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1. Before Robin by wafflebish

   Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Justice League - All Media Types, DC Extended Universe  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   01 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne
   • Dick Grayson & Alfred Pennyworth
   • Dick Grayson & Clark Kent
   • Dick Grayson & Hal Jordan (Green Lantern)
   • Barry Allen & Dick Grayson
   • Diana (Wonder Woman) & Dick Grayson
   • Dick Grayson & Oliver Queen
   • John Constantine & Dick Grayson
   • Batfamily Members & Dick Grayson
   • Dick Grayson
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Alfred Pennyworth
   • Clark Kent
   • Hal Jordan (Green Lantern)
   • Barry Allen
   • Diana (Wonder Woman)
   • Oliver Queen
   • J'onn J'onzz
   • John Constantine
   • Jim Gordon (DCU)
   • Batfamily Members (DCU)
   • Roman Sionis
   • Damian Wayne
   • Tim Drake (DCU)
   • Jason Todd
   • Barbara Gordon
   • Side Character Cameos (DCU)
   • Dick Grayson Meets the Justice League
   • Dick Grayson is Nightwing
   • Dick Grayson is a Ray of Sunshine
   • Bruce Wayne is Batman
   • Justice League Doesn't Know Bruce Wayne is Batman
   • Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne Bonding
   • Dick Grayson-centric
   • Protective Dick Grayson
   • Dick Grayson is a Menace
   • Dick Grayson Being a Little Shit
   • Time Travel
   • Time Shenanigans
   • Alternate Universe - Time Travel
   • BAMF Dick Grayson
   • Bruce Wayne Meets Dick Grayson
   • Bruce Wayne is Bad at Communicating
   • Protective Bruce Wayne
   • Fluff
   • Fluff and Angst
   • no beta we die like robins
   • Angst
   • Crack Treated Seriously
   • Batfamily Shenanigans (DCU)
   • Batfamily (DCU)
   • Angst and Feels
   • Romani Dick Grayson
   • DC Stands for Disregard Canon (DCU)
   • Serious Injuries
   • Good Grandparent Alfred Pennyworth
   • Alfred Pennyworth is the Best
   • Dick Grayson Needs a Hug
   • Dick Grayson Has ADHD
   • Dick Grayson Feels
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Dick Grayson is Lost in Time
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Good Parent Bruce Wayne
   • Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent
   • Bruce Wayne doesn’t even know he’s a parent
   • Most of this fic is just Dick Grayson being entirely off the rails
   • The rest of it is Dick getting beat up with a crowbar made of pure angst

   Summary

   When Dick Grayson accidentally portals into the past, he finds himself on the Justice League’s Watchtower surrounded by younger versions of the original members of the Justice League...including Batman.

   But none of them have any idea who Nightwing (or even Robin) is.

   What a perfect opportunity to create a little chaos...while also trying not to break the timestream.

    

   (Story complete; under final rounds of editing)

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   English

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