"Dami! Come on, it's time for bed." Dick yelled as the little 4 year old poked his head through the railings of the top of the stairs.
"Not tired!" Damian yelled back to his older brother. He pulled his head out of the railings and jumped down the stairs. At the halfway point on the stairs, Dick scooped Damian up and carried him off to his bed. As soon as Dick set Damian on the bed, Damian attempted to jump off the bed, but Dick grabbed him by the waist and tucked him under the covers.
"Time for sleep baby D." Dick ruffled his little brother's hair before leaning over the bed to turn the light off before a little arm grabbed his wrist.
"But I'm not tired!" Damian whined. Dick chuckled and sat down on the covers, next to Damian.
"Then how about a story?" Dick asked, knowing the answer already. Damian eagerly got closer to Dick and looked up at his brother as he awaited the beginning of the story.
"Once upon a time, there was a rich king named Bruce, of the kingdom of Gotham. King Bruce lived in a beautiful castle with only his servant for company, for the past king and queen had been killed by a thief.
The kingdom of Gotham was once a great town, but thieves and bandits had started to ruin the town. To save his kingdom, the king decided to become a hero to save the town."
"Batman!" Damian said eagerly. Dick laughed lightly before continuing on.
"That's right Dami! The king became the Batman to stop the bandits from hurting the people of the town.
As time went on, the Batman continued to help the town, but King Bruce was still so lonely. The circus was in the kingdom, so the king went to go see it. The last group performing was the Grayson family. There was Mary Grayson, John Grayson, and their child, Richard Grayson."
"Dickie." Damian cut in again, pointing up at his older brother. Dick smiled back at Damian.
"Yup Damian. Dickie and his parents flew across the top of the circus, until one of the ropes snapped, and Dick's parents fell. King Bruce knew how the young boy felt, so he took him in to be the prince of the kingdom.
Prince Dick soon found out about King Bruce being Batman, and after that, the prince helped Batman fight crime as Robin. The two partners continued to make the village a better place.
One day, Batman was fighting crime, when he saw a young peasant boy sitting in the street. Batman asked him where his parents were and what his name was. The little boy looked up with a sad face, saying that his name was Tim, and he didn't have any parents anymore."
"Timmy?" Damian said sleepily.
"Right again D. Having a soft heart inside, King Bruce took Tim in to be another prince. Prince Tim and Prince Dick were happy to be brothers, and they didn't think life could get any better.
But then, soon after, a queen from another kingdom, that the king had met before, came to the castle with a bundle of blankets in her arms. When the king asked what was in the blankets, the queen pulled a blanket away to show a baby boy that looked just like the king. She handed him to King Bruce, telling him his name was Damian, and he was the son of the king."
Dick paused, expecting to hear Damian acknowlegdge that the baby was him, but looking over, Dick realized Damian was on the verge of sleeping on Dick's side. Dick got up and began to tuck Damian back in as he finished the story quietly.
"The castle and the entire kingdom loved the new Prince Damian, especially his brothers. And the princes and the king and the entire kingdom lived happily ever after."
Dick kissed Damian's sleeping forehead before turning the light off and leaving the room.
"That was a nice story." Dick turned around to see Bruce in the suit he had worn to a galla he had to attend tonight.
"Thank you again for tucking him in and telling him that bedtime story." Bruce praised Dick. Dick smiled as he thought of the story again.
"Well, that's what families do."
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46. Family. This was going to be fairy tale, but I wanna save that one.
I know Jason wasn't included in this one, but since I'm adding this to be a random story mix, he will be in other things!