the_star_catcher
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just lowering your expectations by the_star_catcher
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU
09 Feb 2026
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For a long time, Tim doesn’t know his parents are dead. Maybe that makes him a bad son, for not knowing. When he reads about death, or when he watches people die in movies, their loved ones always know. There’s a gasp of pained revelation, an instinctual loss.
Tim doesn’t feel that. He wouldn’t have noticed at all, except for that he likes to keep track of the things going on in the places where his parents visit. Sometimes, it means he can ask leading questions, on their mostly-weekly phone calls, and Janet will spiral off into some tangent about these people and their lack of work ethic, and she’ll talk for minutes on end before realizing she’s still on the phone, getting bored, and then ending the call. So he keeps an alert system on his phone, for news, so they have some topics in common to talk about. It’s only luck he sees the article before anyone else does.
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- Part 1 of author's favorites
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never had time for the family by the_star_catcher
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, DCU
22 Jun 2025
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He wasn’t even there, and Damian wasn’t sure why he was surprised. Even when he’d hesitantly extended the invitation, he’d known better than to count it as a sure thing. It wasn’t like the nature of his father’s job didn’t result in it’s fair share of unpredictable emergencies. It was just that if one had come up, he would likely have been called in to assist as Robin. So when Bruce didn’t show, he’d waited eagerly for the alert, already planning his excuses.
The makeshift gallery was nearly empty of families now, and Damian was fiercely avoiding coming to terms with the fact that his father had just decided not to come.
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- Part 3 of author's favorites
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Fifty minutes later, Jason still doesn’t understand.
“So you’re telling me you have no idea who Batman is?”
“No, I do. Batman is Batman,” Tim says.
Jason valiantly resists the urge to punch him. “And the name Bruce Wayne means absolutely nothing to you.”
“That’s what I’ve been saying,” Tim mutters, clearly tired of the conversation. “Look, can I have some more risotto?”
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- Part 3 of Bait & Switch
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Dick opened the door to Jason’s room, paused, and entered.
“You aren’t Jason,” he pointed out, a little obviously. “What are you doing here?”
“I’m color coding.”
Tim came across a red book and twisted to put it on the pile behind him.
“You’re color coding Jason’s books? At three in the morning?”
“Correct.” He set down Mrs. Dalloway with a little more emphasis than necessary.
OR: Tim worries about a test.
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The thunder booms again and he flinches deeper into the mattress, then curls his chin down to get off the growing damp spot on his pillowcase.
He has to go get Alfred. He has to make sure he’s okay—but suppose he isn’t, suppose somebody has killed him or Alfred has choked on something in the library or tripped down the stairs and snapped his neck—Bruce can see the bone sticking out now, shining as bright as marquee lights in the dark.
He closes his eyes for a moment only to see black wings dipping lower and lower, and snaps them open.
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- Part 5 of author's favorites
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Standing over the grave of his son, Bruce Wayne made a deal.
He would never be too late again. He would never again fail at saving what mattered most. Gotham would never be forced to suffer again because of his shortcomings, because he would become perfect.
The shadowed figure’s hand was cold when he shook it.
He would keep Gotham safe.
And in exchange, Bruce Wayne would disappear from existence forever.
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