Angst now, after all the fun we had in the previous chapter.
To read the article which inspired 'I am Batman' go to Washington Post and search for the article 'Offbeat Name? Then Facebook's No Friend'.
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Nightmares
"Dad?"
"Bruce?"
"I can't sleep."
"A nightmare, huh? Bats again?" His son nods, and quickly climbs onto the huge bed, lying down between his parents.
"Can I stay?" he asks his father, huge dark eyes wide.
"Yes."
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"Alfred?"
He's already been waiting. "Bruce– Master Wayne?"
"I can't sleep." Silent tears run down the boy's face from those dark eyes.
"Nightmares?" He's already out of bed, pulling on his dressing gown and taking the small hand, they walk back to Bruce's room.
Once the boy is tucked in, he turns to his butler, eyes wide but dry. "Will you stay?"
"Yes."
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Wanted to draw parallels between Thomas Wayne and Alfred and how Bruce sees Alfred as a father figure (Which is why it annoys me sometimes when Bruce treats Alfred very much like his butler (Yes, I know that he's the butler, but they could be more; father and son. Though I suppose then their interaction wouldn't be as fun.). Just go and adopt each other already!)
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