Growing Pains
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A Son Becomes A Father by x_starfry
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), DCU (Comics)
18 May 2026
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Jason Todd is dead, and the Wayne family is falling apart.
After the funeral, the halls of Wayne Manor feel colder than ever. Bruce disappears into his grief, leaving seventeen-year-old Dick Grayson to pick up the pieces of a shattered family. Tim can’t stop blaming himself. Stephanie hides her pain behind restless energy and forced smiles. Cassandra retreats into silence. Three-year-old Damian doesn’t fully understand why everyone keeps crying.Dick is drowning to but none of them can afford to fall apart.
As grief, guilt, and exhaustion threaten to consume them all, Dick is forced into a role he was never meant to have: protector, caretaker, parent. With Alfred struggling to hold the manor together and Bruce emotionally absent, Dick must decide how much of himself he’s willing to sacrifice for the people who need him most.
Because sometimes losing one person changes everything.
And sometimes growing up means carrying the weight of everyone else’s pain.
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- Part 1 of Growing Pains
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- Part 2 of Growing Pains