Whumptober 2026
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"He lies so easily that sometimes he stares at his reflection in the mirror and wonders how much of himself is made up of fabrications. He is Tim Drake, he is Robin, and he is not injured."
Whumptober 2026 Day One: "I'm Fine"
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- Part 1 of Whumptober 2026
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"Not for the first time, Dick wishes he could go back. Not to how things were when he left, but to how they were before, when he was still small enough to hide under Batman’s cloak, still young enough to beg Alfred for hot chocolate after a night out on patrol, still loved enough not to question his place in the home he’s now lost."
Whumptober 2026 Day Two: Stranded
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- Part 2 of Whumptober 2026
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the disfigured by unseen_stars
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
03 Oct 2026
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"He’s on fire again, trapped beneath burning rubble with broken ribs and broken limbs and Bruce’s name trapped in his smoke-filled lungs. His skin stretches and breaks. He’s falling apart, torn at the seams, every nerve alight as he goes up in flames. Pain claws up his throat, tears at his cheek, rakes vicious claws across his chest, and digs right down to his heart."
Whumptober 2026 Day Three: Burns
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- Part 3 of Whumptober 2026
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"Jim has seen the kid take many a hit after that, but little seems to phase him. He stays smiling even as Batman pops his shoulder back into place, wipes down a knife wound, checks him for a concussion after Killer Croc had thrown him down a fire escape. There’s no way to tell if he keeps up the act once Batman carries him away from danger, but Jim can’t help but wonder when the boy will finally break."
Whumptober 2026 Day Four: Staying Behind
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- Part 4 of Whumptober 2026
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"'Jason,' the kid breathes. 'Jason, Robin, please. I’m sorry. You have to believe me, okay? I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to. I didn’t mean to!'”
Whumptober 2026 Day Five: Enemy to Caretaker
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- Part 5 of Whumptober 2026
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"Damian spits blood onto the floor, wickedly proud of the pain he has caused, and then he gasps when the man reaches out and slams his head back against the metal post they’ve tied him to. For good measure, the man slaps him hard across the cheek, and this time, the blood Damian spits from his mouth is his own. "
Whumptober 2026 Day Six: Kidnapped | Ropes
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- Part 6 of Whumptober 2026
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"There are some days where Bruce will bury his face into his pillow and cry as Alfred works the knots in his shoulders and back free, a rare display of weakness as he is forced to acknowledge the fact that his time as Gotham’s protector is nearing its end."
Whumptober 2026 Day Seven: Alternate Prompt - Chronic Condition
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- Part 7 of Whumptober 2026
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"Tears roll in unison down Dick’s cheeks as he pulls on the gloves. His hands are shaking, and Bruce holds his wrists, feeling his pulse flutter wildly beneath his tan skin. Bruce watches silently as Dick grabs the pack of suture and readies the needle. He holds the needle in one hand as he wipes the cut on his thigh clean, then closes his eyes and shakes in Bruce’s grasp."
Whumptober 2026 Day Eight: Self-Surgery
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- Part 8 of Whumptober 2026
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"'He told me how wonderfully you screamed for him.” Tim is grinning, baring his teeth as he strains against Jason’s hold. “He told me how pretty you looked as you bled. Will you show me? Come on, birdie boy, I’m your brother, aren’t I? Won’t you show me?'"
Whumptober 2026 Day Nine: Quarantine
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- Part 9 of Whumptober 2026
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"Duke should listen. He really should listen, because that’s Batman telling him to retreat, but he’s face to face with the man who had ruined his life, and Duke finds that he actually doesn’t want to listen at all."
Whumptober 2026 Day Ten: Coughing Up Blood
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- Part 10 of Whumptober 2026
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"The ache in her arms is a worthwhile pain, and Steph turns her speaker up to hear the music over the loud humming of her diffuser. It’s well past noon once her hair is dry and styled in perfect, tight ringlets, but she’s grinning despite the hunger starting to coil in her stomach."
Whumptober 2026 Day Eleven: Blood-Matted Hair
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- Part 11 of Whumptober 2026
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the trusting by unseen_stars
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Nightwing (Comics), Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
12 Oct 2026
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"It is guilt and guilt alone that keeps Dick from turning and running right back out onto the street. He’s nervous; he’s stayed alive this long by listening to the instincts Batman had honed in him, and every inch of his body is screaming for him to run. The hair on the back of his neck lifts, and Dick has to curl his hands into fists to keep from reaching for his weapons."
Whumptober 2026 Day Twelve: Betrayal
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- Part 12 of Whumptober 2026
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"There was a time when this boy had been the best of them. His mind was unparalleled, a weapon far deadlier than anything Jason carries on his person. Tim Drake had been a genius, a boy that was easy for someone like Bruce to adore. He handled cases with ruthless efficiency, picked up on details the rest of them would have missed, and did so without ever complaining. There was a reason Jason had hated him, because Tim had been perfect."
Whumptober 2026 Day Thirteen: "I know what it's like to be afraid of your own mind."
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- Part 13 of Whumptober 2026
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"Drake, however, is impossible to predict. He moves with Nightwing’s fluidity, strikes with Batman’s strength, blocks with the League’s unflinching resolve. He is a worthy challenge, and Damian feels himself starting to grin as they exchange blows."
Whumptober 2026 Day Fourteen: Broken Bones
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- Part 14 of Whumptober 2026
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"For a moment, Dick looks far, far older than his twenty eight years. Jason sees a shadow of Bruce in him, and, not for the first time, he wonders how their lives would be different if Bruce Wayne had not found them."
Whumptober 2026 Day Fifteen: Alternate Prompt - "Hey, you're finally awake."
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- Part 15 of Whumptober 2026
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“'You know, I was hoping that you would say yes. That you’d tell me he used to beat the crap out of you and Dick, and that that was what it meant to be Robin, but now you’re telling me that it’s just me? That I’m the problem, even after everything I’ve done? Do you know how many times I’ve let him take out his anger on me? How many times I’ve let him call me Jason just so he’ll stop looking like he’s going to throw himself off a building?'”
Whumptober 2026 Day Sixteen: Nowhere Else to Go
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- Part 16 of Whumptober 2026
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"It’s a common assumption that both he and Damian are used to by now. Dick is not as dark as Damian, but it’s a near thing, and Dick has lost track of how many times he has been mistaken for Damian’s father. Sometimes when the boy is sleeping, Dick will study his face and try to see parts of himself in the slope of Damian’s nose or the roundness in his cheeks."
Whumptober 2026 Day Seventeen: Ambulance Ride
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- Part 17 of Whumptober 2026
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"Bruce Wayne has held countless lives in his hands. He has torn flesh and broken bones without flinching, has brought some of Gotham’s worst to their knees, and he is well-versed in the many ways that the human body can feel pain. He knows where to hit to inflict the most of it without causing permanent damage, can drop a grown man with just one careful touch, but he is at a complete and total loss as to how he is supposed to comfort the boy in his arms."
Whumptober 2026 Day Eighteen: Alternate Prompt - "I have a life here."
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- Part 18 of Whumptober 2026
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"His death is the end of the world. Time stops, hangs suspended in this moment. Bruce kneels at the border between before and after, looking at such a simple reminder of the child he has lost, the soldier sacrificed to a cause Bruce wishes he could now forsake."
Whumptober 2026 Day Nineteen: World-Ending
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- Part 19 of Whumptober 2026
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"Tim hadn’t called them again, and he had spent the rest of his childhood taking care of himself. He learned how to make chicken noodle soup from scratch, went out and bought kid’s cold medicine so he didn’t accidentally overdose on his father’s, and wrapped blankets around himself so tightly that he could almost pretend that his parents were holding him in their arms."
Whumptober 2026 Day Twenty: Childhood Trauma
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- Part 20 of Whumptober 2026