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Tim Drake wears many masks, but he wonders if anyone actually really knows the real Tim.
On his twentieth birthday, he gets his answer.
BW Day 182: Breakdown
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- Part 47 of Dis' One Shot Series
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Rose Cut Letters (only there when you're blind) by SilverSkiesAtMidnight
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
21 Mar 2022
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All he can see of Jason now is a hunched-up blob. “I’m - I can’t see,” he chokes out, and there’s none of the viciousness that was there moments earlier. “I can’t - it’s too dark, I don’t, - please let me out.”
His voice cracks.
“You are out,” Tim says, trying to make his tone soothing even as his heart clenches at the sheer fear in the older boy’s voice. “I - I don’t know what you’re seeing, but you’re outside, you’re on a roof, we’re not far from the docks. We got hit with something, do you remember that?”
The blob twitches. It might be a nod.
“Okay good,” he says, letting out a breath. “It’s, um. I don’t know what it was, but I think it’s affecting our nervous systems. I can’t - I don’t know about you, but I can’t move super well? And I think it’s messing with our ocular nerves. Your - your eyes are fine.”
Day. 7 - MY SPIDEY-SENSE IS TINGLING
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Bruce is a mess when Tim first shows up. He's ruthless and relentless. Certainly not the Batman that Tim knows. So, Tim decides to step in. He'll become Robin. He won't replace Jason. That's something he knows he'll never be able to do. But he'll fulfill the need for a Robin.
Tim knows he's nothing more than a placeholder. Still, he wishes that Batman would accept him. He wishes Bruce would accept him. He can dream. He does dream. But he always wakes up. And he wakes up to a Batman that wants his son back.
Or: Tim fulfills the need for a Robin and takes the brunt of Batman at his worse. Later down the line, Bruce wonders if he'll ever be able to fix the damage he's done to Timothy Drake.
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- Part 1 of Almost enough. Never mind.
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jealousy, jealousy by TaraLaurel
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic)
11 Feb 2023
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And then Damian is knocking a mobster back and hurling himself across the roof toward Tim, a hand outstretched and mouth wide, Tim's name on his lips. At least, Tim is pretty sure it's his own name. He can't exactly hear anything anymore.
His eyes droop.
He sways.
And then, tips over the edge.
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After Tim is nearly drowned, he keeps fighting because he feels fine, really - so why is it still so hard to breathe?
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Tim is saved by the two batfamily members he is pretty sure would rather see him dead.
Febuwhump 2023 | Day #10 | Difficulty Breathing
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- Part 6 of Febuwhump 2023
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Jason gets sick while out of patrol. A robin finds him and nurses him back to health, unfortunately, actions have consequences.
Or: Jason gets sick and learns more about Tim. Some of it he wishes he hadn't.
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Tim is many things at many times. He is a detective. He is a photographer. He is a vigilante. He is a Drake, not a Wayne, even though he might wish differently. But underneath all of that, Tim is a metahuman with the ability to heal himself, even from some of the people who’ve hurt him the worst…
Including his own parents.
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Two Voices, One Name by MilkyWay2000
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, Batman Beyond
26 Dec 2025
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Tim Drake doesn't think he's afraid of the Joker.
He tells himself it's Jason. Old ghosts. Secondhand trauma.
But fear doesn't explain missing memories, unfamiliar hands, or the way his body reacts before his mind can catch up.
When he finally confronts the joker, everything breaks.
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JJ exists for one reason: to survive.
He remembers what Tim can’t. Carries what Tim shouldn’t have to.
When the Joker returns, JJ can tell things are going to go south real quick.
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all the jokers dressing up as kings by Violettavonviolet
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
24 Oct 2023
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“Well, if it’s that importan’ puddin’, it was way back, when the angry one was still Robin. We’d just gotten out and a boy literally tripped over ‘r way. And Joker, he really wannted ta keep him, so we did. ‘was a real slip of a boy too. I think his name mighta been Timmy once, but Joker really wanted a son, so we just- ya know. In any case, he escaped, was a real smart one too— used a plastic fork and some tape. I never looked for him, figured he’da had enough of me, but if ya do find him, tell him ‘m sorry.“
Tim froze. Go figure she’d remember his stupid name years down the line. His hands were shaking. Damian had turned to look at Tim, eyes as big as saucer pans.
Yeah, there was no way he could convince them that wasn’t him.
Absently, he rubbed at the make-up concealing his scars. They’d paled further with age, but Tim could tell they were there anyway.
“RR, stay exactly where you are. Robin, use force if needed.“
or: an unfortunate run-in with the Joker leads to Damian asking questions. Questions Tim really wishes he wouldn't ask.
DAY 24: I'VE GOT A HEAD FULL OF CHEMICALS; MOUTH FULL OF RIDICULE / NEGLECT
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- Part 21 of whumptober 2023
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"Where was that at the Tower, huh?" Jason gritted out, breathless from his pitiful escape attempt.
"I was trying to be kind," Tim brushed his fingers against the sides of Jason's face and reveled in the way he tensed up. "I'm not anymore."
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Jason did more than break Tim's bones at the Titans Tower.
Junior decides to return the favor.
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“I want to know how he died!” Jason snapped after a pause, scowling. “I’ve gone through everything in the system. All the files B has on it says that he died, but there’s no details! There’s no description of the scene, no suspects, no cause of death, no anything. All it says is that he’s dead.”
“Maybe it’s not something you should look into…” Dick trailed off but Jason’s reply was lost to Tim’s ears.
‘That’s not funny.’
Despite his best efforts, a giggle escaped Tim’s lips.
Or: Tim just wanted to drop some information off to the Cave, not talk about the Joker.
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- Part 11 of Dc drabbles
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The Ship of Theseus, also known as Theseus's Paradox, is a paradox and common thought experiment about whether an object (in the most common stating of the paradox, a ship) is the same object after having all of its original components replaced with others over time.
Or: Tim’s parents have been slowly replacing parts of his body since he was eight years old. Tim knows he was always meant to be a tool more than a child, but when his parents start to cross lines, he finally snaps.
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Tim snatched the pendant back, cradling it in his palm. “It was a gift.” He stuffed it back under his shirt with a sharp glare and hissed, “You have no right to touch me nor tell me what to do.”
Damian faltered, indignation flagging to uncertainty. “I don’t understand,” he murmured. “Why would grandfather gift you a powerful amulet for nothing in return?”
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See what you've done, See what I became by Amara22
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Criminal Minds (US TV)
02 Aug 2025
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- The path to hell was paved with good intentions
Dick Grayson has retired Nightwing and is consulting with the BAU when a wayward brother comes to see him. Tim hasn't spoken to him since Bruce got lost in time. He has a new life and Dick is maybe a little bitter and doesn't understand why his little brother won't just talk to him. He gets his wish. Tim shows up to the BAU to punch in the face and tear down little fantasy world he's been living in.-
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Scratching at my Throat, Clawing at the Cage by Hanahaki_Disease
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Robin (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series
11 May 2025
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“Tim knows he should be moving, knows that he shouldn’t be letting the smog climb up his boots and try to consume him. And the self-preservation was trying to get him to move, it was tugging at the muscles in his legs, the tendons in his hands to rev his bike and speed down the tunnel. But the smell of the toxin, of the poison that the crazy in him was still addicted to, was still as sweet as he remembered.
A part of him missed it. Missed it so bad that he didn’t know he inhaled a lungs worth of it till he choked on it a few seconds later, snapping him back to reality. The stomach dropping, eyes widening as the reality of what he’s just done set in..
Shit.”
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No Longer You by SeaSkate
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Teen Titans (Comics), Young Justice (Comics), DCU (Comics)
07 Sep 2025
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Tim Drake was someone that knew a lot of people, both in his civilian identity and when wearing his mask. He was someone that knew a lot of people, but not someone that people truly knew. Sure, there were people in his life that knew bits and pieces of himself, but no one knew everything and very few knew the same things if he could help it.
He was a puzzle that only himself held the answer key to.
So, what if his family and friends were given a cheat sheet?
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Or, The Batfamily and the core members of Young Justice find themselves watching Tim Drake's life...as told through songs from Epic the Musical
[Goes from him becoming Robin to the end of the Red Robin run]
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This fic now has a playlist on both YouTube and Spotify, that updates as the fic does:https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHSTESD1PfprR6RuIOFgT2g-uRUAGz01R&si=jgxl9WCD-aPYkmuW
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WRYcCfdSYJe70jo6qtvoj?si=9DesZkkiRqmI0sI7KLRE0w
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Podfic: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHSTESD1Pfpo7LkK8OJ-bWX0aqU3FRhBI&si=hG0io8S-la3y5Lg2
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- Part 2 of Tim Drake AUs
- Part 1 of but it’s no longer you
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and i don't mean to, make your heart blue (i'm just about to beg you please) by Clovkangl9l56
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
10 Apr 2025
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Bruce knew that something was going to happen tonight, sooner or later.
The four boys (and they were all in the manor tonight, god bless) had been sharing hushed whispers, especially with Tim - who had been the only one to have noticed the fact that Bruce could see all of this. There was a reason why the two were called alike so often, they could read the other near-instantly.
Tonight, Tim seemed nervous.
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Or: the batfamily is 50% better than canon, and Tim explains what the fuck happened in Red Robin.
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he was right (i'll never be satisfied) by Clovkangl9l56
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
02 Aug 2025
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He could clean every artefact, wear every coat, or speak every line, but she wouldn’t be there with him. He had to find her coats in her hamper, had to watch interviews and childhood videos to burn his father’s laugh into his memory. Dana was there, Dana helped, but Dana wasn’t her. All he could do was grow his hair out and look in the mirror, letting the public call him ‘Janet?’ so that he could think that she was standing behind him.
The owl was gone, he realised. He felt damp.
…Oh, those were tears falling down his cheeks.
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Or: Tim Drake; adopted son of Bruce Wayne, half-Korean, a master of galas, and a boy who just misses his parents.
Or Or: A character study of my favourite character for his birthday (ft. art)
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Now with an additional part two! Just a bunch of sweet batfamily moments from the aftermath.
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- Part 1 of family? family.
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Suffer in Vogue by InkpotSprite for Sophie_Vers
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types
18 Apr 2023
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"Why do they keep comparing you to food? 'I'd eat his cupcake' What could that possibly mean?" Damian sneered at him from across the counter. "This is all your fault, Drake. Provoking their inner depravity."
Tim sipped his coffee.
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With #hottestwayne still trending and the 'Simping for Tim Drake' merch selling out fast, Tim struggles to find a moment of peace in the aftermath of his kidnapping.
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We Are Young (Just Us Against the World) by Nation_Ustria
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25 Jan 2024
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