au where billy and mary were friends w a teen patrick wayne before everything went down in the 40's and they both think that bruce is patrick and that hes shy cuz hes a hero now
I think Billy, Mary, and Patrickās dynamic wouldāve basically been two little kids and the older kid who hang out. Patrick would also have no problem treating them like his little siblings and would casually give them money in exchange for them helping him with experiments. Heād rather just give them the money but they wonāt just accept it for free so heād resigned to making them do little tasks instead.
Patrick: āAlright, I need three fairy wings, dried unicorn blood, sixteen siren scales, and dryad bark! Go! Go! Go!ā
Mary and Billy: *salute before running off*
You might be wondering what he needs any of that for. Youāll know later.
Anyways, as for how Patrick found out about Billy and Mary being Captain Marvel and Mary Marvelā¦
Patrick: *talking to someone in Fawcett and trying to get siren scales because his usual suppliers (Billy and Mary) said they were busy with something at the moment (meeting with magical delegates)*
Seller: āBoy, you do realize how difficult it is to get siren scales, right? As far as I know, none of the shops in Fawcett sell it. Who is your dealer?ā
Patrick: āMy friends?ā
Seller: āYour friends?! You know kids your age going after sirens so you can get scales?! Do you have any idea how dangerous that is?!ā
Patrick: āItās dangerous?! I had no idea??? They never come back hurt or complaining??ā
Seller: āTheyāre coming back unscathed?? Who are your friends???!?ā
Yeah⦠so thatās how Patrick found out about Captain and Mary Marvel being his two little suppliers/siblings. It took much poking and prodding and bribing, but eventually the two spilled. After that, they were just forced to take the money from Patrick anyways. He wasnāt gonna send them on those trips anymore. No siree. Doesnāt matter that they have superpowers.
Anyways, time moves on and unfortunately, Patrick was eventually old enough to be drafted into the war. He said bye to the kiddos went and came back, kept in contact with the kiddos up until the sixties when the time bubble appeared. By that time, Patrick was at least 30 and the twins had strangely not aged at all, not that he minded because Fawcett was weird like that. Thomas was a toddler at the time of it appearing. The time bubble caused Thomas to have a rather unfortunate early childhood as his father was always locked up in his study researching and wondering what the hell happened to the town, to the people, and to his friends. Fawcett was just gone. Practically overnight. Eventually though, he gave up and started focusing on his family again. He died thinking everyone in that little down had been erased.
Fast forward 50 something odd years and BAM the bubble pops! Billy and Mary are now in the present. They got to meet all of the new heroes, including Batman.
Marvel: āItās a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Batman Si- Patrick?ā
Mary: āHoly shoot, Patrick really is you!ā
Batman: āMy name is not Patrick-ā
Marvel: āYouāre soā¦ā *looks him up and down* āYouthful! Did you finally make that elixir thingy?ā
Marvel: āYou know? The elixir you always talk about. It was an elixir, right?ā
Mary: āWasnāt it called the elixir of life?ā
Batman: āNoā¦? I havenāt worked on an elixir at any point in time.ā
Marvel: āYeah, you have. We saw you! Youād always read that little book and do a little experiments!ā
Mary: āAnd then the experiment would fail, and then youād come to us covered in ash because nine times out of ten it exploded. Then, youād slap twenty dollars in our hand and ask for us to find more ingredients so you could do more experiments.ā
Batman: āIāve never done that in my life. I assure you Iāve never met you before this moment.ā
Now you know what all those mystical ingredients were for. Patrick Wayne was casually doing Alchemy. Everyone in Fawcett is at least somewhat magical after all. He didnāt even know he was doing it too. Heād still worked on normal human gadgets though, which still allowed him to contribute to Wayne Enterprises.
Bruce later went to his study (once Patrickās study) as he remembered one of the books on his shelves was related to Alchemy. When he eventually found it and pulled it from the shelf, a photo slipped out. It was a photo of a younger version of his Grandpa and two kids which he both had in headlocks. When Bruce flipped the photo over, scrawled on the back was a date. After getting sidetracked and deciding to dig up some information on his Grandfather, Bruce came to the startling realization that this was when Patrick left for the war. This was a commemoration photo. Interesting. It was also interesting that the other two people- children in the photo looked suspiciously like the Captain and his daughter. Was this Mary and another brother, one that didnāt dabble in heroics? It made sense now why the Captain and Mary talked to him like they knew him. They both mustāve thought he was his grandfather. Oh well, Bruce isnāt gonna spoil the surprise. He can find out more information on them if he lets them think heās his grandfather.
Marvel: āThe war really toughened you up, huh? Did you inhale chlorine gas and somehow survive?ā
Mary: āNo silly.ā *elbows him* āHe didnāt sound like this when he came back from the war so something else mustāve messed up his throat.ā
Batman: āMy throat isnāt messed up in any way, shape, or form.ā
Mary: āIt isnāt? So you talk like that on purposeā¦?ā
Batman: *doesnāt want to give away he isnāt Patrick* āā¦Yes.ā
Mary and Marvel: *share a look before pointing and laughing at him*
Any nearby Justice League member was visibly surprised that Batman didnāt glare at them. Bruce himself was surprised he didnāt as well.
Robin!Dick: *standing beside Bruce as Bruce works at a computer*
Marvel: āOh Tommy! Wait, Pat, this is Tommy right?ā
Mary: āOf course itās not Tommy. He wouldnāt feed the elixir to him while he was a kid. But then again, you can be a little stupidā¦ā
Robin!Dick: āDid you just call him stupid?ā *sounds like he wants to laugh* āAlso no Iām not Tommy.ā
Marvel: āThen are you a grandsonā¦?ā
Batman: āYes, he is. This is Bruce.ā
Robin!Dick: *extremely confused* āWhat?ā