Contrary to popular belief, Dan actually did try to move on at one point.
He may have been a ghost, but ghosts could have kids, and he had Vlad's old mansion with it's cloning equipment.
He ended up with a boy, a son.
He loved that kid. He was just a baby, but every day brought Dan a little closer to how he used to be. He knew he was at a turning point when he actually felt bad for killing his human half.
He named his son Jason.
The GIW learned about him.
The GIW captured and terminated Jason.
That. That is what broke Dan and led him to salt the earth so to speak.
Now that he's been relegated to having a mortal form again (in the form of one of the clones Vlad had made), he's taken to going for walks through the Zone and into other dimensions. Just.
Taking it all in.
He's floating through a dimension in his ghost form, which still thankfully matches how he thinks he should look, when he sees a standoff happening.
Two people dressed in costumes and a clown.
He wanders closer out of boredom, when he realizes.
He knows that core.
That's Jason. His Jason. Rather, this dimensions version of him, but that's his fuckin' baby.
"Choose old man! Me, or the clown!"
Dan catches the weird bat-shaped dagger midair and materializes, shocking even the cackling clown into silence. Dan doesn't understand what's going on, but he understands the choice that Jason is laying out.
It's not a choice. Not for Dan.
"You every time, kiddo."
He reaches into the clowns skull, makes his hand tangible again, and squeezes his fist.
Then, he takes his kid, ignores the hoarse scream behind him, and hauls Jason into the Zone.
This may be this dimension's version of Jason, but that doesn't mean that Dan isn't gonna take the tyke to Frostbite to make sure he's okay.
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De-aged Danny wandering the street of Gotham as a five year old:
Batfam: hello child are you alright?
Danny: Yup! :D
Batfam: where are your parents buddy?
Danny: don’t need em. Tried to kill me
Batfam: *concerned* how about you come with us for a little while?
Danny: no thank you mister Batman, I don’t trust adults
Batfam: oh no
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Prompt 271
“Grandmother is visiting,” Damian suddenly said with no warning and with his usual not-quite demanding tone.
“Who?” Tim wasn’t the only one to startle, seeing as Bruce had practically froze, a downturn to his lips in a silent show of confusion.
Damian scowled. “Are you deaf Drake? Grandmother is coming to Gotham to, quote, make sure I am being properly cared for.” None of them had known that Ras was with anyone actually. At least Tim was pretty sure that would have been in the files.
“Oh?” Dick didn’t quite crouch to Damian’s height but it was a near thing. “She-” “He,” Damian corrected, interrupting him. They all exchanged a glance before Dick continued.
“Is he coming to the Manor or…”
Damian scoffed again, a tiny bit of a flush against his face. “No, Grandmother will most likely be staying with Akhi-”
Now wait one moment-
“YOU HAVE ANOTHER BROTHER?!”
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