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Little Brother's Day Out

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It was midday in late autumn, when Gotham's winds turned perpetually chilly and less birds dared to venture out. Of course, that didn't include its resident protectors, who we're busy flocking within the heart of the city.

Drake was out as the Co-CEO of Wayne Enterprises and Damian was patrolling as Robin; albeit
for the latter it was an exercise for working solo at night in the future while getting a look of Gotham during the day.

He was also the only one on patrol right now, unless the situation required backup. They expected criminal activity to spike around evening, which left about 4 hours of respite for Gotham's civilians.

As for the rest of the family,
Grayson and Todd were at the mall while his father was sick, having pulled far too many all-nighters, even for his standards. Hence Pennyworth was taking care of him and minding the house, as usual. This also meant that Damian was scot-free from any of his family showing up and stalking him on the job.
Which his father and Grayson would be doing most of the time when he tries a new exercise or test. Todd only did it when he knew it concerned him or if Damian ventured into Crime Alley alone.

Which is where he was at right now and the other wasn't. As Todd would say, "suck on that".

But, for some good - more like unbelievable - reason, Jason had forgotten something in one of his safe houses and Damian had decided to be nice and get it for him (so as to repay a favor).
He had then shown up with the thing at his location, the mall, and after rigorously stalking up on his sibling who was avoiding covert locations (very much trolling him, he knew Damian was there) sneakily handed it over to Jason, amidst a crowd of people that was looking at Robin talking to a man thrice his size in broad daylight, at the mall, without attacking, threatening or fighting him.

For the first time Damian felt uncomfortable among all of the looks that screamed 'cute' and 'whut'. It was stupid, but Damian really wished he could just throw a smoke bomb or hide in his father's rather large cape. He'd heard that's what his siblings had done when they were Robin and feeling unwell. It had become a sign for Batman that they weren't comfortable with the situation or feeling sick by the time Tim had been Robin.

Grayson had told him about the tradition when he was his Batman and, surprisingly, it had helped his father to get accustomed to Damian. Damian wouldn't outright show or speak about how he was feeling, taking it as a sign of weakness, so it was like a show of mutual trust when he started to get closer to his father's cape.
Over time, it became something that they both secretly treasured.

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Anyways, since he wasn't able to do that right now he opted to pull his hood up instead. It was a bit bright for him anyway. Or maybe that was just the flashing of Grayson's camera and his blinding smile. No wonder Todd is still wearing the sunglasses, besides hiding his identity as an illegally alive man. The only ones who'd wear glasses indoors are blind people, gangsters or hooligans.

Just then he'd received an alarm on his gauntlet. It was a distress signal. Thank Titus, he could finally ditch this place. Jason wouldn't stop 'milking' his uncomfortable look around the civilians, having shaking shoulders and muffled laughter betray his thoughts.

Giving one last dirty look at his older brothers and the pedestrians taking or trying to get a photo of him or conversation with him, he gave an annoyed click of his tongue and bolted the teeming mall.

Social media - and Barbara with Grayson plus father - would be a headache after the day was over.



The distress signal came from an emergency at Wayne Enterprises, Tim's office. To be honest he was planning on ignoring it, but if he helped 'Timothy Drake-Wayne' in broad daylight, by himself, then his father would be proud of him - maybe forget his slip-up in the mall - and he'd have something to hold over Drake's head.

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