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“Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday dear Juliette, happy birthday to you!” Everyone sang loudly and off-key as Jason wrapped his arms around his husband’s shoulder.
Juliette was ten years old and the poor vigilante was nearly inconsolable. His baby girl was ten years old and he felt like an old fucking man. Jason was thirty four years old and he felt like a fucking old man. And now he had a ten year old! He had been a dad for an entire decade now.
“Alright NorthStar, blow out the candles,” Danny coaxed softly, patting Jason’s shoulder. Jason couldn’t figure out how his husband wasn’t having a heart attack like he was. Their baby girl wasn’t a baby anymore. How was he not losing his mind over it?
Juliette gave everyone a toothy grin before she blew out her candles and waited for her dad to cut the cake. Jason let out a pathetic whine as Danny pulled away and started slicing the cake.
“Happy birthday kiddo,” Bruce said, coming over to ruffle his granddaughter’s hair. Juliette looked up at the man and beamed.
“Thanks Gramps! What’d’ya get me?”
“Juliette,” Danny warned, wiping frosting on the girl’s nose. “Be polite. We’ll get to the presents after everyone finishes their cake. Okay?”
Juliette just scowled before she looked at the presents on the table in front of her and stared hard until one started to float towards her. Danny just gave her a look and batted a hand at the floating gift, knocking it back to the table.
“Just let her open one,” Jason said when he felt tugging and looked down to find Mar’i and JJ tugging at his pant’s leg and staring up at him with wide eyes. He smiled and picked up his niece and son, setting them on either hips.
Turns out ghost birth control wasn’t a thing and condoms only went so far when your jizz happened to be laced with ectoplasm and could eat through the latex. Somehow that meant that the couple went from just having Juliette to also having Jason James who was two, Jasmine Gray and Timothy Duke who happened to be six year old twins. The couple had their hands full at this point with four kids. Not only that but Dick had also decided it was time to settle down with Starfire. A year later Mar’i was born, just a year older than JJ. The two had managed to become thick as thieves.
“Presents?” JJ asked, looking up at his dad, hopeful. “Do I get presents?”
“What ‘bout me?” Mar’i asked, her eyes just as big and beautiful as Kori’s were. Jason just smiled and shook his head.
“No, it’s Juliette’s birthday, these are her presents, but you guys can get some when it’s your birthdays,” he answered before walking towards the cakes where Danny was currently cutting up slices with Alfred to hand out to everyone.
“I can’t believe she’s ten,” Danny whined, watching as Juliette ate her cake and gossipped with Lian. The two were just a year apart and had become thick as thieves from the moment Roy and Jason had set up a playdate for one another. Now they were inseparable. “I remember finding out I was pregnant with her. And now she’s ten!”
Jason just sighed and nodded. “I know, my baby girl’s getting so big, next thing you know we’re gonna be packing her things and she’s going to be going to college,” he said, eyes watering once again. He had to get over himself. He had an image to protect and he couldn’t just cry every time he thought about his kids growing up. He was getting way too damn soft.
“Dad! Uncle Dami is being mean again!” Timothy shouted, running up with his sister in tow. Danny looked up at where Damian was sitting in a corner, arms crossed in a pout as he glared at the floor. On his head sat a birthday hat and a noisemaker was clutched in his fist.
“What is he doing?” Danny asked, stepping away from the cake to come bother his brother-in-law.
“He won’t play with us,” Jasmine whined, stomping her foot in anger. Danny laughed softly and let the twins tug him towards the man. The twins had been a complete and utter surprise when he had realized he was pregnant with them. They had also managed to cause him massive indigestion with Timmy having an ice core and Jasmine having a fire core. The two mixed inside of him made him ready to absolutely die. At least with JJ the kid had an ice core so it reacted well with his own core. JJ had actually been the easiest pregnancy out of all of them.
“Uncle Damian,” Danny sang to the twenty year old. “Why are you being mean to your favorite niece and nephew?” He asked, holding back a smile as the two pouted on either side of him.
“I’m wearing the blasted hat they’re giving me. Isn’t that enough?” Damian muttered, scowling down at the twins.
“Uncle Dami! You gotta play with the noisemaker!” Timmy shouted, stomping his foot. Damian just looked up and glared at Danny.
“How many children are you and Todd going to have?” He hissed as the two started to climb up his legs.
Danny gave him a small smile and patted his stomach. “Damian is gonna be the last one, don’t worry. Jay is getting snipped,” he said, staring down at where he knew the core was sitting inside of him.
Damian’s jaw dropped. “Damian?” he asked softly, eyes now zeroed in on his brother-in-law’s flat stomach.
“Had to save the best for last, didn’t I? Jay and I decided that if it’s a boy his name will be Damian Thomas, a girl is going to be Martha Danielle,” he said with a small smile. “Now, be nice to your niece and nephew and play with them. I know you’re in that moody twenty year old stage but they look up to you. Do you really want to disappoint your biggest fans?”
The vigilante just glared at Danny before he grabbed the twins and carted them off to play. Alfred floated past him and smiled.
“Did I hear you correctly, Master Danny?” the butler asked with a small smile. Danny just grinned and nodded.
“We’re keeping it quiet for now, not saying anything until their core comes out,” he said happily before they both heard a loud sob and looked over to find Jason holding Juliette and crying hysterically.
“Well, congratulations. Now, have fun calming Master Jason down,” Alfred said, looking beyond amused.
“I swear, it’s like the older he gets the more emotional he becomes,” Danny said with a sigh and walked over to the crying man. He squatted down to look at the both of them and tilted his head to the side in curiosity. “What’s going on?”
“I told Papa that I wanted to be a Robin like uncle Damian,” she said with a pout. “And then he asked why I didn’t want to be Red Hood and I said that the helmet is ugly.”
“It is kinda ugly,” Lian pointed out from where she sat, stuffing cake into her mouth. “Daddy says it is too.”
Danny snorted and pulled Juliette from her crying father. “Well, you’re not going to be doing vigilante work any time soon,” he said, setting her on her chair once more before pulling Jason up once more. “Babe, what the fuck is wrong with you?” he hissed, pinching Jason in the side.
“I’m sorry,” he sniffed. “My baby girl is just growing up so fast and she’s already talking about becoming a vigilante.”
“Well, you have nothing to worry about babe, that won’t happen for a long time,” Danny said before he looked at Lian and Juliette. “And why is that?”
The girls looked up at them solemnly. “No teenager superheroes,” they both said dutifully.
Danny clicked his tongue. “Exactly. Now, finish your cake and we’ll get to the presents, I’m gonna go help Papa clean up,” he said before leading Jason to another room in the manor. He leaned against the counter and crossed his arms. “Wanna tell me what’s going on?”
Jason let out a breath and leaned against the wall, rubbing at his eyes. “It’s fuckin’ stupid.”
The ghost king stepped forward and cupped Jason’s hand in his face. “No, it isn’t. Now, tell me what it is?” He whispered, rubbing his thumb along Jason’s cheekbone. “Just tell me.”
“She’s the same age Dick and Demon Brat were when they become Robin. Give her another five years and she’ll be the same age I was when I became Robin. Then she said she wanted to be a Robin and it’s just terrifying, that’s not the life I want for our daughter.
“Give her four more years and she’d be the same age I was when I died,” Danny said and took Jason’s hand in his, massaging the muscles in his palm softly. “But, she’s already surpassed us, Jay. She was born with powers, all of our kids were. Not only that but their aunts and uncles are heroes and vigilantes. The only one who isn’t is Jazz and she’s a psychiatrist for Rogues so ya know, she’s still in the life too. And she already knows the one rule.”
“No hero work until she’s twenty,” Jason said with a sigh.
“And she accepted it. After hearing every single horror story from all of us, she gets it. Not only that but she trains with Elle once a week on her powers, she trains with you twice a week for shooting lessons and combat lessons. She’s going to be fine. She also has Fright Knight who lets be honest, is wrapped around her little finger. She’s going to be okay. And we still have ten more years to convince her to not be a hero,” Danny said with a small smile.
Jason let out a breath and nodded. “I know, it’s just terrifying. I don’t want this life for her, Danny. I don’t,” he said.
Danny shrugged his shoulders. “I don’t either. But we both know that if we try to talk her out of it, she’s just going to want it even more. This way she knows that we will support her regardless of what she does and she knows what our request is. We just don’t want a teenager being a vigilante and she gets it,” Danny said with a small smile. Jason nodded and leaned forward, pressing a kiss to Danny’s lips.
“Have I ever mentioned that I love you?” He said before pressing his hand against Danny’s stomach, pressing against the spot where he could feel the core slowly growing inside of his husband. “And I really love you tiny,” he murmured just as Dick slid into the room.
“Another one! Are you building a fucking army?” He demanded. “Kori won’t let us have more than one!”
“Blame Jay, he refuses to get snipped,” Danny said with a huff. “Also keep it quiet. We haven’t said anything, which kid spilled the beans?”
“My namesake,” he said with a cheesy grin. Danny just rolled his eyes and pulled away from Dick. “Whatever. We’ve got a kid dying to open her presents. Let’s go,” he said before dragging his husband out of the room. It was crazy how much had changed in just ten years, but he would never change it for the world. They had healthy, happy kids who were loved beyond belief. Everything was perfect.