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Tam insists Tim isn't okay, and gives him a task — to reach out for help. Tim would rather do, well, anything else. But it can’t hurt to try, right?
(Spoiler Alert: Yes, yes it can. So much. So, so much.)
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08 Oct 2023
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Tim finds himself dosed with Ivy’s pollen and at the mercy of the Red Hood.
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08 Oct 2023
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“Dad, I don’t want to do this.”
“It doesn’t matter what you want. This is why we brought you here,” Jack hisses. “So we can get paid.”
Or: When a cozy night out with his parents turns into a night of captivity and torture, Tim is forced to seek protection from his worst nightmare - the Red Hood.
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07 Oct 2023
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Love Is Violence by Miss_Lazy_Tuesday
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
03 May 2022
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Tim gets drugged at a gala and Jason has No Chill. Negative Chill, in fact. Approaching Absolute Zero Chill.
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06 Oct 2023
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“You’re a sorry sight,” Jason says, and forces a water bottle in Tim’s shaking hand.
“Had a bad day,” Tim gasps, shakily trying to twist the cap off.
Jason snorts. “I’d say.”
Tim’s too busy draining the bottle to glare at Jason.
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tim spends another birthday alone and makes bad decisions.
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03 Oct 2023
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Have We Met Before? by Lulu_Rhythm for Miss_Lazy_Tuesday
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
30 Jul 2022
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Jason Todd doesn't remember how he got here, but here is dangerous, and he sure as hell isn't leaving a tiny little six-year-old behind.
OR: Red Hood & Red Robin get caught in an unfortunate de-aging spell while trying not to kill each other on a mission.
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- Part 3 of The Supporters' Specials
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01 Oct 2023
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Tim Drake has a secret.
Well, he knows Batman's secret, but that one isn't really his, he's just holding on to it.
Tim's secret is that he and his parents are wolf shifters, and they refuse to let anyone know about it. But it's fine. He can shove down his feelings and instincts that whisper that he's been abandoned and live a perfectly normal Bat-photographer life.
Except that there's a black market for shifters and the way home is longer than he had thought possible.- Language:
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15 Sep 2023
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"M-My dad said you, you’d,” the kid says, swallowing. “That if I didn’t, that if I didn’t behave, he’d sell me to you. And you, you would…”
The shock burns away immediately; the ashes condense into a murky, muted sort of rage.
He stays still for a long moment, then pulls himself up against the wall. “Okay,” he says monotonously, taking a step toward the kid, and the kid- flinches. He flinches.
Jason reels back, not speaking yet, not trusting himself not to yell. And when he does speak, he says:
“Come on, kid. Let's go say hi to your dad."
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13 Sep 2023
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In Tim’s defense, there had never been anyone around to tell him not to drink the water.
All in all, Tim thinks he turned out quite alright. All things considered.
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or: Tim grew up drinking Gotham's tap water. He developed some weird abilities as a result. Bruce, Dick, and Jason react.
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Podfic available! The link can be found at the end of the work!- Language:
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11 Sep 2023
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requiem for the forsaken by Scarlet_Ribbons for TheyReapWhatWeSow
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
27 Jan 2023
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“Listen, Jason,” Tim says frankly down the line, and Jason tenses at the use of his real name. That doesn’t happen. Not casually, at least. “I’m pretty sure I’m going to die, so I need you to stay on the line with me.”
Jason short-circuits for a beat, and then runs the words back. “What?”
Tim takes a deep breath, and it’s steady. “I’m going to die,” he repeats, “and I don’t want to be alone, so please stay on the line.”
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11 Sep 2023
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The valet opens the door as he places a ticket under the windshield, a hot breeze lazily snaking its way into the backseat. Then, he climbs out and shuts the door behind him, and the air falls as still as a crumpled quilt.
He doesn’t so much as glance at the backseat window as he walks away, leaving Tim alone to wait.
And that’s… that’s probably fine! His parents did say that going to a gala with them was something for big kids to do, and he already knows big kids are supposed to be able to be able to be apart from their parents without throwing a fit, so maybe this is why. Maybe waiting like this is part of every grown-up event, and that’s why he needed to be a big boy before he could come with them.
So yes. He can be a big boy. He can wait, alone.
It’s even kind of exciting! He’s not sure he’s ever been completely alone, without even a nanny nearby.
He just… well, he wishes they could have left the AC on while he waits.
Day 15 - FEED A COLD, STARVE A FEVER
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- Part 9 of Whumptober 2021
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05 Sep 2023
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Strapping the goggles and mask on, he gave the all-clear and hopped into the water. It was practically frothing with bubbles, and if the situation were less serious he might have made a joke about Finding Nemo and a bubble volcano, but as it stood he could barely see a thing and his anxiety was sky high.
Studying mers for upwards of a decade had given him a healthy respect for how dangerous they were when humans threatened their territory, let alone when they were brooding with a grudge. He wanted what was best for Big Red, and he was absolutely certain that Red did not know that yet. He’d feel a lot better about all this if they could actually see the mer, but with how frothy the water was, Tim could barely see two feet in front of him.
He had a desperate, fleeting hope that he wasn't about to be murdered, but the shifting shadows around him weren't very promising.
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- Part 1 of Free Willy: The Mer Edition
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05 Sep 2023
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Tim Drake was devastated after the Joker murdered Robin. He witnessed Batman's descent into madness afterward. Instead of becoming Robin, Tim has other plans.
Murder the Joker.- Language:
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01 Sep 2023
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taking the blade (for you and yours) by BrightChrysaor, byrambles, carol_in_au, lordwisteria, That_Hippie_Chick, TheyReapWhatWeSow, wildsofmarch
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU
19 May 2023
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"I am safe," he responded crisply. "I am with Red Hood, who is unconscious but stable. There has been one casualty."
Grayson's indrawn breath was sharp in Damian's ear. It felt like something was squeezing, squeezing, squeezing Damian's chest.
"Casualty? Did Hood—"
"No!" Damian had practically shouted that. He clenched his hands into fists. He needed to get himself under control.
He took another deep breath. "I did."
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Damian takes the fall for a murder to save Jason and Bruce’s tentative relationship.
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28 Aug 2023
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Banshee In A Well by bugbee, liverobinreaction (bugbee)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Batman (Comics), DCU, DCU (Comics)
02 Apr 2023
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Tim is five years old when he drowns in his parents' pool. He dies quietly, waiting for parents who love him, but will never be there, to realise that something is wrong. They never show up, and he sinks into oblivion.
When he wakes up and claws his way out of the water, the sun has set, and the lights of his house are on. He is cold and wet and his lungs burn.
But most of all, Tim is alone.
(If you die and no-one is there to see it, were you ever alive in the first place?)
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- Part 1 of bury the dead where they're found
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- 5/5
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27 Aug 2023
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prodigal by punkrockhades
Fandoms: DCU, Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
17 Oct 2022
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Dick liked to think he had a pretty good handle on the whole ‘big brother’ thing by now, even if Tim still saw sleep as optional and Damian still got a little stabby when a hug lasted too long.
But then Damian’s other big brother comes to town, mysterious and red-helmeted and oddly familiar, and seems to want nothing to do with the Bats sans Damian. Damian is strangely close-lipped about his other brother's past, but Dick is determined to find out more about the Red Hood - he could always use more little brothers, anyway!
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- Part 8 of batfam prompts
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26 Aug 2023
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Gotham loses its Robin and Bruce Wayne loses a son. Tim finds one of these too tragic to bear. In his quest to make sure Bruce Wayne lives to see the next year, he strikes upon the perfect solution: another son.
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His best bet is, naturally, Crime Alley.
By 8 pm that day, Drake Manor is filled with ten black-haired, blue-eyed boys sitting around the large dining table, looking around the room suspiciously.
Well. Eleven. But Tim doesn’t think he counts.
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16 Aug 2023
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Tim is peacefully enjoying a lazy summer afternoon on the ocean, when something large and shark-like nudges the bottom of his boat.
It’s not a shark.
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14 Aug 2023
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"Tim doesn’t step around Jason like he’s fielding landmines and he laughs at Jason’s jokes instead of flinching. Which Jason finds interesting, given that he’s definitely tried to kill the kid a couple times."
Tim and Jason have a bad fight, and then Tim gets really hurt on his way home right afterward.
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- Part 1 of Jason likes one (1) bat
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11 Aug 2023
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Tim is prepared to take the steps necessary to ensure that Bruce will not feel obligated to adopt Tim when a comatose Jack Drake inevitably dies. But what could be better than preventing Bruce from ending up with a son he doesn't want? Bringing back the one he does.
Jason agrees to the Replacement's stupid, stupid plan to invite some strange adult man he's never met to come live with him, if only to keep the idiot alive long enough for him to serve his purpose in the Great Red Hood Revenge Scheme.
Might this new roommate situation have an impact on either of their worldviews? Surely not...
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- Part 1 of Say The Word, We’ll Go Home
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- 46,480
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- 9/9
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10 Aug 2023