Dick Grayson Whumptober 2021
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It's two weeks before Christmas; snow is finally beginning to fall, people are visiting stores to buy their holiday gifts, and the Riddler has taken over Gotham City's Shopping Mall and made it his fortress. The only thing protecting the hundreds upon hundreds of hostages from the villain's automated guns is the wits of young Robin, the Boy Wonder.
All the while Damian Wayne is stuck outside, unable to protect his baby brother.
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When the Riddler holds civilians hostage in a shopping mall, it is up to Robin to ensure their safety. Meanwhile, Batman is doing everything in his power to come to his brave baby brother's rescue.
Part of Whumptober 2021
No. 01 - ALL TRUSSED UP AND STILL NOWHERE TO GO
“You have to let go” | barbed wire | boundNo. 04 - TRUST FALL
“Do you trust me?” | taken hostage | pushedSeries
- Part 1 of Dick Grayson Whumptober 2021
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Withering Bouquets and Bent Birdcages by TheOakTreeGhost
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
03 Oct 2021
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Dick knew he was falling. He had his feet firmly planted on the ground of a rooftop of a skyscraper that overlooked the docks. He was on the ledge, standing tall, feeling the sea wind cut his cheeks. He could smell the salt and the fish and the sewage. He could hear the noises from the city he had sworn to protect even from this high above. His feet were firmly planted on a rooftop but Dick was falling. He was falling and falling but there was no ground to hit and his wings wouldn’t work. Dick was all alone.
Until he wasn't.
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When Dick is alone, he struggles to forget his insecurities, leading to an emotional meltdown. And then Slade Wilson shows up.
Part of Whumptober 2021
No. 03 - STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES BUT…
taunting | insults | “Who did this to you?”No. 07 - MY SPIDEY-SENSE IS TINGLING
helplessness | numbness | blindnessSeries
- Part 2 of Dick Grayson Whumptober 2021
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Tender Touches Soothe Scars by TheOakTreeGhost
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
07 Oct 2021
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It was eight o’clock at night, the outside air was cool, and the leaves were finally changing as autumn settled into Bludhaven. Roy Harper knocked on the brown door twice, then placed his hands inside the pocket of his green hoodie. He knew Dick would not keep him waiting even if the last thing he probably wanted right now was for someone to visit him. He would probably welcome Roy in, ask him if he ate anything yet, smile and ask Roy about his life while trying his best to evade any truly meaningful conversation — at least, any truly meaningful conversation that was about himself; because God knows that Dick Grayson was always willing to play the patient therapist to any other person at any unholy hour.
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When Dick returns from a long undercover mission, Roy stops by to assess the size of the psychological damage, and hopefully give Dick some much needed comfort.
Part of Whumptober 2021
No. 06 - TOUCH AND GO
bruises | touch starved | hungerNo. 16 - ON A NEED TO KNOW BASIS
recovery | scars | aftermathSeries
- Part 3 of Dick Grayson Whumptober 2021
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Jason Todd's wrists were chained to a wall. He had a bruise forming on his left cheek and a cut on his right forearm from when he had blocked a slash that had been aimed for his neck. Ordinarily, Jason wouldn’t be shy about complaining over how it hurt while still making himself seem cool by being completely casual about it, as if the stinging pain did not phase him at all.
But right now, said stinging pain was not even registering in his mind. All he could focus on was the fact that their captor had Nightwing wearing nothing but his domino mask, kneeling in the middle of the room with wrists and ankles bond behind his back by high tensile wires — the type used in high voltage electric fences.
And Jason was seeing green.
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When Jason and Dick are captured by a villain with an obsession for Nightwing, Jason is forced to watch the man he loves more than life itself being brutally tortured.
Part of Whumptober 2021
No. 09 - RUMORS OF MY DEATH HAVE BEEN GREATLY EXAGGERATED
presumed dead | (blind) rage | tearsNo. 12 - IT’LL BE FUN, THEY SAID
torture | made to watch | beggingSeries
- Part 4 of Dick Grayson Whumptober 2021
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Blood Coated Gloves by TheOakTreeGhost
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
19 Oct 2021
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Tim had been born and raised in Gotham. He spent years fighting in its streets. He had bled for it, he had cried for it, he had lost more than he thought was possible for a person to lose. His family was composed of people who had sacrificed everything for the city, and even when they did not live in it anymore, they still came back to it, like moths drawn to a flame or sailors heeding the sirens’ call. It was a lesson Tim himself had learned; you may physically leave Gotham, but once you had given it your blood, Gotham would never leave you.
Tim knew the risks. Tim knew Gotham.
And yet, despite all those years and all those hurts, Tim had apparently never allowed himself to consider the possibility that Gotham would ever dare to take Dick Grayson away from him.
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Dick is injured while on patrol. Tim loves him too much to say goodbye.
Part of Whumptober 2021
No. 19 - JUST A SCRATCH
bitten | bleeding | stabbing[07 December 2021] - Title Changed
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- Part 5 of Dick Grayson Whumptober 2021
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The Food of the Steel Fairy by TheOakTreeGhost
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Teen Titans (Animated Series)
24 Oct 2021
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Back when he was still traveling with the circus, Dick's mother used to tell him different folk tales about nature and the magic that lay within. In those stories, when the little child walked through the woods, they were told to keep the village within sight, and if they accidentally wandered into the fae realm, they were warned to never eat the food that was offered to them.
Dick was not in a forest. He was surrounded by darkness and utilitarian gray concrete walls. Yet, he still tried to heed his mother's words. Stay within sight of the village — stay grounded in the present. Don’t wander too far into the woods — don't let the darkness lead his thoughts astray. And should he find his mind in the fae realm, thinking thoughts that were too upsetting, then he should turn around before he stumbled upon the subjects that were as dangerous as the food of the fae, leading to his self-destruction.
But Slade, with his industrial aesthetic and voice as calm as a gentle forest stream was nothing if not cunning.
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Slade knows exactly how to punish his unwilling apprentice.
Part of Whumptober 2021
No. 20 - LOST & FOUND
trunk | trapped under water | solitary confinementSeries
- Part 6 of Dick Grayson Whumptober 2021
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The Lingering Phantom by TheOakTreeGhost
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics)
31 Oct 2021
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Exhaustion drenched Dick’s body in the form of a bone deep ache. It weighted on his limbs, slowing his usually graceful movements, it made his eyes linger closed just a bit too long, it made something in his chest tightened like a lid being sealed closed to keep its contents safely confined. It was late at night — early in the morning — and time seemed to slow down as Wayne Manor remained as quiet and still as a mausoleum. By his side, he could almost see a shadow that was far taller than him, far wider than him, but whose presence was always comforting rather than oppressive, it’s eyes always soft and gentle even if its lips seldom curved into a smile.
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Overcome by his responsibilities and pressures, Dick seeks comfort in Bruce's room. There, a lingering phantom of an unrealized almost gets him to confess to secrets he would rather have kept locked away forever.
NOTE: Dick thinks Bruce is dead, but he isn't. The story still deals with the subject of grief, though.
Part of Whumptober 2021
No. 30 - DIGGING YOUR GRAVE
Major Character Death | Left for Dead | Ghosts[04 December 2021] - Title Changed
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- Part 7 of Dick Grayson Whumptober 2021