in the shadow of the stars
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oh where have you been, my blue-eyed son? by azablue
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Young Justice (Cartoon)
15 Nov 2024
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“Yup.” Jason said, popping the ‘p.’ “I’ve never been. There’s a new drug thing set up in nice-”
“It’s pronounced neece.” Dick said, before he could stop himself. Bruce would’ve corrected it, but it was something so ingrained in him it was hard to let it slide. Jason stopped aiming and rolled his eyes.
“Of course you know that.” Jason shook his head. “I bet one of Bruce’s fancy tutors-”
“I used to live there.” Dick said, cutting him off. Jason gave Dick a lot of flack for the fact that he got the Wayne sliver spoon placed in his hands first and earlier, which was fair, but this was different. This was from before.
“What?” Jason stood up straight.
“I spent the winters there when I was in the circus.” Dick shrugged. “My parents loved the beaches so sometimes we’d stay longer too. It was some of the longest stretches of time I’d spend in one place, I think.” He cleared his throat, “well, before moving here.”
OR Dick Grayson and his relationship with home throughout the years
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- Part 1 of in the shadow of the stars
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the first meeting of the no powers club by azablue
Fandoms: DCU, Young Justice (Cartoon), Batman - All Media Types
22 Oct 2024
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“I don’t know what I’m going to do tomorrow.” Artemis lamented, lying back against her mat, ice pack secured under her tank top strap. “I have to wear a uniform for PE and this’ll totally show.”
“You could say you fell on your bike.” Dick offered, laying another piece across his right knee.
“Think anyone will buy that?” Artemis asked, glancing at him from the floor.
“If you sell it.” Dick said. He stood up, flexing both taped legs to make sure he had full range of motion. “Do you have a bike? A skateboard?” He asked.
“Nope.”
“Time to start riding one.” Dick said. “Mine is half of my excuses.”
“The other half?” Artemis asked, sitting up to gingerly start her own routine.
“I’m from Gotham.” Dick smirked, rolling his shoulders back and forth. “What if I got mugged?” He asked, rhetorically. Artemis raised an eyebrow.
“No one would believe I got mugged.”
“Then buy a skate board.”
OR Dick and Artemis bond over being the only non-powered humans on the team
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- Part 2 of in the shadow of the stars
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a lesson in being human by azablue
Fandoms: DCU, Young Justice (Cartoon), Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Teen Titans - All Media Types
20 Oct 2024
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He came to in a pile of debris by the front door they’d so carefully evaded.
“Oh fuck me.” Dick hissed, trying to sit up. He was drenched, banged up and his head was throbbing. He tried to asses the situation. Everything hurt, obviously, but a pounding in his knee started to scream louder than anything else. Dick tried to touch the leg, which was warped to one side, and flinched. It was a familiar feeling, and a bad one.
After a few minutes, he heard a scuffle from above as his sibling descended on their respective grabbling hooks and wings.
“Nightwing is down.” Steph said, into her comms. Dick groaned. He didn’t need more people, least of all Babs, getting into this. “I have eyes on him.”
“Nightwing is not down. Nightwing is just-” Dick tried to get up, sending a sharp spike of pain through his body that forced him back down. “Fuck okay, yeah I’m down.” He muttered, lying back on the pile of trash.
OR: Dick Gets Hurt On A Mission With The Sibs & Being A Hero And Human Takes A Toll
OR: The body does in fact keep score
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- Part 3 of in the shadow of the stars
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matching wounds by azablue
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Young Justice (Cartoon)
18 Dec 2024
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“They’re a means to an end.” Jason pinched the bridge of his nose, already exhausted by his questions. “This city needs more support from the people for the people.”
“And that’s coming from the Falcones?” Dick scoffed. “The Sionis?”
“The Underground has a lot of players, okay?” Jason explained, putting his hands up. “They’re just some of them.”
“Yeah, I’m familiar.” Dick spat. He wanted to be patient. He wanted to approach this delicately, but that ship had sailed. It was just too much. Too close.
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OR Dick Grayson has complicated feelings about his brother joining Gotham's world of organized crime not only because of their father's code, but because his parents were killed by the mob
some bat brother's angst in these trying times
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- Part 4 of in the shadow of the stars
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the fledgling flies anyways by azablue
Fandoms: DCU, Young Justice (Cartoon), Teen Titans - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
20 Dec 2025
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Dick gets fired from being Robin. And he quits, sort of. Regardless, Gotham can’t be his home anymore. Bruce and Dick have never been father and son without being Batman and Robin, not really. Dick doesn’t feel like they know how. Dick spends a summer leaning on his friends and trying to figure out what to do while trying to reconcile the fact that the place he was promised isn’t there anymore. Also, he’s pretty sure he’s in love with his best friend, which is entirely unhelpful.
It’s messy, it’s complicated, it’s them figuring it out.
(If you read my fic: “oh where have you been, oh blue eyed son?” This is like chapter four stretched into its own fic)
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- Part 5 of in the shadow of the stars