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  1. the fledgling flies anyways by

    Fandoms: DCU, Young Justice (Cartoon), Teen Titans - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)  

    21 May 2026

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    Dick gets fired from being Robin. And he quits, sort of. Regardless, Gotham can’t be his home anymore. Bruce and Dick have never been father and son without being Batman and Robin, not really. Dick doesn’t feel like they know how. Dick spends a summer leaning on his friends and trying to figure out what to do while trying to reconcile the fact that the place he was promised isn’t there anymore. Also, he’s pretty sure he’s in love with his best friend, which is entirely unhelpful.

    It’s messy, it’s complicated, it’s them figuring it out.

    (If you read my fic: “oh where have you been, oh blue eyed son?” This is like chapter four stretched into its own fic)

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