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• a lonely lie by Phyazane

  Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), White Collar (TV 2009)  

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  27 Jul 2025

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  • Peter Burke & Tim Drake (DCU)
  • Peter Burke & Neal Caffrey
  • Tim Drake & Dick Grayson
  • Peter Burke
  • Neal Caffrey
  • Tim Drake (DCU)
  • Dick Grayson (mentioned)
  • Dick is "dead" and haunts the narrative
  • Sometime during Spyrall ish
  • I don't know how the timeline works with the New 52
  • A character study on Tim and his relationship with lying
  • See the Uncle Eddie incident and Bruces delighted reaction to it
  • And his constant angst about not being able to tell his Dad that hes Robin
  • Its a little dramatized but I also made him Neal and so that fits
  • Neal Caffrey Needs a Hug
  • Tim Drake Needs a Hug (DCU)
  • Tim Drake Needs Therapy (DCU)
  • Character Study
  • dont ask timeline questions
  • Neal Caffrey and Tim Drake (DCU) are the Same Person
  • Angst
  • Tim is on the struggle bus
  • I wrote this all late at night on my phone so it probably had mistakes
  • feel free to point them out
  • I hate the beginning and end but the middle is good
  • usually its reversed
  • I saw people making Tim Neal and thought it didn't make sense before I realized how much Tim lies
  • and how its become an expected and even celebrated part of his character
  • Tim’s a rambler
  • Tim’s mourning his brother
  • Tim and his poor processing of grief

  Summary

  Tim!Neal gets dosed with truth serum. Tim happens to be a pathological liar. Angst and slight character study ensues.

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  English

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