TheUmbrellaBeas

Hiya! ^^ Chapter 25 and only 6 more days to go!!! WE ARE DOING THIS!!! And would you believe that I wrote already over 50.000 words in this moth alone? NaNoWriMo who? I know only of @whumptober2019!

Please be aware that this chapter is disturbing since Teenagers are the Most Fucked Up People out there and that the comfort in this fic is hard earned!

Fandom: Batman, DC, Young Justice

Characters: Dick Grayson, Bruce Wayne, OCs

Warning: Public Humiliation, Assault, Non-Consensual Distribution of Sexual Media, Teenagers Being The Worst Teenagers Can Be, Bullying

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In a way one of the worst memories of his teenage years had nothing to do with crime fighting. 

It had everything to do with teenagers being assholes and the power of shame. It had everything to do with Dick being 15 and a part of the mathletes. 

It had everything to do with Dick having to stick his nose in everything, no matter if he wore the scaly pants or not. 

The story began with Dick confronting a bully, Matthew Penthurst, about something he said to another mathlete. Nothing big or unusual but Dick had had enough. 

Being a bit nerdy had never been a problem until Matthew transferred to Gotham Academy shortly before Christmas during sophomore year. And suddenly everyone made fun of them and even people Dick had been friends with, grinned or made dumb jokes when it came up.

He hated it. Nobody made fun of him being in the gymnastic team but everyone thought it funny to call him a virgin because he liked math and competition and wasn’t allowed to compete in gymnastics on a higher level than regionales because of his ‘secret identity’. It was unfair. And annoying. And Dick wouldn’t stand for that.

He didn’t even get the brunt of the bullying. No, Dick was popular by comparison. He was still Bruce Wayne’s ward after all. And funny. And conventionally attractive (if scrawny). No, the other kids had it so much worse.

Their cars got egged, they got name called, they got harassed. And the school administration did nothing because Matthew’s dad was a governor. A rich governor who paid for the new school library. 

So, of course Dick had to take the matter in his own hands. He wasn’t a coward after all. He fought crime each night, he should be able to handle a schoolyard bully.

He wasn’t.

what if the JL thought Batman was dating Billionaire Playboy Most Eligible Bachelor of Gotham City’s Bruce Wayne™, so they get how Batman isn’t around every time Bruce would make a public appearance somewhere.

Hal: It’s okay, Bats, we understand why you couldn’t attend the meeting

Bruce: You, what–

Barry: Oh yeah, of course, I’d get worried, too, if my hubby were Bruce Wayne, too

Bruce: What?

—

[After saving Bruce Wayne from a collapsing building]

Superman: So, uh, Mr. Wayne, I didn’t mean to sound rude, but does Batman remove his mask at home?

Bruce, at his peak dumbass and zero sleep in the last 36 hours: Yeah

Superman: Oh, um, really? What does he look like? Is he handsome, or–

Bruce, snorts: Of course he’s handsome! 

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Hal: HOW DOES LIVING WITH TEN KIDS FEEL LIKE?

Bruce: What?

hal: Like, you know, Bruce Wayne has like, five kids, right? and you have, how many Robin now? 

bruce: wHA T?

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Superman: So is it, Batman Wayne or Bruce Wayne-Man? Or is it Wayne-Bat?

All the siblings from The Umbrella Academy (my latest obsession). 

the hargreeves children’s tragedy

He was left to his own devices for 5 minutes and robbed a corner store. He’s incapable of doing nothing

He probably went to law school

Actually graduated

He’s barred in 13 states

Joined a drug cartel

Or stole from a few drug rings

Joined a gang

Or spied on rival gang members in prison

Befriended a few homeless teens

Actually steered them away from harm

—Tom Card, Burn Notice

I think of this quote a lot, while watching Umbrella Academy. 

Luther, Diego, Allison, Klaus, Five, Ben, Vanya—they’re all broken. The same environment that turned Klaus into an empathetic addict made Luther lost and stoic, wrapped up in love for a monster who will never love him back. The same environment that spoiled Allison and taught her she could have whatever she wanted made Vanya apologetic, depressed, and bitter. 

None of them broke the same. 

Jason: he was the best Robin I’ll never measure up

klaus was wearing a crop top… in vietnam ?

Eudora: Tall, handsome, smart, kinda sarcastic but in a cute way-

Klaus: You’re just describing Diego, aren’t you?

*later that day*

Klaus: Describe your ideal girlfr-

Dave: here, take my jacket.

Dolores: