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Alfred: Yes, that is my circus, and yes, those are my monkeys, but I am NOT on shift yet.

Random fic idea #73: Alfred Pennyworth isn’t just Bruce’s guardian after the Waynes die, he’s their “heir” temporarily until Bruce reaches adulthood, at least for the purposes of high society. He has to go to the events in their honor, shake hands, wear the fancy clothes and dazzle investors in their stead, all the while teaching Bruce how to navigate the waters of such a complicated world. Alfred becomes a socialite in Thomas and Martha’s stead, at their request, and this protects Bruce from undue attention before he reaches the age of majority. A “growing up in royal court” AU but for modern Gotham, as a “lowly servant” finds himself thrust into a glittering world with an innocent, traumatized child at his side and a legacy he must uphold for the next decade.

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-----and one night at the gala of the year, Alfred is thrust into conversation with a wealthy businessman from overseas. A witty individual, Alfred finds himself actually enjoying the company, in no small part because the man recognizes Alfred from his theatre days, being a lover of the arts, and because the man's daughter is one of the few people Bruce will willingly interact with.

A one minutre greeting turns into an hour-long conversation, and becomes an arrangement to meet outside the gala under the pretext of the children interacting. . . Thus beginning Alfred's short fling with Ra's Al Ghul, the only man to catch his interest after Thomas and Martha's passing.

It should've been a sweet love story, but Alfred's affection crumpled to ash after Ra's revealed his plans to train Bruce a successor for the league of shadows via kidnapping the child to take to Nanda Parbat.

Thus the scandalous butler/ecoterrorist love story becomes lover to enemies toxic yaoi, the way God intended.