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• Tried It Out, Played My Role, Did Everything I Was Told (But the Universe Still Has Me In A Choke Hold) by Mouse_in_this_house

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

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Gen
  • Complete Work

  21 Mar 2024

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Dex-Starr & Tim Drake
  • Tim Drake & Tam Fox
  • Tim Drake & Prudence Wood
  • Tim Drake
  • Prudence Wood
  • Tam Fox
  • Dex-Starr
  • Not Canon Compliant
  • Alternate Universe
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Angst
  • Emotional Hurt
  • Stalking
  • Hypersexuality
  • Self-Sexualization
  • Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
  • Tim is processing trauma and he doesnt have a good time
  • Tim Drake Has a Bad Time
  • Emotional Support Cat Dexter | Dex-Starr
  • Anger
  • Violence
  • Alcohol
  • Identity Issues
  • lying
  • Manipulation
  • Male-Female Friendship
  • Sexual Content
  • Not sex but sexual content you understand
  • I was deeply uncomfy writing this lmao shoutout to my fellow demis and greyace specs
  • Implied Demisexual Tim Drake
  • As in hes thinking abt sexual attraction and lack of it in most situations
  • Makeup
  • Complex Parental Relationships
  • Whoop more discussions abt janet and tim vs tim with his male parents
  • Minor Lonnie Machin
  • Minor Dick Grayson - Freeform
  • minor bruce wayne - Freeform
  • Trauma in regards to sex. consent. attempted sexual assault.
  • And the very ugly coping mechanisms tim goes through
  • Seduction
  • Fear
  • Self-Hatred
  • Stubbornness
  • Sadness
  • Tim Drake & Tam Fox Friendship
  • Prudence Wood & Tim Drake Friendship
  • Hinted Tam Fox & Zeddmore Washington & Owens Friendship
  • Lmao what if. And hear me out. Tam Pru Z and Owens all form a polycule
  • Ahahah jk jk...unless
  • Tim Drake-centric
  • Tim Drake Needs a Hug
  • Something something no guidance or protection from adults makes young people vulnerable
  • Tims kinda belatedly reacting to all his trauma but i think thats fair
  • Considering hes constantly being traumatized and has no room to process that shit at all
  • Vague References to Nerdy Prudes Must Die
  • Particularly Dirty Girl
  • And also the lyrics 'who will pray for you'
  • Blame jeff blim for that sorry lmao
  • Yall ive never been in a club im not even 20 yet please excuse the descrepancies
  • All my research was reading early 2000s romance novels that had lemons every chapter
  • I wanted to be funny abt it and my best friend laughed while I read them to her over discord
  • Bad Dirty Talk
  • Just fucking horrendous dirty talk im so sorry its so fucking bad i was laughing the whole time
  • Possibly triggering content in regards to sex and consent and lack of consent
  • Explicit Sexual Content
  • Mild Sexual Content
  • Its not safe sane and the consent is honestly dubious

  Summary

  When Tim goes off to pursue a lead on Lux and its secrets, he's confronted with some personal feelings that he really doesn't want to and reacts accordingly.

  Series

  • Part 32 of Where Bats and Birds Roost

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