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After Cass and Tim return from Paris, something seems... wrong. Dick tries to find out what it is.

Barbara has a routine. Every evening, at around seven o’clock, she pulls up a live feed of the Joker’s cell.

After being subjected to the Mad Hatter’s dream machine, Dick gets stuck in a dream world where he finally has everything he wants. His parents are alive, his family is together, and he still gets to be Nightwing. Everything is perfect.Using the machine, the Bats invade Dick’s mind to bring him back. They don’t expect to find out just how much Dick has been hurting.

the story of two kids conning their way across gotham, and (mostly) inadvertently into the batman family.

To be Robin is to be a soldier in a war that never ends. If you're lucky like Dick Grayson, you graduate and make something more of yourself. If you're any of the other Robins, retiring isn't a terrible way to go out, all told.This Too Shall Pass serves to tell the story of Damian's early childhood and his introduction to the Wayne Family.What Still Remains tells the entirety of Tim's story, from birth till the point he's finally comfortable in his own skin, and the losses he experiences therein.

After Harley leaves the Joker and settles into life with Pam, she starts to see her local vigilantes in a new light. They're all overworked and underappreciated, and have more communication issues than Gotham has gargoyles.Maybe it’s time for Doctor Quinzel to dust off her therapy license…

Jason enlists Tim to help him through the stages of a 48-hour fear toxin trip in exchange for a favour, on one condition -- Tim can't call any of the bats for help, no matter what happens. Tim, thankfully, will do quite literally anything to get his family all under one roof again.

Yelena is in town and it's time for a real tour of New York City! Kate is, honestly, happy to oblige.

Jon Kent is Superboy. Tim's gut instinct tells him that's wrong.

Jason Todd, Red Hood, and the Park Row Public Library (and her librarians).

Five times Jason baked something for or with his siblings, and one time they baked for him.

Dick has amnesia during his time at Spyral. The family grapples with finding out he's alive. Dick grapples with finding out he has a family.

After getting a face full of Scarecrow’s newest toxin, Dick isn’t haunted by his typical nightmares. No. This one has little green pixie boots.

the Joker must die, and Alfred Pennyworth is not a man who waits on others to do his work.

Tim knows enough about necromancy to know he can't use it alone to resurrect Jason. But some light necromantic influence and other magicks combined with science? Just might work.

Alfred gives Bruce an unexpected gift on Father’s Day.

Five times Gotham vigilantes called customer service, and one time the customer service rep called them.

Sure, Kryptonians look human enough, but underneath all that flawless tanned human skin rests a creature that came from the stars.

Everyone knows the brew pub menu is the most complicated one, so Eliot needs someone who knows his way around knives to help get the pub up and running. Luckily he knows just the guy.

In a world where Batman retires once Jason Todd dies, Tim still aspires to be a hero. Without Batman to turn too, he decides to take matters into his own hands. Red Robin hits the streets of Gotham, and soon teams up beside Nightwing as Gotham's sole protectors. Then, a little six year old boy who calls himself Robin is thrown into the picture with one goal in mind- bring Batman back into the picture.

A benefit ends poorly for Bruce and Damian, and Dick has to pick up the pieces.

At first, Alfred had not been surprised when school materials kept ending up in the manor’s mail. Many of them were still addressed to the Waynes, who had been dead for less than four months.But this one was addressed, in crisp penmanship, to “Bruce Wayne c/o Mr. Alfred Pennyworth.”The problem was that Bruce Wayne was no longer “in care of” Alfred. Bruce was with his uncle. A plan which everyone (except Bruce and the Waynes’ will) had agreed was for the best.

Tim Drake accidentally time travels into the body of his past self, landing some time after Bruce has agreed to train him but before his official debut as Robin. He figures that the first thing he needs to do is to let Bruce know that Jason isn't dead.

The irony of Batman having that coffee mug was amusing. The thought of Brucie Himbo Trainwreck Wayne owning it was hysterical. Ollie took a quick swallow of coffee to push back a laugh. “I like the coffee mug. A friend of mine has the same one.”