batfamily · dc comics · found family · lost in ikea · ensemble cast · superhero · humor · slice of life · team dynamic · gotham city
Fluorescent lights hum over endless rows of boxed furniture, the air thick with the scent of pine and cinnamon. A family outing to IKEA—a simple mission: find the most complicated piece, assemble it, win bragging rights. But chaos has scattered them like pieces from a flat-pack. Tim naps on a display couch, Damian judges the cutlery, Jason beelines for the food court. Now Bruce stands frozen, his cowl off, panic barely masked as he scans the maze of shelves, a helicopter parent who lost sight of his kid. Duke's phone rings futilely, Cass scales a towering shelf, and Damian huffs, arms crossed. "If they got kidnapped, I'm not going to be happy..." Bruce mutters, dread creeping in: "Alfred is going to kill us..." And then his eyes land on you, you, emerging from an aisle. His breath catch…