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1. Old Shadows Cast by BirdsBatsandCatsohmy

   Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), DCU (Comics)  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   17 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Tim Drake & Dick Grayson
   • Tim Drake & Barbara Gordon
   • Barbara Gordon/Dick Grayson
   • Tim Drake (DCU)
   • Dick Grayson
   • Barbara Gordon
   • Alfred Pennyworth
   • Joker (DCU)
   • Child Death
   • Gunshot Wounds
   • Blood and Injury
   • Torture
   • Child Murder
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Tim Drake is Robin (DCU)
   • Hurt Tim Drake (DCU)
   • Kid Tim Drake (DCU)
   • BAMF Tim Drake (DCU)
   • Protective Tim Drake (DCU)
   • Tim Drake Lacks Self-Preservation Instincts (DCU)
   • Tim Drake Needs a Hug (DCU)
   • Dick Grayson is Batman
   • Good Parent Dick Grayson
   • BAMF Dick Grayson
   • Protective Dick Grayson
   • Stressed Dick Grayson
   • Dick Grayson is Tim Drake's Parent
   • Barbara Gordon is Oracle
   • Good Parent Barbara Gordon
   • Protective Barbara Gordon
   • BAMF Barbara Gordon
   • stressed Barbara Gordon
   • Barbara Gordon is Tim Drake's Parent
   • Good Grandparent Alfred Pennyworth
   • Good Parent Alfred Pennyworth
   • Bad Parents Jack Drake and Janet Drake
   • Past Joker (DCU)/Harleen Quinzel
   • Scary Joker (DCU)
   • Joker (DCU) Knows Bruce Wayne is Batman

   Summary

   Healing is a slow process, but most days Tim feels like he's making progress. Until the Drakes give an interview that sends everything spiraling all over again.

   “What did they do?” Is all he can ask, fighting to keep the shake from his voice.

   “Ever since you’ve come to live at Wayne Manor.” Babs starts, reaching out to grab a newspaper Tim hadn’t noticed sitting on the table. “We’ve done our best to keep your presence here under the radar. But your parents recently did an interview with the Gotham Gazette-”

   Tim snatches the paper from Babs before she can finish, heart pounding as he flips it to see the headline.

   “HE’S TRYING TO STEAL OUR SON!” JANET DRAKE CLAIMS IN BOMBSHELL INTERVIEW!

   Series

   • Part 15 of Out of the Shadows verse

   Language:

   English

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