#I can't wait til she breaks up with the joker and gets her own book

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So I didn't send it after all! (That was bugging me for like 15 mins) In my prompt Willis was less of a abuser and more of a drunk. Anyways Willis gets fired as a mechanic, picks up drinking and the relationships ended up strained while he was looking for jobs. Robs a bank for Two-face. Gets 10 years (7 for good behavior) he stops getting mail for a while.

Two years later gets an envelope from Jay telling him how cathrine used heroine to deal with the pain of cancer then died, and about how he was homeless for a while til he picked up by Bruce Wayne of all people. (then the note rambles about how Wayne is Batman and jace is robin, but that can't be true)

Jay sends him letters and books more often and they start reconnecting til they all stop out of nowhere. He steals a phone and looks ups his son (Wayne had a private funeral, batmans getting more violent)

He tries to piece together how it could of happened (maybe jace was telling the truth) regardless the only one to blame is Wayne

So he waits, and trains. It's all he can do (He's useless he thinks. As a father, as a husband, as a person) his sentence is served

He remember the old red hood gangs hideout (it's been long since abandoned) modifies a helmet, cleans up some guns, and prepares for the hunt

Yeah,I feel like it might just work with the thing I wrote earlier; though, like, I imagined more like... Lex Luthor still used Blackgate prisoners for the experiments on that islands, Artemis was still tasked to find escapees, among whom was Willis. Willis and her talked, Willis explained that he needs to go home for his son - he didn't hear from him for a while before ending up signing up for the programm, hoping to get out early and ending up, well. Here.

And Artemis feels for him; she lets him go. She repents her ways, because enough is enough. Breaks up with Luthor. Pursues her heritage, including finding and bringing home the Bow of Ra. And one of the tips bringing her to Gotham, where she hears that Black Mask is receiving a shipment from Luthor, shipment that is related to Quarac. It was, she thinks, the Bow.

Meanwhile, Willis, who escaped the island and returned to Gotham, finds out about Jason's death. Finds out about Robin's death: two of the Robins. One of them died just as Jason stopped sending him letters. And he looked really, really alike. Mask and all notwithstanding.

Willis puts two and two together. He puts a crew together as well. He's Red Hood not because of the Joker, per se - he will kill Joker, no question about it, but he doesn't particularly feel anything about Joker. But Batman? But Bruce? Who supposed to be safe, better than Willis, who supposed to be taking care of his boy? Yeah. That's his real target. Red Hood, in this case, is a remembrance. Batman created the Joker, his nemesis, transforming a simple robber into someone who will never, ever let him live. And Willis is well on the way to his own transformation. Only, he has another plan for his next identity (more on that later).

So Willis conscripts other guys. Guys like him. With their difficulties. With their families. With their desire to just make something better for themselves. To get better. He's upfront about his story, he isn't worried Batman finds out. Let him. Let him know the reckoning is here.

He does things a little differently from Jason. For one, he isn't, in fact, trained in gazillion firearms or multitude martial arts. He's okay; but combat isn't his forte. He doesn't need it. He has two advantages: he knows the city, and he knows people. How all of it operates, coexists. How it could be improved. That's what he offers his men: an opportunity, not to become a top dog, but to make it so you don't need to be a top dog to have a decent life.

Black Mask needs to go. They corner him off, buy, convince or scare off his people. Rob him. Make diversions. Sick IRS on him, even. Blackmail the mayor who's in his pocket into resigning. Whatever works, really. Things become tough, though, when Black Masks decides to hit back. The usual goons with guns and Molotov cocktails? Hood and Outlaws can handle it. But there's a whisper of a weapon, something the world hasn't seen before, that came into possession of the Black Mask - and it arrives into Gotham soon, and it will be used against RHATO.

So Willis decides to steal it from him. Only then Batman shows up, and then Artemis, and then the weapon turns out to be a person. Bizarro.

When Willis shows up, he helps to calm down disoriented and panicking Biz, along with Artemis. They make their getaway from Batman and Black Mask together. Willis offers them to join RHATO. Artemis needs whatever information Black Mask has on the Bow of Ra, so she decides to stick around, if Willis can help her. He promises he does.

Together, the three of them fight off the meta assassins Black Masks orders shortly after; steal Kryptonite from him and Dr. Freeze. Long story short, Biz becomes smart for a while, defeats Black Mask, helps Willis get to Joker without unleashing him onto Gotham, and then, trap Batman and Robin.

Willis clocked Jason, and then Bruce's identity pretty easy, with corresponding death dates, official stories that aren't quite matching... But, with the new tiny Robin? It's a bit hard. He has no idea who this tiny little guy is. So. What Willis plans, actually, it's to trap them so he can unmask Robin and talk to him. Try and persuade him, retelling the story of his Jason. Tim, of course, says something "RIP to Jason but I'm different". Willis says - okay; I won't hesitate to tell your parents on you, though. Tim is like. I don't have them? Bruce is my parent? Kinda? But I'm lying to him that I have an uncle so he won't adopt me?

And Willis is like, wait, what?

So, in a surprising turn of events, Willis adopts Tim. Forbids him to be Robin. There's blackmail involved. Same goes for Bruce, who's forbidden to be Batman, unless he wants his identity to be revealed. Which will put the risk on the rest of his kids (Dick and Cassandra; Damian and Duke aren't there yet, and Stephanie hadn't came back yet).

The twist of it, with Bizarro and Artemis help, Willis does end up reforming Gotham's criminal underground to the better. With minimal violence, except if you hurt kids, or sell drugs to kids. Everything else is just business. Except now that Bruce realizes who Willis is and that he actually wants to do good, he decides to work together with him. Create more jobs, affordable housing, counseling, etc. There are still people who prefer the underworld. But, like, less? A lot less? Not because of it's this or starving? It's something.

Willis initially wanted to assume Batman's identity; but as they grew closer, both having to deal with this immense guilt over Jason's death, and both wanting to make the city a safer place; they understand each other better. Batman is Batman again, Willis is Red Hood. Doing what Batman can't - keeps criminals in line, whereas Batman catches the ones who don't.

They also end up marrying as soon as New Jersey law allows it. They both are Tim's adopted parents now.

In between of all the Gotham's drama, Willis manages to help Artemis with the Bow of Ra; he also realizes that Bizarro has an addiction to Kryptonite earlier and helps to deal with it in a safer way than just going cold turkey. Bruce, on the other hand, asks Clark for help and they fix Bizarro's brain damage, so he's now as smart as he's been when he's high; even if the speech center was irreparably damaged and his speech patterns still are a bit stilted.

All in all, happy end.

And then, out of nowhere, Bruce's biological son shows up; with Willis's biological son. Who's also Bruce's adopted son.

And Jason is like - you married my fucking piece of shit father? You adopted a boy and a girl? And Dick, you fixed relationship with him? You have a fucking dog now and peace 'n quiet in Gotham? Joker is dead?

Damian is like - I should have known. Mother did remind me, that as long as my father gets to know me, he will love me, no matter if he has other children. I thought she meant you. I mean, having you as a brother is bad enough.

Jason to Willis: so you decided the best way to get revenge on Batman was to marry him? How does it work?

So all in all, Jason and Damian are confused and unsure of their place in the family; Tim and Cass are unsure about theirs, with the bio kids back home. Dick is the only one like - thank fuck I moved out ages ago, I literally couldn't care less.