#Bonus Points if Jason was the one who found Tim

[gay-dorito-dust]

Hii!

(If you’re not up for it simply ignore. I love your work and hope you’re happy and healthy and taking care of your own mental health ❤️)

The bat boys with a reader who has really low days and really just wants to be held?

I just wanted an excuse to add Kyle Rayner as a bonus cuz I’ve been wanting to write something for him but dunno what. Plus I’ve been needing something like this after the week I’ve just had lol.

Dick would smile softly as he held you in his arms, tightening his grip on you as he peppers you in kisses however he could.

He knew that days like these were the hardest for you and he wasn’t going to hold it against you, not in the slightest as he would softly hum a song to you as he carried you to your shared bed, Hayley hot on his heels as she was worried about your change of attitude.

Speaking of Hayley, she never leaves your side, in fact when she sees Dick hold you against him , she immeditly joins in and tries to wriggle her way in between you both in hopes of covering your face in comforting licks. She wants to see you happy and she’ll gladly cuddle up with you if that’s the only way to do it.

Dick would spoil you rotten with cuddles, kisses and words of encouragement when you felt as though all hope was lost, for the last thing he wanted was for you to feel as though no one had you back when he did this entire time of being together.

‘You’re amazing baby and I’m so fucking proud of you, so don’t let anyone tell you otherwise you otherwise because you outshine them without having to try.’ He says while pressing a kiss to your forehead.

Dick would gladly make a fool of himself if it was to make you feel better but holding you, kissing you, and praising you will have to do for the meantime as he could hope that he has given you the strength needed to get out of this dark place that you’ve found yourself in.

He believes you can do it but until then he’ll gladly hold you until you could stand on your own two feet again.

Jason doesn’t need to be told twice as he was well aware of what you want the moment you came through the door of your shared bedroom.

‘Come here sweetheart.’ He would say as he sets aside his book and held out his arms for you to burrow into as you rested your head on his chest, arms latching onto his waist with an iron like grip.

He didn’t need to ask about the day you’ve had for he could feel the fatigue and weariness within your body and the deep sigh that left your lips that told him you have been holding in for a long while. Your body practically radiated with tiredness in all its forms that made it impossible for him to ignore even if he tried.

‘Rest your heavy head and your weary eyes chipmunk,’ he tells you as he begins to rub up and down your back soothingly, ‘I’ll be right here when you wake up, so just relax for me okay?’

You hummed out a small and a tad muffled ‘okay’ and Jason presses a kiss to the side of your head as he tightens his hold on you. He’d even read passages of his book to you in hopes the tit would take your mind off of things quicker as he knew how much you liked the sound of his voice.

Jason knows there’s want much he could do when you experienced days like these but all he could hope was that he was making enough of an effort to make you feel just that little bit better.

Tim makes sure he has everything you could ever need during days like these such as your favourite plushie, blanket, comfort foods, and some water just to name a few as he wants you to be comfortable and taken care of if he was to not be moving away from the bed anytime soon as he held you in his arms.

He just wants you to be okay and doesn’t want you run in on an empty stomach.

‘We’re human, we have limitations and breaking points that tell us to stop and take a break for ourselves, but yet we have been made to think that we shouldn’t and that we should neglect our health and well-being for temporary achievements and successes; almost as if that’s the only thing that should mean something to us.’ Tim tells you as he cuddles you against his chest as a movie played on his laptop as background noise.

‘You’ve done so well for yourself and now your more then deserving of a rest, we’ll return to reality in our own time, we’ve got enough of it that it shouldn’t matter whether we’re still here an hour or two later.’ Tim continues as he presses a kiss to your forehead.

And he meant it, Tim didn’t care how kind he’d have to wait for you to get better because he understood that it wasn’t going to be as easy, having had shit days where he couldn’t be bothered to bring himself to do anything other then lay in his bed, wondering to himself about what he could’ve done to feel such deep pain and isolation.

He knew that it would take time for you to feel even remotely better and even when you did you’ll still need all the help you can possibly get, and he’ll be there for as long as you’ll need him there too.

Damian isn’t well versed in the art of comforting someone but with you, suddenly he’s an expert as he lets you flop against his side as he holds you protectively.

He doesn’t trust his words enough to bring you any comfort as he wasn’t given much himself when he was growing up, so Damian instead just lets you cling onto him and watch in silence as he draws whatever in his sketchbooks: in this instance it was quick sketch of you, him and all of his pets on a field somewhere.

Damian knew his drawings were somewhat therapeutic to you as you got to watch him go through every step he took to make the perfect drawing, no matter if it was heavily detailed or less so, that and he was proud of his artwork that he doesn’t mind showing you some of his precious works and telling you the stories behind them.

Titus joins you, obviously, as he could tell something was wrong with you and will lay in your lap to provide you with some comfort until he’s fallen fast asleep, rendering it impossible for you to move but you didn’t care and neither did Damian as you were surly to follow the Great Dane into dream land where you would be laying in that field that Damian drew.

You were a lot more stronger then you let yourself believe in Damian’s eyes but that didn’t mean he wasn’t more then content in holding you in comfortable silence until you felt better, even if it was just a little bit but even then Damian was determined to outdo himself and find other ways of helping you no matter what.

He just wants to see that smile he loved so much again that told him that everything was going to be okay.

Random Bonus character: Kyle Rayner

Kyle hates seeing you so down and will do absolutely anything and everything he could even if it meant only getting a little smile out of you he’d take it wholeheartedly!

Anything was better then that distant, solemn look on your face as you stared out the window as though life didn’t look as bright or pleasant anymore as it did before.

He’d conjure up anything your heart desired if that helped even by the smallest amount, any amount of progress was better then none. Kyle just wants to see your eyes light up again with childlike wonder again, even if it was momentarily.

However he doesn’t mind if him holding you in his arms was the only way to achieve such a thing as he could keep you close and squeeze you tightly as he tries to pour everything encouraging into your ears in low hushed whispers.

‘You’ll be okay,’ Kyle begins, ‘whether that’s within days, weeks or even months, you’ll be okay. You’re not missing out on anything nor are you going about life at a slower pace compared to others, you’re going at your own pace and that’s okay, you’ll get where you need to be in due time so there’s no point in rushing yourself to get there quicker.’

Kyle would even do some silly little doodles for you just to hear you chuckle or even let out an amused huff. He’d gladly make himself look silly if it meant brining a little light to your heart and life back into your eyes.

[fancycat-thesilvertux]

Okay, so I’m a fan of Brain Dead - these two overworked boys who need hugs, melatonin, and to sleep in a comfortable pillow fort while wrapped in soft blankets like burritos (bonus points if it’s actual tortilla-pattern blankets) - and I’m also a fan of petty revenge like -

Tim accidentally getting married to Ghost King Danny because Red Robin got captured and used as a sacrifice by a cult to summon the Ghost King to reign destruction but mishap someone forgot to read up on their runes so the “sacrifice” was actually a “sacrificial bride”, meaning magical contract between GK!Danny and Tim.

And Danny, when he gets summoned and realizes what happened, is like, nope. Takes down the cultists, does abscond with Red Robin just to explain the situation and how right now, the dude is his Queen Consort or co-king because magically enforced marriage at least they don’t have to copulate that would have been even worse. And Tim is just computer crashing as he gets an information dump on how one, there’s another realm that’s, two, filled with dead people who, three, is ruled by a guy his age and who, four, Tim is now married to because, five, cultists really need to do their hOMEWORK WHAT THE HELL -

And did I mention that the contract lets them know no secrets between them? So Danny knows who Tim is meaning he knows who the Batfam is but that’s okay since Tim knows who Danny is and oh wow that explains a lot about Jason now with the ecto-contamination by impure ectoplasm -

And Tim really doesn’t want to tell the Batfam what happened since he still has insecurities regarding his place in the family which isn’t helped by their treatment - and Danny is seething because him and Tim actually get along pretty well as friends and Tim has quickly worked his way into Danny’s Obsession of Protecc because Danny will always protect those he cares about and he doesn’t like how Tim gets treated especially when it came to learning about Tim’s missing spleen.

Now here’s the funny part of this AU - because of the marriage contract between Danny and Tim, Tim gets the perks of being Queen Consort/co-king in having power over ectoplasmic beings, so when Jason’s going in on Tim who has been stressed from the situation despite Danny and Tim’s new friends in Sam, Tucker, Valerie, Jazz, and Dani (and Dan if you want to include him) doing their best to help him destress which he greatly appreciates, is still operating on little to no sleep, AND just found out that somebody replaced his extra strong coffee with decaf, Jason who calls Tim “Replacement” one last time -

“SHUT THE FUCK UP!” Tim snarled at Jason, his eyes glowing a scarily familiar green to the Batfam. Jason’s own eyes began to glow green in response, but instead of his feeling angry, the Pits encouraging him to hurt, Jason can feel the Pits actually COWERING back instead this time, and an incredible urge to not say another peep.

Meanwhile the rest of the Batfam is also freaking out because holy shit when did Tim take a dip in the Pits?!

[hana-no-seiiki]

Hi! I’m the one who asked about Cat Villain! Reader theme lol. It’s nice to have a person to think as same as me, anyway civilians probably confusing about how all 4 Robins so fond of the villain but they still have that kind of rivalry to them, at least in civilians’ views. STILL

I’d like to add another trailer song that I often use when rotting over cat villain! reader

Eula’s theme is such a good one for heists/a little tango with the bois.

I feel like the general public have a general clue as to the relationship of cat villain! reader and the robins

purely because some of the guys (*cough* Jason *cough*) has fucked them in public, and as much as Gotham is unsafe at night, and no matter how many measures the boys put to protect you, there will always be fanatics that’ll witness everything you guys do.

of course, the damning info is mostly kept in small circles due to the miraculous power of ‘paying people to take shit down’ the Waynes have but a lot of fans have headcannoned and could sometimes build an entirely accurate version of your relationships.

tim was definitely one of your top fansite keepers before he became robin (even though it wasn’t his main focus). he most likely influenced a very uh… ‘sasaeng’ type of attitude in your fandom. which wasn’t regulated well until he realized his mistakes. nowadays, he makes sure your fans are more tamed.

sometimes i imagine cat villain! reader to be a celebrity, less known in america and mostly abroad (bonus if you guys aren’t from there to begin with, so your popularity can just be focused on or around your home country) that is until they were suddenly seen with Dick Grayson in public. you two were very much young and not careful.

people know you as that person that dated Dick, and is now extremely close with his brother, Tim. Definitely scandalous. The only thing stopping Damian from being labeled as one of your conquests is that, dude only realized his feelings recently and he usually approaches your civilian form as Robin. why? Damian’s just a show off, but Robin can be a show off without being seen as arrogant. he’s just doing his job

you have your fair share of villain friends you enjoy hanging out/sleeping with. some of them do you favors in exchange for a night. mostly because they know it’ll piss off the Batboys and throw them off their game though it does come with the risk of being beaten down to death.

i also think it’d be funny if in civilian form as a celeb, cat villain! reader just likes to profess their ‘undying love’ to Bruce 24/7 and how he totally slept with them once and their heart has been taken since. just like to be a menace and cause more chaos with people accusing them of using his kids.

when you found out tim protected your image and generally surveyed posts about you 24/7 you got into a little argument cause you wanted the world to breakdown about your identity and the shit you’ve done

and last but not least, the only reason you haven’t been cancelled to non-existence is cause of your large donations to charity and very humble living. sure, you liked to troll the universe in its entirety but in the end cat villain! reader main purpose is to help the needy. you’re most likely one of Bruce’s biggest investors (again, just to be a little shit)

you’re a little shit yeah, but you’re the batfam’s little shit.

OH! and you like visiting Jason’s grave even after he came back. partly due to missing his old self, but it also assists with keeping his identity unknown with how often you guys are together.

bonus: you’ve interacted a fair bit with the batgirls and duke. by that i mean you’ve bullied them all at some point that it has become almost a christening ritual for you to be a menace to each member.

[on-the-clear-blue]

The idea warms are hitting extremely hard today, so outside of my usual DPxDC I give you, Spider-Man in Gotham...Not MCU Peter edition!

Give me a Peter Parker that is 18 going on onto 19, he has been Spider-Man for like, 5 almost 6 years, getting his bite very early, and dealing with all the things that happen to him younger.

And give me a Year One Batman. Who is still trying to figure out what the hell he is doing, and toting along a 9 year old Robin

Peter, falling out of a portal, and doing his standard check of surroundings, spotting Batman staring at him in clunky armor and a brightly colored child: Waves slowly

Bruce, who heard some freaky shit was happening with a cult near by and went to investigate: blinking at the blue and red being that got summoned

Dickie, who is trying (and failing) to do the Bat glare: still waves back.

And like, just the idea of this 19 year old Spider-Man taking a much older vigilante under his wing, teaching him the ins and outs of it all.

Like..

Bruce, Storming through a bag guys base gets suddenly pulled back by a web to his cape.

Peter, giving him a "bitch you dumb" look under his mask: Traps! LOOK FOR TRAPS?? AND LOOK UP? PEOPLE HID THINGS UP?

Bonus, Spider-Man bending himself into a human pretzels and Dick "I have no bones" Grayson is gleefully testing to see if he could do it too.

Jump cut, years later, Peter beats emotional intelligence into Bruce with Dick.

All the Bat kids grow up with Uncle Peter, (either Peter can't get back or has been told specifically that he can't by a higher being or something) and like...

Peter is the only one that catches Tiny Tim following them during patrol, he shows him all the places to get the best angles, even poses a few times for him.

Either is there when Jason dies and saves him, or is there mourning with Bruce

(Gotham lives in fear of the memory, Batman at his most brutal and Black Suit Spider-Man)

Teaches Jason how to control his pit rage after he comes back, what is Spider-Man if not control?

Stephanie is his bestie in puns and white girl music tastes.

Tim finds a partner in constantly staying up far to late as well as someone who likes to invent,( because I hc that Peter has pretty much worked with every scientist in New York, cus like since this is a blend of canons, he has worked with the Lizard, Doc Oct, Reed Richards, the only one he said no to an internship was Stark)

Duke gets a meta mentor that can help him with his powers, Spidey has been on more than one team with someone that had some form of light powers.

Plus I think Spider-man is Gothams daytime hero before Signal joins him, they are the daytime duo

Cass is his favorite (don't tell anyone because they already know) she can see him and he can see her in a spider sense, they do the point meme whenever they sense each other.

Little stabby Damian finds out that this person with his father has been trained by many an assassin (Wade, Daredevil, Natasha, Shield in general)

And Wade...Deadpool pops up occasionally, even he doesn't understand why or how lBruce gets a strange feeling he should punch the Flash in the face the next time he sees him)

Bruce having to deal with Deadpool is terrible for him and I sadly love it.

(Also on the point of Black suit spidey in Gotham...ESPECIALLY after Jason is murdered? Oh Peter is killing the Joker, or his arm privileges forfeit. I feel like Peter would try not to kill him but wouldn't try too hard.)

Spider-man being a founding members of the Justice League, them having to deal with Peter crawling on the ceiling, and scuttering through air vents!

Peter making Parker Industries, pointing inventions from other heros/villains from his world, he isn't above pettiness, and that's how the DC world gets some of Reed Richard's old designs he gave to Peter "Because they are practically useless" they arnt they save millions of lives. Not to mention Arc Reactors, Peter grinned the whole time claiming it was his idea.

Hope you enjoy my ADHD rambling brought to you be sleep deprivation

[kenobers]

What kind of music do you think the other Batboys listen to? (If you're interested in them ofc)

okay, first of all this is my first ask!! hello!! and it's about music, so extra bonus points to you!! 🌟

second of all, of course i'm interested in the other batboys! i'm working on their spotify wrappeds right now. for anyone’s who interested, here is my spotify!!

these are what i personally think each of them lean towards music wise based on canon and my own headcanons, please don’t stomp on me if you disagree :-)

Dick listens to clown music i really only found one panel of Dick listening to music and it was mostly Original Pilipino Music and mostly ballads, which i love. it also lends itself to Dick being a fan of indie and soft rock, as well very much being a child of the 90s. The Cure and Billy Joel are artists i see him enjoying. i know a lot of people envision him as a pop fan and i think he specifically listens to early rock-pop music from the 70s; think ABBA, the Carpenters, Donna Summer, artists who would mix well with his affection for balladeers. My self indulgent headcanon is that he's a huge Fleetwood Mac and Mavis Staples fan. i think it's a legal obligation to have an appreciation for grunge to be part of the batfam, but i think he sticks with the basics.

Jason canonically likes Slipknot, Lacuna Coil and Poison Idea (which i forgot to include on his spotify wrapped, oops). however, given his background, his continued interest in being connected to the streets of a large east coast city and the fact that we know he loves good writing, he's definitely a 90s east coast hip-hop guy. i really envision him being a huge Wu-Tang Clan fan (as we should all be) and DMX wrote his theme song Where The Hood At. both the metal/punk and hip-hop genres have heavily political roots and the flaws of political systems are a common theme, which is something he’d appreciate. however, i think Jason's criteria for adding a song to his spotify is if it's good. he's not a snob, he just likes his music to be loud and have good lyricism. he likes to be able to relate to it, whereas Dick would be more about the vibe. i love the idea that he's into Jack Johnson when he wants a softer sound. he also gives me major Artic Monkeys vibes.

Tim canonically likes The Clash, Green Day (i think this is another one they all have in common) and i believe Oasis. so one could comfortably deduce that he's into punk rock, early alternative and brit pop (which makes sense, these all tend to go hand-in-hand). i think he would be fond of alternative and indie, like i think he would dig Steve Lacy and Frank Ocean (he's also a bisexual man in his late teens/early twenties who's heavily online, so i feel like it's also a fairly safe bet that he listens to Frank and probably Tyler too). i think he goes through strong phases of certain artists/genres. i think, like Jason, he likes to be able to relate to his music, but he’s also a bit of a music snob.

Steph's most streamed artist is Mucous Membrane. i get strong punk rock, punk pop vibes from her. she likes anything she can scream along to. My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Avril Lavigne, Pierce The Veil, Hollywood Undead. she definitely had a very strong Panic! At The Disco era. she's got a soft spot for Megadeath too. but i think she’s also more than capable (and willing) to scream along to some bubbly pop music too.

Duke has been seen singing The Man on The Flying Trapeze by Spike Jones. granted, this is a fairly well known song and it had a specific context, but i also kind of love the idea that Duke listens to jazz, like also has a lot of Chet Baker and Billie Holiday saved. that’s his time-to-lock-in music. then i could also see him digging a genre that samples a lot of these artists, like r&b and hip-hop. i see Kendrick Lamar pop up on a lot of Duke playlists and i’m inclined to agree. i’d also add Jay-Z to the mix. a good chunk of his spotify wrapped is stuff he plays to get hyped up, which can vary quite a bit. there’s some Fall Out Boy, Chase Atlantic, Rihanna and some classic rock. i think he also daydreams to Holding Out for A Hero quite a bit as well.

honestly, i feel like Cass pulls the most from everyone else’s playlists. i would say that she’s family spotify stalker, but frankly i feel like she uses youtube music. anyways, her personal tastes would lean more towards the sad girl side; Halsey, Mitski, Phoebe Bridgers, Mazzy Star. maybe Penelope Scott and Grimes - i could see her vibing with the combination of the sad girl feel and a unique sort of sound. thanks to Jason, she also digs System of A Down. for Cass especially music is an emotional outlet, so i think she’d be drawn to more emotional stuff. that said, she’s definitely an ABBA girl.

i see people try to argue that Jason would listen to musicals, but if anyone is the secret theater kid, it’s for sure Damian. he likes the drama and the flair of a megamusical and as such, a couple of songs from The Phantom of The Opera make their way onto his playlist (he secretly relates to certain aspects of the storyline but he won’t say that part out loud). he’s a musician himself so it’s not hard to imagine him enjoying someone as genius as Sondheim, although i imagine he’s very picky about which cast albums/recordings he spins. he listens to a lot of classic music, with a special appreciation for Bach as he’s more or less the violin king. but Beethoven’s got a little more flair. i think he also has a playlist of songs he picked up from his siblings and Superboy

i think they all share an appreciation for Nirvana, The Pixies, The Spice Girls and A Tribe Called Quest.

and i do think The Spice Girls comes strongly from Dick’s influence.

what do y’all think they listen to?

[vulnonapix1234]

Ok, so, a few months ago, I talked about a „Cursed Tim Drake AU“, where my favorite little stalker gets cursed by one of the artifacts in his Home.

The curse turns him into a Wolf whenever he lets loose of his Emotions.

For him, it was less of a curse and more of a Gift, as it had made his Birdwatching Hobby a lot easier.

After his adoption into the Bat Clan, he mostly kept it to himself, because he knew that he had to keep his cards close to his chest if he wanted to survive.

The only ones who know are Alfred, Jason, and Cass.

Anyway, I wanted to add that the rest of the Batfam learned about it because of Ra. Not because he knew, but because Tim got so furious about him that he nearly ripped his throat out.

Why?

Because the immortal Fucker decided to fuck with his Brothers.

Bruce was Kind of upset because he thought that his kid was scared of his reaction. Tim didn't care about him and his reaction to his secret at that moment. Not when he had his secrets that he held over them. They did talk about it and Tim was kind of touched about it.

Still, he becomes a lot more open with it, since he sees no point in hiding it from them.

Especially Damian and Dick are thankful for it, for different reasons. (Damian has an easier time dealing with animals and Dick can suddenly read the emotions of his brother easier because of his Tail and Ears)

Stephanie just bullies him for it. She calls him a furry and sometimes buys him dogtoys. It's good natured.

Duke is super embarrassed. He has baby-talked and petted his brother repeatedly, even if he thought that he was just a lost stray.

Another thing that I want to Point out is that Tim was domesticated by a conspiracy of Ravens. It all started with Brucie, whom he found on one of his bird-watching adventures. The poor thing had lost one of its wings to Ivys Plants, so he took care of it. The rest of Brucie's Family just started to freeload off him.

(Tim still loves them and has taught them how to stalk ppl)

Bonus: badly drawn sketch of Tim and Damian

Some ppl wanted to get tagged, so here we go: @idontgetpaidenoughforthisshit @ohits3amfuck

[ragnarokhound]

>:3

just saying Icarus au would be too easy for this rn

uhhm

JayTim fire water personalities, clashing, hurting each other, fitting together as opposites

still not really an au hmmm

just gonna keep throwing ideas here

ohh wanna see a mermaid au in your style

or one of those free willy mermaid aus

deaging 🤔 of one character and the other gotta take care of them

bound by magic (in what way? who knows)

take ur pick

For the ask game!

AUGH ABYSS HOW DO I CHOOSE

But omg mermaids is so fun... It is one of my all time favorite self-indulgent urban fantasy aus haha, I still want to finish my teen wolf mermaid fic... Someday...

Mermaid aus are so good for the yearning. The secret keeping of it all, the 'we're from different worlds and idk how it will work unless one of us makes a sacrifice' of it all. And I kind of sort of already played this trope straight with the selkie fic I wrote for jaytim week this year, haha (selkies aren't technically the same as mermaids, but there's a big overlap there lol)

But I also like that the existence of Aquaman in DC lets you flip that trope on its head while still complying with canon! There totally could be real life mermaids in DC because low-key there already are lmao

This isn't quite what you asked for, but in that vein:

please entertain with me Atlantean!Tim who admires the Bats from afar. Most of my exposure to Atlantis/Aqualad is via the Young Justice cartoon (the glow up between the first seasons and the later seasons is still insane to me lol) so please imagine Tim found out about Robin when YJ made an appearance in Atlantis, or Tim got himself on the same track as, say, Lagoon Boy and hopes to join one day. He has the biggest crush on Jason Todd and Jason doesn't even know he exists

There are two vastly different directions I am torn between from here, but the funnier one is: Tim basically follows Jason home to Gotham. Cue Gotham getting a new harbor cryptid that's just an Atlantean with a crush and a very robust immune system lmao

Tim gets horribly sick for the first week or two (he's not keeping track) while his system reacts to the bullshit that is Gotham Bay - but he is determined to stick it out. Naturally, he gets found by a bat while he's shivering near the docks one day, following up on rumors about the kid from the black lagoon who keeps dodging harbor security. Bonus points if it's Babs, and she agrees not to tell Batman and Robin, at least until Tim is healthy. Bonus bonus points if it's not a bat who finds him, but Catwoman :^) (Fishy-fishy, I wouldn't let a goldfish swim around in this water, where are your parents, you're coming home with me--)

Meet-cute between Jaybin and Harbor Cryptid Tim involves a smuggling operation that Jason's been tracking. During the sting, he gets in over his head, ends up in the harbor, and Tim saves him from drowning

Jason knows Bruce hates it when Supers and other capes come to Gotham. He knows who Aquaman is. Ergo, he has to keep Tim a secret from Bruce. Cue sneaking around and hiding from Batman and all kinds of teenage dating tropes and shenanigans. Tim blushes 24/7 because, omg he's hanging out with his crush and he isn't freaked out by the whole Atlantean thing and he's helping Robin wow; meanwhile Jason is fascinated by Tim, exhilarated to have a secret from Bruce, and wondering more and more what it would be like to hold Tim's hand.

(Bonus: When Bruce finds out about Tim, the first thing he does is tattle on him to Aquaman. Follow those dominoes down to Tim being an Aqualad equivalent on the Young Justice team a few years down the road. OwO When they find Red Hood with the League of Assassins, Tim is right there with Dick trying to get him back.)

When I started writing this out, I did not intend for this to become cute baby jaytim with an atlantean twist, but that's where it ended up going haha

[fishfingersandjellybabies]

I need your hc on how the batfam reacts to finding out that jondami are dating.

I love supportive and sweet but I am absolutely down for overprotective siblings that just CAN'T believe their little baby is all grown up.

(canon? Idk her)

Duke and Barbara? Chill as hell. Happy for you, man.

Cass? Also happy for Damian. SO happy for him. But will also murder Jon if she has to, and makes sure Damian and Jon both understand that. (Jon is lowkey petrified of her)

Steph is happy that Damian is happy. But she does sit him down and talks to him about some things to look out for and things he does NOT have to accept if he is uncomfortable, etc. Also mentions she will kill Jon if he asks.

Tim is...beside himself. How dare Damian date HIS best friend's little brother? Is this another dig at him? Is this some weird evil plot long game to kill him? Why is Jon going along with it? Does Jon also hate him? Is he going to die? Tim stop not everything is about you. Eventually Tim gives KON a long lecture and says if Jon ever hurts Damian, even a little, Tim will destroy every last Kryptonian left in the universe, even him.

Jason keeps showing up on Jon's patrol routes to give him the shovel talk (aka threaten Jon) but with a bigger and more deadly gun/weapon every time. At one point he just shows up in some alien laser sniper ship and Jon's just like 'JESUS JASON, I KNOW, I GET IT.'

Dick and Alfred are similar in that they're both very emotional about it, because they knew Damian at his worst. They watched him grow, and they are just SO happy that someone out there finally sees Damian for the beauty that he is and loves their boy as much as they do, if not more. Also Dick threatens Clark about it.

Bruce just short circuits for like three days and disappears. Damian thinks he's going to be disowned, to which the whole family say they'll disown Bruce first and strength in numbers. But then he comes back and just smiles at Damian a lot, and talks about how proud he is of him, that Jon is a good person, that Damian deserves this happiness, and to remember the code to their stash of Kryptonite. He ALSO rants to Clark about it, who finds it somewhat endearing how worried for Damian they all are, but they end up as just two old men sitting on a front porch reminiscing on how much they adore their boys, and how happy they are that they found each other.

(bonus: Kon texts Damian 'u hurt him, ill end you.' to which Damian texts back a thumbs up emoji.)

(bonus bonus: all the siblings and kon have stalked Jon and Damian's dates. They aren't even conspicuous about it. Damian and Jon just whole-heartedly ignore them.)

[betterthanbatman1]

What childhood things do you see each bat kid collecting? (for example- silly pens, glow in the dark stars, silly bands, classified government records, etc.)

Thanks for the ask-I love this! I am guilty of collecting silly little things :)

Dick: Fidget toys. Bruce bought him some because the child needed them okay. Dick batKID! era had murder on his mind and ‘ugh Toys are for babies, Bruce!!’ He secretly loved them and still uses them all the time (he gave some to Damian too)

Jason: Rocks 🪨. What can I say? He’s a cool kid who collects cool rocks. Little Jason walking from a baseball game holding Bruce’s hand only to pull away and turn around because ‘Cmon B you just walked past a really cool rock!!!’

Cass: Glow in the dark stars. She loved to look up at the stars on the ceiling and the wall, this is where she felt peaceful. She sometimes lies down on the floor beside Duke and they stay there in silence or Duke tells her about the latest video game he’s been playing. Also silly pens because underneath the cowl she’s a softie. Her favourite is a black pen with a fluffy pink topper that has one googley eye on it (the second eye fell off but it’s perfect!)

Duke: Marbles. He swears he knows the rules of the game okay! Besides they’re really pretty and he can make them glow. He almost set fire to one of the cushions by manipulating the light through the glass, but don’t tell Alfred. He also collected metal bottle caps- bonus points for turning them into cool pin badges.

Steph: Clothing tags. Not the ugly ones that have fine print on it. The ones that have the company logo on it. Also random sewing materials like pieces of ribbon and buttons because ‘You never know when you’ll be in a fashion crisis!!’ Also Snow globes because I’m indecisive and she deserves a nice Snow globe.

Tim: Definitely classified government records. He accidentally found them okay! Finders keepers. The government still don’t know they’re missing. He’d also collects sticks from the Manor Gardens and gives one to someone he loves. Bruce cried when he was handed a stick- Selina was very confused.

Damian: Animal stickers. When he was in the League of Assassins, they’d get food come in for their animals, the packaging would come with an animal sticker that Damian would keep. Dick found his collection and Damian was embarrassed and swore him to secrecy. Dick bought him a 100 sticker animal book after that.

[roses-r-rosie3]

SPILL UR GUTS MASTERLIST/CHALLENGE

1. All American Bitch

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2. Bad Idea Right?

Jason Todd x M!Reader

Warnings: Implied sex, Reader sleeping with his ex (aka Jason)🫢, Swearing, drinking, fluff-ish??

Summary: After partying a bit too hard, the reader wakes up in his bed, and finds Jason (HIS EX) laying right next to him and they are both naked

3. Vampire

[Request]

Miguel O’Hara x M!Reader

Warnings: Angst, swearing, drugging, divorce

Summary: Reader uses miguel and ends up giving him drugs to destabilize him because he is loyal to Alchemax. After a long time of dating he finally admits that he used Miguel

4. Lacy

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5. Ballad Of A Homechooled Boy

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6. Making The Bed

Tim Drake x M!Reader

Warnings: Angst, Arguing, Breakup, Comfort

Summary: The Reader is the son of death stroke, and of course being his son meant that the reader had to train really hard, but he was never perfect. And he has also found himself in a relationship with Tim. So he pushes Tim away to train harder and make his father proud of him. That ends up leading to the reader and Tim having a massive argument, and they break up. But they meet again, with Batman confronting death stroke about something. It ends up in a fight with the reader and Tim fighting each other, but the reader overworked himself so hard to the point where he passes out mid-fight and Tim immediately stops to take care of him.

7. Logical

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8. Get Him Back!

[Coming Soon]

Yandere!Ex!Rich Boy x M!Reader

Warnings: Yandere

Summary: Both the reader and Felix are forced to be together at a young age and when they finally split up, they start living their lives and dating whoever they want, at least the reader is. Felix starts to become obsessed with the reader and kills/injures anyone who tries to even look at the reader.

9. Love Is Embarrassing

Connor Kent x M!Reader

Warnings: Angst, Comfort, Swearing, Cheating, Jealous!Conner

Summary: The reader falls for someone quickly and proclaims his love to his friends (including Connor), and Connor can’t help but to feel a bit jealous of the guy, but the reader ends up having his heartbroken by the person he thought was "the one”. And while Connor is comforting the reader, he ends up confessing his feelings.

10. The Grudge

[Coming Soon]

[Request]

Harlan Briggs x M!Reader

Warnings: Angst, swearing, cheating

Harlan and the m!reader (who is a powerful witch) is on their one year anniversary and the m!reader is planning on making a date for them on their one year anniversary. After planning a date, it’s the night time already and harlan is hasn’t come home yet. The reader tries calling/texting Harlan for hours but Harlan is busy f*cking Cyrus. After waiting, the m!reader decides to locate Harlan using his magic and he locates him so he drive to the motel and he walks upstairs and he hears moaning and groaning so he panic starts to kick it and he open the door very nervously and when he opens the door he was seen cyrus and harlan doing the deed and he was very broken and harlan saw him standing in the door freeze and crying so harlan ofc 'i can explain' blah blah blah and he and the m! reader starts to argue and the m! reader starts to lose control the light is flickering and everything so the m! reader noticed it and he leaves to the motel and starts driving to the beach (he and harlan goes to thier first date) and starts to sobbing violently and he wanna scream and he screams loudly like a banshee and the shockwave like flash through the city so long story short they broke up.

11. Pretty Isn’t Pretty

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12. Teenage Dream

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Bonus Tracks:

13. Obsessed

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14. Scared Of My Guitar

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15. Stranger

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16. Boy I’ve Always Been

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17. So American

[Coming Soon]

Cowboy!Oc x M!Reader

[velveteenshadow]

Writing Patterns Game!

I saw the lovely @abyssal-ali throw out the at to anyone who wants to so I figured why not!

These are all Maribat fics!

10: Lackluster Apologies (Gen)

"How was I supposed to know, Adrien?"

9: We Didn't Start The Dumpster Fire (Timari)

Marinette points her head up as she sniffs the air, instantly regretting it.

8: The Phoenix Five (Gen {at least thus far})

To say the waters were calm, would be the farthest lie one could conjure.

7: Secrets of the Shutterbug (Timari)

Tim slowly backtracks when he sees Bart and Jason laughing with a laptop open.

6: Prodigious Denial Defying Diary (Bio-Mom)

Dear Diary,    Today marks my first writing in hopes that these words reach her.

5: Speedy Rebound From Uncertainty (Found Family)

What would his siblings say if he told them the truth?

4: A Bittersweet Prelude (Gen {Ship in Pt 2})

‘Nothing can beat the strike of a sword.

3: Split Second Chance of a Freeze Frame (Rare Pair, Lukabara aka Luka Couffaine x Barbara Gordon)

Life has the worst ways of showing you what you never thought would happen in any of the multitude of universes out there.

2: You Can Ring My Bell (Timari)

“Gettin' deep…” (I swear this one is Family Friendly)

1: Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic (Platonic Timari with OC character focus)

Now, there were plenty of things that Scarlet Morningstar has experienced.

Hmm... it's interesting to see how all my starting lines have a nice punch to them in some way, shape or form.

Bonus Below!

Here are the 6 starting lines of my poems thus far for the Shutterbug Station Event!

(They are in order of posting)

1: Red Robin's Rapture (Rare Pair, Tim/Adrien)

"Stay with me a little longer" Tim cried out as the lights dim in his eyes.

2: Anything For My Lady (Gen, Adrien & Mari)

Solitary Confinement can the worst. Too much time with nothing to do.

3: Windy Wonders (Rare Pair, Jay/Adrien aka Alley Cat)

Strawberry Blonde Tall, Handsome, Mysterious

4: Time Passes On (Rare Pair, Bart/Adrien)

Silence Ticking of a clock

5: Marinette's Hidden Talent (Jasonette)

In the depths,

Can one really find one missing out?

6: Lonesome Moonlight Waiting For The Clouds To Clear (Rare Pairs, Tim/Adrien and Bart/Adrien)

Stay with me a little longer Tim I cannot help myself Loving you is all I need

All of the above include the prompt, "Stay With Me A Little Longer" while 5 and 6 include the prompt, "I Can't Say I'm Sorry" as well!

If you are curious about where the prompts came from, check out the Shutterbug Station event and consider joining us on the Timari Discord where we have been hyping it up! It's a great place for Timari lovers and those who are following the Angst V Fluff event!

https://discord.gg/mDmTHPNKyj

[b-rainlet]

Hear me out: TimDami fic where Tim gets exposed to truth serum and absolutely books it whenever Damian so much as breathes near him

[aziraphale-is-a-cat]

So I have a concept rattling in my brain a concept to be ignored or not

Just 15 year old globe Trotter Danni being accompanied by her twin 15 year old reluctant globe Trotter Danny who together got the amity ghost infestation cleared up together and went on the run because two halfas will get hunted by the government and the Fenton parents.

So Danny and Danni run off to Gotham because it's far away from home and easy to hide in while there they befriend any of the bat boys.

I like to think tim Drake would just kinda want friends and the homeless twins are good age appropriate friends to have!

Dick grayson would probably not get the chance to talk often but would appreciate the time he did get to interact with them.

Idk why but I feel like if Bruce was the first to meet Danny and Danni he would be their age and tame them like street cats before snatching them off the street and whisking them away to Wayne Mannor to a extremely exasperated Alfred.

If Alfred met the twins first it would be very " you sure that you don't want to eat dinner with my family and have a bed to sleep in? " because Alfred would be an adult who doesn't want children on the streets.

Danny and Ellie would probably be just some street kids Jason interacts with because he has a soft spot for street kids.

Damian takes after his father in picking up sad little meow meows off the street and would also tame the street children like cats and take them home to a extremely exasperated Alfred and Bruce.

I'm not familiar enough with the rest of the batfam to think of interactions

Jason would 100% just look at those poor kids and be like: mmmmmmm mine now

And he just, doesn't tell Bruce and has them lodged in a safe house until one of his siblings inevitably crashes the place for whatever reason and discovers that the Wayne family trend of adopting black haired blue eyed children off the street is still running strong. And jason has to beg for the secret to be kept. Bonus points if Jason knows Danny and Dani are half ghosts bc Lazarus vibes and actively tries to stop anyone from figuring them out.

If Damian finds them it's like taking in strays, feed them till they trust you and then just randomly take them home one day.

He gets them comfortable with him, he sees the green eyes, questions the ruthlessly until they spill their guts, brings them food, and just one day they wake up in Wayne manor. Poof. Bruce had no idea about this, nor does anyone, but now he has two new children?

But I think Tim would be funny, maybe he runs into them while sleep deprived and thinks he's seeing double from the hallucinations or some shit.

Danny and Ellie just sitting on a park bench getting gradually more and more uncomfortable as some kid their age who looks stupid familiar stares at them with the intensity of a thousand suns. And they're panicking, thinking maybe they've been found out or he can just tell they're not normal when in reality he's just trying to figure out if he actually should sleep soon (the answers yes, the answers always yes).

[batpham-discord-highlights]

Danny is a Hisuian Zoroark

Source: #crack

Y

DANNY PHANTOM POKÉMON AU

WHERE DANNY IS SECRETLY A HISUIAN ZOROARK

Because they’re half ghost-type, half normal-type!

A

Jazz found him one day

And was like

"is this a little brother?"

Y

Danny as a tiny zorua, staring at Jazz: ….sister acquired

It’s funnier if it isn’t even a Pokémon au Danny is just a Zoroark dumped into DP

Do all the Danny phantom ghosts qualify as Pokémon rules ghost-types?

Because a funny thing about Hisuian Zoroark is that it is completely immune to ghost-type attacks because it’s part normal type

It is also immune to normal and fighting type attacks

Vlad shoots ectoblasts at Danny and Danny doesn’t even try to dodge them because he’s completely immune

Someone tries to punch Danny and it just goes through him

Vlad thinks Danny is a halfa, which. To be fair. He is half ghost. He’s just not half human. He’s an illusion-making fox thing.

Bonus dc crossover: Damian brings home a small white fox that turns out to be 1. sentient and 2. a supernatural entity

Danny as a zorua is really funny because he is just a smol fox

A

Smol fox, big punch

Y

Danny is pretending that he is Just A Normal Fox Nothing To See Here because Damian is feeding him and leaves him unsupervised with his computer while he’s out vigilante-ing

MF

until he shape shifts into Damian/j

and Damian gaslights his father into thinking he has a twin(?)

Y

Jason, looking at Danny: something’s… off with you.

Danny who looks like this:

A

Danny: ✨ what could you possibly mean? ✨

Y

Danny sucking up to Alfred because he makes the food

On a darker note danny wouldn’t be able to eat ectoplasm contaminated stuff because of his ghost-type immunity (which is most of the food in the Fenton house) so when he gets a chance to eat anything that’s not nasty burger/whatever jazz can get to him you bet he’s taking it

Danny falls through the floor and into the batcave at one point

Bruce finds him asleep on the computer

A

Now I'm imagining him turning intangible while asleep and falling down, so he has literally no clue why Batman is waking him up

Y

Bruce for his part has no idea how Damian’s pet fox got into the batcave

Danny is throughly bamboozled especially when Batman (!?!?) picks him up and carries him until somehow they’re back in Wayne Manor

A

Now that they think he knows what's going on (he really, really doesn't), Damian gives his abnormally intelligent fox a comm and declares him to be moral support

Y

Danny, over the comm line: zor-zorua?

Damian: excellent. Carry on.

A

Jason and Bruce are about to get into a major argument again, so Oracle signals Danny and he makes cute fox noises to distract them

Damian scolds them for upsetting Danny

Y

“You made Danny cry.”

Danny, half asleep: makes a sad fox noise on cue

A

Damian: you should be ashamed of yourselves, Father, Todd

Damian: if you will not be professional in the field, perhaps Danny should join us instead

And so BatFox is born

Y

he’s got a tiny cape

Danny evolves into a Zoroark when Damian has a run-in with the Joker and then you just have this ghost fox monster beating the joker’s ass

A

Danny is very obviously Not A Fox now, but they all avoid talking about it or acknowledging it because they have no idea what to do about it

Y

Danny, who is now taller than Damian: shit I can’t sit on your lap anymore I’m bipedal

Damian: you can talk

Danny: fuck zor-zoroark

Danny is still Alfred’s favourite even though he’s too big to sit on the counters (doesn’t stop him from trying)

Jason, looking at Danny: I knew you weren’t a normal fox!

Danny, remembering his illusion powers: shifts into jason

I

can see danny shapeshifting into one of damian's other pets so they can both sit on his lap LOL

Y

Sometimes danny illusions himself back into Smol Zorua form

Maybe tim was out when Danny evolved and he comes back to the manor for dinner and there’s just this fox monster sitting at the table very carefully using a fork and knife

Tim: what

Dick: oh that’s just Danny

Tim: Danny was a quadruped two days ago

Danny finally uses his illusion human form one day and nobody notices him because he blends in with Bruce’s horde of children

They only notice because Danny (fox form) is missing

A

:dick_laugh: (note: custom emoji)

Y

Danny: so yeah I can walk through walls

Damian: Todd will never see us coming

A

Danny gradually becomes more of a brother than a pet

He teaches Damian how to prank and successfully learns to cook from Jason

Without blowing up the kitchen even once

Y

How does he end up with Damian anyway

I can’t see him leaving Jazz of his own free will

I feel like he lets himself be treated as a pet because it’s better than beings kicked back outside

Jazz, kicking down Wayne Manor’s door: Where Is My Brother

I

maybe he was stolen uou- lol

Y

Jazz came home one day with a little boy whose form seemed to flicker but her parents didn’t notice that part

They adopted him

Danny still had the portal accident but because he’s immune to ghost-type energy he was completely unaffected by it, it just startled him enough that he lost control of his illusion and fell out of the portal as a little fox

Danny is largely unbothered by his parent’s inventions since he’s got type immunity, it’s also hard to beat him up since he’s immune to most kind of physical attacks humans can perform

Maybe in this au dc is another dimension and he got punted their via the Ghost Zone? I don’t want to Emotionally Destroy the Boy via his family being dead/hunting him for being a ghost

Smol Fox Danny ends up in Gotham, lands right in Damian Wayne’s lap. Is instantly adopted.

Danny’s powers in this au:

-Intangibility (because he’s a ghost)

-His type immunities (Ghost, Fighting and Normal)

-A bunch of Pokémon attacks (mostly normal and ghost type attacks, though he also knows flamerthrower purely for arson purposes)

-Illusions that are almost like shapeshifting (he can also make himself invisible)

-Being fluffy

He’s not quite as OP as regular Danny but his type immunities mean that most attacks from both the DP and DC universes won’t touch him (For our purposes nearly all forms of physical fighting count as Normal or Fighting type)

ND

HUISIAN ZOURA IS DANNY !!!! WOKE!

Ae

he's a SHINY HISUIAN ZORUA

ND

INDEED

Tucker is Porygon Z

Sam is a Hisuian Weavile

@yaintbeet

[themaribatpit]

Saturday Challenge: And They Were Roommates

Written by: The Maribat Pit  @jasonette-july-event

Prompt: And They Were Roommates

Rated: T

Tim was surprised to learn that MDC Designs had set up shop in Gotham City of all places.  He was in dire need of a new suit for the Wayne Gala after the last one was sliced to ribbons. The mysterious designer had worked with Jagged Stone when she was just a teenager. Now he was on his way to her home studio across town.  

Tim got out of the car and knocked on the front door of the apartment.  "Just a minute!" A young woman's voice called from the other side of the door.  She rushed over and opened the door to greet him, on the other side of the door was a petite young woman with dark hair and blue eyes.  "Hi, you must be Tim, right?" She asked cheerfully.

"Yeah, are you MDC?" Tim asked, maybe she was their assistant or something.  

To his surprise she nodded, "yes, I am. Those are my initials." she explained.

"I was hoping to commission you for a suit," Tim held up the order confirmation.

"Yes, by all means, come in" she said as she opened the door a little wider to let him in.  Tim looked around the studio as he let himself in, and he found it hard to believe he was still in Gotham.  

There were pink fairy lights hanging on the walls, the furniture was either pastel pink, lilac, and maybe a soft jade green on occasion.  There was a small kitchen in the corner of the studio and a few separate rooms off to the side.  She gestured to the small podium in the middle of the studio.  She had asked Tim to wear simple, basic clothes so that she could take his measurements accurately. Tim took off his shoes and made his way over.

"So, why Gotham?" Tim asked, trying to make some conversation with the young designer taking his measurements.  "Not that I'm complaining just that..." he assured her.

"It's fine," she said, "I came here because I thought," Marinette tried to choose her next words carefully.  "I thought maybe I could bring some light into Gotham City, it's just so different from what I'm used to growing up." She explained, "Sometimes it's so different that it inspires me... creatively, I mean."

"Braver men have tried to do just that." Tim thought.  "So uh, Miss..." Tim stumbled on the young woman's name.

"Just Marinette is fine," she said, smiling up at him.  He honestly wasn't expecting her to be so... friendly, especially someone who had been living in Gotham for any length of time.

"Can you finish the suit by the end of the month?" Tim asked.

"Won’t be a problem, I'd say it’ll be done maybe two weeks from now," Marinette told him.

He heard the door open behind him but couldn't turn around and see who it was. Not unless he wanted to annoy the person taking a tape measure to him. They were probably a roommate or someone, this was clearly a studio that someone lived in. Maybe they had a roommate or there was another artist who was living here. That was until Tim heard the other person speak.

"Hey Pixie, need anything while I'm out?" a voice asked, one that was too familiar to Tim.  He whipped his head around to find...

"Jason?!"

"Replacement?!"

"What's he doing here?!" The two of them asked in unison.

Marinette gave Jason a confused look, "Wait, he's 'Replacement'?"

"Dude, that's what MDC knows me as?" Tim seemed more annoyed at Jason than at Marinette.  "Also what are you doing here?" He asked, while Jason looked through the fridge for something that wasn't either sweet or an expensive wheel of cheese.

"I live here." Jason deadpanned, grabbing a soda can from the fridge.

As Jason was looking through the fridge, Tim whispered to Marinette. “I’d move out if I were you, Jason’s dangerous.”

Just as Tim finishes whispering to Marinette, Jason yells “I can hear you asshole!”

Marinette frowned at Tim’s advice, “I know he’s the Red Hood. We’ve been living together for a while.”

Tim’s eyes widen, he looks back at Jason to see him walking back towards the living room. “You told her?” he cries incredulously.

Jason takes a large gulp of soda before answering, “I kinda came back injured.”

Marinette interrupted. “You still owe me a bolt of silk.”

Jason continued, ignoring Marinette’s interruption. “I kinda bled all over her stuff.” Then taking another swig of his soda.

Tim tentatively asks “So, uh, how did you two become roommates?”

“Rent in Gotham is stupid expensive, it takes two people’s income to pay for rent and utilities.” Marinette huffed.

“Yeah Timmy, not everyone can afford to live the high life at Wayne Manor” Jason said.

“Jason, if I lose customers because of you, this tape measure is going to have a very tight fit around your neck” Marinette hissed, before giving Tim an apologetic smile.

Tim groans and rubs his own forehead, “Okay fine, but what about you Jason? I doubt money was the issue.” he asked.

Jason shrugs, “Do you honestly think anyone would go looking for the Red Hood in a bright pink fashion studio?”

“Point taken” agreed Tim. Marinette resumes measuring him, moving on to measure his waist.

“Whoa Replacement, have you gained weight? No wonder you need a new suit.” joked Jason.

Marinette shot a glare at Jason, “All right that’s enough, don’t you need to be somewhere?”

Jason tosses his empty soda can into the bin all while chuckling at himself, “All right fine, need anything while I’m out?”

Marinette ponders for a second, “Chicken and wine, I’ll make Coq au vin tonight.”

Jason smirks, “Sure I’ll head to the grocery store to and ask for cock and wine” laughing like a maniac before leaving.

Tim releases a breath that he has been holding, “finally some peace and quiet.”

“Sorry, he’s usually out or reading quietly in the corner when other customers are here.” Marinette assured him.

“We’re brothers, trust me this is us being friendly.” He told her.

“Brothers?” Marinette asked, she would have thought that meant they had the same surnames.

“Adopted brothers. ” Tim clarified, Marinette nodded her head as she gathered up her sewing supplies.  

“I see” Marinette replied, she looked over at Tim as he stepped down from the podium.  “Don’t worry, your secret is safe with me.  I’ll have your suit ready in time for the Wayne Gala.” she said as she stowed her supplies away.  

BONUS

Bonus 1:

The next time Red Hood and Red Robin run into each other.

Jason: You need to lay off Alfred's baking, or you might need a new Robin suit soon.

Tim: Why? Are you gonna bleed all over this one too?

Bonus 2:

Ladybug climbs in through the window late one night, Jason dramatically flicks on a lamp.

Red Hood: Well well well, it seems you have some explaining to do young lady.

[ayamari-no-goshi]

And think of him as living - Tim’s Chapter

AO3 --- > Companion to this fic, To Join the Whispers

Fandoms: Danny Phantom (DP) / DC universe

Summary: THIS IS A CROSSOVER. What was supposed to have been a normal mission to stop members of the League of Assassins became something so much more when their family accidentally tangled with a ghost. And sometimes, the details leading to the resolution were obvious to some while completely missed by others. Companion chapters to 'To Join the Whispers' written from the POVs of some of the others

Warnings: rated T for violence, mentions of death, and questionable mental health

Parings: none

Notes: originally uploaded to AO3. Cross-posted to tumblr.

Tim knew he saw something he wasn’t meant to see.

When they first came to Amity Park, Tim thought the League would be their only main point of concern, other than to let the resident hero, Phantom, know why they were in his town. But Jason’s presence created unintentional complications, and it wasn’t because he’d done anything for once.

The seemingly permanent effects of the Lazarus Pit had made both Phantom and his archnemesis, Plasmius, curious. Because of that, it had given them some much needed information about the Pit and what it could do to people. It also had the added bonus of seeing Jason gain the trust of and form a surprising friendship with Phantom.

Tim wasn’t going to admit he was a bit jealous at how comfortable his brother was around Phantom. Jason had been his childhood hero after all. But thanks to death and whatever caused the Pit Madness to consider him a problem, Jason had been openly hostile towards him. Their first true meeting was when Jason snuck into Titan’s Tower to attack him in a strange attempt to get him to leave the vigilante life.

While things were currently getting better, Jason seemed to be hesitant to be around any of them longer than he had to be. Heck, Tim once had to convince him to stay for breakfast. He also had a habit of not getting physically close to anyone, preferring to be out of touching range. So, it was odd to see him be as open has he had been with the other hero, but it was nice seeing glimpses of the person of who he actually was instead of his normal façade.

That wasn’t currently important.

But the interest of Plasmius had proven to be much more insidious than any of them expected. He’d dropped hints in his civilian identity, Vlad Masters, that he was curious about Jason. The man had been targeting Phantom for a while, hoping to recruit him as a son, and Phantom, Danny, had admitted there was a chance Plasmius would target Jason in a similar way. They’d thought the likelihood of Plasmius trying something like that while the League was in the area was minimal at best due to the information they had regarding his movements.

They severely underestimated just how far he was willing to go to find someone else who fell into the same liminality he and Phantom did.

Tim knew something was wrong when they found the corpses of the assassins outside Plasmius’, or should he say Vlad Masters’, mansion. Bruce tried to contact Jason, but there was too much static, something that had been an issue on and off since they’d arrived in Amity. Maybe it was a combination of the stormy weather (the rain thankfully stopped) and the ambient ectoplasm. Maybe it was something else.

Any attempts to head back into the mansion were stopped by the appearance of ghosts. They didn’t recognize these ones from the files they had from Plasmius, but they were more humanoid than the ghostly animals they’d previously encountered. They were also hostile.

Even with the new equipment from the Fentons, the ghosts proved to be more difficult to handle than they thought. They were handling them just fine, but their abilities to phase through the ground and other objects allowed them to get annoyingly out of reach before they could do much damage. And with the lack of tall buildings, there was a limit on their mobility above the ground. He was going to have to make plans for how to better handle situations in the future.

During the fight, a pinkish shield surrounded the mansion. Was it meant to keep them out or keep someone else in? When Phantom appeared moments later, frantic, and without Jason, Tim had a sinking suspicion it was the latter.

“I swear I didn’t purposely leave him in there!” Danny pleaded after he quickly handled the ghosts they were fighting by trapping them in that weird thermos device. “He was right behind me! But that shield popped up right after I phased through the window. I tried to get back in, but I can’t.” He kept glancing at the mansion as he spoke. “I should be able to pass through it in my human form, but Plasmius must have modified it. I don’t think Jason will be able to get out.”

“What happened?” Tim watched as Bruce took a step towards the antsy ghost. The radio silence had already put the man on edge which didn’t usually bode well for anyone who intentionally or unintentionally put someone he cared about in danger.

“Plasmius overshadowed the guests, all of them, so he could talk.” A hard edge momentarily crept into Phantom’s voice. “He thinks Jason’s like him… like us.” He gestured to himself before shaking his head. “He wants to prove it. Jason got us out of the room and took out the duplicate Vlad sent after us. I think he tried contacting you but couldn’t, and we tried to get out when another duplicate came after us.”

Dick shifted uneasily. Did he know something? Did it have to do with his and Jason’s trip to the Ghost Zone? He knew they, specifically Jason, withheld some information. “What do you mean by prove?”

“I… I think he wants to force a transformation.” Phantom’s gaze momentarily went distant as he shivered. Something like that must have happened to him. Plasmius’ cloning research did mention something about a mid-morph DNA strand so that must have been it. “It’s not a pleasant experience.”

“Tt. As reckless as Todd has been known to be, I doubt someone such as Plasmius would be able to bring him harm.”

Tim felt his brows raise at the Demon Spawn’s words. Was it just him, or did the brat just give something of a compliment? Judging by Dick’s fond expression, he did.

“Robin.” Yep, Bruce was worried if he snapped at the brat. “Signal, can you catch sight of them?”

“Not on the ground or upper floors. The guests seem to be passed out in the ballroom. I think I see a control panel for the shield.”

“You can see through the building?” Phantom seemed both impressed and curious, but Cass caught his attention before putting her finger to her lips to tell him to stay quiet.

“They’re in the lab.” Duke paused before hesitantly adding, “I think he’s unconscious.”

Bruce was already moving. “Signal, take Red Robin and disable the shield to let Phantom in, then join us in the lab. Orphan, you know the route. Lead the way.”

…

It was a weird feeling passing through the shield. It almost felt like a warm jelly without the residue, unpleasant but tolerable. A small part of him wanted to know how it felt to Phantom and Jason. Sure, his brother wasn’t technically a ghost, but he’d been affected enough by ghost hunting equipment to have at least some qualities of one. They really needed to get more information about the Lazarus Pits.

After a quick detour to check on the unconscious guests in the ballroom, they headed to the den. Thankfully, the lab entrance and the location of the shield controls were in the same room. While he made quick work of shield’s controls, Cass turned a mounted but fake torch above the fireplace. He couldn’t help but notice how cliché it was as the fireplace gave away to a large passageway.

Phantom must have known where the lab was as he found them when they were about midway through the passage. Unfortunately, without Jason there to give the warning, all of them turned to attack when he spoke. Tim almost felt sorry for him as he floated backwards with his hands up in alarm.

Before the situation could be diffused, they heard screaming. And it wasn’t just the scream of pain. There was fear of death in that voice. It was Jason’s voice.

Tim’s skin crawled as he and the others raced towards the lab. If Jason was screaming, whatever was happening had to be terrible.

As they burst into the lab, the screaming stopped. Duke barely had time to point in the direction of where he saw Jason before Bruce moved, and the rest of them followed.

Dick caught his eye, and they shared a look. There was a strong possibility they were going to have to prevent Bruce from killing Plasmius. He’d already lost Jason once, and the guilt from not being able to save him nearly destroyed the man. It was part of the reason Tim had originally approached Bruce.

As they rounded some of the equipment, they found Plasmius hovering in front of some sort of pod. Something glowing green could be seen through its glass door. The ghost barely had time to register their presence as Bruce punched him in the face. The added shock from the Specter Deflector caused him to shriek before taking to the air.

Tim tried to ignore that as he moved to the pod. The others could handle that mess for now. Jason was inside it, completely submerged in what looked like Pit water. His eyes were wide and unseeing as he writhed in pain. The control panel beside it said something about voltage level. He was being electrocuted while in that stuff?

It only took a second to shut down the electricity, start the draining process, and open the shackles holding him in place. But the door was programed to stay shut until it was completely drained. It might be too late by then, so he began trying to override the programing.

Before he made any progress, Bruce was in front of the pod, yelling for his son, and working on shattering the glass. It took a few blows before he finally broke through it. Jason limply fell forward as his form seemed to flicker.

Bruce caught him as Tim also grabbed him. Sure, Bruce was more than capable of lifting his tank of a son, but a little bit of help wouldn’t hurt. But, at their touch, Jason hissed as his back arched in pain. It had to be the Deflectors, but why? Was it residue from the Pit water? Or was it something else? They could test it later.

After they got him out and laid him on his back, Jason’s form continued to flicker like an old movie as he twitched. He’d felt solid a moment ago, but was that only temporary? Did it mean he was dying again? Was he becoming a ghost?

He… he didn’t know what to do. They needed to do a vitals check, but that would risk shocking him again. Would that make the situation worse? Would it make it better? And with Plasmius nearby, neither him nor Bruce could risk removing their Deflectors. But interestingly, Jason was no longer wearing his or his equipment.

Jason’s eyes shot open, revealing an unearthly green, as he scrambled to his hands and knees and began coughing up some of the Pit water. When his left arm started sinking into the ground, Phantom, who Tim hadn’t realized was watching, moved to help support him. He didn’t even seem to realize he’d been touched.

While Jason no longer seemed to be flickering, even with Phantom’s help, he was having trouble balancing. After the left arm, it was the right one, then back to the left, then his left leg, but with each burst of intangibility, the length of time seemed to be less.

He called out to his brother, so did Bruce, so did Phantom. But, he didn’t seem to hear them, at least not at first.

Jason shook his head a few times while breathing heavily. He glanced at Phantom first before looking over at him. His eyes were thankfully not glowing. He seemed surprised to see him. Bruce, who was now kneeling in front of Jason, moved slightly, catching his son’s attention.

Jason’s expression cycled between surprise, relief, and confusion, as if he wasn’t sure whether to believe his eyes. He blinked a few more times as he shook his head. “You’re…” His voice was raspy and almost inaudible. There was more strength in it when he tried again. “You’re here.”

“I’m here.” One of Bruce’s rare smiles crossed his face.

For a brief moment, Tim found himself intruding on a scene that wasn’t meant for him. Jason had died alone, probably hoping for Bruce to come and rescue him. Or maybe he knew there was no chance of being saved. It wasn’t like anyone knew with certainty what happened in his last moments, and no one was stupid enough to ask him about it.

Jason… he must have thought he’d die again. And that he’d be completely alone, again. Was he relieving what happened at that warehouse before they got him out? Maybe that’s why he didn’t seem to believe Bruce was really there.

“Phantom told us what happened. You did well,” Bruce continued. Tim caught the brief movement of his hand. He probably had wanted to touch Jason in reassurance but either thought better of it or decided it wasn’t worth risking shocking him again. He turned to Phantom. “Stay with him. We’ll handle the rest. Red Robin, with me.”

Right. There was still a potential threat.

“Wait!” Jason seemed to be struggling to stand as he spoke. “Plasmius’ duplicates are similar to constructs. Defeating them doesn’t seem to affect him. Don’t let them corner you.”

“Understood.”

Tim followed Bruce to where the others were fighting with Plasmius. Damian had been right. It was unlikely Plasmius would have been able to trap Jason on his own, especially with how he seemed to be able to detect ghosts. Just how many duplicates had he fought before getting trapped? He’d ask his brother about it later. Right now, they had to handle Plasmius and his army of duplicates.

Unlike the other ghosts they’d encountered, the real Plasmius didn’t seem to want to risk getting close to them. Instead, he left that to his duplicates, but he was arrogant enough to want to stay and watch their defeat. But, unlike with other constructs, there were no apparent differences between them and the original. If they could just get to the real one…

Wait, there was one who seemed to be one who hadn’t moved. He threw a few Bridarangs towards his target. They passed through him along with a few Batarangs Bruce threw. Ah, he’d come to the same conclusion. That Plasmius just sneered as the duplicates began focusing on them.

The duplicates, and probably by extension, Plasmius, weren’t all that great at fighting, but they were able to use their numbers and ability to vanish and phase into the walls and floor to make fighting them more difficult than it should have been.

And then Jason happened. He’d somehow gotten above Plasmius and used his freefall to gain momentum as he clocked the ghost. As Plasmius hit the ground with a satisfying smack, the duplicates disappeared.

Although a frown briefly crossed Bruce’s face as he rushed forward with the others, all of them could see the relief in his posture. Jason was doing just fine and was already up to his old tricks, judging by how frustrated Phantom seemed to be after catching him mid-fall.

As they circled Plasmius, they prepped for his next move. He’d probably try to phase through the floor, but he could also summon more duplicates. And with Jason now being out a Deflector, there was a chance he could possibly be overshadowed.

The ghost slowly rose to his knees when Bruce stepped forward. “I’m quite impressed. I wouldn’t have thought that humans would be able to hold out against someone like me, but today I have found myself humbled.” He chuckled darkly before standing.

Everyone moved into attack, and after the first couple hits, he dove into the floor. But Phantom unexpectedly decided to follow him.

They moved hesitantly as they waited to for either one of them to reemerge. Their gear wasn’t detecting any unusual temperatures. Duke wasn’t catching sight of anything, though his abilities did seem to have their limits with ghosts. Jason wasn’t reacting either, but he was rubbing his chest in apparent discomfort. What was that about?

Not liking that he wasn’t doing anything, Jason gestured he was going to search the nearest tables for his gear. Bruce watched him carefully, and for once, Tim couldn’t fault his protectiveness. He had truly feared he’d lose Jason a second time.

Cussing alerted them to the fact Jason’s leg had phased into the floor. Dick moved to help him, but Jason signaled for him to not move. He was glancing around as if… They didn’t have time to react as Plasmius appeared behind Jason for a brief moment before grabbing his solid leg and pulling him into the floor.

“NO!” Bruce rushed forward in a desperate but futile attempt to help. Jason had been swallowed by the ground before he even got close. He touched his com for a moment before dropping his hand. Jason didn’t have any of his gear. Even if he tried the com and it worked, Jay would never hear him.

Would Plasmius just leave him in the ground to die? Just like he’d done with others who crossed him? No, he couldn’t allow himself to think like that. He had to do something.

Focusing on his wrist computer, he tried hacking into Plasmius’ system. Maybe there was something in the room that would better be able to get a reading on a ghost.

The ball of pure hatred and rage must have picked up on what he was doing as he wandered over and decided to pick a fight with him. What was it about the brat and not trusting anyone to be competent enough to get something done?

Though, maybe in this instance, it was more out of necessity. How were any of them supposed to reach Jason? Duke had already stammered to an angry Bruce that he couldn’t detect Jason or Plasmius. And it didn’t help that Phantom had reemerged empty handed, becoming the temporary focus of Bruce’s ire.

Even though everyone knew Phantom had nothing to do with what happened, he was the only one who had a chance at rescuing Jason. That’s what was bothering Bruce, and it didn’t help Phantom admitted he couldn’t track them underground. While Dick and Duke worked on getting Bruce to focus back on the case, Cass tried comforting a still confused Phantom.

But, she perked up and gestured to a nearby table. In some sort of impossible miracle, Jason was behind it. No, he was stuck halfway through it and was trying and failing to escape it. The disgust on his face made it clear he wasn’t happy.

As they rushed over to him, Phantom floated nearby with a mischievous smirk. “I think you’re having trouble. Need help?” He had to have a death sentence if he was willing to risk making a joke like that in front of Bruce to his son he thought he lost twice in one day. Tim paused s he reassessed his thought. Could Phantom die again? That was another thought for later.

In typical fashion, Jason flipped off the ghost. “I’d be more grateful if you did a better job at trying not to laugh. And you,” he pointed at Dick, who seemed surprised to see their brother’s anger directed at him, “don’t you dare breathe one word of this to Roy.”

Of course, that would be his main concern. But knowing Babs, she was going to make copies of the video recording. If blackmail was ever needed, Dick or any of them, for that matter, could easily get a copy and pass it along to Roy and Kori.

As Danny offered to help instruct Jason to get himself out of that mess while Bruce angrily stewed in silence, Dick and Cass spread out to help find Jay’s missing gear. Something about Dick’s expression suggested he was trying not to laugh but also needed a moment to process what happened.

Tim just watched in a sick fascination as Phantom grabbed Jay’s arm and made him intangible as Jason refused instruction. After a few steps, Jason was out of the table, solid, and unharmed. It didn’t stop him from checking his body for signs of injury as an unsettled expression crossed his face. He’d made it a few other times when he had those ghostly displays.

Once he was certain he was fine, he muttered about how unpleasant that was as he absently rubbed his chest again. Weird. Bruce also noticed it as he brought out his scanner while their siblings returned Jay’s stuff to him. Although the man frowned, he didn’t say anything about the results. Had something changed? He itched to get a copy of those results, but that was something else that could wait.

Something must have as Duke watched him with his head tilted in confusion before asking if he was okay. Maybe the concentration of the ectoplasm in his body changed. Bruce was definitely going to end up running tests on him when they got back, even if he didn’t say it out loud.

After Jason got annoyed with all their fussing, they turned their attention to Phantom to get an idea of where Plasmius might have gone as they headed out of the lab. After a bit of back and forth, they decided it would check on the guests again before trying to determine where Plasmius had gone. Phantom mentioned that the guy tended to back down if they already, but they’d already underestimated him once.

That conversation devolved into their normal banter as Danny admitted his sister managed to trap him in his containment device. That was an important bit of information to know. No doubt Bruce made note of it for his contingency plans.

However, Jason made it very clear he was not going to tolerate any attempt to try that on him. It just fueled Tim’s suspicion Jason had some sort of claustrophobia. There had been other hints in the past, but for the life of him, he couldn’t figure out what would have triggered it. Maybe it had to do with some of the alternative memories at least some of them had. Something else to figure out, just in case.

That threat somehow opened the door for Danny to learn how Jason and Bruce met. Jay almost sounded nostalgic as he summarized what happened. Again, Tim had to ignore the pang of jealousy of how easily Jason and Danny got along. Maybe it was the shared experience of death that allowed them to be so comfortable with each other, or maybe it was because Danny hadn’t been trained by Bruce.

He didn’t get a chance to dwell on it as Danny got some sort of call on an earpiece Tim vaguely recognized from the video from inside the Ghost Zone. When it was obvious Danny was alarmed, he tried hacking the line. He just barely caught the tail end of a female voice saying Plasmius was attacking the guests before Danny shot up through the ceiling. After repeating what he heard to the others, they raced to the ballroom.

As they reached the doors, Dick tugged on Jason’s vest. “Make sure to pull your hood up. People might recognize your hair.”

Predictably, Jason smacked Dick’s hand away, but no one expected Jason to hiss in pain at the touch. Jason swore a few times as he checked his hand. “I didn’t miss that feeling.”

“But I fixed that…” Tim muttered as he watched his brother, irritated all of his work had been for naught. But it did confirm that the shocks from earlier had nothing to do with the lingering water when they pulled him from the pod. Did that mean Jason’s ecto-signature changed? Probably, but how exactly?

“We’ll worry about it later,” Jason snapped as he focused on the door. “Just don’t touch me.” Before anyone could argue with him, he kicked open the door. He did have a flare for the dramatic after all.

Notes:

My view on Tim's relationship with Jason in this universe is heavily based on a very specific set of comic panels, which for the life of me, I don't remember which volume/series its in, and a song. In the panels, Tim had to coax Jason to stay and have some breakfast after he provided some intel. For me, that showed Tim's become fairly comfortable around Jay, and that Jason doesn't think he deserves to be around his family. Also, one of my guilty pleasure songs, "Talk" by Coldplay feels like it fits them very well... especially because Tim used to stalk Batman and Robin (who was Jay at the time) around Gotham. Jason was his hero... and I've read Tim has talked to Jason's memorial and even hallucinated him before before he came back. I'm not sure if the hallucination part is true.

Also, Jason did sneak into Titan's Tower, in his old Robin uniform, to attack Tim during the events of Under the Red Hood. I don't know when he had time. But looking at it again, it reads like a very strange attempt to get Tim to stop being a vigilante.

As a side note, I'm mentally not doing very right now. I mean it when I say I'm not handling my promotion well. Bare with me as I know I'm not going to be able to get these chapters out as regularly as I did with the original work.