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Apparently, Mr. Oz decided psychologically torturing a 15 year-old for six months was no longer "cool." And now Tim's paying the price for that, because instead of killing him like any good, self-respecting villain would, he's dropped him back on Earth with an apology and a snack.
Or,
It's been six months for Tim. It's been 10 years for Tim's family.
I'm sure it will all be fine.
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Northern Attitude (I Was Raised on Little Light) by theskeptileptic
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
09 Jan 2025
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It's not *Tim's* fault Batman slept with his mom sixteen years ago, or Tim's fault that Bruce Wayne regrets signing away his parental rights fifteen years ago, but Jack Drake sure thinks it is. Now Damian is bugging him about cows and family and Jason and Dick won't stop kidnapping him and Bruce is acting like court orders don't matter, like he doesn't have a huge bat-shaped secret to protect from literally the whole freaking world.
Why is Tim the only functioning adult in this situation?
This was supposed to be coated in angst, but it fell in the fluff bucket instead. (So, update, some people are saying this may not be as fluffy as I am advertising it. I plead the 5th.)
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Christmas Eve may not be the best time for a funeral, but at least Tim won't have to deal with a lot of people. His parents are dead, and he's alone, and his Uber driver didn't show.
Mr. Wayne did.
An examination of grief, and maybe, what it means to step up.
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? by theskeptileptic
Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
26 Mar 2024
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8 year-old Morgan is struggling after the death of her mom. Her dad is working non-stop and her extended family of emotionally constipated superheroes are just as uncomfortable with her grief as their own. To top it off, she can't stop dreaming about a brother she's never had and all the trouble he might be in. When she convinces Tony to take her with him on a work trip to Caltech, she meets a student who looks a lot like the boy in her dreams. Unfortunately, he doesn't seem very interested in her. Good thing her dad always knows what to do.
A sort of No Way Home, Everyone Lives (Except May and Pepper) Fix It story, where Morgan channels major Pepper Potts vibes, Tony channels major concerned Dad vibes, and Peter channels major college age-Tony Stark vibes. Served with a splash of angst, a heap of trauma, and a sprig of making adults take proper care of one depressed spider child.
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The Lone Ranger Never Had to Deal with Bruce Wayne by theskeptileptic
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
27 Nov 2023
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Tim is an independent, clever, and super mature eleven-year-old. Unfortunately, his dopey neighbor, Bruce, can’t seem to understand that.
When he decides to disappear on a “solo camping trip” and run away to Canada, he figures it’s the perfect plan that will make everybody happy. He didn’t expect the Waynes would tag along with him and ruin everything.
A six-chaptered tale filled with identity shenanigans, s’mores, soon-to-be-brothers, and a kid who is in desperate need of a new family.
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Your Name Is Tim
You are safe here. If you are scared, that is okay. If you do not remember anything, that is okay too. Call any of these numbers, they will answer and they will explain everything.
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After Tim sustains a significant head injury, he goes through phases of amnesia and confusion and less commonly lucidity, and both he and his family have to work out ways to mitigate his symptoms while not knowing if this is simply his new normal, and they find that what helps most is a note he keeps in his pocket that he has trained himself to look for even when he doesn't remember why.Series
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16 May 2026
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fault lines tremble under my glass house by paperxcrowns
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
22 Apr 2022
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In a moment of clarity, Tim remembers his emergency button. He remembers patrol, and he remembers a gang and a shootout.
He uses his free hand to fumble around until he manages to find the chest piece and press the emergency button. His vision is fuzzing at the edges and the last thing he sees is a dark figure leaning over him, a gun pointed at his face.
Well fuck, is his last thought before everything fades to black.
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12 May 2026
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the worlds not perfect (but its not that bad) by shutupkayle (Shutupkayle)
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
29 Apr 2026
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In which 12 year old Tim Drake keeps bribing (blackmailing) goons into kidnapping him until he gets rescued by his hero, Nightwing. Unfortunately for him, Batman and Robin (the second one, not Dick Grayson) keeps showing up instead and they seem to be weirdly concerned with his personal life
or, Tim Drake has never been normal about his interests a single day of his life, and unfortunately for the Bats, thats them now.
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07 May 2026
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“I hear there was an incident yesterday?”
Incident is such a versatile word. Tim looks away from the man to look around the office instead. He likes it here. It’s colourful, with pictures on the wall and books stuffed in the shelves and a box of toys the man offered Tim exactly once before he realised that Tim doesn’t know what to do with them.
Sometimes they draw though and he can see the crayons tucked away in the box too.
“I was sick of the white,” Tim says as if it’s an explanation.
“I see,” the man says, also as if it’s an explanation.
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Tim is not alright. Jason tries to help.
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04 May 2026
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we all fall down by iselsis for Polkadot_flannel
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), Batman (Comics)
02 May 2026
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Tim would finish this case if Bruce would just stop pestering him about sleep and being sick. Sick of Bruce's attitude, more like.
Funny how colds and missing spleens interact.
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- Part 2 of sick little birds
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02 May 2026