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my favorite thing about saiki is how he says things about himself and his beliefs and then acts the complete opposite. he LOVES drama and gossip and is so nosy too, he just pretends like he doesnt care and i love it.

Damian is 8 years old when he first comes to live with his father. He’s all harsh glares, standoffish arm folding, and clever barbs aimed at everyone’s vulnerable points. He’s also adorable. Small enough for Bruce to pick up with little to no effort, with big green eyes and baby fat still in his cheeks.

Bruce is overwhelmed with emotions he’s terrible at expressing; shock at the fact that he has a biological child, furious that said child was kept from him for 8 years, devastated that the child was robbed of a normal upbringing and instead raised in a cult of death and devout loyalty to a madman, and overjoyed that this little boy has his nose, his eyebrows, and the same black curls he got from Martha Wayne. He mourns the moments and milestones he’s missed. First steps, first word, potty training, learning to read and write. He doesn’t even know if Damian can ride a bike.

Then, six months into living with Bruce, Damian loses a tooth. A lateral incisor, by the looks of it. Not because of a hit to the face or a Robin-related incident—no, it’s just the natural, logical conclusion to a loose baby tooth Damian hadn’t mentioned having until he bit into an apple at breakfast and pop! Out comes the tooth, stuck to the apple, leaving the boy with a gap just left of center in his smile.

This hasn’t happened since Dick. Jason and Tim had lost all their baby teeth before Bruce took them in, but Dick had been so young. Bruce remembers the angry 9 year old who just wanted revenge marching to the Cave, presenting him with a molar and pouting silently for hours. It had taken a mug of hot chocolate to get him to admit that Mary Grayson always sang him a special song when he lost a baby tooth, to congratulate him for being one step closer to adulthood, but he couldn’t remember all the words and Bruce, my mama’s not here, who do I give my teeth to? What do I do now?

Bruce has no idea what Talia did when Damian lost baby teeth. All he knows is that he’s on his feet and rushing toward the boy and getting his arms around him and—

“Father!” Damian will never admit to the indignant squawk that escapes him when Bruce plucks him from his seat and holds him close. “Are you—“

Bruce settles Damian on his hip with one arm and cards his other hand through the boy’s soft curls. He breathes in the scent of apple shampoo and oatmeal soap while peppering his forehead with kisses.

“I will get you a new pet,” he says softly, resting his cheek atop his son’s head. “A kitten, a puppy, anything you want. Just…let me have this, baby boy.”

Damian instantly stops protesting. He huffs and pouts—which, oh my fucking God, how is he so precious?—as he wraps his arms around his father’s neck.

“That is…acceptable,” he grumbles. Bruce kisses his cheek and smiles into his hair.

That’s how Damian gets Titus.

why is he so sassy here

Batman: Shaman #4

gotham rainy nights

i firmly believe in Duke doing silly things with his power

hiding under your dad's cape when it's pouring outside can be something very special + bat-rain-poncho, several years later

Bruce, after nose surgery: Anyone makes a single comment, I will fry you.

Dick: *giggles, trying to contain himself*

Jason: *unable and unwilling to resist his urges* So you finally got a nose job.

Tim: Congrats, you're finally a Kardashian.

Damian: What is that? A kind of otter?

Jason: yes.

Stephanie: Many women find a broken nose attractive!

Bruce: I'm not talking to you, Stephanie. *gives her a cold mackerel look*

Stephanie: If this is about the Wonder Woman thing...

Bruce to the rest of his kids, pointedly ignoring Steph: If anyone asks, Bruce Wayne is damnably vain and insecure about his looks.

Cassandra: Your body language suggests you're telling the truth.

Everyone: ...

Bruce: The best lies have a hint of truth.

Cassandra: But...it was none of it a lie. I can read you, remember?

Jason and Dick: *trying to stifle their laughter*

Bruce:...fine, I hated the shape of my nose after it was broken for the seventy-seventh time. Sue me.

Jason: You could stand to tuck your chin in a little.

Dick: You're getting a receding hairline.

Tim: Your crow's feet have crow's feet.

Cassandra: I googled DILF and got you.

The Batkids: ...

Damian: Father, being your biological and genetic son I think I need to start saving for cosmetic surgery.

Bruce: ...

Bruce: I hate all of you.

Within 3 months of Damian becoming a doctor injury rates among heroes and vigilantes drop DRAMATICALLY.

He's Dr. House but worse. He watched the show, got inspired and added a culturally appropriate amount of his special flavour of trauma into the mix.

Thomas Wayne and Alfred are Proud.

One of the things that confuses people outside of the batfamily on a regular basis, are the cuddle piles.

Because they are not regular cuddle piles.

The first time Clark saw one, he was in the batcave, checking on Bruce, because he knew that the Bat hadn't gotten enough sleep the previous days.

At first he wasn't really sure what was going on. Bruce sat in front of the bat computer, head resting against the back of the chair. Clearly asleep. But he wasn't alone.

He was surrounded by his kids. Damian sat in his lab, cuddled against his chest. Dick had his head resting against Bruce's legs, while he was holding onto Tim. They both had their legs over Steph's torso, whose head was resting in Cass's lab.

Jason sat In front of Bruce, slightly leaning into dick with his hand on Duke's head as if to shut him up.

They were all sound asleep.

Clark came back later, only to find all of them acting as if nothing happened.

Duke's first encounter was also quite strange.

He wanted to get some food from the kitchen before he went out on patrol. As he walked through the foyer, he heard a snore. It took him five minutes to figure out where it came from.

As it turns out Dick, Cass and Damian like to nap on the chandelier.

Wally knew about the cuddle piles for a while, before he got to witness them. Dick and him were on the way to Wayne Manor when Dick told him to hurry up.

Steph had texted him that Jason just fell asleep. At first Wally didn't understand how that was important. But then they entered the manor and immediately headed for the roof.

Behind a chimney, in a little alcove, were Jason, Steph, Roy, Damian and Jon. All cuddled together, under a blanket that someone had brought.

Dick and wally joined them immediately.

So, yes. The Batfamily has cuddle piles. Sometimes others join them, like Wally, Roy, Jon or Kon.

But the strange part is where they have them.

i think... this is flirting.

Unplanned Valentine's Day art because I cannot stop drawing them 🥰