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Dick
Bruce got a call from Dick’s school during a meeting, he hoped Dick didn’t get hurt. He learned earlier in the month that his ward was being bullied. He really wished that the boy was okay. When he arrived at the school fifteen minutes after, Bruce went to the nurse office. The nurse welcomed him.
“Hi Mister Wayne.”
“Hi, how is Dick?”
“He fainted in class. Apparently he was really tired.”
Bruce got worried instantly. He had noticed since a couple of days that Dick was yawning a lot so he benched the boy. Bruce took the time to explain to him that it’s okay to take a break and he wasn't fired. He knew Dick loved to being Robin but his health was more important. At first Dick went mad but understood.
The nurse accompanied him to go see Dick. The eleven years old was sleeping on one of the bed.
“Richard felt asleep a couples minutes ago.”
Bruce decide to pick Dick up in his arms and tried to not waking him up. He signed some papers and went to the manor. The billionaire was concerned, Dick didn’t wake up during the trip and even they’ve been home for three hours now. He also saw the deep bags under his ward’s eyes.
When Dick woke up it took him some seconds to realize he was home. A minute later, the door opened and showed Bruce. The adult entered and sat on the young boy’s bed.
“Hey Chum. You fainted at school, the nurse called.”
“Sorry.”
Bruce was frowned “Why are you apologizing?”
“You were at work.” Dick responded “This morning I heard Alfred saying you had an important meeting today.”
“You will always be more important than my work. From my daylight job or the one from the night.”
Dick eyes widened “More than Batman?!”
Bruce made a tiny smile “Of course Chum, you and Alfred will be always more important than Batman.”
Bruce hugged Dick and after some time he heard a tiny “Nightmares.”
“You’ve got nightmares Chum?”
“Yeah. Sometimes it’s because of my parents. I don’t understand, I thought the nightmares were gone.”
“I have nightmares too you know.” Bruce smiled from Dick’s shocked expression
“What? Don’t look at me like that. And it’s okay to ask some help. So if you want, you can wake me up.”
Dick frowned “You won’t be mad?”
“Never. So we have a deal? You’ll came to me if you have a nightmare again?”
“I will. I promise.” Dick said. The little boy had his bright smile again.
———
Bruce hear his door opening. It’s been nine months since their last conversation. Dick came that night and some others nights. The CEO of WE adopted Dick a month ago, just before their case with Two-Face. Harvey was one of his best friend, before he became a criminal. Bruce always had conflicted feelings toward him and always had hoped he could change back. But not after what happen last time they met. Two-Face had beaten Dick like he was nothing but dirt. Harvey had beaten a child. His child.
“You’re not sleeping?” Dick asked while holding Zitka.
“No. Uncle Clark needed more informations from our yesterday’s interview. What about you?”
The little boy start climbing in the king’s size bed and glued himself to Bruce side.
“Nightmare. Harvey was hurting me again.”
“I’m sorry Chum.”
“I’m sorry for you” Dick saw Bruce’s questionning look “He is your best friend.”
“No. Not anymore, not again. And now I have a better best friend.’’
Dick chuckled “I knew you liked Uncle Clark.”
“Uncle Clark?” Bruce raised his eyebrows “I was obviously talking about Aunt Diana!”
“Obviously!”
Bruce bring Dick closer to him. God his son was so small. How could Harvey hurt him?
“You want to drink a glass of milk?”
“No. I don’t really want to do anything.”
“Okay.” Bruce kissed Dick’s hair.
The CEO went back to his annotations and was also cuddling Dick. The little boy feel back asleep in peace. Dick knew nothing would happen to him. Bruce would protect him form the nightmares.
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Jason
Jason had a lot of nightmares. Some were because of Willis, some from Catherine death’s and others from his time living on streets and the things he had to do for surviving. The twelve year old never went to Bruce for help. Dick learn about it and told him there were no shame to asking for help but Jason responded that his nightmares were his battle to fight and that he survived from worse before, that he wasn’t scared of some dreams.
Dick and Jason became really close and when the older one felt the right moment, he passed the Robin mantle to his younger brother and became Nightwing. Jason loved being Robin. Four months after that and a weekend between brothers in Blüdhaven because Jason’s one freak out, Bruce adopted Jason. The little family went to court together and Alfred framed the picture after the judgement and put it the next to Dick’s one.
———
Bruce knew something was wrong the second he saw Alfred.
“Sir, he’s at the door.”
“Who?”
“Willis Todd sir.”
Bruce couldn’t believe it. There must had were some mistake. Willis was supposed to be in jail not at his front door especially when Jason was in the library but here they’re.
“I want my boy back Wayne!” Willis screamed.
“You’re not supposed to be here.”
“What? Rich boy didn’t heard the news huh? I got out yesterday and l like I said I want Jay back!” Willis was agitated.
Bruce cross his arms “Jason is not going to leave. I’ve his custody.”
“Don’t bullshit me rich boy! You gonna give me that idiot! And don’t act like you care!”
Willis went closer to Bruce and he could smell the alcool. Willis was completely drunk.
Bruce firmly said “You’re going to turn around and go back from were you from before I call the police.”
“And what you’re gonna say huh? And how did you even met my boy?” Willis raised a eyebrows and smirked “I bet he begged you for sucking you off.”
Bruce snapped. He punched Willis so hard that he definitely broke his nose. How dare he could talk about Jason his brilliant son like that. Alfred who had felt things was about to go south had already called the police. They took Willis to the station.
Bruce turn back and saw Jason, hiding himself in the stairs. The boy ran to his room when he made an eye contact with Bruce.
When Bruce knocked Jason’s door and waited for his response. They made a deal when Jason arrived that no one and especially adult could come in his room without Jason’s consent. Some minutes passed and Jason opened the door. He was in tears. Bruce asked he felt okay for a hug, Jason ran in his arms.
“It’s okay baby. He’s away. I won’t let him touch or take you again.”
“He’s right. I’m a fucking whore —”
“No. No Jaylad you are not a whore.” Bruce took Jason face in his hands. “You were a child who had no choice. It wasn’t and never will be your fault.” Bruce hugged back Jason. The little one was crying in Bruce neck. “It’s going to be okay baby. I promise.”
Later at night, Bruce was in his office and was preparing the paperwork for a restraining order against Willis. That man would never trouble his baby again.
“Br’ce?”
Jason.
Bruce opened his office door and saw Jason looking for him in the master bedroom.
“Jaylad?”
“I had a nightmare. I thought Willis took me away from you… Dickie said I could go to you. That you won’t be mad.”
Bruce reassured the boy and went to the kitchen. The billionaire made two cocoa mugs and after they drank they went back upstairs.
“Do you want to sleep in my room?”
Jason shifted on his foots “Can I sleep in mine instead? But you can’t go before I fall asleep!”
“Sounds like plan.”
The duo went to Jason’s room. Jason climbed in his bed and Bruce sat next to him. Bruce gently played with his son’s hair while reading a story. Pride and Prejudice. Jason’s favorite book. The twelve years old fell asleep with the feeling of safety. He knew Bruce would protect him for Willis.
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Tim
How he could not notice? How he could not notice that his neighbor's kid had been followed him and his son for months maybe years? And of all of the people he found out, it’s because of Harley Quinn, because the Joker had been holding a child as hostage for three days and Harley couldn’t bear the screams anymore.
Batman and Harley was on a rooftop, she asked to met him without Robin, and of course his Jaylad couldn't fly anymore but he watched them and listened from the Cave ready to call for help if something happen. Harley was holding in her arms a tiny sleeping boy with green hair. He was so small. She told him how they captured him, on how the Joker tortured a child, on how she decided it was enough.
“Please Bat, he’s just a baby. I tried to stop Mister J but he didn't listen. His parents don't care about this little one. And the little one loves you so much, he has been watching you since the first bird fly. He kept crying that you would come to saving.” Harley had her eyes full of tears “l love Mister J with my all heart but Bat... he just a baby. Hurting kids are not funny Bat.”
Batman took the boy in his arms. The Dark Knight thanked her. He hoped Harley could handle the Joker's wrath, he knew the harlequin was strong just like he knew the perversion of the clown. Bruce nearly lost his youngest son because of him and Jason won't fly for a while but he's still alive so he took it as a win. Batman took the boy home and start looking for his parents.
———
It’s been months now that Tim is leaving with them. Bruce found out that Harley was right, Jack and Janet, his parents didn’t care about him and left him alone for weeks, even months. Bruce called CPS and got Tim’s custody. He adopt him soon after that.
What they didn’t knew at first was that Tim knew their secret. The thirteen year old survived a torture by the Joker himself for three days and he didn’t say anything. He was one of the bravest person Bruce knew, and he knew Superman.
Tim had mental therapy sessions in the same floor of Jason’s physical therapy sessions. Bruce’s sons had therapy two times a week and after every session the little family would go eat ice cream as a reward. Dick who was a gymnastics teacher now, tried to come most of a time but he couldn’t move his class every time.
It’s been months now and even if the boys was still healing, the worst was behind them. Unfortunately, the worst didn’t include nightmares. It’s Tim’s screams that woke Bruce up. He ran to the little boy’s room. Tim was crying, screaming and was hitting his own head with his fists.
Bruce grabbed and stopped Tim from hurting himself.
“Shh it’s okay. It’s okay baby, it’s okay. You’re home and safe. The Joker is not here and he won’t hurt you anymore.” Bruce was hugging and petting his hair.
“I didn’t say anything I swear! I swear I didn’t say anything about you or Jay!” Tim was sobbing and shaking. He was holding Bruce’s shirt so hard that his hands were hurting him but he couldn’t let Bruce go.
“I know baby, you were very brave. It’s okay baby.” Bruce keep reassuring the boy and keep cuddling him.
After some time Tim calmed down. Bruce took him to the kitchen so the boy could drink some water. When they get back upstairs Tim asked if he could sleep with Bruce in his bedroom. Once the duo lay down still holding each other tightly Tim start to spoke.
“I dreamt He knew. I didn’t say anything but he knew and he was hurting you and Jay.”
“Jason is okay, he’s sleeping in his bed. We can go check on him if you want.”
The second, Bruce’s sentence ended , Jason half asleep opened the door. He climbed in the bed and hugged tightly his baby brother. The teen murmured “It’s okay baby bird, Dad’s gonna protect us.” and went back to sleep.
Tim though that Jason was right, Bruce’s hugs were the best. Tim felt safe going back in Morpheus’s world in Bruce’s arms.
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Stephanie
Stephanie was Spoiler first when Batman met her. The young teen became Batgirl when Barbara took her under her wing. Between Jason’s attacks and Tim’s capture, The Joker had permanently paralyse Barbara and forced her to stop being Batgirl. But the attack didn’t stop her to help the people in need and became Oracle. Barbara trained personally the new Batgirl with the help of Black Canary.
The new Batgirl and Batman didn’t team up a lot. Stephanie would prefer to patrol with Robin, his new best friend or with Flamebird since they came from the same neighborhood.
During one of the few team up, Batman learnt more about her. He learn about her father, Cluemaster who more in jail than out and about her mom Crystal, a strong and independent woman who met the wrong man at the wrong time. She divorced soon after Arthur went bad the first time and got a restraint order for her and Steph against him.
One day Batgirl had a case that involved Black Mask and at some point she got a big info about a warehouse and a meeting. They were all busy and Steph didn’t want to wait and wanted to go alone. After what happen to Jason, Barbara and Tim, Bruce was against letting a bird or a bat flying solo so Bruce told her no. They had a massive argument. Steph couldn’t let that pass it under her nose just because everyone was busy. It was her first big case. She could do it alone.
———
It’s been a week now. Bruce was working on the report of the Black Mask case. It was a disaster. Batgirl went to their base alone, Robin and Flamebird who were worried went after her and find out that she got captured. Black Mask tortured her for four hours.
The duo called Batman and the three of them beaten Black Mask and most importantly saved Stephanie.
Bruce was still working on a the report when he heard foosteep coming from the stairs leading to the manor. It was Steph. She had a blue hoddie maybe Dick’s and Jason’s Wonder Woman jogging gants. The teenager still had her left arm in a cast and a big bruise on her face.
“The boys once told me I could go to you when I had some nightmares.” Steph nervously said “I know your not my dad but… It’s not like I can go talk to my mom.”
“It’s okay.” Bruce saved the report and get closer to Steph “We can go uptairs if you want.”
“Yeah I would like that.”
The duo went upstairs. They first stop at the kitchen. Bruce took two ice cream cone.
“How do you know I like eating ice cream when I’m upsets?” Steph asked while taking the ice cream. “Wait don’t answer. You’re Batman.”
Bruce smirked “Actually, a little bird told me.”
Steph chuckled.
“So, you want to talk about it?”
Steph took a long pause before responding “It’s my first big case and I screw up.”
“I understand the feeling. I made a lots of mistake when I started.” Bruce responded “And I learned. It’s okay to ask for help. You know one day it’s a big case, Justice League level case. I wanted to do it alone. I got hurt. Superman was so mad at me that his mom Martha called me to ask what did I do for making his son so upsets.”
“So next time I ask for help before getting hurt cause Superman would be mad at me?”
Bruce made a tiny smile “Worse. Robin and Flamebird.”
Steph made a tiny smile too “Yeah I worried them bad.”
Bruce put his hands and Steph shoulder “We were all worried bad Steph.”
Bruce hugged Steph. After a while Bruce propose Steph to stay. Bruce took her to her non official room in the family wing.
“I know you’re not my dad so you can say no but can you stay until I fall asleep? Just for tonight?” Steph ask nervously.
“Sure, and if you’re not okay during the night, you can wake me up anytime.”
They entered in the room, Steph went to bed and Bruce read the Hobbit to Steph. A little bird told him it was her favorite book. Steph slept witout nightmares this night, a first since what happened.
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Cassandra
Cassandra had been raised and traine for being a weapon. David Cain’s weapon. When Robin and Spoiler met her, they knew she was more than that. Robin dragged Batman to a roof so he could met her. Batman had never been so happy to know ASL.
Cassandra is now more than a weapon, she is hope. Steph decide with Babs accord to give the teen the Batgirl mantle. Steph knew Cass needed the mantle more than her and she missed being Spoiler.
Before she start doing patrol, Cass had take ASL class. She went to class alone with just Alfred or Bruce who would drop her off and pick her up when she was done but she prefered when it was Dick. The two of them would go eat some ice cream after the class. Sometimes Steph would come with her and once the class had ended they would go shopping with Bruce’s card. Jason and Tim would help her to start prononce some words. It’s the begining and the trio was working on the one syllable words.
The whole family learned ASL, her siblings were very dedicated.
Bruce explained to Cass how his no-killing rule was important to him and Cass swore she would never cross it.
In six months a lot of things did change. Bruce had adopted Cassandra and she took him name. When she learned that the all of her brother had a second name she decide to took one as well and she wanted to have a hobby like them. So Cassandra Martha Wayne had started ballet.
Everything was okay until David Cain came to Gotham. Batman and him fought. Batgirl had helped to defeat him but his hatred words had wounded her more than his fists.
———
Bruce was a light sleeper and yet, he didn’t wake up until he felt movement in his bed. He quickly turn and was about to punch his intruder when a hand firmly caught his fist.
“Cass ? Sweetie your scared me. Why didn’t you wake me up?”
Cass start signed “ You were tired and hurt from your fight with Croc.”
“Yeah but really sweetheart you nearly killed me from a heart attack.”
That was the wrong words to say.
Cass’s eyes widen and start signed faster “I’m sorry. I’m sorry I’m sorry. I should go. I’ll leave!”
As she started leaving Bruce gently caught her.
“It’s okay baby. Like a told you, you and your brothers can come wake me up anytime. So what happen?”
“Nightmares.” she signed. “I hurted people. Killed people.”
“It’s this about what happen with Dick during training?”
“Yes.”
The kids had been doing some trainning session together. Dick ans Cass (specially her) would always hold back against the kids. Yesterday Dick and Cass did some spairing and at some point he start showing off to please his brothers. He didn’t watch and got caught of guard by Cass’s kick. Bruce had to putting back his shoulder in place. Cass apologied a hundred times and Dick conforter her a hundred time and one that everything was okay.
“Like your brother told you, it’s not fault. If Dickie had been serious he could had dodge it. You know how Dick loves showing off to your littles brothers.”
“Little brother and baby brother loves seeing big brother messing around.”
“Yes and making a mistake during training is okay as long it’s a an accident and that your learn from your mistake.” Bruce took a deep breath “You remember a couple a months ago after our fought with Orphan?”
Cass nodded
“You remember what we told you —”
Cass cut him “I’m not a weapon. I’m Cass, a person, a friend, a sister, a daughter. I’m not a tool. I’m someone.”
“Exactly. You’re a wonderful person. A better person than him. Always.”
“Thanks you dad.”
“Of course Cass. I love you.”
“Love you too.”
Bruce took his daughter in his arms and started petting her hair and humming some songs. Cass fall back asleep knowing she wouldn’t hurt anyone.
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Damian
Damian was confused. He was in a big living room with a young adult, he said his name was Dick. Mother said they couldn’t stay with their grandfather anymore and that Damian was old enough to met his father. Mother was right, he was seven and half years old now, of course he was old enough. Mother always said the his father was kind, impressive at first but he was kind. So if he was, why he was screaming at mother in the other room ?
Dick made a reassuring smile and said “Dad is not mad at you. He just mad that your mom didn’t tell him about you.”
“You think?”
Before Dick respond Bruce and Talia came back in the room. Talia kneeled down to met Damian eyes.
“Habibi, you’re going to stay with you father and your siblings. I have to go back to Nanda Parbat. You going to listen to to your Father, the rules are differents here but I know you my Dami, you’re going to be okay.” Talia kisses his son’s foreheard.
They said goodbyes and Bruce lead Talia to the door. Damian saw his mother kissing his father cheek and heard her mumuring “I hope you’ll forgive me one day Beloved.” The little boy heard his father mumuring back “I don’t know. Take care of you.”
After Bruce closed the door he went back to Damian, kneeled down “So how about you met yours siblings?”
Damian met his three brothers and his sister. Since the seven years old knew about Batman, they told him each role they had. Dick was Nightwing protecter of Blüdhaven, Jason him was Flamebird and Cass had become Batgirl after her best friend Stephanie give her the mantle. The said Stephanie was Spoiler now. Tim the youngest brother before him was Robin. Tim explained to him that once Damian and himself were both ready, Tim would give him the Robin mantle.
All of his new siblings describe how being Robin was important how it give hope and magic to people and to themselves.
So Damian started working hard with his siblings help to become worth of the mantle.
———
Damian had worked hard since he got to the manor, so when the school planned a field trip in Kansas, Bruce saw an opportinuty to give his son a break. Of course he was worried, it’s the first time in months that his youngest would be away from home for a week but he knew Damian needed it. If something bad happened, he was just a Batwing away.
Damian didn’t wanted to go and his two oldest brothers talked to him, that it’s a good idea and he could use his training in a real situation. So Bruce had to check and to take back all of the knives from his son’s backpack.
Since Bruce had a broken arms he didn’t patrol and Alfred forbid him to even go to the Cave. He was sleeping when his personal phone start ringing. It was Damian’s ring tone. Damian had a problem.
Bruce picked up and he heard Damian panicked voice.
“They’re here! Father they’re here! Grandfather’s assassins are here!”
Bruce reacted before he realised.
He ran to the Batwing, didn’t listen or responded to Alfred and start going to his baby.
When the hero arrived Bruce went directly to Damian. His boy was okay. After that he start checking the forest but didn’t find anything.
“Dami are you sure assassins were here?”
Damian had tears in his eyes “Yes Father, I dreamed something bad about mother had happen and when I woke up I heard sound in the forest!”
“Oh Dami.” Bruce took his baby in his arms. “You had a nightmare sweetheart. There is nothing in the forest.”
“No Father, I didn’t have a nightmare. Nightmares aren’t real. You’re saying nonsence.” Damian
“No Buddy. There is no one. You’re safe. It’s okay to have nightmares. I have too.”
“Really?” Damian murmured.
His father nodded.“How about I get you back to sleep?”
Bruce and Damian went back to his tent.
“I swear Father, I thought it was real. I thought they had hurted Mother and they had come for me.”
“It’s okay Dami. It’s normal to be scared. You did good calling me and I want you to know that I will always be there for you, I’ll always protect you. And if you want, I can try to call your Mom.”
Damian whispered “Yes please.”
Bruce put out his phone and called Talia. She answered at the second ring.
“Beloved? Is everything okay? Is something wrong with Damian?”
Bruce could hear that Talia was worried.“He’s fine, Dami had a nightmare. I thought you could help me to put him back to sleep.”
“Of course Beloved. My Dami are you okay?”
“Yes Mother.” Damian bited gently his lips “Mother can you sing please?”
Bruce could hear Talia smiling and she began to sing. Damian fell back asleep secure in his baba’s arms hearing his mama’s lullaby.
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Duke
Duke like the rest of his kids was special. His speciality was that he has powers. Duke was a meta. At first Bruce didn’t know what to do, he talked first to Ma and Pa Kent, Clark’s parents. They knew how to help and raised a child with powers. Bruce wanted to help him as much as he could.
Duke start controling his powers brilliantly. Ma once told the billionaire how lucky he was. Of course Bruce knew. He thanked the sky everyday for his childrens.
The teen would patrol in the daylight on the contrary of the rest of the family. It helped them a lot that now the had also eyes in the day time. Some cases were being closed faster then before.
When the case would go too big and it was a all hand on desk situation, Duke would make an expection and pass on the night patrol. It was because of that, that Signal got hurt, because of a all hands on desk situation. Mister Freeze and Penguin had team up.
Signal got a blast from Victor Freeze and had paralyzed him. It took the team two hours to free him.
———
It’s been a month now and Duke hadn’t pratrolled again. The blast hurted him real bad.
Duke describe it by darkness. Inifity darkness.
Bruce was finishing a JL report mission in the Cave when he heard a voice calling him.
“Duke? Everything is okay?”
Duke bitted his lips. “No. I had a nightmare. From… you know.”
“Oh”
Bruce tried to find what to say.
“Do you want to talk about it?”
“No, not really.”
Bruce nodded.
“You’re finishing your report?”
“Yes, you want to look at it?”
Duke bring a chair and put it the next to Bruce and start reading.
“Wait Uncle Clark and Aunt Diana really did that?”
Bruce smilled “Yep. You know your aunt and uncle and how they can be.” Clark and Diana were really extrodinary.
Duke turned his head to Bruce “When they coming back?”
“They both coming back on the next Sunday brunch.”
Duke nodded happily to know he was gonna see his aunt and uncle again.
After Bruce finished his report he lead Duke to the kitchen and prepared them to mugs of cocoa.
Duke took a sip “It was really scary. When I got the blast of cold I mean. I was so cold and it was like darkness everywhere and I couldn’t use my powers. I could hear you saying that you were there and that I was safe but I couldn’t see anything or move. And tonight in my nightmare, I was back in the darkness.”
“I’m sorry kiddo. I know that sometimes the dark can be really scary.” Bruce drank a sip “But no matter what I’ll always come for you and save you. You’re not in the dark anymore, here you can use your powers to protect you and use your own light to made the darkness go away. And if you can’t, I’ll always be there.
“Thanks.” Duke took another sip “Do you think it’s like that for my parents? Since they got hit with the Joker toxin. Maybe it’s different.”
“I don’t know Buddy. It’s depends from the toxin and each people have a differents reactions.”
They both finished their cocoa and went uptairs and stopped when they arrived to Duke’s room.
Duke was nervous when he said “Jay and Steph said that sometimes after a nightmare you read them a story. Can you do that for me?”
Bruce smiled “Of course son. Do you have a book in mind?”
They both entered and Duke give him “Little Woman”. Bruce knew the book was from Jason.
Duke went to bed and the older man sit next to him and start the reading. Before the meta fall asleep he mumured “Can we go see my parents tomorrow?”. Bruce responded that they would go as the soon as the visits hours start. Duke fall back in the darkness safely knowing that the Dark Knight was there took proctect him.
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+1
Bruce
Bruce was a proud single father six kids and half (Steph was couting in half because she wasn’t his officially but emotionally she was).
He was also CEO of one of biggest compagnie. Nine years in row before LexCorp in the yearly ranking. He loved calling Lex every year.
The billionaire was also the Dark Knight, Batman the Gotham’s City protecter and his best Friends were Superman and Wonder Woman.
So there were times were Bruce forgot he was just human.
—————
The League had worked together on a mission against a team up vilain group and of course Scarecrow was in it. The Gotham vilain had made special fear gas bomb with some particules of kryptonite. Batman got expose to one of this bomb to protect Superman. The Dark Knight had choose that he was a better for him than the Kryptonian.
He doesn’t remember a lot after that. Just that his best friend brought him home.
———
It’s been four days now. All of the kids were home but Alfred tried to make them go. The butler didn’t want the kids to hear their dad’s screams. The oldests Dick and Jason already saw him hurt like that but Alfred really tried to not make them see that again.
“Alfie, I love you but you can’t make me leave!” Dick wanted to go in Bruce’s room. “The antidote is not working and we don’t know why. Tim and Barbara are trying to find out why. Just please Alfred let me in!”
“No Master Richard. Your Uncle Clark and Aunt Diana are already in here. There is not need for you to see you father in that state.”
“Alfie” Jason said. “Please let us in.”
“No boys. My answer is not going to change. None of you will go in.” Alfred just wanted to protect them. Why they couldn’t understand it “Now, go back helping your siblings”
Dick was about to argue when the door opened.
Clark look at the butler “Alfred, can you please come in? He asking for you.”
“Of Course Master Kent.”
Alfred went to the room. Clark and Diana left so they have privacy.
“Alfred?”
“Yes my boy, I’m here.”
“Alfred, the kids… The kids, are they alright? I need to know if my kids are alright Alfred” Bruce was sweating and his face was red.
“My boy, your kids are okay —”
Bruce cut him “Jason, where is Jason? Oh my God the Joker have Jason—”
“No Master Bruce, Master Jason is fine I swear, he is downstairs with his siblings— ”
“No, my baby is dead. Stop lying to me! I was late and I didn’t save my baby! Oh my God my baby is dead!”
Bruce was crying so badly that Alfred was really worried. They had gave him the antidote why his son wasn’t okay ? Alfred took his son face in his hand.
“My boy, you wasn’t late. You saved your son. Jason is very well alive. Just like your other kids.”
Bruce murmured “Dad I’m scared.”
God, the last time Alfred saw his son being that afraid, it was after Jason’s capture and before that his parent’s death. The old father took his son in his arms and start petting his hairs and murmuring some reassuring word. After an hour he heard a knock. Dick.
“We found out what was wrong. We made a new antidote.”
“How?”
Dick smiled a bit “Uncle Clark and Aunt Diana paid a visit to Crane. Let just say that Superman and Wonder Woman being angry can be very scary.”
Alfred smiled a bit to the news, his baby will be fine. Dick went closer and gave to his dad the new antidote.
Dick said “It’s getting late. I’m gonna put the kids in bed and I’m coming back.”
“Thanks you Master Richard.”
The young adult left the room and went to his younger siblings.
Alfred was about to get up when a hand caught him.
Bruce murmured “Dad, please stay.”
“Of course my boy. Don’t worry, Master Richard gave you the antidote.”
“Dickie was here? Why did he left?”
“Because my son, it’s getting late and the children are really tired so he went to put them in bed.”
Bruce bitted his lips “Do you think they could sleep here? With me?”
“Of course Bruce. Yours kids would love to see you.”
Alfred went out of the room and told the kids they were having a sleepover is their dad’s room. All of them arrived to the room with pillows and blankets. Dick, Cass, Jason builded a giant pillowfort and the three younger arranged everything so Bruce and Alfred could be well installed.
The kids arranged themselves and in the center Alfred was holding Bruce. Alfred saw his grandchildren falling asleep instantly. Bruce was fighting the sleepness, he was so scared of losing his babies if he did.
“It’s okay my boy, you can sleep. No one you will disturb us, even if someone is bold enough, they would have to face the wrath of Superman, Wonder Woman and mine.” Alfred said.
Bruce felt his dad kissing his hair and accord himself some rest. Bruce had never felt more safer in his entire life than now entoured by his children, in his dad’s arms.