Hey pookie (ı hope you dont mind me calling that) can you do more dad bruce fanfics with inculding damian? Like y/n as a stepmother? Its okay if you dont want to add damian or dont want to do this but ı would like to see that from your handwriting 💋💋
Hi Pookie! (I actually love the nickname) I loved this request because I really love Bruce in his dad mode, and I love the Batfamily and Batmom. I truly believe all these traumatized children need a hug and a kiss from their mom before bed. Damian is definitely one of my favorites. I hope you like this!.
English isn't my native language. I'm sleepy, and this isn't fully reviewed. Requests are open.
"He is just a kid. A little kid"
It wasn't uncommon for members of the Wayne family to have nightmares. It was common, the screams of terror that would wake you up in the middle of the night.
It happened with your husband, who sometimes woke you up with his movements in bed, his furrowed brow, his body covered in a layer of sweat, and his labored breathing.
When you woke him up, Bruce would always stare into your eyes while you murmured; "You're okay, I'm here with you, my love."
Neither of you would sleep again that night, but you would continue lying in bed with your bodies intertwined; hearing the steady beat of your heart always reassured him.
This had also happened several times with your children.
Dick, when he had just arrived, was just a terrified little boy who relieve the moment his parents died every night.
Bruce and you would wake up and run to the boy's room, calming him by talking to him and hugging him.
Little Richard Grayson, eight years old, would end up asleep in the double bed between you and your husband. His legs were draped over Bruce's, his blue socks on, and his head was resting on your shoulder as you cuddled him.
On the other hand, when Jason had nightmares, he would enter the room without even knocking. He would touch your shoulder, and you, still half asleep, would step aside, approaching Bruce so Jason could get into bed. He would remain silent, simply clinging to you as if you were his only safe place, your fingers stroking his hair.
Tim was a different case from your first two children, as he was too similar to Bruce. When he had a nightmare, he would try to forget it by overloading himself with work, his brain half asleep, while he sat in front of the Batcomputer with a cup of coffee in his hand.
He would be silent as you came down the stairs, yawning softly in your black bathrobe. You always came over and sat next to him, taking the cold coffee from his hand and giving him hot tea.
Whenever he asked you how you knew he was here, you responded the same way.
So, after a brief conversation between sips of hot tea and affectionate hugs, Tim would go back upstairs and head to his room. He wouldn't go to bed without you there to kiss him on the forehead.
These boys might be the brave young vigilantes of Gotham to everyone else, but to you, they were just your little boys who jumped into your arms every time you entered and left the Mansion.
That was normal for them, but Damian Wayne was peculiar.
He didn't cling to you, no. He found your warmth unpleasant, but he respected you; you were his father's wife, after all.
From the moment he set foot in that house, he knew full well that you were a strong woman. No ordinary person could handle the villains, the blood, and the wounds that came with having three vigilante children and being married to Batman himself.
Despite everything, you were always kind to him. You cared about him; he was Bruce's son, and you saw a lot of your husband in the boy.
That concern for him was why you were here now. You had woken up to a loud scream and got out of bed, trying not to wake Bruce, who had recently returned from patrol. You walked to his room in your pajamas, a robe wrapped around your body.
You opened the door without knocking and saw the boy, breathing heavily, his hands clutching the sheets.
Your soft tone of voice caught the boy's attention, as he was now looking at you with his piercing green eyes. He nodded slowly
"He's asleep. I don't like waking him up when he comes back from patrol. He needs to rest."
"Then you hear a scream in the middle of the night, and the first thing you do is run alone toward the source of the noise. It could have been dangerous."
"I've lived with bats and robins enough years to know how to perfectly differentiate a scream of danger from a scream of a nightmare." your tone was calm as you looked at him, trying to decipher what was going on in his mind.
"This is pathetic." he seemed embarrassed as he avoided your gaze and shook his head.
"It's fair Damian. Everyone here has nightmares, your brothers, your father, even Alfred and me."
The room fell silent. She observed his uncharacteristically nervous appearance, his hands fiddling with the green sheets.
"Do you have nightmares too?"
She closed the door and slowly approached him.
"The people I care about most are fighting crime, risking their lives, and I'm here, unable to do anything but wait for them and hug them when they return." her voice was soft and calm.
Despite Damian trying to hate her, he couldn't deny that she was pure warmth, the light in that house and the heart of this family. Without her, everyone would be lost, including Damian.
She was someone who had always tried to understand him. Even when Bruce lost his patience and saw him as a problem child trained as a killer.
When that happened, she would put her hands on her husband's shoulders and always tell him;
"He's just a little boy."
That same little boy was the one she saw now, scared, agitated, clinging to the bed with a blank stare and disheveled hair.
She slowly raised her hand in case he wanted to push her away, but when he didn't, she gently touched his unruly hair and combed it.
He turned his head, and his bright green eyes met hers.
"Are you okay?" she asked, caressing his cheek as if he were fragile and would break if she treated him with the same roughness everyone else had treated him with since birth.He simply nodded, his gaze lowered.
He wasn't used to being treated kindly, and she was like a ray of light that made everything bloom with her touch.
"Do you want to talk about what you dreamed?" He shook his head. He didn't want to talk, and she respected that.
"Okay," she nodded and looked away for a few seconds, pursing her lips. Usually, she didn't know how to treat him. Sometimes she was afraid of being too sweet for a boy trained by a league of assassins, and at the same time, she didn't want to be unkind because she didn't want to hurt him like everyone else had, like even the other members of this family did when they judged him for acting the way they had molded him.
"Do you want me to leave?" He didn't respond, so she removed her hand from his cheek so as not to upset him. But when she was about to move away, Damian leaned his forehead against her shoulder.
He didn't say another word, and she didn't need any more.
The next morning, when Bruce Wayne woke up alone in his bed, he wasn't so worried. Although he didn't like the fact that she wasn't the first thing he saw when he woke up, he knew his wife usually woke up earlier than he did.
But when he went to wake Damian, he found a sight that surprised him but made his heart warm.
The sight in front of him was unreal, something he'd never believed would happen.
His wife lying in bed, sleeping peacefully, with Damian curled up against her side, his face hidden in the crook of her neck, and Alfred the cat lying between the two of you.
Bruce smiled; she had this ability to soften the coldest hearts, to easily break through walls that to anyone else would seem impenetrable.
He laughed lightly, shaking his head, as he gently closed the door without making a sound.
It was the first time I'd seen Damian the way you saw him: a small, innocent boy who, no matter how much he fights with everyone, wants a hug at the end of the day.
He's just a kid, after all.
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I'm sleepy and frustrated because I've been writing this for four days and I don't like the result. I literally just finished writing this while listening to The Life of a Showgirl (I loved Elizabeth Taylor and CANCELLED!).
I'd love to do the October challenge, but I don't have anything planned, so maybe next year. Anyway, I'll try to upload more things as compensation. I have some ideas, and your requests help.
Your likes, comments and reblogs are greatly appreciated.
Greetings and kisses from Lena sweethearts! 🌷💌