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“Why is the sun out so soon?” Dick says suddenly, weakly. Bruce notices a fist clench at his side. “This feels wrong.”
Bruce clears his throat. He remembers that feeling. Just like the funeral, he's surprised at how much he remembers. Putting your own parents into the ground, church melodies that aren't quite real, socks damp from somber rain. And that need, that intangible desire to have the world mourn with him.
He understands. God, he does.
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Bruce is awakened by Dick, who has just had a nightmare. He's not exactly sure if he's comforting his new ward properly.
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He turned to his mama—always behind him in these dreams, ready to sweep him into her arms and kiss his face and tell him what a great job he did—and saw a scrappy, terrified child standing in her place.
“Woah,” Dick said, his arms flattering. The kid looked horrified, body shaking and hands gripping the center pole hard enough to make his knuckles white. “How’d you get up here?”
“I—I dunno,” the kid forced out, fingers twitching around the pole. He had an accent Dick didn’t recognize, something loose and heavy. “I went ta' bed. Swear I did.” He paused, eyebrows furrowing down low. “M'bed on the ground.”
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Dick Grayson and Jason Todd are soulmates in every sense of the word. Too bad they both think the other is just a dream.
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(Find Me) Somebody To Love by dragonbuds
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), The Batman (Movie 2022)
28 Jul 2025
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Bruce didn’t want to wake up.
The simple act of opening his eyes took monumental strength and getting ready for the day felt like an overwhelming task.
Sometimes he didn’t even get up at all. He just couldn’t do it, and no one (not even Alfred) could get him out of bed.Or
Bruce is alone, until he isn't
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A minute later, Alfred comes by and shoots a pointed look at the abandoned seat. “I did not mean talking about the weather when I said you should be there for him, sir.” he says, raising his eyebrow, unamused.
Bruce sighs in defeat and downs his coffee.
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Alfred spooks Bruce into comforting Dick (who is freshly fostered, so he doesn't know that Bruce is Batman yet) and not being Batman for one (1) night but Bruce is so stupid that he fails miserably at first then somehow succeeds through a crossword (and cookies)
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[Podfic] Guardian Dog by ChaosKiro
Fandoms: DCU, Superman - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
28 Jun 2025
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There's something wrong with Clark Kent. He has to be a villain, right? A threat? He doesn't behave like a normal person, no matter how handsome or clever he may seem.
(A series of suspicious encounters set during the fallout of the Grayson murders)
Podfic of Guardian Dog by BombusBombus.
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Are You Scared ? by Jesuslover123
Fandoms: Batman: Arkham (Video Games), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Movies - Nolan), Batman (Comics), Batman: Arkham - All Media Types
23 May 2025
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Jonathan Crane is an introverted enigma. Not prone to conversing with anyone or bothering to meet them, but he finds himself becoming acquainted with quite an enchanting figure. He plans to use her to the fullest extent but that quickly foils as something changes within him. He somehow falls in love. What will he do about these foreign feelings and the warmth that consumes him? Will he destroy it all? Or indulge in it? Who knows? Not me.
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“Scared?” I asked.
“No.” He stated this with a firmness I had only heard from Alfred. “I am not scared. Not of him, not of this city, and not of anything they might do to me.” The knuckles of his unoccupied fist were white. “I ain’t afraid to die,”
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Uptown Man & Downtown Boy by Starbean02
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, The Batman (Movie 2022)
17 May 2025
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Two months after the flooding of Gotham, infamous recluse Bruce Wayne has made headlines. Following his parents' philanthropic footsteps, his donations haven't gone unnoticed. From funding city repairs to renovating Gotham's orphanage, the prince of the city seems to be turning over a new leaf.
Prying journalists getting too close and corrupt politicians trying to push Mr. Wanye out had all been expected. However, Bruce definitely wasn't expecting a small boy to come knocking at his door with not only a delicious cake but a tragic backstory too!
In other words, the Boy Wonder is hiring Mr. Vengeance for his mission, whether he likes it or not. Cue a secret identity being revealed, a trip to the circus ensuing, and a grand finale twist to top it all off!
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- Part 2 of Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Batman
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So Dick decided to just stare blankly at the woman in front of him. Her face was at the same height as his, and the only thing he could focus on was her long brown hair. They really suited her, with some strands falling forward and others caught behind like a kind of delicate scarf. They also reminded him of Mami. But the woman wasn't his mom. Dick knew that.
She was Jules’s mom.
But her hands were on Dick’s cheeks, not her son’s. And Dick didn’t understand why she was here, and not with him.
Dick has been living at Wayne Manor for several weeks now. Bruce gives him a lot of freedom, Alfred made his mom’s old recipe, and he’s even allowed to swing from the chandeliers. Life should be good, because honestly, it’s the dream life... If only the monster didn’t keep ruining everything.
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- Part 1 of Through a child's eyes
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Dick’s first gala ends abruptly when Bruce spots him looking distressed.
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The newspapers say Haly’s left town. They don’t mention who was left behind.
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“What’s wrong?” Bruce's voice feels awkward and distant. "Nightmare?"
Dick nods furiously, messy hair bouncing up and down. "My parents," he says. "Their accident."
Bruce reaches out, but hesitates. He wishes he knew how to do this. Hopes that Bruce Wayne can scare off nightmares just as easily as Batman can scare off criminals.
He's way out of his league here.
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A Weird Rich Guy by Lastavica
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: The Animated Series
19 Mar 2025
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After three months of grieving, training and hiding out at Wayne Manor, Dick has yet to meet the Bruce Wayne known to the public eye. Bruce realizes how reluctant he is to show that side of himself to his new ward.
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Batman? Le gasp! Batman! by Starbean02
Fandoms: The Batman (Movie 2022), Batman - All Media Types
11 Mar 2025
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What if the Batman met a young Dick Grayson the morning after the flood?
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- Part 1 of Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Batman
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Sometimes all it takes is your presence.
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The boy had been living with him for a year now, and Bruce had promised himself to be vigilant and committed to taking care of him and guiding him. He'd made Dick his number one mission, both as Bruce and Batman, and though injuries were bound to happen when he was training the boy to be a crimefighter, for something like this to happen under his very nose…
AKA Dick's appendix ruptures and he has to get emergency surgery. Bruce is not doing okay.
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Just for Tonight by orphan_account
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series
08 Feb 2025
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“I’m not leaving!” For emphasis, he stubbornly anchored himself down with his palms flat against the cool wooden panels of the stage’s lowest step. “Not without them.” Dick glared at him fiercely, hoping to scare him off.
“They wouldn’t want you to be alone either.” The man’s voice was thoughtful, gentle and steady — like he knew more than he let on. “So, if it’s alright with you, I’ll wait here alongside you.”
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Dick doesn’t know why Bruce Wayne is still here. Still asking him these frankly insulting questions. Still awkwardly trying to care. But it’s between him and that annoying copper.
He’ll have to do.
Besides, it’ll only be for tonight. Any moment now, his parents would be through with whatever was keeping them…
He can hold on until then.
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In the three months since the deaths of his parents, Dick Grayson hasn't said a word. Which is an inconvenience on a good day, an issue on a bad day, and a dangerous problem when someone threatens to take him away.
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Dick gets kidnapped for the first time.
Whumptober 2024, Day 27: muzzled
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- Part 27 of Whumptober 2024
- Part 1 of Bats and Birds (and Cats and Dogs)