Where the lives of Jason, Oliver and Barry cross.

They're different people leading different lives.

But where they intersect, where they mirror gives them a common footing that hurts deeply.

Bruce, Jason and Dick had opened their home when Oliver and Barry needed to retreat.

For Barry, watching Iris and Eddie fall ever more in love is often something that unleashes a storm within him. He pushes it down and away, papers over the cracks and soldiers on. Wayne Manor is a welcome respite from the crushing vice that is his life. The vitality of the kids helps, soothes his soul in a way he can't explain. Bruce's little ones, once they're no longer suspicious, look at him a glee that is a balm for his heartache.

Oliver is there even more rarely but is just as if not more welcomed than Barry. Damian challenges him to shooting contests and Jason and Bruce spar more ruthlessly than Dig. He doesn't have to look across the room and see what he cannot let himself have.

Everyone is welcoming in their way, but it's Jason who gives their home a heart.

It's Jason who pulls them in close long enough for them to rest from the world, strong like an oak tree and fierce as a hunting cat.

He's their brother.

And they can never repay his kindness.