A certain Batman fic I desperately want written is so heartbreaking I don’t even know if I should tell y’all…
I’m going to anyway but still
Some anti-hero needs to kill Bruce in order to save the world in X days
Bruce, obviously, is all “ya sure”
His only condition? He gets a week or so to say goodbye to his children
Bruce isn’t Batman at all for this - wanting the birds to remember him as Bruce
Bruce takes Dick out to the first diner they ate at together when Dick was like 8. Bruce, before taking him back home to Wally, goes on this teary rant about how much he loves him/how proud he is.
Dick gets “wtf, are you ok??”
Bruce tells him he just had a bad dream (bc it’s the only excuse he could think of) and invites him over to the manor over the weekend for a family movie
He does this with all his children - something different for each
All of them are a bit off footed by it, but don’t ask too many questions bc Bruce is just Weird sometimes
(Bruce wanted his kid’s last memory with him a happy one)
With the movie started, all of Bruce’s kids in one spot, genuinely happy, Bruce settles a bit - ready
He dies during the night - the anti-hero was nice about it
The birds find out what happened - of course they do - and the gut twisting cries that leave their mouths cause anyone with super hearing to pause, listen, and panic once they recognize who was crying