Finding Family
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Family, Forged through Reluctance and Spite by Duckkey
Fandoms: DCU, Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
21 Apr 2026
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When Lian ends up alone on the streets of Gotham, she doesn't end up with Catwoman and the Alleytown Kids. Instead, she ends up under the Red Hood's wing. But what happens when her dad finally tracks her down?
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Shoes was helping herself to the parts of a motorcycle that was way too nice to be left unattended at night in this part of town. It was sure to be a decent pay out, until she heard the stupid robot voice call out from behind her, “You know, this is like some fucked-up, backwards deja vu for me.”
She tensed for a moment but didn’t bother turning to see the Red Hood there. At some point after the big bad crime boss started giving her tips on how to get away with stealing or offering her his fucking jacket in the cold, he started to lose his edge of intimidation. Instead she focused on removing the back tire of the bike and saying, “This is just some routine maintenance.”
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JayRoy different first meeting AU where Lian Harper ends up with two dads sooner than any of them are willing to admit it.
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- Part 1 of Finding Family
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Someday These Will Be The Good Old Days by Duckkey
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Teen Titans (Comics)
09 Jan 2026
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Back in the day when they were Titans, Speedy and Kid Flash fell into a friendly competition over who would earn the title of Robin's best friend.
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The archer sent an exasperated look towards Dick and insisted, "Dude, seriously. I'm your best friend and I deserve to-""Whoa," Kid Flash cried out and faster than Dick could blink the speedster had dropped his bag of chips and was standing in front of Speedy, pointing an accusing finger at his chest.
"You're not Robin's best friend," KF declared. Then, after a whoosh sent wind through the room once more, Kid Flash was standing at Dick's side, an arm slung confidently over his shoulder as the speeder proudly declared, "I'm Robin's best friend. Isn't that right, Rob?"
~Expansion of Roy's memory of being in the Titans with Dick and Wally as mentioned in Chapter 12 of "Family, Forged Through Reluctance and Spite" but can be read as stand alone.
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- Part 2 of Finding Family
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Do You Murder Me In Your Lucid Dreams, Oh God I Hope You Do by Duckkey
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
14 Feb 2026
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Jason Todd had taken a new vigilante under his training. Bruce wanted to meet her. After Dick learned the young hero was none other than the daughter of one of his oldest friends, he arranged a meeting between them all. Jason, Roy, and Lian are still finding their footing as a small team, but damn if they don't seem to be something special already.
Companion piece to Family Forged Through Reluctance and Spite. Rewrite of the Ch. 14 meeting but through Dick's perspective, plus a bonus scene directly after.
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- Part 3 of Finding Family
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No Matter How Many Times I Say I Won't, I Defend You If I Can by Duckkey
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), DCU
20 Mar 2026
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When Scarecrow breaks out of Arkham, four children are kidnapped to serve as test subjects in fear toxin experiments. One of these children happens to be Lian Harper, the emerging young Gotham vigilante known as the Cheshire Cat, who has been training under Red Hood and Arsenal. Suddenly, Bruce's "take down" of Scarecrow, with Nightwing and Robin by his side, has turned more into a mission of monitoring Red Hood and Arsenal to ensure no one dies while the two of them attempt to rescue their... sidekick? Trainee? Prodigy? ...Daughter?
Bruce wrestles with what family means to him, with what family means to Jason, and what family used to mean (perhaps one day could mean again) between them both.
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Companion to Chapter 20 of "Family, Forged Through Reluctance and Spite"
The chapter retold through Bruce's perspective (Plus exploring a bonus memory or two of Bruce watching Jason develop his family dynamic with the Harpers)
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- Part 4 of Finding Family
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Strange Premonitions, 20/20 Hindsight, Tonight We Set the World to Rights by Duckkey
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types
01 Apr 2026
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Dick missed his brother. Sure, Jason had a lot going on with Roy and Lian, he had a lot of tension to try and navigate with Bruce, but Dick could be helping with all that! Instead, Jason firmly shut Dick out of his life. It was discouraging if not heartbreaking, and Dick has just about given up. He was about to curse his brother's name, about to scream into a phone that had no one picking up the other end of the line, before he realized he wasn't alone in his apartment anymore.
Oh. Maybe Jason wasn't fully blocking Dick out of his life after all.
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Secondary companion to Chapter 20 of Family, Forged Through Reluctance and Spite. This time it's an expansion on the scene where Jason showed up at Dick's apartment, retold through Dick's perspective <3
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- Part 5 of Finding Family
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Is It Wrong To Say That Things Can Change? by Duckkey
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Nightwing (Comics), The Flash - All Media Types, Red Hood/Arsenal (Comics), Teen Titans (Comics)
30 Apr 2026
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Wally has spent a long time coming to terms with the fact that he and Dick would only ever be best friends. It's been hard to grow up and accept many friendships have grown more strained and tense, but he knew he'd always have Dick. It was the one friendship he never had any reason to doubt. It was enough, more than enough. It was fine.
Dick has been going through a lot. He's been trying to make sense of Jason's strange new family with Roy and Lian Harper, but his brother just kept pushing him away. He's been so isolated recently, but his best friend Wally has never been good at leaving him alone. His steady friendship with Wally was more than Dick had ever deserved.
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Side story to Family Forged through Reluctance and Spite. Takes place around chapters 22 & 23 in the main story.
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- Part 6 of Finding Family