That Was the Day Jason Decided—He Would Become Robin.
Not for honor.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMGg69GYVO
Not for glory.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtL3wVwIkm
But because he never wanted to see Nana sitting alone by a hospital bed, begging again.
At first, Bruce said no.
Jason was reckless. Stubborn.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEY9SD2QVU
Too emotional.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8svU8i6cqK
Not what Bruce imagined when he thought of “a proper Robin.”
So Jason teamed up with Alfred, snuck out at midnight in full gear,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pbBE2rWFr
and left behind a note:
“You can say no. But I’ve already started.”
The next day, Bruce crushed a cup in his hand from sheer frustration.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWEdpXmOLl
But he understood—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8eZtEnt3n
the boy had already made up his mind.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljXE9VpNZN
So he accepted it.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUk5sVCXQEf
Even if he never said a single word of praise.
When Nana found out,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBTBQYoeg8
she lit up like a lamp.
She secretly saved up five dollars of allowance money for a month and bought three notebooks:
- One was Robin-only — Jason’s personal clippings and scrapbook.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0UvwYqj7e
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMht4KTsuNv - One was Batman-only — news reports and Bruce’s analysis.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18u4AtOQsU
11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAk7hEYazR1 - The last was for the two of them together — a record of their missions and any photos of the dynamic duo.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBPFOF7kYM
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Every night after homework,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCljXzqOAG
she curled up under the lamp, cutting and pasting, writing dates and comments.
Sometimes she’d scribble little notes next to Robin’s photos:
“Jumped a bit slow today.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aKENN36xd
“Nice angle. Cool.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8zJkJfBH80
“Looks tired. Still wanna pat his head.”
But she never let Jason see them.
One time, he peeked.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JTROZzlhG
She caught him and scolded him so harshly, he never dared to peek again.
One day, Dick saw the notebooks and teased,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmz6toD7pv
“Nana, sweetheart~ where’s mine? I want one too!”
That night, she borrowed money from Jason.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4EnQxzXBqK
The next day, she bought a new notebook—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95483Ea63X
and began cutting and pasting.
For Nightwing, the guy in the next city.
Dick was thrilled.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡquusBd6bWM
Meanwhile, Nana grumbled as she worked:11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPX87Tcr8jm
“Why are all his photos just his back?”
Jason’s face turned as black as a Gotham alley.
From that day on, Jason started inspecting her Nightwing scrapbook daily.
Any Nightwing photo that showed his lower half?
Covered.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PrJ08jYrr
With industrial-grade electrical tape.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzm6HGXIGQE
Not a single one was spared.
Nana kicked him out of rage.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoebaChnyzp
But the next day, he taped them again.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiOaWrjarh
Perfectly. Just the right angle to cover it all.
That was their everyday life.
In a city full of shadows and danger,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMWyJpQ6Eap
they stitched together their own small world—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1yNZLMvMB
thread by thread.
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🔸 Time Passed.
Jason and Nana were now in ninth grade.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZ03Vbcs1j
It had been five years since they were taken into Wayne Manor.
The years hadn’t just left them with memories—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKcrUz75qV
but visible, undeniable changes.
With proper nutrition and strict training,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcd9CUle8Z9
Jason was growing like a balloon pumped full of air.
His height broke records every month.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14a3mNkmei
His pants couldn’t keep up with his legs.
Nana became his personal stylist-slash-manager,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmx0sQgmcIB
inspecting his cuffs and hems like she was on a mission.
“This one’s no good. Sleeves too short.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMtlsvvjHk3
“Are those shoes tight? You’re walking weird.”
Jason always said,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBEto88XyO3
“It’s fine.”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8ifiMr0YJ
But he’d still end up getting dragged out for new ones.
And Nana herself had changed too.
From the skinny little girl she once was,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa0nxdOyV2M
she was now gently blossoming into a girl with soft curves and quiet grace.
The baby face had faded.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2LTJz49DOo
Her eyes now held calm and composure—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkW3OxRPen
except when she was with Jason.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGnfysQvuG
Then the old smile returned.
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🔹 Two Years Ago
Bruce watched them from the training room—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWwBclvomu
no longer kids.
Wiping sweat, exchanging glances, handing each other water.
He cleared his throat and said flatly,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97krAWx8Uw
“You two are getting separate rooms.”
Jason: “…What?”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6b8y3qZZPW
Nana: “…?”
Bruce’s face was stone:11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMMc6k2GmV
“You’re teenagers now. You need boundaries.”
Alfred and Dick nearly choked on their laughter.
Alfred sipped his tea and said,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFY5lKZPVEY
“Master Bruce has finally realized he’s the father of three. A historic moment.”
Dick added,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuDCfGViZG
“And one of the pairs has been rooming together for three years. You just noticed?”
Bruce ignored them.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEAQTiNlnM
He went ahead and installed a new room lock system—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7UP4lrGQb
with enhanced door monitoring, of course.
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Nana’s scrapbooks continued.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfs7KBPj6M
Just more slowly now.
She was on volume 12.
Not out of laziness—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bFPNYbMlc
but because Batman and Robin’s stealth had improved to near-mythic levels.
Getting a clear photo was harder than breaking into Gotham Central Bank.
She complained once.
Jason heard it—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcQMGMMgW7
and the next mission, he deliberately paused for five extra seconds11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MLcCAQqRO
so the photographers could catch a shot.
Nana was mad—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj3lG7vIqAn
but she still pasted the photo into her book.
Next to it, she added a note:
“He obviously paused for me. Still—handsome.”
But the most shocking part?
Brooklyn was obsessed with Nightwing.
His scrapbook had reached volume 20.
Every page—
lower halves taped up.
Nana:11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwtd4je5hN
“Don’t you think that’s weird?”11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpKCpmBCby
Jason:11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsOsAnhDHDF
“No. I think it’s comforting.”
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🔸 A Silent War
There was another battle.
One Nana didn’t know about.
After Jason started learning surveillance, counter-surveillance, and anti-bugging,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnL6f32x2iN
he came back from a mission one night—
and picked up a tiny transmission in Nana’s room.
A bug.
Sender?11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKtdA5Epv0
Batman.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2e9dwJO3Vp
And Nightwing.
That night, Jason’s face turned darker than Gotham’s storm clouds.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIXVOKFn2Z
He spent the entire night dismantling and replacing.
He didn’t remove the device—11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa4S3HvgVfo
he replaced it with his own.
From then on, he started a daily ritual:
Scanning her sleeves for pinhole mics,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeEPo0YH67i
her desk corners for receivers,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HRegUQKzX
even her shoes.
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he replaced everything11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHY1C78CwjW
with tech of his own design.
His rule was simple:
“Everything around Nana… belongs to me. No one touches her. No one.”
Alfred watched the quiet war unfold.
In his monitoring logs,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcsAj9I3UZ
the devices around Miss Nana rotated in source:
Batman → Nightwing → Jason11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNP8agheKA
and back again.
Each sweep was like watching three lions circle the same territory.
No one backed down.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDxdS8TRJi
No one trusted the others.
Alfred sighed and switched off the screen,11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqvZhMDjgo
murmuring to himself:
“Those three… truly are the most dangerous unit of all.”
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