Rich Boarding School Au doodles, ft Bruce, Harvey, Lex and Ollie

headcannons under cut lol

Yes, Bruce and Lex are roommates. They stuck the Weird Rich Kids together

Ollie is there solely because I think its hilarious that well into their 40s Bruce does something that makes Ollie realize that he KNOWS WHO BATMAN IS. and that batman is the little weirdo he went to high school with

Ollie was scared of bruce and never talked to him. was 100% convinced that that kid did human sacrifice at some point or smthing.

Bruce and Harvey def picked on Lex. Were they his only friends? yes. Were they also really toxic and mean? Yes. Not that lex was nice either but ya know.

Lex has walked in on bruce and harvey kissing many times. poor boy just wants to chill in his room. He never tells anyone (who tf is he gonna tell anyway?) but he still thinks about it. in a 'he remembers it at the wirdest times, leans back, and goes huh' way.

Harvey doesnt realize he's bi until after his redemption arc in the far future. Because, obviously, making out with bruce over the years doesnt count. It's Bruce.

some saved family au notes from today at work:

Similar to the talk about the kids, i like to picture austin and kyle going to the same school a lot since they’re only two years age difference. Austin getting picked on a /lot/ probably, he’s kind of a nerd type and he wouldn’t be able to defend himself easily and would just back down immediately. Tells the teacher later after the incident but that just gets more teasing/bullying aimed his way and probably enough threats from some of the bullies to get him to stop. And like, when they’re younger, Kyle thinks the world of Austin. The age gap between himself and his brothers is larger than that between austin and him, so kyle just adopts austin as his new older brother even if austin isn’t as thrilled about that. Because like, i can only imagine for a kid getting shit over not being cool like austin would, like it’s def not cool having your little cousin tag along with you everywhere. But like, on the other hand, one of the times when Austin’s about to get beat up, Kyle stumbling in on the scene trying to find austin so they can walk home together or whatever, and like. Immediately steps up to defend aus. Admittedly the bully also has a couple years or so on him (and that’s not counting the possibility of it being multiple kids fucking with austin), but he gets a couple swings in and maybe even manages to give the bully a bloody nose in the process of getting focused as well. From then on Kyle kind of like sticking up for austin at school. he knows how to fight and how to defend himself pretty well, he can help austin out with this. Austin gets more shit for having to have his little cousin be his bodyguard, but he doesn’t deal with quite as much shit actually hurting him as he did before. as they get older, them drifting and not really being friends any more. again, austin’s personality begins to turn more introverted and withdrawn, showing more asocial and detached signs, while kyle starts to kind of come into his own and become way more popular at school. he’s failing more classes and skipping others and getting detention left and right, but the kids in the classes think he’s super friendly and a charmer, so he gets his own circle of sorta friends so he doesn’t need to rely on following his cousin around. also standard of judging his cousin’s seemingly growing lack of empathy. but like. that’s still a given with the bullying. if kyle catches anyone giving austin shit, he’ll give them shit right the fuck back, fucking try him. by that point he’s got a lot more muscle, he’s still not a trained fighter but he’s gotten /good/ at dodging and throwing a punch back, and his opinion on austin and his current friend situation doesn’t matter. like that’s his fucking family and if you wanna fuck with him, you fuck with kyle too and you gotta be prepared for that shit. 

Hey here’s a thing. Kyle tries to be open minded about a lot of stuff, but I think he definitely slips up a lot and largely so with people he’s comfortable fucking with. specifically related to ace shit, like the common argument you see of ‘can you stop equating us to inhumans like for real?’ Like Al or Ivan, he’s not going to make one of those alien/robot/etc jokes about them being ace to them, but austin’s distance from that stuff? Just like everything else, he absolutely gives him shit about it. I’ve mentioned for other AUs specifically but like has been lowkey noted to apply here too, he already calls Austin Tin/Tin Man partially because AusTIN but mainly as like a joke about Austin being from Oz and missing a heart (which i’m also gonna say it’s also canon in this AU as it is in others that Austin gets him back with some choice ‘Scarecrow’ comebacks, which like, equally good to make fun of kyle’s struggle in school and other knowledge/educational things (largely from the ADHD) by implying he doesn’t have a brain. What a good friend/family relay they have going on, so nice, so respectful. IT’S THAT BIT DURING ONE OF THE TAZ JUMBOTRONS WHERE GRIFFIN KEPT STOPPING TO BE LIKE ‘/JEEZ/, JUST WOW THOUGH’ ABOUT THE INSULTS. like they’re family and they love each other but jeez. Anyway i’m getting off track), so like, kyle asking about the topic after a discussion with austin by introing the convo with a “How’s my favorite robot doing with figuring out that whole sex thing?” or a joke about asking whether it was his aunt or uncle that was an alien because like, clearly austin isn’t human because [reason] kinda thing. And even if you pointed out to him the difference of like, would you say the same thing to Al or Ivan or someone? Like it wouldn’t even, it’d be a huge disconnect in his head. No, of course not, why would he? in his head, he’s not taking a shot at austin possibly being ace, he’s taking a shot at austin definitely not expressing emotions in ways kyle recognizes. And it’s not that he specifically wants to hurt austin, he likes him! he ~kinda~ respects him, sorta, depending on when you ask. But like, he also fucks with him, that’s what he does! And admittedly, again, this whole fucking topic means so little to austin and he’s already annoyed by but used to Kyle being an ass, that it wouldn’t come off as like offensive to him even if he knew about the associations, which he wouldn’t. And like, not every person who’s not strictly allosexual is going to be offended by the robot/monster/alien jokes. But still, it’s interesting of another case of something jerk-ish kyle saying/doing flying right over his head because that’s just how the relationship is or [insert other reason here]. 

this isn’t a long one, just like, austin doing the “when did you get so smart?” thing to dal is good. kyle doesn’t do it often to his kids, he knows they’re way smarter than him, but dal and aus talking about something and dal saying something especially wise and him just. very proud of her. 

austin getting the ‘sweetheart’ thing he uses a lot for dal from his mom! she doesn’t use it all the time, but when trying to be comforting she’d use it on occasional. tell him to ‘come here, sweetheart’ and pull him into her lap when he was a kid and rub his back and rock him a bit. 

also, me: maybe ollie would prefer sweetie or something instead? nah, that doesn’t sound right, maybe... sweet boy? ‘my sweet boy’? ...ugh, we can’t- i can’t- not another mcelroy insta-reference, i can’t. 

kyle would /love/ the extended set of parents he gets in this au. like. it takes him to his YA age to recognize that his dad wasn’t as bad as he thought and that his mom was way way worse. he always loved and will always love both of them a lot, but him eventually realizing oh hey summer wasn’t a good person, she wasn’t a good mom, she wasn’t good. and that would kind of be rough to deal with, she was important to him and he defended her in his mind and to others a lot and the true realization and acceptance that he was wrong about that would hurt to adjust to initially. ultimately good getting past having to constantly justify the shit she does and how it doesn’t make her a bad person or anything, but like at teh start, it’s rough. austin’s parents are a good step. ollie and june are so supportive and they step in as they can. june knows her sister’s childish and has a rotten temper, but she never really suspects that summer’s quite so rough on kyle, especially because like. well, he does throw himself into danger a lot as well, she sees this first hand with him having play dates with austin a lot, plus he /does/ defend summer a lot. and later on, her and oliver both kind of regretful probably that they couldn’t do more but they do a lot as they can. they make it seem like they want austin and kyle to spend a lot of time together to help austin but also, whenever kyle’s over, they can tell he’s happier and doesn’t want to go back home a lot. then like beatrice and marion. i don’t know if they’d interact a lot with kyle earlier on when austin and amelia first get married or if it’d be more for later when kyle marries ivan and they adopt the two kids, but whenever he met them, he’d def love them too and how warm and friendly they seem too. i know it may have seemed like a joke when i mentioned it before in relation to the kids but he’s legit just going to adopt austin and mel’s parents because like. his dad’s okay and his mom is trash, can he just have these very good moms and dad please and thank you?

i also remembered cian was an uncle to kyle in this au and that’s still very good! cian also a good influence even if he’s not around for visits a lot. cian not liking this woman who married his brother and then went and cheated on him wtf, and when he finds out she’s got a sister and brother-in-law, not expecting much, but pleasantly surprised when oliver and june are nice enough. i love everyone kind of meeting either summer or austin and then ending up completely surprised when oliver and june are nice and caring and warm people. 

also this isn’t family au, this is gta au but like. i had the realization that like. i mean, kyle both does drugs in this au and also is still the reckless ‘fuck death’ type so. austin probably comes across kyle a number of times in like scares of thinking he overdosed or having to help him after kyle came close to it. kyle not even fazed either. teases austin one time while kind of coming out of it that austin always takes care of him, what good family~. meanwhile austin not showing it but like. he’s so fucking tired of worrying that his cousin is going to get himself killed in some dumb way. it’d be fine if it was just normal gang stuff and kyle was actually trying to keep himself alive but this inviting death to come see him and challenging him not to take him is getting old fast.