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Flying back to Cherry Street, weaving reckless in the dark, it comes down to this: Dick is the only one of his siblings that Jason has any real claim on. Dick is the only one of that whole mess of victims to Batman's cult of self-immolation who belongs to Jason. Even more than that - Dick is the only person in the world who he shares a parent with, who knows what it meant to be the Robin to Batman of nearly ten years ago.
It's just not the same anymore.
So if Dick fucking kicks it, Jason's the only one left. Jason becomes an only child. Jason becomes the last of his kind. Jason becomes the sole keeper of that memory, of a brotherhood shared under a man who no longer exists. There is no way to replace Dick, because the world that they lived in together is gone, and can never give Jason a surrogate.
The Red Hood pulls the thread on a mystery big enough to bridge the distance between two cities, two brothers: The plot they unravel is far deeper and darker than a garden-variety drug trafficking scheme. A story about siblingship, hauntings, and rivers.
1. Ostium, osti(i): Latin noun, II Declension: Door, opening; (river) mouth; entrance (to the underworld).
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- Part 1 of these and other tragedies
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12 Nov 2025
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come back, come home by vintagemocha (orphan_account)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
31 Jul 2022
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Jason wakes up in his room in Nanda Parbat to a man's cut off groan, and then the wet thump of a body hitting the ground. When he looks up, he sees three guards splayed out on the ground, heads bloody and chests hardly rising. Above them stands Batman, cape billowing around him. The white lenses of his cowl focus on Jason as though he's the most fascinating thing he's ever seen.
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prodigal by punkrockhades
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
17 Oct 2022
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Dick liked to think he had a pretty good handle on the whole ‘big brother’ thing by now, even if Tim still saw sleep as optional and Damian still got a little stabby when a hug lasted too long.
But then Damian’s other big brother comes to town, mysterious and red-helmeted and oddly familiar, and seems to want nothing to do with the Bats sans Damian. Damian is strangely close-lipped about his other brother's past, but Dick is determined to find out more about the Red Hood - he could always use more little brothers, anyway!
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- Part 8 of batfam prompts
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06 Sep 2025
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Someday you'll wake up and realize that you have what you wanted, that it's real, Bruce had said. Someday, you'll wake up and you'll realize that everything is okay.
Jason had made it to someday. He had what he wanted. It was real. He no longer dreamt of it all falling away, of losing it all. Everything was okay.
It was just that he thought someday would be easier.
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someone gets shot. someone we hate shows up. someone we love shows up. there are several panic attacks and a lot of hugs. Stephanie has a secret. Bruce is freaking out. Jason punches a cop and makes a pb&j for a traumatized child. not in that order.Series
- Part 4 of something in the static
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