ananasinus

[ananasinus]

Dick is always ready to treat his siblings like children.

Yes, they are professionals and formidable warriors, but they are children, and Dick is always there to let them be.

Tim wants to hide under his desk to avoid talking to Bruce? Great. Cass decided to fall into a sugar coma and bounce off the walls? It's okay, dear. Jason needs to complain to his big brother about injustice? He is ready to rebel with him.

But Damian?

Damian is not just a child. He is his. A little baby bird. He will carry him in his arms as long as Damian lets him, he will kiss his cheeks and tenderly straighten his clothes. He will fight the world to defend his brother's right to a childhood.

Damian never appreciated this opportunity, but with Dick? He soaks up love like earth after a drought.

[ananasinus]

When Dick first sees Damian, he decides that he's his now.

Bruce? Great, sure, but you didn't want your son stolen from you; you shouldn't have died.

Talia? Who's Talia? He doesn't know her. You left the child - now it's Dick's child.

He's going to hug his baby bird and put it in his pocket.

(Damian is a happy, murderous koala.)

[ananasinus]

Dick is always available on the phone. He may roll his eyes at yet another call from his brothers, just to complain, but he will always answer and always let his siblings speak.

Dick will answer a hundred, a thousand ordinary, unimportant calls, but he will never miss an important one again.

One day he smashes the phone, and when half an hour later he recovers Jason’s missed call, he immediately calls back, his hands shaking.

Jason: Hey, big...

Dick: Is everything okay? Where are you?

Jason: What? I'm fine, I just wanted to..

Dick, his voice shaking: God, I'm sorry, I should have answered, I'm such an idiot, I'm so sorry..

Jason: Stop! I'm fine, I just wanted to ask if you want to patrol together today?

Dick, almost crying: Yes, yes, of course, of course I want to.

Jason hangs up and stares at the phone for a long time. In the evening, he meets his brother and hugs him. Dick clings to him with all his might.

[ananasinus]

Damian's favorite brother depends on the day of the week and their actions. Tim tossed him the keys to the Batmobile to drive? Boom, first place. Jason distracted Bruce by yelling at him? New runner-up. Some days he's kind enough to deal with them in his head and treat them a little better. And some days he absolutely hates them and can't understand how life connected him to these idiots.

(Dick never competes. He's a lifetime Grand Prix winner.)

(Of course, none of the brothers will find out about the rating even under torture)

[ananasinus]

hello, so. you know that thing lions or tigers, I think, do with their young where they "get" spooked or "get" attack by their babies to boost the young's confidence in hunting, despite knowing the baby is there the whole time, yeah?

okay, consider, talon!Dick doing this to the Robins.

like, he lets Jason spook him or Tim grab him or something to boost their confidence at being Robin.

Talon! Dick Grayson, who allows Robins to practice their skills on him.

When Talon decides Jason is his little bird, he begins to care for him, watching for potential dangers from the shadows and finding food for the hungry little bird.

But part of growing up is also learning to hunt.

So when he hears the soft sound of boots landing on the roof, he remains still. Talon deliberately relaxes his posture to make Robin feel a little more confident. He hears Jason creeping toward him, stepping only on the balls of his feet, holding his breath to conceal his presence.

In the future, he will surely tell him how to move with the wind and how to match his steps to his prey's breathing, but for now, Talon simply waits.

And then, a moment later, he is attacked!

A small bird jumps onto his back, giggling loudly. Talon gasps and clutches his chest in fear.

Jason: I caught you off guard!

Talon hugs him and purrs.

Jason is very proud of himself for the rest of the week.

(A decade later, when Jason sees Talon doing the same to Tim, he asks Dick in shock.

Jason: So you were pretending not to hear me?

Talon, touchingly: Of course not. *pats head*)

[ananasinus]

Dick Grayson, who acts like a cat who jumps on people from any available height.

It all started with baby Robin, who carried his circus habits into life with Bruce. Luckily, Batman, not used to communicating with children, simply accepted it as a given and was always ready to catch a child falling at him from a closet.

Superman and the older members of the hero teams Dick participated in suffered the same fate.

The worst part about all this?

Dick continues these habits into adulthood, only now he has younger brothers strong enough to support his weight.

Yes, Damian still has some growing to do, and poor Tim buckles under the weight, but Jason? Perfectly adapted.

Does he resist? Absolutely. Does he get a mini-heart attack every time Nightwing jumps out of nowhere? Of course. But this always makes him a little sentimental, because Dick is comfortable fooling around with him, and it always turns into a game.

(Dick likes it when his loved ones don't resist his strange habits. Next on his list is getting Jason used to doing handstands on his shoulders.)

[ananasinus]

I just felt really cool. I was scrolling through reels and came across a guy reading his Tumblr posts. And he was reading mine.

It's funny, he changed it a lot, just like my avatar. If you see posts with me, send me a link to stroke my ego.

[ananasinus]

Dick Grayson, who lets his big sister complex run rampant. He loves Bruce and appreciates the times he tries, but his house is full of kids who are overburdened.

So Dick, without even realizing it, becomes a mother to his siblings.

He wakes Damian and Tim and wishes them a good day. He styles Cass's hair and slips a bottle of water into her bag. He sends Jason home when he's overexerted himself and blows on his cuts to stop them from stinging. He brings a warm towel to Alfred when he has a headache and makes Bruce tea instead of coffee when he's hunched over the computer.

His siblings, of course, won't admit it out loud, but it was Dick who made the estate a home for them, and it's his opinion that matters so much to them.

(In fact, the Bat kids feel guilty when they realize how much invisible work Dick does for them every day. They thank him and ask for forgiveness. Dick hugs them and pulls them into a huge pile on the couch.

He is deeply touched by the confession and secretly cries upon returning to the room.)

[ananasinus]

Hi, suddenly I imagined little Dickie being sick, clingy, and fussy.

Just imagine—Bruce hasn’t shown up for days as Batman, hasn’t attended JL meetings, and hasn’t contacted anyone. His fellow heroes start to worry because there’s no word from him. They try calling, but he never replies.

Then, suddenly, Batman contacts them through the JL comms, giving mission briefings like usual. But Diana and Clark interrupt him, asking what happened to him, where he’s been all this time, and why there’s the sound of a crying child. Bruce stays silent, unwilling to answer.

But the sound of the child crying only grows louder because of his silence. They hear it clearly.

“Daddy, carry me!”

And more crying follows.

I imagine Batman being urgently called away and appearing at the tower with Dick wrapped in his cape. When Bruce tried to leave, Dick cried so hard he started choking, so Bruce had to take him with him. Dick snores softly on his shoulder during the meeting, barely visible under the black cloth.

The League members are touched by little Robin and Daddy Bat (but not so Bruce can hear)

[ananasinus]

Dick, before he learns Superman's identity, notices Bruce, who always flirts with Superman, smiling at some journalist.

Dick is furious!

Dick *so angry he's about to cry*: how can you cheat on Superman, dad!

Dick *still starts crying and runs away*: I'll tell him everything!

Bruce *shocked*: chum, wait...

(that same evening, Superman reveals his identity. Dick is beaming for the next week)

[ananasinus]

One day, the Batkids are faced with the question of "sacrifice one so that the others can live." Who will that one be? At first, they joke about it, like "haha, let's give Jason up, he's not a pity," but in reality, it baffles them.

While the rest of the kids are gloomy for the rest of the week, Dick is calm and cheerful as always.

Tim: Why are you so calm?

Dick: What are you talking about, Baby Bird?

Tim: Everyone seems to be absorbed in our little mental excrement, and you don't seem to care.

Dick, smiling and putting down what he's doing, turns to Tim: Um, the thing is, I made up my mind a long time ago, long before this.

Tim, dubiously: So what?

Dick, stroking his head: You don't have to worry about it. I'll make sure you'll never be forced to choose again.

(Answer: Dick will always choose himself. He's lost brothers before, and he doesn't intend to do it again.)

[ananasinus]

Dick is the biggest fan at all of his siblings' competitions. He's that embarrassing relative who makes you signs and claps the loudest. And he always, always loves them and is proud of them.

One day, Damian is training for a big competition and without realizing it, he starts to get nervous. He's seen these kids before, they all take their sports very seriously and some of them are talented.

What if he loses this time?

Dick finds him thinking. It takes him a little work to get Damian to talk, but he eventually gets to the point.

Damian: You know, you... you don't have to come next time.

Dick: Of course I will!

Dick, taking Damian's hands in his and looking him in the eyes: Babybird, I will always be proud of you. You will never have to prove anything to me.

Damian: What if I lose?

Dick: The fact that you were brave enough to compete is incredible. no matter what the results are we're going to go get ice cream and celebrate your competition like we always do.

(Damian wins first place and they celebrate with ice cream, Grayson smiling proudly. when he wins second place a couple of months later Dick picks him up to put him on his shoulders and leads him "to their place".

and he smiles just as proudly.)

[ananasinus]

Dick Grayson is the Robin that the Gotham villains say "it was better before."

On his first night on the streets, Jason is stopped by a street pickpocket who's like.

Pickpocket: So... the kid had a falling out with Batman THAT bad this time?

Jason: What? This time?

Pickpocket: Well, good luck, what can I say.

At first the villains are like "finally someone who doesn't laugh at my pun in my name," but after a few months? "Robin and I had an inside joke just for the two of us (until he beats me up and puts me in Arkham), Robins aren't the same anymore."

Jason? absolutely hates this, so he starts mocking the villains three times harder. But the one who really shines in the Robin mantle is Stephanie. She's the one who took the spirit of the cruel jokes 100%.

[ananasinus]

Dick is the shortest brother. I want him to wake up one day and realize that Damian tilts his head down for him to pet. That he has to stand on his toes to kiss Tim's forehead. And that if he looks at Jason's face for too long his neck starts to hurt. He's having a meltdown.

(He's still the boss and when he lectures his six foot tall, brick wall brothers they listen and don't argue.)

[ananasinus]

Dick, under the spell, lies powerless, staring at the ceiling. Jason watches over him while help comes.

Dick, whispering softly: I wish Bruce would love me like one of you.

Jason, worried and in shock: What are you talking about, big bird? You're his favorite.

Dick, still quiet, tears in his voice: Oh, Jason, you could burn the city to the ground and he'd take you back, and he took away my mother's name because I got shot.

Jason, horrified: What?

Dick, looking at him, quiet tears rolling down his temple: Robin is my mother's name. You, Tim, and Damian were always better than me. You were brilliant Robins.

Dick, looking back at the ceiling: I just wish Bruce would look at me someday the way he looks at his sons.

Jason feels physically ill. After a while, he tells Tim and Damian about it. their views on life and on Bruce change irrevocably.

[ananasinus]

Dick Grayson, who adopted all of his siblings around the time of Bruce's death. And since he was already basically acting as a parent, he just lets his big sister complex run wild.

The best part? He's a good parent.

(Dick: I don't know how this happened, but I'm 26 and I have five kids. The irony is that they're my guardian's kids, but you can't choose your family (even if you're almost all adopted))

(Bruce will have to deal with the fact that when he orders something, his kids freeze and say "I'll go ask Dick")

[ananasinus]

Talon! Dick, who one day hears Jason's growling stomach and decides that his little Robins are starving.

for the next few years, all the Robins will find either a mouse or a frog next to their pillows. unfortunately, they love Dick too much to offend him by refusing.

(Stephanie laughs at them until she puts on a Robin costume for a couple of days and starts finding a dead mouse every few days, too. she doesn't find it funny anymore)