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disclaimer: i will own this when Jason Todd comes to my dimension and we sit down and watch batman under the red hood together and not have feels.

so never.


"I dare you," Jason said, looking over Dick's shoulder at the flyer. In bright blue letters were the words 'Nightwing Costume Contest!'. It wasn't the first time Gotham had done a hero themed costume contest for Halloween. Last year it was Robin, and the year before that, Batman. Both years they had all been busy, but this year Dick and Jason were able to go. And if Dick was going to make Jason go, he was at least going to have a bit of fun with it.

"Bruce'll kill me..." He smirked.

"Come on, you gotta. I wanna see you lose," Jason's face spread into a cocky grin as he thought of how funny it would be if the actual Nightwing lost in a Nightwing costume contest. Dick raised an eyebrow.

"Fine then, I'll do it. What happens when I win?" Jason thought for a moment. There was a very real chance that Dick could win it, unless...

"I'll wear my old uniform for a whole day," he said, mentally cringing at the thought of the scaly green underwear.

"And if I lose?"

"You have to wear you're old uniform for the whole day."

"Deal."


"No." Jason looked at the teen, who was still refusing to help. Tim continued to stare at the screen, typing away madly.

"Come on, you're the only one who could out think him and come up with some way to beat him." Jason was basically begging, and he hated begging, especially for Tim. But there was no way he was putting on his old uniform.

"Well than you should have thought of that before you agreed."

"Tim I swear-"

"Jason, I'm busy. There's a reason I didn't agree to go with Dick before. Now leave me alone, I've got a massive report to write up and I'm not even half way through." Jason had no idea if it was a school report or a mission report, but either way it wasn't something he could help with. He figured leaving him alone was the quickest way to get it done.


Jason was still fuming that Tim refused to come as Nightwing, now making the chance that Dick would win extremely high. The two went to the sign up place and got a few looks and "nice costume" towards Dick. There was still about an hour until the contest, so the boy decided to make the most of it.

The first ride they went on was a small but still fast roller coster that had a loop the loop and a couple of corkscrews. Dick sat on the worn, red seats, letting himself be strapped in. He looked towards his brother and grinned. Both brothers were used to far scarier things, so no screams would be let out, instead only laughter could be heard from the boys. Jason, being the little rebel that he was, stuck his hands up into the air even though the sign said not to. Dick laughed at his stupid attempt to be badass, but joined him in the small act of rebellion. When they got off they were given hard looks from the staff, but it was pitiful next to the Batglare.

They spent the rest of their time going on all of the other rides and playing some of the games. As hard as Jason's exterior was, Dick could see the pure joy in his eyes when he won one of the games. His face quickly feel when he realised his prize was a Batman plush doll.

It was finally time for the contest, and all the 'Nightwings' stood up in a line. Jason couldn't hold back his laughter as Dick stood there, glaring at him through the mask. Some of the costumes were done right stupid; young children no more than eight in flimsy cotton costumes and masks held on with an elastic band. A few of the adult's and older teen's costumes didn't look half bad, but there was no way anyone with a trained eye would fight in them. One kids went all out, his costume matching Dick's down to the thread count, and special effects make-up to give himself a few light scars on his face and a few hand-shaped bruises on his neck. His hair was ebony like Dick's and he swore he knew him from somewhere...

Third place was given to one of the adults, who actually did a pretty good job.
Second went to Dick.
First went to the kid who went all out.

Both Dick and the kid walked towards him, the boy trailing behind Dick slightly as if not to be noticed. Then it clicked.

"Good on you Timmy, I knew you'd come around!" Jason said, slapping his younger brother on the back. Dick spun around.

"Tim, I can't believe you would do such a thing!" Dick exclaimed.

"You'll forgive me by tomorrow, where as he'd hold a grudge for the rest of the year," Tim replied, jerking a thumb towards Jason.

"How did you win?! I mean, I am Nightwing!" He hushed his tone a bit as he said the last part.

"Exactly, you are Nightwing, so you have no idea what your own fans are like. Most of the pictures of Nightwing are him fighting, all bloody and bruised, dirty suit and all. You show up in a squeaky clean uniform and not a flaw on your skin and people don't thing that's realistic."

"Knew you'd find a way to out smart him!" Jason sneered as they all got into the car.

"I always do. You owe me big time by the way, I'm going to have to pull an all nighter to finish that stupid report, and I haven't slept in three days." Tim yawned, sat in the backseat curled up, and the two older boys were unsure if he'd even make it home.

"A deals a deal. Tomorrow you're wearing that costume for the whole day." Jason sneered.

"Dude, I don't even know if it'll fit."

"We'll just get Alfred to alter it."

"I hate you so much right now."


There had always been a very strict 'no costumes upstairs' rule. This, coupled with the fact that Dick hadn't been Robin in years, lead Bruce to believe he was still asleep when he came down to breakfast. Damian was sitting and eating, trying his best to ignore everyone else. Tim looked like he was going to fall asleep, but couldn't keep the smile off his face. Jason looked like he was about to die of silent laughter. And Dick was blushing bright red and he sat there, eating his breakfast, in his old Robin uniform. Bruce looked at him blinked, and raised his hand as Dick went to explain.

"I don't even want to know," he stated, sitting down and eating his breakfast.

The first three Robins nodded.

You don't want to know.


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