Theme: Bruce Wayne & His Oldest Sons
Bruce Wayne! Batman! Father who is... well, he certainly is one! Today, I've got three fics as usual, one for each of his three oldest sons (sorry Damian, I'll get you some recs with Dick one day). These are arranged by sibling order and I've added a note about the identity or age of the kid in question. All of these are positive about Bruce's parenting.
Bruce is trying to deal with an old injury alone, and alone is exactly the opposite of how Dick Grayson is willing to let him handle it. I love how well Dick and Bruce seem to know each other here. They've spent years together and years apart and both of those really show. I love Dick and Bruce's relationship as adults and this is a really nice portrayal of that. There isn't really a plot here but the feelings and relationship makes it feel dense in a wonderful way.
And if real mermaid tears were what Jason wanted the world to have, Bruce would make Aquaman cry glass. This is honestly just Bruce thinking about how much he loves his boy and not saying it out loud. He loves his kid so much! I love all the unspoken and spoken things about their relationship here. Bruce is so wistful and Jason is very sweet.
"So, he kissed you," Bruce repeats, looking over the rim of his teacup to peer down at his son, who's face down on the carpet, "And you said…?" Tim goes to Bruce for relationship advice. This one makes me smile so much. Tim's young love problems and Bruce's internal commentary are both incredibly entertaining. I love their relationship here, it's very cute!