Hey Gator, do you have any HCs or imagines or anything for a Batboys x Cat!Reader? Like- a Selina Kyle type of reader? Could be a protege or just a copycat (ha)
(No this is totally not an excuse to imagine MLM batcat why would you think that)
Batboys x Stray male reader
Headcanons
Have you guys seen those fics and art pieces where Tim is Selinas student or like protege? Thats where I got the name Stray from, lmao. Reader goes by Catlad when hes a kid though.
I tried to keep the reader as more of a trickster with Damian, cuz theyd be the same age. I wrote them separately, so they aren't very long but I'm willing to go in depth if interested.
Dick Grayson
Out of all of them, you and Dick would have the most, what should I call it, intense? Relationship. You guys are hot and cold, steamy intense kisses on rooftops, but then Dick chasing you down for a crime.
You two would have known each other from when he was Robin, and you were Catlad, which was the name you used before you became Stray, when you set out on your own.
Maybe you even follow him to Bludhaven when Dick leaves to find his own path, and you feel you've outgrown your own playground.
Back when you two were Robin and Catlad, you two were more friends than enemies. When Batman and Catwoman would be off... negotiating, you two would hunker down with the latest gameboy or the like and play.
Back then you mainly pulled pranks on Dick, until you guys got older and it became more. Your outfit switched from something sporty to something more formfitting and sleek, with a zipper that goes all the way down the front.
I can see your relationship causing problems in other areas of Dick's life, because you guys just can't stay away from each other. This means Dick can't really settle down with someone else, cuz you are always there in the back of his mind.
It just makes the comparisons between Bruce and Dick worse, as he's got his own cat walking circles around him and purring.
There is an extremely powerful charge between you two whenever you meet, be it as allies or as enemies, but you guys are never really enemies. I get a feeling you've been his “I know a guy” for years, when it comes to your areas of expertise.
I imagine the titans and the rest of the batfam are tired of watching you guys chase each other, Dick chasing you, only for you two to giggle and turn it around.
Everyone knows you guys will get together at some point, its just a matter of time. Theres a betting pool with the titans on when and where, or who will propose.
I also get a feeling you are pretty close with the titans after all these years, and you aren't an actual member of the Titans or anything but like, you are invited to all the parties and get-togethers.
For some reason I also feel a tickle in the back of my head that you might have had a bit of a thing with Roy when you guys were younger, I cant tell ya why. Roy obviously knew it wasn't gonna last but it was fun.
Jason Todd
For some flavor. You two knew each other back when you were street kids. Jason gets picked up by Batman, and you don't see your best friend for a while.
You start stealing, more than before anyways, and you've always looked up to Catwoman, so you try to copy her. In the beginning your outfit is a dark hoodie that you have sewn cat ears into.
Selina and you bump into each other enough times for her to pick you up, deciding that if Batman can pick up strays, so can she. After that, she becomes your foster parent, or more like aunt, and you live with her.
You recognize Jason almost immediately when out as Catlad and Robin, he's just so familiar. He recognizes you in return, and it just becomes that pointing spiderman meme.
I feel that after Jason dies, you lose a lot of your charm and high energy. Instead of just being a trickster and stealing things like diamonds, it becomes a cold almost cruel personality, stealing anything and everything just to feel something.
It leads to a split between you and Selina for a while, mostly its you pushing her away because she cares. You also never forgive Batman, resulting in violent confrontations.
The bats have had to stop you from murdering the Joker on many occasions. Everyone knows to keep an eye out whenever the Joker is free, both for the Joker himself, but also because you want him dead.
When Jason comes back it takes a bit for you two to meet again, as you both keep close to the ground to get awa with your business.
Jason recognizes you first, as you still carry the cat theme, and hes just shook at how attractive you are even after all this time, and with all the weight hanging on your shoulders.
When you guys figure out each others secret identities and all that, its like an explosion. You guys kiss like you are trying to devour each other, or crawl into the others skin.
I feel bad for anybody near that rooftop that night, or the nights after cuz you guys can't keep hands off each other, so multiple rooftops around crime alley are... blessed let's say that.
You two mellow each other out in ways nothing else does. Being with Jason heals part of you that was hurting, and being with you keeps Jason on the more sane side, for the most part.
It leads to you repairing your relationship with Selina, who's just as happy to see Jason back and alive. She gives him the shovel talk anyways, because she has to.
At some point it just becomes known that Stray and Red Hood run together, and are clearly lovers. Nobody says it out loud, but Hoods goons have seen the way their boss pulls Stray into his lap, or the way Stray drapes against him like a cat.
Tim Drake
In this scenario, you were Catlad before Tim becomes Robin. Maybe you are a year maybe two older, and you catch him stalking the bats.
Cue you, landing on the rooftop beside him and doing some play flirting. Its not anything serious obviously, but it does make Tim blush anyways. Both because hes been caught, but also because you are paying attention to him, ya know?
As catlad your outfit isnt like Selinas, but you still offer to take some action pics for him. It ends with you borrowing his camera and getting pics he wouldnt be able to get himself.
When Tim becomes Robin, your relationship continues. Its not as flirty or catty as the one between Bruce and Selina, but there is some playfulness in there.
You would be pretty smart too, able to lead Tim on all kinds of chases and give him challenging puzzles and challenges to catch you, or return what you stole.
Maybe you guys share your first kiss because you were jealous, when Tim started showing Stephanie or someone else attention. What can you say, cats are selfish creatures.
Its nothing too extreme at the time, but its still a kiss, and you telling him that you called dibs on this birdy. Then you disappear for a while.
You go away to train, and to become Stray. During this time Tim becomes Red Robin. Idk why I kinda feed on you two being a little angsty when you first meet back up.
Both of you in your rebellious or emo phases ig, avoiding talking about the emotions that are so clearly there.
Just imagine Tim is with his team, and hes just chewing his pen and just staring at a map he's drawn up of all your movements. One of them like, teasingly asks him about it, and he just huffs loudly, closes it, and struts off (to hide his flush).
We all know Tim is a bit of a stalker, its part of the appeal, so its also no surprise that he's got a lot, and I mean a lot, of pictures of you. Probably as many as he's got of all the bats combined. Luckily, you find it charming.
When you guys finally decide to stop denying feelings, its like pouring gasoline on a fire. It gets so out of control for a while and impossible to manage.
Tims lips are just always flushed from all the kissing, and he starts wearing turtlenecks or scarves during the summer.
You feel little need to hide it, and maybe you do some updates to your catsuit to fit Tims taste, just a little. And you add some hidden zippers, just because, wink wonk.
Damian Wayne
With Damian, you haven't become Stray yet. You two are the same age, or around it anyways, and you act as a big part of thawing him up to the real world.
In the beginning its a lot of ragebaiting tbh, you get in the way, pull tricks, call out remarks that have him chasing you across the rooftops.
But little by little, Damian starts to see some appeal in it. He starts to actually have fun, or spend time thinking about you outside of a strategy or enemy. Honestly, I can see Bruce and Selina planning meetups during patrol, just to let you two bond and run off.
When Damian finally succeeds in catching you, he doesn't actually stab you or arrest you. He might see it as a weakness, how you have started making him feel, as Damian feels his face warming up and his palms growing clammy in his gloves.
I can see him letting you go “out of the goodness of his heart” or whatever, and Damian just stands with his back towards you, arms crossed and a forced scowl on his face as you snicker, blow a kiss and run away.
The rest of the fam do not let him live it down when they discover it. He just let you go? After chasing you for months? After coming up with so many plans to wipe the floor with you? And what, he just decided to be nice today?
So many jokes about Damian inheriting Bruces attraction to cats, because that's what it has to be, since he's the only biological offspring of Bruce.
You two start planning whole “confrontations” but really... it's just excuses to spend time together. Maybe in the beginning it was actual fighting or training, but at some point it became sitting on a rooftop with ice cream, or sneaking into a movie cinema in costume.
When you show up to the manor for the first time, outside of costume, Damian is ready to kill everyone, if they as much as say something.
Some of them, maybe only Dick and Bruce, would find it adorable as Damian grabs your hand and drags you upstairs as you wave to them happily, and tell Bruce that you love his house.
You guys spend a lot of time together discussing animals, especially when Alfred the cat decides to join you guys. Ends with you inviting Damian to your place so he can meet the 10 cats living there.
You also give him a tour in costume, so he can meet all the strays around town. This is where I can imagine Damian making some comment about you being a stray, and you just light up, telling him that its a perfect name.
You kiss him on the cheek as a thanks and run off to workshop it, since you've been wanting a new name and aesthetic for a while.
Damian goes back to the cave, quiet as the grave, face deeply flushed, and his grip on his sword just barely holding on. He doesn't even respond to the teasing, but Dick swears he catches Damian carefully touching his cheek at some point.