FANFIC: round robin (DC comics / We Are Robin)

[queenslayerbee]

I have a few 2024 fics left to crosspost, but at the moment, we're taking a turn towards 2025. Here I'll post the few fics I wrote for Duke Thomas Week, starting with this drabble ^-^

Title: round robin.
Fandom: DC comics (Batman / We Are Robin).
Character/Pairing: Duke Thomas, Colin Wilkes.
Rating/Warnings: T, none.
Summary: Day I: Community | Old Friends and New Friends. A tiny look into the Robin movement in the New Earth continuity.
Word count: 100.

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Gotham’s gray snow had yet to melt, but a new flock of Robins sang in the streets all the same.

They started small: handing blankets, food, medicine; passing messages. Young and not-so-young children building a network in the aftermath of the Joker’s attack, keeping track of the subsequent disappearances and, not-so-secretly, investigating them.

That’s why Duke followed them into a meeting; hidden in the rafters, a voice startled him: “Hey there, little man.”

Duke fell down. Out of breath, he looked for the voice. Older teen, impressively tall and gangly, ginger hair. Staring with open curiosity.

“Fuck,” he whispered, heartfelt.

A/N: This week gave me the perfect excuse to hint at some of my pre-reboot, Duke-related headcanons. One day I would've wanted to explore them in more depth, but drabble-writing is a good way to play around with the concepts.

For example, until I sat down and wrote this I had no idea Colin was going to be there LOL. In my head, he's not strictly one of The Robins, but he's... around. Now I get to think about Duke & Colin and what type of dynamic they could have, which is immensely fun.