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last light in a darkened room by bigdamnher0
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
21 Nov 2024
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“I—” Tim recalibrated. Desperately, he scanned Dick’s face—his features blurred over, a wall of nothing; Tim chipped away: “You were a kid, who’ll blame a kid? They won’t hurt anyone again. If you want to, to, to talk to anyone—but it was a long time ago, you’re Nightwing now—”
Tuesday morning: a video was uploaded to one of the deep web black markets. The footage, shot on those grainy vintage camcorders. But Tim knew that boy in the thumbnail; his eyes had memorized him, the heft and shape and dazzle of him, imprinting like an afterimage.
Or: a brother is a witness; there's your tragedy.
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Dick and Tim, robin and the ghost of robin, robin and nightwing, Tim and nightwing, Tim and the shadow of nightwing. Dick and his own shadow. brothers chasing past unrepentant brothers receding.
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On the fourth day, it becomes clear that Joe is organizing something—more muscle than usual, a few more Black Mask affiliates than there should be. The few glimpses of Joe that Dick gets, he’s on his phone, speaking rapidly and gesturing emphatically.
On the fifth day, everything is quiet. No one comes, no one goes.
On the sixth day, Tim calls Dick: they’re not sure where Jason is. And yeah, maybe that’s just normal, and they’re not panicking yet. But they’re not sure where he is. And they’re about to start looking.
And on the seventh day, Bruce shows up at his door with Jason standing next to him, pale and hacking out a cough, putting too much weight on Bruce’s shoulder, and says: “I need to ask you a favor.”
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Dick is supposed to be on a boring stakeout assignment. Jason complicates that.
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“I’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU.” “IT’S ROTTEN WORK.” “NOT TO ME. NOT IF IT’S YOU.”
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manuronaldo i love you
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Flying back to Cherry Street, weaving reckless in the dark, it comes down to this: Dick is the only one of his siblings that Jason has any real claim on. Dick is the only one of that whole mess of victims to Batman's cult of self-immolation who belongs to Jason. Even more than that - Dick is the only person in the world who he shares a parent with, who knows what it meant to be the Robin to Batman of nearly ten years ago.
It's just not the same anymore.
So if Dick fucking kicks it, Jason's the only one left. Jason becomes an only child. Jason becomes the last of his kind. Jason becomes the sole keeper of that memory, of a brotherhood shared under a man who no longer exists. There is no way to replace Dick, because the world that they lived in together is gone, and can never give Jason a surrogate.
The Red Hood pulls the thread on a mystery big enough to bridge the distance between two cities, two brothers: The plot they unravel is far deeper and darker than a garden-variety drug trafficking scheme. A story about siblingship, hauntings, and rivers.
1. Ostium, osti(i): Latin noun, II Declension: Door, opening; (river) mouth; entrance (to the underworld).
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- Part 1 of these and other tragedies
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- 110,405
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- 12/12
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Dean listens to Nina Simone, reads Anne Carson, and makes out with a dude (sort of).
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soft animal bodies by deadchannelradio
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
09 Feb 2023
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mmmm birdflash emotional constipation mmmm
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It’s a tale as old as time. Batfamily meets warlock, warlock fumbles a spell, warlock disappears in a cloud of smoke, Batfamily realises they’re body-swapped…
You know. That old classic.
Or: This is a body-swap fic with only the awkwardness. None of the bonding. Just the weird uncomfortable parts. Okay maybe a little of the bonding.
Tim-Steph, Dick-Jason bodyswap. No pairings except past Tim/Steph.
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- 13/?
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Original take of an overdone trope. Fun and uncomfortable with a small serving of smst on the side. My favourite!!
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Where Bruce Wayne goes, models follow. It's almost a joke, the way he wears them like watches, girls too young for him hanging off his arms. It's a wonder he can even tell them apart.
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- Part 23 of Sorrowful and Immaculate Hearts
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- 10,374
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- 6/6
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- 672
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yours & mine by susiecarter
Fandoms: DC Extended Universe, Man of Steel (2013), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Wonder Woman (Movies - Jenkins), Justice League (2017)
09 Aug 2021
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Post-JL 2017, Bruce and Clark are starting to figure each other out. Clark's also starting to think he wants to get to know Bruce a lot better than either of them expected.
And then, to help the dangerously depleted ranks of the Green Lanterns collect evidence against an intergalactic slave trader, they have to go undercover: Clark as the Kryptonian overlord who conquered Earth and has proven able to hold it against even the incursions of the New Gods of Apokolips ... and the pride of his personal collection, a human warrior he subdued and trained himself. Which means Clark has to pretend he really is the nightmare Bruce once believed he would be, and he also has to keep it together in the face of leading a collared, naked Bruce around on a chain—when all he's starting to realize he actually wants is to get on his knees for Bruce instead.
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- 5/5
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- 287
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Jhjhehehe. Crazy good stuff
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bricklaying by evocates
Fandoms: DCU, DC Cinematic Universe, Justice League (2017), Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Man of Steel (2013)
17 May 2018
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“What are your superpowers again?”
“I’m rich.”
Clark knows that he should be grateful to Bruce for helping Mom get the farm back, for making it possible for Clark Kent, Daily Planet reporter, to exist again. And he is, he really is. In more ways than he can describe.
But something grates. A bitter, choking taste.
Thing is, he knows that Bruce wants him. Likes him, even. But Clark doesn’t allow himself to acknowledge it. He refuses to even think about it. Refuses to become Bruce’s kept man, Bruce’s whore.
Too bad that there’s a rising organised crime syndicate in Metropolis that makes avoidance impossible. Not to mention his usual job as Superman.
(An exploration on the very different forms of power that Bruce and Clark hold, and the implications of that on their relationship, with special emphasis on class issues. Or, the aftermath of Steppenwolf: in which the world still needs to be saved, but there is no longer a convenient villain left to punch.
Subtitled: “How to (and Why) Save a Life.” Please note the tags and the warnings inside.)
Complete.
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- 148,420
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- 15/15
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Politics and class issues and league functionality. An actual exploration of What Can Superheroes Do. Best romance!!!
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“Master Bruce, of all the things I’d ever expected to walk in on—” Alfred began, with great prejudice. “I do hope there’s a good explanation for this.”
Bruce, clad in a black bathrobe, looked up from his microscope. A disembodied penis, from its place on the table, raised its head too.
They appeared to regard one another then Bruce turned to shake his head at Alfred.
“No.”
“‘No’?”
“No, I don’t have a good explanation.”
Alfred paused in thought. “Well.”Bruce is politely poked in the cheek by a flying dick one night. Hijinks, and more worldbuilding than you can shake a dick at, ensue.
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- Part 1 of detach and retrieve
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- 29,347
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- 3/3
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- 264
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Embarrassing and profound and made me giggle so hard. A lot of good sex!!
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Snapshots of Jim Gordon and Bruce Wayne as they get older. Bruce fucks up a lot and Gordon wonders what the hell to do about it.
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bad signal by prismatical
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), DCU
25 Apr 2020
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The rescue mission went well. Nightwing is safe. Everything should be alright.
Right?
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- Part 1 of detective stories
- Language:
- English
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- 38,447
- Chapters:
- 27/27
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- 526
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- 3,230
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ode to a vigilante dying young by blueteeth
Fandom: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
06 Sep 2024
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Some really interesting insight on characters' psychology.
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Clark had come out of surgery not long after that. He’d looked gray, under the fluorescent lights of the clinic, and he’d leaned heavily on Bruce on the way to the Batmobile. That had been two nights ago.
And now he was standing in the center of the cave fastening his cape. He turned as Bruce approached, and his face was cheerful and open. He clapped a hand on Bruce’s shoulder and held it there, that kind of casual grounding touch he was so fond of. “There you are,” he said. “Thanks for the hospitality, but I’ve got to run. There’s a huge blaze near the chemical plant, and it could get bad very quickly.”
“You’re not leaving,” Bruce said, which was his first mistake.
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leave the light on by puertoricansuperman
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics)
30 Oct 2023
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Jason finds a teenager reeling from her first murder and brings her back to the only safe place he knows: his headquarters.
He doesn't think about how this might look to her.
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Mistakes by bathandbodyworks
Fandom: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
15 Dec 2019
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Bruce Wayne is... not a great parent
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the long lost art of killing it dead by dustorange
Fandoms: DCU, Nightwing (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
28 Dec 2021
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Red Hood is a criminal, so it doesn't make sense why he would bother dragging Nightwing back to Dick Grayson's apartment and bandaging his potentially deadly gunshot wounds. What makes even less sense is why Hood keeps coming back.
(a.k.a. another "Dick redeems Red Hood with the power of affection" fic but with even less mental stability.)
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- English
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- 13,147
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- 2/?
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- 143
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Ima start a new religion dedicated to this fic specifically.
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Four versions of Nightwing find themselves trapped in a dimension where they don't belong. For some reason, they think Jason is the only one who can help them get back home. Jason has enough trouble tolerating his OWN Dick Grayson, but now has to collaborate with versions of his brother from worlds very unlike his own. Unfortunately, the one common thread across multiverses happens to be Dick Grayson's uncanny natural talent to annoy his brother.
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- 86,231
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- 25/?
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- 1,340
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- 1,990
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To Build and To break by writing5ever
Fandom: DCU, Nightwing (Comics), Teen Titans - All Media Types
02 Feb 2025
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An exploration on Dick and Kori as a couple and their individual characters.
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I Used to Be an Adventurer Like You, Then I Took an Arrow to the Knee by bowditch for theboost
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
28 Oct 2018
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Stephanie was just on patrol and now she’s stuck somewhere, sometime, with Bruce.
They bleed and bond and mostly try to keep each other alive— you know, just a Tuesday.
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- English
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- 9,122
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- 1/1
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- 143
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- 1,993
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- 14,598
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Best Stephanie and Bruce