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that de-aged dick au repost made me think ... him and bruce are going through a rough patch. dick is angry at him and yelling but they're working together on a case so they can't cool off or take a breather. mumble mumble somehow they stumble upon a magic user mumble mumble. dick gets de-aged to when he was first robin. it will wear off in about two weeks but nothing they can do in the meantime. and his siblings are cackling... the dick they know? with his hot temper and lack of control around bruce? and bruce? good with young kids? this is going to be hell for both of them. good luck haha. they get popcorn just to watch the fireworks. instead... dick and bruce have the best time. dick just wants to be around him 24/7. they're watching movies, sharing silly jokes, snuggling. the other kids start to feel jealous in fact. sometimes dick remembers his parents and gets sad and bruce comforts him. dick says that bruce seems really sad and bruce can't tell him why. he just hugs him closer. but the thing is, bruce remembers this happy little kid, who was his hope, who dragged him out of the despair he had fallen into, eating chicken nuggets in the middle of the night and promising they wouldn't tell alfred. he remembers how much they were in sync when dick was a kid. and god he loves dick now, how he loves him, but it's so hard. anyways mumble mumble mumble dick gets turned back into an adult mumble mumble. maybe he has memories of that time or bruce just kinda avoids him for a while once he changes back. and then he confronts bruce with red-rimmed eyes, genuinely hurt. "you liked me better as a kid! i bet you wish i had stayed robin!" and bruce is not sure he has an answer for that. because he misses the way things were. when he had his son.

anyways, am i doing this angst prompt thing right?

You're doing this fabulously bb dw <3

But imagine bruce trying to find an excuse but stayed quiet. Because how do you tell your son that you do still love him, it's just that he's tired of the constant fights and explosive anger and too sharp words that make his heart break even if he believed it knew he didn't meant them? That the little version of him was so easy to love because he's not actively searching something to blame bruce for?

Dick misunderstands this and curses at bruce "fuck you—! You never respect me as an adult and always so overbearing, acting like you care! You should just admit it if you don't like who I became b! How did I even see you as a decent father figure in the past is beyond me—" He mumbles.

Bruce is barely holding back his tears because yes, how could he ever be a decent father if he couldn't even love his son as easily as when he were a kid? How could he be so selfish and stupid? Lies. His love never decreased. It grew and grew and grew until all the love for his children and friends and family in his body would be too much.

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That's all I could think of :'3

So, I've been binging some of your omega Bruce and I adore it so much! ❤️

Did you know that Alpha, Beta, and Omega roles are terms that were originally for birds? More specifically, Chickens? It's now called the pecking order.

And it had me thinking, what if the world was between wolf descent and bird descent roles? But wolves won out? So there's next to no documentation of bird types, especially since they are considered mixed enough to have more wolf type behaviors. Which is unfortunate because there are still plenty of those who are more bird type with their instincts.

Bruce is one of those.

Like the hen at the bottom of the pecking order, he's more docile than most bird type. He's always stressed to the point of picking at himself or at his surroundings. His paranoia is partly based on his bird-like instincts. His nesting and bonding habits are also more similar to a bird than a wolf. He scent marks items or clothes, and gives them to people he cares about. It's why he does grunts, puffs, or other single sounds to convey his emotions.

Bruce gave Dick the plush elephant with his scent on it. But Dick didn't understand that was Bruce reaching out. So Dick smelled like pack (flock) for a bit, since he slept with the toy. He didn't realize that he was supposed to give it back to be re-scented, or ask Bruce to be scented. Bruce knew Barbara was already in a pack, but still wanted to offer something. So the Bat Girl costume had features based off his in a way not even the Robin suit did. Giving his colors to her. Jason got a tool kit Bruce had rubbed with his wrist glands. So when Jason was using them on Red Bird, the motorcycle, he smelled like Bruce. Bruce knew that wasn't going to last long, so he scented every book he gave Jason and scented Jason's favorite books in the manor library. Jason got angry, because it felt like Bruce would scent everything but him and was enroaching into his safe spaces. (He also had given Jason Dick's costume and title, because that was the colors and name of his first chick.) So Bruce stopped trying. (Dick screamed at Bruce for rubbing his wrist on the top of Jason's gravestone.) Tim was pushed away because Bruce was worried he'd get to close and still not have a pack. But he eventually sat at the Bat Computer without patches, only when he was completely alone. And Tim would occasionally smell like Bruce. Only for Dick to question if they pack bonded, which caused Tim to lash out and tell Bruce to stop leaving his scent everywhere. Stephanie was clicked at so many times, and yoinked up like a chick under their parents wings, whenever he got paranoid she was doing something dangerous. She became livid because she has a mother, and since none of the others were pack, assumed it was an act of dominance or him not trusting her. Cass understood body language, but didn't know why his was so different. Almost like a different dialect. Didn't understand why he didn't scent when it seemed he wanted to. Kinda understood that him giving her his original cape was to drape her in his scent, since they both knew she wouldn't wear it as Orphan. Understood, somewhat, that her washing herself clean of his scent meant he never knew how much comfort she took in that cape- even though she had to to get the others off her back because they were jealous of her smelling like him. She was sure he no longer wanted to reach out when his whole demeanor cut her out from his previous small mothering moments. When Damian expressed disgust at Bruce's scent, he nearly mutilated his glands. None of his babies should be in pain just be he wanted them to be his. Just because he couldn't smell like a good Omega. Duke was firm that he had parents and didn't want Bruce to pretend he was another one.

Hawkman and Hawkwoman are the ones to notice that Bruce has more bird-like behavior when interacting with Hal. Which comes as a shock to everyone who hears. Cause, yes, those two are pretty stand-offish towards the rest of the JL pack, but it was explained as part of their instincts. They cared for everyone with fierce loyalty and devotion, but were more devoted to each other- even though they didn't show it the way wolf descendants do.

Hal, hearing this, takes Bruce away while he jokes to break the ice. "Is that why you're always trying to lay on top of me? Are you broody, Spooky?" Which causes startles Bruce to chuff.

On another note, I was rereading this one fic where there was a whole coded language in whistling for the Bat Family, I'll link you if you want.

But now that I'm writing out this ask, I'm just imagining if Bruce being revealed as a bird type because of another Bat Family accidentally coming to their world. And they are also omegaverse, but they know Bruce is a bird type and they're all pack with theirs. And no pack Bat Family watch as these others versions chitter and chirp, whistling and humming. Other!Bruce scritches the base of his scalp and fluffs his Jason's hair, who laughs and exaggeratedly shakes his head like a wet dog. Which just spreads the scent of rain with his own smell.

This Bruce will settle and still in one place or another and one of his kids will approach him. They'll stop until he'll pause and look at them, and then they'll finish closing the distance and cuddle up to his side. And, of course, he'll lift his arm over them (along with any blankets or clothes) and tuck them against his side. Occasionally preening them. He's prickly about clothes fitting right on his kids, so that's another way he'll preen them. And he's perfectly happy to have them preen him back. Messing up his hair, tugging at his clothes, sharing plates of food with him, and getting him to crack the nuts or peel their fruit. They'll be throwing their own coats at him so they'll get their scent on him and he'll get his scent on their clothes. They do bicker if someone throws their hoodie at Bruce while another person is cuddling him. Or they'll get jealous if he doesn't have an arm to spare during a point they seek him out for cuddles. During patrols, someone is always trying to tuck themselves under his cape. His is specifically longer to accommodate his larger chicks. Does that mean he's wearing an impractically long cape? Yes. Did he specifically learn how to deal with it for his chicks? Also yes!

And wolf Bat Family are so confused and jealous.

Damian is especially trying to figure out if this is how he gets his Dame to try to bond with him. So he vocal stima until he feels he has his chirp perfect and gets a moment alone with said parent. When he chirps, Bruce perks up and swings around to look at him. Wide eyed and attention fully on his youngest. Damian decided to just bite the bullet and get close. Which causes Bruce even more surprise. So much so, he instinctively chuffs at his baby in inquisitive confusion. Damian grabs his wrist, ignoring how his Dame flinches, and put the hand on his head. And waits. He's too scared to look Bruce directly in the eyes, in case he's made a fool of himself. But then, Bruce starts to, gently, preen Damian's hair.

But he pulls away after a bit.

"I'm -sorry. I don't want to make -you smell -like me. I know you don't want that. I'll stop."

And Bruce sounds so fragile. Like he wants to keep preening Damian. But thinks Damian will be hostile. Damian knows exactly why and has a realization that breaks his heart. And grabs his Dame's wrist before hr can fully pull away.

"I want you to scent me. I want to smell like you."

And Bruce freezes again. But goes back to light preening. He doesn't know what to do. He's never been allowed to.

THIS IS SO FUCKING CUTE

Wolf genes being dominant, bird ones recessive, so over time bird dynamics are almost completely wiped out of the population. Bruce is an anomaly, both his lineages still carried relatively strong bird genes, so he is a bird, and takes in only wolf children oh my this is simply the cutest.

Talia was a wolf, so Damian is a wolf too, and Bruce doesn't even understand why he's sad that Damian acts like his other children, he doesn't understand his own instincts as a bird.

The kids don't understand him either. They don't understand why he's so strange, why he acts completely different to any omega they've ever met.

Then, as you said, another batfamily. Both sides are hostile, until it's established neither side has bad intentions, then they relax and start planning it out. Both Bruce's move to the batcomputer, and it's barely a minute before Tim is shoving under B's (AU Bruce) arm, getting tucked under his chin instead. Damian migrates over, and disappears under the cape, quickly followed by Cass. Bruce is staring, there's a craving in his chest he doesn't understand, his mouth is dry, and jealousy burning through him so intense he just leaves. Stalks out without a word, intent on getting himself under control. Everyone watches him go, Batkids confused, the Bats analysing, suspicious, more so when no one goes after him.

The Bats are invited to stay in the manor, and keep catching Bruce watching them from afar, then disappearing, always leaving a bitter scent trail in his wake. The chittering, the chirping, all of the unusual noises the Bats slip into confuse the family. The manor is full of distant calling, they can communicate at such lengthy distances, the family is fascinated. Then au Damian falls, and a sharp call has Bruce at his side instantly, making soothing chirps back, gathering him close. Damian leans into his easily, accepting the comfort, until Dick "Bruce?" has him freezing, and he deposits him into the newly arrived B's arms, vanishing.

It pretty much solidifies for the Bats what's happening, and they're beyond peeved. Damian is wandering the manor, unable to sleep, and hears the Bats arguing late at night. That's how he figures out Bruce is a bird, because he hears au Dick yell at B that the family couldn't care less about Bruce's biology. He isolates himself on a research binge, diving into the limited historical records on it.

I also want to deviate a lil bit from your og plan, dear asker, and I want au Dami to hear Damian trying to chirp. He hears the bastardised attempt, and lingers, listening to Damian's growing frustration with himself, until he hears something shatter alongside a yell, and enters. Offers to teach him. He's at an advantage, he has recessive bird genes, somewhere in his instincts, he knows how to do this, and spends days helping him perfect his chirp. Both families are curious what the Damians are doing, because they barely emerge from his room.

Then Damian seeks out Bruce, and, as you said, chirps at him. By the time he's cradled in Bruce's lap, he's seen the borderline terror, the instict-deep confusion, the shame, and wants to cry, wants to fight, wants to shout at his entire family.

Bruce, once Damian reassures him he wants to be scented, finds himself entirely lost, he doesn't know what to do. He's suppressed his instincts for so long, he barely learnt how to indulge them in the first place, he doesn't know what to do.

So he reaches deep into his instincts, and calls. A sharp, loud, panicked sound, that rankles Damian even as a wolf. Jason practically busts down the door, Cass leaps over him, chirping back, ready to help. Bruce, clutching Damian, looks at them, so, so ashamed of himself, and confesses "I don't know what to do."

The rest of the au family is gathered in a matter of minutes, until B is there, and his kids gather under him to reassure themselves after hearing such a distressed call from a Bruce. And he agrees to make a massive document for Bruce, to explain how to deal with his instincts, and act on them.

Okay I'm stopping there but this is definitely going into the list of aus I'm definitely writing, thank youuuu.