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1. isn't this the way it is? between fathers and sons by eternalchill

   Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   25 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne
   • Dick Grayson & Damian Wayne
   • Dick Grayson
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Damian Wayne
   • Red Hood's Henchmen (DCU)
   • Jim Gordon (DCU)
   • Pamela Isley
   • Angst
   • Dehumanization
   • Mental Instability
   • Altered Mental States
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Hallucinations
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Dick Grayson Needs a Hug
   • Dick Grayson Gets a Hug
   • Jason Todd Haunts the Narrative
   • Implied/Referenced Torture
   • Poison Ivy's Plants & Vines (DCU)
   • Cuddle Pollen

   Summary

   There's a light in Gotham city, and Dick will be more than buried six feet under before he ever truly forgets what it shines for.

   
   “But, sometimes, you can only jump and hope that someone else sets a net.” The almost-smile is gone. “The jumps I can't stop.”
   He stops, his hand slipping away. He looks at it, with some emotion it can’t name but it feels like it should.
   This—
   Something about this is. Wrong.

   There was a choice — somewhere, that it missed, or made wrong. There's no yellow light under the trees.
   But it
   can't
   remember why that matters.

   Series

   • Part 8 of steps of reclamation

   Language:

   English

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