That Was the Day Jason Decided—He Would Become Robin.
Not for honor.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCiuL31Nj4p
Not for glory.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbRIjG9wLIq
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLae0MwQMtd
Too emotional.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsYUxMvkRci
Not what Bruce imagined when he thought of “a proper Robin.”
So Jason teamed up with Alfred, snuck out at midnight in full gear,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHne66xbzzE
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvpoCTwmkt
But he understood—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURc0YYXrZH
the boy had already made up his mind.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvT9OvfWsA8
So he accepted it.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgCsxOH7YK
Even if he never said a single word of praise.
When Nana found out,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuOOQOn7lk4
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoqLTDxZTp
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONX7XeiBBO - One was Batman-only — news reports and Bruce’s analysis.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZbBdIUgwaa
34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhJgTusonz - The last was for the two of them together — a record of their missions and any photos of the dynamic duo.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3zvjFakcS
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Every night after homework,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsYlJBVBH1
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.”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Ic9tBTu44
“Nice angle. Cool.”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3L66jYZnBt
“Looks tired. Still wanna pat his head.”
But she never let Jason see them.
One time, he peeked.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDve4lDdMXE
She caught him and scolded him so harshly, he never dared to peek again.
One day, Dick saw the notebooks and teased,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhmbOOCgIR
“Nana, sweetheart~ where’s mine? I want one too!”
That night, she borrowed money from Jason.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcRPFrKqro
The next day, she bought a new notebook—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkClXI4Xlfu
and began cutting and pasting.
For Nightwing, the guy in the next city.
Dick was thrilled.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLzCXMgiko
Meanwhile, Nana grumbled as she worked:34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NaMMbgnF8
“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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaN0Y9yiNjo
With industrial-grade electrical tape.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnjwE2oUZK
Not a single one was spared.
Nana kicked him out of rage.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyo2Yq1sVkg
But the next day, he taped them again.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbxtUPtzwTe
Perfectly. Just the right angle to cover it all.
That was their everyday life.
In a city full of shadows and danger,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZNoL8NpMEL
they stitched together their own small world—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡITsKdJ8QHy
thread by thread.
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🔸 Time Passed.
Jason and Nana were now in ninth grade.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWTkYHYnvU8
It had been five years since they were taken into Wayne Manor.
The years hadn’t just left them with memories—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEYqd7z8pP
but visible, undeniable changes.
With proper nutrition and strict training,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1LjTbRhao
Jason was growing like a balloon pumped full of air.
His height broke records every month.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXYJc0CGra
His pants couldn’t keep up with his legs.
Nana became his personal stylist-slash-manager,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeSaFhq8Qb
inspecting his cuffs and hems like she was on a mission.
“This one’s no good. Sleeves too short.”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmetSsD2sS4
“Are those shoes tight? You’re walking weird.”
Jason always said,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhU4DkSWJnW
“It’s fine.”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP30yVhl4OA
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,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs9WDMBYo6g
she was now gently blossoming into a girl with soft curves and quiet grace.
The baby face had faded.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKzGMZ8QB5a
Her eyes now held calm and composure—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jR5488PYi
except when she was with Jason.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYVSrt320Q
Then the old smile returned.
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🔹 Two Years Ago
Bruce watched them from the training room—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqDDWNgK8a
no longer kids.
Wiping sweat, exchanging glances, handing each other water.
He cleared his throat and said flatly,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4b4LY5lUeq
“You two are getting separate rooms.”
Jason: “…What?”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZe8Xuxswqs
Nana: “…?”
Bruce’s face was stone:34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL5LG2J8sRS
“You’re teenagers now. You need boundaries.”
Alfred and Dick nearly choked on their laughter.
Alfred sipped his tea and said,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJCAReB9Vh
“Master Bruce has finally realized he’s the father of three. A historic moment.”
Dick added,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJiztFF8YE
“And one of the pairs has been rooming together for three years. You just noticed?”
Bruce ignored them.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqQ4RAkuED
He went ahead and installed a new room lock system—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI4k0QgrbW
with enhanced door monitoring, of course.
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Nana’s scrapbooks continued.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ofTbRFqCZ
Just more slowly now.
She was on volume 12.
Not out of laziness—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwgRXV2NAic
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—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUAjhlh2yED
and the next mission, he deliberately paused for five extra seconds34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOUZdanir0
so the photographers could catch a shot.
Nana was mad—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDbCmSOtK9
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:34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLQj57ye7Q
“Don’t you think that’s weird?”34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTRXEaDmIV
Jason:34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAphXGVFSP
“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,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5zGZNE9TF
he came back from a mission one night—
and picked up a tiny transmission in Nana’s room.
A bug.
Sender?34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRfjr8tEak
Batman.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1elsIOl0sK
And Nightwing.
That night, Jason’s face turned darker than Gotham’s storm clouds.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJIUhqCfbJ
He spent the entire night dismantling and replacing.
He didn’t remove the device—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNAHTC1cxFl
he replaced it with his own.
From then on, he started a daily ritual:
Scanning her sleeves for pinhole mics,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeqmL8ECGO
her desk corners for receivers,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKiflSKJNi
even her shoes.
One by one—34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWNYi2p1Bv
he replaced everything34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHN8yJFqwoo
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,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsSNNbX13ls
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.34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMmo2QbqxtV
No one trusted the others.
Alfred sighed and switched off the screen,34Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0gqHgYLSj
murmuring to himself:
“Those three… truly are the most dangerous unit of all.”
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and then Add to home screen.