Living Shadow Part 2

Rating: T

Pairings: None

Ages: Bruce: 29, Danny: 15, Dick: 9.

Summary: Danny's never had a brother before, nor has he ever had a younger sibling before. It's hard not to be a bit protective. Dick really likes having Danny for a brother and Bruce is a good guardian. Bruce is surprised at how happy his boys have made him.

Extra Notes: Here's the second part and the beginning of Danny in big brother position. I might make more chapters per brother than just one each. If you want, you can give me some ideas of things you'd like to see Danny and Dick do and experience before I move onto Jason.


He felt ashamed to say that he envied Dick Grayson a little bit, if only because he'd at least been given the chance to see his family's funeral. Most of those feelings though, Danny pushed away and watched as the boy's tears ran silently down his face and mixed with the rain.

Bruce stood right next to him and Danny could just feel the sharp sticking aching pain feelings that started to come from his adoptive father every time he thought of his deceased parents. He hated that feeling, because that meant Bruce was hurting and he could feel everyone else hurting too to some degree and it hurt him.

Danny felt a hand rest on his shoulder and his tenseness there relaxed a bit. He could help them by staying and being there and getting them to smile later.

He glanced at Dick again as the younger boy's face finally crumpled a bit and true grief came to his once stoic face. He was coming home with them, according to what Alfred had told him earlier. Bruce had been too busy with actually getting it to happen to explain. Danny hadn't really cared. Alfred had seemed somewhat relieved at that and had murmured something about him being a blessing or something.

Dick had finally gotten himself a bit more under-control by the time the service started to end. Danny was tempted to hug the kid, but wasn't sure if that was crossing a boundary so soon. Then again he was the son of Jack Fenton, who'd never understood personal boundaries and had boisterously said that Fentons were huggers. Danny watched Bruce move out from behind him and offer a hand to the young Grayson, not expecting true contact.

"Are you ready, Richard? We can take as much time as you want."

Dick glanced up at Bruce before fixing his gaze on the ground again. "I- we can- we can come back, right?"

Danny felt his chest tighten and his was sure Bruce felt the same. The older man's face softened. "Of course. Whenever you like."

Dick was quiet for a moment and only the sounds of rainfall and people shuffling to their vehicles could be heard. "Yeah, I'm ready." Bruce let his hand hover hesitantly over Dick's back as they moved towards Alfred and the limo. Danny felt the other arm wrap around his shoulders gently. Bruce was a busy man, Danny was used to busy parents and taking care of himself. He couldn't help but think the man would need his help with the younger boy. The mansion was quiet and empty, which while somewhat pleasing to his ghostly half, wouldn't be as inviting to a boy that had lived so close to people and excited loud noise all the time.

Danny glanced up and locked eyes with Alfred and he could see a softness enter the elder man's eyes. He'd found that he was a lot like Alfred when it came to caring for people.

They could all handle this, together.

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Two weeks later…

"Dude, that's insane," Danny murmured and then gave a smirk. Dick grinned back at him before pulling out of the scorpion pose he'd taken.

"I could teach ya, I think."

"Eh, I'm not too flexible."

Dick laughed at that. "Hello, you gotta practice that."

Danny gave the boy a fond look. "Pfft, I'll leave that to you, you monkey."

"Ha! Monkey, am I?"

Danny didn't get much of a warning before Dick had leapt and latched himself onto his back. Danny roared in surprise and then laughter before rushing out of the gym area and down the hall. "Alfred! Alfie! Alfie help! I've got a monkey on my back!" They skidded into the entrance hall just as Alfred did.

"Master Daniel, Master Dick, no running in the halls. Please do keep that to the gym or the outdoors."

The older man gasped slightly and Danny yelped when his heel slid and he teetered backwards. In the flash, Danny spun and slammed his chin and forearms onto the marble rather than continue backwards to squash Dick.

"Whoa! Danny, you okay?"

Danny shook his head slightly and then laughed a bit nervously. "Yeah I'm good." Alfred walked closer and gave Danny a pointed look. "Yeah yeah, no more running in the halls."

Dick had the grace to look a little shamed as well.

Alfred smirked a bit. "I suppose it's only fitting that a couple of monkeys would enjoy homemade banana pudding later, hm?" He turned on his heel and marched back towards the kitchen without waiting for an answer.

Danny could already feel his mouth watering. "He's a gift, I swear." Dick only snickered.

"I'll admit he's something."

Danny and Dick's heads jerked up to see Bruce standing in the doorway with his briefcase. Somehow, Alfred had reappeared in time and helped to hang Bruce's coat and take his case.

"Welcome home, Master Bruce. We have two monkeys visiting today, so we'll be having banana pudding later." Again the man turned and left without further comment.

Bruce looked at them as the boys picked themselves up from the ground. "I can't believe I have to ask, but you two don't really have two monkeys here do you? I can never tell when Alfred is joking."

Danny chuckled nervously and Dick started to laugh loudly at the thought. "No, Bruce. No monkeys here but us I guess."

A ghost of a smile came to Bruce's face at that. From the shadows, Alfred couldn't help the pleased smile that came to his own face.

"Have you been studying, Dick?" Bruce asked.

Dick nodded, but grew a bit solemn at the mention. "Yeah."

Danny looked closely at Dick as his smile faded and crouched. "What's wrong?"

Bruce stood still, hoping Danny's question would be answered easily enough. Dick sighed.

"Are we sure there's no way I could test into seventh grade?" Dick finished with a small desperate whine. Danny and Bruce exchanged sympathetic glances at each other at the request. Dick had been nervous about going to school, once the school season started up again, and had wanted nothing more than to go to the same school as Danny. Unfortunately, Gotham Academy's cut off was 7th grade and didn't go any lower.

While Bruce was fairly certain that Dick was brilliant enough to skip a grade, maybe two, there was the social aspect of being with students much older and larger that was the problem. He was estimating that fifth grade was where Dick would end up and that meant a different school, away from Danny.

Bruce let out a sigh. "Unfortunately no, Dick." He walked closer and placed a hand on the boy's head as Danny stood straight. "You're brilliant, but the age gap just isn't going to allow it."

Dick mumbled something under his breath in frustration. Danny chuckled and nudged his brother. "Ah come on. I know it stinks, but don't be a sour puss."

Dick sneered playfully at Danny before fake punching his gut. "I'm not a sour puss."

"I don't know, sure looks like it."

"No way."

"Totally."

"Nuh-uh."

"Prove it."

Dick then gave Danny a blinding smile that looked a little on the painful side and almost made him think of the Joker, except for the fact that it was too cute. Danny laughed happily at that. "You win."

"Are you all ready for a little mid-afternoon snack?" Alfred voice drifted out to the trio. With no further prompting, they made for the kitchen.

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One month later…

Falling down- down- down- DOWN.

Dick jerked slightly and found himself staring at a moonlit ceiling. Rain battered the windows of his room and a flash of lightning brought more bluish light into the room before the rumbling of thunder followed.

He could fall back asleep. He could do it. Dick squeezed his stuffed elephant tighter. He shouldn't bother Bruce.

Several quite minutes passed before he slunk out of the bed and left his toy behind to venture into the hall. Within a few moments, he found Bruce's bedroom door and walked in.

"Hm?" Dick hummed surprised and a bit worried. Bruce wasn't in bed. Well maybe Danny wouldn't mind then. He turned and shut the door quietly before padding down the hallway back towards his and Danny's rooms. Only to find that Danny was also not where he should be. "Where are they?"

A flicker of panic started to well in Dick's chest. He needed them right now. Where were they? Maybe Alfred knew? He headed off in the direction that would lead him through the living room and towards the other wing of the house, where Alfred's apartment was.

He was just about enter the living room when he heard something moving. Dick glanced around the corner to see Alfred walk through the living room and enter Bruce's office. "Maybe he couldn't sleep and decided to work." Dick walked forward slowly and then cracked open the door to the office. He let out a small gasp when he saw Alfred step through a doorway and the grandfather clock slid closed behind him.

Dick jogged over and started looking all over the clock only to notice that the hands of the clock had changed from where they'd been when Alfred had used the door. He carefully placed the hands where he recalled seeing them and smothered a yelp when the clock slid over and revealed the dark entrance. After a few moments of fearful hesitation, Dick descended into darkness.

He was gobsmacked to find a massive cave filled with strange vehicles, weapons, and suits. He stopped when he saw one display tube that held a gray suit with a large black bat shape on the chest. "No way…"

"Oh my, Master Dick."

Dick whirled around only to see Alfred and…

"Batman…" Indeed, the dark knight himself was standing next to Alfred, staring at him through those white lenses.

"Well, it could be worse."

Dick looked all around for the source of the familiar voice and found nothing. Batman turned slightly. "How do you figure that?"

"Ah well, um… He could've found out in a non-secure environment?"

"Ah, good save, Master Daniel."

Dick blinked as a glowing white and black figure appeared behind Batman and blinked his green glowing orbs at him. He sucked in a sharp breath when the stranger gave a familiar smile. "Hey Dick."

The young boy watched as Batman pulled back his cowl and the other person, who he was sure was somehow Danny, was bathed in a white light and transformed.

Bruce, wearing a Batman suit, and Danny in his pajamas, stood before him. Danny looked mighty uncomfortable and Bruce kept staring at him with a straight face.

"You're gonna teach me too, right?"

Bruce's face remained blank, Alfred gave a suffering sigh of hidden worry, and Danny laughed.

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Three and a half months later…

"I know what you did, Zucco and soon the Gotham PD will too." Batman crept closer, still keeping his cape closed. He watched Tony Zucco's face pale when his shadow started to writhe.

The criminal seemed to grasp his cool again. He snarled at Batman. "Is dat so?" Zucco growled and threw a knife. Batman didn't budge as a second weapon flew into range and knocked the knife spinning away. A red, green, and yellow boomerang shaped weapon sunk into the dirt floor of the warehouse.

A smaller figure jumped down from the rafters, standing beside Batman. Robin had a grim look on his face.

Zucco laughed briefly, though a hint of nervousness still lingered in it. "So even the Batman has family, eh? Is dis gig a family business or what?"

Robin snarled at the man's wording before running forward. Zucco scoffed and swung to punch the boy, only for him to jump up and land on the man's neck and back. Robin vaulted off of him and landed far behind him. He turned and dashed at Zucco, landing a couple of painful jabs to the man's chest before Batman grabbed the crook and penned him roughly to the ground.

"Boys! A little help!" Tony cried out and the call was answered by two hulking men. One rushed Robin while the other rushed Batman. Batman was forced to release Zucco and flipped back at the same time that Robin did. The three men sneered and drew closer. "Now this is more like it!" Moments later, Zucco turned sharply at the cut off scream that came from one of his men. The other goon looked white as a sheet and was staring at the floor.

"He's just gone boss! A shadow swallowed 'em up!"

Zucco looked back up only for Robin's foot to slam into his face. The other man was incapacitated quickly by Batman before he turned to see Robin standing over the unconscious Zucco.

"Robin."

"I'm… I'm fine." Robin glanced up and nodded at Batman. He looked over and saw a black shadow shape into his brother and blink his green glowing eyes at him.

Batman nodded quietly and moved to properly restrain the criminals. "Where's the third one, Phantom?"

Robin rose a brow when he saw the shadow turn into the more traditional white and black form of Phantom, who smirked. "Suck upside down to the wall outside."

Robin let out a cackle that broke some of the tense atmosphere. "This I gotta see! Can ya give me a lift?"

Phantom nodded and wrapped an arm around Robin's waist before flying them through the wall. Batman paused briefly in his work when he heard the echoing laughter from his two apprentices.

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One and a half months later…

Dick hummed, tapped his foot and looked at his wrist-watch. Alfred was nearly ten minutes late and he was bored.

He'd finished all his homework for the next few days and was hoping that Danny wouldn't have much to do either. He was patient though and knew Bruce would help Danny when the older boy had difficulties. They'd discovered recently that his brother had trouble with certain subjects for some reason. Danny was smart, that wasn't a question, but he did have trouble grasping certain math concepts and literature related tasks.

Once Danny did get his homework done, he hoped they could play some video games. Dick was snapped out of his thoughts by a scream from some nearby kids and a teacher. He whipped his head to the left in time to see a couple masked men rushing at him after having climbed out of a black van.

He bolted. Dick cursed his age and stature, because regardless of how fast he was, he hadn't gotten enough distance between himself and the men before their longer strides made up the difference. Dick shouted in fear at being snatched up. I big hand punched the back of his head and he saw stars.

He vaguely heard the sound of a van's door sliding shut and could feel hands squeezing his arms before his world went black.

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Bruce was pretty good at keeping a cool head. He'd studied so many ways to control one's mind and emotions in his travels as a younger man.

And as much as he would flat out state to anyone, especially some certain super-powered friends er acquaintances of his, that he was calm, he knew deep down that he was anything but calm.

First Commissioner Gordon had called, then Alfred, and then finally the kidnappers. He wanted really badly to throw something after hearing the demand. It wasn't the price so much as the sound of his brave son's voice that barely had a tremble to it, but told him that Dick was scared. His son was in danger. He didn't know someone could feel this kind of anger and fear.

Then he'd looked at Danny and seen a strange expression on his other son's face. Later when he'd gotten the chance to be alone with Danny and Alfred, he'd seen how Danny was trembling and barely keeping the green from overtaking his eyes.

He was concerned about letting Danny slip away to save Dick, knowing he'd be stuck with the police and the negotiation team. It was the first time that he worried about whether or not Danny would let a need for vengeance consume him. Bruce had worried about Robin briefly before they'd caught Zucco and he knew that he would probably never fix all of the parts that was broken in himself, but he'd assumed that Danny wasn't wanting revenge after he'd seemingly put the men responsible for his family's deaths out of his mind. He'd never considered that that anger and aggression would be taken out on someone else's attacker, although he should've.

Danny cared deeply for all three of the people in the mansion. These men were hurting a part of his obsession, a part of himself.

In the end, he didn't feel he had a choice. He simply counted on his study of Danny's personality and mind set that even this wouldn't drive him to kill. Maybe something worse, but not this.

Bruce could only hope both his charges would come back to him the way they'd left.

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Dick tried valiantly to get his heart rate under control, but it was hard. He also felt a little pathetic because he was shivering. Though to be fair, he'd been soaked in very cold water in order to wake him up for the call to Bruce.

As soon as he'd been done with the call, they'd gagged him with a nasty piece of cloth. After that, they went to sitting around, switching shifts with the look-out, and pacing around the chair he was tied to like sharks.

Dick sniffed, feeling his nose start to run due to the cold.

"Aww, is the little rich boy scared?" The man that had been stalking leaned down to look Dick in the eyes and sneered. "Don't cry little boy. If your daddy loves you enough, then you'll be fine."

While it was truly stupid and he knew Bruce and Danny would do anything to save him, he couldn't help but feel the words strike him. Bruce didn't really have to essentially buy him back. He was just a gipsy, a charity case. Danny at least had his own family's inheritance, he had nothing. He was- Dick mentally shook his head, trying to shoo away the nasty things he'd heard from other kids and their parents. Bruce and Danny loved him. That was that.

The man chuckled and he cringed, really wanting to inform the man that he had horrid breath and that he should go check on that… kindly of course.

Then suddenly, there was a shadow that was black as night in front of him. Danny.

There were shouts and a couple screams and he saw Danny dangle one of the men out of a window and drop him. Thankfully, even during this cold rage Danny seemed to be exhibiting, he had the presence of mind to fly through the wall and catch him. Before long, the men were all battered, bloody, and glued to the walls of the old abandoned apartment building room with green ectoplasmic goo.

Only a couple of the men were conscious enough to groan in pain. His brother floated over to him and phased him right out of his bounds and gag before flying them both through the building to a door. Danny gestured to the door silently, before slipping into the earth below.

Dick opened the door and came face to face with a wave of police officers, who reacted but then held back their weapons almost just as fast. He couldn't stop himself from running to Bruce, who was behind the barrier and waiting for him.

He also couldn't stop the few tears that leaked from his eyes when he felt how tightly and tenderly Bruce was hugging him. "You okay, Dick?"

Dick nodded quietly, too wrapped up in the feeling of Bruce's care for him. The man was somewhat distant and cold, especially when taking on his Batman persona, but now Dick was beginning to figure out how this man, that was now his guardian, showed his love.

When he got home, he found out that Danny was a real hugger. His brother didn't just liked his company in the empty mansion, he loved Dick too.

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One year later…

"Okay the ghost kid was one thing, but a ten year old?" Flash questioned and glanced over at the window of the WatchTower, where Phantom and Robin were looking at the stars. Phantom was seemingly talking Robin's ears off, but the boy wonder appeared fine with the impromptu discussion on stars and the like.

Batman gave one of his famous blank looks. "I'd rather have him under my thumb and doing what he does rather than having him sneak out and do it alone."

Superman sighed. "I suppose."

The eight heroes present, which included Hal Jordan, a Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Green Arrow, and Martian Manhunter, all glanced over when Phantom floated off to get something and Robin quite literally cart-wheeled over to them.

"So you guys are close to pushing the Anti-Ecto Acts into getting abolished, right?" Robin asked.

Batman nodded. "Yes, it's in the process. It's just a matter of waiting now."

"How long do you think? Cause I don't want those creeps trying to get at Phantom one more time before those acts are abolished."

Superman smiled. "Hopefully only a couple months, but we've been keeping an eye on them from here and I'm sure Batman has been doing the same."

Robin seemed to take this in and nodded. "Good." He turned when Phantom floated back into the room with a couple of coffee drinks. He bounded back over to the younger hero and they started back into their conversation making.

"Phantom may be your apprentice or protégé or whatever, but that kid is literally a mini-you, Bats," Hal expressed was a sly grin.

Wonder Woman gazed over the two young heroes before she spoke. "They will make good warriors one day."

The heroes quieted at that. Green Arrow stared hard at the two boys and couldn't help but think about the boy he'd just adopted. He showed promise with the bow and seemed to really want to be his protégé.

Aquaman and J'onn looked thoughtful while Flash only softly shook his head.

Red Tornado suddenly approached. "The update was successful, Batman."

Batman nodded and glanced down at his portable computer. At that same moment, he'd received a coded message from Alfred saying that the coast was clear. He'd figured out that the Guys in White had planned an assault on Wayne mansion, seemingly hoping to kidnap Danny and simply never let anyone ever figure out what had happened to him.

They couldn't quite get away with murdering anyone else in the house like before, seeing as a death in the Wayne home would garner much more unwanted attention than they could afford.

With that in mind, he'd taken the boys up to the WatchTower on a small errand and waited things out; as predicted, they'd attempted to enter the manor. While they hadn't gotten anywhere near the mansion itself, he was more comfortable with having his sons up where those men couldn't touch them.

"Boys."

That was all that was needed for both Robin and Phantom's heads to perk up and for them to turn to follow Batman. Both boys waved to the other heroes as the trio left.

"I'm glad I never ended up in a situation where I'd have made a bet on that," Hal snorted.

Green Arrow grinned. "I'm guessing you mean the very idea that Batman could act like a father figure?"

Hal threw his hands up into the air. "I would be a broke man."

"Hal, you're already broke, buddy," Flash joked.

The Green Lantern looked over at Flash with a small glare. "Shut up, Barry."

Superman and J'onn shared a brief amused expression.

"The question now is, would Ollie make a good father?" Hal introduced.

Green Arrow hummed, "Well…"

Flash's mouth dropped open. "Don't tell me you're thinking of doing something like Bats did, right?"

"I don't know. I mean, some of us can't do this gig forever. I'd never force a kid into it, but I'd teach them if they wanted it," Green Arrow shrugged.

"I concur, the idea of having an apprentice of some sort does seem to be an intriguing thought," Aquaman expressed and scratched at his beard.

"It's a common practice on Themyscira for older warriors to take on younger sisters to train," Wonder Woman interjected.

"So, you next, Barry? I mean doesn't your nephew practically worship you?" Hal asked with a laugh.

Flash balked. "What!? No! Absolutely not! Not happening. I'm going to leave now so I can avoid catching the crazy from all of you." And with that, the Flash disappeared in a blur.

Superman chuckled at his friend's behavior before taking a glance down at Earth. He'd be visiting with his honorary nephews again in a few weeks. A smile graced his face.

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A few days later…

"He's going to be here?" Danny asked quietly as Alfred drove the limo down the long winding street. Bruce, Dick, and Danny himself were in the back of the limo and all wearing suits for the gala they were attending at some rich guy's house that Danny didn't bother to remember the name of. He was a bit too focused on the other detail…

"Yes, Danny. Vlad Masters will be attending," Bruce answered calmly.

"And you're sure that the accessories you're wearing will keep him off you two but not cause a scene?" Danny asked, fidgeting nervously.

Bruce's face grew a bit softer at Danny's worry. "Yes, I'm sure."

"It'll be fine, bro." Dick gave him a impish smile that Danny couldn't help but smile back at.

"Yeah, yeah. Got it."

Soon, the trio were dropped off at the front door and made their way inside. For the first hour or so, they managed to avoid Vlad. While normally Danny and Dick were both comfortable enough at most galas to roam about, Danny refused to stray far from Bruce and thus Dick stayed nearby too.

Eventually though, Vlad slunk up, and Danny had to stop a growl from escaping his throat.

"Ah, Mister Wayne. I'm glad I get to see you again." Bruce fought against letting his normally passive playboy Brucie persona drop at the sight of the man. He was one of a very few of his enemies who knew his secret identity. He also had tortured one of his kids before.

"Same to you, Mister Masters," Bruce replied and answered the proffered hand. He let a flicker of a grin onto his face when Vlad flinched imperceivably from the electric hum coming from his ghost deflection ring he was wearing.

They retracted hands and then Vlad looked down at Danny and Dick. He smiled in his cool calculating way at Dick. "Ah so this is the new addition, hm? I must applaud you. Taking on a second responsibility when I know for certain that Daniel is quite a handful is an accomplishment indeed."

Dick frowned, barely hiding any contempt. The younger boy couldn't help but notice that Danny was trembling slightly.

"Danny is no trouble at all, Mister Masters." Bruce stated, rather than snapping like he wanted to. Vlad just had a way of getting under his skin like few others did. Perhaps it was the unsettling thought that Vlad thought far ahead like him and Ra's al Ghul. But even more so, perhaps it was that he thought like Batman did and used his cleverness to torment a child like Danny that really got him angry. For so long Vlad had toyed with Danny like a cat would a mouse. Not to say that Danny wasn't strong or smart, he'd managed to out-play him several times after all, but the very idea that Vlad would begin a match with such un-even opponents was just cruel.

"Hmm… I see. Has he improved with math? He was always so terrible at it…" Vlad glanced at Danny out of the corner of his eyes, not really caring to hear Bruce's answer.

Danny kept his gaze firmly. "I'm fine. Bruce helps me."

Vlad's eyes narrowed before he glanced back at Bruce. "He's still quite disobedient and presumptuous though, isn't he?" He cruel smile crossed the man's face. "Shame. You should really jump on that before you loose control of him."

Dick was alarmed to see his brother's face pale and he was certain Bruce was trying to stop a vein from rupturing.

"Danny is very well behaved. Regardless, I believe that a friend of mine is calling for us. Good evening, Mister Masters." Bruce turned sharply and started to herd Danny and Dick away. Vlad hummed and locked eyes with Danny as they left.

"Gods don't fit in with mortal kind, Daniel. Never forget that." Vlad's eyes glowed red for a moment before he turned and seemingly disappeared into the crowd.

As they walked away Danny started to mutter in annoyance.

"He's a fruit-loop, remember Danny? He's the first on the list. You think we should add some Gothemite looneys too? They'd make good company don't you think?" Dick asked with a grin.

Danny smiled at Dick and nodded. He then looked up at Bruce as they neared the other people they were to talk to. "Bruce. I don't think he's stopped wanting me. I thought he'd gotten tired of trying… Bruce, I think I'm part of his obsession." He mouthed the last part rather than voicing it. Bruce nodded to show he'd caught what his son had said before patting the boy's shoulder.

He was also worried that Vlad Masters was still very much hoping to take his son. He wasn't sure how the man planned to do that without revealing himself and making a mess of things which even Vlad wouldn't want, but he was certain this was nowhere near done.

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"How does that work exactly? Could someone really land on a horse from a second story window and not loose their ability to have kids?" Dick asked as he, Danny, and Bruce watched a old western movie; they had come home form the gala only for Bruce to suggest they watch a movie together. Danny immediately choked on his popcorn and spat it out at Dick's blunt question. Bruce paled slightly at the thought that he'd maybe have to talk to Dick about the birds and the bees sooner than he'd thought. He made the mistake of letting Danny see his stunned face and the boy started to laugh hysterically before rolling off the couch and onto the floor. Dick started laughing at Danny getting tickled which in total caused Bruce to start a rumbling laughter deep in his chest.

Alfred stood at the doorway with a smile on his face. He wanted to take a picture, but didn't want to interrupt them with the camera's flash. This time, he'd enjoy the memory first-hand. It had been nearly twenty years since he'd last heard Bruce truly laugh.


Repeated Note: Here's the second part and the beginning of Danny in big brother position. I might make more chapters per brother than just one each. If you want, you can give me some ideas of things you'd like to see Danny and Dick do and experience before I move onto Jason.

Thanks for reading!