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i imagine that, even after his Robin days, Nightwing still has going limp trained into him. one time, when he and Starfire were in a particularly dangerous battle and cornered by a cliff edge, Starfire grabs hold of him and he just limp. Starfire assumes something has happened to him and panics, but finds that Nightwing is fine. he’s a bit embarrassed, seeing that he still has his Robin training instilled deeply within him somewhere.

but when he’s around his pets, his animals, his entire demeanor flips. damian’s usual glare softens, maybe he even lets out a rare laugh if titus has done something humorous like chew up grayson’s shoes. the glimmer of a child’s wonder finds its way back into damian’s eyes when he’s with his animals.

like, you’re calling your friend: “sorry, i can’t make it to your birthday party, just seen Batman and his gang of children roll around this part of town. it’s gonna get explosive soon.” and there’s just understanding nods and agreements from the other end .

and maybe, even as red hood, as grown as jason is, sometimes, when he gets especially angry, he still does cry. but most of the time, it's hidden with his helmet.

it's never really me posting if i don't add some sort of batfam angst: so i think when jason and bruce have their usual arguments at the manor, after an especially difficult argument, tears start to fall from jason's eyes. at first, neither bruce or jason say anything about it. they just stand still, angry glares locked onto one another. but bruce's eyes soften as tears continue to stream onto jason's cheeks. jason, seeing bruce's worried change in expression, turns away from him, wiping the tears from his face hastily, wanting to avoid looking weak or showing emotion in front of bruce. he doesn't want bruce to see him like this.

but all bruce can see at the sight of jason's tears is that little boy who loved to read in the manor's library and would get in playful arguments with his older brother; who he looked up to greatly. and bruce wonders to himself in that moment. did he do something wrong? had he said something that made jason upset? had he done something that would envoke such emotion from jason? from his son?

and bruce would put a hand on jason's shoulder in an attempt at comfort, but as always, jason shakes off the expression of care and walks out of the manor. avoiding any attempts by bruce to get him to stay and talk about it.

as he drives off on his motorcycle, the tears don't stop. he's angry. so horribly angry. at bruce. at himself. at the fact that arguing with bruce could get him so angry he'd cry the same way he would when he was younger. then his angry tears would turn into tears of an unfamiliar emotion when he thought about the look on bruce's face when he'd seen that jason was crying. it was a look that a father would give to his child. an expression that held both affection and distress at his discomfort. did he manage to surprise bruce? was jason... sad?

and because i really like to torture myself with angst, jason knows he looks like bruce. he knows, that every time he looks at himself, all there is staring back at him is the man who chose a villain over him. all he sees within himself is someone else, he can never quite feel like he is his own person. his very drive is bruce. his very drive is how bruce failed to save him. and what better to fuel that drive than the fact that you look exactly like the man you’ve sworn to be better than?

yea so just a little jason animation i’ve been working on for like 3 or so days straight.

and he just sits there like this:

sibling bonding!! i think dick made a joke and jason is,,, jason about it. damian is tired of his family as always. i haven’t quite figure out a way to draw tim yet send help. ignore the @ i signed this with my insta lol