I'm Not a Stranger to The Dark
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Eight year old Dick Grayson is sent to Linden Juvenile Detention Centre instead of Gotham's orphanage after his parent's fall. He meets fourteen year old Jason Todd and the rest is but a memory.
Or is it?
Years later a new talon starts attacking Gotham and old friends meet under tougher circumstances, can broken things be put back together? What happens when dreams and realities are closer than you think and WHAT IS UP with Jason Todd's swearing issues??? Like please stop, we need flowers! ):If you like reading slow-burn then this is not for you, we do things hard and fast over here (;
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- Part 1 of I'm Not a Stranger to The Dark
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Dick's finally safe from the Court of Owls.
He's with Jason again and been staying at the manor for almost two months.
A lot has changed during these months, but there are still some parts that make Dick feel like nothing's changed at all; that Jason and him are still the same boys they were at Linden.Mostly some brother bonding and then some angst in the end like always (:
You probably need to read the first work in this series to understand this work, hopefully the rest of the works in this seres will be more stand-alone and DANG that's a lot of 'works' in one sentenceSeries
- Part 2 of I'm Not a Stranger to The Dark
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Jason has to leave for an undercover mission, leaving Dick alone with the rest of the family for a month. Dick's not okay with that and if Jason's honest; he's not really okay with that either. The rest of the family steps up though and Tim Drake is proving to have some real emotional intelligence along with some big brother vibes. Damian's just a little shit who's too stuck-up to tell Dick that he likes him but we still love him.
Also? Alfred is SO done with Bruce's emotional range of a cucumber shit.
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- Part 3 of I'm Not a Stranger to The Dark
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Something was wrong, something no one told him about and yet everyone else seemed to know.
It has almost been a month since Jason had gone on his undercover mission and he was supposed to be back by now. The family doesn't tell Dick anything and so Dick decides that the only way he'll find out what's wrong is by breaking into the cave to find out.The harder part is to decide what he should do after he finds out.
Spoiler alert? Dick is pretty badass when he needs to be, and I mean BADASS
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- Part 4 of I'm Not a Stranger to The Dark
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They go to the zoo on a Tuesday, mostly because it's the least busy day and neither Dick nor Jason enjoyed crowds. Dick's eyes widen as he sees the big gates leading into the Zoo and the smells and sounds of animals hit him, causing his memories to go back to the circus. The circus where life and happiness was endless.
Dick and Jason decide to spend some time at Gotham's Zoo and things don't go quite as planned.
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- Part 5 of I'm Not a Stranger to The Dark
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He knows a lot about Bruce, thanks to the terrible press that kept bringing up Bruce's backstory as reason for him taking in more kids. Bruce had lost his parents, just like Dick had. His parents had been shot in front of him and Alfred had taken him under his wing.
"It's their anniversary." Dick finally says, not taking his eyes off of the moon.
Bruce and Dick didn't come off to a great start. Despite that, both of them had more in common than both were comfortable with; losing their parents, being ripped from their ordinary lives and thrust into grief and hurt. Maybe it's time that they realise how similar they are, not to mention spill some long lost secrets.
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- Part 6 of I'm Not a Stranger to The Dark
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You've got a Friend in Me by E_Angelton
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Young Justice (Cartoon)
25 Feb 2021
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Stoic old-fashioned Bruce Wayne decides that his youngest is in desperate need of a psychologist and decides to take him to Mount Justice to meet Black Canary. Somehow it slips the Dark Knight's mind that a hyper-active speedster isn't the best company for Dick Grayson who comes to realise what "fun" really is about.
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- Part 7 of I'm Not a Stranger to The Dark
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...and your friend Jason.
Things were just about to fall into place; Dick had a new therapist, he'd even gotten his own room, so why did Talon have to ruin everything again? This hadn't even been Dick's fault, it was all because of Talon! Now Talon was close to hurting his new-found family, the only ones who Dick had left.
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- Part 8 of I'm Not a Stranger to The Dark
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Adventure awaits by E_Angelton
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types
19 Apr 2021
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It's... magical.
Dick's never seen anything like it. He's seen a beach before, with the circus but it wasn't like this, this was... the sun was out and the waves looked peaceful.
"Come on Rob!" Wally grabs his arm and almost speed-runs them into the water.
Dick giggles and almost falls into the water with Wally.Dick and Talon decide to go back to Mount Justice, or more specifically; to Wally. Adventure awaits, but Bruce is hot on their heels and it's only a matter of time before he catches up.
Also, Arsenal gets his apology.Series
- Part 9 of I'm Not a Stranger to The Dark
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A New 'Normal' Life by E_Angelton
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types
22 Jan 2025
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Dick Grayson's life was falling together. He had his family, his new Young Justice friends and he was going to start school for the first time. He was finally close to having a normal life, as normal as possible when it comes to him and the Bats. No one prepared him for the ruthlessnes of middle school.
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- Part 10 of I'm Not a Stranger to The Dark