Detective: I didn't realize your communications liaison looked so... Emily: *raises an eyebrow, glares at the man* Detective: ...young. Hotch: The fuck are you implying? I'll have you know SSA Jareau is experienced and her youth is not-- Rossi: What happened to "It's important for us to maintain a good relationship with the local police force"? Emily: That goes out the window when the local police force tries to hit on my girl. *JJ is in the conference room eating Cheetos, oblivious to her boss and her GF trying to fight the detective*
The Wayne manor is not a quiet place.
Someone Is always doing something, talking about anything, teasing, bantering, playfully slandering, so Bruce grew accustomed to noise. Its hard not to, with his nest of birds.
But this particular topic has him on mute;
"Why do YOU get him when he's old?"
" Oh my GOD, Jason, I'm LITERALLY the oldest. You ALWAYS have to get everything!"
Jason isn't at all interested in Dick's dramatics. He wraps all 6'4 inches around Bruce's leg like an affectionate leech. "You're the fucking meanest! You'll probably feed B those gross ass protein shakes and force him to watch re runs of Realest Housewives of Gotham!"
"YOU TRIED TO BLOW HIM UP!"
Cass is strong like a tsunami and silent as a snake, jumping on Bruce's back, beautiful eyes full of threat. " Dad stays. Mine."
Bruce pipes up, " I have a retirement plan--"
"Getting railed everyday at the Kent farm isn't a retirement!"
Tim gives Steph a look of disgust. "Gross."
Damian isn't above pulling out his swords. " If I don't get Baba, everyone is dying. Me included. "
"Damian. What did I say about threatening your siblings with murder?" Bruce asks expectantly.
" Oh, I'm not threatening, baba. I'm making a vow."
Alfred doesn't pry his attention from the chamomile tea he's preparing. " Master Bruce stays with me."
"...Alfred, I don't think you'll...You know, be around when Bruce retires--"
"Was that a contradiction?"
They all gulp. The argument is settled quickly, and Bruce spends the rest of his evening with head on Alfred's lap and his hand in Jason's hair, petting like a cat, and listening to RHOG on the TV.
He loves the noise.
Everyone always says stuff like "oh Jason was touch starved" or "Nico's touch starved" but I give u this take:
Reyna is touch starved.
She's the leader of a Roman camp, so she probably isn't overly close to anyone and she probably has no one she trusted enough to help her.
So Reyna probably refuses to let people hug her or touch her because she's scared of getting hurt, and the only person she trusts is her sister Hylla, and then it grew to include Nico because you know trauma bonding and all that
Even if she learns to trust people the only 2 persons she'll allow herself to fall asleep around are Hylla and Nico because she trusts them to protect her.
And she's definitely a clingy sleeper, so if she falls asleep around either of them, or either of them are there, she would cuddle them because she felt safe.
If she's sick she would definitely refuse to get help and just keep working herself to death until her sister came and just. Kinda. Pulled her into a hug, and Rey would just melt against her because she's her sister and shit, and all the legionaires would be shocked as Reyna doesn't like people hugging her.
Clark: why are you like this
Bruce, three seconds away from dropping a glass of champagne on the floor, dramatically slipping in the pieces, and falling into the lap of the senator they’re trying to get information out of in a bizarre, sleep-deprived, but likely wildly successful seduction attempt: can you just let me have this please
why are all pride flags just stripes make that shit like Wales
Piper - "You guys are hot." So blatanly they both start laughing. Percy is so red in the face as Piper apologizes so many times cause it actually just came out, she did not mean to say it out loud, oh my Gods just kill me now! (Leo's laughing at her so fucking hard he needs to take a walk outside.)
Hazel - She's just normal. Adores them for taking such good care of one of her best friends.
Frank - He's a little jealous but basically the same as Hazel.
Jason - Poor guy is so scared. The only parental figures he's ever had were abusive and he's heard so many good things about them and doesn't wanna mess this up. But he relaxes after a while realizing they're super chill.
Leo - Same as Jason but instead of being a people pleaser about it, he had more energy due to his anxiety. Don't mess up. They'll hate you if you mess up. Mess up what??? It's just dinner!!!
Reyna - They made her smile!! Everyone congradulated her.
Brucie Wayne is Batman's real personality.
Batman is the real act, he isn't that serious.
I have seen many stories where The Justice League finds out Batman's real personality, and (most of them don't show what happens after the reveal) he now acts as himself which most people make closer to Batman's personality.
So I thought what if after this grand reveal, he doesn't just get closer to the JL, but he acts way different than they expect.
Brucie is a bit of an exaggeration of his real personality. He flirts but more in a playful way, and the public calls him a playboy because of that.
After the Justice League learns of Batman's true identity, they now think that 'Brucie' is just an elaborate act to conceal his identity. Little do they know how much their opinion of him is going to change.
This needs to happen after the reveal of Batman's identity, so you can write that(prefered) or you can skip that, but if you skip it you'll have to give a summary of how they found out so the reader has some background.
After the shock of Batman's secret identity, the JL thinks the only things that will change will be that Batman now trusts them more, they will now be able to meet out of uniform, they get to be involved in his personal life(not too much), and they see Brucie, Bruce Wayne in a different light; he isn't what the media says.
It's the day after the reveal or whenever they meet again (after the reveal).
Let's say it's a JL meeting, everything is going on as normal just with Batman with no mask on; he going through the report of something (idk what they do at the meetings).
The meeting is adjourned and somebody says that they want to hang out. They think even if Bruce told them his identity that wouldn't make him suddenly want to hang out with them, but to their surprise he says yes. His voice sounded lighter than normal, but... No, it was probably their imagination.
Bruce is at the party; it's at a privately owned place, so it's just them and none of them have to keep up the act and can be themselves.
They notice, no, it's obvious, that Bruce is acting differently. He is acting like...
"Wait is...Brucie the real personality?"
They all look at him in horror.
"...No it can't be...Can it?"
When it's something important or serious or he is uniform: Batman
When it's basically anything else: Brucie(normal him)
dialogue
➼ “Please don’t ever stop touching me.”
➼ “I may have found a new addiction.”
➼ “Your hands are so soft.”
➼ “Do that again. It feels nice.”
➼ “Are you okay? Your face seems a little red.”
➼ “Stop smothering me, you dumbass.” “It’s to make up for the lack of hugs in all these years in your life when I wasn’t there!”
actions
• tensing up under their touch because they’re scared they’ll become too attached to it
• insisting they don’t want B to touch them but B notices the soft curl of A’s lips whenever they do touch them
• intertwining their pinkies as a start to physical contact
• placing a comforting hand on their back whenever they feel nervous or upset
• memorising the little scars on each other’s bodies
• getting used to falling asleep and waking up in each other arms
• the other hugging them suddenly and them freezing, not knowing what to do
Bellona has answered my prayer. She doesn’t fight my battles for me. She doesn’t guarantee me easy victory. She grants me opportunities to prove myself. She gives me strong enemies and potential allies.
- Reyna Avila Ramirez-Arellano
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You cannot tell me that Bruce Wayne having a “Brucie Wayne” persona would not cause some Accidents to occur.
One example I thought of was the Justice League having a group chat. Now, see, Brucie Wayne uses social media like all the younger generations do. (Plus, he’s bi, so of COURSE he has caps lock off to fit the Aesthetic™.)
Now, imagine Bruce having to physically HOLD HIMSELF BACK from using slang or typing in lowercase in the official JL chat, because he’s Batman, he can’t be casual, goddamnit!
He has to physically restrain himself from using abbreviations, responding to funny messages with “lmao” or something of the like, and he hates it.
One day, after a particularly hard week in Gotham, he forgets that he’s Batman using an official chat. But who cares, because it’s 5am and his phone is blowing up, and he just wants to sleep, damnit!
So he takes out his phone, pulls up the chat, and texts, “y’all, stfu”.
His phone is blissfully silent for five minutes. He manages to drift off to sleep. He wakes up in the morning to 100+ group chat notifications, 17 missed calls, and a whole lotta explaining to do.
We failed as a society when everyone stopped wearing headphones.