That Was the Day Jason Decided—He Would Become Robin.
Not for honor.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgyrYEXOil
Not for glory.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWz0UeOZWoV
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.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUQPLfTD2i
Too emotional.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyLefKjcCj
Not what Bruce imagined when he thought of “a proper Robin.”
So Jason teamed up with Alfred, snuck out at midnight in full gear,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytwLrjL6Iu
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.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNhvIkvppg
But he understood—306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ95NRuJyvS7
the boy had already made up his mind.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswGtBWXqbW
So he accepted it.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrht3CrLdG
Even if he never said a single word of praise.
When Nana found out,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP9P9aQ19wE
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.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIw19uKJFIh
306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbepPYnNiry - One was Batman-only — news reports and Bruce’s analysis.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxgZTyskrc
306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3cRgsLV8X - The last was for the two of them together — a record of their missions and any photos of the dynamic duo.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7n93VxgMO
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Every night after homework,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSwCwHapH5
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.”306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZp26OngDHF
“Nice angle. Cool.”306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYcCOIj3HA2
“Looks tired. Still wanna pat his head.”
But she never let Jason see them.
One time, he peeked.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RhNWHbV2j
She caught him and scolded him so harshly, he never dared to peek again.
One day, Dick saw the notebooks and teased,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDudublVRuX
“Nana, sweetheart~ where’s mine? I want one too!”
That night, she borrowed money from Jason.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrlbx165ZJG
The next day, she bought a new notebook—306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFrjUP9za7
and began cutting and pasting.
For Nightwing, the guy in the next city.
Dick was thrilled.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7fsrzTX2W
Meanwhile, Nana grumbled as she worked:306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRhFrT3oz4
“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.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHW4CdiyoD
With industrial-grade electrical tape.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvA7ZRD7D01
Not a single one was spared.
Nana kicked him out of rage.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1voHhS93hd
But the next day, he taped them again.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9umcV0Puq
Perfectly. Just the right angle to cover it all.
That was their everyday life.
In a city full of shadows and danger,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2V69qMI0l
they stitched together their own small world—306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsYvFA6doG
thread by thread.
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🔸 Time Passed.
Jason and Nana were now in ninth grade.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JvYsGMIea
It had been five years since they were taken into Wayne Manor.
The years hadn’t just left them with memories—306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWJBIVcqlco
but visible, undeniable changes.
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Jason was growing like a balloon pumped full of air.
His height broke records every month.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZHYR04RBp
His pants couldn’t keep up with his legs.
Nana became his personal stylist-slash-manager,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPWMXl2QHMh
inspecting his cuffs and hems like she was on a mission.
“This one’s no good. Sleeves too short.”306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKUDkRD66p2
“Are those shoes tight? You’re walking weird.”
Jason always said,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58uaBdc6OZ
“It’s fine.”306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFrkp7zAzZ
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,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2iE2R4Jfc
she was now gently blossoming into a girl with soft curves and quiet grace.
The baby face had faded.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxn1duhLNIV
Her eyes now held calm and composure—306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUuiqGLhyjy
except when she was with Jason.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEkiirSoPj
Then the old smile returned.
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🔹 Two Years Ago
Bruce watched them from the training room—306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ42yKmNRYu
no longer kids.
Wiping sweat, exchanging glances, handing each other water.
He cleared his throat and said flatly,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1eU2BITph
“You two are getting separate rooms.”
Jason: “…What?”306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqdRgdqfRr
Nana: “…?”
Bruce’s face was stone:306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78vylTXPPx
“You’re teenagers now. You need boundaries.”
Alfred and Dick nearly choked on their laughter.
Alfred sipped his tea and said,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTrhvj8lc0U
“Master Bruce has finally realized he’s the father of three. A historic moment.”
Dick added,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOi05p9ctQ8
“And one of the pairs has been rooming together for three years. You just noticed?”
Bruce ignored them.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ2CxtNUAYE
He went ahead and installed a new room lock system—306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBOLvX91Ji
with enhanced door monitoring, of course.
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Nana’s scrapbooks continued.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4SelR9YeU
Just more slowly now.
She was on volume 12.
Not out of laziness—306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32uU08t1hY
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—306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpc2Z0jOTbL
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so the photographers could catch a shot.
Nana was mad—306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJdSUzhE9v
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:306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClSLXDyvaE
“Don’t you think that’s weird?”306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1UkLQJqneM
Jason:306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1ZPp05a8g
“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,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdq0lme9MK9
he came back from a mission one night—
and picked up a tiny transmission in Nana’s room.
A bug.
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Batman.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf9AaMSLyQ0
And Nightwing.
That night, Jason’s face turned darker than Gotham’s storm clouds.306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmhUkEKUMH0
He spent the entire night dismantling and replacing.
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he replaced it with his own.
From then on, he started a daily ritual:
Scanning her sleeves for pinhole mics,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVnmq2sgqJ
her desk corners for receivers,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgdIuHeu32
even her shoes.
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he replaced everything306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNYe7M9gY8
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,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZdl55ddt9
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.
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No one trusted the others.
Alfred sighed and switched off the screen,306Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvsmKwTeB92
murmuring to himself:
“Those three… truly are the most dangerous unit of all.”
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and then Add to home screen.