recs and links

When Red Hood meets Dick, he seems almost friendly, compared to the violent hostility he showed Batman and Robin.Tim sees an opportunity. Dick can work Red Hood’s human angle, while Batman and Robin do more clandestine intelligence gathering out of sight.For his part, Dick’s happy to go along with the plan and make a new friend. Maybe, if he plays his cards right, he can turn Red Hood from a crime boss to a vigilante. But the closer Dick gets, the question nags louder and louder: why does Red Hood seem so familiar?

Fight computer or no, she could put him in traction. But that doesn’t matter, because she doesn’t fight people with migraines. They make her feel the same way that she does when she looks at the skinny cats outside of Steph’s apartment when it rains.

Tim and Jon pretend to date, mostly by accident, and no one is well about it. Because being in your early 20s is all about making the worst decisions of your life.

When Bruce's back pain flares up at the office, he’s hounded by demands from his lawyer for an updated Last Will and Testament.In retrospect, he could have handled his frustration in a way that didn't result in nine frantic friends and family members crowding his bedroom.

Jason is ready to set his plan in motion, the one that will topple the Crime Prince of Gotham and finally get Bruce to see. The board is set. The players are ready.What he did not account for, however, was a child. Or three.

The boys decide to play hide and seek during a gala.

Sometimes negotiations hit a stalemate and creative solutions are necessary.Or, Bruce Wayne arm wrestles Lex Luthor.

Five birthdays the twins shared together, from the Rebellion to after.

Before Titan's Tower, Jason starts thinking about just…going home

Post-Season 3, Penelope and Colin get a cat.

Tim finds himself trapped in a universe where the Red Hood decided to finish the job in Titans Tower.

A con on the verge of success gets sniped by an unknown third party. The Leverage crew traces the interference back to Gotham. Now the con has a new target: shady billionaire Bruce Wayne and the highly suspicious Wayne Enterprises.

Tim really thought leaving would be a lot easier. Both figuratively and literally.

In the wake of a disastrous battle, everyone believes Duke Thomas is dead. Tim knows better. Recruiting fellow disbeliever Damian Wayne, the Robins set out to cause mayhem, drive Bruce to premature greyness, and—above all else—to bring their brother home.

In which Cass builds relationships, occasionally trolls her brothers, and loves and is loved.

A Mirialian collector has a Jedi Holocron stored safely in her vault, and rumours of its existence have reached multiple organizations. Crimson Dawn orders Reva to retrieve this holocron through any means necessary, while the Rebellion asks Ahsoka to acquire it through the most legal means possible.When Reva and Ahsoka encounter each other at the vault door, they choose not to bring the holocron to either organization, but instead to listen to the Force and work together to learn what the holocron can teach them—and discover what they can learn from each other.

The Sith's favorite assassin was not always what he is now, and the Dark's influence is starting to slip. Anakin Skywalker will stop at nothing to get him back. But in the end, it's up to Obi-Wan Kenobi to save himself. (With a little help from his friends.)

A young Robin and Nightwing swap places; Batman is always the constant.

Carmy and Sydney start sleeping together, no strings attached.

With Brucie Wayne on a solo backpacking trip to 'find himself' in the Himalayas (and Batman off-world and out of communication) an unknown rogue has decided to take the opportunity to kidnap all the Wayne children at once.Cass is in the wind, and with no bats answering the Bat Signal, the rescue mission falls to the brother they didn't know to come after:The dead one.The black sheep.The human tank with a fondness for guns and a taste for revenge.But maybe, just maybe, there are a few things in the world more important than vengeance.

Jason Todd is a time traveler, and Dick Grayson is always his destination. A story about brothers doing their best.

“It’s not about frickin’ money, B,” Jason grumbled, readjusting his ice pack.“Yeah, B,” Dick put in, lighthearted, teasing. Rescuing the emotional tone as usual, when he wasn’t the one who was angry with Bruce himself. “It’s not about the money. It’s Robin tradition. You can’t renege now.”“You want me to be the tooth fairy. Again. For you,” Bruce said, slowly, still looking at Jason.

Bullying?Damian scoffed at the word. He wasn't being bullied.What a quaint idea. It conjured up visions of being smacked around or shoved into toilets. Of being forced to ingest alcohol or some other mind-altering drug. Of having his locker defaced with filthy insults or stuffed with trash. Which wasn’t what was happening to him at all.

The last thing Peter sees is Tony's horrified, heartbroken expression leaning over him. The guilt in his eyes is almost worse than the burning pain that's taking Peter apart piece by piece. The world starts to go dark.There's a flash of gold and green. For one moment, he finds himself standing amongst the Guardians and others. And then darkness again. It feels like blinking; an extended period of nothingness that ends as abruptly as it begins. One moment there’s nothing, the next there’s light.“Easy,” a woman says. Her words are gentle, and carry a slight accent that he can’t place. "I'm called Wonder Woman. What's your name?"

Damian tightens his grip on the knife that he’s still holding, although logically he knows the teenager sitting across from him is not the threat here.“So then, how do you suggest we proceed?” he asks through gritted teeth.Timothy Drake leans forward on his elbows and clasps his hands together, eyes hollow and exhausted as he considers Damian.“I think Bruce and Alfred are in trouble. We have to help them.”

In which Dick Grayson learns about consent, with some help from his family.