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The red marks we leave around town by dontcallmeliz
Fandoms: DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types
10 Sep 2025
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It’s Friday and Tim’s taking part in his nightly and favorite hobby, bat and bird watching. He’s far enough to not be spotted, but close enough for them to hear his potential alarmed screams. It always reassures him to know they’re near enough to rescue him, faster than if they notice days later, or more. But they’re detectives, of course they’ll notice and save him quickly.
...Right ?Tim never became Robin. He never had the chance to.
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Pitiful Broken Thing (Dangerous with Venomous Fangs) by Skul
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
17 Aug 2025
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The Wayne family wasn't the only rich family to adopt orphans. They were just less discreet.
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A Child Doomed and Becoming by kitfornow
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman: The Animated Series, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
29 Jul 2025
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Big smile, hands on his hips, eyes lit up behind that black mask.
“I’m Robin!” Tim squeals, but it sounds nothing like him. His voice matches his size and demeanor, high pitched and soft and…happy. He lets out a giggle, flexing his arms in the mirror, giving a kick and a belated hi–yah.
“That’s not a Robin uniform,” Bruce points out belatedly. It’s not the part Jason was noticing, but he’s right. It’s thin cloth, and too loose. The right colors and shapes, Jason supposes, but still, there's something off about it.
“Well, that and he hasn’t met us, yet,” Dick points out. “He’s not old enough.”
“But this is supposed to be his first day as Robin," Damian argues. Jason agrees—something is very, very wrong.
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Ordinary Tim Drake loves keeping an eye on Batman and his sidekicks. When he saves the life of a member of the Batfamily, Tim expects his life to stay the same. How is it then that life pushes him in the path of Batman's family and Bruce Wayne himself?
Between school, crime, his parents, and life in general, how long will it take for Tim Drake and the Batfamily to realize they were meant for each other? -
Take the Bishop that Crowned the Knave by CastrianAmore, DisillusionedDanny
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
27 Nov 2024
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Jason Todd has been pushing Bruce Wayne towards the inevitable for months. Constantly pressing him to go just a little farther. To hit the problems of a city just a little harder. To fix the problems of this city once and for all.
He almost succeeds... until a little sniper who's far too trained for his own good shows up.
Jason's going to hunt down Rook before Rook ruins his plans.
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Life and Death [AU] by insonniacaotica
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Teen Titans - All Media Types, DCU
25 Oct 2024
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"I've spent my career wearing this mask under your shadow."
-Tim Drake to Jason Todd, Life and Death, Teen Titans #29 (2003)
Or: the story of what happens when Jason Todd wants to fight Tim Drake but Tim Drake is the Incarnation of a King of Hell.
[Can be read independently from the rest of the series.]
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It takes Bruce an embarrassingly long time to realise that none of his children can swim.
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In Our Family Portrait (Let's Play Pretend) by DisillusionedDanny
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
09 Apr 2024
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When Bruce Wayne is hit with a curse that sends him back to his darkest moments emotionally, the only one who knows how to take care of him is Tim Drake. With that, comes quite a few conversations and tearful realizations.
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- Part 1 of Can We Be A Family?
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At ten, Tim would have to say that his holiday experiences had boiled down to this:
There were years where he woke up and went to bed on Christmas day, and didn't have a single other human being to speak with in the hours between.
And despite the way he waits by the door every year, the closest thing he will ever get to Christmas with his parents is a picture of him speaking to them at a winter gala, posted in the news.
He’ll get better days with the Bats.
But before he crashes into the Bats lives, he gets something else.
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How Tim falls in love with the ‘I <3 Wine’ side of Valentine’s.
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Never Get Free (Lamb to the Slaughter) by StarryKitty013
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Robin (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics)
23 Jan 2024
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HI, This is going through a rewrite. I put this as a summery because I'm changing a lot of the concepts and dynamics. The most likely scenario is that this will stay up until the rewrite has caught up with this, but I will take it down as soon as the rewrite is done. PLEASE DO NOT COPY THIS TO ANOTHER WEBSITE, I am doing this for very personal reasons and the reason I am not taking this down entirely yet is bc I wanted to give readers a chance, but pls don't copy or save this please.
Thank you for your patience.
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The Demon's Heir by L1ttle_Bird3 (UTMVNightLight)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
28 Dec 2023
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“—and that is why I’d like for you to be my heir. If the Detective can mold those not of his blood, into skilled fighters, fighters that can hold their own, without outright turning them into a mindless weapon.. Then I do not see why I cannot do the same.”
Tim took a moment to register that. “What?”
Ra’s didn’t seem to be annoyed by his one-liner. “Talia was a blessing, however blood isn’t everything–”
“–so I would prefer to make you an offer. Won’t you be my heir? I will not impede on your quest to save the Detective.”
Was he dreaming? Wait, ew, no, why would he even dream about this in the first place?
“What about Damian?”
Ra’s raised an eyebrow, “What about him? He is unfit for leadership. Many of my men are planning to desert if he becomes the head, that is how bad it is. If not for Talia’s sympathy, I would’ve killed him, simple as that.”
Tim flinched.
(‘Remember who you’re talking to.’)
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Day 362 - UndermineSeries
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【授翻|Tim中心】孤独是如此寒冷（而你是如此温暖） by Yuugen
Fandoms: Young Justice (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), DCU (Comics)
29 Oct 2023
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提姆想要他队里的其中一个人知道他的名字，不过只是暂时的。超级小子虽然看起来不是个合适的人选，但他相信康。而实际上，提姆只是不想再感到孤独而已。
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- Part 1 of 蝙蝠与鸟儿的栖息之地
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Being Alone is So Cold (And You Are So Warm) by Mouse_in_this_house for CloakedSparrow
Fandoms: Young Justice (Comics), Batman (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Robin (Comics), DCU (Comics)
31 Jan 2023
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Tim wants one person on his team to know his name, just for now. Superboy may seem like an unlikely candidate but he trusts Kon. And honestly? More than trust, Tim just doesn't want to feel alone for once in his life.
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- Part 1 of Where Bats and Birds Roost
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Tim thought he didn’t have a soulmate for years. Then he suddenly did.
Only, he didn’t realise that his new friend and then boyfriend was his soulmate until he lost him.
Then, Kon comes back.
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- Part 6 of TimKon Week 2022
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The Shutter Goes Click by Anduril_Narsil549
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics)
28 Jun 2022
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Tim loved the camera his parents got him.
He didn't realize the trap he'd fallen into until too late.
Another CameraTim and Tim joins the BatFam early fic :)
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- Part 1 of Let Me Live
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With the change of a single variable, a function distorts dramatically as it heads towards infinity.
Or, Tim does not become Robin after Jason dies. But he is still a genius. And his parents are still not around.
Tim is an investment prodigy, professional photographer, and uncovers a conspiracy (not related to the first two), all by the age of eleven.
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- Part 1 of 0! = 1
- Part 1 of Short shots in the Yellow Twine Universe
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"He needed to make sure that every single one of his cards were played perfectly, he had very little time in which to make his play, and failure would mean that he would be alone, again."
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Tim is used to walking on eggshells around his parents, but living with Bruce is a minefield he has no idea how to get through.
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Tim never felt at home in the dark and empty rooms at his parents house.
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- Part 8 of DC Alphabet Drabbles
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Talk, talk, talk, I'd forgotten what that's like by ALzzza
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), DCU (Comics), DCU
03 Jun 2019
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Tim can’t really remember the last time he slept. He thinks it was Thursday but he’s not sure—the days have been blurring together lately. Then again, he doesn’t really need an exact time frame when his computer screen’s been busy blurring together as well, eyes making everything foggy.Doesn’t need a degree to know it’s probably been a while.
Or, Dick and Jason Confront Tim About Some Stuff He Really Didn't Want Them To Know AboutSeries
- Part 3 of Oh, Doesn't it Hurt to Heal?
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The Lucky Ones by PolsVoice
Fandoms: Batman (Comics), Nightwing (Comics), Red Robin (Comics)
15 Sep 2018
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Tim would never forget the night he met Dick Grayson, nor would he pass up a chance to see him again. After all, curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back.
Or: A story exploring how a young Tim Drake got started on the path to becoming Robin.