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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Stephanie Brown & Jason Todd Characters: Stephanie Brown, Jason Todd, Barbara Gordon, Dick Grayson, Cassandra Cain Additional Tags: Stephanie Brown is Spoiler, Hurt Stephanie Brown, Hurt/Comfort, Jason Todd is Red Hood, Good Sibling Jason Todd, POV Jason Todd Series: Part 4 of Whump-ril 2024 Summary:

“So,” The voice below begins conversationally, over the noise of the rain, “Come here often?”

Oh, Jason is going to be having words.

#batfam fic recs #stephanie brown #jason todd #angst #hurt/comfort #near death experience #soooo good

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I have a headcanon that Tim and Damian (Tim got the idea, Damian jumped on board so hard he almost sank the ship) proposed the concept of the 'Heirarchy board'.

If you do something stupid, and a minimum of five votes (they tried to slip in with two, the others barely managed to haggle five) voted that what you did was absolutely stupid, you get knocked down a rank, like this:

If Dick does something stupid (hypothetically speaking, this definitely was not the inspiration) and he's voted five times, Cass gets to call him 'little brother', and then if he does another Stupid thing, Jason gets to call him little brother.

Tim is in a very dangerous position, being the second (now third, so phew) youngest Bat, but the risks are worth the rewards in his opinion ("I only need you to do two stupid things Jason, now tell me again how many times you purposefully crashed your bike just the day before?")

Damian can only go up from here.

The older siblings feel like fresh meat hanging above a shark tank by the smiles the younger siblings give them.

Now you wonder how Dick would possibly be convinced to participate in this or be convinced to convince the rest to participate in this since he's got a lot to lose here, but Tim only has to dangle the possibility of calling Bruce little brother before he's pouncing.

Bruce agrees because it is a surprisingly effective way of minimizing self-sacrificing stunts because surprisingly, everyone agrees that trying to sacrifice yourself is Stupid unless they're the one doing it hypocrites (says the hypocrite). So being called little brother by your little brother is more motivating than a Bat-lecture or the risk of death in this family, who would've known.

They've got this wooden board in the corner with adjustable planks with their customized name plates and do Voting meetings more religiously than they recheck grapples (which is saying something). They cannot rise through the ranks and can only wait for the one above them to fall, so Bruce is now confident that no one is going to be covering up each other over near death experiences.

It adds to the public confusion of what the Bats relationship to each other are because Red Hood would sometimes spit out a 'Batdad' and then he'd go one whole month calling him 'little brother' every other word.

"Of course, little brother, I understand your anal need to invade our privacy little brother, but I think, little brother, you should loosen up, little brother. Might do wonders to your relationships, little brother."

And yes, 'Stupid things' does include being insensitive to your first born and yes, you do have at least five legally adopted children who will side with your eldest when you're being emotionally obtuse. And yes, Alfred is raising his hand, master Bruce.

#batfam #tim drake #damian wayne #batsiblings

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Nightwing - Fandom, Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Batfamily Members & Dick Grayson, Stephanie Brown & Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown & Cassandra Cain & Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson & Donna Troy Characters: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain, Tim Drake, Damian Wayne, Donna Troy Additional Tags: Police Officer Dick Grayson, Dick Grayson Feels, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, DICK GRAYSON ACTUALLY DIED, And stayed dead, Canonical Character Death, Sharing Clothes, Grief/Mourning, Adopted Sibling Relationship, Dick Grayson-centric, Good Sibling Jason Todd, Good Sibling Dick Grayson, Good Sibling Cassandra Cain, I gave Dick a fuzzy sock collection, Everyone walking around in Grayson clothing, I can't not give you a little Wonder Twin, Donna Troy gives the closest thing to a Grayson Hug, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, Where is the line between tagging and spoiler 🤔?, Everyone Has Issues, If you don't point out their's then they won't point out yours Series: Part 1 of 2021 Whumptober - Grayson Appreciation Summary:

When Dick Grayson died most of his clothes were taken... this is that story.

 aka...

Whumptober: No. 1 - ALL TRUSSED UP AND STILL NOWHERE TO GO. - “You have to let go”

Dick's clothes were left hanging in his closet for months after his death and it becomes an important part of his siblings path forward.

(I cried so much, this is really good, but just be prepared for the tears)

#batfam fic rec #batsiblings #grief #mayor character death #stephanie brown #damian wayne #jason todd #tim drake #cassandra cain

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batgirl (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence Relationships: Stephanie Brown & Damian Wayne Characters: Stephanie Brown, Damian Wayne Additional Tags: Nightmares, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Hurt Stephanie Brown, Winter Whumperland, Winter Whumperland 2022, Hurt/Comfort, past character injury, Implied Near-Death Experience, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Batfamily (DCU), Good Sibling Damian Wayne, Stephanie Brown is Batgirl, Stephanie Brown is Damian Wayne's Sister, Cuddling & Snuggling, Platonic Cuddling, References to the Muppets, Christmas Movies, Healing, Good Sibling Stephanie Brown, Trauma, Mentioned Dick Grayson, Mentioned Alfred Pennyworth, Bad Parent Arthur Brown, POV Stephanie Brown, Violent Memories, abuse recovery, Roman Sionis Being an Asshole, bad memories, Fluff, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort Series: Part 12 of the cold and endless dark Summary:

Steph's past weighs on her more than she'd like to admit. Good thing she's got a little brother to watch her back.

#batfam fic rec #stephanie brown #damian wayne #batsiblings #family bonding #hurt/comfort #nigthmare

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Dick suffers from a chronic case of "younger siblings disease".

Nothing his is actually his, he'll buy a nice pair of pants and get the chance to wear it twice before one of his younger siblings takes it.

His oversized hoodies? All gone whenever Jason is in a crop top mood. His cute sanrio pijama pants? Cass took most of them and uses one of his shoe laces to tighten them instead of buying her own, because his stuff is "more comfortable". His shoes are free real state, Steph and Tim have a field day with them, Dick once found his Nike a1 valentine's pair stuffed with socks on the tip bc it didn't fit Steph but she still needed them to make the cutest fit ever.

Damian likes to say he doesn't steal Dick's clothes, but whenever a jacket or sunglass goes missing 80% of the time it'll be with Damian's stuff. Duke is a heathen he was all timid and shy at first, but Dick's beanies, tshirts and scarves are all gone whenever he has the chance

And Dick wouldn't have a problem with lending his clothes to his siblings, but they also steal his clothing from each other and then fight over who had it at first which always ends up with him having to confiscate the thing that caused the dispute at first, the cycle just repeats

Bonus :. Bruce tried to borrow a hoodie once, every kid fought him over it bc it was off limits since everyone also wanted it and he couldn't just disturb their system like that

#dick grayson #batfam #batsiblings #batfam headcanons

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: DCU Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Stephanie Brown & Duke Thomas & Jason Todd, Duke Thomas & Jason Todd Characters: Jason Todd, Duke Thomas, Stephanie Brown Additional Tags: Fluff and Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Jason Todd Needs A Hug, Protective Duke Thomas Summary:

Jason is having a hell of a morning, but Duke and Stephanie are looking out for him. In more ways than they know.

Written for the 2023 DCU Rarepair Exchange.

#batfam fic rec #duke thomas #stephanie brown #jason todd #fluff #cute

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Batgirl (Comics) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Stephanie Brown & Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne Characters: Stephanie Brown, Damian Wayne, Dick Grayson Additional Tags: Fluff, Team Bonding, Damian Wayne is a Little Shit, Dick Grayson is Batman, Damian Wayne is Robin, Stephanie Brown is Batgirl Series: Part 2 of Dynamite Duo Exchange (I have no self control) Summary:

Stephanie didn't expect Dick to reach her after their little team-up, but Dick Grayson was a man with many surprises.

After Stephanie helped Batman and Robin, Batman wants to train with her, to be a team.

#batfam fic rec #stephanie brown #dick grayson #damian wayne #fluff

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considering the manor is completely massive and the only person who spends more than a few consecutive hours there at a time is probably Alfred, i think it would be funny if after the pit, Jason decides after everything he's been through that he can't be bothered to do the whole revenge thing, or sort out safe houses or get an apartment and instead just decides to kill the joker himself and just... secretly go home.

like, as long as he kept an ear out to make sure he wasn't eating in the dining room when Bruce comes down, he could probably get away with walking around without ever being caught. Alfred would find out, i assume, but i think knowing how complicated Jasons emotions towards Bruce are right now, he'd keep it quiet and just be happy that the one other person he trusts to leave alone in the kitchen is finally back. And then, of course, there's the kids.

Damian knew from the beginning. Not because he's especially observant, but because this is his big brother from the league and the first night he spent at the manor Jason crawled through his window in full Red Hood gear and told him not to snitch. Considering that in the league Jason once snuck up behind Ra's and shaved a strip of hair off the back of his head, Damian decides there's far stupider shit the guy could be doing and leaves it be.

Tim finds out next. admittedly, the only reason he finds out is because Jason thought he knew and just stopped attempting to avoid him. in reality, what happened was Tim, having not slept for three days and living off nothing but spite and coffee, accidentally walked in on Jason cooking in the middle of the night, and immediately wrote it off as a hallucination. Jason, seeing Tim find him in the manor and not react badly, decided that 'oh, the replacement must just be chill i guess' and mentally pencilled him in as another person in the building that he can be seen by. it came to a head when a few days later Damian was forced by Jason to invite Tim out with them on their weekly 'eat junk food and talk shit about the rest of the family' outings, since he was a part of the group now. Tim cries.

Dick only finds out because Tim and Damian keep forgetting that Jason isn't supposed to be talked about in public. there comes a point where Tim rips Dick's favourite sweater and when Dick confronts him about it, Tim panics and blurts out 'it wasn't me, must have been jason!', and upon seeing Dick's face, Damian smacks him and grumbles 'good job Drake, now we have to show him Todd or he'll cry again.'. Jason is not overly happy when he sneaks through his bedroom window after going out as Red Hood and finds a sobbing Dick sat on his bed, Tim staring at the ground looking very ashamed while Damian straight face points at Tim to make it clear that this was Not His Fault.

after realising literally everyone in the house sans Bruce knows he's there, Jason decides to just. stop hiding. the fact is that he wasn't trying that hard in the first place, and Bruce still didn't have a clue, so he kinda wants to see how long it takes the 'world's greatest detective' to realise his dead kid is just. back.

so he stops hiding. starts showing up for family meals, starts being more friendly with the bats as Red Hood, and they all wait to see what finally tips Bruce off.

they forget how fucking stupid this man can be.

because if Jason had gone up to Bruce and done some sort of dramatic or emotional reveal then sure, Bruce would be shocked. he'd freak out. but the fact is that Bruce has both Batman and Brucie Wayne to keep up with. He's barely paying attention to his own feet while walking, let alone the people around him.

so when Jason starts showing up and acting like nothings changed, and literally nobody else in the house acts like anything's different either? Bruce straight up forgets that Jason's supposed to be dead. His mind just registers 'oh there are his kids, fighting like usual', and forgets to take in whether or not those kids are SUPPOSED to be ALIVE.

the kids find it fucking fascinating. Jason can actually have conversations with Bruce at the dinner table, and Bruce doesn't even realise that this is a wild fucking thing to be happening. Tim starts laughing at him and Bruce gets confused, only making the poor kid laugh harder. Jason just can't believe he actually bothered putting effort into hiding when he first came back. Damian's respect for his father diminishes every day.

it becomes a game, to see how far it will go. at one point Dick straight up asks who was better as Robin, him or Jason, in an attempt to jog his memory, and Bruce without looking up from the batcomputer goes 'you were both equally good, stop trying to start competitions with your brother'. Dick throws his hands up in the air and Jason, who has been sat on top of his own fucking memorial case to watch this shit show for the past 20 minutes, slow claps.

it's only after like a month of this that half way through a casual family breakfast, Damian asks Jason to pass him the orange juice or something, and Bruce finally has the fucking moment of

he never lives it down.

#jason todd #damian wayne #tim drake #dick grayson #bruce wayne #batfam

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Dick Grayson & Duke Thomas Characters: Dick Grayson, Duke Thomas, Jason Todd Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Good Older Sibling Dick Grayson, Protective Dick Grayson, Duke Thomas-centric, Dick Grayson-centric, Dick Grayson is Robin, Dick Grayson is Nightwing, Duke Thomas is Signal, Jason Todd is Robin, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Hurt/Comfort, Hugs Summary:

"There’s a knocking sound against the window frame.

“Hey,” the vigilante says softly, and Duke immediately takes a breath only to choke on it.

“Robin,” Duke stammers out, and it comes out with a sob."

OR: in which Dick and Duke meet years before, and it doesn't really change anything, except for a little bit of comfort.

#batfam fic rec #duke thomas #dick grayson #jason todd #hurt/comfort #hugs #i loved it

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne, Stephanie Brown & Jason Todd, Tim Drake & Jason Todd, Cassandra Cain & Jason Todd, Dick Grayson & Jason Todd Characters: Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain, Dick Grayson Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Batfamily (DCU) Summary:

Home is where the heart is.

#batfam fic rec #jason todd #bruce wayne #batsiblings #hurt/comfort #stephanie brown #tim drake #cassandra cain #dick grayson

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings 

Relationships: Tim Drake & Jason Todd, Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne, Tim Drake & Dick Grayson, Tim Drake & Damian Wayne 

Characters: Tim Drake, Jason Todd, Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Damian Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth 

Additional Tags: Whump, Tim Drake Whump, Tim Drake Needs a Hug, Heavy Angst, Sickfic, Bruce Wayne is a Good Parent, Good Older Sibling Jason Todd, Good Older Sibling Dick Grayson, Good Sibling Damian Wayne, Tim Drake Gets a Hug, Tim Drake's Missing Spleen, Fever, Vomit, Choking, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Bad Parents Jack and Janet Drake, Cannon?, idk who that is, Hurt/Comfort, Hurt Tim Drake, Hurt Jason Todd, Everyone Needs A Hug, Fluff Summary:

Jason gets sick while out of patrol. A robin finds him and nurses him back to health, unfortunately, actions have consequences.

Or: Jason gets sick and learns more about Tim. Some of it he wishes he hadn't.

(I adore this fic, it’the cutest thing ever. The relationship between Jason and Tim is so sweet and how they worry for each other is everything to me)

#batfam fic recs #jason todd #tim drake #sickfic #hurt/comfort #bruce wayne #family feels #hugs #fevers

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Stephanie Brown & Damian Wayne Characters: Stephanie Brown, Damian Wayne 

Additional Tags: Dick/Barbara in the background, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Mother's Day, and what that means for these two, Stephanie Brown had a baby, Mentioned Talia al Ghul, look i have a lot of thought on talia as a mom only some of which come up in this fic, but she did her best, Damian Wayne Needs a Hug, Damian Wayne Gets a Hug, no beta we die, Stephanie Brown Gets a Hug 

Summary:

Stephanie Brown never liked father's day, growing up. Sometimes, she didn't like mother's day either. This is something she has in common with the annoying little brat. That's not the only reason why she's the one who's comforting him now, though.

Aka: after a mother's day assignment at school, Damian and Stephanie talk about their experiences as children who deserved better, as a mother who tried to give it.

#batfam fic recs #stephanie brown #damian wayne #simbling bonding #mother’s day #hug #hurt/comfort

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Batman - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Stephanie Brown & Jason Todd Characters: Stephanie Brown, Jason Todd Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Platonic Cuddling, Mentioned Tim Drake, Jason Todd Needs A Hug, Jason Todd Gets A Hug, Awkward Conversations, glow up realization, asexual questioning, cuddle arrangements between best friends, Asexual Jason Todd Series: Part 16 of Minefield Summary:

Jason Todd messed up his neck on patrol last night. Today, Jason Todd's pain in the neck has expanded to include random teenage girls and the realization that girls, apparently, sometimes harbor Feelings about him without his prior and written consent. Stephanie Brown shows up to help put his mind (and his neck) at ease.

(I am baaaack!)

#batfam fic recs #jason todd #stephanie brown #comfort

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Tim, who watched him with a bitter sadness he didn’t understand - until he changed back.

#de aged jason #Fic rec #Batcellanea by envysparkler chapter 168

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To any suicidal followers I may have: This is a sign to not kill yourself. You are loved and the world is special because you are in it. Keep holding on.

Reblog this when it’s on your dash. You will save someone’s life.

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why do i imagine the batfam finally meeting the league and then one of them going 'how the fuck do you have so many kids?' and little shit Jason goes 'well, when two people love each other very much...' and because Bruce doesn't wanna listen to this, he tiredly reminds Jason: 'you're adopted' which naturally means that Jason is going to dramatically pretend that this is the first time he's heard that and how could Bruce keep this from him, much to the horror of the league and the exasperation of Bruce

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STAY SAFE!! [ID: the Gilbert Baker pride flag with the words “Happy pride to all those who are unable to celebrate openly and safely. You are loved and seen!” in all-caps black text over it. /end ID]