In the same era of the entertainment industry, we have forty two year old Robert Pattinson playing a 26 year old man and 32 year old Olivia Cooke playing a middle aged woman of four kidsā¦ Open your eyes people!
Damian could, in theory, ask his siblings to take him places. But it's just so much more fun to peek into Bruce's office and go "Baba? Can you take me to the zoo?" And see Bruce drop everything to take him there right this second
Damian doesn't like ice cream that much, so Bruce found a Taffy store that he and Damian visit after good patrols
Damian has Bruce's coffee order from the coffee shop on the corner memorized and brings him a cup whenever he's out. Bruce always tousles his hair and when he's especially tired presses a sleep kiss to his forehead with a murmured "My favorite." (Damian choses to believe he's calling him his favorite child, and not in gratification thanking him for getting him his favorite coffee. Bruce doesn't clarify so...)
Bruce is insistent that a baseball cap and sunglasses is the perfect disguises even though hes Batman and master of disguises, and Damian has unfortunately been drawn to the dark side with him much to everyones horror
Damian learns how to cook from Bruce because Bruce, like him, only really learned how to cook in emergencies as a form of survival and knowing what plants are edible and not, so Bruce makes it a point to teach his son how to cook for fun too because he finds it relaxing and maybe Damian does too
When Damian wants something he will say "baba" but also sometimes he just slips up and says it accidentally and Bruce always knows hes being used but he's also so weak for it
Whenever he's bored of Gala's Damian will go stand next to Bruce and just... exist. And Bruce will pick him up and go "its wayyy past this guys bedtime. Bye!" And then they go watch a movie or smth
Damian is horrible at waking up- something that he hates because when he was in the League he was in top form but now because he's been allowed to live he will sleep in- and Bruce thinks its the cutest thing in the world when he stumbles down the stairs wearing Tim's old college sweatshirt and his hair is a mess and hes rubbing his eyes and blinking like he's just been born and Bruce barely refrains from cooing every time
Whenever Damian gets into a Moodā¢ Bruce will just swoop over and grab his lil cheeks between his hands and litter his face with kisses until Damian is screaming with little kid giggles and he loves it so much
They have the most explosive fights ever and then every time Bruce will go to Damian's room and knock and just lean inside the tiniest bit and go "baby? I'm really sorry." and stick out his bottom lip in a pout and Damian forgives him every time.
Bruce sings lullabies that he learned from Talia to help Damian sleep after a rough patrol or a hard case
Whenever he wants something Damian will tug on Bruce's sleeve until his Dad leans down and then stare him right in the eyes and then speak at room volume "Father. I frew up."
Bruce likes to pass out on the couch- mouth wide open and snoring like a godsdamned saw- Damian will just curl up on his chest like a lil cat and fall asleep on top of him. (It continues into his adulthood and Dick has found his thirty year old brother asleep on his Dad's chest pretending like he's twenty inches shorter and a hundred pounds lighter than he is)
Bruce calls Damian "my little one" "Princeling" "baby"
They have arguments about their strays.
"I will admit that Grayson defeats Jerry the Turkey in terms of endurance, but you cannot say Drake stands a chance in hand to hand against Batcow."
"Baby. She's a cow."
"And she's better than him."
"Well, baby, I think you take the cake over all of them."
"..."
"are you blushing?"
"NO"
Whenever he drops Damian off to school Bruce likes to blast White Girlā¢ music and sing at the top of his lungs and this is why Damian asks Tim to take him to school.
"WAKE ME UP INSIDE! CAN'T WAKE UP- SING IT WITH ME DAMIAN- SAVE MEEEEEE" "Father I'm going to break the windshield."
Um. My beloveds. I hope this was satisfactory lol i ran outta time but I hope that satisfied you (for now) :P
I feel like people clinging to claims like "Damian is Dick's Robin not Bruce's" gets more stupid with each year.
Is Dick about to be Batman again anytime soon? No. So please just let us put effort into making Bruce and Damian work. I quite frankly couldn't care less about Grant Morrison's original plans for Damian. Especially because they were mostly about killing him.
Some people say that Bruce and Damian don't work because they are too similar, but I think that's exactly why Damian benefits Bruce's character. He finally has to face the result of everytime Alfred cursed "may your children turn out exactly like you" while Bruce was out of earshot after saying something dumb. Bruce thinks Damian is difficult because he is stubborn, arrogant and has anger issues? Yeah, well, look in the mirror and work on being better yourself first because Bruce shows all of those traits in abundance too. He is just held less accountable despite being an adult.
Also why I don't think Bruce having a biological child is bad at all. Bruce kind of has a history of trying to fire people from the batfamily if they displeased him. Kind of can't do that with your "rebellious" biological son, he will still be your son and your responsibility no matter how much he pisses you off. Bruce simply has to deal with it and be honest about his own flaws he passed down.
The firm knock came to Bruceās door in quick succession. He looked at the time, well past 12pm so itās probably important.
āCome in.ā Bruce orders.
The door opens revealing Damian.
Damian, Bruceās sweet boy whose existence he had no idea of. Damian, Bruceās little bat who was as prickly as a cactus when he first arrived. Damian, who has been with his family for a year and a handful of months (2 years 8 months) and Bruce canāt imagine never knowing him, never loving him.
The son marches to stand in front of his fatherās desks. Bruce puts down the pen and takes a second to analyze his sonās posture, preparing for whatever mood Damian is in. His eyes still, mind coming to an abrupt stop when he sees Damianās droopy posture.
āIs there something you wish to say, son?ā He says softly.
The boy bites his lip, a slight-of-hand movement but one that Bruce can see all the same. He rises from his behind his desk to close the gap, gently leading his son to one of the couches in his study.
When father and son sit next to each other Bruce speaks again.
āYou can tell me anything, Damian. Whatās troubling you?ā
Damian nibbles on his lip some more, parsing through his thoughts as he searches for the right words.
āAmāā His voice cracks and he swallows to gain his composure. āAm I wrong?ā He says.
Tears swell in Damianās eyes, and Bruce feels his heart sink.
He curse himself and thinks, how could he have missed this? Could it be, this whole time, heās been letting his son be mistreated? God forbid- abused??
Bruce wants nothing more than to take all of his sonās pain away. He pulls him in close, hoping to take the spiritual and emotional weight off his sonās shoulders as he wipes teary eyes.
āWrong? Whatever do you mean?ā
āThe others they-ā Damian sniffs. āThey call me demon brat.ā
āI donāt understand, my heart, whatās wrong with the nickname?ā
Damian bites his lip with a whine.
Iām fumbling. Bruce thinks. Thereās something I donāt understand and Iām messing up.
āSweetheart,ā Bruce pulls Damianās lip from between his teeth. āThereās no need to hurt yourself. Take a deep breath and collect yourself.ā
Damian huffs and puffs. Bruce rubs his back, trying valiantly to comfort his son. Soon, his sons breathing becomes controlled and the tears come to a slow stop.
āThere we go, my heart. I donāt understand what has you so upset, can you explain it to me?ā
Damian sniffs. āNone of you have my heritage,ā he starts. āThey donāt understand what the title Demon means to mother and grandfather. You wouldnāt either.ā
āWhat does it mean, sweetheart?ā
āIt means honor!ā Damian roars. āTo grandfather and mother it means to be powerful!
āItās- it feels-ā Damian struggles to find his words.
āYou feel insulted when your brothers call you demon.ā Bruce articulates for him.
Damian nods. āDemon brat doesnāt feel like an honorable nickname, but rather an insult upon my lineage.ā
āIām so sorry, baby.ā Bruce pulls Damian closer, into his lap so he can be tucked safely into his arms. Pressing a kiss to his cheek he whispers, āWhat would an honorable title be? Iām sure we can talk to your brothers.ā
āNo, we canāt.ā Damian buries his head into the crook of his fatherās neck. āItās embarrassing.ā
āAnything that makes you feel less than the people around you is not embarrassing.ā Bruce says sternly. āWe will talk to your brothers, maybe not now but it is on the agenda. Until we do, how can I make my heart feel better?ā
Damian pouts. āIf youād allow me to, Iād like to cuddle.ā
Bruce smiles, standing fluidly. He has his sonās legs wrapped around his waist, already making his way to his room.
āIāll always allow you to share my bed, my heart.ā
This post was Inspired by This! I might make a part two, a confrontation between Damian and his brothers (maybe or maybe not including Bruce)
thought about damianās unique position as a son of the al ghuls and the bats for too long and got sad about it. also i miss my grandpa + listening to sad music on loop = i have to make this everyoneās problem.
chinese version below! thought i should start including two translations since iām fluent in both and i might as well allow more people to enjoy the same art. i would also do a japanese version but i canāt be confident in that one at all HAHAHAHA
Bruce and Damian having one of their typical arguments, but Damian is just so exhausted and overwhelmed and he's trying so hard to hold it all in but he just. bursts into tears. He just collapses to the floor and cries - like that not-being-able-to-breathe, not-being-able-to-talk kind of crying. And on one hand, Bruce is so taken aback because in all the time he's known him, he's never seen Damian cry and he doesn't know what to do, but on the other, a bullet to the chest would probably hurt less than having to watch his youngest on the floor, clutching at his chest and sobbing, struggling to breathe. And he's overcome by this need to comfort, to hold. Because that's his son. His son, who's hurting and Bruce doesn't know what to do, but for all his bad parenting, he'll be damned if he's going to let his boy suffer alone when he's so obviously not okay.
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