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The Batfam comes together to celebrate Steph and Jason's birthdays. Oh heart.

The one where Bruce and Jason watch the Scarlet Pimpernel and fence at Christmas.

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Dick breaks up a mugging and realizes there's something familiar about the homeless kid who didn't really need saving. Oh my heart. *sobs* The fact that he doesn't recognize him at first feels both true and extra heartbreaking.

Carol has many names in many places. Nicely done.

Two-part series including the one where Steph finds Jason (and Cass) on the street and the one where Bruce tracks down Steph's daughter. GROSS SOBBING.

Jason's first Father's Day with Bruce and Alfred goes even better than he'd hoped. *sobs* and a brief post-UTRH sequel.

Jason comes back to Gotham after taking time to find himself. Bruce is thrilled to get his son back a second - and happier - time. Oh my heart. #i'm not crying it's just raining on my face

Bruce takes the kids on a night hike to do some stargazing. Hijinks ensue. Oh heart.I love that they act like a *family* here, not just an affiliated coalition of vigilantes.

Damian's being bullied. Tim takes care of it. ♥ Tim and Damian finding some detente pleases me tremendously.

Damian hates using crutches. Bruce has a solution. Bruce gives Damian a piggyback ride. Oh my heart.

Jason is sick and he just wants to go home - someplace new he's built for himself, and Bruce will just have to deal. This is lovely.

The one where the Batboys take care of each other, reluctantly at first, but with a slow thawing. Oh heart.

Bruce and Steph have a time travel adventure and do some bonding in adversity. *sobs*

Jason intends to visit Alfred at the Manor on Halloween and finds Bruce at the door instead. Reconciliation ensues. Oh my heart. #i'm not crying you're crying

Dick fights a siren and Jason helps him in the aftermath. Oh boys.

All the things Goose has eaten and the all the things people have called Nicholas J. Fury, with or without his consent. This is SO GREAT.

Frank Castle tracks some human traffickers to Gotham and runs into the Red Hood and gets involved in some Batfamily drama.

AU where when Dick goes undercover with Spyral, he makes his brothers promise to look after each other. Oh heart.

Steph bribes Jason to attend her statistics class, where they are going to discuss superheroes. Things get hilariously out of hand. And in the second story, the rest of the Batfamily finds out. I laughed out loud a lot.

Steve gets hit with a curse that can only be lifted by true love's kiss. Too bad he's too oblivious to realize that Bucky's as in love with him as he is with Bucky. This is hilarious.

To break the cycle sometimes you need to let go.

Everybody knows how to make babies // But nobody knows how to make dads. OR These fucking Skywalkers.

Bucky finding his way to Steve through all the years, ice, death, and assorted other mishaps. Lovely.

“I don’t know. I don’t know what I’m—” Sirius ran a hand through his hair frantically; he thought he might vomit, or pass out, or both. “I really want to kiss you, Remus.” The words hung over them on the still summer air like a mosquito net. Sirius took a shaky breath and closed his eyes, thinking that if he gave in to his current impulse and apparated to Iceland, he’d probably splinch the majority of his vital organs in the process. The resulting image didn’t seem too far off the mark, really: Remus sitting at the end of the dock next to a heap of wet guts. Just as his resolve to stay put began to falter, Remus broke the silence. “So kiss me.” Sirius spends the last full moon of the summer with Remus and they finally get it together enough to act on their feelings. Oh my heart. This is so lovely and evocative of long summer days full of yearning and nonsense.

Tim is surprised to find Jason is a student in the class on Shakespeare he's auditing, and they have to deal with each other. I could have read ten thousand more words of this.

Damian ducks into a safe house and finds it's already occupied by Jason. Nice look at the two of them finding some common ground.

Steve wasn't the only one. The little kids had their own version of it, riding their bikes all over town: getting out and getting exercise, from an adult perspective ("It's so wonderful you're not staying cooped up in your room all the time, Dusty!" Steve heard Dustin's mom enthuse, one of the times he was picking the kid up to drop him off at the arcade), while actually scouting the town for anything weird and dangerous. He knew that Jonathan and Nancy occasionally did the same thing in the woods in back of the Byers house, working as a team, Nancy with a gun, Jonathan with a camera to document problems for the Chief to take care of. Steve figures some things out. Nancy and Jonathan help.

5 times Jason Todd saved his siblings... and one time they saved him. I'm not sure what the timeline is here (I guess it actually follows canon?) but I enjoyed this look at Jason slowly warming up to his siblings.

The first story is exactly what it says on the tin - Bruce asking each of his adopted kids if he can adopt them - and the second is Tim's POV on when Bruce asks him. #i'm not crying you're crying