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Cor Et Cerebrum by bowditch
Fandom: Batgirl (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Superman (Comics), Superman - All Media Types, Superman/Batman (Comics), Teen Titans (Comics), Young Justice (Comics)
- Teen And Up Audiences, Not Rated, General Audiences, Mature
- No Archive Warnings Apply, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Gen, F/M
- Series in Progress
08 Nov 2025
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Friendship - Relationship
- Bruce Wayne & Family
- Alfred Pennyworth & Friend
- Tim Drake & Friend
- Bruce Wayne+Family
- Bruce Wayne/Selina Kyle
- Cassandra Cain & Jason Todd
- Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne
- Bruce Wayne & Selina Kyle
- Everybody & A Baby
- Bruce Wayne & Jason Todd
- Alfred Pennyworth & Kiran Devabhaktuni
- Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne
- Tim Drake & Kiran Devabhaktuni
- Jason Todd & Damian Wayne
- Bruce Wayne & Kiran Devabhaktuni
- Bruce Wayne & Conner Kent
- Kon-El | Conner Kent & Bruce Wayne
- Kiran Devabhaktuni & Clark Kent
- Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne
- Damian Wayne & Kiran Devabhaktuni
- Stephanie Brown & Bruce Wayne
- Kiran "Dev" Devabhaktuni & Bruce Wayne
- Jason Todd & Isaac Wayne
- Kiran "Dev" Devabhaktuni & Alfred Pennyworth
- Alfred Pennyworth & Bruce Wayne
- Kiran "Dev" Devabhaktuni & Tim Drake
- Stephanie Brown/Tim Drake
- Stephanie Brown & Tim Drake
- Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson
- Selina Kyle/Bruce Wayne
- Cassandra Cain/Kon-El | Conner Kent
- Bruce Wayne
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Tim Drake
- Damian Wayne
- Dick Grayson
- Barbara Gordon
- Stephanie Brown
- Jim Gordon
- Cassandra Cain
- Clark Kent
- Jason Todd
- Selina Kyle
- Original Character
- Kiran Devabhaktuni
- J'onn J'onzz
- Martha Kent
- Jonathan Kent
- Leslie Thompkins
- Algernon the Rat
- Conner Kent
- Barry Allen
- Diana Prince
- Hal Jordan
- Isaac Wayne
- Alfred the cat
- Harvey Dent
- Superman
- Kiran "Dev" Devabhaktuni
- Tory Muriale
- Bane (DCU)
- Kon-El | Conner Kent
- Salvatore Muriale
- Batman
- Rani Mullen
- Character Study
- Illness
- No one knows how to deal with shit
- Family Drama
- sibling relationships
- Angst and Fluff
- It Gets Better
- completed work
- Cupcakes
- Surgery
- tim saves the day again and again
- No Character Death
- Recovery Story
- Depression
- good ending
- batfam
- Sequel
- Original Character - Freeform
- mix of angst and fluff
- some remembered/recalled scenes of non-sexual child abuse
- neurology
- medical crap
- dev helps everyone out
- dev has some issues of his own he needs to sort through
- OHANA MEANS FAMILY
- Serious Injuries
- depictions of medical gore/blood etc
- the batfam really needs a good doctor
- Completed
- comfort!fic
- spin-off/companion to a series
- Jason Todd is still not dead!
- pure fluff
- Pool Party
- Birthday
- one-shot spin-off
- you guys it's really dumb i promise
- The rat returns
- Fluff
- dev - Freeform
- Jay - Freeform
- rat!
- algernon - Freeform
- Spin-Off
- third in a series
- Kent farm
- everybody needs a break
- martha kent is my hero
- jason todd is healing
- pure pure pure fluff
- Ridiculous
- honestly
- it's tooth-rotting
- i have literally no idea where this takes place in the timeline
- possibly early summer
- the wayne family takes pretend warfare way too seriously
- secret weapons
- puppy dog eyes
- it's an epilogue!
- almost everyone gets a small mention
- it's story form and not straight summary
- i can field questions in the comments
- it's non-death
- bruce muses
- sad maybe but i don't know
- Bittersweet
- there it is
- Sibling Bonding
- story filler
- ficlet fluff
- fingernail polish
- New Year's Eve
- tumblr flash fiction
- Angst
- Grocery Store
- Tumblr Prompt
- Follow-up
- white people yogurt
- Adoption
- some mild goofing off
- tumblr ask
- Homework
- Batdad
- because dawn asked
- no profreading we die like mne
- Sitting Around and Talking
- Some dogs
- this family is full of snark
- Martha Moms At Everyone
- Jonathan Kent is an old timer
- Damian is growing up
- Damian is not a jerk all the time
- there are carrots
- tiny ones
- and some chickens
- and a truck
- and a lot of talking about things
- Rated for swearing
- attempted drinking
- what can go wrong must go wrong
- minimal angst
- excessive bromance fluff
- there is tea with dev and alfred and damian
- dick grayson is haunted by his past
- old teen titans canon referenced
- talking things out
- Cults
- the ending is weak and probably needs a rewrite
- Fast Food
- Sibling Rivalry
- driving recklessly
- also driving wrecklessly but just barely
- people whining about french fries
- jason is still flippant about his death
- Watchtower visit
- Dancing
- people arguing in good fun
- Card Games
- IN SPACE
- everything is in space
- okay not everything
- but many things
- angff
- which is fluff mixed with mild angst
- just father son bonding and hanging out
- with some teasing
- and books
- and a rat
- tim is a capable person but an anxious childcare provider
- jason is a good dad
- dev comes to wayne manor maybe mostly for the food
- mentions of alfred
- isaac wayne is three
- jason adopts a baby
- because why the heck not
- jason holds a baby
- because that's what you do with one once you've got 'im
- alfred comes with supplies
- very short
- For Me
- no just very short in general
- such the drama
- mentions of conner kent
- british music
- references to the fairy world
- Fire
- cerebrospinal fluid
- backyard science
- bruce is sometimes a nerd
- dev is definitely a nerd
- dick is not the best petsitter
- but tim might be worse
- alfred is very lazy
- haphazard plans
- Tumblr Prompts
- jason is sometimes an ass
- bruce sometimes plays along
- diana is a troll
- Mentions of canonical death
- catholic imagery kinda
- jason todd is still coping
- Crying
- c.s. lewis influences
- girl scout cookies
- pseudo family bonding
- mentions of homework
- alfred is miffed
- common ground
- Fluffish
- rotating third person perspective
- batfam adventures continue
- casefic
- minor flash forward
- part of a series
- some classic villains
- some family drama
- everybody is growing up but just a little
- cor et cerebrum
- Tea
- everyone eats at some point it's a thing
- fear toxin
- dealing with things
- screw canon
- pre-n52
- bullets and gunshots
- Angst with a Happy Ending
- Family Bonding
- some minor proofreading for once
- PTSD
- Canon Relationships
- TW: Past Sexual Assault
- discussion of canonical trauma
- Blood
- medical emergencies
- tw: cardiac issues
- The fluffiest fluff
- Baby
- everybody holds the baby
- it is quiet and too late
- Mild Illness
- Blankets
- ruined books
- Comfort
- Exhaustion
- Drama
- Sensory seeking behaviors
- gen father and son bonding
- Dialogue
- No Plot
- just men talking and eating cookies
- Mentions of Nightmares
- Books
- Platonic Cuddling
- father-son bonding
- Minor Injuries
- France - Freeform
- fluff maybe
- video games - Freeform
- Brief Violence
- a light stabbing
- aggressive platonic cuddling
- filler fic
- alternate viewpoint of a chapter
- bruce's birthday isn't spared from disaster
- platonic cuddling for warmth and comfort
- Brothers
- Legacies
- fae
- Prompt Fic
- Some Swearing
- traveling through realities
- Survival
- Kind Of
- Humor
- trees that are hungry for human flesh
- nice birds
- amoral frogs
- american fairy mythology i entirely made up just now
- Friendship
- platonic cuddling for warmth
- brother bonding
- Future Fic
- Mentions of sex trafficking
- Mentions of Violence
- lots of dogs
- Minor Angst
- Hurt/Comfort
- off-world trope
- reclaiming platonic affection from the hellpit of toxic masculinity
- Limb loss
- please note the gore warning kids
- Dinosaurs
- Strawberries
- wibbly-wobbly space and other-planet science
- by which i mean there is no science here just convenience
- heart to heart talks
- batdad dads everyone
- brink of adulthood
- life choices and identity
- wanton implied future use of a violin
- Secret Identity
- shared secret
- HIPAA violation
- impulsive destruction of listening devices
- medical drama
- here be lots of physical pain
- Recovery
- Hair touching
- tw: PTSD
- British gentleman fleeing emotions
- Difficult discussions
- implied waffle house
- tw: mention of canonical death
- space
- alien beasts
- aftermath of attack
- ill-advised hyperspace travel with only a helmet
- does it sound like science because i made it up
- trauma bonding with jurassic park
- bad jokes at superman as a coping mechanism
- sick!fic
- falling off a ledge without major injury
- Prompt Reply
- questionable medical research for the sake of whump and comfort
- Father-Son Relationship
- single-player video games treated like multi-player adventures
- mild doctoring
- tw: past parental issues
- tw: minor unnamed illness
- it's the missing spleen except it's not because it's missing
- it's time to be worried about dad
- Happy Ending
- listen i am very mean to alfred and actually i do apologize
- emotional angst
- tw: past child abuse
- TW: Flashbacks
- TW: Vomit
- tw: injured animal
- the animal survives
- disasters being disasters at each other
- Found Family Relationships
- i think
- look it's a medical emergency
- it's dev's turn for whump
- tw poisoning
- tw vomit
- PTSD flashbacks
- shitty dads continue to be shitty in memory
- tw cardiac problem briefly feared
- some hugs because that's why we do any of this
- the author has strong opinions about the restorative power of love and found family
- not fixed but less broken; healing
- Monster - Freeform
- sometimes u need a batdad to save u
- capes and masks action
- listen there are like multiple character deaths but it's a dream
- that detail being in suspense isn't the point
- so be spoiled now because otherwise it's too much
- Nightmares
- TW: Child loss
- (but it's in a dream)
- it's time for hugs
- have a sad batman
- have an awkward doctor
- Crack Fic
- tw blood
- i blame discord and also izombie
- as close as i get to fluff anyway
- tw: cancer
- minor OC near death in background
- Foster Care
- jason as a foster parent
- TW: Hospitals
- Major Villain Death
- alfred's military past rears its head
- batman is a bit dumb but he's trying
- tw past child abuse
- tw guns
- Boys Will Be Boys
- rockets
- slow burn but on fast forward
- Asexuality
- Romance
- no smut but very present physical bodies
- Kissing
- Mutual Pining
- bat idiots
- alfred isn't in the story but he's still alive
- Everyone Is Still Alive
- tw past parental loss
- Grief
- boys being brothers
- jason todd now collects children like his dad
- tw cancer death of off-page OC
- trauma in kids
- last minute midnight road trips
- Whumptober 2022
- Tw mentions of child abuse
- Medical Files
- HIPAA violations probably who knows
- early CEC timeline
- alt prompt protective
- robin is a fantasy do not leslie thompkins at me
- Discussions of abuse
- Bruce Wayne is a Good Dad
- surgery without anesthesia
- Impaled
- sci-fi emergency
- Forced To Listen
- sequel fic
- recovery fic
- TW Vomiting
- tw mentions of past child abuse
- tw bad reactions to medication
- Found Family
- concern about cardiac issues
- weekend interlude sequel
- brief phone appearance by a wayne
- OC heavy
- tw discussion about the existence of childhood abuse
- sibling fights but the fun kind
- and emotional chat
- tw: drowning
- medical treatment descriptions
- Trauma
- Developing Relationships
- it's hard to grow up
- Implied/Referenced Cannibalism
- the cannibalism is because of killer croc nobody panic
- tw intubation
- Emergency medical procedures
- tw neglect and abandonment by a minor character
Summary
A series of stories following the Wayne family as they deal with illness, changes to the family, and growing up.
Four major completed longfics, and a whole lot of shorts. Shorts can be read out of order or skipped entirely.
(A no-smut series; rating is for some violence, gore, and language depending on story.)
- Words:
- 694,539
- Works:
- 59
- Bookmarks:
- 1,680
Bookmarked by swarmingabout
15 Oct 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Dr. Kiran Devabhaktuni is a neurosurgeon. He's the neurosurgeon that cut a tumor out of Bruce Wayne's skull.
A series of stories following the Wayne family as they deal with illness, changes to the family, and growing up.
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and life is long (and you are young) by orphicgaze
Fandom: Batgirl (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
- Teen And Up Audiences
- No Archive Warnings Apply, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Gen
- Series in Progress
21 May 2025
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
- Alfred Pennyworth & Bruce Wayne
- Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne
- Justice League & Bruce Wayne
- Dick Grayson & Justice League
- Clark Kent & Bruce Wayne
- Dick Grayson & Alfred Pennyworth
- Barbara Gordon & Dick Grayson
- Barbara Gordon & Bruce Wayne
- Barbara Gordon & Jim Gordon
- Bruce Wayne
- Alfred Pennyworth
- Dick Grayson
- Justice League (DCU)
- Jim Gordon (DCU)
- Barbara Gordon
- Alternate Universe - Age Changes
- Young Bruce Wayne
- Bruce Wayne is a Little Shit
- alfred pennyworth is a fucking troll
- Teenage Drama
- Dick Grayson is Robin
- Bruce Wayne is Batman
- Justice League Doesn't Know Bruce Wayne is Batman
- Misunderstandings
- Fluff and Humor
- Crack Treated Seriously
- Feral Bruce Wayne
- Bruce Wayne Has Issues
- Angst
- Canonical Character Death
- Long-Suffering Jim Gordon
- Bruce Wayne is Bad at Communicating
- Teenage Rebellion
- Alfred Pennyworth is So Done
- Dick Grayson Gets a Hug
- This Is STUPID
- Not Canon Compliant
- Comic: Batgirl: Year One Vol. 1 (2003)
- Barbara Gordon is Batgirl
- Barbara Gordon & Dick Grayson Friendship
- BAMF Barbara Gordon
- Bruce Wayne Has Trust Issues
- Jim Gordon is So Done
- Canon-Typical Violence
- One-Sided Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson
Summary
Bruce Wayne: Teen Bat extraordinaire, and his (mis)adventures with Robin and more.
- Words:
- 30,950
- Works:
- 3
- Bookmarks:
- 226
Bookmarked by swarmingabout
15 Oct 2025
Bookmarker's Notes
Bruce Wayne: Teen Bat extraordinaire, and his (mis)adventures with Robin and more.