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    Alfred will always ensure Wayne Manor is well-protected. Even if it means dipping into skills he amassed for an entirely different profession.

    (or, the one where Bruce Wayne is a former doctor turned blissful soccer dad of seven, Alfred is a butler-grandfather who got in way too deep, and Wayne Manor is the safest place in Gotham for a reason)

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    18 Oct 2025

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    Does he want to leave Nice?

     

    Sure, the last few hours were the most overwhelmed he has ever felt and sure, Nice was- well pushy was to put it mildly. But, does he really want to leave? Leave Nice and go back home to no one? Continue his life like this never happened?

     

    You don’t have a responsibility to Nice.

     

    No, he doesn’t; he knows that. But… Nice’s mental state is clearly in tatters, and if his presence—if his ability—can bring him some peace, then he’ll stay. He may not be a hero, but if he can help one person, then that’ll be enough.

     

    If Lin Ling can be a hero to one person, that’ll be enough.
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    In this world, Lin Ling can calm people down if they are within arm's length of him. He thought nothing of it until one day he saved the 15th hero, Nice, from suicide.

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    Slade Wilson is a manipulative asshole. Unfortunately, he's also very good at saving Jason Todd's life.

    OR: A morally ambiguous mercenary gets a chance to work on his parenting skills. The crime lord he's picked is not on board with this. Mild chaos ensues.

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    17 Aug 2024

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    Jason Todd is good at extortion. He's what the adults call a snoop - nobody paid attention to the little kid with the big ears. Without even realizing, adults would hand him the keys to getting what he needed. Jason knew how to collect information, because adults found information valuable. And it was. It was free, easy to get, and easy to carry, so long as he kept his head clear and his facts straight.
    Jason had information Batman could use. He knew it. He had thought it over all day, sitting on that moldy couch, eating stale saltines. Batman would definitely be interested in the information Jason had.

    Batman had become scary again, like the old stories Jason used to hear the goons in the area tell. Breaking bones, just barely keeping people alive. Batman didn’t kill, no, but sometimes? Sometimes living was worse, maybe.
    Jason stayed crouched behind that dumpster, silent, because he simply couldn’t decide if Batman was far gone enough to make a kid wish he was dead.

    (Jason Todd knows how to get what he wants, and Batman tries to lure him to safety.)

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    23 Jun 2023

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    Ingo is gone. Emmet tries to hold it all together by playing both parts.

    Like most things, it doesn't proceed as planned.

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    23 Jul 2022