You Know The “Dad, How Do I?” YouTube Channel? Yeah, That, But With Red Hood, And They’re Unlisted

PAIN, SUFFERING, EMOTIONAL DAMAGE

Batman gives each of his Robins a different code to use when they’re in trouble and need immediate extraction. He promises that when they call, he’ll drop everything just to get to them, come hell or high water.

Jason, during his time with the League, shares his code with Damian, to be used “only in the direst of circumstances, when you have exhausted all other options.” He doesn’t know if Bruce will answer, given how fractured their relationship was before he died, but it is better than nothing. Every tool counts when they live such dangerous lives.

Damian uses it exactly once, and Bruce, who still feels the loss of his son like a yawning chasm in his chest, responds to it even though he knows it can’t be Jason because Jason’s dead. What he finds, instead of Jason, is a boy in League garbs, drenched in blood from the tips of his midnight-black hair to his too-small feet, with a face that Bruce sees himself and Talia in, requesting asylum from a grandfather who wishes to possess his body. Bruce doesn’t question how this boy who is so clearly his son knew the code. Talia al Ghul is resourceful and places family above all; the code is not beyond her abilities to discover, and she is not above using Bruce’s desperate love for his dead son to ensure that hers does not meet the same fate.

Bruce takes Damian in, because of course he does, and since Jason is dead he allows Damian to keep using the code. After all, it’s not like Jason is alive to use it, right? If someone uses the code, there’s no one it could be but Damian, right?

The next time the code is used, Bruce traces the location to Gotham even though Damian was supposed to be in Bludhaven visiting Dick. But whatever happened that resulted in Damian being in Gotham can wait, because he has already failed one son and he will not fail another, his son is in trouble and he needs to get to him, he needs to—

What he finds, instead of Damian, is a boy (just eighteen, too young, but also too old, but also he will always be a boy to him) in League garbs, drenched in blood from the tips of his midnight-black hair to his too-large feet (when had he gotten so big), wearing the face of his dead son.

(Who, maybe, just maybe, may no longer be so dead.)

*Raon in his phase of "Why questions"*: Human, why oysters are so disgusting?

Cale: because they are bad, they don't even donate to charity, do you want to know why?

Raon, listening seriously: why???

Cale: Because they're shellfish

He is so special to me

Cale: I am trash. I am just using people.

Also Cale: You dare try to humiliate Mary?!

Mary: I am cool.

Aedghikufeejkoo I love this family so much.

I love this silly little guy so much

if corpse god has a million fans, then i am one of them. if corpse god has ten fans, then i am one of them. if corpse god has only one fan then that is me. if corpse god has no fans, then that means i am no longer on earth. if the world is against corpse god, then i am against the world.

he must be protected at all costs

Screwed up life tournament

when she says she doesn’t send nudes

I personally think it's a good thing for Cale that people don't know he has a healing power and how it works. Because then... People would get more demanding.

There are already too many people (background extras, not his allies) who look up to him like a saviour and hero and are grateful for being able to stand under the protection of his shield. The blood coughing and fainting is what makes them (the humane ones) not think of him as an invincible person who Should be at the forefront protecting them.

Imagine if people knew that when Cale Henituse coughs up blood, he's not actually hurt or dying but actually healing? That he's not injured and rather perfectly fine and healthy? There would be more people who would want to push him to become their hero and savior, relying on him to save them from all sorts of dangers. That is not something Cale, who has spent nearly half of his life sacrificing himself to save others' lives, deserves.

His allies too. Although I feel bad for them sometimes for all the headache and heartache he gives them, it's for the best.

People already view him as a hero and savior, a legend. They don't need more grounds to forget he's human. They'll take his protection for granted and push him to do more. Although Cale isn't the type to just do as they ask of him. In fact, the ones to make these demands would be the first to die. But it still would leave a bad taste in everyone's mouth, especially those close to Cale. Though they'd do everything in their power to destroy whoever says such things, it'd still hurt them to know people think of their Cale as more of a commodity than a person. Heck I'm afraid even some of the allies might get the idea that it's fine for the young master to cough up a little blood if it's for the greater good.

That's why, it's for the better that nobody knows the truth behind the coughing blood.

Kim Rok Soo: *stares at his new scar*

Teammates: Sir, you didn't have to do that by yourself.

Kim Rok Soo: I had to. I'm not gonna lose any more people. Even if there's a chance that I can't save you all, I have to keep trying. You people are gonna take over once I retire and become a slacker. Now, eat. We have more work to do. (poker face. Emotionally constipated.)

Teammates: 🥺 Sir, we will fight for you to the end of the world! 😭😭😭

Goals bonding activities if you ask me

No thoughts, just him:

Real shit

Rosalyn: You're an exception, you're different 😍