my favourite thing about Damian and Duke being so close in age is the potential of them going to the same school, and it is CRIMINAL that it isn't talked about more than it is. like, i don't care if initially Damian and Duke get along, i know for a fact that if given the options between spending time with his civilian classmates or spending time with another trained bat, Damian is going to prefer Duke.
i want to see more of those two having a relationship because of this. it's so fucking funny. i just know that Duke has his own friend group that he always hangs out with and is close to at Gotham Academy, and i love the image of them always eating lunch together... + Damian. Damian who has no interest in his own classmates/talking to other people, and so ends up following Duke around like a lost puppy. Damian is an honorary member of Duke's friend group you cannot change my mind.
listen, i went to school with my older sibling. i was a little autistic kid that hated playing/talking to kids my own age. i used to sit on benches, and when kids felt bad for me and came up asking me to play with them, i'd tell them to go the fuck away. i used to follow my older sibling around like a damn life-line, because at least if i was with them then i didn't have to deal with anybody else too annoying. the idea of that being Damian and Duke gives me L I F E.
i want Duke looking out for Damian. not even in a 'stops him from being teased/bullied' way, because i don't think Damian would let that shit slide regardless. i just like to think of Duke always hanging around waiting for Damian to get out of class so they can spend free periods/lunch together. Duke's friends getting to know Damian and adopting him as their own. Damian slowly being integrated into Duke's entire class despite being like three years below. Damian ends up being the honorary little brother of everybody Duke knows because they've all seen Damian following Duke around the school with his nose in a sketchbook, only avoiding running into walls because Duke's effortlessly and instinctively guiding him around, and within like five minutes of hearing Damian speak these teens are like 'ok this kid's funny, he's ours too now.'
just Damian being Duke's little brother at school and it being fun. i love them.
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