Bruce: 45

Dick: 26

Lillian: 22

Jason: 18

Tim: 15

Damian: 10

Wally: 26

Damian and Harry Potter

"Sister!" A younger boy's voice bellowed across the hall.

"Yes Dami?" I called back from my bedroom.

"What are these?" He asked now standing in my doorway. At arm's length Damian was holding a children's book, pinched between two fingers as if it were something vile.

"That looks an awful lot like a book." Wally chuckled from behind my little brother. He must have come racing in from the kitchen when he heard Damian screaming.

"Tt I'm well aware it is a book West. I am merely asking what it is doing in my room." I frowned at the pile of paperwork that scattered my bed. So much for working on homework while Wally cooked us dinner.

"Let me see." I smiled taking the book out of the brooding boy's hand. "Well it doesn't seem to be one of Alfred's cookbooks or one of Timmy's textbooks." I teased before turning the book over in my hands. My smile broadened as the title caught my eye. "It's one of Dick's old Harry Potter books. He must have left them in your room."

"And what was Grayson doing in my room?" Damian demanded, folding his arms over his chest.

"Maybe he left them for you to read." Wally shrugged before returning to the unattended food downstairs.

"And why would he do that?" Damian growled.

"Weren't you telling Dick the other day how boring it can get in the house? He must have thought you wanted something fun to occupy your time." I answered hoping he'd leave me to my homework.

"What would give Grayson the impression that I would enjoy children's books over the large collection of classics father has in his library?"

"Dami," I sighed looking down at the miniature Bruce Wayne who was as stubborn as our father. "When Dick and I were kids Bruce would read us a chapter every night. Why don't you give it a try?" He took the book back from me and ran his hands over the tattered cover.

"Tt perhaps I'll read the first one. Only the first one and only to prove that it is nothing more than a foolish children's book." He flipped to the first page and stormed out of the room. Upon Damian's exit I searched my room for my cellphone.

Did you leave some books In Dami's room?" I keyed in a text to Dick.

Mayyyybe. He answered back quickly.

He just came storming in demanding to know where they came from.

That's the reaction I was expecting though not the one I was hoping for. Rescue them from the trash for me?

I think he's actually going to read them.

I'll be by the house tomorrow, I'll make sure to ask him about it. Do you, Wally or the boys need anything before that?

We are alright here, maybe check on Jace if Nightwing is going out tonight?

Can do! Once Dick sent his final response I put my phone aside and started up on my homework again. I worked through a decent two hours before there was a soft rap on my bedroom door. I glanced up from laptop to see a very concerned looking Tim just inside the doorway.

"Uh Lilly?"

"Hey Tim I didn't hear you come home from school. Everything alright?"

"That depends." He glanced around the hall nervously. "Where's Damian?"

"What do you mean where's Damian? He's been home with Wally and I all day."

"I haven't seen him since I got home from school. I've checked all his usual places, and I was in the cave for a while before that."

"Have you checked his bedroom?" Tim arched an eyebrow suggesting the thought hadn't even occurred to him. "Dick left some books for him, last I'd heard he was reading in his room. That was a while ago though, maybe we should check on him?"

"Alright. I think Wally's just about finished cooking dinner too. I'll go set the table, call me if you don't find Damian."

"Okay Timmy, tell Wally I'll be down soon." Tim nodded and walked down the hall towards the stairs. I went in the opposite direction stopping before Dami's bedroom door. Knowing my little brother would lose his cool if I just walked in unannounced, I rapped gently on the door and waited. When no answer came I tapped again this time calling out to him. "Dami?" After a beat still no answer came. With my senses on high alert I slowly creaked the door open, we never knew what to expect when opening Damian's door. Laying across his queen sized bed propped up on his elbows ten year old Damian was fully engrossed in the Harry Potter book in front of him.

"Damian?" I whispered now standing at the foot of his bed. Almost instantly his head whipped up.

"Yesss?" He hissed at me.

"It's time for dinner. Have you been reading this whole time?"

"Indeed I have." He growled. "I admit the first in this series was not horrible and I chose to read the second one so that I can gather a proper intelligence. It's Detective 101 sister."

"Riiiight are you joining Tim, Wally and I for dinner or are you too busy gather intel?" Damian looked down at his book seemingly torn between reading and eating.

"Naturally I will join you for dinner." He responded shortly. Damian slammed the book closed and sprung off his bed. I wrapped my arm around his shoulders and pulled him into me. We walked downstairs together sitting ourselves in our usual seats at the table.

"See Tim I told you Lil would find him!" a cheerful Wally said from behind a buffet of food.

"Wally, did you do cook everything you could find?" I asked noting at least three different completed meals sprawled across the table. Wally shrugged in response not looking the least bit embarrassed.

"It's like the start of term feast!" Damian burst from his seat.

"Like in Harry Potter?" Tim asked slightly amused.

"Yes Drake, like in Harry Potter. For a Ravenclaw you can be rather dim." Damian comment off handedly before serving himself a generous portion of Barbequed chicken.

"Did you just refer to me as a Ravenclaw?" Tim questioned Damian from across the table.

"While I was reading I attempted to find real life examples of each house. I felt Todd would best be suited for Ravenclaw, West here is obviously a Hufflepuff…" Damian stated as he jabbed a chicken wing in Wally's direction. My senses were in total overdrive trying to process everything that was happening before me. Not only had Damian read a normal kids book, but he actually liked it! Damian caught me staring at him and immediately turned away from his discussion with Tim.

"Sister, why are you staring at me like that?" His tone of voice contained both confusion and anger as he waited for a response.

"Sorry Dami." I shook my head. "I was just thinking about my homework."

"You're a terrible liar." He growled. "Which is surprising since your mother was a cat burgler."

"Alright you caught me." I smiled. "I was just thinking how nice it is to hear you acting like a normal ten year old." Damian's face twisted into a look of disgust at the mention of the word normal. It Damian prided himself on one thing it was that he was anything but a normal ten year old.

"You've been spending too much time with Grayson." Damian sighed as he turned to his food.

"Speaking of Dick," Tim interjected "Have you heard from him lately?" Before I could say anything Wally cut in.

"I texted him this afternoon just before you got home, he said he'd be home for dinner tomorrow."

"He told me the same thing." I confirmed. "I also asked if Nightwing could pay a friendly visit to Red Hood tonight." Tim nodded approvingly. With Alfred and Bruce out of town Tim had somehow taken up the responsibility of making sure everyone was accounted for.

"So since I cooked…" Wally said stretching his arms high above his head.

"Don't worry Wally we know the drill. You cooked and now we have to do the dishes." Tim rolled his eyes making it clear that he was sick of Wally's "I'm not washing any dishes" speech.

"I'll do them!" Damian volunteered suddenly.

"What?" Tim, Wally, and I exclaimed in surprise.

"I'll do them." Damian repeated with a wicked grin. "As long as you guys agree to watch Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone with me." Now it was Wally's turn to twist his face with disgust.

"Dick's made me watch that movie like a hundred times!" He whined.

"Come on Wally, it's only one little movie." I teased.

"Will you put your homework away and watch it with us?" Wally seemed to beg.

"Wally I can't I've got…" As I said the words a big goofy pout was making its way across Wally's face. He looked totally ridiculous like that. "Oh all right."

"Thanks babe and maybe after the movie we can put the boys to bed and we can study in your room." Wally suggested, wiggling his eyebrows. "Or maybe skip the studying part." He grinned before planting a kiss on my lips.

"Get a room!" Tim called as he started to clear the dishes from the table.

"Good idea Tim!" Wally agree as he tried to pull me out of the room.

"Wally stop he was joking. Come on let's help the kids clean up, then we'll relax and put a movie on."

"Oh alright." He sighed before taking a stack of dirty dishes from Tim.

Once the dishes were washed and the leftovers were put in the fridge, Wally and Damian went to search through Dick's old room for a copy of Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone. While we waited Tim had methodically cooked popcorn and set up the DVD player.

"Hey Lil!" Wally's cheery voice called down.

"Yeah?" I called back up.

"Dami and I can't find Dick's movie collection."

"Maybe he took it with him when he moved?" I suggested.

"You know if Alfred were here he'd yell at you for hollering up the stairs." Tim said standing by my side. "Maybe you should just text Dick and ask him where the DVD is?'

"Great idea Timmy!" I smiled pulling out my cell. "Dick?" I greeted when the other line picked up.

"Hiya Lil is everything alright?" My older brother answered suddenly sounding worried.

"Yeah everything's alright." I answered quickly. "Damian and Wally wanted to watch Sorcerer's Stone you don't happen to still have it on DVD do you?"

"Actually I was just watching it the other night with Barbara. I think it's in my DVD player. How about I stop by and check on Jason and then I'll bring it right over?"

"Sounds great I'll let them know. Talk to you soon Dick."

An hour later a beaming Dick Grayson was standing at the front door dragging Jason along with him.

"I brought the whole set." Dick proclaimed as he enthusiastically joined the others in the living room.

"Are you going to stay and watch it with us?" Damian chirped hopefully before changing his tone. "I ask because I think you can offer comparisons only someone who has read the books would see." Dick smiled and sat on the couch next to Damian before ruffling the young boy's hair.

"Sure I'll stay. Jason you might as well get comfortable I don't think we're going out tonight." Jason, who had been standing silently by the door rolled his eyes.

"I should have known by the way Dick said 'I just have to make a quick stop at the house' that I was going to be trapped here the rest of the night." He grumbled before sitting in Bruce's leather armchair. Tim Joined Damian and Dick on the couch while Wally snuggled up with me in the vacant armchair. Most of us were asleep before the opening music had even finished. Only Jason and Damian actually watch the whole movie, though Tim swears he made it at least halfway through. I was woken up first by Wally's snoring and then the clicking sound of a DVD case being opened. Halfway to the DVD player Damian was frozen with surprise.

"I didn't mean to wake you…I…I…I just wanted to see the second one, and well Dick said he brought them all…" I smiled warmly at him.

"It's alright Dami." I yawned. "I'm sure Dick won't mind." I sleepily closed my eyes and rested my head on Wally's chest before falling asleep. That night Damian sat on the couch nestled between a sleeping Dick and Dozing Timmy watching every Harry Potter film in succession. That was the beginning of Damian's love for Harry Potter.