Robins!

Dear God

A/N:  What the boys pray for before bedtime, and their before bedtime rituals...  this is before the reboot and Bruce is dead, or presumed dead :)

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Dick put his toothbrush down and yawned, fanning himself with his hand.  He picked up his hairbrush and sloppily combed his hair, knowing it would be knotty in the morning if he didn't.

He slowly picked up his pajamas, Robin ones of course, and slipped them on, then turned and listened to hear the sounds of Cass stumbling down the hall to shout at Tim to turn his math radio(there is now such thing) off, like she did every night.  It was like a tradition.

He walked out of his bathroom, and stepped to the side to let Jason barge in, yelling, as he did every night, "Move it or lose it Dickie bird!"

Dick had no idea what he meant by that, but he loved hearing the words, because every time Jason yelled it, Dick would respond, "I love you too Jay bird."

After Dick would say goodnight to his older/younger brother, he would walk down the hall to meet Alfred, who stood in the same spot every night.  Ever since Dick was 8.  Dick would kiss him on the cheek every night, and say, "Goodnight Alfie, luv ya."

And the butler would reply each night, "I love you too Master Richard, have a lovely sleep."

Dick would then walk into Tim's room, and pry Cass off of Tim, like he did every night, and tiredly plop Cass outside the door, who would in turn tell him, "Hands off, or I'll kick you where it hurts."

And Dick would respond every night with a tired evil smirk, "You love me to much to."

And she would respond, "Wanna bet?"

Dick would turn to Tim and say, "Don't stay up to late Timmy..."

And like every night, Tim would turn around and shut his math/history/english/french/spanish/latin/greek/manderin/science book and say with a smile, "You know I won't!"

Dick would shut the door and say through it, "Love you...."  and the muffled reply would be "I love you too Dick"

After that, Dick would walk down the hall and sneak into Damian's room, and pull the covers over the already 'sleeping' form and whisper in the child's ear, "You love me.... :)"

And then, with his ritual over, he would go to his room.

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Jason would wait outside the bathroom impatiently, tapping his foot to the beat of Cass's heavy footsteps as she stomped her way to Tim's room.  Every night he would watch he turn the corner of the hall and he'd yell, "Be quiet Cass!"

And she'd just pause a moment and take it to glare at him, then she would return to stomping to Tim's room.   Around the time she turned the corner, Damian would be walking by in his Nightwing pj's, which you couldn't seem to pry from him, and he'd glare at Jason and say, "Go to hell in your sleep Todd."

Which he would say back, "Already been there, and I don't fancy returning.... so I hope you go to hell in your sleep demon spawn!"

"Already been there too, slave!" Damian would spit out as he walked the rest of the hall.

Jason would have time to tap his foot three more times and the door to the bathroom would swing open and a tired/happy Dick would walk out, and Jason would yell, "Move it or lose it Dickie bird!"  Just because he loved to hear Dick respond with his, "I love you too Jay bird."

Jason would go into the bathroom, and pick his toothbrush up from the orderly line that Dick had put their toothbrushes in, and he would quickly brush his teeth.  Not bothering with his hair, he slapped on his Red Robin pajama's... and he would leave the bathroom quickly.