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Hiii vee! Just out of curiosity... what do you think each batboys ideal way to ask bb to be their valentine ? Hope you have a wonderful rest of your day <3

Hi!!! Omg this is such a cute question!! Looong post but hope you like! <3 Happy belated Valentines Day to all!

Dick Suave. Shameless. Thoughtful. You don't really pay that much attention to Dick's presence in the manor. There's no point of perking up like a bored puppy when you see that flash of striking blue and inky black, stretched across the strong chest that was the unfortunate source of your earliest 'tinglings'. Entraced in your upside down doomscrolling session on the sofa, you don't even notice the frown that tugs the corners of his lips when you fail to greet him with your usual enthusiasm. Or at all, really. He clears his throat once, and then twice- which finally gets you to drop your phone and right yourself. "Hi." "Hey," he grins, setting a duffel bag at your feet. "Sooo, you're gonna wanna get dressed. And...I kinda can't tell you why." You don't know what you're expecting- but it isn't the Rouge Astronomers Gown and a matching domino mask. "Dick-" "Please, little wing?" You have literally no idea why you're wearing noise dampening earplugs, or how no one saw two distinctly dressed figures grappling into the rafters of Gotham Square Garden- but you do know what it's like to see Juno performed live, soaking up the vibrations of Nightwing's own humming as you lean into his chest. "Will you?" "Huh?" The whites of your mask convey confusion, and then understanding. "Oh." You snort, glancing back down to the dancing Sabrina Carpenter. "What? Let you make me Juno?" "No," he laughs, and you can feel his arm tuck you closer into him as the other fishes for a heart shaped card. "My puns aren't that bad." BB Mine? "You sure about that, Nightwing?" Jason Jason in my head has the capacity to be an old school romantic (even more of a romantic than Dick) but he doesn't have the confidence to do something as overt as he'd like. Jason's desire to look cool and his history of comparing his game to Dick's makes for a storm of overcompensating via nonchalance. But it's super obvious because the romance still comes through in the end. So he'd: - ask BB if she was free 'on Friday' (Valentines Day) - if she wanted to go to 'this bookstore opening' (it's a romance only bookstore such like Lovestruck in Boston). - if she's hungry, they can 'grab something to eat' (it's a picnic. He made the ice tea pink) You'd lay together tucked away in a corner of Robinson Park, full on little treats and pastries and ice tea. You'd share his earbuds, the short wires forcing you into close proximity as you listen to an audiobook together. "Jay?" "Mm." "Is this a date?" "...Do you want it to be a date?" "Jace." "Princess." "Be my Valentine?" You ask, prodding a finger right over his heart. "Is that all I'm worth to you, BB? No card? No Hoizer? No heart shaped- ow!" He groans dramatically as you shove him, and the playfighting that ensues ends with him allowing you to pin him. "Well, if you're gonna beat it out of me," he sighs. "Yeah, sure. I'll be your Valentine." Tim "Whose the lucky guy?" Silas asks as he pushes off the gates marking the entrance to the academy. Students huddle together, whispering behind their hands and doing full 180s to glimpse you in the courtyard. Arm thrown around your shoulders, Silas guides you to your locker. It's stickerbombed with motifs of glitterfied conversation hearts toting classic phrases like 'Luv U', 'XOXO' and 'UR Cute'. There's no note on your locker. You side-eye Silas, who raises his hands in full surrender.

"Learned my lesson last time." He announces, but not to you. He's glancing at Damien, who leans against his own locker looking more displeased than with his usual resting Bat face. The final straw is when you open your locker, shutting your eyes out of reflex as an air cannon full of rose petals and glitter kindly decorates you and a few curious peers. You don't even have to look at your phone to know whose calling.

Fishing the vibrating device from your blazer, you scowl as the screen goes pink, save for some text. BE MINE? -TIM YES | NO (will brick ur phone </3) Damien You think next year, you're gonna ask Bruce if Jason was left out of the Christmas cards by choice. When he first started wearing the bat again, he'd vehemently denied any non-life threatening get togethers with extreme prejudice, but it's been years. Maybe all he needed was another push. You'd hate to think you all have been excluding Jason all these years on an assumption. As Dick, Tim and Bruce help the photographer finish the last of the set up, Damian hands you Ace's brush. You two have been tasked to be the animal wranglers this year (and every year), which involves making sure the handsome black dogs not only look their best, but are pumped full of enough treats not to mind the excessive repositioning. "Do you still check your google calendar?" Damien asks, running Titus' brush down the dog's neck. "Uh, yeah. Why?" "I need some...assistance. With an engagement." "Vague. When?" "Nine weeks from now. You'll recieve a reminder a few hours beforehand."

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Damian asking (demanding) BB pose for him while he sketches under the guise of anatomy practice. Really he just wants to look at her and draw her without it seeming weird or obvious.

You get it!!!

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Heyyyy Vee!

A little bit of clarification on some of your recent asks: you said the kids would be in college and then post grad. Does that imply they wouldn‘t be involved with vigilante stuff?

A part of why Dick is into BB is because BB is into him and wouldn’t chase her if she wasn’t interested right? How would he handle her loosing interest or no longer wanting to continue a romantic relationship with him after having been in one with him? It’s pretty common for people who were groomed (NOT saying he groomed her) too wake up to the reality of the situation as they get older and try to leave. What if BB came to the realization that her attraction to him was a crush that way overstayed its welcome and was exacerbated by him reciprocating or something like that??

Thank you!!

It really depends on the father! I'd like to stress that, these are all hypotheticals and anyone can imagine whatever they want to- I'm not planning on taking the actual narrative even remotely close to marriage/children. The story will end well before we reach that point.

That being said: I imagine that Dick and Damian would actively try to keep their kids seperated from vigilante life, though I think only Damian will be truly successful. Last year some anons asked me to brainstorm what Dick's kid with BB would be like, and I can see that much like one of Dick's canon kids (Eliana?? Elaina?? i think? She's from the rebirth Batman Beyond run), all that coddling just makes them yearn for vigilante life. I feel like Jason's daughter could go either way. I think Tim's kid would be an Oracle 2.0. If Jon has a kid and they develop powers, they would feel pressured into it (not by their parents but just not being able to sit by a do nothing).

I Love Dick Grayson, but I Offer You My Slanderous Words: As for Dick- he absolutely IS grooming BB. I know it's a nasty word but the unfortunate truth is that what he is doing is the textbook definition of grooming. He may not have what we would consider nefarious intent, we may know he's a great guy; but Dick has had a major influence on her life since she was six years old, even if they didn't really hang out when she was like 13-18.

Dick knows it, too- a lot of the attraction he feels is not just because he likes people who like him, but BB is subconciously willing to change herself to be appealing to him (which is what people being groomed always do). 18 year olds don't really have personalities yet- they're just kinda trying different stuff on until they have enough lived experience to become their own people. I totally see this part of him as one of the reasons he and Starfire get divorced in the comics sometimes lmao. Like when he meets her she's really hot and fun and kinda naive but by the time they get married and have a kid she goes back to doing space princess shit and their relationship fell apart as soon as she started doing her!!! (This is my extrememly vague recollection it's been years) As for your hypothetical, my angsty mind thinks that had he not kept (poorly) attemping to establish boundaries with her and just gone with it: they would have continued dating in secret until they got discovered, she'd be married and pregnant by like 22, and I think like at 25 the ennui hits. She would start going through the stages of grief, seeing other people her age living life for themselves. I think Dick would be heartbroken BUT would try his best to make up fot it. Buying her flowers, taking initiative with the kid, planning crazy romantic dates, etc. Ultimately if she wanted to leave, he'd let her, but until she says the words- that man is bending over backwards to keep her!!! Like I said, this is all hypotheticals straight off the dome. None of it is concrete and my answers to this might change like in a few months or a year or whatever haha I don't really think about this stuff unless people ask tbh. Don't let my answers discourage you from imagining whatever endings you like!

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You mentioned BB’s future children before so I’m curious as to when you think she would start having kids and what kind of mother she would be!

It all really depends on what type of ending you'd chose for her! The 'why choose' ending is a childfree one in my head just because it personally feels very complicated. As for the type of mom, I think early on she'd be very Princess Di. Gotham would be obsessed with seeing the richest woman on the East Coast running across a feild to cheer her kid on during their preschool race yk. She's like barefoot and wearing her Martha's pearls, hair wild with the proudest grin.

When her kids are teenagers, she'd fight the urge to helicopter mom a little. She'd want to ensure they know that they could come to her with the same questions she had. Especially with daughters. When her children are in college, she makes time to take them to dinner or brunch every other week. And she stays blowing up their phone haha. When they're post grad, she's taking them on overseas trips to engage in their interests. Museums if they're an art/history kid, music festivals, exclusive workshops/etc. All this to say, she is very affected by growing up without a mom and it shows haha. As for the ages; she and Dick would start pretty young. Like 22-23. Contrary to popular belief, Dick is actually really on top of contraception- so it would be purposeful. Ever the unethical but passionate choice haha

Honestly prob early with Jason too, but it would be entirely a happy accident. I genuinely don't see her having kids with Tim atm

Damian is actually pretty anti passing on the Wayne genes in the canon I used to build his persona (pre alfred wayne but that's a simulation or w/e anyway) and I think that stays true until he becomes a renowned doctor and things in Gotham feel settled/LOA is disbanded. They have one kid when they're like legit in their early 30s. GLB Jon is actually the opposite. He thinks he wants kids, but the older he gets, the more he turns away from the idea. If it happens, it would be an accident and they'd have a long discussion about it. He doesn't hate kids, but the state of the world makes him anxious to bring another person into it. He'll be thinking about it a lot during the time dilation he's going through rn!

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Okay so we all know about how Bruce is absolutely UNREASONABLE about what she wears, Victorian maxxing, so inoffensive it almost circles back to being offensive and I’m thinking there's no way some people aren’t at least a little into it…when you’re rich, hot, and famous, ppl will glamorize anything you do. She‘d be seen wearing some ruffled collar or ankle length tweed skit and the next day I’t be trending on TikTok. "I got the iconic Y/N Wayne Mary Janes!!" Smh…

But the Batboys…You know how people say modesty can be sexier then showing skin? After so long of seeing literally NOTHING, even just a slip of skin they weren’t suppose to see will send them into a spiral. Her stockings ripped and she had to take the whole thing off? That was literally the hottest thing Jason's seen in a while and he’s been around the block. Tim looking at the outline of her butt and legs under her long skirt as she sits and crosses her legs? All attention to the meeting has gone out the window and he’s gripping his thighs for sanity. She undoes a button on her blouse because it’s hot? Damian’s eyes are immediately drawn to the hollow of her collarbone.

A man in a desert will appreciate a drop of water more than a rich man will a whole gallon of water 😂

You are so incredibly right about this on all fronts!!! I absolutely imagine that BB is accidentally responsible for Light Academia, Princess Core and similar aesthetics. It's almost camp that a heiress dresses that way in the modern day yk

You're spot on with the boys, too. There are little moments like that sprinkled into some of the early chapters for sure!

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WHAAAAT?! Omg this is so so perfect! Frustrated loser core Tim is my absolute hero!!!

Your art is amazing! Thanks so much for sharing it!

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I was thinking about how BB acts in glb and I was randomly reminded of a saying “nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known."

what do you think are some traits bb has that she learned off of the characters?

I love your work, stay safe and hope you’re doing amazingly!!

Oooh this is such a cute question!! <333 read below for answers!

Alfred: They share a favorite tea, she gets up around the time that he does, needs to listen to classical music when cleaning Bruce: Gray Ghost as a comfort show, doing the Gazette crossword, empathizing with villians, always keeping a drink in hand at a party (even if it's just like apple juice or something), sighing when she's thinking ("hn"), never turning their backs to an entrance, wearing robes + fancy pjs, fav soup is Mulligatawny Dick: Super involved skincare routine, favorite cereal, needing to trick shot basically every piece of trash, having hero merch, running fingers through hair, having chapstick (lip gloss in BB's case) at all times, hyper pop, mainstream pop, caring about celebrities. Barbara: Same workout gear, bedtime yoga, bringing her waterbottle everywhere, (if you picture BB as having glasses, announcing aloud where you put them down when taking them off), any singer/songwriter she listens to. Jason (They didn't spend much time together as kids BUT): Saturday morning cartoons, taking care of her things (conditioning leather shoes/jackets), liking gargoyles, any alternative/gunge/punk music she's into, rolling her eyes Tim: Anime, mixing Zesti cola flavors at movie theaters, they fidgit similarly (spinning pens between fingers), same headphone brand, having a Letterboxd, same favorite chips, any rap (MF DOOM, Tyler the Creator) or techo/vaporwave she listens to, obsessive playlist curation

Stephanie: multiple ear piercings (3 on each lobe), carrying hand lotion, obsessive nail care, being a charcuterie fiend, brunch as a favorite meal, 'lo-fi music to study to'

Cassandra: Similar hiding places when they want to be left alone, they curl up in chars similarly, people watching, easvesdropping at parties.

Damian: brown sugar in tea, tongue clicking "tt" (she does it less than him but still), preferring sweets with nuts and honey in them as opposed to straight sugar, milk tea, sketching on post-it notes, manga/manhwa/webtoon, any dark wave/goth she listens to, wired earphones (they do that thing where you string it under your shirt so it hangs over when your not using them).

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Hii!!! I love your work on AO3!!!

I wanted to know what the age of the characters are?

I know Damian and BB are both 18 but I wanna know about Dick and Tim.

I just want to have an idea about what the age gap is.

Hi! Thanks! I'm gonna be so honest with you, the age gap is predatory.

Dick is legit 10 years older than her. Tim is about half that? Which is obviously not great (which is ofc why Bruce is absolutely going to lose his mind when it all comes out).

This fic is more of a coming of age/womanhood thing than a pure erotica or romance fic (which is why it's pushing 2 years and 30 chapters) and unfortunately for a lot of young women (including myself), that means getting a brain worm that makes you feel special when cool older people pay attention to you.

Some folks have no trouble treating it like a regular harem romance story. I'm not gonna say that it's the correct or incorrect way to read it. From the prospective of a lonely, bored, lovesick 18 year old BB, it absolutely is. The 'age difference', 'light yandere' and 'pseudo-incest' tags are doing a lot of heavy lifting, so beware.

Honestly while I'm here quick PSA: If you're down bad for someone much older than you, ask yourself why they can't find someone their own age. Especially if you live in the USA and are capable of getting pregnant- leave that man before the universe makes him your baby's father!!! He is evil!!! I promise you! Go make some irl friends, get a movie membership and start a letterboxed. Get a good vibrator and take a pottery class.