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"Why would you do that?" Tim moves an headphone away and frowns at him.
"Mh?" Dick sees how Jason cleans his hands from the grease, attentive to their conversation.
"To Selina. Why would you-?"
"Oh, that" Tim looks up and nods to himself "She's my Talia" he shrugs, and puts the headphone back in place.
"Woah, woah! No, wait!" Dick grabs Tim's shoulder and turns him back around before he can zone out again. "What does that even mean?"
Tim is frowning again. He tilts his head, and Dick hears Jason sigh.
"Dude. He means that he hates Selina just as you hate Talia" Jason rolls his eyes
"No. I got THAT" Dick points at Jason. "But that comparison is absurd"
Tim is pulling his headphones down. He slides a hand across his face. "Dick..." Dick flinches to the tone "First of all, I respect and never question your hatred towards Bruce's pre-you partners-"
"Pre-Dick is a crazy time descriptor and I'll absolutely abuse its use from now on."
"-so I expect the same to come from you in the future" Dick swallows and nods. "That being said. She's the... Uh... woman" he emphasizes on the word "who left my dad at the altar" Dick gives him a muted 'oooh' as understanding.
"Incredible self control over your word choosing" Jason smirks
"Thank you." Tim tips an imaginary hat "I still wanna rip her head off"
Dick nods "Understandable"
Then they both turn to Jason.
It takes him a second before he lifts his arms "No. We are NOT bonding over- It's Harvey and Oliver" he deadpans
Dick and Tim tilt their heads in unison. "He never dated Ollie" Tim frowns
Jason points to Dick "He never dated Khoa either" Dick gags "but we are not questioning Dick over him!"
Tim nods "Fair, fair" he looks up "Hey Cass?" He calls to wherever.
Cass presses a hand over Jason's shoulder, and he pretends his heart isn't in his throat. "Oliver"
"What did Ollie even did?" Dick pouts. He actually likes the man.
"What?" Jason looks deeply offended. Cass only lifts her eyes towards him. Dick raises both hands in surrender.
They all turn to the cave entrance. Duke takes his helmet off and stares at them as the takes the keys from his bike and manually parks it.
"Oooook... This is too cult-y for my taste. What are you guys doing?"
Tim points at him "Quick. Bruce's ex partner that you hate"
"Uh- " Duke looks around to the expectant eyes "uuuuh, uuuh- Harvey, I guess?"
Tim sighs "Harvey is innocent, man!"
Is Duke's turn to feel offended "Harvey, Tim. Not Two Face! Not Harvey post acid!"
"Oh?" Jason crosses his arms with a grin. Dick narrows his eyes at the complicity of that smile.
"No. I won't indulge on this anymore." Duke shakes his head. "I'm going to bed. Ask B of you want to start hating on him as well!" He waves them goodbye as he moves up the stairs.
Three heads turn to Jason. He smirks. "As the kid said. Ask pops"
Tim sighs "Great. Right. 'Hey dad, what did Harvey do to you to deserve Jason and Duke's hate?'" he mokes.
"Well, he cheated on me during college" They all jump to the pair over the stairs. Bruce shrugs and keeps moving down. Behind him, Damian gapes with a deep frown. "Maybe that's why"
They all turn to Jason. He shrugs and looks to the ground with a mumble truly close to "that piece of garbage"
"Harvey Dent cheated on Bruce Wayne?" Dick glares to the wall.
"How is that even an option?" Tim shakes his head.
Cass looks scarily calm as she stares to the floor. "Dirt"
"Don't offend the ground's dirt, Cain." Damian strides to the computer "Dent is undeserving of such high comparisons"
Bruce sighs and grabs Damian under his armpits like a kitten. Damian allows himself to get dragged on a hug
"It's in the past, now" Bruce kisses the kid's forehead before sitting him on top of the table.
Dick raises and walks until he's in front of Bruce, forcefully placing his own forehead in front of his nose. Even lifting his hair away from his skin for easier kisses' access.
Jason and Tim ignore him. Cass hums and stands in line behind Dick.
Tim suddenly points to Damian. "Hey, dwarf! Quick!" Jason scoffs at Damian's growl "Who's your least favorite among Bruce's ex?"
Bruce turns to Tim with his mouth open and a shocked expression. Damian nods "Kyle" he ignores Bruce's double take.
Tim grins "I'll pretend it isn't for the fact that Talia had a rivalry-"
"Still have. But that's not the reason" Damian interrupts and twists his lips.
"Kids?"
"The wedding?"
Bruce looks at them and makes a pained noise. He doesn't get to see Tim's apologetic expression before Dick forces him to look to the front again, and points to his exposed forehead with a tilt of his head.
"Quick, quick. I want mine" Cass looks over Dick's shoulder while bouncing on her heels with her hands behind her back.
Jason ignores them with an eyeroll. "Besides her?"
Damian frowns "Dent. Of course"
Four agreeing noises join his statement.
"Why haven't you destroyed him yet?" Tim gives Jason a quick look before turning to the computer while biting his thumb's nail.
Jason sighs and joins his side, ignoring the noise that cuts from Bruce before Cassandra forces him to look at her. "Now it feels like punishing the wrong person, you know?"
Dick hums and sits over the table next to the computer "But what if we make him acknowledge it?"
Tim lifts his eyes "Make him confess?"
Jason nods "It would scratch a few decades old itch that I've been having"
They pretend not to hear Bruce as he calls for the three of them while Cass hugs him.
"Cass, Dames! We leave patrol to you!" Tim calls as he moves upstairs. Damian waves them off
"Dick, cut his dick!" Dick hisses at his sister and shakes his head. Behind him, Jason makes the same pained noise.
"Wait-?" Cass kisses Bruce's cheek, Damian jumping down and grabbing his hand.
"Come, baba. We need to suit up"
Bruce takes a deep breath and tries to convince himself that his boys wouldn't. They just wouldn't. He knows they would.
*beats them up
so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god
okay so i just got my dream job??? a week after applying to it?? and now i’m thinking….maybe this is the good luck post
…..not even six hours later i got an offer of a well paying full time long-term job with free room and board in queens in nyc, allowing me independence and a way to escape an abusive situation and an unhealthy environment
likes charge reblogs cast, folks, this is the good luck post
i need all the help i can get for finals
Hey so
the last time I reblogged this post right before I got a great job, in a permanent work-from-home position, with benefits, retirement, and a salary literally 3x what I was making before, doing something I really like.
So you know.
This might be the real one, y’all.
Reblogging to spread the luck and the good fortune
Having an argument, and Bruce is trying to offer advice
Tim, sarcastically: Thank you so much, autism central, I think I’ll take it from here
Bruce, stunned: What the fuck?? This is friendly fire!
——
Hal: Gotta say, I love your Dad’s big naturals *makes squeezing motions with hands*
Cass, slowly turns around with horror etched on her face: What
Hal: *snaps picture* Lock Screen *flees before he gets stabbed*
——
Damian, his face very serious and stoic: Father, this mortal shell that I am bound by requires… *takes a deep breath* huggies
Bruce, trying so hard not to laugh: Did your brother teach you that? *pulling Damian into his arms*
Damian, satisfied yet slightly embarrassed look on his face: Yes, Richard said it was the best way to gain physical affection from you
Bruce: You just have to ask baby, maybe not like that, though, you sound pained
——
Bruce, watching Hal from afar: Hrn…
Dick: You’re so in love with him it’s redonkulous
Bruce, pleading softly: Please don’t say the word ‘redonkulous’ to me right now. I can’t handle it
——
Bruce: It’s a no, you guys, and nothing you say is going to change that. I’m putting my foot down
Duke: What if we kidnap Jason every night this week and force him to come to the family dinner
Bruce: …I’m picking my foot up
——
Hal: *saying something without thinking*
Bruce: *looking up at the cameras with a deadpan expression like he’s in The Office*
——
Alfred: I made beans and toast for breakfast. Later, I will make a meal with mushy peas
Bruce, who has traveled the entire world, has had all kinds of cultural food, and hates bland British food: Ooo yum… *strained smile*
Alfred: *nods and walks away*
Steph: That was a little flat, B man
Bruce: Shut up… whatever makes Alfred happy
Damian: I’m glad you share the same taste palette as me, Baba
Duke: What if we sneak out to go get some food? Like, actual food
Dick: I’m down
Jason: Well, let’s fucking hurry before he comes back!
——
Bruce: Let me in there! I’ll do the surgery myself, I’m medically trained!
Nurse: You are not a doctor, Sir-
Bruce: I said medically, not legally!
——
Bruce: Oh, light of my life… get the fuck down from the fridge
Duke: But there’s so much space up here!
——
Bruce, coming back from doctors due to multiple fractures in his leg and a concussion: The clinician is calling it “trauma” or something
Bruce: Don’t know what the fuck she’s talking about
Bruce: I’m as spring as a spry chicken
Jason, driving him back from the doctor's appointment: It’s as spry as a spring chicken
Bruce: That’s what I said?
——
Bruce, walks into the study: ?
Steph, crying her eyes out: Wahhh!
Cass, comforting her: The delivery driver knows her by name. Asked if he’d be back tomorrow
Bruce: Ah, painful
——
Dick, who has frequent hallucinations: Everyone hal-nutes people
Alfred: First of all, it is hallucinates
Alfred: Secondly, no
Bruce, who also has frequent hallucinations: Hmm… I dunno, I think we should hear him out
——
Hal, bringing Bruce coffee: Here you go, babe
Bruce, smiling softly: Thank you, love *presses a soft kiss to his cheek* This is just what I needed
Hal, flustered and smiling dopely: Uh huh, no problem-
Damian, tugging on Bruce’s sleeve: Baba
Bruce: Hi, baby, how are you? *kissing Dami's cheek*
Damian, all smiles at Bruce: I’m good, Baba, I just wanted to see you
Damian, glaring at Hal over Bruce’s shoulder: Get the fuck away from him, he’s mine
Hal, sweating: …
——
Dick: Dad, please sit the fuck down!
Jason: Are you trying to sneak off somewhere? You know we can’t allow that
Tim: Seriously, Bruce, you’re just aggravating your wounds
Bruce: You guys are being dramatic
Bruce: I was lightly tossed over the hood of a car. I’m not invalid
Steph: Don’t say it like that! You got run over!
——
Bruce: I can’t just not give the kids in the alley joyrides in the Batmobile
Bruce: They’ll riot
Alfred: Master Bruce, they’re children
Bruce: They’re Gotham children. We're an entirely different breed. You wouldn't understand
Jason: That’s true
Steph: I support this message
——
Dick, coming in from outside: Hi Ace, did ya miss me!
Ace, running past Dick to Bruce excitedly: Woof!
Dick: Hurts every time
Bruce, petting Ace: You can’t really blame him, he’s my dog, Birdie
Dick: Still
——
Bruce, at a restaurant eating: Oops *accidentally drops napkin*
Patrons: *scrambling to grab it, either to keep it for themselves or give it back to Bruce*
Bruce: *sigh* This happens every time
——
Cass, appearing with a chip hat with one half full of guacamole and the other salsa: Dad
Bruce, half asleep because it’s 1 am: Oh my gosh, I was just dreaming about this
Bruce: You know me so fucking well, I love you so much, princess
——
Stuck in traffic
Bruce, overstimulated from being honked at: Jaylad
Jason: Yea?
Bruce, at his breaking point: Go find the motherfucker who's been honking at me and shoot him point-blank range, please
Jason, scared: O-oh…
Bruce, white knuckling the steering wheel, eyes distant: It’ll be considered mercy compared to what I want to do to them
——
Bruce, down the hall: Where is my sweet boy? My lovely little baby boy?
Batboys: *heads lifting up*
Dick: …
Tim: You guys know he’s talking about me, right? I dunno why you’re all looking up
Duke: In your dreams, spleenless, you must still be fucking sick. Get your head checked
Jason: Oh, and I suppose you think he’s talking about you? He’s known you for the shortest amount of time
Damian: Gentleman, please, it's hilarious to watch you argue when you know who he was actually calling. Your delusions will never cease to amuse me
Dick: Yeah fucking right, I’ve been here longer than all of you! I’m the reason why he wanted to have more kids in the first place. Trying to compare will only hurt your feelings
Batboys, eyeing each other: …
Bruce, still down the hall and in a happy voice: Come here, baby!
Batboys, scrambling to get to Bruce: Tati/Papa/Dad/B-man/Baba!
He’s talking to Ace
——
Bruce: Sometimes you just gotta say “I’m gonna kill myself!” Before moving on with your day
Steph: You’re so right
Duke, snapping his fingers like it was a slam poetry: Speak your truth
——
Bruce, talking about Tim’s weed usage: I’m not telling you to stop, sweetheart. All I’m saying is limit yourself before going on patrol
Bruce: The smell lingers
Alfred: It could be worse
Alfred: At least Master Timmothy wasn’t caught trying LSD behind the bleachers at school
Bruce, scoffing: First, I wasn’t trying, I was doing. Second, I was only caught one time; they didn’t get me any other time with my other stuff
Alfred: What
Bruce: Hm? I didn’t say anything
Tim: I’m gonna leave… it doesn’t feel safe in here
——
Hal, bursting in: Spooky! I have an assassin problem. I need your help
Bruce, groaning: There’s always an assassin problem in this family!
Cass and Damian look up
Bruce: Yeah, you two are trouble, but not today's trouble
——
Hal, watching Bruce beat up an intergalactic villain who's made entire planets cower: I could handle that
*Record scratch* Like hell he can
——
Texting
Hal: I think we need to break up
Hal: I’m not good for you, and I don’t want to drag you into my personal problems
Hal: I could put you in harm's way
Bruce: No
Hal: Okay
Bruce: Say you love me
Hal: I love you so much, babe
Bruce: Good. I love you too
——
Bruce, wearing headphones and chilling by himself: …
Tim, storms in angrily: !!!
Damian, storms in after him angrier: !!!
Bruce, watching them yell at each other without being able to hear a thing: …
Dick, comes in, annoyed and starts yelling at them: !!!
Jason, comes in to instigate: !!!
Tim and Damian teaming up on their older brothers, apparently making up with each other: !!!
Dick and Jason teaming up and waving their hands around: !!!
Steph and Cass peeking their heads around the corner: !!!
Tim jumping on Dick’s back and Dick running out of the room: !!!
Jason grabbing Damian and throwing him over his shoulder before following: !!!
Duke, closing the door and leaving Bruce alone again: …
Bruce, who didn’t hear a single thing being said but is exhausted: … *goes back to reading*
——
Bruce: What doing?
Tim: Trying to collect everyone in the LGBT
Tim: I don’t have anyone who is nonbinary
Bruce: ?
Bruce: You have me
Tim: … what?
Tim: Why didn’t you say anything?!
Bruce: Not important
Bruce: The city needs me
Tim: Okay, yeah, you would say shit like that
Tim: So.. pronouns?
Bruce: Don’t care, more important things to worry about
——
Dick: I’m just… I’m a little sad you didn’t adopt me sooner
Bruce: What?
Dick: Yeah, I guess I was jealous when Jason first came around, and you adopted him immediately
Dick: Why didn’t you want to adopt me?
Bruce: …
Bruce: You’re kidding, right?
Dick: No…?
Bruce: First, it was a different time back then, and I could only take you as a ward for the time being
Bruce: After a few years, I came to do and asked if you’d be okay with me adopting you
Bruce: You weren’t
Dick: …really?
Bruce: You screamed, yelled, and hit me
Bruce: You told me, "If you ever try and replace my parents again, I’ll kill myself and make you watch. I’ll leave a note and make sure everyone knows it’s because of you."
Bruce: So yeah, I never asked again
Dick: …
Dick: I’m sorry… I don’t remember that
Bruce: *shrugs* Didn't think you would. It’s been years, Dick. I understand you were going through a tough time
Bruce: It still hurts, though
——
Hal: Can we have hate sex?
Bruce: But we don’t hate each other?
Hal: Yes, but haven’t you heard of role play?
——
Bruce, smack Damian on the head lightly with a wooden sword: I believe that’s another win for me, Habibi
Damian, frustrated: How?? I’ve trained in the sword my entire life
Bruce: And I’ve trained longer
Damian: But I am a master of the League’s sword technique
Bruce: No, you’re a master of the new and improved version
Bruce: When I was there, I did a complete overhaul, which is the version that you’re using today
Damian: … what?
Bruce: Don’t worry, I know you’ll surpass me
——
Bruce, surrounded by priceless jewelry and picking out what he likes best: Hmm
Steph: Damn, Bruce! This shit belongs in a museum *holds up solid gold bangales*
Tim: I think this one was in a museum… *holding up a diamond earrings*
Bruce: Yeah, it was
Duke: You must’ve spent a fortune
Bruce, confused: What do you mean?
Steph: I mean… this shit would put a dent in any billionaire’s pockets
Bruce: I didn’t buy any of this. They gave it to me
Tim: … why would they do that?
Bruce: I’m Bruce Wayne?
Bruce: The world belongs to me
Duke: Ah… that actually makes sense
——
Hal: Just come over, I’ll make us food
Bruce: No thanks, I don’t eat
Bruce: …
Bruce: Wait, that sounds weird. What did Tim call them? Pick me? Yeah, sounded pick me-ish
Bruce: No, I have ARFID
Hal: I’ll make one of your safe foods
Bruce: I love you so much
——
Batkids: This isn’t working
Bruce: … okay
Batkids: Try different parenting. Act like Alfred *unaware of "parent Alfred" and only know "Grandpa Alfred" which is vastly different*
Bruce: I don’t see how that’s better, but okey? *emotionally neglects them and guilt-trips them all while being passive-aggressive*
——
Cass, sliding in to sit next to Bruce: I see you bought mangos
Bruce: Hrn
Cass: Please cut mangos for me
Bruce: Why? Your brother cuts mangos himself to eat. If you want to eat mangos, go cut them yourself
Cass: Fruit tastes better when you cut it
Cass: Dad, please, I’ll die without mangos
Bruce, preparing to stand up: You are so annoying
——
Duke: What’s one of your favorite Robin moments?
Bruce: Any? You’re not asking me to rank them, are you?
Duke: No, we’ll both get in trouble for that
Bruce: Hm, Steph wanted a main weapon. Like Dick and his escrima sticks or Tim and his Bo staff
Bruce: So she picked up a shovel for like, a week straight
Bruce: She was actually really good
——
Tim, having a depressive episode: I don’t want to survive
Bruce: And yet, you must
Bruce, yanking his blanket off: Up, sweetums, we’re taking Ace on a walk
Tim, slowly sliding out of bed: Ugh
——
Bruce: So let me get this straight
Jason: …
Bruce: You’re mad at me for not knowing something that you’re purposefully hiding from me?
Dick: …
Bruce: Do you see how fucking stupid that sounds?
——
Bruce: My love language is lurking
Duke: Aaah! How long have you been there?!
——
Bruce: I hate everything!
Bruce: I hate the world! I hate myself! I feel like I’m crawling out of my skin!
Ace, trots in carrying Bruce’s meds:
Bruce: Ooh, that makes so much more sense. Thank you, Ace
——
Alfred: Master Bruce was always going missing one way or another, promising he was going to run away
Alfred: Like that one time *recounts story*
Bruce: Ah, no, I was actually kidnapped that one time
Alfred: Hm?
Bruce: Yeah, you seemed annoyed at me, so I just told you I ran away
Bruce: Didn’t wanna stress you out
Alfred, eye twitching: Didn’t want to stress me out…
——
During an interview
Reporter: And how did you end up in that neck brace?
Hal: I asked him to squeeze my head with his thighs
Bruce, blushing: Please stop talking
Hal: It was the best moment of my life
Hal: I wear this injury with pride
——
Cass: We need a distraction
Bruce: Don’t worry, I’ve got this
Bruce, walking out into the camera's line of sight: *smiles*
Paparazzi: *clamoring to talk to him or just get a picture of his smile*
Jason: Damn… I always forget how famous and popular he is…
——
Bruce getting detained for beating up an old guy messing with his kids at a gala
Police person, trying to cuff Bruce: P-please cooperate, Mr Wayne
Bruce, eyes dark and blood still splattered across his cheek: Do you really want to do this?
Police person, trembling and scared: No, Sir *fumbling with the cuffs*
Bruce, voice very close to Batman’s register: You’re going to let me go. Now.
Police person, in tears: Yes, Sir
——
Bruce, coming downstairs wearing a sexy revealing outfit: Hm
Jason, crossing his arms: No
Bruce: … what?
Damian: You heard him, Baba. No way you’re going out like that
Bruce, amused: Oh? And why is that?
Damian: It’s too revealing!!
Bruce: I’m going on a date with Hal, it’ll be fine
Jason: Oh, we’ll see about that
Jason: Guys! Come look at what Pa is wearing!
Dick: What- oh hell no
Bruce: I thought you boys grew out of this
Tim: Dad, I’m gonna have to agree with them. This is... your shirt doesn't even have a back!
Bruce: It’s not that bad
Steph: You look hot, like, out of this world sexy
Bruce, pleased: Thank you
Steph: Which is exactly why you can’t wear it. Too many creeps
Duke: Maybe you should put on a nice sweater or something?
Bruce, crossing his arms: I don’t want a sweater
Dick: I thought I threw out all your tight pants?
Bruce: So it was you! Also, this is insanely hypocritical coming from you, of all people, chickadee
Tim: That’s different! You’re our Dad!
Bruce: I seriously can’t deal with you guys right now. I’m gonna be late
Alfred: Hang on, Master Bruce. Perhaps it would be best if you did change into something less… form-fitting?
Bruce: Not you too, Alfred!
Steph: Like, wow, I feel like we need to hire bodyguards
Duke: Seriously, any sweater will do
Hal, flying in through the window: Hey, babe- whoa… whoa… whoaaaa… *staring at Bruce*
Alfred: Advert your eyes before I make you
Hal, flies down and wraps his arms around Bruce’s waist: Hurt me all you want, I’ll die for this sight a million times over
Bruce: Let’s go on that date. Now.
Hal: On it, babe. I can’t wait to show you off. I can fight bae, wear whatever you want
Bruce, grinning: Hrn
Leaves while the Batfamily yells and threatens to track them down
good things will happen 🧿
things that are meant to be will fall into place 🧿
THIS ONE FUCKING WORKS. REBLOG IT.
this for real fucking works
After Bruce pulls some strings and Jason is able to come back to life legally, Jason feels the overwhelming urge to go to college and get a degree with his name on it
So, with a few amazing written essays and Bruce taking care of the cost, he gets into an out-of-state college
It’s a sad affair, yes. And Bruce is shaking in his boots at the thought of Jason not being relatively safe within the borders of Gotham, but he’s gotten a lot better at letting his children spread their wings and fly without him
Bruce sends him off with a teary smile and a kiss on the forehead, playfully ordering Jason to call him at least once a week
Jason is ecstatic in the first week of college, living like a normal adult and being on his own. He goes to bed whenever he wants without anyone nagging him, he's eating all the fast food he wants, he gets quiet time, and doesn't have to hear his siblings' noises. He's living the life. He should be happy
But he fucking misses his Dad. He misses Bruce so fucking much it’s killing him
He can’t do video calls with Bruce because he starts getting teary, and he knows it’ll only be a few seconds till he bursts out in tears. He's calling Bruce at least three times a week while pretending that Bruce is the one bothering him
Clingy baby Jason, who misses his Dad no matter what he says or how he acts. He’ll never admit it, but it’s literally so obvious to everyone. Well, except for Bruce.
“*Sob* Dickie I miss Dadddd!”
“Then call him instead of me, dipshit?”
“Nooooo!”
“I’m gonna text Bruce that you’re doing this.” Tim’s head pops up in the corner of Dick’s screen, a shit eating grin front and center
“You’re all so mean to me! I hate everything!”
Paprika art meme. Better late than never I did promise a baby Bruce angst art didn't I 😇 (the trick is he is always a baby inside)
De-aged! Bruce word vomit
Bruce getting hit with a spell and turning 9-10. The batkids taking care of Kid Bruce before they start noticing he doesn’t act like they thought he would. He seems much more haunted and is weirdly confused when they try to comfort him after a nightmare the first time.
The kids being confused that Kid Bruce goes around hugging everyone much more freely but also hangs onto every shred of affection like it’ll be ripped away. Him acting like this with Alfred cause Alfred has always insisted on keeping a strict professional boundary between them when he was a child. Kid Bruce’s memories of the employer-employee relationship that he had to adjust around conflicting with living proof that Alfred has always been capable of being softer, familial. Kid Bruce trying to figure out what caused this so he could get some of the soft love he’d lost after seeing it seep out into the alley that night back.
His behaviour with affection being slightly different with his kids because according to the notes he’d found, it seems like their affection has always been contingent on something ever since they grew up. Kid Bruce not knowing them and now doubting if he even wants to know the people that he has earn love from. But Kid Bruce finding their hugs and soft words so comforting that he wonders what monstrous thing he must have done to have this love given so freely now have rules in the future. Kid Bruce slowly realizing these rules are just for him and him only when he sees Dick ruffle Tim’s hair after an argument.
Kid Bruce dreading having to grow up and constantly perform in the one space he thought he’d eventually to be loved in like he once was. Kid Bruce mourning his parents tenfold because it wasn’t fair that he couldn’t just be and still be able to feel tenderness ever again.
The kids not knowing how to deal with this version of their father that sometimes gets this devastatingly melancholic look in his eyes that no kid should have, that Bruce tried to make sure they didn’t have as best he could. The kids eventually deciding to smother Kid Bruce with as many hugs as they can. The kids promising themselves that they were going to try to change the way they used their affection.
Yet nothing really changes. Without even realizing it the batkids have separated Kid Bruce and their Bruce into two different people after just a couple months of sticking to their promise and they’ve fallen back into old habits.
Them only realizing this when they find Bruce holding a picture taken of him hugging one of his kids tightly to his chest two days after an argument, curled up.
( this is an amalgamation of so many posts that have blurred together in my mind so if anyone recognizes their idea and wants to be credited pls just lmk! )
More Jaybin 😋
ON HOCKEY, FRIENDSHIP, & DESTINY: BROCK BOESER, ELIAS PETTERSSON, QUINN HUGHES
thinking about bruce.. I love bruce... I love bruce in all of his no-killing, socially stiff glory. yes set your boundaries don't let those ableists force you to "move on" and shame you for your "weird personality" and having a trauma response bbg you are so strong for being firm with your beliefs you are everything I always wanted to be
Batkids: how come Bruce can’t tell that we love and care him and that he shouldn’t think of himself (that) poorly
Also Batkids: releases the most PTSD inducing, mean-spirted one liner that would send Bruce into a panic attack if he was a weaker man.
Bruce "hell is other people" Wayne but in the "being stuck with people who affirm your worst fears and complexes about your identity is hell" sense and him having his family, friends, and teammates tell him how monstrous, coldhearted, uncaring, useless, unable to be happy, etc., he is