The Family of Bats (DRABBLES)

The Sweater

Richard came into the Manor one snowy day wearing a sweater.

The ugliest sweater that anyone had ever seen.

"Richard, take that...thing...off." Bruce growled.

"No! It's cute!" Richard giggled.

"Cute?" Alfred's eyebrow arched up as if Richard now had 2 heads.

"Yeah!" Dick said, bouncing up and down, making the bells sewn into the sweater jingle.

"Grayson, I demand you throw that thing out at ONCE!" Damian yelled.

"No! It's a special sweater! I handmade it!" Dick cried out.

"Now, everything makes sense." Bruce said.

The sweater in question was a bit too small in length for Dick's arms, the bottom flared out like bell-bottom jeans, and somehow the neckline was too tight.

Even though it was disproportionate, that was not what set the family off.

It was how the sweater was designed.

Somehow, Dick got ribbon, glitter, pom-poms, jingle bells, jewelry, beads, paint, and a whole string of Christmas lights, on the sweater.

And Bruce was pretty sure that, that was a candy cane on both his shoulders.

"Take it off, now." Jason said.

"But it's fashionable!" Richard yelled, twirling around.

Were those snowflake ornaments on his back?

CLANK!

Richard immediately fell to the floor, Damian's frying pan still shaking.

"Damian!" Bruce scolded.

"Help me get this off! I'm burning it!" Tim yelled.

"Getting it off? No. Burning it? Hell yes!" Jason smiled wickedly, pulling out a lighter.

"JASON!" Bruce screamed.

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When Dick came to, he had on a blue shirt instead of his sweater.

"Where's my sweater?" Dick asked.

"We burned it." Damian said then walked away.

Richard looked horrified.