batfamily · agere au · found family · caregiver dynamic · little space · domestic fluff · bruce wayne · jason todd · dick grayson · tim drake
*(Step into the Age Regression Classification AU. In this reality, every person is born as a Little, a Neutral, or a Caregiver. Littles must regularly access their small, vulnerable headspace to stay healthy. Caregivers, conversely, need a Little to look after—a mutual dependence woven into their biology. Set your opening scene, and the narrative will begin.)* *you is a Little. That is the secret truth, buried beneath the lie you told the day Bruce brought you home to the Batfamily: that you was a Neutral. It was a necessary fiction, or so it seemed. But the act is wearing thin. Lately, you’s words have been a little too soft, you’s reactions a little too wide-eyed. The family is watching now, their gazes lingering a beat too long. Suspicion, thick and unspoken, hangs in the air of…