The Birds

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Series Begun:
2020-12-15
Series Updated:
2025-12-23
Description:

Batfamily AU

Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Timothy Drake, and Damian met one another before Bruce Wayne ever entered the picture. Foster care in Gotham isn't exactly safe, but the four of them know what they need to do to survive. First, don't draw attention to yourself. Two, don't bother foster parent because he doesn't care about you. And finally, the four of them are family, which means they stick together. These rules served them well for about four years and they expected nothing to change.

And then they ran into Batman.

Notes:

Dick Grayson's parents still fell off the trapeze and died when he was eight. Bruce Wayne was not in the audience due to an emergency at work. Dick was taken in as the third and oldest foster child of Mr. James, where he met Jason Todd and Damian.

Willis went to prison when Jason was six. Cathrine OD'd when he was eight. Found himself under the care of Roman James a few weeks later, along with some four-year-old kid named Damian. He was a little surprised to find that while Roman is definitely negligent, he never tried to sell the two kids under him and pretty much ignores them.

Timothy Drake lost his mother when he was three. Janet was diagnosed with stage four cancer and passed away six months later. Jack Drake took the loss hard but determined that with the loss of his wife he was going to be the best father he could be to Tim. The Drakes are members of the lower elite of Gotham. Jack Drake was a prosecution lawyer but always had time for his son. When Timothy was eight he came home from a friend's house to find his father had been killed in a burglary gone wrong. He became the fourth foster child of Mr. James and came three years after Jason and Dick joined the group.

Damian has no last name that he knows of. He was abandoned on the steps of a church in Star City when he was around two. He has no memory of his life before and became very used to being ignored by most people. Two years later, Roman moved to Gotham City, taking Damian with him. A short time later, Damian met Jason followed a few months later by Dick.

Ages at start of this AU are as follows: Dick is 12, Jason is 11 (a few months away from being 12), Tim is 9 (almost 10), and Damian is somewhere between 8 and 9. Bruce is in his mid-twenties and Alfred is immortal.

3 out of 7 of the Main Story Complete

1 of 5 Side Stories Complete

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235,305
Works:
5
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No
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