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TEN THINGS BARRY AND OLLIE KNOW ABOUT BRUCE AND DICK

1. Bruce's first memory of Dick is when he was staring down in horror as his parents fell to their deaths. It was terrible to see that little boy scramble down off the platform, crying and shaking and begging for his mom and dad to get up in Romanian, reverting to his childhood language in shock. Bruce was frozen, unable to process such a familiar scene, even as Dick hit his knees besides his parents and shook them, begging and crying for them to get up, please get up!

2. Bruce's best memory of Dick was when he was Robin and he could've let Zucco drop four stories...and he didn't. Bruce had lunged for Zucco as he stumbled off the platform, but Dick had swept in and caught him, dumping him in the police's hands. Bruce has never been prouder, and it was then that he realized that whether or not Dick had discovered he was Batman, Dick would've gone into law enforcement.

3. Bruce's worst memory of Dick was when he was Robin and the Joker got to him four hours before Bruce did. Bruce has never been so terrified. His little boy-his son-was bloody and bruised and burnt, prone on the ground. When Bruce rushed up and took off his mask, Dick had meekly, drunkly, said, "Hey, Dad," shocking him for an instant. He got another shock when he realized that there were burns all over his face. He can't forgive himself for not getting there earlier.

4. Bruce knows never to blow off Friday's family dinners, or there will be consequences. The first time he did, Dick gave him a pathetic, sad look across the breakfast table Saturday. The second time he did, Dick gave him the cold shoulder all of Saturday. The third time he did, Dick changed every lock, code, and password on every computer and tech system in the place. Bruce never missed another Friday dinner without expressed permission.

5. Bruce has only hit Dick out of uniform once. Dick was still learning not to use is Romanian-English language blend he used growing up, but Bruce knew that he knew what 'no' meant, and Bruce meant no when Dick kept inching dangerously closer to the antique vase. On the fifth time Bruce told him not to go near it, Dick touches it. Enough's enough, and Bruce slaps his hand-hard. Immediately the boy yanks his hand back and cradles the red appendage, looking up to Bruce with teary baby blues. "I told you not to go near it," Bruce scolds, but Dick bursts into tears and throws both arms around him before he can get anything else out. Bruce is caught off guard but instinctively hugs him back, but the dramatic reaction is enough to scare Bruce into never hitting Dick out of uniform again.

6. Bruce remembers where Dick got every single scar on his body. He can recall every single reason behind every single scar on Dick's body, and he has so many scars he has to wears jeans and long-sleeve shirts and concealer. The one he remembers the most is the half-moon burn scar under his right eye.

7. Bruce has had to explain to Dick fourteen times that he's allowed to defend himself against bullies, as long as he doesn't reveal that he is Robin. That being said...(see below).

8. Bruce has been in Gotham Academy's elementary and middle school's principal's office...fourteen times. He has been called from meetings, the Watch Tower, and several missions to get to the principal's office to discuss Dick's 'behavior'. When Bruce and Dick get back and Alfred asks what happened, the story's always the same: the other guy threw the first punch. Then, being a Bat, Alfred asks who won. The answer's always the same, and Alfred simply rolls his eyes and says, "As expected."

9. Bruce had no idea how Dick would react when he took in Jason, Tim, Damian, Cass, and Steph. He was apprehensive each time he signed the adoption papers, but Dick took each new addition with grace, naturally fitting into his role as big brother. He expected jealousy, he expected moodiness, he expected pouting. Instead he was met with excitement, joy, and, somehow, more happiness than DIck had ever exhibited before. He figures that Dick's need to be with people is that much easier to satisfy...that, and the other five love Dick just as much as he loves them.

10. Bruce loves Dick. Bruce may not act like it-he may act like he can barely stand him sometimes-but Dick knows it, Bruce knows it, and Alfred knows it, and that's anybody who has to know anything about it. Bruce just doesn't realize how much he really loves Dick until he wakes up one morning in his bed, sore and exhausted, and finds a comforting warmth against his healing bullet wound in the form of his first son, sound asleep next to him on the bed.


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