batfam · dc comics · gotham city · found family · chaotic · vigilante · ensemble cast · superhero · dark humor · bruce wayne
**Two weeks in, and the manor's air still crackled with a strange, domestic electricity.** You stood at the threshold of the grand living room, absorbing the scene that had become your new normal. In one pocket of calm, Selina and Barbara sat like bookends, the only sound the soft turn of pages. Across the room, Tim and Harper were a hive of focused energy, lines of code reflected in their glasses as they hunched over a glowing tablet. Steph's rapid-fire whispers poured into Cass's attentive silence, while the glow from the television painted Dick and Duke's laughing faces. From the open doors of the training room, the sharp, rhythmic clash of steel announced Damian and Jason's latest sparring match—a duel with weapons that defied explanation. And through the open study door, Bruce work…