Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Jason Todd have been best friends since they were little kids, before Jason fled to the streets of Gotham. Both raven-haired kids grew up with identical pasts and backgrounds, and both connected with each other because of it. The two honorary siblings quickly became adoptive siblings after Jason fled to the streets after his dad went to jail and mom died, thanks to Sabine Dupain-Cheng adopting him at Marinettes begging and pleading, much to Tom Dupain's anger.
Jason had Sabine and Mari's hearts and love for him, and the two had his, but never had Tom's, not that he cared. He hated the man because of the way he treated Mari and Sabine, which was like his bio father did to him, and Tom hated him because he'd lived in the streets and wasn't biologically part of the Dupain-Cheng family, so he got treated the same, but the abuse was 10x as bad.
All Jason and Mari cared was that they had each other, and that they would be ok if they had each other by the other's side.
But everything changed when Tom had finally had crossed the line, and that was the line that would change the siblings forever.
10 years later, Jason was adopted by billionaire Bruce Wayne aka Batman, has 7 other adoptive siblings, and is Red Hood... whenever he isn't traveling the world, looking for his beloved Pixie Pop. Marinette thinks her older brother is dead, and she lives alone with Tom. Hawkmoth is defeated, and the young Gothamite is broken beyond imagining. Can Jason, and maybe the rest of the Wayne family, bring the light back into her eyes and help her? Or will everything get a whole lot worse for her and Jason?
Class salt, abusive Tom, assassin Nino, depression, broken Mari, broken Jason, overprotective Jason and Wayne family, Maribat, Bruce adopts Mari
Note: I do not (unfortunately) own dc or mlb. All credit goes to the owners, and none of the pictures are mine, either. This is my first book, so I hope you enjoy!
Book 2 of the 'Demigod in Gotham' Series
When Nico moved to Gotham, all he wanted was to do good. He never asked to be adopted by Bruce Wayne. He never asked for Slade to come after him. He never asked to die. And more than anything else, he never asked to be revived.
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"I excused what you did with Slade, but you cannot continue to break rules and put yourself at risk-"
Nico laughed. "Excused? You excused it?"
Nightwing approached the table, probably knowing where this was going. "Demo-"
The demigod ignored his brother. "Slade wanted to sell my people as slaves. Not only did he deserve to die, but he needed to."
Bruce stood up, his hands on the table. "Slade's death was not your call and I respected that-"
"No, you were forced to accept it because you couldn't stop me. You wanted me to spare him, just like every single one of your sons have up until that point, but how did that work out? When did Slade ever face justice for all the things he had done after they spared him? He deserved to die for everything he had done!"
"It is not our place-"
"Then thank f*ck that it actually was my place to do what you never could!"
Bruce clenched his jaw. They stared at each other for a long moment before Bruce finally said, "We fight for justice, not vengeance. If you allow yourself to sink down to that place, you may never come back. It will kill you if you keep on fighting to avenge things that have not even happened yet"
Nico stared at his father, the rage that had been boiling underneath his skin every second since he had woken up back in November began to break through the surface. He took off his domino mask and tossed it onto the table, making sure that Bruce had to look at his eyes-- the ones that no longer resembled the fourteen year old that Bruce had once asked to join his family. "Good thing I already died then."
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