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ronanceautistic · 2 months

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Autistic Robin headcanons?

Autistic Robin my beloved.

I think she’s quite sensitive to sudden, loud noises but isn’t as sensitive to like, a lot of noise. She’s in band, she goes to all the games n shit, she’s used to a lot of noise. But something like fireworks, or thunder, or gunshots make her nervous.

I think texture is a big issue for Robin, she cuts the labels out of her clothes, she definitely has very hyper-specific things she refuses to touch because of the texture, like velvet or something. I also think maybe that’s why she keeps her hair short.

Her special interest is language. Her language tapes are definitely a huge comfort for her because they’re repetitive and they feel safe. I think learning new languages in general comes so naturally to her because of how engrossed she gets. It doesn’t feel like a task when she gets to learn about the grammar of this language, and the culture surrounding it etc.

I think before she got into languages, like as a little kid, she really liked insects and frogs and anything to do with nature. I think she was the type of kid that would absolutely play in the mud but at the same time, as soon as she gets home she’s having a shower.

I think while she struggles to communicate she is actually good at reading tone (i know she says she doesn’t, but she literally reads nancy like a book for the whole of s4). But because she isn’t great at knowing how to respond, or the right thing to say, social cues make her nervous. She’s very sarcastic herself, but struggles to read other people’s sarcasm and it’s very much a situation of no one knows when Robin is joking and Robin doesn’t know when others are joking.

I think a lot of situations could bring on a meltdown for her, but she’s very good at knowing her limit and doesn’t really feel pressured to keep herself in a situation she’s uncomfortable in, like a party. Like, Nancy will keep going until she explodes (Halloween party throwback), whereas Robin will acknowledge “okay, soon I won’t be able to do this anymore”. She doesn’t like parties, she will probably never go to one because the only time she did she quickly realised it was a terrible idea.

When it comes to meltdowns, she definitely prefers being alone, putting on headphones and listening to her tapes, stimming in a dark room, deep breathing. She is good at calming herself down, I think. But in terms of Ronance it makes them clash a little, because Nancy needs someone with her, and assumes Robin would, too. But she quickly realises it makes things a lot worse and more stressful for Robin.

Also, this is ADHD rather an Autism, but I think she is quite inattentive if it isn’t something she is interested in. While she is very smart, I think she still gets Cs on the subjects she has no interest in because she can’t focus on the class. I think she’s really good at music, french, english, and biology. But she also struggles with math, and history. I am obsessed with the idea that math-whiz Nancy helps Robin and Robin helps Nancy with French.

I also think she’s probably a picky eater, who is willing to try anything but also rarely likes anything new she tries. But at the same time, the foods and combinations she does like is so bizarre to anyone else but her.

#robin buckley #stranger things #ronance

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formerlyz · 1 year

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Random Headcanons: Sam Stardew Valley

I can’t sleep and jotting down hcs is helping me wind down so here are some HCs for my absolute favorite: Sam. He’s my husband and I would die for him

Warnings: Discussions of ADHD and PTSD.

Okay first of all this man 1000% has ADHD. Like hello?

He cannot sit still. He’s always playing with his hands, bouncing a knee up and down etc.

Emily gets him for secret Santa one year and gives him a fidget toy. He’s obsessed with it and keeps it in his jacket pocket.

Writes stuff down on his arm and hand to remember things

He genuinely does try to help his Mom stay on top of housework but bc of the ADHD he doesn’t do stuff the way she wants.

Him and Jodi don’t have a good relationship and fight all the time. The only reason he still lives at home is because of Vincent.

He gets along with his Dad much better but is definitely a bit intimidated by him.

When Kent does have flashbacks to the war and raises his voice/shows aggression, Sam will put himself in front of Vincent and Jodi while he talks his Dad down.

He’s generally a really protective person of the people he cares about.

1000% bisexual also. I hc him as having a slight preference for Men. Only Seb and Abby know because he’s scared to tell his parents.

Lots of ear piercings that Sebastian probably did.

He’s also got a scar on his eyebrow and on his nose because one time he faceplanted on his skateboard. Probably trying to do a kick flip (Sam I love you so much but you’re so bad at kickflips)

His hair is crazy and will stick like straight out so he actually uses hair gel to try and smooth it down, but it doesn’t work very well. His hair is also super soft.

Puts his hair up in a ponytail when he’s too lazy to try and gel it. It’s still crazy but at least out of the way.

Doesn’t care about Toxic Masculinity AT ALL. Likes to play around with makeup and do more extreme rockstar looks just for fun. Haley helps teach him.

Not afraid to happy cry in front of people at all, but hates sad or angry crying around other people.

Believe it or not, is actually a huge cat person. He loves dogs too but absolutely melts when he sees a cat.

Him and Shane are actually pretty good friends. He calls Shane his work husband. After Jojamart closes he makes a point to talk to Shane at least once a week.

Robin loves Sam, Demetrius cannot stand Sam. Maru and Sam aren’t friends but she does think he’s a good guy and finds him amusing. He think she’s cool and always asks about her inventions.

He’s a night owl. Usually wakes up at 10 or 11 and will go to bed around 2 or 3.

Plays DND with Sebastian, Abby, Emily, Harvey, Leah and Elliot. (A bard ofc)

Likes spending his free time at the beach. Calls Willy “Fish Dad”

He makes up a lot of little nicknames for people.

His guitar probably is covered with bunch of stickers he’s collected over the years.

#Sam #stardew valley #sdv #sam sdv #sam stardew valley #sdv my hcs #my hcs #z has thoughts

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gayfrogs03 · 2 years

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More batfam headcanons because I'm bored and I can. You know the drill this will get unnecessary long, and off topic because ADHD! Let's gooooo!

First things first, I saw someone talking about some of the batfam's hyperfixations/info dumping about it, and I want to also talk about that, along with Special interest, I'm just doing the boys for this part of headcanons (don't remember who they are, if you know them tag them so they get credit!!)

Tim's -who is headcanon has Autism and ADHD- Special Interests for me is not only Batman and Robin, but just Superheros/vigilantes in general, technology, Percy Jackson/Greek Mythology (being into Greek Mythology is actually what led him to Percy Jackson/just anything writen by Uncle Rick), photography, D&D (or W&W as it's called in the DCU I believe- always nicely correct me if I'm wrong!), skateboarding, music (headcanon that Tim was in the marching band, what instrument he played is up to you, and he was a theatre kid, knows of and actively listens to over 40 musical, the list keeps growing, if you don't like musicals don't hand him the aux cord), and Star Wars

I'mma say right now Tim's hyperfixations are Queer History, The Owl House (the person I mentioned before said that he, Steph and Alfred watch it together and I love that, especially Alfred watching stuff with them!), and surprisenly both crocheting and knitting, he's already made multiple family numbers things and it currently working on a sweater for Bernard

Info dumping for Tim is hard, because growing up his parents (and multiple therapist) have tried to teach him out of things like info dumping, stimming, ect. Taught it was annoying and bad so he shouldn't do it, he was taught he was better left unheard and unseen. So there are a lot of times were he holds himself back or he starts to info dump but cuts himself off when he notices he's doing it (kinda like Hunter in Owl House)

But once you get him going, he goes, and no one dares to try and stop him (might get murdered by the batfam and Tim's friends if you do). Like with the PJO series becoming a TV series, after some poking and encouragement I can see Tim just going off for actual hours about how excited he is about it, what he wants to see, what he doesn't want to see, how much he LOVES the casting and how he'll personally fist fight anyone who is racist against Annabeth's actress Leah, and more

The last person he did this to was actually Jason after they just finished a case and Jason was making dinner for them two at one of his Safe houses. Jason is listening the whole time, and even asked questions and made comments to encourage Tim to keep going, it was actually very relaxing for him

Next up is actually Jason, in my Neurodivergent batfam post I said that Jason only has Bipolar depressive disorder, but I changed my mind since then, he still had BDD but my man's also has ADHD, was diagnosed a little bit before he died

Anyway, moving on! Jason's Special Interests includes, classic lit, namely Jane Austen's books, plus some of Shakespeare's work, Star Trek (this causes arguments with Tim), plays (was also a theatre kid, just not on the musical end like Tim), motorcycles, guns (how they're made, cleaning them, different types, stuff like that), cooking, and surprising everyone gardening (he has a bunch of plants and helps Alfred out in the garden all the time)

Hyperfixations right now are, Greek Mythology (thanks Tim), Bridgerton, and coding (Babs is teaching him, sometimes Tim)

Info dumping with Jason is a lot easier than with Tim, because Jason never notices that he's info dumping, he'll just be talking, and now Dick knows just about everything about Bridgerton with seeing a single episode and is planning on getting him the books for his birthday. Once Jason realizes he info dumping he normally stops to make sure whoever he's talking to is okay with it and continues happily if they say they are.

Next is Damian (who is Autistic in my headcanon)!

Damian's Special Interest are, swords (the history of them, how their made, the different kinds, and how to use them, ect), art, taking care of animals/animals in general, learning different languages (I mentioned in a headcanon a long time ago that Tim knows A LOT of languages because he wanted to impress his parents (didn't work) but now he teaches Damian these languages and it's one of the ways they bond), different fighting styles, Disney movies, making jewelry (makes it for his friends and family as both a claiming mark (that my person, back off) and I show of affection, not that he'll ever admit it (they know anyway)), and fashion

Current Hyperfixations for the murder baby arrre, detective work (wants to be better at that part of the job), She-Ra because Jon made him watch it and now he's obsessed, psychology (he finds it fascinating how the brain works)

Info dumping for Damian is a lot like Tim, he too was taught that it was better to be unheard and unseen growing up, with Damian it's a little harder to get him started, but he too goes off once he begins, but it usually doesn't last as long as the others (30 minutes at MOST) but that's only because he is just a generally quiet person by choice and doesn't have a whole lot to say. The people he feels most comfortable info dumping on are unsurprisingly Dick and Jon, and very surprisenly Tim, it's Tim because they share a lot of the same (ish) trauma with it comes to being Neurodivergent and he knows that Tim will never push him or make fun of him

Now, last but certainly not least, Dick! (ADHD)

Dick's Special Interest are Acrobatics (duh), also Disney movies, fashion (tho he's terrible at it), baking, love languages (adores the entire thing, love to find people's love languages and show them his love through them), Queer History (that man is not straight (pan in my mind) and feeds happily into Tim's current hyperfixation on it), crafts (any kind, Bruce has so many of Dick's crafts proudly displayed around the manor (along with Tim's photo's, Damian's art, and Jason's old academic awards,he's a proud dad))

Dick's current hyperfixations include the Cars movies (much to everyones pain), the Percy Jackson series (started reading because Tim was forcing him to, but quickly began to love it), and learning to play the violin from Damian

Info dumping is very easy with Dick, if you talk to him for more than 3 minutes there is a 99% chance he'll begin info dumping on you, he is completely aware he is doing it, but grew up know what it was and that is completely okay to do so he doesn't care, and works hard to get his brothers in the same mind set. Him info dumping about Queer History on Tim is actually how it became one of his hyperfixations :)

I was going to continue with other batfam headcanons on this post after these, but this got really long so I'll start those on another post! Hope you enjoyed these :)

#tim drake #red robin #batfam #jason todd #red hood #bruce wayne #dick grayson #nightwing #damian wayne #robin #batman #autism #adhd #Neurodivergent Batfam

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enigmasong · 2 years

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Okay, about half the Straw Hats' favorite drinks is pretty locked into canon, let's headcanon how much they know about their favorite drinks.

Sanji, being an expert drink mixer on top of chef, baker, candy maker, and nutritionist, of course knows everything about everything about all matters of drinks and is the main person the others strike up conversation about them with.

Brook has a near encyclopedic knowledge of teas and knows how best to brew them and what they mix best with, and is always looking forward to learning about new types. The rest of the crew (who cares) considers him just as good as Sanji at making tea - though he isn't able to bring out the health benefits as well as Sanji.

Robin knows her way around coffee. but it was never quite in her special interests to learn - so she knows enough about roasting and brewing enough to make a decent cup for herself. Since joining the Straw Hats, she only makes coffee herself when Sanji isn't around.

Luffy doesn't have any particular favorite drinks, but he has a surprising high knowledge of teas, juices, and alcohols. Not a working knowledge, mind - more like a random assortment of fun facts about them and an ability to perfectly mix a couple dozen recipes between them. This is still surprising to the rest of the crew. Mostly, I headcanon this because I like the idea of him having random small ADHD/autistic side hyper-fixations - and this is one he would've picked up from watching Makino at work (who would've encouraged it because she was Luffy's only fully capable caretaker).

Franky is definitely one of those people who would insist that Pepsi and Coca-Cola have vastly different tastes, but wouldn't be able to articulate why (luckily, neither brand exists in the world of One Piece, so I can leave the hypothetical of which side of that coke war he's on to y'all reading this). He does have his preference in flavors, but is mostly fixated on the energy properties of carbonation that only really make sense to him - unfortunately for Sanji, who has to make all the cola to power the Sunny.

And, finally, Zoro and his booze.

...Zoro only knows that there's wine, sake, and other. He knows literally nothing else about it. Sure, he'll occasionally make comments about the quality, but he can't actually tell - his idea of 'quality booze' comes entirely from the situation he's drinking it under; cheap sake drunken at a Straw Hat victory party will always taste better than the finest wine drunk alone to him. And, because he seems to be incapable of getting drunk, he isn't even able to parse out alcohol content. Sanji easily rations out Zoro's alcohol intake with grog (which is one part rum to four parts water) and Zoro never knows - he just thinks grog is another term for booze (like I'm sure most non-sea faring people do; I certainly didn't before watching Tasting History's video on it).

The rest of the crew only have general knowledge of drinks. Chopper, Usopp, and Nami know about juices to get by - Usopp, Nami, and Jinbei know enough about teas - and Nami and Jinbei know enough about alcohol.

Chopper's favorite drink is chocolate milk, but he doesn't actually know how to make it, but whenever Sanji asks if he wants to learn. he just says he likes how Sanji makes it and doesn't feel the need to because.

#one piece

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justasillyoldfox · 2 years

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One Piece: Strawhat Headcanons

♡These are my headcanons for the Strawhats. Don't like 'em? Leave. Simple as that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

WARNINGS: Possibly spoilers?

♡Luffy: They go by he/they/it pronouns. He is aroace. He is dark, not as dark as Robin. He has multiple ear piercings but doesn't wear them that often. He has ADHD, slight dyslexia, and hyperphantasia. He still has the "3D2Y" tattoo on his upper right arm

♡Zoro: He goes by he/him pronouns but probably wouldn't mind the they/them pronouns every so often. Absolutely gay. Dark but not as dark as Luffy. He was thinking about getting more tattoos but wants to make it special, like their jolly roger and put it on his back or neck. He is slightly dyslexic and has hypersomnia. He has multiple scars across his body

♡Nami: She goes by she/her pronouns. She is a trans-woman who has already transitioned and is a lesbian. Her skin color is like a dark caramel tone. She has 2 ear piercings on both of her ears and has a nostril and nasallang piercing as well. She has hyperphantasia

♡Usopp: He goes by he/they/ze pronouns. He is a trans male who has already transitioned and is a pansexual. He is very dark, especially after the time-skip. He paints a lot so he paints his feelings out on whatever he is allowed to use for such purposes. In the Wano Arc he wore a long striped skirt instead of striped pants

♡Sanji: He goes he/him pronouns. He is a closeted bisexual with internalized homophobia. He has a light tan, hair is brighter, and eye-bags. He has hyperphantasia and insomnia. He misses his sister. He has curly/wavy hair

♡Chopper: They use he/they and neo pronouns. He is aroace, easily flustered (tsundere). Their fur is naturally frizzled so he has to brush it down and tame it in the mornings. Their fur has is super dark near their roots but it gets lighter near the top. Every summer he has to shave their body so they don't burn up and their fur grows back pretty fast so his winter coat is back with the next few months

♡Robin: She goes by all and every pronoun, this includes neo pronouns. He is an omnisexual. His skin is dark, not as dark Usopp's though. She has butterfly braids after the time-skip, has barely noticeable eye-bags, and has a leg tattoo. In subtle ways she is the mother of the crew

♡Franky: He goes by any and all pronouns since he could change his genitals however he wants. He is a raging bisexual. Has a slight tan but can change the color of his skin from pale to blue since he is a cyborg and a bit of a scientist you could say to an extent

♡Brook: He goes by he/they pronouns. He is bisexual. He likes making sure his hair is at it's very best and has something cute looking in it such as a teddy bear pin, a flower, or even just his sunglasses. He loves making dad jokes and treat everyone as if they are his children and making sure they are okay, their like your funny uncle that you would come to for company, advice or just in need of a laugh. Even if he does act like a child he can be very serious at times when needed to be. Takes baths in milk

♡Jinbei: He goes by he/him pronouns and is open to neo pronouns. He prefers to go by unlabeled or queer. He loves jasmine tea and playing mind games or puzzles in his free time. He puts flowers in his hair since they remind him of of Tiger Fish and Koala. He lets the crew members mess with his hair when he doesn't feel like putting it up. He smiles more when he's around the crew. The crew will include him in celebrating the holidays since he has never heard of them. He has a spoiled pet beta fish named "Otohime" obviously dedicated to the late Queen Otohime

#one piece #one piece headcanons #strawhat headcanons #luffy headcanons #zoro headcanons #nami headcanons #usopp headcanons #sanji headcanons #chopper headcanons #robin headcanons #franky headcanons #brook headcanons #jinbei headcanons #headcanons #hcs #my headcanons

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stardew-saloon · 4 years

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Poly headcanons for Sebastian, Sam and the player? If not that’s okay!!!

Anon thank you for this,, I have the multiple spouse mod just so I can marry both of them 🥺🥺 I feel so bad just dating one of them bc I ship them So Much.

Poly Farmer with Sebastian and Sam!

Sam and Sebastian have crushed on each other for years. It’s painfully obvious to anyone that interacts with them.

When the Farmer shows up, they’re both very confused. They like each other, but they like you, too. Sebastian’s more angry than anything because he doesn’t understand it. He knew polyamory was a thing, he just never saw himself as someone like that.

Sam, on the other hand, hasn’t ever been too educated on different relationships. He didn’t even know you could date multiple people at the same time. But holy shit, now he really wanted to.

There’s two glaring issues that neither want to address: one, they don’t even know if you like either of them, and two, they don’t know that they like each other. So things are very dysfunctional and awkward for a while.

The Farmer starts to date Seb first. At first, they’re a little worried, because he always makes such longing faces whenever he sees Sam. He says it’s nothing, and he’ll tell you some other time.

Well, it’s officially Some Other Time. The Farmer has to ask what’s up with him. It’s a very long and painful discussion for Sebastian, but he eventually admits that he likes both of you. He’s liked Sam for years now, too.

The Farmer recalls a time before they were dating where Sam had mentioned something about having a crush on someone in the valley. A guy, specifically. The Farmer can’t see him dating Alex, and Shane and Harvey seem a bit older than him, so by process of elimination, it had to be Sebastian!

They decide that they’re going to try to subtly drop hints to Sam that they want to date him. Problem is, Sam is about as dense as they come. Every advance they make is always met with a laugh and a joke, or is ignored completely.

What they don’t know is that Sam is also confused. He doesn’t feel right crushing on his two best friends, who also happen to be dating. It’s wrong.

One night, when they’re all at the saloon together without Abigail (she had gotten sick) Seb works up the courage to shyly ask him if he’d ever thought about dating anyone here. Sam is in a corner, trying his best to give a nonchalant answer about it.

It doesn’t work and his cover completely fails. He says everything on the spot, even spouting some things that made the Farmer and Sebastian’s face flush a dark red.

Once he’s done, he’s getting ready to leave, having thouroughly embarrassed himself. Seb stops him, nearly shouting that they both wanted to date him. Luckily, the music was blasting in the saloon, so nobody heard (except maybe Shane, who didn’t care enough to listen in).

Sam is shocked, obviously. Not only does one of his crushes want to date him, two of them do? He asks someone to pinch him or maybe punch him in the face. He’s definitely dreaming.

Sebastian says that he and the Farmer have been talking about this a lot, and they wanted to date Sam too, if he’d have them. He says yes, or course, scooping both of them in his arms.

After that, their relationship is like before, only they kiss and cuddle a lot more. Robin doesn’t ask anything about it, but even a fool could tell that she’s just excited to see Seb so happy.

I feel like Sam is the first one to propose after they’ve all been dating for a while. They all move in to the farmhouse together, living happily ever after.

Listen I could go on about this for hours. Poly Sam/Seb/Farmer is the cutest thing ever and I love it. Somebody needs to write me a fic rn. 😡😡

Also sorry if this one is short! I haven’t been able to focus on anything today and my ADHD is making me bounce off the walls so I wanted to try doing something to distract myself. Hope y’all like it! Reqs are open, I’m still getting a couple everyday. :’)

#sdv #stardew valley #sdv sam #sdv sebastian #stardew valley headcanon #sdv headcanon

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yikesharringrove · 4 years

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Hello! i don’t think i’ve given you any of my weird headcanons in a hot minute so here’s a new favorite! Steve with ADHD, at first nobody notices it, he gets along well enough as a young kid people just think he has an active imagination, when in real it y he just can’t pay attention. He’s in 5th grade when his teacher pulls him out of class and tells him he needs to start paying attention, Steve almost starts crying as he tries to explain to her that he just can’t, that it doesn’t work (pt.1)

(pt.2) so the teacher tells him to stay back after class that day, he totally forgets and almost ends up leaving just further probing her suspicions. She asks him to extol in what he means, he doesn’t know what to say, says that too many things are happening for him to pay attention in class, and that sometimes if he hears another teacher he’ll end up listening to that, or if he can look out a window he’ll get distracted, and she already knows what’s going on, calls his parents for a meeting

(pt.3) So his mom comes in, his dad “could make it” but that works out for steve because his mom actually gets him tested, and his test comes back positive so he has to take meds now and sure his grades aren’t the best but they are so much better and he can actually sit in class and focus, but randomly in his sophomore year tommy finds the pills and makes fun of him and he gets so embarrassed that he just stops taking them, and his grades drop bad and he can’t focus and he feels like shit

(pt.4) he goes around like that for a while feeling lost and distracted but refusing to take his meds and be lame, he only starts taking them again after nancy breaks up with him because he needs to focus on something that isn’t the break up, but they aren’t working well which is to be expected he hasn’t taken them in more then a year, so he ends up totally freaking out and that’s how billy finds him, sitting on the bathroom floor with the WORST headache he’s ever had and he takes pity on him

(pt.5) billy and steve were kind of friends after the fight they had talked and worked things out, not super close but enough to not be so weird around each other anymore, so billy takes him home and makes sure he gets new meds and makes sure he keeps taking them and on days when he can tell steve is space and distracted and clearly forgot he’ll drive to his house and make him take them, and steve will bitch and moan but he actually loves that someone cares enough to make sure he’s ok

(optional pt.6) billy realizing he really likes steve when steve is talking about a special interest and getting super happy and he just can’t help but feel in love with him (is this totally based off my expletive with adhd? yes it is! is this the exact way my hug said she realized she love me? yes it is 🥰)

Hi! I have another one of your AMAZING headcanons in my drafts still, I’m working on it I’m sorry I’m the slowest writer ever.

So, I think I’ve said this, but ADHD makes A LOT of sense for Steve. I don’t have ADHD, so I’m sorry if this is in accurate, I did some research, didn’t want this to be like, bad.

Also, I put him on Ritalin for timing purposes and bc it can cause panic attacks. 🤷‍♀️ and his favorite animals are giraffes, goats and lobsters, 3 of my favorite animals.

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When Steve was little, he could never focus on something for longer than ten minutes.

He would be running through the house, leaving toys on the ground when he remembered a game he could play in another room. His nannies would roll their eyes, picking up after him.

When he got to school, it was more of the same. He would get distracted by every bird that he could see outside. He would be in the middle of class, the teacher would say something about giraffes and his mind would race about animals, would think about every country in Africa he could name, would think about whether or not Lithuania was in Africa.

His grades would slip, tests were a nightmare when he got caught up watching a bee buzzing near the window, only to realize he had answered three questions and only had eleven minutes left.

He was always a poor student, until fifth grade.

Mrs. Wilson had called him up after class, had noticed him zoning out and was about to chide him when she noticed the tears in his eyes.

“I just, I don’t know what happens, sometimes, my thoughts go too fast for my own brain and I can’t focus.” He was sniffling across from her.

“Steve, I’m going to have a chat with your parents. You’re not in trouble, but I think we can help you.” She smiled as she pat his shoulder, letting himself get collected before going to his next class.

She called his parents in at the end of the day, his mother sitting in the seat next to Steve, the principal joining them.

“I’ve noticed some trends in Steve’s school work and his presence in class. We think it may be in his best interest to test him for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. We feel that pinpointing the problem for him may be more helpful moving forward.

Mrs. Harrington agreed, waved her hand in a way that said she was bored of the conversation. Steve spent the whole next Saturday going through various tests, was wrung dry by the end of the day, but left with a clear diagnosis.

He began taking a low does of Ritalin, began focusing in class. His grades skyrocketed, getting the very first B+ he had ever gotten on his English essay.

He was okay until sophomore year.

He was an okay student, could focus in class, but not necessarily retain or understand the information.

But then Tommy found the pills, had laughed at him and called him retarded, the word that had haunted him his whole life, spat at him by the father that didn’t care about him.

So he flushed the pills, never refilled his prescription.

His grades slipped immediately. He wasn’t able to focus in class, had gone back to the days of staring out the window and getting confused about why it was called a square root.

He was constantly moving, would bounce his leg, would tap his pencil, would sometimes take the hall pass and just walk.

He knows taking his meds would fix the problem, but he had Nancy know, didn’t want her to know this weakness of his, this shameful secret.

But then he didn’t have Nancy, and his thoughts were racing, jumping from Nancy to demodog to Barb to Billy to his dad to Nancy to demodog to Barb to Billy to his dad to Nancy to-

He broke down February of senior year.

Graduation was soon as Steve’s grades were ass. He needed to focus on something that wasn’t Nancy, demodog, Barb, Billy, his dad. So he filled his old prescription, took the same does he had two years ago and went to school.

When he was first put on the meds, he was told panic attacks and anxiety could be a side effect. He had never experienced that before, but now, now he lived in constant anxiety, and with his Ritalin, he was a mess.

He had locked himself in the bathroom above the gym, the one nobody uses. He was on the floor, trying to ground himself against the wall, trying to think of anything other than Nancy, demodog, Barb, Billy, his dad, Nancy, demodog, Barb, Billy, his dad, Nancy, demodog, demodog, demodog, demodog-

“Pretty Boy?”

Billy was in front of him, eyebrows furrowed as he looked at Steve.

“B-Billy?”

“You okay? You’re kinda, kinda losin’ it.”

“I, I went off my meds for a, a few years, and I put myself back on them, and it’s, I, I know it’s lame, but they usually help and now-” he sobbed as Billy pulled him into his chest, soothing him softly.

“What meds?”

“Ritalin. It’s for, for ADHD.” Billy huffed a laugh.

“I fuckin’ knew it. The way you talk a mile a damn minute.” Steve’s heart sank. “And it’s not lame. Some peoples’ brains are just, wired different.”

Steve was starting to calm down, the anxiety shoving over into a raging headache. He groaned into Billy’s shoulder.

“What’s up?”

“Head hurts.”

“Want me to take you home.” Steve just nodded, his eyes squeezed shut. Billy drove him home, sat with him while Steve called his doctor, made an appointment for next weekend.

Steve had gotten a new medication, adjusted to his current state. The new meds were like magic, allowing Steve to focus when he needed, wouldn’t let him fall into hyperfocus on something that wasn’t productive. He finished senior year on a good note, with okay-enough grades to score his diploma.

He spent the summer at Scoops, working alongside Robin.

Billy came in every day. Would sit with him on Steve’s break. On the days Steve seemed more spaced, he would marrow his eyes, would say you didn’t take your meds today, would drive to Steve’s house to get them for him, would make sure he took them, would take drinks out of Steve’s hands at parties, would make sure he wouldn’t do anything to interfere with them, would dread the days he would find Steve nauseous from the meds.

Bonus:

Steve realized he was in love with Billy when he found out Billy starting keeping a small store of Steve’s meds in his car, would update them periodically to make sure they were safe, effective.

Billy realized he was in love with Steve when he was talking about every animal he could name. He showed Billy the small library of books he had bought for himself about animals, could explain the difference between kingdom, class, phylum, and genus. Was throwing out Latin names for his favorite animals, giraffa camelopardalis, capra aegagrus hircus, nephropidae. Billy couldn’t help himself, had just leaned over and kissed him, left Steve giggling as they made out.

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destefania23 replied to your post:

What do you think about Dick being an ADHD person?

I’ve read like six or so fanfics about dick being adhd, they are cute but are so short too :“v i need more of them

LOL look at me lying about going and doing stuff I need to do, because something caught my eye first and I just needed to make one last response.

ADHD what? Who?

But anyway, I have headcanons about each of the Batkids having certain tells that lead to Bruce getting them tested and trying out various medications, and like...how that would affect each of them. Because I project a lot of stuff along the lines of “had to develop own coping mechanisms to make the most of my uncooperative brain while growing up because my parents didn’t believe in stuff like ADHD and thought everything was just a matter of willpower and working/concentrating hard enough vs just being lazy.”

And thus I also project a lot of stuff along the lines of “getting an actual diagnosis and trying effective medication for the first time as a grown adult in my late twenties was literally life-changing as my brain suddenly was working in completely different ways that neatly avoided so many of the traps it’d been falling into my whole life whenever I tried to concentrate and would get super hard on myself for not being able to focus and having a deep-seated belief I was just innately lazy.”

So I like headcanoning all or most of the Batkids as ADHD because it allows me to explore various avenues and reactions all with the same characters and setting.

Like, I headcanon that when Dick was still only like eleven or twelve, and constantly having trouble fidgeting in class and not sitting still, one of his teachers recommended to Bruce that he consider getting him tested for ADHD. My thought is that Bruce would be resistant at first, because its okay for him not to be perfect and an inevitable result of being so damn good at everything he tries is the occasional insistence that everything worth knowing, he already knows.

So I picture that like, Bruce isn’t ignorant, he’s perfectly aware that things like ADHD exist and are valid, its just he has trouble at first reconciling that from an abstract awareness to something that directly applies to someone in his care, like Dick. Also, this would be at the early stages of their relationship, where I imagine Bruce is relying heavily on his perception of Dick being like him in so many ways in order to build connections with Dick, try and get in his head and understand him, etc....that Bruce unconsciously processes this as “well, when I was learning all these things it was just a matter of honing my mental discipline, and Dick is like me, therefor, this should be true of him as well.”

Plus, being Robin was far more important to Dick than school, it was his priority, so I imagine he invested most of his focus and attempts at developing his own techniques for getting the most out of his ADHD brain...on the times he was training with Bruce or at his side as Robin. So in Bruce’s eyes, based on his own interactions with Dick, he’d seen Dick focus and control himself and keep still with enough effort while Robin, when Bruce reminds him to and stresses the importance....so he thinks that’s further proof its just a matter of effort. Not realizing HOW MUCH effort its costing Dick to do that, and how much he’s beating himself up for having so much trouble with it. Not to mention, this is a large part of why he’s having SO MUCH trouble in class....because this is when he allows himself to relax his attempts at focusing so much, and it slips out all the more here.

I like to imagine its Selina who turned things around here.

Like, I can see Bruce letting some of his frustration about this and the teacher’s advice and Dick’s continuing problems with self-control out a little while its just he and Selina, venting in passing kind of a thing. Not expecting her to have advice or anything like that, but just one of those things where she’s content to let him just rant on about stuff and get it all out of his system and feel heard, because she’s there nodding along even though it has fuck all to do with her and he doesn’t need to know that she mostly just thinks he’s so cute when he’s like this and it doesn’t hurt that he always feels he owes her afterwards to thank her for listening.

Look, she’s not a saint, okay.

Only this time she interjects and asks bluntly, as she does all things she actually cares about and doesn’t have the time or patience to dance around and make performance art out of: “Bruce, have you spent any time at all considering that there might be something to his teacher’s suggestion?”

He hesitates, thrown by her unexpected interjection, as it isn’t the norm for this kind of scene between them. She takes that as answer enough.

“Bruce, darling, apple of mine eye for as long as it continues to amuse me to view you as such - “

“Ego is sufficiently checked, thanks. You can move it along now,” Bruce says wryly.

She flashes him a quick grin of acknowledgment but then sobers, uncharacteristically serious.

“I’m not sure it is, and I think that’s the problem. You’ve done a good job with Dick so far and changed far more than I think anyone expected and in quite a short time as well. But one thing I don’t think you’ve totally grasped yet is this: You don’t get to be right all the time, anymore. Your perfect streak is over.”

“What’s that supposed to mean?”

“You’re not graceful in defeat, and you can’t abide appearing clumsy when you don’t have a champagne flute in one hand. So you generally just choose to not accept defeat. Which is fine for a superhero, and oddly endearing in ways I’ve never quite managed to put my pinkie on. But when it was just you on the line, putting your head down and willfully charging onward rather than submit to a wound of pride....you were only risking yourself. You have to admit you’ve garnished yourself with more than one unnecessary beating as you’d rather take a blow to the abdomen than one to the ego. At least when I’m not around to kiss it better afterwards.”

She lightens her words with a little bit of levity at the end there, though Bruce’s lips still pucker sourly. The downside of being attracted to someone who can see right through you is sometimes they see right through you, he supposes.

Damn Catch-22′s.

“But its not just you on the line anymore, when you simply don’t care to admit there are mysteries that elude even the Great Detective, or clues that sometimes are apparent to others before they unveil themselves to you. If you’d rather double as a punching bag than concede intellectual defeat to a foe, that’s all well and good. But you don’t get to volunteer Dick up there alongside you.”

He’s silent, pondering her words.

“Get him tested, Bruce,” she presses gently, but without minding her claws. “If he turns out not to have it, you’ve wasted a full two hours. If he does, you’ve done right by him, and that should be more than enough to see your ego through taking the hit.”

“Alright,” he concedes. “You’ve made your point.”

She smiles, brown eyes back to dancing in their usual merriment. “Damn a girl with faint praise, why don’t you. And here I thought I’d made several.”

“I’m just trying to return the favor in kind,” Bruce rumbles with a quirk of his lips. “Wouldn’t do to have your ego balloon out of control the second I manage to shrink mine. Where would that leave us?”

“Oh ye of little faith,” she chides with a smirk, stretching luxuriously on the couch. “I think we could make it work. Where’s your experimental spirit? I thought men of your intellect worship at the altar of the Scientific Method.”

He laughs and shakes his head, too fond to try and further their little game of one-upsmanship. “You were wrong about one thing. You broke my winning streak a long time ago. You just seem to have a talent for making me forget that, just in time for you to do it all over again.”

“Mmmm,” she hums, the faint sound and a minute twitching of her lips somehow managing to pack a wealth of amusement into them both. “What can I say, darling? I’m the cat’s meow.”

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