How small must the world be for both Bruce and Tim to witness John and Mary Grayson's deaths
Or for 10-year-old Duke to crack the Riddler's puzzle before Batman swoops in and saves the day, long before his powers came into play
Or for Sheila Haywood to leave her son only to end up assisting his killer a decade and a half later
Not to mention the popular fanon concept of Jason knowing baby Damian in the League of Assassins
Now imagine how many other invisible strings could've tied them together
Like what if Tim and Jason went to the same school when Jason was Robin but all they shared was the occasional bump and "excuse me" in the busy halls
Or what if Babs was a tutor and helped an elementary-aged Steph finally understand her homework only for the Browns to cancel after a couple sessions because they couldn't afford it
What if the first person to buy Cass a hot meal was Kate on one of her travels
What if Alfred witnessed young Selina shoplifting groceries but chose to turn a blind eye
What if Jason lived on the same streets as the Row siblings and gave little Harper tips on how to use tools and defend her brother
What if Steph and Duke shared the same school bus, only he sat in the front while she was toward the back
What if the first person to teach Tim how to tie his shoes was Bruce at a gala because Jack and Janet were busy talking to someone important
What if Bette did a DNA test for fun and found a connection in Nanda Parbat but just assumed the results was faulty because she knew her whole family, right?
What if 8-year-old Dick, the day before his parents died, stayed at a cheap hotel near Crime Alley and found 4-year-old Jason wandering alone and said, "I'll be your big brother for tonight"
What if the universe knew they were made for each other and wouldn't rest until they realized it too
DC fandom is the only fandom where saying "you could try to read their comics and engage with their characters outside of shipping lenses and fanon tropes" is seen as an insult
Barbara: Any luck finding Jason?
Dick: Nope. I looked at the bar where he goes to play pool, the bar where he goes to fight, the bar where he goes to sing karaoke, and the bar where he goes to actually drink, and he wasn't at any of them.
Selina: You know, It used to be that you went to one bar to do all that stuff - maybe two if you do karaoke - but now it's like everybody separates the activities...
Dick: No, most people still just have the one or two hangout bars. Jason just does this to...keep things interesting.
Selina: And what's that code for?
Bruce: Make it hard for us to find him when we need him because he doesn't wanna do stuff.
my deepest apologies to eng speakers but im unable to translate all the cultural aspects and puns of this au so you just have to look at cyrillic letters😔
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