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Incompatible Lives by BrickSheep
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman and Robin (Comics)
04 Jan 2026
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"I'm your father," he replies gently.
"F-ather," Damian repeats clumsily. He knows what the word means, but he can't associate it with an experience. Now that he thinks about it, he has zero experiences to draw from. His mind is an empty void. He does not know who he is, aside from his name, and he does not know what he is supposed to do.
"That's right," his father hums in agreement. "I'm your father, you're my son, and now you're home."
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18 Aug 2026
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The burn was so much as severe as it was sudden; disappearing just as Robin actually managed to register it.
He staggered, righted himself, fumbled again. He went down, hard, new pain surging through his entire system as his shoulder collided with the ground.
Robin rolled, no, Robin tried to roll but the pain overwhelmed all else and it was all he could do to fight against the encroaching darkness. He needed to defend himself, needed to fight, needed to get to safety but the moment he raised a smoke bomb to secure his escape, the small ball slipped from his grasp and fell uselessly to the ground.
He tried to rise instead but his entire field of vision greyed, the pain sharpening into outright agony as he pressed a hand against his shoulder.
Acid burned through his throat but he forced it down, shielding his head just in time for the boot to hit his arm.
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14 Aug 2026
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Bruce hushed him as he only cried louder, not for the first time wondering what exactly Dick’s parents would have done in his position.
There was no denying that they would have been better than Bruce but Bruce did not allow himself to linger on that knowledge for too long. Instead, Bruce took Dick straight to the kitchen.
Dick whimpered, burrowing closer into him as though he thought that Bruce was going to force him to eat something. Bruce did indeed grab the sleeve of dry crackers that Alfred had set out to try to get Dick into eating something but he would not ever make the boy take them, especially not when his stomach was clearly unsettled.
Instead, Bruce also grabbed the small cloth that Alfred had allocated as what was to be used in trying to reduce the fever whenever it got too high, using it to glide over Dick’s skin.
It was a monumental task simply getting Dick to raise his head long enough to fully get his face but it was clear that the boy felt better for it, though his arm was still curled tightly around Bruce’s neck.
Whumptober 2025 Day 20 'That's New.'
Symptomatic | Fancy Event | ResignationSeries
- Part 132 of What's A Little Bafam Without A Whole Lotta Trauma?
- Part 4 of Whumptober 2025
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14 Aug 2026
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There had never been one particular moment that Timothy Jackson Drake had decided to not tell anyone that he was dying.
It was just one of those things that you’re not meant to mention at any point. Things like if you take the last Poptart from Cass’ stash, or that you lost another bike to what Gotham claims to be water. Things like being helplessly in love with your best friend.
When Tim first realises that he has terminal Cancer, he had no intention of ever letting anyone know. His family have already lost too many people and his friends, well, his friends mean the world to him. Being Tim, he's made certain to tie up every loose thread with his caseload, WE responsibilities, he's even made sure that no one ever will ever realise that he'd been sick to begin with. It was better this way, for everyone.
For Bruce, for Alfred, for his Siblings, for... For Kon.
Batfam Big Bang 2025
Art by Areascreamer
Beta by Bamboozled-and-Alone and foxhanbinSeries
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14 Aug 2026
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“Timbo, doesn’t go there.”
Duke glanced over, finding Tim standing by one of the cabinets, a plate loose in his hand. After a moment, a long moment that made Duke a little worried if he was being honest, Tim was finally moving again. He went to the next cupboard over, putting the plate in it’s rightful place.
There was still a full stack of plates on the bench though, a stack that Tim could have easily put that final plate on to bring the whole lot over.
Whatever, Tim had found the stack and he was finally bringing it over so Duke refocused on making sure his pot was fully done. He turned it over, inspecting the bottom for bubbles and-
The ceramic exploded just as Duke’s heart did.
Whumptober 2025, Day 29 Fainting, Broken Dishes, Last One Standing
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- Part 128 of What's A Little Bafam Without A Whole Lotta Trauma?
- Part 1 of Whumptober 2025
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14 Aug 2026
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How Life Carries On Even After Death by alchemistsarego
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
21 Aug 2025
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Jason just needed to breathe.
He needed to breathe, needed to ground himself except he was in the ground and he was clawing his way out but he wasn’t going to be fast enough, the dirt was falling down around him and he was suffocating and he didn’t like the dark, he didn’t like the dark.
There wasn’t enough air, there wasn’t enough air and he was buried and he was dead except he wasn’t dead, he was alive, he was still alive but he was dying all over again and he was screaming, he was screaming but the dirt just poured into his mouth and it was dark, it was so dark and Jason just wanted to go home, he wanted to go home and he wanted Bruce.
He wanted Dad, he needed Dad.
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14 Aug 2026
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Show Me There's Infinity Hiding In Your Love For Me by alchemistsarego
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
08 Jun 2025
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“I’ll shut up,” Dick promised. “But I’m not going to walk away.”
Jason was going to walk away then, walk away from all of this stupid shit. He didn’t need to be here, he was handling the broken ribs and the punctured lung and all the other shit just fine on his own, Goldenboy hadn’t needed to break into his Safe House like that and he certainly hadn’t needed to force Jason to come to this stupid ass place.
He was fine, this pain was nothing, the trembling in his hands were only from irritation and nothing else.
The lights were too bright and the stench of antiseptic was making his head spin and if someone did not turn off that fucking beeping the next room over, Jason was going to shoot something.
Dick… Still hadn’t said anything.
Jason eyed him, waiting for the motherfucker to bring out another damn fluffy pen or an even stupider pun or something but Dick was just standing there like an idiot. Well, he wasn’t standing completely still at least, that would have been fucking unnerving.
Medwhump May 2025, Day 20 Changing Bandages
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14 Aug 2026
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The Boy and The Bat (and the sedatives The Boy really should have never been exposed to) by alchemistsarego
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
03 May 2025
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“Stay awake, Dick.”
Dick did not answer him.
“Dick.” Batman warned, holding him tighter as he beelined for the exit of the warehouse. “Stay with me.”
Dick’s head shifted, dipping down then raising again. When his head dipped a second time, he huffed in annoyance, but Batman just soothed him through it.
“Stay with me.” Batman said again.
“Am…” Dick finally managed.
“So you are breathing?”
Dick’s nod was far more confident then it had any right being seeing as in trying to work out if he was or not, he had started holding that very same breath.
Medwhump May 2025, Day 6, Sedatives
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- Part 119 of What's A Little Bafam Without A Whole Lotta Trauma?
- Part 2 of Medwhump May 2025
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06 Aug 2026
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“Jason.” Bruce warned. “Stay out of it.”
“What? All I’m saying is that all your parenting classes are paying off, you don’t even need to threaten to bench him and he already hates you.”
“Jason.”
“Relax,” Jason said. “He doesn’t hate you. It’s just weird, you know.”
Bruce stared at him.
Jason rolled his eyes, muttering something under his breath. He readjusted Tim a little, gently brushing away some dark hair from Tim’s face.
“There wasn’t exactly a shit tonne of baby assassins back in the League. In fact, there was only Damian. He’s not used to this kind of thing.”
“That’s no excuse for not sleeping through the night.”
“You’re acting like Damian’s the one who’s been magically puffed into a little kid. Well, littler than he is already. This is weird as hell, Bruce, all he knows about child rearing is how he himself was raised.”
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05 Aug 2026
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Batman was coming.
Batman was coming and he would be able to work out another way, he always had another way.
They didn’t have to do… This. They didn’t, there was still time, there was always time.
Sure, the ship had been badly damaged in the crash and sure there was a slight risk of the whole thing exploding into a fiery inferno but everything was going to be just fine because Batman was coming.
Batman was coming, Dick and Jason should just be sitting by Tim’s side until then talking to him and keeping him conscious and maybe keeping him laughing too, Dick’s not meant to be looking that pale and Jason’s not meant to be stoking a small fire out of Tim’s eyeshot as if Tim hadn’t recognised the scent of smoke the moment Jason returned.
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05 Aug 2026
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The darkness was almost like home, as were the screams.
Even the tang of iron on the air was a common enough occurrence that Jason barely so much as twitched his nose at the suddenly very strong very present stench of blood.
He was already up on his feet anyway, hand going towards his holster to take out whatever dumb fuck had decided to mess up his perfectly good day only to realise that not only was there no gun at his side, but there was no holster either.
There might have been a single split second there where his heart seized, though just as quickly his mind latched onto every single detail around him, including the fact that he was currently standing on the wall.
Well, what had been the wall, the glass crunching beneath his boot.
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04 Aug 2026
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You Can Cry If You Need To (we will wipe away your tears) by alchemistsarego
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
01 Apr 2025
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Crying should only be used as a tactical advantage. A distraction technique, nothing more.
As such, Damian did not cry as he walked towards the training mats, nor did he give off a single outward sign of the fire that was tearing through his abdomen with each and every step because he knew better than to show weakness like that.
Even without any evidence that there were other people here, Damian could not let up on his discipline at any point, not when Grandfather’s men could come and check his progress at any moment.
He steeled himself, knowing to expect the flare of pain that would no doubt come the very moment he starts his first kata but before he could get fully into position, an alert came through proclaiming that it was dinner time.
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04 Aug 2026
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Another breath of mist, this time accompanied by a rough cough that made his whole damn body spasm which in turn made him cough harder. He didn’t need to see past the growing blurs to recognise the taste of iron on his tongue yet he saw the splatter of red on the ground all the same.
Summoning strength that he simply didn’t have, Tim’s fingers ghosted against his phone once again but the cell skittered further away instead. Biting his lip hard, Tim reached out towards it again. And again. And again.
Tim whined because he couldn’t even do this right. All Tim had to do was let go and it would all be over and yet he reached for the phone again instead, at last his trembling fingers catching on the case.
The phone scraped against the concrete, no doubt scratching the camera but Tim couldn’t bring himself to care, bringing it instead to his face.
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04 Aug 2026
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If I Could Say A Million Words To Take Away The Pain by alchemistsarego
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
14 Jan 2025
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“Tim, if it’s too much to walk.”
“No. I… I want to. I just, just need a sec?”
“Of course.”
Tim leaned harder against the cabinet, trying to recenter himself.
“Ow.” Tim breathed.
“Ow,” Dick mused. “It hurts so much that you of all people want to take some meds and all you can say is ow?”
Tim glared at him but it quickly dropped alongside Tim’s chin.
“I’m just kidding,” Dick said.
But Tim’s lip only wobbled harder, new tears mixing with the old.
“Tim, I’m sorry, I was just trying to-”
“It’s fine.”
“It’s obviously not,” Dick said.
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03 Aug 2026
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If He Don't Keep You Alive, Then What's The Reason I'm Still Living? by alchemistsarego
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
18 Dec 2024
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Four Brothers.
Four Sons.
Four patients fighting to recover from devastating injuries, fighting to keep their siblings safe no matter what, even if they themselves are terrified of what is happening to them.
Whumpcember 2024 Day 3 (Begging), Day 24 (Walking On Injuries), Day 15 (Broken Glass), Day 5 (Concussion), Day 17 (Greatest Fear), Day 31 (Hearing Voices), Day 11 Alt ('Could You Stay A Little Longer?'), Day 2 ('This Is Your Fault'), Day 22 Alt (Running Away), Day 20 Alt ('You're Allowed To Fall Apart')
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- Part 15 of Whumpcember 2024
- Part 94 of What's A Little Bafam Without A Whole Lotta Trauma?
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03 Aug 2026
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Just Get Through The Night (they cannot know it hurts) by alchemistsarego
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
09 Dec 2024
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Tim had known exactly what was happening but it wasn’t like he could tell anyone about it, he wasn’t going to ruin Cass’ showcase just because he was feeling just a little bit off.
Sure, Alfred’s usually delectable dinner had smelled terrible and somehow tasted worse, Tim’s stomach rolling with every bite, but when Bruce met his eye Tim had just smiled and asked for more information about the story Bruce had been telling.
And sure, the car ride was complete hell, with all the headlights blaring right in his face but there was no way he was going to give up on the prized front seat, not when he had fought tooth and nail for it.
And yeah, Tim’s head had been spinning as they were guided to their seats, the orchestra’s practice thrumming like a jack hammer in his head, but it was fine.
He had known that judging from the time that the symptoms had begun, he’d be able to just put up with it long enough to do everything he needed to do for the night. Then, and only then, he would be able to crash onto his bed, put noise canceling headphones on, cover his head in his covers and let himself become a sobbing mess as the agony truely took over.
Whumpcember 2024, Day 10, 'Let Me Help You'
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- Part 13 of Whumpcember 2024
- Part 91 of What's A Little Bafam Without A Whole Lotta Trauma?
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02 Aug 2026
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“It’s not real, Jason,” Dick said.
Dick’s care for Jason had never been real. Jason was little more than a street rat that had stolen one of the only things Dick had left from his parents, he had stolen Robin and he had stolen-
“It’s not real.” Dick said, gritting his teeth.
Jason had not stolen Robin.
Sure, it hadn’t been Dick’s choice to have Robin become a mantle to be passed on instead of an identity that was his and his alone, but Dick didn’t hold that against Jason. Not anymore. Jason had grown into himself, or at least he had been growing into himself and defining himself as something unique to Dick’s tenure as Robin before Joker had killed him.
Robin was more important than Dick had ever realised, and he was beyond proud of how Jason, Steph, Tim and Damian had represented the precious name.
Liars and monsters, the lot of them.
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02 Aug 2026
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When Damian blinked, a new tear slipped from his eye, cooling quickly.
His breath was strange, almost like a rasp. Damian blinked hard, new tears slipping free. He should get up. He needed to get up. He should be cold. He should be incredibly cold even through the insulation of his Robin suit and yet he wasn’t.
Damian tried to rise but his body did not respond to him.
He should get up.
He needed to get up.
Letting off another breath, it misted above him. He didn’t whine, because Damian Wayne al Ghul would never make such a pitiful sound, but he did feel more ridiculous tears brimming in his eyes because something was wrong.
Whumpcember 2024, Day 27 Hypothermia
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- Part 9 of Whumpcember 2024
- Part 86 of What's A Little Bafam Without A Whole Lotta Trauma?
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02 Aug 2026
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Even When I'm Far Away, I Hold You In My Heart by alchemistsarego
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
02 Dec 2024
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“You can get your revenge on me all you like later,” Blue promised with yet another damn chuckle. “But for now it’s for the best, you’re incredibly dehydrated.”
Dehydrated.
Really.
He was in the back of an ambulance with three strangers, one of which was acting like they somehow knew him, simply because he was dehydrated. Blue had mentioned that he had been hurt, though despite all the oxygen masks and the IV lines Tim hadn’t really registered any bandages being applied, or in fact any blood at all.
Maybe that was why Blue had called him Red? Was he covered in blood?
No, but the fabric he was wearing was weird feeling. The sleeve had been cut to allow for the IV and now that Tim was looking at it, he found the weave to be very interesting. It wasn’t just a cotton shirt he was wearing, but a black and red suit that was almost like-
“Red?”
Tim hummed.
“Red, you still with me?”
Whumpcember 2024, Day 16, Amnesia
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- Part 8 of Whumpcember 2024
- Part 85 of What's A Little Bafam Without A Whole Lotta Trauma?
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02 Aug 2026
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I'm Not Your Son, You're Not My Father (we're just two lost boys saying goodbye) by alchemistsarego
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
01 Dec 2024
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“You are speaking.” Damian said. “You will recover. You have recovered from more significant damage.”
Damian’s hands were shaking but when Dick went to take them into his own, they snapped back, not letting Dick touch him.
“No.” Damian said.
“I don’t want this either, Bud,” Dick said. “But everything’s going to be just fine. Go find B. He’ll… Know what to do.”
“I am not leaving you Ric- Nightwing.”
In truth, Dick didn’t want Damian to leave him either. It had always been a fear of his; dying alone.
But while the mere thought of dying alone was terrifying, the idea of Damian watching this happen was far worse.
Whumpcember 2024, Day 30, Saying Goodbye
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- Part 7 of Whumpcember 2024
- Part 84 of What's A Little Bafam Without A Whole Lotta Trauma?
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02 Aug 2026