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Barbara kisses Bruce in the clock tower. They're in the middle of one of their regular arguments, fuming at each other, and then-- she kisses him, and he can't help but kiss her back. After a few seconds, he pulls away. Barbara's eyes are wide, and he can see her processing what they had done. Bruce turns away, and leaves before she can react any further.
He finds himself thinking about that kiss in his spare moments. Barbara is dating Dick, but she had kissed him. And he had kissed her back. Would he do it again, given the opportunity? That question troubles him most of all, because he doesn't like to think about the answer.
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Everyone in the Batfamily has something that makes them different, something the others just can't do. Stephanie hasn't found hers yet, so she decides to do the one thing none of them have ever done. She's going to have a civilised conversation with the Red Hood if it kills her, she realy hopes it doesn't kill her. Pre new52
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"I can't give you romance. I can't give you the sort of relationship you deserve," Bruce says
"You think I don't know that? You think that's what I want?" Barbara starts to get mad.
"It's what you had with Dick, didn't you?"
"I broke up with Dick," Barbara says.
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Character Study: Bat File 009 - Blue Cloak by Sehin
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Batgirl (Comics), Robin (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
29 Nov 2022
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Bat File 009 - Subject: Blue Cloak
Learn about Blue Cloak, a protege of Batman from East Gotham in the years before Flashpoint.
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Self-indulgent release of the history of my OC character in the DC Universe.
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- Part 29 of November 2022 One-Shots
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In the Ruins of East Gotham comes a Bat by Sehin
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Robin (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics)
24 Nov 2022
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For many years, no one lived or ever went to East Gotham anymore, not since No Man's Land ended. In the aftermath It had been completely abandoned when the remainder of its population moved into Gotham City in a sign of solidarity with the people that had been abandoned by the world for an entire year, with the buildings and factories that had survived the earthquake mostly intact now rotted away in the elements. No squatters, no gangsters, not even Joker in his madness ventured here.
So Batman was puzzled when an old alarm he'd installed years ago activated and he drove to the edge of the ruins, making his way by foot into the small-sized city.
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Batman heads to the ruins of East Gotham and finds his current Robin snooping in Blue Cloak's old home for reasons uncertain.
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- Part 24 of November 2022 One-Shots
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Missing You by fadesfanfic
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Birds of Prey (Comic)
23 Nov 2022
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Dick Grayson and Barbara Gordon have their first night together in a long while after a few months of trying to keep Gotham safe while Bruce is dead.
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The Day Damian's Snooping Came in Handy by Sehin
Fandoms: DC Comics - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics)
09 Nov 2022
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Damian likes to snoop into the personal files of everyone in the Bat family. From Grayson to Gordon to Todd to Drake to Brown to Cain to Clarkson to Bertinelli to even the newbie Thomas. He has also cracked into most of his father's files.
Except one with a password he's not been able to crack.
Curiosity kills the cat but...Father really was careful to keep it locked up since it related to the second Robin's tragic murder.
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- Part 9 of November 2022 One-Shots
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Day Out for Unexpected Reunions by Sehin
Fandoms: DC Comics - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types, Young Justice (Comics), Robin (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Superboy (Comics), Impulse (Comics)
04 Nov 2022
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The old Young Justice team have a reunion day where even the Joker doesn't cause trouble. They remember Slobo and get a shock or two.
Read to know more.
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- Part 4 of November 2022 One-Shots
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Loneliness by knave_of_swords
Fandoms: Huntress (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), DCU (Comics)
02 Nov 2022
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Helena likes Dick. He's fun, and lets her forget the bad parts of the whole vigilante thing for a while when he's around.
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The first time it happens, she's Batgirl, and it's just the two of them. Batman tells her it was a mistake, and she refuses to cry about that.
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Jason finds the dog in an alley, thrown behind a dumpster, with its legs tied together and its mouth taped shut.
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‘Who are you?’ Tim asked, his voice ringing out in the empty hall.
The man’s pale eyes met Tim’s.
‘You don’t know?’ he said. Tim noticed that the thing in the man’s hand was a crowbar.
Tim shook his head.
‘Fuckin’ hell,’ said the man, ‘that’s pretty much all the reason I need.’An alternate look at 2003 Teen Titans issue #29. A more hard-edged and less theatrical take on preboot Jason Todd, who’s just returned from the dead and decides that beating the shit out of Robin is a good start at getting back at Batman. Tim feels a sort of connection to Jason and doesn’t really want to fight him, but Jason's too focused on beating the living shit out of Tim to care.
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lost in translation by figofswords
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batgirl (Comics)
26 May 2022
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There is something wrong with Stephanie Brown and that something has to do with Cassandra. Cassandra doesn't really understand what she did, but Stephanie's acting funny—nervous laughter, flushed cheeks, startling when Cassandra draws near—so clearly she must have done something. With the help of her family, Cassandra's going to get to the bottom of it.
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ornithology 301 by figofswords
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
02 May 2022
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When Tim was younger he’d stand in front of the mirror with a yellow blanket tied to his shoulders and imagine himself as Robin.
(A study of Tim Drake, in three parts.)
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- Part 1 of migratory birds
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Lukewarm Highs and Humid Lows by thenonmousing
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batgirl (Comics)
28 Jan 2022
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It's a long road back home -- it's even longer for those who love you.
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“It is different, the last few times. Harder.” Alfred nods his head towards Stephanie’s door. “We have lost children before, Master Damian, but never like how we lost her.”
Then Alfred falls silent. There is nothing Damian can think of to do but watch him.
Alfred does not talk like this, not to Damian. Not about children, about loss. This is how Damian is used to Alfred talking to Richard or Father. It is how Damian is used to Alfred talking to an adult.
And Damian feels afraid.
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- Part 3 of Alleyways and Rooftops
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It was the smashing of glass that awoke Poison Ivy in her little greenhouse. She was having a good rest, the first in a long while. Just her and her plants. Sure she liked company. But with Harley in a coma courtesy of Black Mask and Selina no longer welcomed in her presence, Ivy didn't have much else to do. Even attempting to cause a bit of villainy bored her.
So the arrival of unexpected guests meant she must have done something wrong.
"Hello, Batman," Ivy smiled as she opened her eyes to find the familiar figure of the original Dark Knight. "What did I do now?" she asked.
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Poison Ivy gets a case of mistaken identity and Tim Drake gets caught in the middle.
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- Part 23 of November 2021 One-Shots
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A Certain Plant Lady Really Should Be Careful Where She Leaves Her Plants (The Teen Titans Really Don't Appreciate It) by Sehin
Fandoms: Teen Titans (Comics), Teen Titans - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Batgirl (Comics), Superboy (Comics), Impulse (Comics), Teen Titans: Raven & Beast Boy Series (Graphic Novels)
13 Nov 2021
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The worst part about waking up with a hangover was also waking up naked with a short-term memory problem of how you end up in this position. Particularly when your girlfriend is equally naked cuddling up to you and looking around to find your four best friends naked along with three of your teammates.
Tim Drake's morning was already off to a great start, and he already wanted to go back to sleep. But as he sat up from the ground, feeling scratch marks on his back, carpet burn on his legs and unfocused blue eyes analysing what was going on, he suppose he should be glad he didn't remember how he got there.
Until he did.
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One of Poison Ivy's plants goes missing in Teen Titans territory and the side effects of reclaiming it really are in the eye of the beholder.
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- Part 13 of November 2021 One-Shots
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the city is my church (it wraps me in its blinding twilight) by wearycities
Fandoms: Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010), DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics)
29 Jun 2021
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He’s here to get what he wants. What Bruce also fucking wants, no matter what he says.
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one single thread of gold (tied me to you) by theragingstorm
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU, Nightwing (Comics)
15 Jun 2021
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By age thirteen, Barbara had no faith in soulmates.
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- Part 1 of dickbabs week 2021
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Canticle by Panny for HandmaidenOfHorror
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batwoman (Comic), The Question (Comics)
02 May 2021
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Kate Kane has a problem. Several of them, really. It would be bad enough waking up to find that she was suddenly missing months of her life, but somewhere in that time she apparently a) got stabbed and b) died. Her search for answers leads her to investigate the Religion of Crime's new leader: a woman whose followers call her The Faceless One. Caught between prophecies and a power struggle with the fate of more than just Gotham City hanging in the balance, Kate must uncover the truth behind her own murder and subsequent resurrection before it's too late.