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• Even the Iron still fears the Rot by serpenrose

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

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

  29 Jan 2026

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  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • Janet Drake & Tim Drake
  • Jack Drake & Tim Drake
  • Tim Drake & Tim Drake's Parents (DCU)
  • Tim Drake (DCU)
  • Janet Drake
  • Jack Drake
  • Character Death
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
  • Janet Drake Tries to Be a Good Parent
  • Kid Tim Drake (DCU)
  • Tim Drake Needs a Hug (DCU)
  • He doesnt get one lol
  • Autistic Tim Drake (DCU)
  • Implied/Referenced Suicide

  Summary

  Janet Drake refused to let anyone hold Tim in the hospital when he was born.

  Dismissed nurses and doctors alike, time passing in a haze as she rocked him back and forth, whispering incoherent words into the soft cluster of his dark hair. She kissed his tiny, tiny fingers, watching in awe as big, blue eyes blinked up at her— he was hers.

  Hers.

  Language:

  English

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  3,587

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