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family value pack of scar tissue by notquiteaghost
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types
06 Dec 2021
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"Y'know," Ollie says, as he follows Dick into the kitchen, "I get you think it's not your place, but I am capable of talking things out. You don't have to immediately resort to passive aggressive power plays."
There's several quips Dick could make, about passive aggressive power plays basically being his love language, about shitty role models, about– Well. He doesn't make any of them.
Instead, he hops up onto the kitchen counter, takes the donut Ollie offers him, and says, "If I apologise, can we just skip the heart to heart bit?"
sometimes love is making your sorta-kid talk out his feelings for once in his damn life / spoiler alert: they do not skip the heart to heart bit
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- Part 2 of it deepens like a coastal shelf
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10 Nov 2025
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Instead of All the Colors That I Saw by SilverSkiesAtMidnight
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
10 Mar 2022
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Dick comes around to stand fully in front of him, keeping a steadying hand on Tim’s arm. “Just because you know you’re safe intellectually doesn’t mean you always feel safe,” he says softly. “It’s okay if you don’t feel safe.”
“But it’s not okay!” Tim bursts out. “Because if I don’t feel safe, then how is Jason supposed to feel safe? He shouldn’t have to feel uncomfortable just because my brain is screwed up!”
There’s a faint sound by the door, barely more than an intake of breath, and his eyes snap to the no-longer empty doorway.
Day 28 - IT’S NOT JUST IN YOUR HEAD
“Good. You’re finally awake.”| nightmares | panicSeries
- Part 10 of Whumptober 2021
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06 Sep 2025
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When he ends up ditched in Atlanta after a fight with his dad, Tim decides to do the only sensible thing: Tell no one and make the 800 mile journey back to Gotham on his own.
Because the "call Batman when you're in trouble" rule only applies when he's Robin, right?
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19 Aug 2025
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Unlike me, if you are very familiar with canon (comics and etc) Batman, are aware DC stands for Disregard Canon, and want to know which bits of canon I’m picking and choosing to follow, TLDR: That Thing That Happens to Steph took place before Bruce’s time travel, Kon and Bart took place after, Cass and Duke haven’t shown up yet, the Battle for the Cowl never happened, and Bruce got Tim a car as his sixteenth birthday present, like a normal-ass billionaire, instead of debilitating trust issues.
This note is for you, if like me, you’ve come to Batman fanfic with the extent of your Batman knowledge being the Jingle Bells variation where Robin lays an egg; maybe, if you were unlucky, you watched a bad Batman movie, if you were lucky, you maybe saw a Teen Titans cartoon on a waiting room tv once, and if life was particularly chaotic, a roommate randomly forced you to watch “Under the Red Hood” with absolutely no context and not having previously been aware there was more than one Robin (the OG, Richard “Dick” Grayson - yes, the Batman IP is older than dick jokes, and now it’s too late for them to change the name).
Either way! Here’s the background what you need to know in order to make sense of this story.
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- Part 3 of Good Fellows
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02 Aug 2025
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“You broke into my apartment to do my laundry?”
Dick only answers with a smile, his body relaxing from the original deer in headlights stance before walking straight into Jason’s laundry room.
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11 Jul 2025