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Another de-aged Danny au, but he's with Dan & Ellie & Jazz as well.

Jason has like just arrived back to Gotham, caused chaos in the underbelly due to well, 8 heads in a duffle bag, and is just starting his takeover of Crime Alley. It's going good, great even! And then he busts some sort of gang or smuggling ring run by people in white suits and there's... holy shit why do these four toddlers have Lazarus eyes?!

Is that a lab?! And Lazarus waters?! Jason might be a bit mad but he's not an asshole, he's not going to just leave these kids here to the streets. He can't just take them to the Batclan either, and as much as he begrudgingly trusts Talia, he sure as fuck doesn't trust Ras. Who knows what he'd do to four... what are they, pit-kids?

Now he's juggling his whole revenge-thing, running a criminal empire, taking over Gotham's underbelly, and being a single dad. At least the goonion seems to be down for helping, seeing as he's making Crime Alley safer...? .... Fuck he needs some proper sleep

Prompt 41

Hear me out, DP and DC crossover where Scarecrow is cousins with the Fentons.

His mother was siblings with Jack’s father, and both Jazz and Danny met ‘Uncle Jonathan’ during one of the many Fenton-Nightingale family reunions that happens every few years. Honestly, perhaps it’s what gets Jazz interested in psychology, hearing from her ‘uncle’ about fear and its effects.

And honestly once they start having to deal with ghosts and having had to deal with their parents for years it’s not really hard to talk with their uncle. Crane still doesn’t know how he became these kids’ favorite uncle, or even all of the family kids’ favorite uncle-cousin, but that’s just how the family is.

Really he’s not even the only villain of the family, with both Jack and Maddie being close but not quite, even if they’re definitely mad scientists. Their son becoming a local hero, even if they’re not aware of that fact, is just ironic.

John knows. The two kids told him when they found out that Danny may or may not need to feed on fear now that he’s half ghost, and well he’s the specialist about the emotion so…

At least they have someone to stay with when Jazz goes to Gotham university and brings Danny with her, even if the local vigilantes are concerned as to why Scarecrow attacks have suddenly took a nosedive…

Prompt 309

Danny huddled beneath the mass of warm scales, trying to avoid the rain that sputtered and hissed into steam whenever it touched the resting form of the older halfa. He choked on broken chirps, burying his head against his tail. Everything hurt, one of his paws and wings gone- what had the wanted them for-

He sniffled, not wanting to cry. At least- at least Jordan had managed to get them out, it could have been worse. Ancients, it could have been so much worse. Mom and Dad were… Ancients he didn’t want to even think about it-

A huff of smoke wafted over him, and he looked up into Dan’s crimson eye- the other gone to do who knows what with. It was time to go- they couldn’t stay in one place, they had to keep moving lest the GIW catch up. They didn’t have a choice, not now, not if they didn’t want to die- if they ever could now. It didn’t matter.

He stayed limp as he was picked up by the scruff, the rain soaking into his fur and scales (and still-healing injuries) as the larger dragon launched into the sky. They just had to keep moving, avoid any people, heroes included, and keep moving. Just keep moving.

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Solo Leveling Masterlist

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Dc x dp 59

The nasty burger explosion goes off. The problem is Jack and Maddie put Vlad as their choice of guardian in the will.

Danny doesn’t manage to get away from Vlad quick enough. So he is stuck. Danny does manage to avoid the basement.

Vlad gets annoyed of Danny attempting to escape. All his current devices to restrict powers are temporary and need to be constantly re applied. So he comes up with a device that’s just cuts Danny completely off from his powers. Like the belt, just better and no shocking. In reality it basically doesn’t allow him to release his powers. Which is problematic for his core the power has no where to go.

Vlad thinks Danny had just accepted his fate and finally calmed down. Danny is just trying to keep his cool and not have his core explode or something.

They end up at a gala. Because of course they do. Regardless. Danny is in public.

It’s his time to act.

So while at the gala. He does what anyone who wants to get away would do. Danny manages to go up to you’ll never guess it. Bruce Wayne.

Going up to him asking him if he hypothetically punched him would he get kicked out. Just enough to hypothetically get away from a fruit loop trying to force him to be his son.

Obviously this leads to a punch and a getaway.

This then leads to a run in with a bat or bird. Someone gets to miss the last of the gala. By the end of the night Danny has full access to his powers and is away from Vlad.

Ghost Beauty Standards

So what if ghosts have their own scale for beauty?

Waxy pale skin, half-lidded eyes, empty eyes, colorless lips, ashen complexion, and sunken cheeks.

These are considered the most attractive features of a ghost without the extra bells and whistles.

Tim did not know this when he sat at his desk after pulling a week straight of sleepless case-solving and his desk neighbor was staring at him.

Danny had never seen anyone more beautiful until he noticed Tim. He looked like he could drop dead at any moment. Did he even drink water? Eating?

Those beautiful glassy vacant eyes made Danny blush. He couldn't take his eyes off him.

When class ended Tim sat up Danny heard his back crack from his still position. Thoughts of rigor mortis filled his head and the sound of popping bones was almost a turn-on. Danny didn't even know what that said about him.

Danny had to consider what to do next to tame his feelings. He could stop his attraction by helping his classmate improve his health. Or he could satisfy his urges by courting him.

"He's just so pale and gaunt. Like a sickly Victorian." Danny whispered under his breath.

"Aww, baby pop has a crush~" Ember giggled affectionately nudging the body.

"You need to work quickly welp. Do not waste time lest a challenger come and steal your prize." Skulker blustered.

"But how! I can barely talk to him. Last time i just kept looking into his sunken eyes like an idiot." Danny disparaged feeling like girl with her first celebrity crush.

"Its simple. Kidnap him and make him your bride by force!" Frostbite growled.

"Frosty no, that's so old fashioned. These boys are still young." Ember countered. "You should serenade him."

"Don't forget gifts. Flowers and herbs to burn. Don't forget crystals, incense , and wine." Desiree joined in. "Of course, gold coins."

All the ghosts nodded in agreement coins were very important for any courting.

"Don't forget food, dearie. Sugar skulls are always a good idea, but sweet pastries and fruit are just as good. Spring water and quality coffee go a long way." Lunch lady said dropping off a plate of food for everyone before going back to the castle kitchen.

The next day Danny brought in a thermos of consecrated water from the north pole and pomegranate seeds he had harvested from the palace gardens.

Tim was confused but he took the offerings. Danny was elated and practically bursting with joy. They were courting now. Tim even offered him cookies that Alfred had made.

Danny continued to bring Time new gifts every day. All the while Tim was unaware of what he was agreeing to.

Tim once got Danny a coffee and watched the teen absolutely melt. Tim thought they were good friends and Danny was worried about his health.

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Danny is taking all of the advice he can get, and Tim is returning the gestures! But the other ghosts aren't sure if this is gonna last because they still haven't met this 'gorgeous I swear, his skin looks like it's only gotten a collective 15 minutes of sunlight in the last 16 years!' person yet.

They send Kitty, Shadow, and Johnny to snoop.

Shadow is hiss-giggling into Kitty's back as she explains "he's actually gorgeous. Like, I literally thought he was a corpse for a minute. Danny better not screw this up because there is no way he is getting another date that hot again."

Johnny is grumbling behind her "he's not that pretty. His skin is pastier than mine sure, but you can only barely see his veins through it. Doesn't even have my sickly green complexion or nothing. His eyes aren't actually sunken, they just have bags under them that makes them LOOK sunken."

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Dick just wanted to see Tim's new friend! Asking Babs for an innocent little wire tap isn't like, THAT bad. It would have been fine if he hadn't accidentally broadcast the conversation onto the coms during patrol. Or if the conversation he was eavesdropping on hadn't been so.......fascinating?

"-Death Wish coffee so I definitely need to make that a normal thing but the marigolds were a bust. He just looked at me weird and asked why I was giving him carnations." New friend!

"Maybe his culture doesn't use them, did you ask if he'd like a different flower?" Young voice, a child? "Cause I know I'd be way more into Alheli (Hoary stocks) if I were into that sort of thing"

"Don't listen to him punk, cempasuchil (marigold) are a classic. Maybe he's just allergic to flowers or something? Try bringing him to a fabric store! Picking out fabric for a coffin is super romantic!" Male, late teens. Dick isn't sure if he he should be excited that New Friend!TM is apparently crushing on his baby bird or worried about the advice he's getting.

"Right, maybe next time" his name was Danny? Why is he-? What kind of person thinks picking fabric for a coffin is a good date idea? "Tomorrow he's taking me to look at the oldest graveyard in Gotham." Tim why?

"Damn Babypop! You work fast!" Huh? Why is this getting approval?

Danny sounds sheepish as he tells the others to shut up and that he's hanging up. Dick is confused and thinking about how invasive his search on Danny should be.

Dick 'slightly' panics when he realizes the others heard the call after Jason responds. "Picking a fabric that matches your partner actually does sound pretty romantic."

I love this.

Jason is absolutely right, it's so romanic. It's basically like picking out the colors of your sheets for your wedding bed/wedding colors all rolled into one.

But Danny isn't ready for that commitment yet, give him time to get their funeral shrouds made. Let us not forget the procession. He's too young to plan all that out right now.

Dick better step in soon though or Tim may end up in a Corpse Bride style wedding.

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Everyone: *freaking out at the freaky death-themed courting rituals*

Jason: I don’t get why you’re so worried? If I had a boyfriend I’d want to have matching coffins. What’s the point of dying if you can’t die with someone you love?

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(Roy: …huh… hey-)

Damian is definitely seeing this go down and thinks it's normal. He has already secretly doodled what he wants his death shroud to look like a child drawing their future wedding dress. He wants it to be really cool looking.

He also wants to find Danny and stab him. He just wants to see how strong he is to see if he's worthy of taking Tim away.

Jason and Damian both acknowledge that Tim is attractive so suitors should be expected and Danny is showing the appropriate amount of respect to Tim.

Since Tim is apparently oblivious that he's being courted, and likely does not have the same instincts Damian and Jason clearly do, I imagine at some point he inadvertently ends up rejecting Danny's courtship.

Like, say an important step in ghost courtship is inviting them to your grave/resting place. For Tim, since he's still alive and doesn't have a grave, the equivalent would be wherever he feels safest; most at rest. His Nest maybe? I digress. Tim hasn't invited Danny to his 'resting place' so Danny decides to take the initiative and invite Tim to his first. Danny's grave/resting place is obviously back in Amity Park.

And Tim, busy with some case and completely oblivious to what's happening here, thinks Danny is just inviting him on a friendly road trip or something, declines. He just doesn't want to leave Gotham until he finishes this case. Not that he tells Danny that.

And Danny is absolutely devastated. Starts thinking back over all those not so enthusiastic responses to his courtship gifts. Starts wondering if maybe Tim was trying to gently turn him down all along. What if Tim only ever wanted to be friends? Or, Ancients, what if he doesn't want anything to do with Danny at all? What if Danny has just been bothering him? Dejected and heartbroken, Danny 'takes the hint' and withdraws. If Tim does want to be friends, he'll reach out, right? And if he doesn't... well, Danny won't bother him anymore.

Danny would retreat to cry in his room if Tim basically broke up with him or didn't like him.

"Am I ugly? Does he think I'm not good enough? He's probably right. I mean look at him and look at me, we just don't make sense." Danny said crying into Nocturne's lap.

"That's nonsense. You are a perfect. I'd torment him for daring to reject you. That is if he ever sleeps." Nocturne said patting Danny's head "I don't like that boy."

Clockwork was very offended that Tim had the nerve to reject Danny. Even though he knew that he should respect Tim's response ghost don't listen to reason that well. Ancients like Clockwork are strangers to these new courting methods. Back in his day you wanted a partner who was amorphous and eldritch. The more spaning and powerful they were the better. How he managed to claim Nocturne he didn't even know. Sitting around and crying wasnt the answer though

"Danny if you wish to lay claim you must be more forthright. Your efforts have been good but mortals are dull creatures. Personally, I think you are better off with a nice spector. Perhaps a shade or writhe." Clockwork encuraged.

"Dear, a shade?! You can't be serious. It would never work." Nocturne scolded.

Danny sighed. Those two are on their way to another lover's spate. As always. He escaped before Clockwork settled on getting Danny an arranged marriage. Apparently there were some liminals that would be good contenders for Danny. But Danny wanted Tim not anyone else.

Then he met Red Robin and Danny never felt so betrayed by his feelings.

No, he had to wait to hear Tim's response first before trying to jump to a rebound. Even if Red Robin carried an aura of fear around him.

He won't go hopping from suitor to suitor.

The next time Danny saw the other ghost he was glowing with delight.

"He didn't reject me." Danny said floating on air. "He was just focusing on his obsession."

Most of the ghost nodded and sighed in relief. It was perfectly understandable that they had to delay visiting each others resting places. Danny must have just jumped the gun.

Johnny 13 and Kitty didnt agree.

"A real man would be obessed with you. Like me and Kitty." He huffed.

Kitty tsked and shook her head.

"Johnny! You know it's not that easy. We don't choose what our obsessions are, we are just lucky to have each other." Kitty swooned.

"We get it. You two are perfect for each other and got to die together. We can't all be that lucky." Ember rolled her eyes. " Now tell us what happened BabyPop!"

"He told me his obsession. He called me to apologize. He was super busy solving a cold case. He said he really likes mysteries and will go days without rest to solve one." Danny said excitedly.

"OMG! He told you his obsession unprompted and everything." Ember joined in gushing.

Telling someone your obsession was no different than telling someone your weakness. Its different if you find it out from someone else but to reveal it to someone without them asking it means something completely different.

"An acceptable goal. He must be smart. I suppose he can't be so bad." Nocturne drawled drinking his tea, he was still reluctant to let this courting continue.

"I haven't finished he invited me to his apartment and apparently he never lets anyone come over. Apparently, he wants me to come to his resting place first, which makes sense since its closer." Danny beamed.

Nocturne dropped his teacup, Ember let out a gleeful shriek, Desiree looked like she'd explode, and Danny could hear Lunch Lady storming up the stairs.

"I can already hear the mourning bells." Kitty giggled.

*****

Danny was strange. Not in a bad way. He was far more interesting then normal people he met. When he tried to get Tim to eat regularly and drink something other than coffee he couldn't say no. Danny had those puppy dog eyes.

Tim genuinely felt bad about ditching Danny for a case but he had to focus and he can't focus with Danny around.

He especially needed to be on the look out with Phantom around. He didn't know his deal yet. From what he read beings like him seal out those close to death and Phantom has shown up near Danny's home.

He needed to make sure Danny's safe and maybe could convince Danny to stay at his place for a few days.

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I didn't know how to turn it back into fluffy but @nightingale-prompts did it for me so here we go!

The batfam have been listening in and spying since that fist wire tap.

I don't know how Bruce would react here so he is off world unless someone else wants to pick him up.

Dick is concerned but exhausted at being the only sane one in the family. He is actively putting puzzle pieces together wrong, but refuses to do more than very awkwardly ask about how things are going.

Cass and Steph are living for this weird Addams family romance that is unfolding on Danny's side, while knowing that Tim 100% does not realize Danny does not want to be friend shaped. They are making comments that are going right over Tim's sleep deprived head.

Duke is getting romance vibes but slightly to the left. They recognize that it's happening but aren't quite on board because their brand of romance would be less death centered. Duke respects Danny's attempts at courtship enough not to sabotage. He does think Danny is kind of stupid, but it's the thought that counts right?

Damian is both taking notes and horrified that the best example for courtship he has is courting Drake of all people. Yes he's attractive, but this 'Danny' should have realized that Drake isn't worthy of such effort. He pointedly is not thinking about how he would protectively rage should Danny decide Tim isn't worth it.

Jason is both jealous of the romance happening to his brother who isn't even properly appreciating it, and living vicariously through Tim. He is nudging Tim into reciprocating with VERY romantic date spots (scary movies in a haunted theater, watching the stars from a projector in an abandoned observatory) while also making snide comments about how Tim has no game whatsoever. Jason is staring longly out of broken warehouse windows and the goons are wondering if Red Hood is going through something. They aren't going to ask, but they do gossip about possibilities.

Tim's friends know he's dating someone but haven't gotten any details yet. All they're getting from Tim is that he has a new 'friend' and they have yet to find a good enough bribe for Steph and Cass for all the details.

Tim is worried about his new very good friend Danny being maybe stalked by Phantom.

Idea.

Bruce learns about Danny’s courting attempts and is getting a serious case of deja vu.

Everything that Danny and his friends are saying/suggesting is proper courting behavior sounds eerily similar to everything Talia did for him during their own courtship.

Seeing as Damian and Jason also seeming to agree with this courting method, and Bruce can only think of one thing that connects Damian, Jason and Talia, it can only mean one thing.

Danny and his friends are somehow connected to the LoA and this is all standard LoA courting behavior.

(Bringing this back because I have new ideas and love every add on)

Bruce has his suspensions on Danny's behaviors and decides to monitor him. From what he can tell Danny is an earnest boy who works in a flower shop. (Explains all the flowers at least.) He's also a good student and calls his family regularly.

All around he'd be a decent son-in-law but the way he talks is just off-putting. Especially when he overhead Danny on the phone.

"It's just a special night. I want to go slow or I might get too excited and tear him apart." Danny said blushing.

The feminine voice on the other end laughs.

"Oh course I hope it is the other way around but Tim is so shy. I mean, me too but I don't want to wait for centuries. Ember said that if you want something you should go for it" Danny said "Anyways i need to pick out some new clothes for my overnight visit. Wish me luck~♡"

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Bruce switched from detective mode to concerned parent mode.

"Tim, I heard that your boyfriend is going to your apartment." Bruce said awkwardly trying to break the ice.

Tim turned to face Bruce as he stopped typing.

"I know you didn't hear it from me because I don't have a boyfriend. " Tim raised an eyebrow.

"I know. I just wanted to remind you that...I love you and accept you. And if you ever want to invite your friend over it's okay." Bruce said gently.

"Didn't we already have this conversation when i came out and like many years ago with Dick came out? Or when Jason came out a few months ago? Or when Damian inevitably comes out because everyone in this family is some form of lgbt." Tim said exasperated.

"I'm just being supportive. I just want you to be cautious and careful with your new 'friend' and not to feel pushed into anything you aren't ready for. And to use protection-" Bruce went on his speech until Tim interrupted.

"Please do not give me the talk. Alfred already did this years ago. I'm erasing this entire thing from the security feed before Babs sees this." Tim was too late and the video was on the family group chat.

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That evening Danny was at Tim's door dressed in his classic Victorian ruffled blouse that Sam said made him look like a fop. Danny didn't care he looked good and his outfit looked amazing with these shades and black parasol. Tucker said he looked like a fancy vampire hiding in modern society.

"You look nice, new umbrella?" Tim said simply knowing how extravagant Danny was by now. He was almost surprised by the lack of flowers.

"You're so sweet. And yes it is." Danny leaned down to kiss Tim's cheek.

Danny was already an inch taller but he was currently wearing heeled boots that gave him an extra few.

As for the kiss, that was also perfectly normal. Danny was just really comfortable around people and expressed his affection openly. Danny was just sweet and open with everyone. That's why Tim has to stop Danny from doing that with just anyone. God knows how many people would take advantage of Danny's innocent affection.

Danny interpreted that as Tim being jealous and loves to rile him up a bit every once in a while. If Tim ever fought for him Danny would absolutely melt on the spot.

That night Tim kept a lookout for Phantom. The ghost had a habit of sneaking into Danny's house and Tim had every intention to confront him. Danny is clearly unaware since he said he only met Phantom once or twice...unless...Danny wasn't tell him the truth.

Was there a chance that Danny and Phantom were...together? Did Danny not trust him?

No, of course not.

Phantom wasn't bad-looking the opposite but come on Danny was out of his league. And would Phantom even appreciate Danny? All the flowers and gifts and affection? Who would deserve all that? Who is good enough for someone that pure? Certainly not some ghostly stalker.

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Don't hide these in the tags!

Prompt 215

Danny has found himself as a cat. And there’s good news and bad news about it. The good news is that he’s a magical cat or something similar, seeing as he has two tails and can go Very Big if he wants to. Bad news? He’s pretty sure they’re in a different dimension now.

Cute news, both Ellie and Jordan are itty bitty kittens and utterly adorable, he would murder for them. They’re so tiny! Like, yeah they got physically de-aged before all this so they could properly pass as his kids- along with part of Dan’s parole- but this? He could hold them in his hands if he still had them!

Alright! First things first, find a shelter and avoid the destroyed buildings along with whatever destroyed them in the first place. Then he could figure out if this is an accident or some sort of forced vacation. But shelter first.

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Before I read the tags my mind immediately went Aristocats, the fact that they are nekomata(had to look it up, those are cat yokai) makes it even better. Danny can still be Duchess just magical and Ellie and Jordan(Dan) are his kittens and if they are loss in Gotham Jason can be turned into a nekomata to somehow and be Thomas O’Malley.

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Oohh Magic aristocats

The batfam is freaking out because Jason/redhood (was he in costume when it happened?) just disappeared but he's just living out a star-crossed lovers forbidden romance (if danny is considered a prince or even just 'off limits' due to his relation to Clockwork and jason being from the streets(alley)) and loving every moment of it

What a wonderful idea

Dan looks like he could be Jason’s legit kitten.

…

Wait a minute.

Idea.

Batfam think Dan and Ellie are Jason’s bio kids born after he turned into a cat.

Danny, Jason, Dan and Ellie can all at least understand each other. No one else can understand them. But they do have at least each other to talk to. Which is how their budding romance begins. Jason is wandering through his haunt and hears Dan yell for Danny. Ellie got stuck in a trap. Jason of course expects human children. Not other Nekomata's. But he's still gonna help. Danny and Jason manage to free Ellie. Which leads to Danny being grateful. They swap tales. And oh! You were human before this too? Yeah, no idea either. Wanna stick together to figure it out?

Now, my guess for how this happened? Ghostly guardians matchmaking. Clockwork and Lady Gotham gossip together a lot. They are friends. Both have a favoured/adopted halfa. You don't think? We could try it right? So they plot and scheme. And Bam! Four Halfa Nekomata. If they don't fall for each other in a set amount of time? The spell will wear off. If they do? It keeps going until they confess dammit!

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i LOVE it when Clockwork and other spirits (mainly Lady Gotham) play matchmaker because you KNOW theyre also gonna play interference

If Jason comes up with the idea of (ugh) asking for help (you know after the initial thoughts of 'no one can see him like this' then CW and Gotham are doing everything in their power to make sure they miss the Bats or are just cut off entirely)

Gotham is already a big place and now while theyre all cats? That place is gonna feel huge.

(Unfortunately it seems danny, dan and ellie cant fly anymore. they can still float tho not for long it seems but atleast they can still go thru walls (Danny will ignore the fireball that Dan let out when he sneezed on account of the sneeze being adorable™️) )

Luckily, Jason grew up on these streets. Even as a magic cat, he'll know how to get around.. In fact? it feels EASIER to get around? Danny and the kittens just have to stick close to him.

Oh they cant just get to the Bats to get help? Well it seems they have time. Jason takes Danny sightseeing. The Parks, A nice pet groomer place that "the demon brat mentioned" ,

"i just wish there wasnt so much smog. i kinda miss the stars"

"We could go to the observatory"

"There's an observatory!? Fuck yeah!!"

kitten dan + ellie: "Fuck" >:)

Meanwhile people have been posting picture and videos online of this "adorable little family of cats" that have been seen all around gotham

(If only the bats werent so preoccupied with hunting down looking for jason. they couldve seen these cute pictures. Damian wouldve liked them)

Once Jason learns the others can phase? He takes them to his latest, not found by his family yet, safe house. It has food. Shelter. A warm bed. Safe water. Since they can also shift to be bigger? It's even easier to get into the cupboards to get food. Seeing the kittens bounce joyfully on the bed? Is adorable. Jason and Danny are loving how happy the kids are.

Now they have a safe place to go back to? Time to go on day trips. Where do you want to see kits? Jason has no idea, but being a good guardian to Jordan and Ellie? Is making Danny feel all giddy. Danny might just be falling for the bad boy with a heart of gold. He's good with his babies! How could he not! Look how happy he made the kittwens!

Jason falls when he watched Danny take out a group of thugs who threatened the Alley kids. Danny was so elegant and precise. Just amazing! He's in love. Doesn't hurt that the kids are walking him through finding his element. Nekomata often have elemental powers. Jordan has fire. Danny and Ellie both use ice. When Jason managed to spit a fire ball? He was so excited. He could breathe fire!

The happy giggles of the kids? And the soft, proud smile Danny sent his way? Made him tumble face first into a wall. Oh. Oh, he wants to keep them. He wants them to be his family. He wants Danny and his kids for the rest of his life. Damn. Best start get to wooing then. Probably best to ask the kittens. Get their permission to court their Mom, all proper like.

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The Adventures of Real Life Magic Aristocats becomes quite popular in Gotham, people posting pictures and videos and even setting up a few dates for them. They now have their own tag #AristocatsSightings is the most searched tag in Gotham for a moment.

Somehow someone managed to take pictures of the observatory date and now most people in Gotham are quite determined to be the best wingmen to these two cats. Like have you seen the black one look at the white one with this absolutely smitten look as the other was excitingly exploring the observatory? Yeah they're wingmaning for a cat. Fuck you.

Gotham loves them even more when they spot the cats utterly destroying a gang trying to traffic kids. They have NO idea HOW the cats found out. Frankly no one cares. It was amazing to watch the four of them working together to take them out. It's adorable how utterly each kitten takes after a parent each! Gothamites are currently amused that the Bats haven't noticed the cats yet. Usually Batman would have adopted crime fighting animals to act as animal support by now. Stabby Robin definitely would. They've seen some of his vigilante support animals ok. The bat dragon thing? Fucking terrifying. So yeah, highly amused. Also, VERY willing to help the cats go on a date before they are inevitably captured and moved to Batman's lair.

Jason has managed to get Jordan and Ellie on side! They approve of him! He's allowed to court their Mom! Actually, not just accidentally. He's VERY excited. They even helped him plan. Jason has also noticed that many of the Alley residents? Are definitely helping him woo Danny. Which is hilarious and cute and a bit weird. But this IS Gotham. So, it's not that unusual. Now, Jason? Managed to sneak into a local eatery. The chef seemed oddly thrilled to be meeting him. Muttered something about Disney dreams coming true?? But he will take it! Guy cooked up a full meal. For the four of them. Cut up the beef and fried it up nicely. Added some greens. Poured on a thick creamy sauce. Jason has good food to provide! Proving that even as a cat he can provide properly! The chef seemed highly amused when Jason dropped a 100 dollar bill. Jason wasn't gonna make the man suffer a loss! He ain't an asshole!

Jason, with the 'help' of Jordan and Ellie? He managed to set up the front room. Danny was having a nap while he watched the kids. Dan even taught him how to safely light a candle with his fire breath! So, the kittens got their food on a mini version of the set-up for Jason and Danny. It was very cute. Sure it wasn't the fanciest. But he was lacking in hands. Thumbs were probably the part of his human form he missed the most. Being a nekomata wasn't that bad, except for that. Nope! Not the time for mopey thoughts. Time to go wake Danny up. And start flirting. With purpose. Gosh, he was cute sleeping like that. Jason lightly nudged Danny to wake him up. He just knew he would have THE dopiest look on his face right now. Especially when Danny pouted up at him for the disturbance.

Jason: C'mon! I convinced a local chef to make us real food!

Danny:... You win this round mister. With your cunning ways.

justafanwarrior

Oh you know the chef is gonna brag about it. Has pictures of Jason carrying the food in makeshifts bag like horses do. Has pictures of Jason carefully picking what he wants for them ! He gets thrice as many clients as usual everyday after this! Business is going strong, this cat can come back anytime ! Not only did he realize a Disney dream but the cat also paid him with a hefty tip !

Street kids even helped gather things to decorate for a romantic dinner and they would 100% be spying if they could.

Dan and Ellie ? Discreetly trying to take pictures, it's not easy but they're trying, they know their aunts and uncle will want to see it.

Now how long is this going to carry on without Damian learning about them? Probably not that long but he doesn't have any reason to link the family nekomatas to his missing brother.

Idea.

The Wayne’s learn about the Nekomata when they are asked about it in an interview.

Damian is asked about his feelings on the Nekomata family in an interview. Since he is known for often ignoring social media they do allow him to watch clips. Damian is vibrating in excitement. He wants to meet them!! They are so fluffy! Father! You have to let him try to befriend them!! Look at them! Oh the kittens are so small!!!! The interviewer is chuckling at how excited he is. Happily begins to show a best of reel.

A great ending for this would be a family outing to a park. Danny and Jason are happily watching the kids play. And Danny just realises that Jason? Is someone he wants to keep. He wants him to be in his life forever. Wants to date him. Make him part of the family. Have him as the kids Dad. So a random citizen watches, probably recording them. Danny tucks his head under Jason's chin and gives him the cat headbutt of love.

Danny: Even if we never get back to being human. Could we, be together? Would you be the kids Dad?

Jason is of course ecstatic. Yes! Yes that's what he wants! His courting has worked! He rubs his cheek along Danny fondly.

Jason: I'd love that. I adore you and the kids!

The two snuggle, and are suddenly glowing. Then they begin to shift back into human form. Which of course ends with Danny sprawled over Jason's lap. Bright red. The kids tumble over their feet. No longer used to human form. Danny and Jason scramble towards them. Both off balance. Laughing and giddy. What the fuck!?! Really?!?

Danny: Oh my babies! Are you ok? Did the fall hurt?!

Ellie: We're ok Mom! How did we turn back?!?

Jason: You're Mom agreed to date me?

Dan: Wait! Wait! We got turned into cats as some sort of blind date!?!? What the hell!!!!

All four of them are laughing and wobbly. How do you even walk without a tail? Ellie scrunched her nose. This is weird!!!! Suddenly she's a kitten again. Dan focuses too and is also a kitten.

Jason:.... Huh. You think we can do that to?

Danny: Probably? Wanna try love?

babbling-babull

Isn't Klarion's familiar a cat? Can they understand Teekl now? Would Teekl (and thus Klarion) become a sort of cousin/uncle?

Not really. Gotham was all about the cat family. The rest of the world was focusing on their usual issues. And Klarion had been busy trying to figure out why Red Robin was ignoring him! Where is he?!? Give him his chew you back!!

With their return to human form being filmed? I think Damian would be the first to find out. He has been trying to find them to make friends. He is going to be devastated that one of them was Todd. Give him back his affection! Father! Todd was turned into a magical cat! Call him! He's human again now!

Bruce: How do you know that?

Damian shows him the video. They see Jason and a young man the same age turn back into humans. Looking very surprised but pleased. See the two children turn back. Then be able to access the form again as they please. The video fades out with them trying to relearn to walk on two legs. Well, now not being able to find Jason makes a lot more sense.

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Jason and Danny get back to the safe house and are just staring at each other. They are grinning widely. Jason tugs Danny's hair softly.

Jason: Y'know? I expected your hair to be blonde?

Danny: I mean. My Nekomata form took my ghost forms colours. Same with these two kittens.

Jason: Huh. Fair enough. I get to see your ghost form?

Danny: Hmm. Later. I want to cuddle first! And let my babies! Look how tiny they are! So cute!!

Jason: Right?! They helped me plan out courting you.

Danny: Really! Oh good, that means you have their approval! Given how we turned back? I think I know who caused this. If I don't get a green sticky note saying otherwise? It was definitely my Clockpa.

Jason: That's your ghost dad right? Wonder why he chose me?

Danny: Well, we can always ask! You did say you've died before. Maybe you have a ghost parent. If you can't remember what happened when you were dead?

Jason: Huh. Fair. One sec. I'm gonna see if my phone is still in my pocket.

Jason searches his jacket. Yup, that's his phone. Still somehow charged. Huh, whatever caused this out it in suspended animation or something. Weird. Ooft. That's a lot of messages. Annnd, that's B calling. Urgh. Fuck it.

Jason: Love? B has sent, hundreds of messages. You and the kittens ok if I call him?

Danny: Of course! We can even say hi if you do a video call!

Jason: Sneaky. Let's do it. Introduce him to you and the kids yeah?

call-me-strega-deactivated20250

Idea.

Damian is convinced that the Kittens are Jason’s bio kids due to their size being that of a kitten under C weeks old ie less than the amount of time Jason has been missing.

Damian has decided he is going to be the best cat uncle ever.

I absolutely need to know the public’s reaction.

That video is online, right? Does anyone recognize them or do the think that the magic cats’ love for each other caused them to spontaneously gain the ability to transform into humans?

Are people excited? Angry? Confused?

I’m hoping this is before Jason was legally back to life and shortly after Danny + kids moved to Gotham that way there isn’t really anyone to recognize them other than their family and Gotham just accepts they have a Magic Cat Family now.

Also side note: Damian is gonna have to fight Selina for title of best Cat Aunt/Uncle/Relative

comp-sigh

It has to be before Jason declared himself legally alive again so the public just doesnt know it's him. The public are going CRAZY thinking the cats loved eachother so much they transformed into humans. "Look at that thats TRUE love right there" and then going "oh shit do they need a place to stay?" whole RANGE of EMOTION

(plus it would be funnier if the public began to be like JASON TODD-WAYNE WAS REINCARNATED INTO A MAGIC CAT?!?! THEN BECAME HUMAN AGAIN!!! GUYS WE BROUGHT BRUCE WAYNES SON BACK TO HIM!!)

Meanwhile the bats are freaking tf out because in the weeks Jason's been gone he apparently fathered 2 children and started a romance with a magical interdimensional being

(the kids may not be biologically his but no one has to know that now do they... unless they do some ghostly bs of copying just a smidge of his dna)

call-me-strega-deactivated20250

Jason and Danny settled into the couch happily warm and comfy. Jason sighed deeply, and then set up a video call to B. He was so glad Danny would be here for this. It would be so much easier. Urgh, B answered almost immediately. Paranoid bastard.

Bruce saw the video pop up. With his son and the unknown being cuddled into his side. The children on their laps staring at him in fascination. Well, this would be interesting.

Jason: So. Guessing someone filmed us turning back?

Danny: The citizens have been watching our every public move love.

Bruce: They did yes. Do either of you have any idea what happened?!

Danny: I have a suspicion. Sadly I don't have proof. I need to go track down my adoptive Dad. It was PROBABLY him. But, he would have needed help. So...

Bruce: I see. And the children? Are, we're they?

Danny: Jordan and Ellie are mine. Their biological father is in prison. He will never be allowed near MY babies. Never again. They are coming up on six!

Jason: Yeah. Dan here taught me how to spit fireballs. gotta say, the only downside to being a cat? Was the lack of thumbs.

Ellie: We can still be cats though! Gotta practise so the change is easier though.

Bruce: Right. So. Your adoptive father is sufficiently powerful to change you into a new species? And decided to target my son as well?

Jason: Given we changed back after we agreed to date?

Danny: Yeah... I get the feeling Clockpa wanted to play matchmaker.

Bruce: Right. Do you need anything to contact him to ask?

Danny: Oh, he'll show up sooner or later to brag of it was him.

Dan:... If Jason is gonna be out Dad? Does that mean you're gonna be out Grandad!

Jason got the absolute joy of watching Bruce freeze. B visibly needed to take a moment to process that. Jason dropped a kiss on Dan's head for that. Glorious little mischief maker.

Jason: I mean. B IS my adoptive Dad. So yeah. When I convince your Mom to marry me.

Ellie: Sweet! We get a normal Grandad too! Clocky is so weird!

Dan: Uhuh. Fun though!

Danny: You love him. Dramatic time piece that he is!

Jason: B. Send Alfie over? I'm not sure if I can drive yet. My legs are still a bit wobbly. I want him to meet Danny and the kittens.

Jason then quickly hung up and grinned down at Danny and the kids. That should keep B nicely off balance. He sent a message on the family group chat as well. With a selfie of them on the sofa. Dan had retreated to Nekomata form. Ellie was cuddling him and say in their laps. Danny pecked him on the cheek just as the camera went off. It was a perfect way to cause chaos.

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Now! To answer on my thoughts about the reveal? If the person filming was close enough? They heard them mention it being a curse of some sort. So people know they were human before. Somehow were both cursed, and met after. Falling in love and confessing broke the curse. Now, the biggest question Gotham has? Was it really a curse. Or was some higher being playing matchmaker really weirdly. Who were they? Was, was that Jason Todd-Wayne? Recently declared not dead actually™? Does Brucie now have a son in law and grandkids?!

The kids showed they could now transform at will!? Does this make them metas? Or is this magic fuckery? We KNOW Vicki Vale is going to try and track them down. The people want answers!

Personally I’m a fan having nobody recognize them bc

A) it’s funnier

and B) it makes it easy to explain away a lot of stuff:

None of them have any legal paperwork with their current identities (assuming Jason isn’t revived, Danny changed his name, and the kids don’t officially exist)? Of course they don’t, they were once cats!

They get extremely hostile and wary around certain people? It’s the animal instincts! They can sense danger!

They often act weird and not quite human? They’re not human! They’re magic cats!

One of the looks suspiciously like Jason Todd? Bam! People are going insane wondering if this counts as proof of reincarnation!

They real interesting question would be how the public would help them enter society. Do they need lessons on how to be human? Should we crowdfund them an apartment? Do they wanna go to school or get jobs? Should they let Bruce adopted his reincarnated son and his cat fam? Would Batman take them in and make them sidekicks? Should we protect them in a nature reserve? Should we get them protected species status? Fight the government for custody if they try anything?

Those sound like my kind of shenanigans. However, the idea of Vicki Vale trying to chase down one of them for an interview and fail miserably also sounds hilarious

Danny doesn't have paperwork n this dimension. Neither do his kids. Jason only has his Red Hood identities. None of them legally exist. And they are going to have fun with that! Bruce is trying to get something set up. But this is a situation where "everyone knows" they were magical cats before. Does he just, apply for help with that! Can he get the citizenship! He has enough money. But again, 'everyone knows'. This is going to be a headache.

aquawyrm

It's a world where literal aliens exist, time travel happens sometimes, and it's not unheard of for people from other universes to get stuck there and need identification. There are absolutely processes for people that didn't exist before to get legal identification, and I'm pretty sure they all involve the Justice League!

It's just, uh, happening out in the open, here, which means that it's an opportunity for the Justice League to get some precidents in place for a government to provide legal identification for magical entities that spontaneously became human! A potential win for the good guys!

And people like Vicky Vale getting interviews with the cats-turned-people is, uh, part of the process. As uncomfortable as it's going to be for the "cats"

call-me-strega-deactivated20250

Yup. It's the fact that this is all widely known. And a lot of the stuff known? Isn't exactly uh, correct? Which paperwork does he file? What story are they going to run with? How honest are they being here? How willing to do this are the four of them? Bruce knows his Jaylad. He's a stubborn brat at the best of times. His partner may be just as bad.

Danny and Jason have probably already got the bare bones planned out for he story. They plan to lean on star crossed lovers. God's getting involved to give them a second chance. But... Jason wants to Fuck with B for a bit. Make him sweat. It's fun! Enrichment for the family! They'll tell him after they wander off to meet Ms Vale. He can learn through their interview!

Bruce is still freaking out trying to figure out what story their going with when someone posts a video online:

It’s Vicki Vale harassing Danny and the kids about getting an early interview. He looks super uncomfortable and wants to leave when one of the kids hisses at her and the other chomps on her leg.

It should be noted they were all in human form when this happened.

Vicki cried out and Danny made his move. He snatched up his kids, yelled “Sorry! Not day lady!”, and booked it out of there.

Then the video turned back to the person recording as the struggled to hold in laughter.

“I guess the cat instincts are still strong!” They say between giggles before the video cuts out.

Oh boy. They needed to get their story straight and plan their next move quick.

It was Ellie that bit her. Dan doesn't want a repeat of the child leash incident. So he gives a warning first now. Ellie however is Mom's favourite and never gets shoved in the harness. Which is SO not fair. (Dan isn't sulking! HE's not!)

They do eventually get visited by Clockwork and Lady Gotham. Jason is not going to complain about the fact his ghost Mom played matchmaker. He got Danny and the kids from it. Danny is just irritated that he wasn't given any information on the new dimension before being dumped here!

Alfred of course drove all four of them to the manor so he could meet them. He has also pulled up all of the videos of them online. He wants to watch their courtship to get a feel for their relationship. Seeing them like that makes it much easier to accept. Watching them now? Makes it even easier. They are clearly besotted.

Dan and Ellie make use of their new forms to thoroughly explore the manor. Playing hide and seek as kittens is even better than in human form! Also! Papa Jay has so many siblings? They get more family? Sweet! Adults to extort for treats! Adults who aren't used to their bullshit yet! Mwahahaha!

Damian is particularly susceptible when they are in kitten form. He can't help it! They are so small and cute! Danny fully agrees. They are cute enough in human form. In kitten form they are downright lethal with cuteness.

akintoabitch

ok imagine dan and ellie do something that warrant the harness and only dan gets put in so jason asks about it

Jason: so uh, why are you only really punishing dan?

and danny just tells the truth(sorta) like "he has committed various war crimes" and jason is just O.O

Danny: Ellie never committed muder. Dan needs a firmer hand. The joy of being a reborn alternate timeline evil self am I right?

Jason: Babe, love, light of my life. What. And I mean this lovingly. The actual fuck?

sentient-stove

"Oh my god he’s dead- we killed a vigilante, OHMYGODOHMYGOD—" A hysterical voice screeched out, decidedly feminine and loud enough that the comn line picked it up.

"He broke in here for no reason first! We have probable cause as to why you brained him with our wok!" The second interjected, calmer than the first, but there was still a line of tension, like they were uncertain about what they were saying.

"Oh my god, oh god we’re literally so dead Batman’s literally going to murder me and you and us and—"

"We're already mostly dead, he can't kill us. Although I thought he had a no killing rule anyways, so maybe we’re safe? Ancients, that is a lot of blood. You think we should call an ambulance?" Static filtered through the comn line before stabilizing again and wow. The residents of the apartment were really just having a full conversation over an unconscious Nightwing- in earshot of a microphone recording every word- like this was a normal occurrence. Maybe it was a normal Friday night for them, Barbara couldn't exactly judge.

"I'm not calling an ambulance, they might arrest him. Hell, they're probably gonna arrest us! Danny, we're fucking unresgistered metas in Gotham, I’m a clone—"

"—Not metas and I won’t let anyone arrest you—"

"—It's the same thing to the government at the end of the day. You're right though. I think I hit him too hard, we're going to lose the deposit with the amount of blood getting everywhere. Head wounds bleed a lot right? Maybe he's not dead."

"He's not dead, we'd know if he was."

"Oh. Right. Man. That is a lot of blood, our IKEA rug is ruined. I liked that rug, you think we could ask him to buy a new one when he wakes up or is he on the normal vigilante salary of nothing?"

“Mhm. I'll go get the med kit, you handcuff him to the table so he doesn't jump us when he wakes up. Keep the mask on- I don’t want to piss off whatever buddies he’s got listening in.”

darkmodepls

I can just picture the rest of the family going from panic -> confusion -> concern over the course of this conversation.

Im imagining Team Phantom moving to Gotham for reasons and setting up shop in an abandoned building. Those kids are all sorts of geniuses so their hideout is completely separated from city power and water, meaning there's no signs of occupation to alert Oracle.

The Bats do have a safehouse in the building. Its only accessible from a 3rd story window on the back left, but Nightwing was already concussed and entered the 3rd story window on the back RIGHT.

That evening, Danny is still trying to recover from vivisection while Sam and Tuck are doing questionable work near the docks and Elle is making dinner.

Needless to say, everyone is very surprised.

kizzer55555

Dan comes home from patrol and sees the unconscious Nightwing bleeding out all over the floor, handcuffed to a lamppost (which is ironically the strongest thing in the apartment at the moment. That thing is indestructible) and his two younger siblings trying to bandage him up. On the bats’ side they just hear the frantic moving, bandage sounds, panicking, and google searches suddenly stop. Dead silence. And then a new voice enters.

“you know what? I don’t want to know.”

And then the ghosts return to their panicking. Now accompanied by the sounds of cooking since Dan wasn’t just going to leave the dinner Ellie half started unattended.

When Nightwing stirs and both the twins breathe a sigh of relief. The bats hear it and relax minutely as they hear the two voices whisper that ok, at least he’s alive.

(whisper shouting) “wait, I think he’s waking up!”

(also whisper shouting) “What do we do?”

“I don’t know! Write our wills?

The sound of someone getting smacked.

“something helpful!”

“Well what do you expect me to do?”

“I don’t know, just do something!”

the sound of Nightwing groaning.

suddenly the sound of a crash.

Twin shouts “Dan!” “What? You two were panicking so I figured knocking him back out again was the best solution.” “With a frying pan?!”

“He’s fine.”

Another groan, this one from pain.

justafanwarrior

There was more rustling on the other end of the comm with the sound of hurried steps running around.

"Seriously though, with how much everyone had to patch you up when you went out fighting ghosts or running from your parents you should be much better at this Danny."

"HEY! I'm recovering here! It's not like I'm even allowed to stand up for too long! Beside there would be too much differences between our biologies, normal humans don't have to use fishing line for stitches."

"Right I forgot about that."

"We should probably just wait for Jazz. Wait, no, terrible idea she'd give us her disappointed stare we need to clean up this mess before she comes back."

"You think we can just throw him in the dumpster? There's enough trash bags in there to cushion his fall."

Nightwing, unable to stop himself from being, well, himself; mumbles out half unintelligibly "M not trash. At least recycle me."

Barbara barely restrained herself from a face palm. Her hands were currently needed to pinpoint Nightwing's location, something seems to be interfering with the trackers, and send whichever Bat is closest to retrieve him.

"DoN'T hit him again!"

"Sorry! I'm panicking!"

"Danny! Stop moving! You're stitches opened!"

Well, that's concerning. Babs was not happy to hear that at all.

"It's fine! So long as I don't bleed on him right?"

Then the older voice spoke, after sighing deeply.

"It's not that you idiot. Check your stitches before your guts fall out again!"

"Oh! Yeah. Sorry? Dani can't do stitches though?"

"Yeah! I can't! And shouldn't one of his buddies be here to grab him by now??"

Babs let out a sigh as Dick spoke up again. The idiot. When she saw him next, she was going to make sure he learned. Honestly.

"Y'knw... Shud be. M'ybe tell em where?"

"Oh! Oh shit! That would have been way quicker! Danny!! Why didn't I think of that??"

"I dunno? Cause you were thinking he was dead? Yeah fine. We're at (location) Please send someone before he bleeds more. We don't even have enough bandages for me.."

Well, that was both helpful, and not good news. She was going to send Red Robin with a big med kit for this. Clearly the teen needed more medical supplies.

Red Robin shows up with a Bat-standard emergency med kit picked up from the nearest supply cache. Bat-standard of course meaning it's at least the size of a small briefcase.

He checks Nightwing first. Obviously because he's the one that seems the most affected by his injuries. Other than a wadded up red towel pressed to his abdomen, the civilian seemed entirely unbothered by whatever injury he popped stitches on. Therefore it was an entirely logical decision not at all motivated by personal interest to prioritize Nightwing. Shut up Jason.

After making sure Nightwing isn't dying, Red Robin turns to the civilian and waves his hand at the med kit. "You're injured? What do you need?"

The kid stares at him confused for a moment before catching on."Oh! You don't have to-"

The elder steps in, whacking the kid on the back of the head in a way very reminiscent of Tim's own big brother. "Shut up and accept the offer kid. Free med supplies is free med supplies."

Tim clears his throat. "With all due respect kid, I cannot in good conscience leave an injured civilian without adequate medical care. Please show me the wound so that I can patch you up and make sure you have what you need to ensure a full recovery."

The kid stares for a moment, some emotion flickering across his face too fast for Tim to decipher before settling on resigned. "Fine. Just, don't freak out. It's pretty gruesome, but honest, I'm okay. Or will be. Whatever." As he speaks, he slowly peels the red towel off himself.

It is only Tim's extensive Bat training that keeps him from reacting at the sight of the now exposed wound. It is only Bat training that keeps his body language open and calm and his voice even as he assesses the wound, eyes the Bat-standard emergency med kit critically, and looks back at the wound with a thoughtful hum. It is only his Bat training that keeps his hand steady as he reaches up to tap his comm unit twice. Of course, the channel is already open. But everyone else resumed normal patrol when Oracle rerouted Red Robin to collect. Nightwing. And Tim needs to make sure he has someone's attention when he speaks. Two taps back tell him that at least one person is still actively listening in.

"I may need a bigger med kit."

Babs:... You need a bigger med kit?

Tim: The kid has one second.

Muted com. Looks as Danny.

Tim: How comfortable are you with me discussing the details?

Danny: Oh sure. Just... Don't ask. Please?

Tim:... I make no promises the rest won't ask.

Turns his com back on and double taps again.

Tim: Our civilian friend has half healed vivisection wounds. Deep, the abdominal stitches have pulled. I need sterile equipment and a LOT more bandages.

Tim can hear the way every other bat goes silent. The ones who hadn't been listening before? Definitely are now. He can hear Babs take a deep breath in before exhaling shakily

Babs: Does he need any thing else?

Tim: I'll ask. What else would help? Anti biotics? Pain killers?

Danny: Oh? Um, none of that works on me. It's fine. Just bandaged is fine! Honest! It'll only be another week or two!

Tim: O? You heard that?

Babs: Mm. I'll send Spoiler with saline cleaners, gloves and bandages. In the meantime. Guess I'm looking into our new mysteries.

Tim: Thanks O. Right. Spoiler will be here soon with something to clean the wound. You said you needed special stitches?

Ellie: Yeah, our blood dissolves normal ones. We have to use this stuff! I'll get what we have out!

Tim: That's very helpful thankyou.

Dan: It's killing you to NOT ask ain't it kid?

Tim: Hm. Little bit.

Dan: Well. I'm gonna carry the idiot to his nest. I'm sure the gremlin can fill you in.

Danny: Hey! I don't need to be carried!

Dan: Yes, you do. Jazz is gonna kill me when she sees the state of you. Pullin your stitches. Idiot.

The elder's movement puts the kid and his exposed vivisection in Nightwing's line of sight. Suddenly, the previously downed vigilante has his feet under him and is fighting to get away from what Tim is beginning to appreciate must be the strongest lamp in the world, very securely bolted to the floor. The sound that comes out of Nightwing is loud, hurt, angry, guttural. "No! Leave him alone! Don't hurt him!"

Tim isn't entirely certain what Dick's concussed ass thinks is going on here, but he can take a guess. "Nightwing, stand down. They're allies."

"Red? Red! Red, you have to. They have. Help him!"

"I am. You are concussed and confused. Stand down so I can handle this." Tim's words don't seem to sink in fast enough. Dick continues to fight for freedom for several moments.

Tim can only watch with a detached sort of fascination as something in Dick's restraints finally gives. Almost unsurprisingly, it isn't the lamp itself. The bolts rip out of the floor with a forceful yank; momentum bringing the full force of the world's most powerful lamp down on Dick's shoulder and sending him back to the floor with a pained groan.

Tim sighed and looked at the sister. Then at Nightwing. Who was still trying to get up. Again. Like a damn idiot.

Tim: Once you've got the sutures can you sit on Wingdings here? I'm just going to check his shoulder.

Dani: Sure! Um... How is it safe to pin him? Or should I just sit in his lap and like, cry?

Tim: Y'know what? The second. He'll at least be busy trying to make you feel better.

Between them they muscle Dick to the sofa and Dani, true to get word. Puts the fishing line on the table. Then claims his lap and starts to cry. Leaving Tim free to check his head, and his shoulder. She then proceeds to use this as a chance to explain what happened. And why the "nice Red Robin" has to help her big brother. To say their entire family are seething wouldn't be an over statement.

The shit these siblings have been through is horrific. Tim is almost glad Wing got concussed now. Means they can help. Watching the little gremlin control him by asking for affection is impressive. Tim is definitely showing this to everyone after. Very useful information. Cass and Damian will have the best chances to use it. But that's fine.

This is definitely not him focusing on anything other than the bleeding ex-vigilante (If gremlin sister is to be believed) in the other room. Tim might need to set aside half an hour to just cry later. And he still has to get through cleaning, re-stitching, and bandaging the poor teen. Fuck, tonight sucks.

Tim can hear Babs swearing as she keeps hitting firewall after firewall. They did find the laws at least. They were definitely not me want to be used as they were. They still need to go, clearly. But someone had been fucking around. And they were going to find out who.

Babs did conclude that Phantom was probably a hero. Apparently his city hated him for being non human. So the news was somewhat split. But social media was showing up with a lot of praise. No new vigilante starts out with universal good press. Even Supes has his haters.

Oh the I fuck! Spoiler was here. He could go do medical aid now. Well. He needed to scrub up first. Spoiler ran to the room he pointed at. He knew she would be setting up as sterile an area as she could. Nightwing thankfully hadn't earned more than a shoulder sprain from the lamp of doom. And was currently busy listening to The Horrors™. Tim could go wash up.

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Yeah, watching a kid who could pass for one of his baby brothers trying to laugh off VIVISECTION WOUNDS is probably giving poor Nightwing a Really Bad Time. ☹️

It's fine, he currently has a Damian sized civilian crying on him. He's distracted right now. Once he's back at the cave? It's going to hit. But he will be properly stuck under Alfred's care. Very likely with the four siblings stashed near him. After Red Robin and Spoiler have coaxed them into the Batminivan.

Tim and Steph who are fixing Danny up? Are not having a good time. Danny, please, stop trying to make this funny. No! Stop it! You're going to make them cry! Big, scary vigilantes do not get in front of wounded civilians! Yes, you were a hero. Right now you are not! Stop it! Dan! Control your brother!

Dan: Twerp only listens to Jazz. Or Ellie if she uses tears. I ain't wasting my time on it when I can hold him down instead.

Batman and Alfred hearing everything? Alfred has already started to prep the medbay. And four rooms. Bruce has entirely returned to grunts and hums. Not that Hood is any better. He's muted himself. And reports from the alley? Yeah.... Jason's having an episode. That's fine. Totally. Right? Even Damian had accepted that B is going to take them in. They are soo glad Duke is asleep right now.

Dick's concucussed brain absolutely believes that's one of his brothers in there. Good luck coaxing him to leave without them.

Jazz comes home to one vigilante clinging to a crying Ellie, another one with his hands in Danny's abdomen while Dan stands there watching, and a third one trying to get the first one to let go of Ellie and climb out the window. The lamp has been ripped from the floor, there is blood all over the rug, and someone left their attempt at cooking dinner unattended on the stove.

There is a creepstick in Jazz's hand before anyone has processed that she's there. She gives them 15 seconds to explain before she starts swinging, starting with vigilante one who won't let go of her sobbing baby sister.

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Not Nightwing again!

Spoiler immediately rushes between the angry sister and Nightwing. She'll take the hit. She has her hands raised, to pacify the newest addition.

Spoiler: Quick version? Wingdings here came through the wrong window. Your sister got him good. He has a head wound. Hence the blood. Your little brother popped his stitches trying to help.

Jazz: And why is my sister crying?

Spoiler: To keep Wing on the sofa and not getting in the way. He saw your brothers wounds. With the concussion? He got emotional and wants to help. But...

Jazz: Ah. Red in there is fixing up my baby brother then?

Spoiler: Yup! Now! Batman, and everyone really.... As NOT happy about why happened to you guys. B is willing to move you somewhere safe. And work on those laws, and the organisation. If you want. We'll also just give you the supplies you need to run of you don't trust us.

Jazz:.... Let us talk about that when everyone is stitched up. I'll go make food. Idiot baby brother needs to eat to heal after all.

Everyone relaxed as she dropped the bat. Thankfully no more violence was happening. Now they just had to try and convince the lot to come with them. Which, y'know. They are vigilantes. They sent always (at all, ever) follow the laws. Why would they follow this one? Tim was finally finished wrapping up the civilian. Now he just he to clean up. Again.

Tim: So, why do you have green in your blood?

Dan: Cause we're all half dead. Ghost blood is green. Sp, half hours is too.

Sppiler:.... The death jokes aren't jokes? Red Hood is either gonna love this or hate it.

Ellie:... He's the Revenant we can feel in Crime Alley! That makes so much more sense! Ancients, I thought it was a rogue!!

Jazz:.... Hood's a crime lord. Isn't that a rogue but smarter?

Spoiler: Technically, technically, he's only a crime lord in the alley. And a vigilante he rest of the time. So! Oldest sibling I whomst?

Dan/Jazz: Me!

Spoiler: Twins?

Jazz: No. Dan is a displaced future fusion of my baby brother and one of his rogues. I don't care that he has an added ten years. He's still my idiot baby brother!

Dan: And I am a fusion of a man in his 40's with the twerp. That makes me the oldest!

Spoiler:... And Ellie here is a clone. How old are you really?

Ellie:...18 months..

Spoiler: Oh no. You're about to be SO babied. I hope you not mind the smothering!

Jazz: We haven't agreed yet!!

"Yet."

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Jazz knows how to choose his battles and sees that this one is lost in advance. She still goes in a symbolic reminder while sighing while looking at Dani and Nightwing

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And who says this “Yet”? All three at once! But in very different tones…

Red Robin: *clipped tone which screams “I am compartmentalizing so hard I may risk developing dissociative identity disorder*

Spoiler: *supressed laughter through a sunny grin drawl*

Nightwing: *concussed slur laced with “crying bebe, must comfort” panic*

Jazz: We could always decide to flee to Red Hood. Undead solidarity and all.

Ellie: He's in as much danger as we are. Likely more. Revenants don't get the real cool powers after all.

They get to the cave and are shuffled towards med bay for Agent A to double check injuries and draw up a recovery plan for the coming days.

Dick gets gently manhandled into the med bay with relative ease, but the new 4 freeze I the doorway staring wide-eyed at Alfred. Alfred, after a moment, seems to feel eyes on him and looks up.

Danny, still being carried like a princess by Dan, seems to be the first to find his voice box. In that he squeaks. And then starts babbling something about intrusions and haunts and apologies.

Alfred blinks, his expression the closest thing any of the Bats have ever seen to shock on the normally unfazable butler. Then, after a few seconds of Danny's nonsensical babbles, he holds up his hand, effectively silencing the boy. There is one, tense half second before Alfred smiles warmly at the 4.

"Nonsense, young sir. You and your fraid are all more than welcome here and in my haunt."

This seems to relax their guests. Ellie turns to look at Tim. "We literally told you we were trying not to piss off any other ecto entities. Why didn't you tell us your Gramps was a ghost?"

". . . WHAT?!"

Oops? Alfie boi. You got some explaining to do. The bats are not happy. Probably even less happy to realise Alfred died during Bruce's training trip. But refused to even consider moving on without making sure his boy was home safe. And well.... He just never got around to telling them.

Dick is gonna have some catching up to do once his concussion heals up enough for him to think clearly. The others are going to have to pace out filling him in because, hoo boy, is it a lot. It's a lot for the ones who didn't get their brains liquefied by traumatic brain injuries. It's going to be even more for a recovering Dick. He doesn't remember a lot of what happened. He does remember a frying pan, a panicked little girl, an injured... brother? (Which brother? Oh god, which brother had that awful open vivisection wound? And which chucklefuck did it to him? If it was that god damned clown again...), and for some reason he has a bizarrely clear memory of this one specific floor lamp.

Dick is questioning his memory of things. He knows Tim was there as Red Robin. But.. The injured brother was the right size for Tim. None of the others are the same size. Did? Was he hallucinating when he saw that? Where's Tim. Tim will have answers. Also, he can check to make sure Tim is uninjured. Just... Just in case.

Thankfully Steph is sat next to the bed he's in. Standard practise to have someone nearby for one of them having a head injury. Make sure they don't do anything rash. He also sees the water, and grabs for it happily. Steph noticed him move, and grinned. Dick waved his free hand. Once his drink was on the side, he looked at her seriously.

Dick: Where's Tim?

Steph: With our new friends. Getting as much information out of them as he can. Also making sure Danny stays in bed.

Dick: So I hallucinate someone with a chest wound?

Steph: Nope. That was Danny. That's why the siblings are hiding in Gotham. You uh, you really freaked when you saw his wound. Injured yourself even more. That's what fucked your shoulder up.

Dick: Fuck. I thought he was Tim, I think anyway. Why do I remember a lamp?

Steph: So. They handcuffed you to it. It was a full cast iron stand lamp. When you freaked out? You managed to pull it on top of you.

Steph pulled up a screen shot, of him in his gear. With the lamp on top of him. Dick shot Steph a long suffering look and sighed. No wonder he remembered the damn thing.

Dick:... Anything else?

Steph: Yup. But!! Alfie says I'm not allowed to tell you yet. Until you pass his concussion test. Just so you don't destroy what remains on your brain.

So, cast iron lamp makes me think of these

And obviously the next thought is "Why do they even have that in their (most likely) shitty apartment?"

Perhaps at some point or another someone (Ghost? Gotham rogue? Dan? Jack? Options.) ripped it up and improvised weapon threw it at/around Danny.

Danny then naturally decided 'Mine now, bitch,' and stuck it in the goo/stored it in his lair. If he had any time to tinker with it, it definitely runs on ecto and is possibly even reinforced to be even stronger than it already is as solid cast iron.

It's Danny's most prized possession (that isn't space themed). He loves his lamp post. Of course he brought it with him when they had to run. And it's a good thing too. It has proven a very effective light source and defense mechanism for their shitty Gotham apartment.

And even if the Batman is taking them in and giving them somewhere much nicer to stay, Danny is not leaving his lamp post behind.

#Dick is eventually finally released from bed rest#Comes out of med bay looking for his new siblings so he can properly meet them for the first time#And the lamp is just#There#Dick has a fleeting moment to wonder if he's really ready to be cleared#Because What?#Why is that thing here?#Did it follow him?#Did it get a taste for his blood and now it wants more?#(Never mind that it didn't break skin when it hit him)#Is he hallucinating?#Is he being haunted now by the thing?#Alfred?? Help??#(Yes Dick - you are being haunted. Just not by the lamp. You've got 2 and 3 half family members for that)#(Presuming Dan counts as 1 full ghost and Jason as at least a half)

I was honestly thinking of those beautiful old Victorian floor lamps. But this is so much funnier. It was absolutely used as a weapon against them. Danny refused to let it go.

The whole gala, half the guests are tittering about the Avant-garde genius of the lamp and the other half are quietly wondering amongst each other what the hell Brucie had been drinking when he decided to make that the centerpiece decoration.

Then of course, comes the inevitable rogue attack. Wouldn't be a Wayne Gala without one. Now this could be any rogue, but I think it works best with one of the physically stronger ones like Bane or Croc. Because when the vigis get there, it's onky a matter of time before said rogue becomes just as intimately acquainted with The Lamp as Nightwing.

Throughout the attack, the light continues to shine strong (and perhaps ever so slightly, so much you wouldn't see it if you weren't looking for it, green). And The Lamp doesn't so much as dent when [Rogue] gets crashed right into it.

The rogue on the other hand, dents very badly.

Danny is very proud of his Emotional Support Lamp, Essel for short. (Like Ethel but with ss instead of th.)

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So: item the first, we regress. Dick totally did not think Tim was the tiny black haired brother with the autopsy wounds; Tim is the one he remembers later because he’s the one comforting Dick, Jason is Having An Episode in Crime Alley because Dick is screaming his name like he’s just been murdered all over again

Dick not remembering this adds to the fun because Jason can try and actually talk about his feelings like a Mcfucking Adult all he wants, Dick was concussed and barely remembers the bleeding

Jason’s all awkwardly “well shit I never knew you cared” and Dick’s left with “I mean I do but what finally tipped you off”

Item the second: Bane/Croc ABSOLUTELY try to unfloor this lamp

Ellie installed that thing special

It cannot be removed

This forestalls at least one dramatic attack gesture in good old “I can pull the axe out of the wall wait fuck hold on” fashion… and makes it so much weirder when Gotham’s newest vigilante, Phantasm, pulls the same lamp up like it’s a paper fan 3 seconds later to acquaint them to it Nightwing style

She also replaces the lamp once the fight is over

It has a little paper star taped to the top that somehow survived all of the carnage intact

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Nightwing proved that simply bolting the thing in place was not sufficient, so she straight up phased it a few centimeters into the ground.

Now that the show is over, she doesn't bother to phase it back down and instead just sits it on the floor like normal. Leaving the miniscule handful of particularly observant guests wondering if/how the thing seems to have grown a little taller.

Also, Yass! Jason listening in over comms to Dick having an absolute meltdown about someone cutting open who he believes to be tiny 14/15 year old baby Jaybird. And feeling all sorts of ways about Dick trying so hard to "save him" even while concussed that he rips (what they later learn is a several hundred pound (cast iron is heavy)) lamp up and onto himself and even still tries to get back up and help. And then when he goes to do the very thing Dickie is always yapping at them about, talking about feelings, dumbass was apparently too far gone to even remember shit. Which honestly just adds to the feelings that Jason doesn't know what to do with.

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The whispers around Gotham are that The Lamp evolves a bit every time it beats the shit out of someone with ill intent.

Essel, having been named and treasured by a baby ghost, agrees.

ITS SENTIENT?!?!!?!?!

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I guess its technically a neverborn? One made of attachment and belief combined with ectoplasm exposure?

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So a Tsukumogami?(object that became alive and sentient through attachment and care)

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Had to look it up, but that sounds right!

(If I understand correctly) - could be doubly so if we make the lamp part of historic Gotham and having just reached its 100th year of existence when Ellie became attached to it!

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Before everyone totally forgets. Duke, having slept through the night like a good well adjusted boy, wakes up to a breakfast of confusion. What do you mean you didn’t know Alfred was a ghost? It was obvious? He never sleeps? He can teleport? Light field aside he’s watched the man float through the ceiling.

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DC x DP fic: Farm Hand

The Kents lived on their family farm for the past three generations. Ma and Pa had two perfectly able sons and a grandson who could help around the farm without trouble.

But with Clark living in the big city, caring for his job, family, and superhero, it was brutal to find time to fly home and help with the harvest. The same could be said about Jon, who struggled to keep up in school, and his training. Kon, who used to live at home, made things easier until the boy moved out with his long-time boyfriend, Tim Drake.

They could never deny him the chance of love, and Tim was a delight- despite his unwillingness to move out of Gotham. Kon had been so bestowed he was fine living in the old Drake Manor with Tim, even if he also wrinkled his nose at the crime city like a true metropolitan.

Tim Drake gets thrown forward in time and quickly gets adopted by his evil alternate future self Pheonix and his husband Phantom. The three of them live on a space station orbiting the Earth.

The real issue is that they think he's a clone and they are babying him. He doesn't know what they will do when they find out he isn't actually a clone.

They have been more than accommodating and have let him snoop around to his hearts content, even going so far and to come up behind him while he's trying to hack into thier computer and just casually putting in the passwords for him.

That was embarrassing. How is Phantom so stealthy??? He loves his future evil self as wierd as that sounds. He showed him how to use thier wierd coffee machine and made both of them ten shot espressos.

The entire time there was spent in domestic bliss. How are either of these people villains? The room went silent when asked.

Appearently older Tim's story began when he accidentally killed a pit raged Jason in self defense. The batfam took it way worse than anyone would have thought, especially when the Lazarus Pits failed to revive him again. He was treated coldly as they grieved and tried to find comfort in his friends at the time, but not many people were available.

He stayed in different places, not wanting to head back to the manor and face his family, eventually he caught a signal from a space station that supposedly didn't exist and went to investigate.

Inside he found numerous crumpled bodies, all in white suits. All dead. The station itself looked oddly in tact despite obvious signs of a struggle. Eventually he found Phantom bleeding out on the floor, the destroyed remains of a metal muzzle were still on the ghosts face and Tim made quick work of removing it so he could speak easier.

Tim nursed Phantom back to health in the station and the ghost made the bodies disappear. Tim never learned what he did with all of them.

Over time Danny revealed what he was and who the GIW were and began answering all his questions. They chose to stay in the station and Phantom began renovating it to be more of a home than a workplace.

The real problems arose when people discovered the station and by extention, Phantom. He defended himself using his powers which caught the attention of both the Justice League and many villains.

The Justice League offered him protection and wanted him to join them, the villains wanted his power and made no effort to hide that fact. Phantom saw them as one in the same. All Danny wanted was to stay in the space station with Tim, who he already had a massive crush on. He didn't mind the swirling darkness he sensed inside of Red Robin, he had it in himself too after all.

At some point the station was under attack and Phantom killed a whole bunch of people to defend himself and his home, something the JL didn't particularly like and Batman himself offered to take him under his wing and train him to fight without killing.

That's when Tim revealed himself and stood next to Phantom, "He already has a teacher"

Things only went downhill from there.

This is beautiful. I need a fic of this. Please.

Tim is just a bundle of stress and Phantom is trying to comfort him when he can but hes rarely awake cause his body is focusing on healing and Tim is nursing him back to health.

Luckily Tim only had to explain "time travel" and Danny was like "I gotcha" and rolled with it. Tim still explained the rest and Danny has been cuddly and purring for him whenever he gets the chance.

Its great for reducing Tim's stress levels.

The good news is that each time Danny wakes up his awake longer and asleep less, this combined with him being really sweet on Tim has calmed Tim a bit. Danny is now a bit overprotective of Tim and slightly hero worships him and has a crush on the guy who saved him.

The GIW are gone. Danny had completely wiped them out in his rampage, determined to make sure they could never hurt any other ghosts ever again. This has the unintended side effect of making it difficult to prove the GIW ever actually existed to the Justice League.

Being able to parent your younger self/being parented by your older self is, like...the ultimate escapist fantasy for under-supported or parentified children. If Tim made his daring escape back to his own time, there's no guarantee Bigger!Tim wouldn't chase him all the way back to get his "clone" somewhere safe and sound.

Imagine you just ostracized your friends and family by going villain mode on an unknown government agency, only for your Older You/Parents to bust in and take control of the situation for you. I imagine it would be very bracing for a kid who'd hardly ever been cared about with that amount of dedication.

(...And I imagine Danny would find it sweet that his partner's younger self's first thought was to go rescue him in the past. All Tims just Have to be unhinged and so, so loyally dedicated.)

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Tim only starts worrying about Clone-Tim (younger Tim?) when he doesn’t reappear for lunch.

There are only so many places to hide on their vacant space station. Missing dinner is one thing; getting sucked into a spiral of hyperfixation is understandable, if worrying. Missing breakfast is another, easier thing to swallow; sleeping in is to be expected, if his clone truly had gotten sucked into a project of some sort.

By the time lunchtime rolls around, however, Danny’s fingers are tapping along the edge of the table. Tim empathizes.

“I can’t find his heartbeat anywhere,” Danny murmurs. His black hair floats in mimicry of an ethereal breeze. “I’ve looked everywhere. Even that bathroom you soundproofed last year.”

Tim wants to say Don’t worry. This is a space station. Where could he possibly escape to?

But this is Tim.

And Tim knows exactly what younger Tim is capable of.

(He used to be him, after all.)

Tim presses the heels of his palms into his eyes. He sighs, deeply, and loudly, earning a strain of nervous laughter from his beloved second half.

“I’m going to kill him,” Tim tells the plate-sheathed ceiling.

“You’re assuming he did something wrong.” Danny’s smile doesn’t exactly hide his fear. He remembers what Tim was like at a younger age too.

It’s too quiet. Tim knows smaller Tim did something wrong. “We’re going to go rescue him from himself. And then I’m going to kill him.” Probably not really, but Clone-Tim was in trouble for sure. Maybe he should just tie the kid down. Or put him in a jail. …Something gentle, probably. An age-appropriate jail. Something the kid really has to work on for a little to escape. Baby jail. He could get a reward for wriggling out of the handcuffs and restraints.

…Is he just reinventing the idea of zoo animal enrichment?

Danny shifts, he stands; Tim can see the length and breadth of ropy scars underneath his husband’s white undershirt. “Is that the royal we, or am I invited on this endeavor?”

Really, Danny’s only just barely healed. He’s recovered most of his lost functionality over the last few years, worked himself back to a similar range of mobility he had in life, and built back up a portion of his musculature. If Tim had anything even remotely like a team to back him up the way he used to, Tim would choose anyone else. Everyone else. Phantom isn’t field ready, and based on the horror his husband underwent…

…It would be very, very understandable if Phantom was never field ready again.

But.

“It would be selfish to ask you to stay,” Tim also knows, as clear as water is wet. “Small-Me is ours. I couldn’t leave you here to worry about him.”

Danny’s smile is quiet. “And you couldn’t stop me even if you wanted to, of course.”

Well. And Tim couldn’t stop the half-ghost even if he wanted to. That is also true.

In the end, Tim finds Clone-Tim’s hastily assembled time travel device shoved into a closet. Thankfully the calibration is manual, and not digital; the dials are pre-loaded for a specific point of entry in a time in this universe’s past. It should be easy to get Little Tim in and out.

Phoenix and Phantom clasp gloved hands.

Through the portal they go.

…What Tim expected on the other side was not his clone/past self/timeline diverged self desperately shoving a considerably younger Danny’s innards back into his body, but hey. He’s an adaptable villain-esque character.

Phoenix rolls up his metaphorical sleeves. There’s no point in subtlety here. The GIW is on all sides, younger-him is about to cry, and this tiny version of his husband needs all the defense he can get. Looks like an early entry into the timeline it is.

The League won’t know what hit it.

(And. Uh. Phoenix double-takes...Is that Jason in the corner? Alive?)

(...Maybe?)

Tim is next to his younger self in a heartbeat, purposely positioning himself to block the view of the fight behind them as he begins to help rearrange the guts of the much younger version of his husband.

Tim knew the battle wasn't going to be pretty and Phantom wouldn't even need to try to convince Hood to use lethal force. Not with a kid cut open on a metal slab in front of him. His younger self might have tried to stop it if he wasn't to preoccupied piecing his future husband back together like a more gruesome version of humpty dumpty.

It needed to happen. At this point in the timeline no one knew who the GIW where or that thier research involved the Lazarus waters and trying to control and enslave the entities with the Lazarus dimension. If Ras and his assassins ever learned of this they would not only figure a way to access this information but would become practically unstoppable if they were to succeed.

Running a finger through little Dannys hair he began to speak softly, "We need you to be brave, ok? Were about to start sticking you up."

The hesitant nod was all he needed before he and his younger self began.

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Danny didn't know what he did to deserve Tim. He seemed to know exactly what to do 99% of the time and the 1% where he doesn't he figures something out.

He feels so safe when he's around he mused as he punched one of the men in the face, using the direct contact to slip his intangibility through his throat, literally knocking his head off in one swift blow, even here, the place he still has nightmares about. Knowing Tim will protect him makes him feel are warm and fuzzy. Ancients. He doesn't know how he won him over. Sure they live alone together on a space station, but its not as if they never leave.

Danny has a device that allows him to block his ecto-signature and Tim has one that hides his heartbeat so no one is aware when they're planetside. It made it easier to get supplies and talk to contacts that way. It also led him to discover Tim has a lot of...admirers. Don't get him wrong, he's not jealous-Tim chose him after all- but it was surprising how many of his enemies had a thing for him and how many had been waiting for him to go rogue eventually.

A bullet whizzed past his ear and into the forehead of an agent with a Fenton Bazooka and Danny was suddenly very grateful Hood was on thier side...and privately a little giddy. He never got to meet Jason in thier timeline but Tim talked about him time to time. Mostly good things.

Tims other siblings didn't like Danny. When Nightwing called he would always have tense smiles and showed discomfort with Dannys presence. If Danny wasn't in the room when the call was taking place Dick would plead for Tim to come home, to break out of whatever influence Phantom had over him.

Tim and Bruce had had some major blow up argument years ago and hadn't spoken since. Heck, the only people who attended thier wedding from tims side of the family were Cass and Steph, which only made the situation between Dick, Bruce and Tim even worse since they weren't exactly thrilled to learn about the marriage after the fact.

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Jason is pretty confused about the older Tim and the older version of the kid they came here to rescue. Also about how his Tim knew the kid was here? But when Tim called in the middle of the night and explained that he would be avoiding Jason for the foreseeable future for Jason's own safety, Jason put his foot down and followed the replacement to a space ship, snuck on board, and waited until they were well on their way before confronting Tim.

Tim was understandably upset about it, but they didn't have long to argue before they arrived and Tim relented. "We'll talk about this later. Let's go save my future husband from the US Government."

And then they were faced with a kid cut open on a table like frog in a high-school science class and Jason didn't really care about explanations anymore.

(He cared a bit when Older Tim and Older Phantom walked out of a time portal to interfere, but at least they weren't trying to stop him from killing all these bastard Men in Black Ripoffs.)

Thing I also think would be funny: identity fraud

Phoenix: ...Robin's my son

Batman:

Batman: no? He isn't?

Phoenix: yes he is. I cloned him from myself. We have the same DNA.

Batman:

Batman: *looks at small!Tim*

Robin!Tim: *grouchily commits to the bit* Our DNA is identical.

Batman, who has full knowledge of Small!Tim's identity: that's. Not possible.

Phoenix: Great job training him, by the way. But I'm taking him back now. The Drakes didn't do a good enough job with his upbringing the way I had hoped.

Phoenix: *villain voice* But he's coming home with me.

Robin!Tim: *hauled around by Phantom like a sack of potatoes and generally parented the entire time*

Because what's Batman going to do? Out Tim's day-to-day identity in front of all these GIW and JL members? Run their DNA, which matches the way he said it would? Eventually someone might call temporal shenanigans, but getting clear evidence of that would take a minute they don't actually have trying to rush through this whole crisis. Circle it all back to Tim's Clone Thing™️

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Young!Tim had, previously, perfected his Lying to Batman skill tree, so he doesn't need more skilk points there - but he's been working hard on leveling up his Commit to the Bit tree with Danny's guidance, so he's rolling with it

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Machi's #7 DP x DC Prompt

We all know that at some point Pariah Dark dumped Amity Park into the Ghost Zone. So, what if when Danny is king he tries to put the city back in its place only to pick the wrong dimension? Now all the DC heroes are freaking out bc of the fae city that has appeared out of nowhere.