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Batman can’t kill to avenge Robin. But Bruce Wayne isn’t Batman. Jason Todd isn’t Robin. And protection is another cup of tea entirely.
The idea for this came from a Tumblr post, but I changed it to make it my own – added some more conflict to make it more dramatic because you should never write at two am while jetlagged. It escalated. I know the internet likes that, so here you go. Knock yourselves out on the angst sauce. Don’t do actual drugs, kids.
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For Timothy Drake, obsession is far worse than compulsion.
Compulsivity is action. Action can be taken and completed at any time, it’s mindless. It’s repetitive movement, expected and anticipated more often than not.
Obsession is far worse. Obsession plagues the mind and overtakes rationality. It spins spiderwebs in the brain and warps your very being. It can spawn from the simplest thing and then spiral into an all encompassing essentiality.
TLDR; Tim needs to know everything, Damian is hard to know and the world makes it impossible. Plus a stroll on the darker side of Gotham!
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Tim.exe Has Encountered a Problem by soaring_bubblegum
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU, DCU (Comics), Red Hood and the Outlaws (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
28 Jun 2025
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Red Hood just wanted to steal some intel.
He got trauma, temptation, and a very vocal Replacement instead.
(He’s keeping the intel. And maybe the Replacement.)
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Tim never stopped taking photos of Jason. Over the years, his collection grew—obsessively, some would say (Bruce), adorably (Dick), and to Jason’s complete bewilderment, intimately. When Jason finds the folder, it doesn’t spark anger. It sparks questions. About how Tim sees him. About how he sees Tim. And about whether the way Tim looks at him—through the lens and beyond—is something Jason could learn to deserve.
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the weight of soft things by stanisspiderman
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Young Justice (Comics)
17 Apr 2025
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“Oh,” Tim says quietly, detaching himself from his brother. He crouches in front of the couch where his daughter is slowly waking up from her sleep. “Dada crying?” the small sleepy voice asks. “I’m okay sweet pea, I’m sorry if I worried you,” he says in a gentle tone.
“Tim.”
Tim looks up, he almost forgot that Dick was even there. He smiles sheepishly and clears his throat, “Dick, this is your niece, Nova Drake-Wayne Kent.”
Nova giggles.
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Or: Tim comes home after four years with a giggling girl who has familiar curls in tow.
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Tim's always had to keep a pristine home, using coasters for his drinks, never touching the display towels, and always using uncomfortable magazine worthy furniture that looks good, but could never stand up to a vigilante bleeding on it.
And then he gets his very first apartment.
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Tim could remember being six years old, stuck in the bathroom, hands dripping wet and panicking, because of three rules.One, he could not spill anything on the carpet, even water. This meant he could not leave the bathroom until his hands were dry.
Two, he could not use the display towels to dry his hands. They were for looking. Not using. This was a problem because they were the only towels in the bathroom.
Three, hands were never to be wiped on clothes. It was dirty and ‘plebeian’ to do that. Two things a Drake heir could never be.
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- Part 13 of They're a family your honor.
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Strong Enough to Return by Scififan33
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), DCU
25 Mar 2025
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His turning was accidental, but of course it was. He was just the fiancé of someone important, a nobody in the grand scheme of things. But that didn't change what had happened to him. He didn't even know if Tim or any of the Bats were still alive or like him. He didn't want to be a monster but how long could he hold out? he couldn't go to Tim if he was alive, he'd hurt him or Tim would see what he had become. But he was so hungry.
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In for a punch in for a beating by BrattyPaganSub
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures (Webcomic), Batman: Arkham (Video Games), Gotham Knights (Video Game 2022)
18 Feb 2025
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Dick finds out he’s the father of Jason’s newborn after Tim panics and lets it slip. While trying to get out of being yelled at for an unrelated offense.
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Five Times Tim Lost his Mind Over Bart And the One Time He Did Something About It by Jazz020
Fandoms: Young Justice (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Impulse (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
14 Feb 2025
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Tim liked to think that he didn't have any blind spots.
Boy was he wrong.
The title pretty much says it all
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Tim and Wren have known each other since they were very little. Neither really remembers what life was like without the other, and they don't care to find out. They make music as a duo named Howling At The River.
She's been a part of his life longer than any of his brothers.
Their transition into a romantic relationship was seamless as they grew up. They don't know when they started dating, they just stopped being only best friends.When Tim was looking for Bruce, they eloped.
Tim has never been happier than living with his lovely wife, his best friend, his everything.This is not a secret he tries to keep, he's not ashamed of anything. He loves his wife and loves the music they make.His family thinks he's single and has no hobbies.
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No One Forgets Movie Nights and Lives-A Quote by Cassie Sandsmark by Phyazane
Fandoms: Young Justice (Comics), Young Justice - All Media Types, Batman - All Media Types
29 Oct 2024
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“Can you comment on the recent allegations that you and Superboy are dating?”
“The only comment I have is this, my name is Tim Drake-Wayne. If you’re going to write gossip rags on me then at least use my name correctly.” -
So, I overreacted for nothing?! by BooBean
Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types
04 Aug 2024
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Tim gets in over his head because being trapped and almost killed is better than being embarrassed in front of his family.
Danny is just hyped to be ungrounded and out of the manor for a bit, also getting to care for another (totally not fraid) member of the Batfam.
Young justice is here to see their favorite bird get called out.
Ellie is vibing.
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- Part 9 of Don't deadname the ghost king
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To Be a Hot Mess, Together by otome_wandering for LizzyCallahan92
Fandoms: Maribat - Fandom, Miraculous Ladybug, Batman - All Media Types
19 Jul 2024
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Timothy Drake-Wayne is an overwhelmed, strung out mess.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng is an anxiety-ridden, flustered mess.
Both are extremely competent and capable, and neither gets enough sleep.
Together, they are a certifiable hot mess -- and everyone else is just waiting for one of them to confess already.Oh, and Tim just so happens to be the soulmate of Plagg and the true Cat of the generation.
. . . Someone should probably tell him.
Bracket Prompt:
"You sound ridiculous."
"By saying what we are isn't a relationship? Because it fucking isn't."Series
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Everything he had, he bled for. Everything he let go of, he let go of with claw marks in it.
Or, Tim Drake and a series of glimpses into his life.
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Tim looked up from his phone to see Jason kneeling by the touch tank, a red, fuzzy-looking starfish slowly crawling into his submerged hands.
“What-?” Tim blinked, not sure he understood what he was seeing. He looked back at the penguins, fairly sure that’s where they’d been standing five seconds ago. “When did you-”
“While you were checking your phone,” Jason said softly, not looking away from the animal in his hands. “A lady came by and said we should check out the bat stars.”JayTim Week Day 2: Dawn / Space / Star
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- Part 2 of JayTim Week 2024
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Invisible String, Tying You to Me by Violettavonviolet
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
24 Jun 2024
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"How did we get here?" he wondered. Because this wasn't any Gotham he knew. This was something else. Dimension travel, maybe?
"I have no clue, but if I get my hands on whoever caused this-" Jason gesticulated wildly "I'm gonna fucking kill them. This has been the worst week of my life, babybird, and I've DIED before"
Tim looked up in surprise. "Babybird?" he asked. Jason shrugged and to his delight, blushed a bit. “Don't you remember, we are practically attached at the hip here!“
And Tim did remember, though he had a lot of practice compartmentalizing. They had been in love, he quickly realized. Oh god. He buried his face in his hands. Vampires lacked the blood to blush, but he would've, if he could.
What had they gotten into now?
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or; Tim and Jason across universes, as they try to return home and fall in love in the process.
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When did Robin get so hot? by Rhubarb__Pi (Apple__Pi)
Fandoms: DCU, Young Justice - All Media Types, Young Justice (Comics)
15 Apr 2024
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Tim has just finished up a photoshoot event and decides to show off his good fashion because he can dress good, Cassie. He also might want to impress Kon a teeny tiny bit.
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WikiHow To Treat a Stab Wound by MyNameIsThunder
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU (Comics)
10 Feb 2024
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In which Tim gets stabbed due to his adoptive brother’s incompetence, mocked by his adoptive father’s biological spawn, blackmailed by tech support as well as his ex-girlfriend, and finally both rescued and kidnapped by his adoptive brother’s brother – crime lord by trade, nuisance by nature. He should really try to be a bit less excited about that last part.
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“Please hold the line,” Tim said in his most monotone voice, tapping the side of his domino to switch to heat vision. “The person you are heckling is currently bleeding the fuck out.”
“Have you tried applying pressure?”
“When this is over, I’ll come over and apply pressure to your larynx.”
It was kind of hard to hear over the sound of Damian rapidly whacking another drone with the hilt of his katana, but Tim was pretty sure that Jason made a noise like a revving engine. “Don’t threaten me with a good time,” he said.Series
- Part 1 of WikiHow To Be a Kickass Vigilante
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one acquainted with the night by justaddwriter
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics)
22 Oct 2023
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If Tim wasn’t a vampire…he’s always thinking about that, somewhere in the back of his mind. It’s not fair that half of Gotham’s population live in terror once the sun sets. The Drakes are old blood, with vampiric history going back centuries. Tim has attended countless blood galas and night balls. He’s small and scrawny and easily overlooked- vampires recognize power above all.
They haven’t figured out, like Tim has, that sometimes being overlooked is even more powerful than being noticed.
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- Part 6 of Vampire Bats
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Taking The Cake by fandom_lover_extra
Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types, DCU
06 Aug 2023
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Tim drake knew his boyfriend wasn't exactly normal by anyways. He just hadn't been expecting just how abnormal his boyfriend would end up being.
But that was fine, Tim could roll with the punches. (If he didn't drive himself mad with his own theories first.)