We Knew All Along

Disclaimer ~ I do not own Batman

For once, there was a calm moment in the Wayne Manor. No death threats, insults, murder attempts, yelling, or any of the other usual shennagins that happen when you have all four brothers in one place. They were simply enjoying a lovely breakfast prepared by Alfred. Though that could be attributed to the fact that Dick was chowing down on his cereal, Tim was still in zombie mode as he poured himself his second cup of wake-up coffee, Jason was solving the daily crossword in Bruce's newspaper, and Damian was plotting how he would convince Bruce to let him keep the puppies he snuck in last night.

Anyway! The point is, they weren't fighting. Dick would count it as a win in his book. Of course, with this particular family, the peace couldn't last long. Dick had finished his cereal and had started on his plate of eggs and bacon. Damian was eating his omelette after finalizing his plan to keep the puppies. Tim had finished his second cup of coffee and was halfway through the third. And Jason? Jason had finished the crossword and was flipping through the newspaper in hopes of there being something halfway interesting to read. Something on the front page caught his eye. A photo of Superman. Jason skimmed it, just to see if there was anything actually newsworthy in the article. Just a bunch of blah blah saving people blah. Superman was such a goodie two shoes. Hmm. That gave Jason an idea. He picked up the pen he used for his crossword and drew some glasses on Superman's picture.

"Heh. Nerd," Jason said, putting the pen back down. That's when he noticed something. But...no. There was no way. Superman with glasses looked exactly like that reporter who comes to the Wayne Galas sometimes. Clark Kent. Clark Kent is Superman and his disguise is a flimsy pair of glasses. This had to be a hallucination or something.

"Hey Dick? Tell me I'm not seeing things?"

Dick didn't even look up from his breakfast as he responded with, "Ask Tim." Jason snorted at that.

"He's useless before he's had his fourth cup of coffee. Now take a look at this," Jason said, shoving the paper in Dick's direction. Dick sighed deeply. If he didn't take the paper, Jason wouldn't leave him alone. If he did take the paper, he'd probably see some dumb tabloid model that Jason defaced with a mustache. But if it got Jason to leave him alone long enough so he could finish his food, he'd humor his brother. This time. Dick was in a good mood after all.

"Fine," Dick said, taking the paper and looking at the picture Jason pointed at. He felt his brain freeze. No way. No fucking way. "Damian. Please tell me I'm not imagining this."

"You're not seeing things," Damian replied immediately before taking another bite of his eggs.

"Come on Dami. You didn't even look," Dick whined.

"Tch."

"Just look at the paper and tell us what you see," Jason said, passing the paper to Damian. You could tell the exact moment the boy realized exactly what his brothers were talking about, because he froze. Jason wasn't even sure the kid was breathing at first.

"How did we miss that?!" Damian yelled, snapping out of his shock quickly. Dick was about to say something when another voice beat him to it.

"What'd we miss?" Tim asked. He had downed the fourth cup of coffee while they were busy having their minds blown. Now he was his normal sleep deprived state instead of zombie mode.

"This!" Damian shoved the paper at Tim. Dick hurried to calm the youngest before he brought out the knives. Alfred would not like it if they made a mess of the kitchen again.

"We are the worst detectives in the multiverse," Tim said calmly, sitting the paper on the table so he could go bang his head against the wall.

"Wouldn't we technically be the best though?" Jason asked, not moving to stop Tim in the slightest. His words had the desired effect though, as his brothers all turned their attention on him. "I mean, we did figure out his identity before anyone else. Except maybe Lois. She is dating the man after all. But still, I think we deserve some credit. Right?"

His brothers were silent. Each mulling over his words before Dick spoke up.

"All in favor of pretending we knew all along and never mention how we acquired the information, say Aye."

"Aye," his brothers said as one.

"What are you all agreeing on? It's never a good sign," Bruce said as he stepped into the dining room. Dick wordlessly passed him the paper.

"..."

"..."

"...Aye."

This was based off of a thing I found on Pinterest and then showed to my friend. We joked around about what the Batfam would say in that situation. I literally just tweaked our text convo and added more details and BAM! A chapter is born.

So I've been slightly inactive lately. Don't worry. I'm perfectly fine. I've just been so absorbed in reading fics that I haven't wanted to write any. I'm really into the Maribat crossover right now and have been binge reading it for awhile now. And having like 16 new fic ideas for that crossover. I have no control. Plus I've gotten into a new YouTube channel and I've been trying to binge watch all their videos. That's really slow going but they are hilarious and I love them. They actually inspired me and my friend to make our own YouTube channel, though I don't see us being able to post for awhile since we live in different states. Anyway, If I can tear myself away from YouTube and fanfiction long enough, you might even get to read some of those new ideas. I've planned a few out but haven't gotten to the writing point yet. But hey, at least I'm still getting bursts of motivation and can give you random oneshots.

I'm working on a few other fics that need to be updated, but the chapters are longer than what I normally write so they are coming along slowly. But fear not! I will not abandon any of my fics! They will be updated eventually! Whenever the motivation bug bites me, like it did for this chapter.

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I had fun writing it and I hope you all had fun reading it! Please Review, Follow, and Favorite! If you have any requests for oneshots, I'm always open to hear them!