A/N) So I have a bunch of random plot bunnies that are bouncing around.

Some ore probably gonna be really short and some might connect but most will be stand-alones

Anyway, I hope you guys fallow this and give it a chance.

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Dick was hiding. Hiding from bullies.

He hates this place. He hates Gotham, everyone in Gotham, and this school, and the people in this school. His mouth twists into an angry frown when he peers through the thick leaves to see where those jerks were.

They were milling around still looking for 'the pipsqueak circus charity case.' so they could make his life even more miserable. Dick didn't really care he just doesn't want to go home with another bruise to explain. Because then Bruce would get all silent and thinking and that made the ten year old uncomfortable.

Bruce was nothing like his dad. Where Dad would listen and understand why Dick would have those bruises, Bruce would look passive. Dad would maybe make a joke of it, tell him he looked tough or whatever and then show him how to give the other guys the same mark. Bruce would grunt and give him awkward reprimands about how he should be more carful and to avoid picking fights. Like it was his fault.

He's been with Bruce for three months now - three long, agonizing months of silent hallways, lonely dinners, and dark nights. Alfred helped a little but - but Dick had thought that when Bruce said he would help him deal with his grief - that he would, you know, actually help.

But he rarely saw the man. Always at work in the day and never at home at night.

Dick thinks he'd have better company at his parents grave than he does at the huge manor.

He used to be a kid of jokes and smiles and laughter - but it was hard to smile or laugh in that giant place . . . when there was no one to smile or laugh for.

"You gonna stay up there forever?"

Dick startles, his grip almost slipping from the tree branch he was clinging to. He grumbles at the scratches and looks down.

A pair of big blue eyes look back at him.

"Hello." She smiles, her freckled nose wrinkles cutely and Dick feels like someone sucker punched him right in the gut.

"H-hello?" How did she find him up here? Nobody thinks to look for him this high up, they don't know he can climb this high up. "Who - who are you?"

She smiles wider, her twin red tails shine under the sun and little Dick has the strange notion they might smell like strawberries. "I'm Barbara. And you're Dick Grayson." She says, pointing at him in certainty.

"Uh - yah . . .how'd you know?" She was really pretty - please don't be a jerk, please don't be a mean -

"Everyone's heard of Bruce Wayne's 'charity case'." Her smile dims a bit. "Sorry about your parents." She sighs, as if it's somehow her fault that tragedy took place.

Dick likes her.

"Hang on a sec." He stands, she gasps when he jumps, grabs another branch, flips forward and somersaults in the air before landing perfectly on his feet in front of her.

"Wow - " She claps. "You're good. A show off, but good."

For the first time since his parents death, Dick feels his heart lighten as he takes in the little girl in front of him. "Thanks." He blushes. "Nice to meet you, Barbara."

"You to, Dick." And she reaches for his hand.

He jerks when she grasps his fingers, her smile never falling off. "C'mon, let's go play kick ball, I bet I'm better at that than you." She challenges with a grin.

Dick feels himself smile and lets her drag him off. "We'll just see about that." He teases and takes off faster.

Barbara laughs behind him.

Maybe he doesn't hate everyone in Gotham.

Poor little Dickie bird.

I figured he'd be a bit resentful in his early stages of grief. He bounces back pretty quickly considering. But right now he' s a sad, lonely, depressed ten year old without any friends and Bruce sucks at feeling a whole lot more in the beginning than he does by the time Damian rolls around.

Which is saying something.

Yah - on a less sad note, isn't tiny Babs adorable! Little freckled red head!

Hope you guys liked this snapshot.

I'm sure more will come soon!