Secret Santa 2009 - Fic Prompt 13 - An Unwanted Brother
Title: An Unwanted Brother (Part 1, Prologue)
Author/Artist: Fairly Felonious
Prompt: 13. An alternate universe where a child/younger Joker is in the care of Bruce. I don't know why but I just wanna see it. Bruce is having trouble because the kid is such a little hooligan. (bothering Alfred/breaking things. Maybe constantly pestering/antagonizing a little Nolanverse Dick Grayson) BUT YEAH, I'M NOT FUSSY, THESE ARE JUST SOME IDEAS! =] Genre: just genfic/possibly humor
Summary: Bruce asks for a puppy for Christmas, but his present turns out to be a little animal that he doesn't think is quite as cute...
Rating: PG for implied abuse, explosions and mild swearing (eventually)
Disclaimer: I don't own Batman and the Joker, nor am I making any money off of them. The Christmas Carol (and Muppet Christmas Carol) quotes are not mine either. They belong to Charles Dickens and the Muppets, respectively.
Warnings: None
Genre: Humor/Drama
Author Note: Little Jack and Bruce are about four and six years old in the prologue. Bruce isn't exactly in a position to take care of him yet here, but don't worry, the little ball of trouble will bring more chaos to his life, soon...
"There's nothing in nature that freezes your heart like years of being alone." (Paul Williams, the Muppet Christmas Carol)
Part One: Bah…humbug?
Bruce looked down at the still little form sleeping in the guest bedroom closest to his parents’ suit. He hoped that the little monster was actually sleeping this time, instead of just pretending to sleep before waking up with nightmares like it had done hundreds of zillions of times already.
He’d asked for a dog for Christmas, and daddy had told him that he was going to get a surprise for a present, so on Christmas morning, he’d woken up at five a.m. expecting to find a little puppy under the tree just like you see in the movies, but his puppy would grow up to be a big, tough dog that chased down bad guys with the cops like on TV…
But instead of something awesome like that, he’d gotten a baby brother.
To be fair, it wasn’t really a baby, but it cried like one, and it was almost as small as one. And it just hid in its room all day like it was scared of families, or something. Weren’t little brothers supposed to do something more interesting? Like tag around after their big brothers like lost little…like lost little baby animals?
He’d wanted a puppy. His new brother wasn’t even his real brother, just some…scruffy kid that daddy had found in the hospital one day. So what if he had been dehydr…dehydra…so what if his mommy hadn’t taken care of him? Why did that mean Jack had to steal his mommy?
Bruce scowled one more time at the little monster that had ruined his Christmas. He supposed that he wouldn’t sell it to the circus just yet, but if it didn’t stop trying to steal his mommy and daddy away from him, well, it was going to find out how much it liked wearing stupid clown makeup and getting shot through the air by explosives, and other…really horrible stuff. Jack Napier was never going to be his real brother, not if Bruce had anything to say about it.
Author/Artist: Fairly Felonious
Prompt: 13. An alternate universe where a child/younger Joker is in the care of Bruce. I don't know why but I just wanna see it. Bruce is having trouble because the kid is such a little hooligan. (bothering Alfred/breaking things. Maybe constantly pestering/antagonizing a little Nolanverse Dick Grayson) BUT YEAH, I'M NOT FUSSY, THESE ARE JUST SOME IDEAS! =] Genre: just genfic/possibly humor
Summary: Bruce asks for a puppy for Christmas, but his present turns out to be a little animal that he doesn't think is quite as cute...
Rating: PG for implied abuse, explosions and mild swearing (eventually)
Disclaimer: I don't own Batman and the Joker, nor am I making any money off of them. The Christmas Carol (and Muppet Christmas Carol) quotes are not mine either. They belong to Charles Dickens and the Muppets, respectively.
Warnings: None
Genre: Humor/Drama
Author Note: Little Jack and Bruce are about four and six years old in the prologue. Bruce isn't exactly in a position to take care of him yet here, but don't worry, the little ball of trouble will bring more chaos to his life, soon...
"There's nothing in nature that freezes your heart like years of being alone." (Paul Williams, the Muppet Christmas Carol)
Part One: Bah…humbug?
Bruce looked down at the still little form sleeping in the guest bedroom closest to his parents’ suit. He hoped that the little monster was actually sleeping this time, instead of just pretending to sleep before waking up with nightmares like it had done hundreds of zillions of times already.
He’d asked for a dog for Christmas, and daddy had told him that he was going to get a surprise for a present, so on Christmas morning, he’d woken up at five a.m. expecting to find a little puppy under the tree just like you see in the movies, but his puppy would grow up to be a big, tough dog that chased down bad guys with the cops like on TV…
But instead of something awesome like that, he’d gotten a baby brother.
To be fair, it wasn’t really a baby, but it cried like one, and it was almost as small as one. And it just hid in its room all day like it was scared of families, or something. Weren’t little brothers supposed to do something more interesting? Like tag around after their big brothers like lost little…like lost little baby animals?
He’d wanted a puppy. His new brother wasn’t even his real brother, just some…scruffy kid that daddy had found in the hospital one day. So what if he had been dehydr…dehydra…so what if his mommy hadn’t taken care of him? Why did that mean Jack had to steal his mommy?
Bruce scowled one more time at the little monster that had ruined his Christmas. He supposed that he wouldn’t sell it to the circus just yet, but if it didn’t stop trying to steal his mommy and daddy away from him, well, it was going to find out how much it liked wearing stupid clown makeup and getting shot through the air by explosives, and other…really horrible stuff. Jack Napier was never going to be his real brother, not if Bruce had anything to say about it.