Batman and Melodrama — Masterlist

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Masterlist

Most my work can be found on Ao3 under Cdelphiki.

Long Fics:

Life Happens

Words: 176,986

Works in series: 7

Main relationship: Tim Drake & Damian Wayne

Summary: Tim and Damian are ambushed and shot into an alternate universe without any means of returning.  They have to live in this world where superheroes don’t exist while they figure out a way home and end up making lives for themselves in the meantime.  

In for a Pound

Series in progress, 250k+ words

Works in series: 5

Main relationship: Bruce & his kids, Bruce/Selina

Summary: Baby Damian AU where Bruce raises Damian from infancy.  The series will cover the introduction of all the batkids.  

Works:

In For a Penny: Damian joins the family (and Dick gets adopted)

Precedent: Jason joins the family

The Best Things: Tim and Cass join the family (Current WIP)

Cracked Foundation

Words: 20,902

Relationship: Jason Todd & Damian Wayne

Summary: Damian runs off to visit the Art Gallery without telling anyone where he’s going.  He runs into Jason there, just as the building collapses.  Forced to spend a full day together while awaiting rescue, Damian and Jason both learn a lot about each other and themselves. 

Not All Kidnappings are Bad

Words: 40,573

Relationship: Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd & Dick Grayson, Jason Todd & Alfred Pennyworth

Summary: Bruce rescues a 9-year-old Jason from kidnappers one night. Jason refuses to get help from police or social services, so Bruce helps him a little more personally. He just didn’t think through how a 9-year-old former human trafficking victim would react to being sedated and waking up in a billionaire’s house. It’s a long and emotional road to happy family.

The Time Before

Words: 80,544

Relationships: Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd & Dick Grayson

Summary: Jason is nineteen years old and Red Hood and he’s happy about it, okay? He likes his life exactly how it is even though he’s legally dead and only ever does anything as Red Hood. Oh, also he hates Bruce because Bruce sucks. Then Black Mask gets his hands on some stupid alien time travel thing, and the next thing Jason knew, he was ten years in the past in his nine-year-old body. And Bruce Wayne was the only damn person on the planet he knew he could convince to harbor him. So he dragged his feet all the way to the Manor and somehow convinced the Batman of ten years ago to help him. In doing so, he accidentally got little-Jason adopted early, and maybe also realized Bruce only partially sucked. 

Reclaiming Innocence

Posted under a different pseudonym. 

Words: too many (170k+)

Relationships: Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne, Jason Todd & Alfred Pennyworth

Rating: T, borderline M. 

Summary: Much darker than my other fics, follows a ‘what if’ Jason was trafficked instead of becoming a homeless child, and is ‘sold’ to Bruce (Bruce ‘buys’ him to rescue him) and then starts his journey to Bruce’s son from that starting point. Fic can best be described as a slow burn found family abuse recovery fic, emphasis on the slow. 

One-shots:

Canon Fix-its/what-ifs 

What is Earned and What is Given

Relationship: Bruce Wayne & Tim Drake

Summary: Fix it for Batman #657.  Tim tells Bruce Damian should ‘earn’ Bruce’s love, like everyone else.  Bruce sets Tim straight. 

To Cheat Death

Relationship: Bruce Wayne & Jason Todd

Summary: Fix-it for Death in the Family.  When Bruce finds Jason’s unconscious form in the rubble of the warehouse, he calls out for help. Clark gets them up to the watchtower and it only goes uphill from there. 

Second Chance

Relationships: Bruce & Talia, Jason, Dick, Damian.  Mentioned Bruce/Talia.

Summary: Damian starts his training at the ripe old age of 18-months-old. Talia realizes in that instant she made a horrible mistake when she told Bruce she miscarried. All it takes is one phone call to fix everything.  

Where Mourning Ends

Relationship: Bruce Wayne & Jason Todd

Summary: Fix-it for Batman #641. Instead of fighting, the second Bruce realizes the Red Hood is his son, he hugs him.  JUST LIKE A GRIEVING PARENT WOULD, DC, FIGHT ME.

When the World is Ending

Relationship: Jason Todd & Damian Wayne

Summary: Set after DCeased #3, what-if Jason went and found the other heroes and, most importantly, his only surviving brother.  (This was written before #4 was released, so obviously everything DCeased: Unkillables isn’t canon for it)

Tim & Damian

Most of these fics share the same theme: ‘brotherly bonding’ between Tim and Damian.  A lot of them are Whumptober prompts.  

Insomnia

Words: 1,498

Summary: Damian can’t sleep and ends up finding comfort in the company of Tim.

Poisoned

Words: 3,637

Summary: Tim has come down with the flu, but accuses Damian of poisoning him.  Set during Dick’s tenure as Batman just after Tim was fired as Robin. 

Kidnapped

Words: 1,589

Summary: Tim is supposed to pick Damian up from school, but doesn’t want to deal with the line, so he asks Damian to walk a few blocks to his car.  During the walk, Damian is kidnapped.  

Stranded

Words: 2,946

Summary: Tim and Damian’s plane crashes in the middle of a forest and they have to survive together for a little while until the rescue crews find them.  

Hypothermia

Words: 2,420

Summary: While on a mission, Damian falls through the ice on a pond, and Tim has to rescue him.  

Drugged

Words: 3,018

Summary: Tim and Damian are captured by a drug lord who tests one of his new creations on Tim.  The drug ends up loosening Tim’s lips and he says nothing but hilarious things for the rest of the night.  Well, they were pretty infuriating things to Damian.

Worse Company

Words: 4,291

Summary: While flying to meet up with Bruce and the family for Christmas, bad weather cancels Tim and Damian’s flight, leaving them stranded in Chicago together on Christmas Eve.  They end up doing a Christmas movie marathon in the hotel room.

Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne

Again, we’ve got some Whumptober prompts.  

“No, Stop!”

Words: 2,645

Summary: Damian gets dosed with fear toxin, and it takes Bruce longer than he’d like to admit to notice. Also with some Damian & Jason for good measure.

Bloody Hands

Words: 2,498

tw: graphic depictions of violence

Summary: Damian come across a pretty gruesome scene, the suicide or brutal murder of a civilian. (It’s not explicitly stated what happened)  While trying to save the unknown man, Damian starts having flashbacks to the first time he had to commit murder.  Bruce is there to bring Damian back to earth and reassure him of his humanity. 

Fever

Words: 2,249

Summary: Bruce is left alone with Damian for a week, but it starts off pretty rough when Bruce ends up getting sick. 

Jason & Bruce

Various one shots centered around Bruce and Jason. Sometimes Jason is baby, sometimes not. But let’s be honest, he’s usually baby. 

When the Lights are Dimmed

Relationship: Bruce Wayne & (baby) Jason Todd

Summary: Jason has been living with Bruce for 8 months, and isn’t Robin yet. Bruce gets injured on patrol, and wakes up with a bad concussion in bed, with Jason sitting next to him. Apparently Bruce gets emotional when he’s concussed. 

Strays

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Relationship: Bruce Wayne & (baby) Jason Todd

Words: 9708

Summary: While out on patrol, Bruce encounters a scared, starving, stray puppy, and is starkly reminded of another stray he’d found in an alley, just a few months prior. Jason was still settling in, and didn’t fully trust Bruce yet, but maybe he’d like having a puppy. Dogs could help children feel safe, after all. That’s all Bruce wanted for Jason. 

Friendly Fire

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Relationship: Bruce Wayne & Jason Todd

Words: 1914

Summary: Jason accidentally shoots Damian and Bruce did not react at all as Jason was expecting.

Miscellaneous 

Various relationships that I haven’t written enough of to justify their own category. 

Reluctant Allies

Relationship: Jason Todd & Tim Drake

Words: 3187

Summary: Jason is Red Hood, but definitely over messing with the Bats. He spends his patrols taking care of Crime Alley, and completely ignoring their existence. But when Joker kidnaps the current Robin, Tim Drake, and Bruce and all the other bats are nowhere to be seen, Jason realizes he can’t just sit by and watch Joker murder Tim live on TV. Saving Tim doesn’t mean he likes him though. Obviously. 

Abandoned, but not Forgotten

Words: 3419

Relationship: Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne

Summary: Bruce hasn’t spoken to Tim in weeks. Months, maybe. Not outside work. So when Tim Drake is kidnapped one day, and no one is there to see, he starts to worry that no one even noticed… And when Bruce doesn’t even answer his phone to receive the ransom demand, he starts to spiral. 

Long Overdue

Words: 1,672

Relationships: Bruce Wayne & Talia Al Ghul, Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne

Based off Super Sons #14

Summary: Bruce finds out that Talia attacked Damian at school and has words for her.  Seen from an outsider’s perspective.  

Stabbed

Words: 1,072

Relationship: Damian Wayne & Ra’s Al Ghul

Warning: child abuse and hurt no comfort.  ((Poor smol Damian needs a hug.))

Damian is ordered to commit his first murder.  He refuses and Ra’s is not pleased.