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“TIMOTHY DRAKE-WAYNE’S SECRET FAMILY REVEALED DURING LIVE-STREAM!?”
This.
This was the headline that was blown up across the internet and the news in the last couple of hours.
The video in question was a short, not even five minutes, clip from the live interview Timothy Drake-Wayne the CO-CEO of Wayne Enterprise had been on for the segment. He couldn’t make it in person due to other obligations and being out of Gotham at the moment, which many on the internet now knew or theorized was family obligations since the video spread like wildfire, and had decided to do an interview via live-stream with the GCN.
The interview was to be about the upcoming WE projects and how many new jobs said projects were projected to open up for many Gothamites. Especially for those in the low-income housing or in need of work.
But that wasn’t that had taken the internet and news by storm.
No, it was during a small speech which Timothy said he was hoping many Gothamites would take this opportunity to apply for the upcoming jobs when the door behind him in his home office opened. The moment the door opened, Timothy’s eyes widened slightly but he didn’t dare look back. Everyone in the news studio that had been talking to Timothy grew silent when they took in the sight before them.
Behind Timothy a little tiny girl, about four years old, strolled into the room like she owned the place. She looked like she was bouncing and dancing with each little stomp she came in with, head bobbing from side to side with each step she took as she stopped roughly near Timothy’s office chair.
She was adorable, her dark hair tied in messy low pigtails, bright blue eyes and a button nose. She wore a white short sleeved shirt with red trims that was under blue overalls that were messy and clearly wore a lot from the hints of paint, grass stains, and little patches of stars and planets all over it. And it was clear the little girl was hyped on some sugar from the candy she had in her hand and the chocolate stains on the corner of her mouth.
The little girl had no idea she was about to cause the most insane amount of chaos on social media for weeks to come…
Well… Not just her.
She took a big bite of her candy bar and hummed a song, which would later be confirmed to be a song from the show Bluey by those analyzing the video later, to herself just as Timothy closed his eyes and took a deep breath but didn’t turn around, everyone and their mother could see he was doing his best to keep composed, when the door behind them opened again slower this time and everyone could hear the loud clunk of plastic meeting a door.
The door opened just a bit more and on the screen was undoubtedly a baby, just big enough to be in baby walker but not big enough to be walking around on its own just yet. The baby had short black hair and the same bright blue eyes as the girl but it hard to get a clear look from how far they were from the camera. The baby wore a light blue onesie with white trims and buttons; a small red and white spaceship design could be made out on it as well. The baby seemed to be sucking on a green pacifier as well.
The little girl turned when the door opened and happily exclaimed loud enough for everyone to hear despite not being close to the mic “Dan! We found Daddy!”
As if finding Timothy was a game the two were playing.
The baby, Dan, seemed excited at the confirmation and slammed his tiny pudgy hands on the tiny front tray of his walker and made little walking jumps into the room more and towards Timothy. Timothy Drake-Wayne, a normally calm and composed young man, was seen staring off for a moment as if trying to somehow save face the chaos that began to explode in the live feed chat that had been watching him, the viewer counts rocketing as a few more seconds passed when news quickly spread. Everyone watched as he closed his eyes again, raised both his hands to his mouth in a near prayer like motion and took a deep breath.
Then out of nowhere everyone could hear the mic pick up the stomping of feet and the door behind the baby swing wide open.
In came a panicked looking young man, messy black raven hair, pale skin, and bright blue eyes, dressed in jeans that had the same space themed patches as the little girl’s overalls and a comfy looking dark blue sweater that was decorated with stars, in his other hand that hadn’t opened the door he held a cellphone. The young man froze for a moment when he took in the scene, his eyes darting between the kids to Timothy who still didn’t turn around, before a look of pure embarrassment and dread flushed across his face.
“Papa! Looks we founds Daddy! He was being sillies and hidings in his room!” the little girl said just as cheerfully as she was before, she then ate the rest of her candy bar the only way a little child could.
“Danny…” Timothy finally spoke and that seemed to finally break the young man, Danny, out of his stunned panic. Without missing a beat Danny sprang forward towards the girl, he picked her up; she shrieked in surprise before giggling thinking it was a game now and tucked her under his arm like a football before turning on his heels to the baby and quickly but gently tugged the walker to the office door.
“Sorry Tim!” Came the near missed whisper shout the mic almost didn’t pick up on from Danny.
Danny opened the door despite having his hands full, something all parents somehow managed to do when they had to wrangle children, and rushed the three of them out of the room. Dan’s walker to seemed to had gotten stuck on the door frame for a second and Danny almost tripped out the door from it but tugged the walker behind him, the mic picking up the little girl’s giggles still before they faded away.
With that the room fell silent, the interviewers were silent, even the chat that had been watching went silent on their end.
Timothy, after a long moment but it was only a few seconds, took a deep breath before saying in the calmest and business-like tone he could muster “I believe we’ve covered everything. Wayne Enterprises is looking forward to the upcoming projects and we will be opening applications in a few weeks. We hope this will be a prosperous investment for Gotham in the long run.”
Timothy then gave everyone watching him a clearly fake and masked smile as he said “With that, I really must be going. I have other… Obligations to attend to…”
And with that, before the interviewers could speak a single word, Timothy’s side of the camera feed went dark and offline.
Within minutes, the news spread like wildfire.
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“Dannnnyyyyyy” Tim groaned in pure disbelief and horror as he buried his face in his husband’s shoulder. He took a calming breath when he felt Danny lightly run his fingers through his hair in response but grimaced when he heard his phone buzz on the coffee table for what seemed like the thousand time in the last thirty minutes alone.
“I am again so sorry Tim.” Danny said, his expression remorseful and a bit pitiful as gave Tim a light pat. “I should had noticed they left the living room sooner. I just got so distracted talking to Jazz…”
“No, no. I should had made sure the door was locked before joining that interview.” Tim muffled into his shoulder “The kids thought it was okay to open when it didn’t stop them from touching the doorknob or the door itself.”
Tim groaned again when he could one of the set ringtones he put on his family members start up again in the middle of the text and notification storm his phone was being put through, it didn’t really play because he had muted actual calls for now but it buzzed the only way an incoming call would. Danny gave a light amused and nervous chuckle at that before saying “My Polaris, I did say we should meet your family…”
“Ugh they’re gonna be so annoying about this whole thing. Especially Bruce.” Tim responded ignoring the jab at how Tim had been purposely avoiding telling his family about his other family as the ringtone kept going on a small repeat. “And don’t get me started on Dick, he’s going be insufferable, dramatic, and go octopus hug mode on the kids… Then he’ll sneak candies to the kids to make us battle them on a sugar rush when its bed time and he’ll do it for a like two weeks cause he’s that petty.”
“Yeah sounds like something he’ll do, at least from the stories you told me about him.” Danny responded, finding some amusement at that because he honestly would have do the same thing too if he had a bombshell like this happen to him.
“Cass will steal the kids all the time and they’ll let her cause she’s going to be their favorite, Steph will start a glitter war with Ellie in our house as payback and she’ll squish Dan’s cheeks cause they’re chubby, Jason will pretend he doesn’t give a crap or poke fun but he’ll also be the one reading to them to encourage them to love books, Damien’s going to mad and then use them against Bruce to agree to more animals at the manor as a ‘do it for your grandchildren, father.’ tactic. Duke’s at least going to be chill about it but he’ll make guilt trip comments about me hiding them unknowingly…” Tim ranted before he groaned loudly again as he finally got to the final person within the Batfam “And Alfred…”
He shuddered at the thought.
Oh, Alfred wasn’t going to be a happy about his hidden great grandkids.
Not happy at all.
Tim grimaced as he thought it over.
Maybe he should take a nice long vacation with Danny and the kids, WE can run without him for a while maybe an entire year if he sets up things just right with Lucius and especially Tam. She was always bugging him to take more breaks when she finds him passed out at his desk after all. Danny doesn’t need to work; he’s mostly a househusband that freelances repairs on things in their town he only does it because it gives him something to do other than taking care of the kids for most of the day.
Tim could totally hack into the Batcomputer and rewrite everyone’s schedules for patrol. Have them cover his parts of Gotham without anyone noticing, well other than Barbara but he had blackmail pics of her beginnings as Batgirl aka her less than elegant landings when trying to get used to Gotham rooftops to counter her should she dare alert them.
And anything else, like Young Justice… Well, his friends, his ride or die teammates, would update him on important things and only need him to come back if it was really life or death within the Justice League or his group of friends. They would respect his wish for a ‘break’ from the cape life heck they would encourage it wholeheartedly, tell him to take pics, send postcards, and bring back souvenirs. He’ll make sure to do all the cheesy tourist stuff with Danny and the kids for the laughs too, with matching t-shirts!
Dan wasn’t old enough for Preschool yet, and although Ellie was she could be easily home-schooled for the upcoming year! Yeah! He could totally take a nice, long vacation with Danny and the kids. Sounds like a solid plan!
Tim flinched when an actual ringtone played out on his phone, this time he knew he couldn’t ignore it because one it bypassed his mute function and two this was Alfred’s set ringtone.
And ignoring an Alfred call was a dangerous thing to do. Especially with the current… Situation happening.
“Alfred’s calling…” Tim whimpered as he reached for the phone, Danny patted his head as a way to say ‘get it over with dear.’ Taking a breath, Tim accepted the call and brought the phone to his ear.
“Hey… Alfred…”
“Master Timothy, may I inquire as to why I am just now finding out about my great grandchildren?”
Came Alfred’s voice, swift and refined as always. Giving nothing away. Not letting anyone have a inkling of how upset he actually was about all of this.
In the background of the call Tim could faintly hear someone demanding Tim to let them meet the kids.
Tim grimaced.
Yep he was screwed.