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   No (Contingencies) by natcat5

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

   • Teen And Up Audiences
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   04 Nov 2024

   Tags

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   • Tim Drake & Bruce Wayne
   • Bruce Wayne
   • Tim Drake (DCU)
   • Introspection
   • Angst
   • Bruce has allegedly been a good parent to everyone but Tim is the assumption being made here
   • Character Study
   • Jack and Janet Drake's A+ Parenting
   • Tim Drake Needs a Hug (DCU)
   • Bruce Wayne Tries to Be a Good Parent
   • Bruce realizes Tim ticks WAY too many boxes on the 'supervillainy warning signs' assessment
   • Potential for future comfort

   Summary

   “Of course you have contingencies for me,” Tim says, in a tone that suggests Bruce even pretending otherwise is both annoying and an insult to Tim's intelligence. “You have contingencies for everyone.”

   “Not everyone,” Bruce says. “Not you.”

   Bruce keeps his breathing even and measured, doesn’t betray for a second the relief he feels when Tim believes him. When Tim doesn't find the uglier, unsaid truth beneath Bruce’s carefully considered words.

   The lack of contingencies for Red Robin does not mean that Batman trusts him infallibly.
   The lack of contingencies for Red Robin means that a compromised Tim Drake is one of the things Bruce fears most.

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