a father is a blade that never stops cutting
mostly bruce & dick the good and the bad
Works = my own works
Bookmarked Items = other's works
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Bruce buried his fingers in Dick’s hair, holding him, intent on never letting him go. Dick won’t die. Bruce was never going to let Dick die before him. He would cover his son entirely with his body, shelter him, open up his own chest so he could place Dick in there and keep him safe within his armour. Death was going to have to tear through Bruce’s chest if She wanted to drag his son out of the cavity where Bruce’s heart beat. Dick was not going to die.
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- Part 1 of equal opposite reaction (legacies-verse)
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take my heart clean apart by one_step_closer_to_death
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
23 Oct 2022
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It's to be expected that after twenty years of this life taking and taking and taking, Dick Grayson would break at some point.
Dick falls, and Bruce catches him.
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Day 24: FIGHT, FLIGHT OR FREEZE | Catatonic | “I don’t want to do this anymore.”
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- Part 13 of ace's whumptober 2022
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"It's me or him," Jason said. "You have to decide."
To Bruce, it was no choice at all.
(In which Bruce watches Jason kill the Joker.)
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Day 14: DIE A HERO OR LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO BECOME A VILLAIN | Desperate Measures
Day 20: IT’S BEEN A LONG DAY | Going into Shock | Fetal PositionSeries
- Part 10 of ace's whumptober 2022
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Dick breathed in. This was cruel. He needed to hang up; he couldn’t let Bruce go through this again.
“Dick, are you alright?” Bruce’s voice was concerned now, but Dick didn’t have the willpower to hang up. He couldn’t look down but he knew he was losing blood, so much blood. He didn’t want to do this alone, if it came to it.
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Day 11: “911, WHAT’S YOUR EMERGENCY?” | Self-Done First Aid
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- Part 9 of ace's whumptober 2022
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mid-May's eldest child by one_step_closer_to_death
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics)
08 Oct 2022
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Dick's sick and Bruce takes care of him.
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Day 8: EVERYTHING HURTS AND I’M DYING
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- Part 7 of ace's whumptober 2022
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"Good morning, sunshine," said Dick.
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Strings Snapping at Bridge by Elegitre for Karmawillcollect
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
27 Dec 2022
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It’s on the night of his parent’s fifteenth death anniversary and in the back of a darkened and gritty alley, when the imaginary strings that hold Dick’s resting sanity finally snap.
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While on a mission, an incident reveals to the family that Dick Grayson hasn’t been doing well… for a while.
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Eye of the Storm by froot__loopity
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
14 Mar 2022
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Dick Grayson becomes once again a traumatized volatile murderous eight year old, and the only thing more surprising is how adept Bruce is at handling him.
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little suns by ScarlettSwordMoon for Literarian
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman and Robin (Comics)
23 Aug 2021
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While Bruce was presumed dead, Dick adopted Damian. Now that Bruce has returned, the three of them struggle to adjust to the new status quo. AKA Five times Dick struggled with being a father and a son, and one time he got the balance right.
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if the sun's upset and the sky goes cold by CamsthiSky
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
21 Jul 2024
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Dick is finally forced to deal with the exploding pressure from being a vigilante for almost his entire life.
aka Dick and Bruce agree therapy might be necessary
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- Part 1 of ultraviolet