14 Works in Bernard Dowd's Mother
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A peak into Bernard's Sundays after Kon's death.
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- Part 1 of The Birdie Chronicles
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Friends in Low Places by Himynameis4
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics), DCU, Robin (Comics), Batman: Urban Legends (DC Comics)
07 Aug 2025
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Bernard Dowd doesn't ask Tim Drake on a date, and he dies alone on a stone altar, his body dumped carelessly into the Gotham Marina.
But this isn't that story.
This is the story of how he comes back.
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- Part 1 of Dolphin Tales
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Robin and Bernard's Wacky (but serious) Romance. by Mooncake1820
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Robin (Comics), Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics)
07 Aug 2025
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Tim and Bernard have been through so much to get here and there's more in store
Or....
Tim and Bernard are in a romance and they get into a few snags during the course of this fanfic
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- Part 2 of Robin and Bernard
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Violet Lights: The Story of the Boy Wonder and his Lantern Corps Boyfriend. by Mooncake1820
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman (Comics), Robin (Comics)
06 Aug 2025
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Tim Drake and Bernard have been in a relationship for a couple years, but Bernard has been hurt by so many people and has been ripped into by so many people, that eventually it was only a matter of time where a Pink Ring found it's way to him
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Bernard Dowd becomes a member of the Star Sapphire Corps because Tim Drake nearly fucking dies and Bernard doesn't wanna lose his beloved
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- Part 1 of Robin and Bernard
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Worried About Bernard (You know that I won't let you fall) by etpereatmundus for chamiryokuroi, IzzyMRDB, eldestnightwingsyndrome
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Robin (Comics)
18 Apr 2025
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Everything was normal after Bernard Dowd left the chaos cult. well, it was expected. The nightmares weren't ideal, but they weren't a complete surprise, and with Tim and his family close by, he could work through it.
But soon the nightmares break through into his day.
Soon he can interact with them.
Soon he can affect others through his new visions.
Soon he realises that he might have taken more than just nightmares back with him after the chaos cult.
Taking to the streets as a vigilante, Bernard will have to combat criminals, hiding his powers in case Batman kicks him out of the city, training with the Red Hood, and making it to his dates with Tim.
When other ex-cult members turn up dead, Bernard and Jason decide to team up with Constantine, and investigate the origins of the Chaos Cult.
And maybe get some half-baked therapy along the way.Series
- Part 1 of I'm worried what the future holds
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To Witness A Nightmare by littlepikmins
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Robin (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics)
23 Mar 2025
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Sometimes, a stranger's death can hit far too close to home.
(Please mind the tags before you read! This fic contains death, homophobia, child abuse and a hate crime)
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“How did you get in?” he says, in case this is a magic talking cat. The cat blinks at him. “Um. Where’s your owner, or person, or whatever?”
The cat gives him a kind of flat stare, and then turns to look at his desk.
Bernard glances over. A portion of his desk has been cleared, and in the center is a folded piece of paper with his name on it.
“What the fuck,” Bernard mutters. And then, because he’s an idiot, he picks up the paper without gloves or anything to protect him from secret poisons or coke or whatever people put in neatly folded notes in the middle of a teenager’s bedroom and unfolds it.
The typed note reads:
Bear,
Im sorry. Need you to watch my cat for a few days. Hes very smart just leave the window open for him and hell do his business out there. Pls feed him canned tuna if possible NOT CAT FOOD. If not hell hunt mice.
Best
TimOkay. Weird.
Tim gets turned into a cat. Instead of reporting to Bruce and risk getting benched, he spends time with Bernard.
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Always, Everytime by littlepikmins
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Gotham Knights (Video Game 2022)
02 Mar 2025
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"Sometimes Tim was so tempted to abandon the cover up story that he was studying abroad so he could see Bernard in person as Tim Drake and not Robin. The closest he could get currently was online video calls."
Three times Tim runs into his boyfriend as Robin (Specifically takes place in the Gotham Knights video game universe)
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The Warmth Of Home (And Other Small Disasters) by Celaestial (AestOfManyFandoms)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
16 Feb 2025
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Bernard had felt guilt for simply existing since before he knew how to articulate the emotion.
It felt. . . like a weight on his heart– an anchor chained to his ribcage, pulling at his chest until it hurt to simply breathe.
How tragic it was to partake in something as instinctive and humane as breathing— a simple in and out, an automatic– and have your body rebel against even that. How ironic.
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Ephemeral Walls: A Cartography of Cracks by Anonymous
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Robin (Comics)
23 May 2024
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(Just call this Ephemeral Cracks guys, I understand the title is long buts pretty yehhh)
Bernard and Tim love each other, but love has never been a saving grace.
Or, Bernard goes through it because he's my favorite and I love him. Actually they all go through it.
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- Part 1 of Timber AU's
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The Last Grand Theft by blizzardheaven
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman and Robin (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
26 Jul 2023
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In a world where Tim lost his parents and was never Robin, the only ones who reached out to him were Bernard and the Dowd family, Tim owes them for taking him in and Bernard too owes him for allowing him to help the person he loves most in the world.
They will go out of their way to show that they are helpful and can be trusted. It doesn't matter if helping pull off muggings and robberies in Gotham City is the way to do it!, it's what you do for family, right?For the Day 4 of TimBern week 2023: Dowd Crime Family
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Tim gasps uselessly. He barely sees Batman ram into Killer Croc through the sparks in his vision. His hearing is ringing and his head pounds like a drum. He can still feel everything, even though he wishes he couldn’t, so his spine hasn’t broken. He is comparatively fine.
He lurches to his feet. The muscles in his back scream in protest, and his vision goes briefly dark. He sways, holding his breath, and his eyesight comes creeping back, so he’s basically combat ready.
He tracks the spinning, screaming whirlwind that is Killer Croc and Batman, and readies his staff.
Across the city, in his childhood bedroom, Bernard falls out of bed screaming.
A magician curses Tim to share physical pain with the next person he touches. The following morning, Bernard slaps him on the arm.
timbern week 2023 Day #3: "My boyfriend has an identical scar here” | Fanfic Writer Bernard | Hurt / Comfort
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Bernard Dowd and the Pursuit of Happiness by Paintedqueen
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
28 Mar 2023
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Sometimes Bernard felt like he was made wrong.
He had never been like everyone else. He didn’t seem to move the others did, didn’t think the same way either. His attempts at normal all ended up being a tragic emulation that ended with him being exhausted by the end of it. No, Bernard didn’t feel like he was made wrong, he knew it. That there was something intrinsically wrong with him, like it was woven into his very being.
The worst part was that others seemed to see that wrongness too.
or, 5 times Bernard was unhappy and 1 time he was
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Coming Out (By Force) by TheShaddowedSnow
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
10 Oct 2022
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Being forcibly outed sucks
Being forcibly outed when you were literally going to tell your family in three days? Even worse