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How Mercy Looks From Here by Misterkingdom
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Batman (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
05 Sep 2022
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Summary
“I don’t care.” Dick sinks back into the lawn chair. “And I’m not letting you go.”
Bruce squints his eyes. “Robin—“
“Because I hate you.” Because I love you.
To his credit, Bruce doesn’t ask why. He can obviously see it written in the knot of scars littering most of Dick's body. In the limp in the way he walks. In the missing molar when Dick smiles too wide. The burning hatred and desire for Owlman is strong enough to override his senses and bleed into other universes. His head is telling him this is batman, an innocent who never laid a finger on him. Who probably raised him like father’s should somewhere over the rainbow. His trick heart tells him it’s Owlman. The man who just three days ago broke all of Dick’s fingers to test a new healing agent. The man he’d spied on in the shower last weekend.
“I’m going to be punished for sins I didn’t commit.”
Dick smirks, fingernails cutting into the flesh of his palm. “The shoe fits, doesn’t it?”
*EDIT: 9/5/22. I’ve included a poll to see who’s interested in me posting my original work to ao3. More information here
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- Part 1 of How Mercy Looks From Here