So I had another wonderful idea while at work.
We love Peter Parker in Gotham fics where Dick Grayson is Peterās biological father. Peter has no idea what Gotham is and hates heās in New Jersey. Meeting the Batfam, finding out his bio dad is alive in this universe, and the angst that goes along with Peter getting to know his dead dad.
Now let me introduce a concept that can crush hearts. ā¤ļø
So what if, before Peter Parker arrives in Gotham, before the events of No Way Home, Dick has a kid, his own Peter. It doesnāt matter how he came to be or who the mom is. Dick has a kid and he loves him. The kid doesnāt have to be named Peter but heās an alternative version of Peter.
Sadly, Dickās son dies at a young age. How he dies can be something as simple as a car accident or drowning to something extremely like The Joker blowing up a school and his son was inside.
Dickās son is dead, taken too soon from this world.
So here comes Peter Parker. Whoās a homeless teenager who is trying to survive Gotham on his own after being thrown out of his own universe.
The Batfam meet Peter in and out of costume and itās Tim who makes the connection. Heās staring at Peter and thinks: Would my nephew look like Peter if he grew up to be a teen? This triggers a reaction inside Tim, because why dose this kid look like an older version of his nephew?? And the more he studies Peter, the more he sees the resemblance of his late nephew. Same hair, same eyes, same nose shape!
Tim decides to look up Peter Parker, mostly to end the nagging thoughts that the homeless teen is his dead nephew. Peter seems like a private person, doesnāt talk much about his personal life. All they know heās a teen from Queens, New York whose family is all dead. But when Tim looks him up, he canāt find anything on this kid! No social media! No obituaries about his dead relatives! He finds Peterās birth certificate (didnāt help he has the same birthday as his dead nephewās), social security number, and other legal documents that are all fake! Theyāre forgeries ļæ¼and theyāre really good forgeries! Tim almost passed them off as real.
This is bad! This kid has fake documents! Why would a homeless teenager have fake documents??! Why dose a teen who looks like his dead nephew have fake documents??!
Holy SHIT! Someone must of cloned his nephew!!!
No this canāt be right? Who on earth is sick enough to do that!? (A lot of people) Tim meets Peter again and gets his DNA without the teen noticing. This will prove once and for all this kid isnāt a clone of his dead nephew, his fears can be put to rest, he can focus on more important matters. Like why dose Peter have fake documents?
Itās 100% match, Tim cries.
Tim gets the familiar together and explains his findings. Everyone is freaking out. Dick is angry and devastated, that someone took his childās DNA and cloned him. He also feels hope. Even through the kid may be a clone, itās still his son at the end of the day. ļæ¼this could be Dicks only chance to have his son back, even if itās not his real kid.
Fast forward to the Batfam managing to take (kidnapped) Peter to the manor where the reveal everything to him. ( Doesnāt help that his dead dad is alive and in front of them) The news confuses and overwhelms the kid.
Clone?? They really thought he was a clone??!
After Peter recovers from the shock, he finally tells them the truth. That heās not a clone, but is from a different dimensionļæ¼. He explains his whole life story to the bats.
It ends with Dick and Peter getting to know one another. Their share lose of family not only helps them bond but also heal wounds that they never realized were there until now.