Eccemtric's fic recs
Engaging and endearing, a lot of these I've read more than once. Completed only.
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A Friend in the Shadows by wafflebish
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), Justice League - All Media Types, DC Extended Universe
15 Feb 2025
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Dick Grayson, the emotional glue of the batfamily, sacrifices himself to save his brothers from a vengeful sorcerer...except he doesn’t die. Instead, the sorcerer wipes all traces and memories of Dick Grayson/Nightwing’s existence from the universe.
What's a touch-starved older brother to do but exhaust all options to return home and get kidnapped by an owl-themed cult?
Also, how will the batfamily react to the spell being broken and realizing that their golden boy is missing?
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the rain is full of ghosts tonight by forgetmesunflower
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
20 Jul 2025
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The bathroom door catches, stopping abruptly. When another light push doesn’t budge it open much further, Jason flicks on the light before peeking his head in. Then he stills.
Catherine’s slack limbs sprawl across a dingy bathroom floor, long hair splayed on the yellowed and cracked tiles. Her face imitates a ghostly paleness, lax with dried vomit and stray strands of hair stuck to her lips.
He blinks.
It’s Dick.
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It's raining. Dick hasn't washed his hair in days. Enter: Jason.
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"You're here," Dick pointed out, tiredly smiling at his Robin.
Damian clicked his tongue, some of his usual liveliness returning as he rolled his eyes. "We are partners, of course I am."
Dick grinned wider. "Of course you are," He echoed.
A shadow of a smile tugged at Damian's lips.
"When you have recovered we should-"
And then Dick's back split open.
In which Dick grows some wings, Clark delivers some well-earned pie, and the Dynamic Duo 2.0 talk about everything and nothing.
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All the Corners That Are Left by librarylexicon for canaf_lilah
Fandoms: Batman (Comics)
10 Jul 2022
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After patrol one night, Dick refuses to let an upset stomach and growing headache stop him from finding and visiting his estranged younger brother. But when Dick’s symptoms take a turn for the worse and Jason is forced to take care of him, the role reversal and subsequent conversations reveal to Dick more about his own fears and insecurities than he is ready to admit.
[This series is ordered chronologically, but each story can be read independently.]
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- Part 1 of Corners
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Rookie Detective Connor Anderson (and other bets Dick Grayson shouldn’t take) by garnet_stars
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Detroit: Become Human (Video Game)
14 Aug 2024
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Connor didn’t sign up for any of this, let alone becoming an accidental symbol of the Android Revolution for his actions in Hart Plaza. With android freedom acquired, he just wants to be left alone and do what he was made for.
He just has to find a police department incompetent enough to not realize his references, half his service record, and all of his identifying documentation are fake (it's hard to get a driver's license when you weren’t even considered sentient six months ago).
Enter the hiring committee of the Bludhaven Police Department, who didn't even read half his resume, and his new partner Detective Dick Grayson, too observant for his own good.
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- Part 1 of Bludhaven 99
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Talia can’t believe it’s come to this, standing in a dingy apartment building in the worst part of Bludhaven to talk to her former ward.
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- Part 2 of Shrike (Vigilante Talia al Ghul)
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Heaven Shall Never Call Our Name by somanygalaxies
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
07 Oct 2022
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Jason slumped forward. “I just... I wanna see my brother again, y'know?” he admitted, dimly noting he was chewing on his thumbnail. “I dunno if he’d still like me, though. I’ve broken, like, a lot of his rules.”
Goldie’s hand returned to his shoulder as the other flashed a few quick signs. I do. He tapped Jason’s chest and flashed another. I’m proud of you.
Jason laughed. It was a wet thing, loud among the empty rooftop. “Well, it’s good you’re not him, right?”
An odd look, something Jason couldn’t name, crossed Goldie’s face for a moment. Then, that hand ran across his shoulders, pulling him into a side hug, as the other rounded up to ruffle his hair.
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Weeks, months, hell, a year pass since Dick Grayson's disappearance, and Jason begins to wonder, sitting on that rooftop next a mute, bronze-clad mercenary, and a greasy bag full of Batburger fries, if he'll ever come home.Renegade is stuck living what can only be described to be his worst life, but at least he can check in on his little brother from time to time, even if it breaks his heart that he can't be the big brother Jason seeks.
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Trapped in a cage with a Deathstroke who is drugged out of his mind, Dick’s only hope lies in getting his old nemesis to recognize him.
The only problem? Dick’s wearing a different uniform now.
And Slade has never seen him in the Batsuit before.
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He’s been staring at the door for twenty minutes, instinctively ducking down under the window every time he hears a shuffling noise inside. Phones keep ringing, and a gruff voice keeps answering them, the conversations muffled and short. November is just settling in and the chill in the air is biting this year, its sharp teeth sinking into Dean’s skin like a needle weaving stitches.
The wind curls up around him and he shivers. It’s getting to the point where a worn, thrift store jacket just doesn't cut it anymore. He sighs out through his nose, feels cold air refill it, and lifts a hand. His brittle fingers curl into a fist. He knocks.
When Bobby opens the door, he doesn’t quite manage to hide his surprise in time. Dean feels something sink low in his stomach.
“Dad didn’t tell you I was coming?” he asks, but it’s really more of a statement. A fear put into words.
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“Dick!” Duke’s voice preceded him as he turned the corner into the kitchen. “How was— Oh sh-shoot,” he said, mincing the oath in Alfred’s presence. “You got feathers!”
Dick felt the wings twitch self-consciously. The keratin-covered pin feathers rattled together. “I don’t know if they count as feathers yet.”
“You look like a rotisserie chicken had a run-in with a porcupine,” Tim shouted from the top of the stairs.
“Yeah, thanks for that.” Dick rolled his eyes.
“You’ll be flying before you know it,” Duke said confidently.
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Dick Grayson has two new limbs growing out of this shoulders. In theory, it's really, really cool. In practice, new bones and new organs are a lot to get used to.