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Describing aromas can add a whole new layer to your storytelling, immersing your readers in the atmosphere of your scenes. Here's a categorized list of different words to help you describe scents in your writing.
Crisp
Clean
Pure
Refreshing
Invigorating
Bright
Zesty
Airy
Dewy
Herbal
Minty
Oceanic
Morning breeze
Green grass
Rain-kissed
Fragrant
Sweet
Floral
Delicate
Perfumed
Lush
Blooming
Petaled
Jasmine
Rose-scented
Lavender
Hibiscus
Gardenia
Lilac
Wildflower
Juicy
Tangy
Sweet
Citrusy
Tropical
Ripe
Pungent
Tart
Berry-like
Melon-scented
Apple-blossom
Peachy
Grape-like
Banana-esque
Citrus burst
Musky
Earthy
Woody
Grounded
Rich
Smoky
Resinous
Pine-scented
Oak-like
Cedarwood
Amber
Mossy
Soil-rich
Sandalwood
Forest floor
Spiced
Warm
Cozy
Inviting
Cinnamon-like
Clove-scented
Nutmeg
Ginger
Cardamom
Coffee-infused
Chocolatey
Vanilla-sweet
Toasted
Roasted
Hearth-like
Metallic
Oily
Chemical
Synthetic
Acrid
Pungent
Foul
Musty
Smoky
Rubber-like
Diesel-scented
Gasoline
Paint-thinner
Industrial
Sharp
Herbal
Aromatic
Earthy
Leafy
Grass-like
Sage-scented
Basil-like
Thyme-infused
Rosemary
Chamomile
Green tea
Wild mint
Eucalyptus
Cinnamon-bark
Clary sage
Antique
Nostalgic
Ethereal
Enigmatic
Exotic
Haunted
Mysterious
Eerie
Poignant
Dreamlike
Surreal
Enveloping
Mesmerizing
Captivating
Transcendent
I hope this list can help you with your writing. 🌷✨
Feel free to share your favorite scent descriptions in the replies below! What scents do you love to incorporate into your stories?
Happy Writing! - Rin T.
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Retail steph with damian and Jon? :) i love retail steph so much
(featuring Billy Batson because he only adds chaos and I love him)
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[grocery store]
Steph, working the bakery section: How can I help you boys today?
Jon: We're getting a cake for our friend's birthday. Chocolate with buttercream frosting, please.
Steph: Do you want it to say anything?
Jon: Yes. "Happy 14th B-day, Billy!"
Steph: What color?
Damian: Red.
Steph: *starts writing on the cake*
Damian: Please also add: "Despite your shortcomings and lack of maturity, you are a valuable part of our team and as you get older, I expect you to gain greater wisdom that will aid us in our goals and prospects."
Steph: *struggling to fit it on the cake*
———————
[coffee shop]
Damian: Can we try the five-drink espresso flight?
Steph: You sure?
Billy, eyeing an unsuspecting Jon: Yes.
Steph: Alrighty.
*moments later*
Jon, after his fifth espresso: I'M KING OF THE UNIVERSE!
Jon: *shoots through the ceiling*
Damian: *grumbles and hands Billy ten bucks*
Steph, sighing: I'll get the broom.
———————
[clothing store]
Jon: *dancing in the dressing room with light-up shoes*
Damian: *T-posing in a trenchcoat*
Billy: *filming them*
Steph: What are you doing?
Billy: Making a TikTok.
Steph: Well, you can't have cameras in the dressing rooms. I'm gonna have to ask you to stop.
———————
[drive-thru]
Damian: One vegetarian Batburger, one regular Batburger, and one order of Night-Wings. And an extra-extra-extra large Ivy Salad.
Steph: Did you take the Batmobile again?
Damian: No.
Steph: Why don't you pull up to the window and prove it?
Damian, Jon, and Billy: *ride up on Bat-Cow*
———————
[furniture store]
Jon: What's a warranty?
Damian: It's a court order to arrest someone.
Steph: That's a warrant. A warranty covers the cost of something if it gets damaged within a certain amount of time. In our case, the store has a one-year warranty on all items. What are you looking to buy?
Billy: *enters pushing a Pinball machine*
Damian: ...It's for school.
———————
[restaurant]
Steph: What can I get you?
Damian: We'll split a pizza.
Steph: Okay, anything else?
Billy, as Shazam: An alcohol.
Steph: "An alcohol?"
Billy: Yes, your finest alcohol. Sharing size, please.
Steph: I'll need to see some ID.
Billy, nervous: What's there to see? I'm clearly an adult.
Steph: I need them for everyone at the table.
Damian: *pulls out Jason's crime lord license*
Jon: *sticks on a fake mustache*
———————
[call center]
Steph, stifling a yawn: Wayne Enterprises account support, how can I help you?
Damian: Why are you still working? It's midnight.
Steph: Overnight shift. This is a 24-hour line. What do you need, Damian?
Damian: Nothing. We just wanted to annoy you.
Steph: We?
Jon: Hiya!
Billy: 'Sup.
———————
[sleepover at the Manor]
Steph: Alfred told me to bring you some snacks.
Damian: Excellent.
Steph: *leaves the room*
Steph, internally: What do kids these days even do at sleepovers?
Steph: *presses her ear to the door*
Damian: Truth or Dare?
Jon: Truth.
Damian: Which one of my siblings do you like best?
Jon: Steph, all the way.
Billy: I agree, she's the coolest. Remember when she drove us to get midnight breakfast on my birthday?
Jon: And when she promised not to tell my parents when I broke the café ceiling.
Billy: Or when she took us for a walk and actually explained why we couldn't make TikToks in the store instead of going "because I said so" like other adults.
Jon: Plus, she gave all the leftover salad to Bat-Cow and helped us set up the Pinball machine downstairs.
Billy: Ooh, and she's really good at making mocktails.
Jon: Also, she extended our free trial of the Daily Planet for our social studies project.
Damian: Hm... point taken.
Billy: And she's hot.
Damian: Say that again and I will smite you with your own powers.
Steph: *smiles softly*
I have been watching seven kids all day long and need to project the trauma of parenting somewhere, so... Batfam quotes :D
—
Bruce, half awake in a sitting room: Please, stop.
Jason, trying to suffocate Tim with a pillow: GIVE ME THE REMOTE!
Tim: *Muffled swears*
Damian, helping Jason: WE WANT TO WATCH MEAN GIRLS!
Cass, tackling Jason from behind: OFF OUR BROTHER!
Dick: Guys please, the doctor said we had to keep Tim's blood pressure down!
Duke: Man, we need to keep all our blood pressure down, he ain't special.
Bruce: Please, don't kill your brother.
Stephanie: Guys, he stopped fighting.
Dick: OH MY GODS YOU KILLED TIM!?
Damian: Oh no.
Cass, kneeing Jason in the stomach and grinning as he falls to the ground:
Duke: Nah, I think he just passed out.
Bruce: If any of you are dead I'm going to enter a depressive episode that will result in one of you becoming Batman by the end of it.
Dick: OH MY GOD TIM COME BACK TO LIFE I CAN'T DO THIS AGAIN!
Damian: DRAKE!?
Cass: I will find a Lazarus pit.
Jason: Nah, I'll just call Talia.
Duke: Y'all, he's breathin', I think he just fell asleep.
Stephanie, checking his pulse:
Stephanie: Yeah, he did. Classic Tim.
Bruce, under his breath: Thank god, I like that one.
—
Tim: Bruce, I have to tell you something.
Bruce: Yes, Tim?
Tim: . . . I'm bi.
Bruce: . . . Didn't you already come out to me?
Tim: Wait, what!? No!
Bruce: . . . No, no you did, you were... The ginger. The ginger one with arrows.
Tim: That was Dick, B.
Bruce: No, Dick wasn't a ginger, Jason was before the hair dye—
Tim: Different timeline, also that was Dick and Roy!
Bruce: Didn't Jason date Roy?
Tim: Bruce. Jason dated Roy, Dick dated Roy, they both dated Roy
Bruce: Oh, oh! Yes, of course... Wait, no, Dick was with the alien.
Tim: Kori and Dick broke up, Bruce.
Bruce: No, he was with the— the kryptonian.
Tim: Bruce, that's you.
Bruce: No, no, Connor.
Tim: Nobody in this family has ever dated Kon, and he's my friend!
Bruce:
Bruce: You aren't dating Connor? Oh, yes, you are with... Stephanie.
Tim: She and I broke up, she's with Cass now, I'm dating Bernard!
Bruce: The... Speedster?
Tim: Oh my god, Bruce, this isn't complicated... Bart is the speedster, Bernard is a human, regular human, not a vigilante or anything, and he's my old high school friend. We are dating now.
Bruce: Oh, yes. Okay. Sorry, I haven't updated the chart since Jason...
Tim: You had a chart to keep track of your kids dating history? When you had two kids!?
Bruce: Dick was complicated, and Jason dated a girl named Rena.
Tim: Again, different timeline, Bruce, they got back together in this one though (because op said so.)
Bruce:
Bruce: What?
Tim: Rena and Jason are dating but Jason also occasionally dates Roy at the same time, Dick is gonna get back together with Kori eventually, we're just waiting for the writers to get their sh&# together, I'm with Bernard, Stephanie and Cass are dating, this isn't a complicated thing, at all.
Bruce:
Bruce: I need to update my charts.
—
TV show host: So, can you introduce your kids for us?
Bruce:
Bruce: Yes, uh, of course.
Bruce, pointing to Dick: My eldest, Richard Grayson.
Bruce, pointing to Tim: My second, Jason— wait, no, he's dead. That one died.
Tim: Please never mistake me for Jason again, I just had several flashbacks.
Bruce: Yes, sorry, no, this is my third son, Tim.
Bruce, pointing to Cass: My daughter, Cassandra, she likes art—
Cass: No, ballet.
Bruce: What? No, Tim likes ballet.
Tim: I hate being the middle child so much.
Damian: Technically Cain is the middle.
Cass: No, Tim likes skateboards and dungeons and dragons.
Bruce: Okay, haha, sorry. So, uh, my youngest...
Damian:
Bruce: That I...
Damian:
Bruce: Adopted..?
Damian: WHAT!?
Bruce: Wait, no, Jason was Talia's, so—
Damian: HE WAS FOUND NEAR A DUMPSTER!
Bruce: Oh, then Tim—
Tim: SERIOUSLY!?
Dick: Bruce this is actually concerning.
Bruce: One of you I made! Cass!?
Cass, visibly concerned: Really?
Bruce: Okay, so, uh...
TV host: Should... Do you need a moment?
Bruce: No, no, I have five children— wait, no, six. Wait, did I adopt Duke?
Dick: No, he lives with his Mom again, she got better, but you didn't even adopt me so why's it matter?
Bruce:
Bruce: I FORGOT TO ADOPT YOU!?
Dick: WHAT DO YOU MEAN FORGOT!?
Tim: I hate this family...
Cass, patting his back:
Damian: At least he remembered your names!
Jason, laughing from his apartment:
—
Tim and Cass sitting at the bat computer:
Bruce, walking over to press a kiss to Cass' hair:
Tim: ???
Bruce, walking over to Cass, patting her shoulder: Good work, son. Get to bed soon.
Cass: . . ?
Bruce, walking away:
Tim: Did he..?
Cass: Again. Yes.
—
Bruce, to Alfred: Alfred, please, I need help with Christmas again.
Alfred: Master Bruce, you have itemized lists of each villain, you can recall them all and memorize all their weaknesses and lives. You cannot do the same for your own children?
Bruce: Please, Alfred, don't make me feel bad. One of them asked for an explosive and I don't know which!?
Alfred: That could very well be several of them...
—
Bruce, walking into the kitchen where all the kids are sitting: Alright, come on Tim, time for patrol.
Tim: Why aren't you going with Robin?
Bruce: You are Robin?
Damian: Father, I am Robin.
Bruce: Why'd I do that?
Damian: What do you mean WHY DID YOU DO THAT!?
Dick: I did that, actually.
Bruce: Why? What did Tim do?
Damian: WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME!?
Bruce: Nothing, nothing, I just... Tim was Robin, last I checked.
Jason: Bruce, what's the order of your Robin's?
Bruce:
Bruce: It... Okay, Dick,
Dick: Yes..?
Bruce: Then... Stephanie.
Jason: Wow.
Bruce: What!? She died! Two of you died and came back!
Damian: I also died.
Bruce: What? No, you came after Stephanie.
Damian: Yes.
Bruce: Alright, so, Dick, Stephanie—
Jason: REALLY!? I did not die in your arms for this. I wish I died in someone's else's arms. F-#% you.
Bruce: No, no! I'm sorry, you're right, Dick, Jason... Then... Alright, Stephanie and Damian came somewhere, obviously, but Tim is my Robin now! Right?!
Tim: Bruce, Alfred and Dick gave Robin to Damian after you got lost in the time stream.
Bruce:
Bruce: Oh. Uh. Okay... Damian, time for patrol—
Damian: No, I'm going with Richard tonight. You may have DRAKE!
Bruce: No, I'm sorry, son, please.
Damian, storming out:
Bruce, chasing after him: Please, I have had so many of you! And so many hits to the head!
Tim: How come he only ever remembers Dick's stuff?
Jason: Favouritism.
Dick: I fell on his head a lot as a kid. I also used to whisper in his ear as a kid when he slept that I would be the only child he'd ever have and love, so...
Tim:
Jason: And I'm remembered as the bad kid???
—
Bruce: You're grounded.
Barbara: ??? I'm not your kid, Bruce.
Bruce: What?
Barbara: Really? No, I'm not dealing with this, get a neurologist, Bruce.
Bruce: It's not a problem!
—
Bruce, on the phone: Hey, Jay, lad! Are you coming to the gala this weekend?
Jason: ??? I'm dead.
Bruce: What?!
Jason: No! I am legally dead, Bruce!
Bruce: Oh thank god, I thought I was hallucinating again...
Jason: Huh?
Bruce: Nothing, nothing... Wait, why haven't I brought you back to legally alive?
Jason: Hell if I know.
Bruce:
Bruce: Will you come to the gala if—
Jason, hanging up:
—
Bernard:
Bruce:
Bernard:
Bruce: Stephanie, when did you become transgender???
Bernard, trying not to laugh:
Tim: This is why I didn't want you two to meet.
—
Bruce, on the phone: DUKE THOMAS WHY AREN'T YOU HOME!?
Duke: ??? I am.
Bruce: Where?! I checked the entire manor!
Duke: I don't live with you???
Bruce: Oh my god did I fire you???
Duke: What? No? I live with my Mom?
Bruce: . . . She's alive?
Duke: B, that's... All the other kids minus Cass and Damian.
Bruce: Oh...
Duke: Get help, man.
—
Tim, eating cereal at two in the morning:
Bruce, stepping inside the dark room, blinking slowly:
Bruce: Oh, Jason—
Tim: I am so done.
—
This is so so so true
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Literally my two personalities fighting for dominance inside my brain
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God please, the world need to hear this
Please please please please please put paragraph breaks between each new line of dialogue. I physically cannot get through your fic if it’s all in one giant paragraph. And use commas, PLEASE.
Damian is de-aged to a baby and lost in Gotham. A magic user hit him with some kind of spell. His legs don’t work as well and he has trouble walking. That’s when a man appears and squats down with a tilt of his head.
“Yea, you are definitely not supposed to be out here, little guy.”
Damian glares at the man, early twenties, stubble along his jaw, ragged clothes, and dark bags under his eyes.
The man turns his head to look at the brick wall.
“Are you sure?”
And now he was talking to a wall. Curses. Of course he would be found by a crazy person.
The man suddenly hangs his head with a deep sigh. He regains himself quickly and stands. Moving closer to put his hands under Damian arms to lift him to perch on his hip.
Damian squirms to get down but refuses to make a sound. The last time he opened his mouth like this it was a pathetic baby sound. He couldn’t let this man see him like this.
“Looks like you’re coming home with me, little guy. I can tell you’ve got some spirit in you. Good, you’ll need it.”
Not ominous at all.
Damian stays with the man, mostly because he couldn’t physically drive a car, but also because he was almost always with him. The man would talk to air at the most random times. Obviously a schizophrenic. But Damian had to admit this man, Danny he comes to find out through a neighbor baby talking at him, has been genuinely trying to take care of him and take care of him well. Well, to the best of his abilities anyway. 
He feeds him organic purées that don’t taste half bad, except the carrots, that one was unacceptable. Danny cleans him regularly despite his crappy apartment and makes sure he is dressed appropriately for the weather. He makes an effort to take him out to the park to play in the sandbox or just walk around discovering ‘new’ things.
Damian doesn’t need a parent, he outgrew the concept when he was five and technically he already had one, but he could tell Danny would make an excellent father. Some mistakes can be overlooked compared to the effort he was putting in.
The only concerning thing was the talking to thin air. It took Damian an embarrassing amount of time to figure out the reason Danny was visiting all these random people and the graveyard. (Sometimes he will set Damian down to ‘play’ in the grass at the cemetery. It was quite odd.)
He was talking to ghosts. It wasn’t thin air or imaginary friends, no it was actually dead people. The reason Damian actually believes this is for two reasons.
One, Danny shows true results. Damian observes closely whenever they visit a ‘client’ and Danny always has accurate information despite never looking up or researching anything going in.
Two, he never calls himself a medium or psychic. He doesn’t boast about his ability to see ghosts. He does what he does to help the ghosts move on to the other side. Closure is what Danny always says. Closure for the family and the victim. In Gotham, there are a lot of victims.
Damian adjusts to his new life with Danny. It’s been five months and he’s getting used to being small and vulnerable. He’s allowed to be messy and whiny and childish. Danny never scolds him like Mother did. The man has never hit him or raised his voice at him and never expects anything from him. He encourages his progression to speak and walk, but doesn’t expect the best out of him.
It’s… nice. A good break if anything.
They are at the park when one of the bats spot him and pauses. Danny is blowing bubbles into the air and Damian tries to pop as many as he can. It’s a silly game with no clear rules, but Damian finds it entertaining nonetheless.
“Hi there! Is he yours?”
Dick Grayson wears a bright smile, but Damian can see the tightness around his eyes.
“Huh? Oh, yea, this is Damian,” Danny answers.
He had written it with the wooden blocks Danny had given him one week in. Danny took one look at the name on the ground, laughed loudly and ran with it.
“Do you mind if I say hi? He’s so cute.”
Danny looks puzzled by the request but ends up shrugging his shoulders, not seeing a problem with letting a stranger get close to Damian. (Damian knew Danny’s intense eyes were watching Dick’s every move. He was very protective like that.)
“Sure.”
Dick squats down to search Damian’s green eyes. Damian stares back just as intensely.
“Hey there, Damian. My name is Dick.”
Damian gives him a flat look at Dick’s terrible introduction.
“Grayson.”
Although with his little baby teeth not fully in it sounds more like ‘way-shah’.
Relief flashes across Dick’s face and he gives Damian a reassuring smile. It’s not as reassuring at he thinks it is. It promises to bring him home and restore him to his original age. Damian doesn’t know if that’s what he wants anymore.
Dick stands and gives Danny some imaginary excuse to leave quickly. Damian watches him go and so does Danny.
“Funny guy, huh Dami?”
Damian doesn’t respond and Danny notices his change in mood.
“Come here, little guy.”
He knows what Danny is going to do and willingly goes. He is pulled up into the man’s lap and held between two surprisingly muscular arms. Danny’s hugs are nice and warm. They aren’t too tight like Dick’s nor are they stiff like Bruce’s. He never thought he could enjoy human contact, but Danny has been showing him things about himself he didn’t ever know. Turns out he does like hugs and playing airplane and when Danny runs his fingers through his hair when he’s really sleepy.
“Let’s go home a little early today, huh? I’ll make spaghetti and you can be as messy as you want,” Danny promises.
Damian hums. Yes, that sounds nice.
That night Batman comes in through the window. Damian is waiting.
“Damian,” Batman whispers.
“Bah-mun.”
The flat, unamused stare is what gives him away.
Batman lets out a breath silently and reaches into the crib Danny had gotten him.
“I wouldn’t do that if I were you.”
Batman jerks into action, twisting to face Danny who had appeared suddenly. The door behind him is still closed.
Batman stays quiet, silently studying the man before him dressed in pajama pants and a worn t-shirt.
Danny tilts his head as he does the same. Damian has never seen the man so serious. He silently worries for the man. He didn’t want him getting hurt to unnecessarily protecting him from his father.
“I’d have to break your arm if you tried to do what it looks like you’re doing.”
Danny says it so plainly. So simple.
Batman straightens.
“He isn’t yours.”
He doesn’t say Damian is his. He doesn’t claim him as his own. Just that Danny shouldn’t have him.
Damian silently agrees because technically he’s right. He doesn’t deserve Danny. He can’t keep playing house like he’s an actual baby. But Damian is also selfish and over the last few months has been taught that it’s okay to ask for things he wants even if it’s not inherently beneficial. The stuffed dog he sleeps with every night is proof of that.
So Damian says nothing.
“He is now,” Danny answers simply like there was no other answer to such a statement.
“He needs to go back to where he belongs.”
“Over my dead body,” is the immediate response.
They stare each other down until Danny scoffs.
“Don’t think I’m not petty enough to fight you, Batman. I’ll fight anyone who wants to take him from me. Damian is mine.”
When Batman tries to forcibly take him, he ends up with a concussion, a blood nose, and two broken arms. Red Robin finds him in a dumpster the next morning.
The story continues with Damian learning how to be a child his age, Danny protecting him and doting on his brilliant son, and the Batfam’s frequent failed attempts to kidnap Damian back to them.