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Don't hold your breath, I don't think we've got much time left by Chemical_Processes
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
24 May 2023
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On a quest to rid Harvey of Two-Face, Duke gets critically injured, forcing Bruce and Harvey to work together to keep him alive.
(Takes place during All-Star Batman #5)
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and there was absolutely no other way this could have gone by sydandgotham05
Fandoms: Batman and the Signal (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
19 Jun 2025
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You can figure out how it goes. He makes the two-foot climb to the top of the diving board. He looks down into the water below, and though the red letters along the edge of the pool all declare obnoxiously “12 FEET!”, he thinks to himself that it didn’t really look that deep. He thinks that, clearly, everyone was just trying to hold him down. Stop him from flying. Stop him from breaking free. And so Duke does it—he dives. For about two seconds, it feels good because it’s just him, the water, and the glowing warmth of his own triumph.
Then he sinks.
Of course, he sinks. He couldn’t swim.Bookmarked by dukethomas
15 Mar 2026
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THE GOLD STANDARD of Duke fics surrounding his Blackness. Absolute MUST READ
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When light flickers out, it does without a sound. Like a switch. Like right now.
Set after Batman and the Outsiders (Volume 3) #6
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Bookmarked by dukethomas
12 Mar 2026
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Delicious delicious stuff about Duke's powers
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In that crowd, with hearts screaming as loud as the music, she felt the backs of her black Mary Janes getting trampled. It made her stumble a little, but caught her balance back quickly enough.
Right now, she knew that Brenda was the only one who could sweep her off her feet.
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A quiet knock exactly one minute after midnight surprises Cassandra Cain.
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After being cured, Duke's mother still doesn't recognize him.
To be fair, he's changed a lot in the last couple years.
For one, he's not her little girl anymore.Series
- Part 6 of DC Trans Week 2025
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Bookmarked by dukethomas
28 Feb 2026
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"That's my boy." AHHSDGHKJBK omg trans Duke reunion with Elaine I'll literally sob for 1 million years
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After a patrol gone wrong, Jason is the one to find Duke on a rooftop. The two men smoke as they discuss what to do when your best doesn't save everyone.
Bookmarked by dukethomas
28 Feb 2026
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GOOD STUFF!! In character Duke angst (+ Jason!)
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a colony of bats by cherrystainedknuckles (princesscharmingx) for dukethomas
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
17 Feb 2026
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“And you’re good?” Cass asked.
“Yeah,” Dick said, almost revealingly quickly.
Oh, who was he kidding. She could always read Bruce like a book, in moments where Dick couldn’t nail down a single emotion in that man’s face to save his life—often literally. Cass could probably see in the clench of his toes under his giant Batman boots that he was barely coping. “It’s just, there’s a lot going on.”
Cass nodded. She made no move to leave. Dick realized she had something to say that she hadn’t said yet. “Do you feel like it’s… unfair?”
Dick thought a lot of things were unfair.
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immediately post gates of gotham, dick & cass catch up on some things
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Bookmarked by dukethomas
17 Feb 2026
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BELOVED FOREVER!!! Dick & Cass after Gates of Gotham need I say MORE
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Onyx wasn’t really sure if bringing fast food along counted as fighting personal, but hey, as long as Batgirl looked happy.
For day one of Cass Week 2026: friend 🫶
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Batman dies. Cass doesn’t take it well.
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Bookmarked by dukethomas
27 Jan 2026
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Read if you want to simulate getting hit with a truck
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and i will be a different kind of father by lazarusfell for FromStarstuff
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batgirl (Comics)
31 Oct 2025
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Batgirl nods again. “Yes.” A pause, here. She sits up, looking suddenly self-conscious. “Should I…leave?”
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- Part 25 of DC Fics
Bookmarked by dukethomas
26 Nov 2025
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SO SO SO soft and lovely Bruce & Cass you will always be famous
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Five Times Cass Got a Gift (and 1 Time She Gave Herself a Gift) by thedunce
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batgirl (Comics)
27 Jan 2025
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Cassandra Cain learns about bats, thinks about names, and receives presents.
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You did one bad thing, but you're... not. by Aingeal98
Fandoms: Batgirl (Comics), Batman (Comics), Detective Comics (Comics), Batman and Robin Eternal (Comics)
24 Jan 2025
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You are eight years old and there is a dead body in front of you.
Or: Five times Cass saw blood on her hands, and one time it was water instead
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- Part 4 of Cass Cain Week 2025
Bookmarked by dukethomas
15 Nov 2025
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OH HELL YES!!! The ending to this fic is absolutely chef's kiss perfect!!!!
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“In another life, you would have made a fine surgeon,” Alfred said. “Tonight, you were a fine surgeon.”
“I shouldn’t have had to be a surgeon. She should have been faster,” Bruce said, scrubbing his hands.
Whumptober 2024 Day 25:
Surgery | Stitches | Being MonitoredSeries
- Part 20 of Whumptober 2024
Bookmarked by dukethomas
15 Nov 2025
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"In another life, maybe he could have been a surgeon. But in another life, he wouldn’t have met Cass." HELL YES
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The outline whispers to her. It’s muted, in the body’s absence. A wordless cry for help.
Cass observes a crime scene and makes a decision.
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It’s time for a lesson except it is not the kind of lesson Batgirl grew up with.
Bookmarked by dukethomas
13 Nov 2025
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OUGH this is so beautiful. Love Cass' narration here!!
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How could Cassandra give up this guilt? How could she, when it was the only thing left of her childhood?
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In which, Cass spirals after scaring a little girl. She’s not alone though.
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Cassandra Cain: Orpheus Special #1 by Havendance
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batgirl (Comics)
07 Jun 2024
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Alone and adrift in the aftermath of Bruce's death, Cass knows that she has to find a way to bring him back. She can't stop from looking back.
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Take a Break by Sohotthateveryonedied
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batgirl (Comics), DCU (Comics)
22 Oct 2022
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Cassandra Cain is used to working in less-than-perfect physical shape. In her unconventional childhood, she suffered her fair share of broken bones and open wounds, and she weathered them without complaint or weakness. It’s one of the many prices of being a fighter, and so Cass embraced it. She pushed herself through everything that tried to hinder her.
It eventually became part of her training—learning how to fight through whatever weaknesses tried to hold her back, despite the pain, despite the slip-ups. If Cassandra’s arm was broken, David Cain simply made her fight with the other one. If she broke a rib, he made sure she took twice as many hits until the pain became an afterthought.
The same went for when she was sick.
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- Part 20 of Whumptober 2022: Stabby Stabby
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They are beautiful (and then they’re gone) by Molly_Hats
Fandoms: Batgirl (Comics), Batman (Comics)
08 Oct 2021
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Despite Cass’ best efforts, Bruce is dying.
No. 21 - THAT’S WHERE THE BLOOD’S SUPPOSED TO BE
bleeding through the bandages | pressure | blood-matted hairSeries
- Part 1 of Whumptober 2021 (out of order and dgaf)