Robin Week 2026
Day Four:
Stephanie Brown Day
Prompts: Robin Training, Body Swap, Different Predecessor, Funeral.
“Faster. Nope--- sloppy form. Watch for a damn opening. Good… good. Bad. HUP---”
Stephanie yelped as his blink-an’-you-miss-it takedown swept her feet out from under her. With a hollow whumph, her spine hit the mat. She rolled over, coughing, and the entire warehouse spun. Shit.
“I told you to watch your blind spot earlier.” Someone stooped next to her head, gloved hand extended. “That’s twice you’ve fallen for the same feint; let’s take a break.”
“No.” She slapped the hand away, huffing. “I’ve got this.”
He stepped back, silent. When she struggled to her feet, she could practically see the raised eyebrow, even through that dumb shiny red helmet.
“I’m not stupid,” she spat, bristling.
“No,” he allowed, crossing his arms instead of getting back into a ready position. “Just fuckin’ stubborn.”
“Perfect, then; we match.”
“Stubborn doesn’t win you prizes, kid… stubborn gets you killed.”
You would know, she wanted to bite back, but there were certain rules to follow if you wanted to be trained by the Red Hood. One was “No Bringing Up The Zombie Robin’s Past”. Another was to never EVER refer to either of them as Robin.
Even though this was definitely, one-hundred percent, bona fide Robin training.
“I can do this without you,” she reminded him.
He cocked that stupid helmet to the side. “Reeeeeeeally? That’s not what you said when you came a-begging for a deal.”
“I don’t need your permission, jerk.”
“No, just my skills.” He finally uncrossed his arms, snapping his fingers. “Fine--- again.”
She couldn’t help a triumphant smile. “Yeah?”
“I could beat your ass all night, kid.” He beckoned egotistically. “‘S long as you wanna keep eating gym mats, I’m happy to oblige.”
(Read the rest on my AO3!!! https://archiveofourown.org/works/83479846/chapters/220411926 )
