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Always a Dad...

Assembling a crib was far more challenging than Bruce expected as he sat with Jason trying to assemble it. Dick ran after Damian as the Titans vacated the Tower. All of them but Raven, but Bruce hadn't seen much of his sons' friend since she was still looking for a solution to their Damian problem.

"B, are you mad about Red Robin?" Jason asked suddenly which had Bruce looking over at his son.

"What?"

"I just… Do you not want me to be Robin anymore? I did fuck it up," Jason muttered.

"Jase," he ran his hand through his son's unruly curls then. His boy was here, and alive, Bruce never thought he'd have this moment again with Jason. Never have a moment with Jason again period. "I could never be mad at you. I'm just concerned, but you're making it work and listening to Dick, which is what I need. I want you safe, and I want you happy Jason."

"Happy?"

"Yes, happy, I want you to get a girlfriend, grow up, go to school, be happy, have a family, to live Jason. I want you happy."

"A girlfriend?" Jason pulled a face.

"You like Raven," Bruce pointed out. He was pretty sure Jason and Raven were partners in crime, ever since they had dyed Damian and Garfield shortly after Jason had come back.

"She's a friend B, my only friend," Jason stated dramatically.

"Hmm," he hummed. Jason handed him a part and Bruce just enjoyed having his son alive and breathing, and here.

Four days of baby Damian and Bruce felt pretty good about changing his son's diaper, and all the normal stuff dads did with babies. In his defense, none of his sons had ever been babies. The youngest child he had ever had was Dick, and that was when Dick was nine. Gingerly Bruce bounced the fussy Damian on his shoulder whispering assurances to Damian in Talia's native tongue.

"You know you're pretty good at that," Dick said which had Bruce looking over at his eldest.

"Hmm," he hummed.

"Did… Did you ever want babies?" Dick asked walking in.

"Once," Bruce admitted. There'd been a woman he had once wanted to mother his children. Selina would have been a wonderful mother, but she had been killed when they were too young. Talia had just taken his son, taken that part of him without ever asking for it.

"Why… why didn't you?"

"She died," Bruce answered.

"So, you were cool with adopting Jay and me?" Dick asked.

"You're my sons," Bruce answered simply. He didn't think he could ever describe how fiercely he loved his sons, or how strongly he felt about them.

"I think I want kids with Kori," Dick said.

"There's always adoption," Bruce said calmly.

"You'd be alright with Kori and me staying a thing?" Dick asked.

"No, but I will learn to accept it." Bruce looked at his eldest who smiled. Dick would be a good father, Dick was a natural with children, he'd be a good dad. He'd succeed where Bruce had failed.

Bruce was sitting on the floor as Damian napped with his thumb in his mouth, gently sucking it, toy cars scattered around them, and the sun warming both of them when she walked in. The young girl paused, bit her lip nervously and seemed to hesitate. Raven looked like a doe caught in the headlights for a long moment.

"Yes Raven," he said, the young woman blushed. He could see it, that delicate beauty she was awkwardly growing into. The teen was going to be a heart breaker, and more than likely break Damian's heart. But he wasn't sure he could be angered at that as she had bonded so tightly and quickly with his second son.

"I… uh," she started.

"Yes," he said patiently.

"I never seen a dad," she stated softly. "I just… um… I never had a dad, and I… empathy, I like being around happy and peace," she said nervously.

"You're welcome to join, Damian is very fond of you," he said levelly. Jason was too, but Jason wasn't here right now.

"I just… I thought you'd like to know that I can, I can reverse this," she said and took a steadying breath. "I found the spell that can change him back. I just am going to need a week's prep to get all the materials."

"A week?"

"Actually a day, but I know, I can feel how happy you are with him so I just… I thought you'd like the extra time," she said as she wrung her hands together.

"Thank you. and I would, very much like the extra time," he admitted softly as he brushed his son's hair off his brow.

"He's kind of cute like this. Normally he's all… grr, and I'll stab you," Raven said as she smiled nervously.

"You've been a good friend for him."

"He's not so bad once he stops trying to stab you and control you." she shrugged.

"And you're a good friend for Jason," he said, and watched the young teen blush a bit.

"He's cool, he likes books and food and doesn't call me creepy. Also he went tea shopping with me, Damian wouldn't even be caught dead in public with me so that was nice of Jason," Raven said.

Bruce softened. "Thank you for the extra time Raven."

"Yeah, no problem, I'm gonna go, I'll get the prep work done, and test it before doing it to Damian."

She walked out of the room and into one of her portals disappearing.

Bruce sighed as he looked down at his foolish son. Damian was going to need to learn some humility. There was no way the boy would survive if he continued to have his stifling pride, birth right or not. Luckily Jason and Dick were here to teach Damian this humility, and Raven might prove to be a large aid in this.

"You're going to get your heartbroken, Dami, but it'll heal," he whispered as he picked his son up.

Bruce stood there a week later with his son in his arms and he looked over all of Raven's prep work for the room as it was now covered in runes he didn't know, and markings he didn't recognize. But there were some marks he recognized from his time in Atlantis and around the Zatara family.

"Alright, Um, I'll take him," Raven walked forward and gingerly took Damian.

"LA! LA! LA!" Damian screamed.

"Yes! Yes! Yes! You're going back to normal!" Raven countered as she struggled with the baby.

"What exactly are you going to do to him?" Dick asked nervously.

"Reverse his deaging spell. The spells hit him simultaneously and that's what deaged him. My goal is to unwrap the magic currently keeping him in his current condition. It can be done, it's just going to hurt."

"Hurt a lot or not very much."

"Depends on the target, but I think in this case, it's going to really hurt as he has to go through all those growth spurts again."

"Oh boy," Jason sighed.

"Excuse me," Raven said. "Now I need you to hold these and go where I put you and not move," Raven instructed handing them odd objects. Before Bruce could protest Rave had them all where she wanted and she had Damian in the center of all this.

She held her hands out, palms up, and she spoke in a language Bruce had never heard.

But like with Constantine he felt the power from the girl swirl around them before it surged from her, her eyes glowing bright white as that power slammed into all them, almost knocking him over. Damian squealed, Bruce nearly leapt for his son.

There was a blinding light which knocked him back into the wall and then all the runes swirled to life before impacting where Damian was. There was a loud bang before smoke dissipated and Damian was sitting there looking stunned.

"DAMI!" Dick shouted running for Damian.

"Hey, now little bird," Jason caught Raven as she swayed then she collapsed against Jason.

"How are you feeling son?" Bruce asked crouching down to his son's level.

"Where are my clothes?" Damian shouted.

"Oh Azar!" Raven yelped slamming her hands over her eyes. Jason was snickering, and Dick just laughed. Bruce smiled as he ruffled Damian's hair and dropped a coat around his son's shoulder.

"It's been a long few weeks with evil baby Dami," Dick said. "And I got photographic evidence.

You wouldn't dare Grayson!" Damian shouted.

"Yes I would!" Dick bolted then and Damian was up on gangly legs, tripped and Bruce caught his youngest.

"I'm going to kill him!"

"Damian put some damn pants on!" Raven shouted loudly.

"Come on little bird," Jason scooped her up and walked out of there then.

"It's good to have you back Damian," Bruce smiled as he scooped his wobbling son up.

"I can walk father!" Damian protested.

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