Omg sad idea when Bruce decides to share his secret ID with the JL
He’s up on the watchtower, having scheduled a meeting with everyone. He said it was important, and that he’d be bringing Robin with him. Everyone was there, and they were passing the time by reading trashy tabloids and gossiping.
So Batman enters the conference room while they’re discussing the latest article about Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson. And Bruce immediately freezes, and he feels Dick go stiff where he’s hiding under Bruce’s cape, clinging to Bruce’s leg.
“Can’t believe he actually adopted the kid,” Barry says, flipping through the pages of the magazine. “It just went through apparently, did you hear? They added Wayne to his last name and everything.”
“It’s all a publicity stunt,” Hal snorts. “That kid is nothing but a tax deduction to him. I mean really, Brucie Wayne? A family man? I don’t believe it.”
Dick’s breath hitches, and Bruce starts grinding his teeth.
It’s when Dick lets out the tiniest of cries that everyone turns towards them, and Bruce tightens to cape to cover him from their view. Dick is used to hearing negative things about him, it’s a downside of going to Gotham Academy with kids who repeat everything their parents say. But he wasn’t expecting to hear things like that from superheroes who he thought were his friends.
“Batman!” they greet him. “You’re late! So what’s this big important meeting about?”
He can feel Dick tighten his hold on his leg, and Bruce feels awful. Dick had been planning a big surprise entrance where he popped out from under the cape. They were going to share their identities, and Dick was so excited.
And now he’s crying. And Bruce is pissed.
“I’ll be leaving, actually,” Bruce snaps. “My tax deduction is crying.”
Bruce turns on his heel and marches out, scooping Dick up in his arms to carry him back home. Everyone else is frozen in shock, looking between each other, confused.
“Why’d they call me a tax deduction?” Dick cries, squeezing Bruce’s neck and hiding his face. “What’s a tax deduction?”
“Because they’re morons, chum,” Bruce tells him, his voice tight. “Don’t listen to them.”
The others all heard it. He knows they heard it. And they’re all panicking as Batman leaves with Robin, all of them slowly realizing Batman just admitted to being Bruce Wayne, and that Robin is Dick Grayson.
Idk I saw the Rugrats clip where Stu says that about Tommy and Dill and I wanted to use it lmao
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