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punkeropercyjackson · 2 months

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I don't think Batkid Percy or Batkid Miles are interesting concepts at all tbh and neither of them would let themselves be adopted by Bruce since Percy has so much trauma from older men in power(Poseidon,Gabe,Luke and the gods)and Miles has two perfectly good parents,plus an additional mentor figure he's found family with in Peter B(and full offense to Bruce,Miles has too high of standards after them and Uncle Aaron to put up with him).It would be way more fitting if Percy was a kryptonian-human hybrid to go with her being half god in canon and how kryptonians are deity level strong and Miles should be a Blue Lantern since Atsv is all about him giving hope to other Spiderpeople that they're not doomed by the narrative,plus Percy is canonically a Superman fan and can be the Super to Jason's Bat instead of it getting repetetive by both being Batfam since they're so alike and Miles can be Young Justice's power ring holder and his personality fits right with the canon members.And y'know......Maybe him and Tim can date,i mean he's a lot like Gwen personality wise and alt edgy like Hobie so he's canonically his type and who WOULDN'T have a crush on Miles Morales?

On that note,i really love the idea of Miles ending on Prime Earth right after Utrh and meeting Jason before any other DC characters and that leads to a lot of spending time together both bonding and doing hero work and them ending up becoming found brothers with Miles redeeming Jason while not really trying to,Jason just fixed himself so he could be good enough to be Miles' best friend.And obviously Percy's got her own younger siblings in the other Superkids and she rivals Dick in the 'best eldest sister' award and adds competition to it by adopting Tim and Duke as pseudo-ones and her and Stephanie are only slightly less close than her and Cass purely because Stephcass romantic soulmates by choice in every universe and they do girl things together(doing eachother's hair and nails and makeup,playing video games,cooking fancy foods,talking about their experiences with transfemininity,fighting fascists,coping with their childhood trauma through things meant for younger girls)and her and Jason are the biggest frenemies to ride or die's case ever

Also,just some mix and match thoughts:Son of Helios and Jupiter legacy Miles,son of Poseidon Jason who's a dark parallel to daughter of Poseidon Stephanie like he is in canon(NOT a Luke but an Ethan),Jason Morales(bio kid because he is always afrolatino to me like Percy is)and Percy as either a Spiderpunk variant who's older than Hobie and Nico and Hazel as his Spiderman and Spiderwoman who're all from the same dimension or her own original Spider identity as Seaspider and they meet through dimensional animal spider crossing because they're the Dea Sea Siblings in every universe.Or a three way that stars Miles,Percy and Jason instead and they do things like going to Batburger and getting into fun greek mythos shenanigans and making art together and bonding over being afro-caribbeans.I have so much brainrot for Pjo x Atsv x DC and it's all thanks to them

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flashflashhundredyarddash · 3 years

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batkids and their relationships with their siblings headcanons. under read more because this got fucking LONGGG

dick

dick is the eldest so he doesnt want to bog down his younger siblings with his problems, but if he DOES, he tends to talk to jason about it

dick and cass start to really begin to bond when Cass shows up to dicks gymnastics class for 3rd-6th graders and then cass shows up all the sixth graders and they get frozen yogurt after lmao

dick and tim are Very much thick as thieves. tim is very much like bruce on the Emotional Suppression scale, so dick just really wants to make sure his little brother is safe and happy ALL the time

Duke and Damian are the only two really permanently at the manor anymore, so when dick drops by he tries to do something with both of them. duke frantically zoom calls dick every other week to help him with his his trig homework. dick shows up to dukes high school graduation with literally the BIGGEST SIGN

everyone insists damian is dicks favorite but he does actually genuinely love all his siblings equally, his relationship with damian is just Very different from the others because of the age gap and being dami's primary caretaker for a year. dick babies dami every chance he gets

jason

would sell Dick to satan for One corn chip

him and cass don't have the greatest start to their relationship because cass is very much Against Killing so it takes a while for jason to warm up to her and earn her trust. now, though, jason is competing with steph by showing cass all the classic American Teenager things she missed out on. steph is currently winning but jason is like 98% positive a crunch wrap from taco bell is going to push him over the edge

tim and jason are currently competing over who can solve the most cases in a month. tim is winning. that won't last long.

jason Loves to Big Brother duke its so embarrassing. duke will get out of school and go to his car and jason is SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT FRANTICALLY WAVING TO GET DUKES ATTENTION. JASON THAT IS MY CAR. signal has one (1) mission with arsenal and arsenal goes hey did you ask that girl to homecoming yet and duke is like I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU.

Damian is proof that Actually, Little Brothers are Pests. Jason fully believes that he was brought back from the dead PURELY to torment damian and he will fulfill this mission at any cost

cassandra

it actually really upset her when Dick didn't accept her at first. she knows her other siblings really adore dick so his lack of trust was really disheartening. it takes dick a while but once he Actually Accepts that cass is going to be a permanent part of their life and oh, wow, dick you really hurt her feelings he really hyperfocuses on bonding with cass for a couple of months which definitely improves their relationship

she really likes jason!! their relationship doesn't start well but because he's close with steph and tim who are cass's top two favorite people to exist ever, cass is like well i GUESS ill hang out with him more. jason is fun to talk to because he always tries his best to explain jokes and give context to what people are talking about (also tim took her to taco bell already but she didn't tell jason she just wanted to hang out)

cass LOVES tim. they just click okay. tim always seems to know when to give her space and when to push and come closer. Tim's "guest room" is just her room lets be real. tim and cass occasionally get mistaken for twins and Cass Loves it.

duke makes cass listen to metal once and cass loses. her. damn. mind. they bond over music a lot because they both Love Music to a degree the others in their family don't.

damian!! damian is her little brother!!! dami isn't As Hostile to cass at first because he is 100% aware cass has the edge in fighting and respects her. cass likes all of his instagram posts and they have a snapchat streak going

tim

tim Loves dick, dick was his first sibling!! he had Very strong hero worship when he first met dick but it mellowed out when tim got older because wow 17 is really not that cool and mature lol. tim has an open invitation to dick's apartment which he does occasionally take advantage of. tim has more than once scared the shit out of wally when wally comes over and wally is convinced they're being robbed (HA) for half a second. i mean. he's not wrong.

listen. tim understands that forgiving the guy who tried to kill you would be a Struggle for some people and it was! definitely! but also at least he can trust jason to, uh, be open about if he doesn't like tim. which is not an assurance he has with other people. so if the guy who tried to kill him tells him tim is cool now then like. maybe tim isn't that bad or annoying a person? also jason arrested a whole gang and won the cases competition but then it created a power vacuum that the whole batfam had to clean up the rest of the month. thanks, jason.

tim LOVES cass. you know how most of the time theres this empty feeling inside you and you just kind of ignore it because you don't know what will fix it or if you do, you know you can't fix it? cass makes that empty feeling feel a little less empty. they just click. tim always tries to travel with cass whenever she leaves gotham.

tim and duke. Tim is actually the sibling who duke goes to whenever he has questions he doesn't want to ask bruce or alfred about, like, life or vigilante-ing or school or college or whatever and Tim is always like yes!! i love Giving Advice and Solving Problems!! tim and duke and jason fill out their college applications together.

tim and damian. LMAO. ROUGH START THAT'S ALL ILL SAY. at some point alfred goes like fuck it. family therapy. and tim and dami are PISSED. tim and damian get along best when they have a common enemy to work against. their relationship gets much better when damian is older and they actually talk about their feelings like emotionally stunted bats. despite how bad their relationship was, tim will ALWAYS protect damian

duke

very much intimidated by dick at first. dick is so much older and has his own job and friends and life and is very much AN ADULT. dick likes to take duke out to do lots of cool stuff (paintball, lasertag, tech exhibitions, concerts, etc). also, dick PERSONALLY introduced duke to superman and is dating THE FLASH. 10/10 awesome big brother.

was intimidated by jason for 0.5 seconds before jason actually opened his mouth and started speaking. jason is literally. So Embarrassing. which is weird because nobody else really seems to feel that way about jason but duke knows he's 100% in the right here. like yeah jason is also An Adult and does Adult Stuff but he's also at the manor like every other weekend???? and he always complains about bruce but always seems to be in the same room bruce is in????? like okay jason. they bond over literature!! jason and duke and alfred will spend literal hours talking about books and duke loves it. duke is the only one who doesn't think jason is funny and jason gets so upset about it lmao.

cass has this one week where she gets really into photography and by virtue of being nearby (and also not nocturnal), duke becomes her victim subject. duke prints out all the pictures and hangs them up in his room (his favorite is one he took when he stole the camera and took a really bad selfie of them together).

tim is closest in age to duke so duke tends to hang around with him a lot. tim introduced duke to his young justice friends and duke is like yes!!! meta-friends!!!! tim really helps duke out with his powers because tim is always like wow i wonder if your powers would work if we did This? can you see farther than other people? is your visible spectrum of light different than other humans? Bruce does the same thing but bruce is boring about it lol.

damian and duke live in the same house and will be in the same room and just send each other social media posts back and forth. they follow each other on instagram and will, OCCASIONALLY, make tik toks together because they're tik tok fiends. each of his siblings have visited his parents once or twice but damian routinely comes with him.

damian

damian gets a special bullet point to say that it took him. forever to come around to the idea of having siblings. he very much believed that he was Bruce's Blood Son and everyone else were just tagalongs or allies. it took him ages to acknowledge that dick, jason, tim, and cass were his siblings, so when duke came and like a week later damian was like Ah, Yes, this is my brother Thomas everyone else was like dude wtf

listen. LISTEN. Obviously. Richard is very highly skilled. and also Father values him highly. and also Richard will listen to Damian complain about his schoolmates. and also Richard is much more patient with Damian than other members of his family. listen....,,, (all this to say damian kind of fucking adores dick lmaooooo this kid).

Todd is kind of unbearable but damian has been informed this is both a normal feeling when it comes to Todd and also big brothers. damian was an only child for ten years so yes, Father, if Todd attempts to tickle me I WILL break his fucking nose. yes i WILL put money in the swear jar but I want you to know i don't regret it. they always try to sneak up on each other but mostly fail.

DRAKE!!! but no lol once damian grows up and is like I Apologize for attempting to murder you it was wrong and you are just as much a son to Father as I am tim is like UGH i guess its cool since ur being so emotionally mature and all. also im 2 for 5 on siblings trying to murder me so im definitely going to win trauma bingo and damian is like i take it back you are insufferable. When Will My Older Siblings Stop Joking About Their Trauma.

CASS!!! listen. cass is cool. Cass Gets It. They have a special Bond. also damian really likes it whenever cass is home because 1) he gets to hang out and do something cool with cass and 2) he feels significantly safer with cass in the house because Nobody will be able to hurt any of their family if Cass is there. ALSO he tries to call her cain but everyone is like DONT DO THAT and he doesn't want to call her wayne bcus theyre ALL wayne (dick adds it on as a middle name but also Richard John Wayne West-Grayson is just. the lamest name ever so dick needs to reconsider it before his upcoming nuptials)((dick will not reconsider it except maybe whether grayson-west would work better)) and so he tries cassandra but cass is like :) call me cass and damian is like cassandra is more formal and respectful and cass is like :) and finally damian just has to give in.

Duke! him and duke actually live together so they get the Most Bonding Time and have a bunch of inside jokes as a result. (is it bad i wanted to laugh because inside jokes... joker... i'll see myself out). they're eating breakfast together (and also alfred sits with them IM NOT A MONSTER ALFIE'S LIKE 70 NOW OKAY) and duke laughs and bruce is like what are you laughing at, son? and duke is like oh damian just showed me this funny meme and then he shows the phone to bruce and bruce grabs it (both the boys groan) and after WAY TOO LONG is like "i don't get it" and so now duke and damian have to try and explain the comedic intricacy of bob's burgers

#this took. two fucking hours #batfam #batman #bruce wayne #dick grayson #jason todd #cassandra cain #cassandra wayne #not sure which one to commit to yet #tim drake #duke thomas #damian wayne #dc #the burd squawks #birdflash #birdflash was like. one of my first ships lmao

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kimberly-spirits13 · 4 years

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Tough Love (Request)

Pairing: Bruce x (daughter) reader

Synopsis: You’ve always been tough. It was just part of the job. However, your father never wanted you involved in the hero life. As you got older you trained and started on your own offering to help along the way. He never let you, maybe there was something wrong with him, or maybe it was you?

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Warnings: Bruce being a crappy father

Word Count: 1328

You were one of the eldest siblings of the Batfam. Younger than Dick, but older than Jason, you were Bruce’s first biological child. He never wanted you to follow in his footsteps and become a vigilante. You hated it, being left out of the family business. In spite of this, you worked harder than anyone, trained, got proper schooling, and went out to start a massive corporation. Diana and Alfred were like your actual parents. You crashed at her place when things with your father got harder, and Alfred was there as your rock. He was for everyone.

At the age of 15, you started secretly training to become the hero, Knight. Your costume was intricate, filled with details on your black armor. Like your youngest and oldest brother, escrima sticks and swords were your calling card weapons. Now, your father knew about these activities. When you told him, he was less than pleased but he knew that there was nothing he could do to stop it. Now, in present day, you still offered to help on cases, but always for nothing.

“Diana I just don’t understand!” You said, “Dad still isn’t letting me help and I’m a grown woman.” “21!”

“I know you’re pained by this Y/N, but have you ever thought about the fact that he’s afraid of... losing you to the job?” Diana asked sipping her tea.

“I mean maybe but he’s losing me already and I’m not even that deep in.” You sighed, “He doesn’t care what I do, but when it comes to making a difference, he goes up in arms.”

You weren’t one to be vulnerable with anyone. It was just part of growing up. Within the office you had to make sure to keep as boss, on the streets, a Wayne, and finally, in the field, Knight. These moments were some of the only that you’d let yourself, your thoughts and emotions show.

You were about to say something else when the phone rang. It was Dick calling to ask if you were coming to the manor.

“It was nice seeing you Diana, I have to get back to the manor and help out with a few things.” You said standing up.

You bid her a farewell and left for Gotham. It was raining when you got there, something typical of the city. Alfred greeted you at the door with a massive hug.

“How is everything here?” You asked.

“Everything is in its normal state of chaos, though Master Bruce has taken on a new case that I think might be over his head. It is evolving a few very large corporations, some that you might be better acquainted with.” Alfred explained as you walked into the cave, greeted by your family.

“That is interesting. Maybe I can look into it.” You said after everyone was suiting up to go on patrol or leaving.

Everyone was gone when you made your next comment, “You know, without telling dad.”

Alfred nodded walking off just as Bruce walked in.

“Without telling me what?” He asked suited up.

“Oh nothing.” He eyed you suspiciously.

“This wouldn’t be about the corporation scheme? Is it?” Bruce questioned.

“Probably not.” You replied, holding your hands behind your back.

“You know I don’t want you messing with this Y/N. If I could have, I would have stopped you completely.” Your father walked to one of the gear shelves to get something down.

“That isn’t up to you, besides I am perfectly capable of helping and doing my part.” You said defensively, “I could help you, you know. I mean I work closer with the owners of the corporations than anyone else, it would be easy-“

Your father cut you off aggressively, “Haven’t I made myself clear in the past? I don’t want you helping. You could get hurt or...” He paused thinking leaving you room to interject.

“Or get in the way. Is that it? You just don’t want me coming into the picture with everyone else? Babs could, Steph, Cass! Hell! The moment I came to you asking to do anything it was shut down immediately! Do you not trust me?!” You asked now crossing your arms in anger.

“No!” He yelled, “You’d be totally consumed Y/N! This isn’t up for debate, I don’t want to hear about it again lest you’d like to lose patrol privileges here!”

“Fine! Consider this the last time, you never needed me anyways, I was always the side act.” You ran off hoping to not talk about this any further unless he would have a civil conversation without brushing you off like he always did. You knew that was hopeless.

Bruce tried to call you back but you hopped onto your bike and sped off for Nightwing’s location, hopefully to rant for a few minutes.

It was silent in the cave for a while. Bruce was fuming, but at the same time he knew, he knew that he couldn’t stop you. You had the drive that he had and the determination of a god. He scolded himself for letting you run off like that.

“Master Bruce, I think you owe Miss. Y/N an apology. She is your daughter and is only trying to be a part of this family.” Alfred came in, “She tells me that she doesn’t feel like you care you know.” “Miss. Y/N thinks that she is better off just leaving the family all together.”

Bruce could sense Alfred’s saddened tone upon saying that.

“You must let her do something of use. Master Bruce, you are already losing her whether you’d like to accept it or not.”

Bruce wanted to yell at him but he couldn’t. He’d never really seen you talk to anyone in that way. Maybe he really was losing his little girl.

“What do I do?” Bruce asked now totally at a loss.

“Take her up on her offer. If anything, you’d bond more during these times. She’s not all brick and steel walls Master Bruce, you just have to get to know her. Apologize when she comes back, I shall have tea and cookies made upon her return. Maybe during this time, you might come up with a sincere apology.”

Bruce didn’t argue, instead, he left for patrol to think and also to fight criminals but still.

You walked into the cave last, staying behind for some extra training. You knew that your father was behind you, however, you weren’t going to acknowledge it.

“Y/N.” He said.

“Mhmm?” You hummed in response, your heart racing at what he might say.

“We need to talk.” He said, “Come over here.”

You two walked to the cave computer and sat down.

“I know that I haven’t been very ... accommodating or supportive of your hero life style. I know that I have never been the best father and that I should never have so blindly left you in the dark to figure this entire thing out by yourself. I am so, very sorry for all of the trouble that I’ve caused being so stubborn. I think I was afraid of losing you ultimately. It should never have been my choice. I want to have you start helping on cases more. Build a better relationship with you know that you’re older. All of this, only if you’ll allow it.” Bruce explained.

You could feel a lump in your throat forming as you heard the words of validation that you had been wanting to hear for so many years. It was the greatest thing that had ever happened to you which was saying a lot.

“T-thank you.” You hugged him tightly as he did the same.

“I’m sorry that you’ve had to do all this without your father being supportive of everything, not just the business and schooling parts.” Bruce stated.

“It’s fine now, all’s forgiven.”

With that, you sat down with cookies and tea, working on the first case with your father that you had ever done.

I really liked this request a lot. I’m working on more and will post one request a day also sometimes throwing in some of my own. I hope that you guys are having a great week and had a restful weekend and I hope that you liked this!

#batfam x reader #batfam #batboys x reader #batman #batman x daughter reader #alfred pennyworth #dc comics #dc x reader #dc characters #batfam x batsis #batfam x you

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vikingpoteto · 4 years

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i'm not sure if you're still taking requests and i'm not sure whether or not it went through the first time so: break me + duke thomas please?

They’re shouting again.

Duke cringes inwardly, wondering what is it this time. Then he notices a motorcycle parked outside. Jason must be over.

He dares take a peek at the living room and finds... well, not what he expected. Apparently Dick and Jason are playing Mario Kart very loudly. A colorful string of curses fills the room, followed by Dick’s laughter. Those two had always had a stronger bond than the rest of them, perhaps for being the eldests, and they look happy and at ease for once. Duke slips out of the room, unnoticed.

Making as little noise as possible, Duke heads to the kitchen because he thought he heard Tim’s voice.

Lo and behold, Tim is at the table feverishly typing on his laptop. He’s using a hoodie that most definitely doesn’t belong to him - considering the glaring purple color, it must be Steph’s - and the bags under his eyes suggest he hasn’t slept in a while. By his side, a tired looking Cass is reaching out to close his laptop. Knowing her, she’ll pry Tim from his workload and force him to eat and get some rest.

Before she does so, she notices Duke by the door. Her eyes squint in worry and she signs are you okay?

What can he do, then? Tim clearly needs Cass more than he does. He smiles brightly enough that not even an expert in reading people notices. Cass smiles back before physically picking up her little brother and carrying a protesting Tim out of the room.

Duke heads to the cave. Bruce and Damian are sitting together after what must have been one hell of a sparring session. Bruce is talking in a low voice, but his expression is relaxed for once and Damian doesn’t look murderous for once. Rather, he looks like a kid. A kid that thinks their dad is a hero and is drinking his every word with eagerness.

A knot forms in Duke’s throat and he leaves before either of them realizes they’re being watched.

As he heads towards the main entrance, he walks past Alfred.

“Master Duke,” the buttler calls. “Where are you headed?”

Duke smiles. Who was he trying to fool? As much as he wanted company, he can’t bother any of his siblings. He can’t bother Alfred because Alfred already does so much for them.

“Just going for a walk, Alfie. Why, you wanted something?”

Alfred smile gently. “I should be the one asking that. Go enjoy your walk. It’s an unusually lovely day out.”

Duke nods and heads out. As soon as he’s out of sight, he lets his smile slip. It’s fine. He’s a big boy and he can handle this on his own. It’s his mother’s birthday, after all, and the least he can do is pay her a visit, whether he has someone there supporting him or not, whether she recognizes him or not.

It’s fine.

#poteto writing #duke thomas #signal #i'm always taking requests fell free to make one anytime #love that i was requested to write angst about my favorite boys #i love torturing my sons #Anonymous

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thelittleredheadedmusician · 7 years

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Gotham City Ghostbusters 7

Detention Education

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A/N: Rough Ages: Dick- 18, Senior Barbara- 18, Senior Jason- 17, Junior Duke- 16, Junior Cass-17, Sophomore Harper- 15, Sophomore Steph- 15, Sophomore Tim- 14, Sophomore Damian- 12 1/2, Freshman

Tim was so thankful that the universe or whatever had finally decided that he deserved some good luck. After dealing with Damian all summer and listening to how the little snot was skipping grades for the entire month of August he was afraid that Damian would end up being in his class. The joke was on the kid though because Tim himself had skipped a grade a couple years ago and was currently attending Gotham Academy as a Sophomore. Damian was only a freshman.

What was even better was that despite her low reading level Cass was only bumped back to being a Sophomore rather than being a Junior like Jason. This meant that Damian wouldn’t be having many classes with her either but Tim would. Making Damian extremely jealous as Cass was the only sibling besides Dick that he seemed to even tolerate.

Of course his luck wouldn’t hold out as he was currently sitting in detention next to the twerp. On the first day. Bruce was going to lecture and Alfred… was going to put his disappointed face on and not bake cookies for a month. Especially as Tim watched as Jason sauntered in, followed closely by Dick, Cass, and Babs.

“What’re you in here for Timmy?” Dick asked curiously.

Tim shrugged and replied sheepishly, “Got caught using the school WiFi to hack into S.H.A.D.E. records.” Dick gave a low whistle before chuckling and shaking his head.

The eldest then turned to Jason, taking in the split lip and growing bruise under his eye. “Jay?” he asked simply.

Jason flopped down into the desk on the other side of Tim. “Some jerkwads decided to try and steal Rose’s sketchbook. I wouldn’t let ‘em,” he said with a shrug.

Dick turned a questioning look to Cass as she weaved her way over to perch on Barbara’s desk. “Helped,” was all she said as she hopped up, deftly avoiding the crutch propped against the desk top. Tim wasn’t surprised at the statement but compared to Jason the only thing that indicated the lithe girl had been in a fight was her disheveled black bob.

“Dami?” Dick turned a grin on the youngest who glared petulantly back.

Finally, he deigned it was time for a response, “-tt- I called my teacher an imbecile and rightly so.” His small round nose lifted as he crossed his arms and mimicked Bruce’s infamous glare.

“What about you two?” Jason gestured between Barbara and Dick, a wicked smile growing as he waggled his eyebrows suggestively. Dick’s face flushed as his expression darkened and Barbara’s skin was nearly the same shade of red as her hair. “Next time get a room!” he cackled.

Tim raised his eyes heavenward as he heard Dick mutter “We did.” Cass grinned, Barbara face palmed, and Jason’s laughing doubled.

“Gordon! I had not realized you were such a harlot. Grayson on the other hand,” Damian sneered. Babs grabbed her crutch and looked about ready to pummel Damian when the door swung open once more.

A girl with a bright blue and purple undercut walked in followed by a blonde and an African-American boy. Catching sight of Jason he walked over and the two performed an overly complex handshake before Duke asked what happened to Jason’s face and he had launched into an elaborate retelling.

Stephanie sauntered over and plopped herself on Tim’s desk with a cheery “Hiya Timbo!” Her hands and a good deal of her forearms were covered in purple paint. Without thinking he went to pull a glob of it from her hair. He paused and blushed nearly as deep as Barbara had earlier and instead said, “You have paint. In your hair.”

She frowned and began trying to work her fingers through the stuck-together strands. “Harper,” she whined at the blue-haired girl. “You promised me I wouldn’t get it in my hair again!”

Harper shrugged before once again turning her back on the Waynes, Barbara, and the two she walked in with. “Why, exactly are you covered in paint and in detention?” Tim asked his friend.

Steph gave an exaggerated eyeroll before sticking her thumb at Harper. “Ask her. She’s the one in charge.”

“Harper, you can trust these guys. I can vouch for them,” Duke said honestly. Duke was a really nice guy and like Barbara and Steph had become a semi-permeant fixture at the manor. He and Jason had been in English together the year before and Duke was one of the only people who had not been wary of Jason following his possession. They had quickly bonded over a mutual love of poetry.

Harper spun back around in her seat. “Oh yes,” her voice dripped sarcasm. “The Wayne Bunch and the police commissioner’s daughter. Because they’re not going to rat.”

“Harper, you’d be surprised,” Steph said sincerely. Tim glanced around at his other siblings. None of them seemed to know what was going on either.

Harper sighed and relented, getting up and perching on the back of her chair to face them fully. “The school is lying about the ‘wards’. I worked here all summer as part of my scholarship-”

“We all did,” Duke added.

Harper nodded and continued, “Not once did I see any wards, from Wayne Tech, Luthor Corp, Kord Industries, Q Corp, or Palmer Tech. Not even a trace of the kind I make for the people in my building out of scraps. The only ‘wards’ here is that mystical mumbo-jumbo crap that the Court of Owls must have sold ‘em when the school was built.”

Tim’s mind whirled as he thought of the implications of that. Dick was on the same train of thought as he said, “So it’s false advertising saying this is the most secure school in Gotham.”

Barbara pursed her lips, “Not to mention illegal. All schools, hospitals, and public buildings are required to have wards.”

Looks of frustration and annoyance settled onto the faces of his siblings as Tim looked back to Harper. “So what did you guys do?”

She smirked, “Protested. Looked up some of those old runes and painted them on the side of the school.”

“In bright purple,” Stephanie added proudly.

“Except Duke decided to slack off on being look-out and we got caught,” Harper leveled an annoyed look on her friend who shrugged.

“And made me get covered in paint,” Steph mumbled and Tim couldn’t help but to laugh softly at her.

“Dickhead,” Jason called to their older brother. “You do know what this means?”

Dick nodded, “That a lot of people are in a lot of danger.”

“This is one of the oldest buildings in Gotham and if it hasn’t had proper wards for, well forever, then we’re in big trouble,” Tim added. “Not to mention any involvement by the Court of Owls…” He trailed off with a shake of his head.

“Explains lots,” Cass said, her large brown eyes studying the others.

“Heck yeah it does. I swear I saw something in the girl’s bathroom on the third-floor last year,” Steph added.

“-tt- I bet our presence doesn’t help,” Damian said as he wrinkled his nose.

“But we could help? Or at least you guys could. You’re the ones with access to Wayne Enterprises,” Duke added nervously.

Jason scoffed, “Our ‘access’ is none existent. Especially since B decided to bench the lot of us.”

“We still have access to the cave. And I’ve got my escrima sticks,” Dick said slowly.

“And I can make stuff. I do already,” Tim looked at his brother seriously.

“I already have a backdoor into the police department’s computer system,” Barbara gave a wicked grin.

“So we’re doing this?” Jason confirmed.

“We’re doing this,” Dick agreed with a nod.

“Doing what?” Steph asked looking wildly around at the various Waynes and Babs. All of whom had looks of pure mischief on their faces.

“Not without us you’re not!” Harper glared, “We’re the ones who told you about this in the first place.”

“She’s right. If you’re doing this then we’re helping,” Duke said defiantly.

“Ohhhh,” Stephanie smirked. “We’re going ghostbusting!”

“We’ll have to get gear together first,” Tim broke in, ever the voice of reason.

“You get me proper supplies and I can make my own,” Harper asserted.

Dick nodded, “You guys all come over to the Manor tomorrow after school. Bruce is leaving for some business trip so we can get you guys into the cave and start training.”

They all agreed and spent the rest of detention (which the teacher for never showed up to) discussing suspicious activity at the school and making notes of it.

Babs and Dick were just caught skipping study hall to make out in an empty classroom. Like Jason you should get your mind out of the gutter.

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