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   It hurts to be something (it’s worse to be nothing with you) by Idontwannafilloutajobapplication

   Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)  

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   15 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Dick Grayson & Peter Parker
   • Mary Parker/Richard Parker (Marvel)
   • Uncle Ben Parker & Richard Parker (Marvel)
   • Tim Drake & Dick Grayson & Jason Todd & Bruce Wayne & Damian Wayne
   • Dick Grayson & Bruce Wayne
   • Stephanie Brown & Tim Drake & Peter Parker & Duke Thomas
   • Peter Parker & Damian Wayne
   • Peter Parker & Jason Todd
   • Dick Grayson & Jason Todd
   • Stephanie Brown & Jason Todd
   • Matt Murdock & Peter Parker
   • Dick Grayson
   • Peter Parker
   • Richard Parker (Marvel)
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Damian Wayne
   • Jason Todd
   • Tim Drake (DCU)
   • Duke Thomas
   • Barbara Gordon
   • Stephanie Brown
   • Cassandra Cain
   • Matt Murdock
   • Peter Parker Lives in Gotham City (DCU)
   • Dick Grayson is Nightwing
   • Dick Grayson Has Issues
   • Peter Parker Has Issues
   • it runs in the family
   • Dick Grayson and Richard Parker (Marvel) are the Same Person
   • Dick Grayson is Peter Parker's Biological Parent
   • Batfamily (DCU)
   • Protective Batfamily (DCU)
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Hallucinating Dick Grayson
   • BAMF Peter Parker
   • Peter Parker Angst
   • Autistic Peter Parker
   • Peter Parker is So Done
   • Peter Parker Being a Little Shit
   • Dick Grayson Needs a Break
   • Peter Parker Needs a Break
   • Author loves Tim Drake
   • POV Third Person Limited
   • POV Alternating
   • No beta we die like Peter Parker’s entire family
   • Comic Book Science
   • Dick Grayson Has Eldest Daughter Syndrome
   • Jason Todd Tries to Be a Good Sibling
   • Jason Todd is a batgirl
   • Dick “crashout” Grayson
   • Churros as a metaphor
   • Doctor Who References
   • Peter Parker is a Batfamily Member (DCU)
   • Temporary Character Death
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Sassy Peter Parker
   • Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent
   • Not Tony Stark Friendly
   • Jason Todd takes his uncle role very seriously
   • Not Canon Compliant
   • canon is merely inspiration

   Summary

   Richard Parker dreamt of a life with the bats. Everyday, he mourned a family and a life that he never had. The name ‘Grayson’ loomed over him, even though logically, he knew, the name never belonged to him.

   The life he led was full of love, of stability. So what was the void that consumed him? Why did he dream of flying?

   OR: Peter in Gotham fic except Dick Grayson and Richard Parker were the same person, instead of being alternate versions of each other. Also, I fuck with the mcu timeline because canon is merely inspiration.

   Title from Promise by Laufey.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Cages or Wings, Which do you Prefer? (Ask the Birds)

   Language:

   English

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