Okay but Reverse Age Robin AU + cryptid Dick Grayson + Robin Biting People
Dick was raised by the circus but it was always meant to be a cover for training him to be a talon. He spent time with talons from a very young age. Maybe he is a talon or just has their mannerism. Either way when Bruce took him in, the batfam did not know what they were in for.
Dick has a habit of just appearing when he wants something.
He appears on top of the bookshelf in the library when he wants Jason to cuddle with him.
He climbs up Bruce when he wants to go outside. He perches on his shoulder like a bird.
He pops out of the vents when he wants to ask Alfred when dinner is going to be ready or when Tim is about to call him to come to watch a movie.
He stares the same way Cass does. Tilts his head like he is studying everyone in the room. Him and Cass sometime have silent conversations.
No one showed him the batcave. No one told him their night time identities. They just found him one day, climbing the cave walls like it was the most natural thing in the world.
Damian avoids him, or at least tries.
Dick keeps popping up. He locks vents, windows, doors and yet this pest keeps appearing. Damian goes to tell him off again but Dick appears with two practice swords and a wide smile.
“I suppose no one else in this house is going to teach you”.
When he officially becomes Robin, Gordon wants to complain. He heard from Hood that the newest bat was only 9. Then he heard the crackle. He sees him slip from the shadows. He sees the way his body bends. He can’t be human. He seems the marks left on the criminal brought in. He sees the shift to long sleeves in July, the padding everyone, even the police start wearing.
It isn’t enough. The joker comes in covers in bites straight through the padding. So many marks.
He is not human. That is the only conclusion Gordon can come to.
The batfam comes to the same conclusion, despite many test results proving otherwise.
