1 – 20 of 53 Works in Family Issues
Summary
When Damian Wayne accidentally ends up ten years in the past, he's determined to find his way back on his own. Too bad a nine-year-old Tim Drake out batwatching happens upon him, immediately getting attached to this alternate Robin.
Begrudgingly, Damian tolerates his future brother's presence as he looks for a way home - all while doing everything to avoid meeting the rest of his family. He can't afford to change the past, after all.
Too bad fate (and his love for his family) have other plans.
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 118,498
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Regulus Black was born in 1976, a replacement heir after Sirius disgraced the family. Raised in the shadow of the brother he never knew, Regulus is determined to bring the Noble and Ancient House of Black back to glory.
When Harry Potter, the Boy-Who-Lived, is sorted into Slytherin, Regulus is a fourth year and already a significant player in the politics of Slytherin House. But the loss of almost all his remaining family members that year leaves Regulus adrift. Until two years later when his brother escapes Azkaban and everything he has known gets turned upside down.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 27,948
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
The story of a boy destined to die, and a brother who would do anything to save him
Anthology containing:
The Evans Boy
“Mr. Evans,” Ollivander said, smiling wider. “Any relation to Lily Evans?”
“Who?”Harry Evans was almost like any other boy growing up in Cokeworth. He lived alone in a house nobody else could see, he stole food from the supermarket and never got caught, and he had a little brother who had been hidden after the night their mother was killed. Harry was a secret, and he promised not to tell.
A letter in an empty vault, a small boy with broken glasses, a portrait of a scowling girl. As Harry begins unraveling his own past, the threat against his brother grows.
How long will his secrets keep when Harry is the only one standing between his brother and the world?
A story about family, friendship, growing up, and, of course, the most powerful magic of all
Chapters 1 to 8 - Pre-canon - 29k
Chapters 9 to 23 - PS - 59k
Chapters 24 to 49 - CoS - 107k
Chapters 50 to 90 - PoA - 159k
Chapters 91 to 172 - GoF - 314klink to discord thingie: https://discord.gg/bBmc8ZUJ4d
The Evans Boy: Halcyon Days
Part 2 of The Evans Boy
Chapters 1 to 69 - OotP - 323k
Chapters 70 to 159 - HBP - 352kThe Evans Boy: Victims of Peace
Part 3 of The Evans Boy
Deathly Hallows stuff
The Wrong Boy
Harry Evans, secret older brother to the Boy Who Lived, wakes up in another world
The Evans Boy: Salad Days
When he arrived at Godric's Hollow, Voldemort got his shit rocked, and everyone got to have a mostly happy childhood.
Fifteen years later, Monty gets ready for sixth year while Harry gets shit done.
Everybody lives/nobody dies (for now) AU for TEB.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 1,567,506
- Status:
- In-Progress
Tricks for Treats 2023 Anthology by acuteneurosis
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Batman - All Media Types
19 Dec 2025
Summary
In deference to the dozens of comments I've received on various fics relating to "When will this character reveal their deep, dark secrets so that we can have emotional tension and catharsis!!" I opened my Tumblr ask box for requests for unveiling secrets. Here are the short scenes that I was able to put together to answer these prompts. There were several requests for Don't Look Back, a few for Third Time's the Charm, and even one for The Isolation Place.
Y'all ordered a lot of hurt and not very much comfort. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anthology containing:
Blood Letting
Don't Look Back AU - An injury uncovers some uncomfortable truths.
Intervention
Don't Look Back AU - Leia maybe said something she shouldn't have and now there are Consequences.
Applying Pressure
Don't Look Back AU - Shmi's off planet and Leia's had a nightmare. Looks like it's Padmé's turn to deal with it.
Stretch
Third Time's the Charm AU - Toph overhears something and realizes there might be things about her husband that she's not seeing.
Blush
Third Time's the Charm AU - Toph learns the differences between poetry and biology.
Omission
Don't Look Back AU - Anakin asks a question and actually gets an answer. Two answers even.
Familiar Oaths
Don't Look Back AU - Anakin pushes an issue, makes some assumptions, and is unpleasantly surprised.
Somewhere Safe
Don't Look Back AU - Shmi and Leia are on Tatooine, and Shmi finds the desert helps to strip away lies and deception.
Undisclosed
Don't Look Back AU - Sometimes bureaucracy catches up with you.
Slip of the Tongue
Don't Look Back AU - Once is coincidence, twice is suspicious, five times is?
Refined Palate
Third Time's the Charm AU - You don't like what you don't like.
Gravity Well
Don't Look Back AU - The exploration of unnatural ruins leads to an unnatural separation. And reunion.
Shades
Don't Look Back AU - Leia never quite got around to telling Anakin that her ghosts like to keep her company.
Leading the Blind
Third Time's the Charm AU - Toph gets kidnapped by her sister-in-law. This is a mistake.
A Fancy or a Feeling
Don't Look Back AU - This cannot be happening again. Leia will not let it.
Bereft
Don't Look Back AU - It was supposed to be a light lunch. But then Leia had to make things complicated.
Her Father's Daughter
Don't Look Back AU - Leia isn't alone when Jango finds her on Alderaan.
Baggage
Don't Look Back AU - Mace doesn't normally find meetings distracting, but Leia Skywalker is a law unto herself. He hopes.
Evidence
Don't Look Back AU - All the little pieces stacked up in a neat row.
Like a Scattered Dream
Don't Look Back AU - Satine wouldn't call them premonitions. But that doesn't mean she doesn't pay attention to them.
By Any Other Name
Don't Look Back AU - Anakin has just been knighted, dinner is already awkward, and Padmé just had to bring up Luke, didn't she.
You're Mocking Me, Aren't You
The Isolation Place scene - Bruce is reminded that asking for help comes with the consequence of your friends finding out how incompetent you are. And they will never forget it.
Fly Safe
Don't Look Back AU - Cody needs to figure out how dangerous Leia Skywalker is and what he's going to do about it. He doesn't need to know what she's like as a person.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 52,470
- Status:
- Completed
A Clan in Deed by Virodeil
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types
23 Aug 2025
Summary
The members of Shriek-Hawk Jedi initiate clan meet again in the Force after all members have joined it, even Bruck Chun. They want a redo, a better life for everyone, a way in which they will not be separated and suffer separately. It may be considered as attachment, but what is wrong with a good kind of attachment? Their previous lives, barring Bruck’s, have taught them amply about this. So they plan, and return, and live, and… suffice to say, things are different.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 30,796
- Status:
- Completed
An Anomaly in Time by dreamsandbread
Fandoms: Blue Beetle (Comics), Impulse (Comics), Legion of Super Heroes - All Media Types, Stargirl (TV 2020), The Flash (TV 2014), The Flash - All Media Types, Wonder Woman - All Media Types, Young Justice (Cartoon), Young Justice - All Media Types
29 Jun 2025
Summary
The summer break of a time-displaced, 21st century speedster and his 31st century, time-stranded alien friends.
(or)
Joan and Jay had always considered Barry and Wally as the sons they could never have. When Bart came into their lives, there was a brief worry that they weren't well equipped, however it has only been smooth sailing in raising him during the past four years. Now, 101 and widowed, Jay is starting to realise the true difficulties behind parenthood.
(or)
Since Phantoms was so stingy with Bart, Legion and Jay scenes and Young Justice as a whole with Flashfam, I decided to fill in some blanks myself.
- Part 1 of cause and effect
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 105,630
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
It's only a magic spell, and Tim has a plan. To get help. Immediately!
It's not his fault Damian happens.
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 52,660
- Status:
- Completed
The House the Gods Built Anthology by Shujin1
Fandoms: Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Bloodborne (Video Game), Cthulhu Mythos - H. P. Lovecraft, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard - Rick Riordan, Percy Jackson and the Olympians & Related Fandoms - All Media Types, Percy Jackson and the Olympians - Rick Riordan, The Heroes of Olympus - Rick Riordan, The Kane Chronicles - Rick Riordan, The Trials of Apollo - Rick Riordan
05 Oct 2023
Summary
Anthology containing:
An Undertow of Sand
"A half-blood child of the eldest gods, shall reach sixteen against all odds." Who decided the sons of Kronos met the criteria for eldest gods? There are older gods. Elder Gods. And They have been watching. See with the vision granted to your mind, oh Child of Prophecy. For reality is a lie. Your very existence is a flaw. An anomaly. A bend in Fate. And if Fate can bend, then it can break.
Everything is different. Nothing has changed.
Open your eyes...
Camp Half-Blood Tales
Side stories and alternate perspectives from An Undertow of Sand.
Shelves: Percy Jackson
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 311,788
- Status:
- In-Progress
Force of Many Sights Anthology by DAsObiQuiet
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Rise of Empire Era - All Media Types, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy
05 Jul 2023
Summary
Many have said that the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. Few can attest that the road back is far harder to conquer. Now Anakin has to face everything he's become, avoid the suspicion of everyone from the Jedi Council to Palpatine, and try to prevent the future from turning out as badly as it had before all while somehow finding a way to bring balance to the Force...again.
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Anakin's 9 years old again and back at the Temple, bound and determined to change destiny. It's a daunting task as to do so, he has to juggle preventing and dealing with a multitude of problems at once. Between trying to stop Dooku from joining Sidious, freeing his mother, avoiding Palpatine, and training to even a fraction of his previous levels, all while maintaining his cover as a 9-year-old initiate, it can get rather...overwhelming. Too bad keeping up a facade isn't one of his strong points.
Anthology containing:
Hindsight is Not Perfect
The Dangers of ForesightShelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 496,341
- Status:
- In-Progress
Where a Robin Belongs by Niveara
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Teen Titans - All Media Types
26 Jun 2023
Summary
Tim Drake Wayne has had an incredibly privileged life by most accounts, and yet he feels like nothing he does will ever be enough.
It isn't until he meets a certain clone does he begin to feel like he truly belongs. Like he is truly enough as he is. But will these feelings last? Or will fate be cruel and tear this newfound sense of belonging to pieces?
- Part 1 of Where a Robin Belongs
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 40,923
- Status:
- Completed
Summary
“All children, except one, grow up.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter PanKon hasn't been a kid in a long time - he's not stuck at sixteen anymore, and he hasn't been for years; he's twenty-three and living his best life. But the past has funny ways of coming back to haunt everyone when they least expect it, and there's no predicting the storm on the horizon for him.
It starts simply, as do most things. Jon turns sixteen.
Jon turns sixteen, and Kon suddenly realizes that if anyone were to treat him the way he was treated at sixteen, he'd tear the world apart.
The revelations, unfortunately, don't stop there.
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 105,300
- Status:
- Completed
Child of the Storm Verse Anthology by NimbusLlewelyn, ThunderStag
Fandoms: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (TV), Bits of DC, Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Dresden Files - Jim Butcher, X-Men, DC (Comics), Marvel (Comics), Marvel Cinematic Universe, X-Men - All Media Types, DCU (Comics), Smallville
01 Jun 2023
Summary
Anthology containing:
Child of the Storm by NimbusLlewelyn
New Mexico was not the first time Thor had been a mortal. It was only a refinement of the technique. What if James Potter had been Thor, incarnated as a memoryless newborn? On his death, Odin removed his memories as James, due to grief. In Harry's Third Year, a reformed Loki restores them. Harry now has to deal with a father, a family and a heritage that is going to change the world. Forever. Sounds like fun.
Chaos Reigns by NimbusLlewelyn
A twoshot spinoff of 'Child of the Storm', set during chapters 58 to 60. The Avengers are on holiday. SHIELD are busy fighting HYDRA. Who you gonna call? If you're Wanda Maximoff, heir apparent to the Sorcerer Supreme, in Chicago to deal with a major demon problem, the answer is Harry Dresden. The two of them aren't going to have much in the way of help. But that's okay. It's only the world at stake, after all.
Ghosts of the Past: Prelude by NimbusLlewelyn
Harry's life has changed a lot over the past year, what with the return of his father, Thor, murder attempts by everything from HYDRA assassins to Elder Gods keeping him on his toes, and making a few new friends. Oh, and, possibly the most trying experience of them all, the onset of puberty. But while Chthon and HYDRA are gone, all sorts of dark things have been stirred up, things thought long gone. And guess who they're after...
I've broken this story down into its component arcs, because it is enormously long, set to become longer, and each is basically story length anyway. That makes it easier to digest for you guys, and easier to tag for me without overdoing it or spoiling component parts.
Ghosts of the Past: Forever Red by NimbusLlewelyn
HYDRA has fallen, and SHIELD is a shadow of its former self. Now, into the vacuum steps a power that once made both tremble: the Red Room. A nightmare of the Cold War, resurrected with new ambitions and greater powers, it conceals worse things at its heart. Surrounded by woven traps and dark secrets, in a world sent into disarray, Harry will be reminded of the oldest lesson of all: what is right is not the same as what is easy.
Chaperone by NimbusLlewelyn & ThunderStag
An omake written for Nimbus Llewelyn's Child of the Storm series, based on an offhand comment probably seven or eight years ago at this point.
(Nimbus: the actual setting of this is intentionally uncertain, but imagine it a few years down the line from Ghosts of the Past. Also, my writing role was a few comments/suggestions/incessantly bugging ThunderStag to post this).
Ghosts of the Past: Recovery by NimbusLlewelyn
The Red Room has fallen. Long live the consequences. Following the aftermath of the disasters of 'Forever Red', Harry begins the road to recovery. It is a long one - and not, by any means, either simple or easy. Unfortunately, the world isn't done with him yet... and things, and secrets, are starting to come unravelled.
Shelves: Crossovers, Harry Potter, Marvel Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 1,182,284
- Status:
- In-Progress
The Stones Between Two Pillars by krispys_can
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, The Mandalorian (TV)
22 Mar 2023
Summary
Mandalorians went by many names. Sometimes a title bound by duty and creed –- alor, ver’alor, goran, beroya. Sometimes a meaning, a title bound by blood and promise –- ver’gebuir, vod, buir, riduur. And sometimes something private, something to have for themselves -– Djarin, Vizsla.
Between it all it was like sitting in the center of a courtyard, with two pillars sat on each end and Din in the middle. Choices were meant to be made in the center, two roles bracketing his life, pushing, pulling, asking the same question: What do you want to become, Din Djarin?
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 33,263
- Status:
- Completed
You'd Understand, If You Were Me by fandom_high
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
27 Jan 2023
Summary
"You're sixteen," Tim said pointedly. "You're not allowed to be a crime lord." Was this how Damian felt the first time he'd had to pull Tim out of the sewer for trying to 1v1 Killer Croc? Were all kids this stubborn?
"Batman lost legal custody of me the day he let me die," Jason snapped, fingers curling around the red helmet in his hands. "I'm emancipated. You can't tell me what to do."
"You're not setting a very good example for your little brother."
"Dead men," Jason snarled in the Red Hood's bitter growl, "Don't have brothers."
- - -
What is it that's always said about older siblings? That they're annoying, the favorite child, the one with all the talent, all the love, all the experience? That they grow up a little faster, a little tougher, a little wiser? That they learn too early how difficult it is to be a parent?
What happens when that burden falls on different shoulders?Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 43,931
- Status:
- In-Progress
Make a Little Birdhouse in Your Soul Anthology by bacondoughnut
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU
03 Jan 2023
Summary
Anthology containing:
the bird, the fog, the mist
Jason Todd returns to Gotham with a foolproof plan, to kill the Joker and protect the city as the Red Hood in a way that Batman never could. But when he gets there he makes one major decision that's not a part of the plan. He goes home.
aka; The one where Jason tries to balance being the Red Hood with repairing things with his family, and maybe learns a thing or two about forgiveness and family and love along the way
the difference between a soul and a ghost
At times, he can sound so much like the petulant, rebellious teenager he's supposed to be that it's genuinely haunting. The stubborn set to his jaw, the downward tug of his eyebrows. Maybe it's meant to appear angry, or even intimidating, but in truth it just makes him look jarringly young.
meanwhile, the wild geese
Jason killed the Joker, but it turns out he still has a long road ahead of him to work on healing. In the meantime, he just hopes he can help Damian find a little bit of the peace he's found since coming home. And not having assassins after him or his family might be a nice touch, too.
aka; The one where the family takes on the League of Assassins, Damian learns a thing or two about belonging, and Jason gets a dog. Not necessarily in that order.
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 278,456
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
There is something wrong with the Bellcrest. The heart of the place beats rotten. Everyone says so.
Where Draco is a magical property manager, Harry is a recluse, and they’re definitely not hiding from their problems in the run-down flats of the Bellcrest. Not at all. Not one bit.
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 61,473
- Status:
- Completed
Journey to the Center of the Galaxy Anthology by phoenixyfriend
Fandoms: Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types, Star Wars Legends - All Media Types, Star Wars: Rebels
26 May 2022
Summary
Anthology containing:
Uncle Ben and Little Luke
“Ben,” Luke says, grabbing at his face with… well, with one hand, but he moves like he expected both, and forgot the other wouldn’t land without a prosthesis. “Ben, I’m six again. Or seven or five or something. The point is, I’m small and I have one hand and you’re alive. I have no idea what planet we’re on, but the Force is being weird everywhere.”
Is it?
It is.
Obi-Wan had thought it was mostly because he wasn’t dead anymore.
Why isn’t he dead anymore?
Auntie Soka and Little Leia (and Rex)
Ahsoka dies in one moment, quick and mostly painless.
A quick death was the only kindness the man who had once been her master had left in him.
Ahsoka floats in death. She is not possessed of a sense of self, nor any true intent. She is not like the Force Ghosts she remembers crèche tales about. Ahsoka is the loosest collection of thought and memory that could be called a being.
If that.
The Force carries the entity she now is, limp and finished with life and personhood, having passed on her duties to what remains of her people.
Ahsoka lets herself start to come apart to join the spread of existence.
And then she doesn’t.
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 77,268
- Status:
- In-Progress
There is another Skywalker by WabiSabi
Fandoms: Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Original Trilogy, Star Wars Prequel Trilogy, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) - All Media Types
02 May 2022
Summary
“They couldn't narrow down the precise relationship due to some strange contamination in the sample. But when they launched a search in the DNA databank they found a match. Reliability of 50%, which only happens between parent-child and—”
“Siblings,” Master Kenobi completes, voice faint. “Full-blood siblings.”
The clone nods. “She was estimated to be around 30-years-old, so by process of exclusion, Leia Solo would be General Skywalker’s older sister by 9 years.”
Shelves: Star Wars Fics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 87,563
- Status:
- In-Progress
Collected Bat-Family Stories Anthology by CloakedSparrow
Fandoms: Batgirl (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman: Gotham Knights (Comics), Detective Comics (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Teen Titans (Comics), DCU (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Robin (Comics), Bat Family (DCU), Justice League of America (Comics), Red Hood: Lost Days, Under the Red Hood, Superboy (Comics), Young Justice (Comics), Superman (Comics), Superman/Batman (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Action Comics (Comics), Adventure Comics (Comics), Super Sons (Comics), Red Lanterns (Comics), Bat Family (Comics), Green Lantern Corps (Comics), Outsiders (Comics), Batman and the Outsiders (Comics), Batman: Gotham Knights (Comics 2000), Identity Crisis (Comics), Batman: Damned (Comics), Action Comics, World's Finest (Comics), Batwing (Comics), Titans (Comics), The Man of Steel (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Grayson (Comics), Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Impulse (Comics), Wonder Girl (Comics), Midnighter (Comics), Batman: A Death in the Family (Comics), Red Hood: Outlaw (Comics), Ancient Greek Religion & Lore, Wonder Woman (Comics), Batman: Shadow of the Bat (Comics), Green Arrow (Comics), Green Lantern (Comics), Suberboy (Comics)
16 Mar 2022
Summary
A collection of interconnected ficlets, one shots, and stories, all focused on the Bat Family. All are based on the comics only, but blend assorted canons.
Anthology containing:
The Fears of a Father
Bruce doesn't handle loss well. He thought he removed most of the concern for that by keeping most people away and fighting for justice every night. Then an eight-year-old boy entered his life, his home, and quicker than he could have ever imagined, his heart. Bruce slowly starts to learn how to manage the fears of a father.
Tooth Fairy
The average child stops believing in mythical figures such as the tooth fairy around the age of eight.
Bruce Wayne didn’t know this when he adopted eight-year-old Dick Grayson.
Daddy
The first time Dick called Bruce ‘Daddy’ occurred when the boy was mostly asleep and his new father was putting him to bed. He was never aware that he’d said it.
The second time Dick called Bruce ‘Daddy’ occurred when the boy was running a fever and his new father was caring for him. He was too ill to recall anything he’d said after he recovered.
The third time Dick called Bruce ‘Daddy’ is the first instance he was aware of.
Robin Redbreast in a Cage
A Robin Redbreast in a cage puts all Heaven in a Rage. -William Blake.
They might be a different Trinity, one that operates out of Earth (and sometimes space), but it is still unwise to mess with their Robin. An up and coming crime lord learns this the hard way.
Batdad Contingency Plan
When Bruce first decided to not only take Dick in, but allow the boy to be Robin, he knew he might need a contingency plan should his son ever be injured in such a way that questions arose. Not necessarily about them being secret vigilantes, but about how the child keeps getting injured or showing early signs of sleep deprivation. He fully intends to keep Dick safe, but no matter what happens, no one is taking his son from him.
Shovel Talk
When Dick comes out to Bruce as a teenager, Bruce doesn't expect it change anything. Then a boy arrives at the Manor looking for Dick and he realizes, it does.
The Hero Gotham Needs
Tim considers the new Robin as he watches him.
National Grandparents Day
Jason hadn’t even known there was a National Grandparents Day. He never had grandparents.
But now he did.
One who was by far the coolest person Jason had ever met (and yes, that was counting Batman and Superman).
Alfred was his grandfather.
Here There Be Unicorns
When one of Young Justices early missions goes wrong, Tim makes an unexpected discovery.
Or maybe more than one.
Laughter
Most people, including the vast majority of the Justice League, would say that Batman never laughs.
This wasn’t propaganda. They truly believed the man never laughed. Mainly because they never heard him laugh. Even most of the few who knew who his identity would attest that he never laughed. They’d heard Bruce Wayne laugh on television or a video online, but it was never real. The laughter was just part of his disguise.
There were those who knew better, of course.
No More Dead Kids
Robin was the first. The first sidekick. The first child hero.
The first kid to meet a violent end orchestrated by one of the adult killers they so often faced.
He should have been the last.
He wasn’t.
If the grown-up heroes weren't going to make sure there weren't any more dead kids, then Jason would.
Laundry Day
Alfred normally could afford to let his concentration shift away from his chores. As of late, however, he finds that one particular duty has taken significantly more concentration. That being laundry.
It was always so simple before. He could never mistake an article of his own clothing for something of Bruce’s. The same went for Bruce and Dick or Jason. Even when his eldest two grew large enough to possibly borrow Bruce’s casual wear items, neither likely would. They had very different tastes. Even if Tim liked something of one of his elder brothers’, he would never fit into them. The same went for Cassandra. Certainly, one would never confuse any of Bruce’s laundry for Tim or Cassandra’s.
Tim and Cassandra’s clothes, however, were another story.
Tim's Superhero T-Shirts
Three reasons why Tim wears so many superhero t-shirts.
Godfather Batman to the Rescue
Bruce receives a call from his godson, Jon, when the boy is in need of help. Naturally, Bruce takes care of it.
The Failsafe
(Or: Tim finally gets a hold of some Kryptonite and Jason learns that his little brother might actually look up to him)
Jason Todd, Stealthy Big Brother
Jason Todd doesn't do the big brother thing. Except that sometimes, he does. He just doesn't let anyone know. Unsurprisingly, Tim and Cassandra figure it out anyway.
Red Bat of the Family
Or: Jason and his siblings try to make it work despite the gun thing.
Batdad Rules
Bruce knows he asks a lot of his children. He knows how very strict he is with them. Some say his rules are too rigid, that he’s too dominant, too controlling. Most of the people who say these things don’t have children and they certainly don’t have children who are secretly vigilantes. If they did, they would understand.
His rules are in place for a good reason.
That's not to say that he doesn't let a certain rule slip every now and then.
The Batdad Partition
Bruce has a partitioned hard drive on his phone and the ‘hidden’ partition has the most hardcore security on it. No one is getting into that part without his permission. Some members of the Justice League or Bat Family have discovered this and they all have theories on what he keeps on it.
The only one who has ever actually cracked it is Tim. It wasn't what anyone guessed. Not that he'll ever tell.
The Timmy Text Flowchart
AKA Tim is naturally suspicious and terrible at flirting so his siblings devise a quick way to help him when he just doesn't understand why one of his co-workers is behaving 'oddly'.
Bruised Batkids
When Bruce first took in Dick and allowed him to be Robin, hiding and sometimes explaining injuries was a big concern. Eventually, a natural excuse presented itself. The same stood true for each of Bruce's other children.
A Batdad Father's Day
Bruce's children each have their own way of acknowledging the holiday (or in some cases, not).
The Stand-In
Sometimes Tim felt like Tim Drake was just a stand-in for Robin. A placeholder in the world until the Boy Wonder was called on again. An elaborate cover story that only existed to hide the truth.
While the Bat's Away
Everything had fallen apart after Bruce died.
That’s what if felt like to his children anyway.
Batman was gone and the family he left behind were doing their best, but they weren’t him. They didn’t have his skill at hiding the person behind the mask so completely.
They were hurting and it showed.
They fell apart. Then they pulled themselves (and each other) back together.
Sweet Apologies
When Dick told Damian he had to apologise to Tim, he didn't expect the apology to be conventional but he certainly didn't expect this.
Height Checks
Damian is catching up to Tim's height. He can't wait to be taller than the second-youngest Wayne child. Unfortunately, he's the only one who doesn't know that Tim has no problem being the smallest. After all, he always was before Damian came along.
Bat-Cow and Kit-Cow
Damian decides that Bat-Cow needs companionship after visiting the Kent family farm. He and Jon come up with a plan. They really need to learn that not everything is a secret mission.
Dex-Starr Finds a New Home
In which Tim Drake-Wayne finally gets the cat he's always wanted and Bruce Wayne finally spends some quality time with his boys.
Bat Family Projects
Bruce and his children start a group text chain, work on another family project, pick up some new hobbies, confront a few issues and make some good memories.
It seemed they weren’t going to run out of family projects for some time. Bruce was glad for that. He was even glad it meant receiving more off subject texts from his kids. When it came down to it, no matter how much extra work or time it might take, he would rather be part of his children’s lives than not.
Cassandra's Sleeping Habits
Cassandra has her own apartment. Bruce got it for her after it wasn’t safe for her to live at Barbara’s place anymore. What he didn’t know, was that Cassandra rarely ever uses the apartment.
Bat-Pizza's Grand Re-Opening!
Dick has lunch with Damian, teaches him about pizza parties and eggplant emoji, and tries to plant the seeds for a better relationship between Damian and Tim. Its a bit of work, being the eldest Wayne child, but Dick loves it.
One Step Forward
Wanting to improve their relationship, Bruce decides to invite Jason to dinner at the Manor. It doesn't go as smoothly as planned, but he thinks he's making progress anyway.
Or: Bruce finally stops using the eggplant emoji.
By Love or Fate
At a social gathering, Bruce meets a charming elderly woman and talks about his children. In doing so, he realizes how much his kids mean to him and how much they've changed him for the better.
Little does he know, they're about to save him again. And not in the usual way.
Peanut Butter Jelly Time
How each member of the Bat Family makes a PB&J.
Day of the Un-Dead
When the Wayne family is finally ready to bring Jason back from the dead legally, they decide to have a private celebration first. Nothing particularly noteworthy happens when compared to the sort of things the family usually does together, but its still one of the best nights of Bruce's life.
Another Batdad Father's Day
Bruce's children decide to do something a little different this year. It doesn't go exactly as planned, but it still becomes one of his favorite Father's Days.
Batfamily Scars
Moonlighting as a vigilante came with no small number of challenges. Explaining where your time and money went. Explaining injuries and absences for yourself and your children. Explaining how you came about adopting said children. Explaining other relationships, like how a born and raised Gothamite billionaire knew a Metropolis reporter originally from Kansas.
It also meant you gathered a fair number of scars that you had to explain occasionally.
Last Laugh, First Steps
Running a large portion of the Gotham underground as a benevolent crime lord was harder than Jason thought it would be, but still well within the range of what he could handle. All in all, it wasn’t that different from being the type of vigilante Bruce had trained him to be become. He was feeling like he was doing a decent job as part of the Bat Family these days. The Wayne family, he wasn't so sure about.
Until he receives an unexpected call from Dick while on patrol one night and the words he hears next change everything.
Tim's hurt...the Joker's involved. B and Little D are out of town. Cass is here with me and it’ll take us too long t-
“Where?”
His death. His anger. His father. His role as a brother, as a son, as a grandson. Jason decides its time to take it all on. If he's going to help his little brother recover, then he's going to have to heal himself as well.
A Dark Place
Conner stops by to see Tim after he's kidnapped by the Joker. Tim isn't in a good place but his best friend and his big brother are there to help. And, of course, there's Dex.
Nightmares
After what they've both suffered at the hands of the Joker, Jason and Tim tend to have nightmares featuring the Rogue. Fortunately, they both also have each other to help them cope with the horrific dreams. The nightmares might be bad, but the time they're awake more than makes up for them.
I, Dex-Starr
How Dex came to be Tim's cat, and how he handles his owner being hurt, from his perspective.
Better Late Than Never
The Bat Family finally gets around to reading the Harry Potter books (or in some cases not). While sharing this new interest, they end up touching on a subject long avoided and Bruce has to wonder if ‘late’ is truly much better than ‘never’.
The House Tournament
Dick decided that their family, and several friends, should take a Hogwarts House quiz after Alfred got all the kids to check out the Harry Potter books. They ended up with pretty decent house teams once it was all done. When they realized this, it was decided that an multi-house tournament was needed. In order to balance out the teams, they decided on a video game tournament.
In which the Waynes, the Kents, and a few other friends have a team video game tournament.
Homecoming
After being brought back from the dead physically and then legally, the night of Jason's homecoming ball is finally here. He just wants it over with. He's happy to be able to publicly use his name and acknowledge his family. Having to wear a tuxedo, talk to reporters, and deal with upper class busybodies, not so much.
For better or worse, Jason Todd-Wayne is officially back in Gotham.
The Wayne Family Petting Zoo
Sending his son to Lian's birthday party should have been simple. Bruce didn't know about the petting zoo, or duck mating habits. He didn't expect it to turn into a whole project that involved each of his children. He didn't expect it to trigger his youngest child's temper.
He also didn't expect his other children to know exactly how to handle it, but they did.
Bruce was never more proud than when he saw them helping each other. That was something that was happening more often as of late. If basically having a petting zoo on the grounds meant he saw even more of it, then Bruce supposed he could deal with a few more animals.
The Talk of Relationships Past
In which Bruce, Dick, Jason, and Tim end up discussing their failed relationships in order to figure out who is best suited talk to Damian about romance and dating after he demands his father set aside some time to have The Talk.
Bat Family R&D
In which Jason and Bruce realize that Tim has become the entire family's R&D department after he is incommunicado for only a couple of days.
Father-Son Camping Trip
When Batman met Superman, he was mistrustful. When Bruce Wayne met Clark Kent, he was suspicious. Between saving the world together, forming the Justice League, and helping each other as they raised several kids, they became friends.
As their children became friends and they started to spend more and more time together, being guests at each other’s houses, taking a pair of their kids somewhere together, and supporting each other when one of their children threw them a curve ball became regular occurrences. They were exposed to many of the same interests through their children. They were exposed to many of the same concerns.
Eventually this leads the Wayne family (at least, some of them) and the Kent family to go on a joint father-son camping trip.
Home Hunting
For all the different places Cassandra had lived, she’d never actually had to go apartment hunting before. She’d either crashed with a friend or family member, moved from one temporary dwelling to another, or her father or little brother set something up for her. So when she moved to Bludhaven, she didn’t exactly come with a long-term plan.
Fortunately, her big brother had her covered.
Roses
This story should read well on it's own, but it references a few other stories from this series:
'Dex-Starr Finds a New Home' (Wherein Dex becomes Tim's cat & gets his catio).
'Last Laugh, First Steps' (Wherein the Joker kidnaps Tim, Jason and Bruce have the fight mentioned here, and it's first suggested that Cassandra should move back to Blüdhaven).
'Home Hunting' (Wherein Dick helps Cassandra find her apartment in Blüdhaven).Cassandra breaking into Tim's apartment to take super long showers and eat all his Rice Krispies is from Robin #134.
Cassandra got the rose mentioned here in Batgirl #17 and kept it until she left it in Brenda's care in Batgirl #66.
The destruction of Blüdhaven mentioned here takes place during Infinite Crisis.Learning to Let Go
Stephanie Brown stops by Jason and Tim's place to ask a favor. They discover that sometimes, the people involved in a failed relationship move on easier than those around them. Blüdhaven gets a new crime fighting team and the eldest Wayne brothers get into a brief texting war that goes bad quick. There's also a shootout and some lessons learned. Considering how strange things can get in their world, it all actually goes really well.
Alfred's Latest Scrapbook
Bruce takes a peek at Alfred's latest scrapbook. Feelings ensue.
Kidnapping the Waynes
Someone wants to exploit Bruce Wayne. They decide to go after his children, hiring Rogues and criminals to do their dirty work. Fortunately, the Wayne family is much more capable than Bruce's enemies expect. Alone, they're impressive. Together, they're unstoppable.
The Trysting
The story of Tim Wayne's kidnapping during Kidnapping the Waynes.
Talk of Relationships Past and Future
Bruce finally gets around to talking to Damian about dating and romance, and especially, how to avoid the issue in balancing that with a secret identity that he and the boy's brothers have experienced. He decided to make it a family discussion, so everyone learns a few things, plus some old hurts and secrets come out. There's fighting, and comforting, and some joking around. It doesn't go the way Bruce expected, but all in all, he thinks he goes well.
Bat-Naps
Each of Bruce's children have been known to be able to nap just about anywhere.
Robin and Pup Pup
How Tim came to own a Robin plush and how Jason's Pup Pup plush got a friend.
The Wrath Returns
When there's a quiet breakout at Blackgate, an old enemy returns and Alfred gets a first-hand view of how Jason and Tim work as a team and under pressure. Watching them in action is both beautiful and terrifying and he is incredibly proud of the two boys. When Bruce returns in the middle of it all, he has to opportunity to offer some guidance. After all, Alfred was the adopted father of a genius vigilante long before Bruce was.
A Painful Q&A
After Bruce learned that Jason had revenge sex with one of his exes, he wanted to make sure said ex wasn't a threat to his son or anyone else's children. Since Jason wouldn't tell him who she was, Tim agreed to look into it for him.
Which is how the boy finds himself sitting face to face with Talia al Ghul as they have a discussion that brings up the most recent worst moments in each of their lives. He gets answers, but is left with some painful questions as well.
Flowers
Damian learns a little about flower language and lot about family.
Ficlets & Headcannons
A collection of Bat Family mini ficlets and headcannons that add to this universe I've built here but aren't really a full story in their own right.
Uncomfortable Situations
Based on a comment a friend of mine made on the nude scene in Batman: Damned. "I don't care that they showed Batman's genitals, I care that he showed his genitals in the cave, right where any of his kids could have walked in and seen him."
So here are five one-shots depicting what might have happened if any one of Bruce's children came into the cave on that morning and found their father just hanging out there naked.
Concern, discomfort, confusion, shame, and questions about masturbation ensue.
Happy Little Accidents
Bruce and Lois have a quiet, friendly moment at a gala. Memories of their children make them laugh and cry a little.
Tricks and Treats and Bats and Birds
While visiting their friends at the Kent family farm, Jason, Tim, and Damian end up making some unexpected plans for Halloween. A pie-off, pumpkin carving, figuring out costumes, trick or treating, and of course, patrolling Gotham are all on the agenda.
Nightwing and His Blüdhaven Bomben
Nightwing's Blüdhaven Bomben gain another member and a base of operations. Tim and Wally each visit, and everyone has a pretty good Halloween.
The Wayne Studio of Arts and Acrobatics
When Bruce bought a building in Blüdhaven for Dick and Cassandra to use as a base of operations for their crime fighting team, the family realized they needed an explanation for it. Fortunately, they came up with something pretty quick.
The Wayne Studio of Arts and Acrobatics.
Gothamite Spotlight
An interview with Bruce Wayne's children, as printed in the Gotham Gazette's new column: Gothamite Spotlight.
Topics include Bruce Wayne's parenting techniques and how they've changed from child to child; the names we choose, use, and live under; kidnappings; Wayne Enterprises; pets; Jason Todd-Wayne's 'death' and return to Gotham; Alfred Pennyworth, the unofficial grandfather; jobs; friendships and romances; living under public scrutiny; and the meaning of family.
AKA: A look into what the Gotham public sees, hears, and believes about the Wayne family and how the Waynes help shape their public images.
Talk Turkey
Jason and Damian get into a brief but heated argument when Jason brings up his favorite holiday -Thanksgiving- and its customary dish, which Damian takes issue with. Dick steps in when cannibalism comes up. Tim and Bruce have a separate but related argument when Tim decides Bruce needs to start respecting Damian's values. And everything gets settled one way or another.
Its the holidays. Its what brothers do.
Thankful
A sweet moment between brothers occurs when Jason comes home for Thanksgiving.
Holiday Shopping
Bruce agrees to go shopping on Black Friday with all his kids. Fun, guilt, bonding, frustration, and a holiday resolution ensue.
Vantage Point
Clark never used his powers to spy on his children. That didn’t mean he didn’t use his powers to check on them at times, but that wasn’t the same thing at all. Spying was seeing what they were doing for no reason other than he wanted to know or catch them doing something. Checking on them was because he’d heard, seen, or felt something that made him concerned there might be something going on with one of them that he needed to help with or address.
Conner was at the age (and of the personality type) that keeping an ear out when he had a girl over was just smart. Recently though, Clark had found himself nursing a concern that he wasn’t sure was warranted or not. He wasn’t sure what to make of some incidents involving Conner and Tim.
Holiday Tales
A collection of short stores that take place during the holiday season.
Advent
Bruce puts together an Advent Calendar for Damian. Thoughts on family and parenthood ensue.
Holiday Trappings
Jason has always been a man of action more than a man of words. He knows he's never been great at the traditional family stuff, so he decides to use the holidays to show his family and friends how much they mean to him.
Boxing Day (AKA: Alfred Pennyworth Appreciation Day)
Boxing Day is not typically observed in the United States. However, it has long been celebrated in Stately Wayne Manor, where one Alfred Pennyworth resides.
A Good Day for Damian Wayne
A day in the life of Damian Wayne that includes vaccines for Joker Venom and Fear Toxin (along with some side effects), training with his sister, lunch with his favorite brother, ice cream, bonding with his siblings while they teach him how to play games that don't involve winning or losing, and dinner with the family.
Bat Family Text Chain
A series of one shots showing some of the discussions from the Wayne family text chain.
Just Us Communicating
Series Summary: A one-shot series featuring communications over comms or texts from the current and former members of Young Justice.
Keeping Track
When Jason and Tim start working on a project to be able to keep each other safer, they end up learning something new about their eldest brother.
Elite Fairy Godmothers
Cassandra wasn’t normally excited about balls, especially ones that her brothers weren’t going to be attending. However, she was looking forward to a night with her father, even in such a setting. And she was happy to help a worthy cause, in however small a way.
Of course, her life being what it was, Cassandra marked the ball on her calendar and then ultimately forgot about it over the next two weeks, while she fought crime, trained their new teammates, worked at the Studio, practiced her dancing, and worked with Harper to turn her new hearse into a kick-ass vigilante vehicle. In fact, she forgot until it was really too late to be working out the details.
Twenty-two minutes later, she was in the secret base of the Blüdhaven Bomben, with her team fully prepared to finish getting her ball-ready in record time, like a group of elite fairy godmothers. Assuming fairy godmothers could beat up mobsters and solve crimes in their spare time as well as make a young woman ball-ready in less than two hours.
Boy Wonders
In both Arkham Asylum and Blackgate Penitentiary, the young vigilante known as Robin was something of a hot topic. The patients and inmates often traded notes on the Boy Wonder in an attempt to figure out just how many there had actually been to date. They tried to figure out what had happened to each one. They tried to guess which Robin had put each of them there at what time.
Playing Roles and Being Real
Tim, Jason, Damian, Conner, Bizarro, and Jon decide to play a game of Wizards & Warriors. It does not go as planned, but they end up having a good time anyway, even if an out of game detour results in one boy in tears, another with a mild injury, and a small fire in the den.
Where Children Come From
A nurse at the hospital observes Bruce Wayne as he waits for news about one of his children and answers a difficult question from a child waiting to meet his little brother.
“Do you have kids, mister? Where do they come from?”
Cookie Sales, Questions, and New Directions
Bruce sales some Brown Bat cookies alongside Tim and Lian Harper. This leads to some unexpected questions and some very concerning answers.
Bat Trolls
Dick, Jason, and Tim use fake online profiles to keep the Batman's urban legend status among civilians while also making him all the more terrifying to criminals.
After all, it was hard enough to sell someone on the idea of a vigilante dressed a bat running around Gotham for years without being caught on camera. Adding to that rumors of vampirism, ghosts, cyborgs, time-travel, and the like just make it even harder to believe. Unless the someone you were selling it to happened to be caught by the Batman one day. Then, it was hard to know what to believe.
World's Finest: Red Robin & Robin
In which Tim and Damian team up and have a few needed discussions, Dick gets some reassurance that he's loved, and Damian gets a pet alpaca (sort of).
Damian didn't know where it would go, this path they’d started upon. He knew he was likely to lose his temper or lash out at several points along the way.
He also knew he wanted to see where that road lead them.Mystic Blades and Little Brothers
Both can cut you and protect you. Jason is reminded of this the first time he summons the All-Blades in Tim's presence and has to explain what they are and how he uses them.
Little Brothers, Big Problems
Dick didn't think arranging for his little brothers to see a charity showing of Big Hero 6 together was going to lead to any turmoil or life altering decisions, but in hindsight, he really shouldn't be surprised.
Reflection
Tim had taken to avoiding mirrors for a while now.
He was aware that it was a very short term solution to a very permanent problem.
He didn’t know what else to do.
Alfred Pennyworth: The Man, The Myth, The Legend
Alfred Pennyworth first became a legend to Her Royal Majesty's Infantry Rangers and MI6 .
Then, more importantly to him, he became one to his grandchildren.
Through their stories, he became a legend to an entire generation of young heroes.
This caught the attention of Princess Diana and led to him becoming a legend to the Amazons of Themyscira and Bana-Mighdall.
Then, he became one to the very gods the Amazons worshiped.
One day, he may even learn of how far his legend goes himself.Profiles
Supplemental material giving character & city profiles.
Shelves: DC Comics
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 802,818
- Status:
- In-Progress
Summary
Sometimes, all it takes to really find yourself is to go digging through the Wizarding version of Bed, Bath and Beyond.
Superposition, n. [soo-per-puh-zish-uh n]
- To be able to place an object in the space occupied by another, so that the two figures coincide throughout their whole extent
- The equal potential to be found in any possible state and all of them at the same time, throughout all universes
Anthology containing:
superposition
It started in a furniture store.
(Or, the wizarding equivalent of the Bed Bath and Beyond is most certainly a liminal space and potentially a pocket dimension. Draco’s not sure yet.)
simplify
For what started in a furniture store went on a frankly meandering path from A-B but continued in a courtroom.
(Or, where Draco Malfoy and Harry Potter realize the world is far bigger than London and look to gain something even more permanent than what they have.
Hopefully. Draco isn’t convinced.)
Shelves: Harry Potter
- Site:
- archiveofourown.org
- Words:
- 77,187
- Status:
- Completed