out of the nest (into the fire)
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Whumptober 2020 Prompt Fill: Enemy to Caretaker—
Dick gets injured during a training exercise with Slade, and compares his two mentors in the patch-up that follows, with an unhealthy dose of trauma on the side.
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- Part 1 of out of the nest (into the fire)
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It wouldn't be hard to give in.
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Dick, trapped with Slade for over a year now, considers the meaning of home and the worth of resistance.
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- Part 2 of out of the nest (into the fire)
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I'd Jump Off And Into Your Arms, But I Can't Trust The Fall by sharksarewaterdogs
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
05 Aug 2023
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The Bat's eyes narrow into thin slits. They pierce Dick, even as they're locked on Slade, and he can't move. He can barely even take in a breath. It's Bruce, his mind cries, jubilant or terrified, he can't tell. Bruce. B. He came.
He wants to run forwards. One side of his mind urges him on, spurred by words carved into the back of his skull by hopeful repetition: Bruce is safety. Bruce is a rescue. He needs to get to Bruce.
But the larger side—emotion, logic, self-preservation—urges him to shrink back. His throat shrivels closed, his heart pounds. Bruce isn't safety. Not anymore. Dick is a criminal now. Bruce hasn't come to save him.
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Or, Dick is in his Apprentice arc but Bruce comes for his kid.
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- Part 3 of out of the nest (into the fire)
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Head Under Water And They Tell Me To Breathe Easy For A While by sharksarewaterdogs
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
29 Jan 2025
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Title from Love Song by Sara Bareilles
.Some part of him wants to be mad at the kid. Pushes a quip about the illegality of identity theft at least, with a bitter weight behind it, but—it's too much. His emotional side, scraped raw and empty, rebuffs it. Too much effort, too much drama, too much.
It's easier to just feel nothing. Complacent. Best thing to do, he figures, is ignore the kid.
Jason, apparently, has other ideas.
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Dick's back in Gotham after being rescued from Slade. He is struggling.
Jason wants to finally hang out with his older brother.
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- Part 4 of out of the nest (into the fire)