed all the shit parts of life and is trying to get by, the parent part of his brain is so angry because Eddie is a drug dealer who failed to graduate high school twice and he’s now hanging around his kid getting him into who knows what. But his relationship with Steve is different than it is with El, Steve is a lot older and had some kind of parenting, lackluster as it was, so he doesn’t need Hop to start giving him lectures. For this reason, Hopper bites his tongue and doesn’t say anything - to Steve at least, he complains regularly to Joyce about it (thankfully she finds it endearing that he cares enough to not want to risk their relationship). That resolves goes away when he finds out that they’re dating.
It’s made worse by the fact that Steve wasn’t the one to tell him. One of the kids mentions Eddie having to cancel Hellfire night because him and Steve had a date that night. The next time everyone is together, and he sees Eddie and Steve pull up in the same car, he stops them from entering the house to talk to them. He starts off strong, mostly going from the hurt angle of finding out second hand, which Steve clearly feels bad about, telling him that they had planned to tell him that day. But then Hopper can’t help himself and he voices his disapproval, practically starts interrogating Eddie, and as a cop his reactions are funny; the kid forces himself to stand perfectly straight and he’s visibly nervous, plus he’s rambling and saying things he definitely shouldn’t be saying to a parental figure let alone a cop. His response to being faced with a familial person to Steve is already weakening his resolve - he is clearly trying to impress him - but it’s the way Steve looks at him that gets him to throw away his concerns because the kid looks at Eddie like he’s the best thing to ever happen to him (thinking about it, the expression is very similar to the way he looks at Robin, like he’s so glad they decided he was worth their time). He manages to stop Eddie’s nervous rambling and tells him that he’s okay with it, but they need to be safe (in more ways that one, which makes Steve turn bright pink) and that if anything happens he is still the police chief and he can hide a murder if he has to.
Later that night he sees them hiding in the back corner of the backyard, sitting together leaned up against the fence, just talking and Hopper is glad he’s giving them a chance because he has never seen Steve quite that happy.
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Ducklings (Part 3)
Part 1 / Part 2
Prompt: Civillian!Kid(s) keep showing up to Hero's and Villain's fights (more applicable to parts 1 and 2 but this is a contuation of those c:)
Tag List: @black-rose-events
CW: knife
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"Again," Villain commanded.
Mikey grit his teeth and aimed at the target. He was frustrated, Villain knew, but if these kids were going to run around defying heroes and getting themselves in trouble then Villain would make sure they could at least defend themselves properly.
Marley had a talent for throwing knives but her endurance was low. At present she ran laps around the base while Charlie dug through the weapon pile for something he liked.
Villain called them together once Marley returned from outside. They sighed as the kids sat in a circle around them. Charlie tossed the tazer he'd found up in the air and caught it, then switched hands and did it again. Villain made sure to keep an eye on that out of the corner of their eye.
For a long moment they merely watched the three talk about their training. They were all so lively. It seemed...odd, to have them in a place like this. Villain frowned. "Don't you kids want to go home?"
"Don't got one," Marley grunted. She looked irritated and her shirt was soaked through. Good. Villain was glad to see that she'd at least put in the effort despite all the complaints.
"That warehouse you saved us from was our base," Charlie piped in.
Mikey flipped the knife he was sharpening to check his work. "We were using this one room in the basement that no one ever went in. Got good at sneaking around pretty quick. Charlie's the best at it." He nodded to the youngest in the group, then gestured with the knife.
"Marley is our hard hitter. Charlie's our spy and special op." He went back to polishing. "And I'm the plan guy, I guess."
"You were our leader!" Charlie corrected.
Mikey grinned and gave a half-hearted shrug. "Sure. But now you're the boss, boss," he said to Villain.
Villain...didn't actually know much about these kids, they realized. They'd noticed the hierarchy of power, as the other two often differed to Mikey, but they really hadn't given much thought to where they'd come from. It's about time they fix that.
Villain stood and gave instructions for them to get back to work. They had business to take care of tonight.
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Hero's patrol route was easy to predict and even easier to intercept. Villain snatched them mid stride and dragged them into the nearest alley.
"I need information."
Hero raised a brow, expression a mix of skeptical and surprised. "You say that as if I'd be willing to give you anything of the sort."
"Oh, you are," Villain assured. They withrew a folder from within their cloak. Hero eyed it as if it would bite if they reached for it, but accepted it nonetheless. "You've been looking for Other Villain." It wasn't a guess - Villain knew this for a fact. "You won't find them...without help."
Hero looked through the papers, then back up at the villain. "You'd sell out an ally? Just like that?"
"Not for free, no." Villain stepped closer to Hero. "I need information," they said again. They gave Hero another folder - this one much thinner. They allowed Hero to glance through its contents.
"This is-"
The hero was cut off by a knife at their throat.
"You tell anyone else about them and Supervillain will be the least of your worries," Villain hissed in their ear.
There was a tense moment in which neither dared to move. Then, with a soft exhale and the barest inclination of their chin, Hero was set free.
"A bit harsh for your methods," Hero commented gruffly. They felt their neck - the knife had broken skin, but not enough to let the wound bleed freely.
On any other day, Villain would have looked satisfied with the compliment. Today, they put a hand on Hero's shoulder and tapped the folder with the edge of their knife. Villain leaned close again, grip tightening, as a grin split their face, to deliver a final warning.
"Anything. For my kids."
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New favorite thing is the fact that Raine Whispers was canonically a teacher because they would totally be the one teacher that the "problem kids" flock to (and you can’t convince me that’s not how they started the BATTs)
Raine, opening their door: It's three in the morning.
Amber: Yeah, I got kicked out. Can I crash here?
Raine: What did you- get in here, it's going to start raining. What did you do?
Amber, ducking under their arm: I told my aunt and uncle I didn't want to join the Emperor's Coven and they ignored me and filed an application anyways. I found it before they sent it and burned it.
Raine: *sighs* Look, I get it, but you've gotta find a better method of destroying things than fire.
Amber: Why? Doesn't leave a trace.
Raine: Yes, but it's much easier for it to get out of control and for you to get hurt. If you really need to destroy a document like that, mix bleach and water and- wait, why am I telling you this?
Raine, walking into their kitchen: Good morning.
Amber, who’s decidedly not a morning person: Bluh.
Derwin: Morning.
Raine: *pauses* You…do not live here.
Derwin: My parents don’t care. Besides, I’m of age, I can live wherever I want.
Raine: And neither of you thought to ask me?
Amber: You weren’t gonna say no.
Raine: …fair. Derwin, would you like coffee? And no, Amber, you may not have some. You don’t need caffeine.
*Raine’s working when their crow rings*
Raine: Hello?
Katya: Heyyyy, Mx Whispers. I kinda got arrested and then broken out of prison? Can you come pick me up?
Raine: You what now? Wait, why are you calling *me*?
Katya: Well, it was either call you or the school social worker, so…
Raine: *sighs* I’ll be there in ten minutes.
*I headcanon the BATTs to all be from some kind of troubled home or having come off the streets for many reasons, lol
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