Actually now I’m obsessed with the idea of the Graysons dying in a different city but Dick still ends up with whatever hero lives there instead and becomes Robin. But then when the JL forms, Dick is just drawn towards Batman.
And he’s the only one who ever gets the Bat to smile. To let out a huff of a laugh. To say anything other than a vague grunt.
Bruce just adores Robin. He knows who the boy behind the mask is, of course. He knows who everyone is. He did his due diligence. But there’s something about Dick Grayson that just makes Bruce feel so protective over him. He loves this annoying little brat of a kid, and he can’t explain why.
Dick calls him “Uncle Batman” almost right away. Everyone thinks Batman is going to yell at him and tell him to stop. That never happens.
Dick then finds out Batman’s secret identity. He tells no one. Uncle Batman soon becomes Uncle B.
Bruce finds out that Dick knows who he is. Bruce Wayne suddenly becomes very good friends with the civilian counterpart of whoever adopted Dick. Dick calls him Uncle Bruce immediately.
Bruce allows the Justice League to know his identity. Dick is giggling up a storm at the shocked faces and calls him Uncle Bruce. Several fingers get pointed at him as they say in accusing tones, “You knew!”
Dimension hopping shenanigans ensue. Dick is now ten years old, and he’s in another dimension with Bruce, Flash, Green Lantern, Green Arrow, Wonder Woman, and Black Canary. The usual Batfam is called in to the alternate dimension’s Watchtower to help with the situation.
Adult Dick Grayson, now Nightwing, shows up first. He’s smitten with this tiny alternate version of himself. He shows his mini me all sorts of futuristic gadgets while he discusses the intricacies of opening a portal to another dimension to send them home.
“I’m sure your B will figure it out soon enough, you’ll learn all this with him.”
“Cool!” Dickie exclaims, turning back to his group. “Uncle B, did you hear that?”
Dickie is so confused, because this grown up version of himself is looking at him like he grew a second head, and all the other versions of the JL are looking at him funny.
“Why do you call him uncle?”
Dickie narrows his gaze at his older self.
“Do you not call him uncle?”
He sounds so judgmental that it makes normal Dick blink in shock.
“Well, no. I just call him his name.”
“You must not be as close as us then,” Dickie says in a haughty tone, and he marches over to his Batman and holds his hand tightly in both of his, swinging around. “He’s my most favorite uncle in the whole wide world!”
“What the hell am I, then, chopped liver?” Green Arrow asks.
“You’re not supposed to play favorites when everyone’s around, remember?” Hal reminds him gently, needing down next to him.
“But he’s being mean to his version of B!” Dick whines to Hal. “It must make other-Batman so sad!”
“I’m sure other-Batman has survived without other-you calling him his uncle.”
“You just don’t like that I like Batman. You’re mean to him, too!”
“We are not doing this back and forth again, kid.”
“So you admit you’re mean to him!”
Hal turns to glare at Bruce, who has an innocently blank expression on his face.
“You’re corrupting my kid.”
“So sorry,” older Dick interrupts them, shaking his head. “I think I just hallucinated a little bit. Are you, are you saying – was I adopted by Green Lantern in another universe?”
“That can’t be possible,” his Batman says as he stalks into the room.
Dickie looks so much confused now, as does everyone else in the room.
“Oh holy shit, it’s true,” Dick says with a gasp of a laugh. “Holy shit. What is a me raised by Hal Jordan like? That’s wild! That’s a first, we’ve never seen that before!”
Dickie looks so conflicted, and he’s still holding onto his Bruce’s hand, but Bruce gives him a little nudge, and he’s quickly scampering over to Hal to hold his hand instead and cling to his side.
“What are you talking about?” Dickie asks. “Why wouldn’t I be with Hal?”
“Oh this is so weird!” Dick laughs. Then he turns to his Bruce, and he cracks up when he sees the irritated look on his face.
And that’s when the alternate JL finds out it’s very unusual for any version of Dick Grayson to not end up being raised by Bruce Wayne.
Alternate Hal is appalled, and he keeps Dick held close to him the entire time they’re there. He’s convinced the other Batman wants to steal his kid away. He thought dealing with a doting uncle version of Batman was bad, but he’s suddenly so grateful his Bruce has never actually tried to take Dick away from him. He likes playing uncle and he likes spoiling Dick, sure, but he doesn’t try to steal him in the night and turn him against Hal or anything.
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