[DC] Five books Barbara Gordon put on hold at the library.
Title: Five books Barbara Gordon put on hold at the library
Character: Barbara
Rating: G
Notes: for a comment fic prompt over on dreamwidth.
1. Cheaper By The Dozen, after Bruce mentioned that he never finished it as a child, putting it away in favour of his quest of training. Now it's waiting for the time he's grown-up enough that he may start revisiting his childhood, as an old and faraway country.
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; it was published a few months after Stephanie's death, and she'd always been a fan of the series. It was sentimental of Barbara to put it on hold for her. When Stephanie came back, Barbara gave her a copy of Deathly Hallows.
3. Cinderella. When Dick told Cass the story, doing all the voices, making the characters come alive with his body, Cass loved it. If she's able to read it by herself one day, to find the welcoming familiarity of the story in a book, wouldn't it be a wonderful gift?
4. A self-help book - they rotate. Sometimes Barbara is angry enough at Bruce or Dick that confronting them is not an option. Then she puts whatever pop psychology book would explain their issues to them on the list, and pictures herself sending it to them. She never does; it would hurt Dick, but he still wouldn't get it, and Bruce wouldn't change his ways.
5. The Stranger. It was on Tim's reading list before he decided school education was for people who weren't adopted by Bruce Wayne, and it's going to stay on that list until he gets back to whatever form of higher education fits him best, or he comes up with an alternative that doesn't rely on Bruce Wayne's money.
Character: Barbara
Rating: G
Notes: for a comment fic prompt over on dreamwidth.
1. Cheaper By The Dozen, after Bruce mentioned that he never finished it as a child, putting it away in favour of his quest of training. Now it's waiting for the time he's grown-up enough that he may start revisiting his childhood, as an old and faraway country.
2. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince; it was published a few months after Stephanie's death, and she'd always been a fan of the series. It was sentimental of Barbara to put it on hold for her. When Stephanie came back, Barbara gave her a copy of Deathly Hallows.
3. Cinderella. When Dick told Cass the story, doing all the voices, making the characters come alive with his body, Cass loved it. If she's able to read it by herself one day, to find the welcoming familiarity of the story in a book, wouldn't it be a wonderful gift?
4. A self-help book - they rotate. Sometimes Barbara is angry enough at Bruce or Dick that confronting them is not an option. Then she puts whatever pop psychology book would explain their issues to them on the list, and pictures herself sending it to them. She never does; it would hurt Dick, but he still wouldn't get it, and Bruce wouldn't change his ways.
5. The Stranger. It was on Tim's reading list before he decided school education was for people who weren't adopted by Bruce Wayne, and it's going to stay on that list until he gets back to whatever form of higher education fits him best, or he comes up with an alternative that doesn't rely on Bruce Wayne's money.