That Was the Day Jason Decided—He Would Become Robin.
Not for honor.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEKBf7Xxag
Not for glory.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xEzjtQJNx
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK3wLK6ZgWk
Too emotional.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3SpJZhHtU
Not what Bruce imagined when he thought of “a proper Robin.”
So Jason teamed up with Alfred, snuck out at midnight in full gear,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2dWV9jRUV
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI72j1jHQiG
But he understood—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0z99StAe1e
the boy had already made up his mind.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVaThP0BJg
So he accepted it.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgl92cvsph
Even if he never said a single word of praise.
When Nana found out,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQl4Cxluh2
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzYkhglXfNL
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrgMJnTf4U - One was Batman-only — news reports and Bruce’s analysis.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGUJNwDoDJ
28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡziKrxjP9El - The last was for the two of them together — a record of their missions and any photos of the dynamic duo.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTrXcPciL6
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Every night after homework,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnp9oUcNGTX
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.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡga7bmWoNI3
“Nice angle. Cool.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBtZdWCktnn
“Looks tired. Still wanna pat his head.”
But she never let Jason see them.
One time, he peeked.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrJ201vW5p
She caught him and scolded him so harshly, he never dared to peek again.
One day, Dick saw the notebooks and teased,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcx2LxGBP0s
“Nana, sweetheart~ where’s mine? I want one too!”
That night, she borrowed money from Jason.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVxuph53ceQ
The next day, she bought a new notebook—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUzEdFTMYXV
and began cutting and pasting.
For Nightwing, the guy in the next city.
Dick was thrilled.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviqHHRUS0K
Meanwhile, Nana grumbled as she worked:28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtG7s4bZzC
“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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvRsFqVmCZ
With industrial-grade electrical tape.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6IIJAHxUH
Not a single one was spared.
Nana kicked him out of rage.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb3Hl8jWmGZ
But the next day, he taped them again.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvPkaKMhTil
Perfectly. Just the right angle to cover it all.
That was their everyday life.
In a city full of shadows and danger,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8m4ahoTrw
they stitched together their own small world—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgj3SbZ04M
thread by thread.
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🔸 Time Passed.
Jason and Nana were now in ninth grade.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvFMgmhg4l
It had been five years since they were taken into Wayne Manor.
The years hadn’t just left them with memories—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdoghTwMpWS
but visible, undeniable changes.
With proper nutrition and strict training,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKol4Y4sNA
Jason was growing like a balloon pumped full of air.
His height broke records every month.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ks42HkNko
His pants couldn’t keep up with his legs.
Nana became his personal stylist-slash-manager,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgWlamuUED
inspecting his cuffs and hems like she was on a mission.
“This one’s no good. Sleeves too short.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmzRQTuoBn
“Are those shoes tight? You’re walking weird.”
Jason always said,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4rikNd2Kg0
“It’s fine.”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNosYwWoWR
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,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELu4SZHhdI
she was now gently blossoming into a girl with soft curves and quiet grace.
The baby face had faded.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2cx4F6JRL
Her eyes now held calm and composure—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRLtl7ttWt
except when she was with Jason.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsD2C5XJhq2
Then the old smile returned.
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🔹 Two Years Ago
Bruce watched them from the training room—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROuvYBI1vG
no longer kids.
Wiping sweat, exchanging glances, handing each other water.
He cleared his throat and said flatly,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5c7ujcvTYc
“You two are getting separate rooms.”
Jason: “…What?”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnSXGVIRqN
Nana: “…?”
Bruce’s face was stone:28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYXB9A1afe
“You’re teenagers now. You need boundaries.”
Alfred and Dick nearly choked on their laughter.
Alfred sipped his tea and said,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWjwIkrYwb
“Master Bruce has finally realized he’s the father of three. A historic moment.”
Dick added,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9PcfUhsec
“And one of the pairs has been rooming together for three years. You just noticed?”
Bruce ignored them.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5i1bnj5a4Y
He went ahead and installed a new room lock system—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDuyvlhpAKM
with enhanced door monitoring, of course.
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Nana’s scrapbooks continued.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5jjTtyDqW
Just more slowly now.
She was on volume 12.
Not out of laziness—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRKn5VR3X3
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—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2S0Smrf30K
and the next mission, he deliberately paused for five extra seconds28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXOKNC0bVP
so the photographers could catch a shot.
Nana was mad—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVJgi0AtXd
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:28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPXwtpWwZu
“Don’t you think that’s weird?”28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu58GmxModd
Jason:28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhU6z6RC3wa
“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,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEvKgcWyFO
he came back from a mission one night—
and picked up a tiny transmission in Nana’s room.
A bug.
Sender?28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGo9QUIWpM
Batman.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmEzWF2bep
And Nightwing.
That night, Jason’s face turned darker than Gotham’s storm clouds.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYpfvXXbZl
He spent the entire night dismantling and replacing.
He didn’t remove the device—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKqceiwC8b
he replaced it with his own.
From then on, he started a daily ritual:
Scanning her sleeves for pinhole mics,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgENz8cstlP
her desk corners for receivers,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WNxqMBiDn
even her shoes.
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he replaced everything28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Pr970P2El
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,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYJaEy094L
the devices around Miss Nana rotated in source:
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and back again.
Each sweep was like watching three lions circle the same territory.
No one backed down.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3c9af9j9l8
No one trusted the others.
Alfred sighed and switched off the screen,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPkZGSe8Orc
murmuring to himself:
“Those three… truly are the most dangerous unit of all.”
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