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Whatever happened to imaginary friends? by CoffeeTrees
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Robin (Comics)
24 Oct 2025
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Tim, the ever vigilant (always awake and never giving himself a break) vigilante, gets word of a drug bust going down. One he just so happens to be the only one available to stop. Which happens to be taking place in the very early hours of his birthday. Of course he goes on the highly dangerous bust alone. What could happen?
Or: Tim is used to being the Robin that gets thing handled, that doesn't need Batman to come rescue him. Bruce Wayne had made it very clear in the early days that Tim was not his son. Alfred Pennyworth was cold, allowing only the politeness and distance to show through his Iron Wall. Dick Grayson treated him the way he wished he'd treated his brother, Jason.
Tim was fine with this. He wasn't a child. Even if he wished for more of the small slivers of love the Wayne family were just starting to give him, he wouldn't dare take Jason Todd's place. He just hoped the support he provided for the grieving family would make Jason proud. But Jason Todd came back, and he sure made it known he wasn't. He made sure Tim knew exactly what he thought of the cuckoo in his family.
Now, the Wayne family has their lost son back and Tim has a job to do. Just, not in this dimension?
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- Part 2 of Imaginary Friend
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Don't slip away (and I won't hold so tight) by LonelyLittleLizard, Norite
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Doctor Strange (Movies), Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
16 Oct 2025
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“Uh-huh. Sure. Okay.” Peter doesn’t know if it’s better to believe the stalker or not. “And what’s your deal, Tim? Why are you squatting on my fire escape like a raccoon?”
“I don’t know.”
Peter waits. “...You don’t know.”
“Not really. I just — ended up here.” Tim’s brow furrows. “You’re the only one who can see me, aren’t you?”
Or: Peter Parker is being haunted by an amnesiac ghost named Tim — who may or may not have once been a hero.
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The Memory of You (*Reupload* I'm so sorry) by HollowW00ds
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Young Justice - All Media Types
09 Oct 2025
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Tim Drake died when Jason attacked Titans Tower. It turns out that having a slit throat and multiple broken bones as well as other injuries do not do well for vitality. Now he's trapped in the home of the same family that killed him. That is until a JL meeting causes unexpected reunions.
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Tim dies but is still kind of kept alive because he has a soul bond with Kon (not that he knows it) it's just that... no one can see him.Also just to make it clear, Tim still ages as a "ghost." He is 18 almost 19 in this fic, so the same age as Kon.
-I accidentally deleted this while trying to edit tags, don't ask me how it just happened-
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Take My Cape, Keep Yourself Warm by CoffeeTrees
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Robin (Comics), Batman (Comics)
29 Sep 2025
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After a long day, Tim plans to relax in the Wayne library and think of ways to demolish his enemies. Instead, he feels a tug in the back of his mind. Jason's fast asleep, so it must be someone else. Guess the night is going differently than how he planned.
Takes place between chapters 10 and 11 of the main work in this series, so I don't recommend reading this as a standalone. It won't make much sense without context.
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- Part 4 of Imaginary Friend
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"this is not a good idea."
he hesitates for a moment, reluctant to agree with that statement.
...it's not.
"but we're gonna do it anyway."
his hands do not waver as he signs a reply.
yes.
"no more dead Robins." Tim murmurs, with a somewhat resigned expression.
a thin smile, nearly a grimace, tugs at his lips.
no more dead Robins.
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Better Off Dead by DisillusionedDanny
Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types, Teen Titans (Comics)
24 Aug 2025
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Tim wakes up to find himself as a ghost in the Infinite Realms after a battle that went wrong, or maybe right. Now with the help of a ghost named Danny, Tim learns that death is not always the end and that maybe he was made to be a ghost.
Updates will be every other Friday.
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Take Your Children To Work Day by EJ_Rambles
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types, Justice League - All Media Types
02 Aug 2025
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Bruce was so bored. That seemed to be the norm for a Justice League meeting.
It wasn’t his first time visiting the team, after Clark introduced them he tagged along to some of the meetings as an almost member.
He enjoyed listening to the happenings of each of the heroes…however…there wasn’t much going on recently and it was a whole lot of filler.
So the whispering in his ears was even more distracting than normal.
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Cryptid Batfam crash a JL meeting and meet various heroes and sidekicks!Series
- Part 2 of Little Monsters
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The Mountain Keeps What It’s Given by Ireadtoomanybooks, Iwritetoomanybooks
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
06 Jul 2025
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Tim Drake disappears without a word. No final message, no clue—just silence. Far from Gotham, deep in the haunted belly of the Appalachian wilderness, he finds what he’s been denied his entire life: peace. But the mountains are old and hungry, and they remember every wound he ever carried. While his family begins to understand the depths of their failure, the forest sings lullabies to the broken boy it refuses to let go
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Ninja turtle debates and caves galore by CoffeeTrees
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Robin (Comics)
24 Jun 2025
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Tim and Jason get to do some exploring! Which would be great if either of them were paying attention to where they were going. And oh shit, is it starting to rain? Oooo, is that a cave?
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Takes place between chapters 5 and 6 of 'Whatever happened to imaginary friends?' I would not recommend reading as a standalone seeing as Tim is dead and this absolutely does not explain why or how.
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- Part 3 of Imaginary Friend
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Watching The World From The Sidelines by foreverwinter19
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
22 Jun 2025
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In virtue of Jason's death by the hands of the Joker, he becomes a ghost, destined to only be an observer as Batman loses himself to the grief. In his place, Tim takes on the mantle of Robin only to come to the same fate as his predecessor. And together, stuck in an in-between stage, they become brothers.
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Bird Upon A Grave by MeBeingMe_inSecret
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics)
12 Jun 2025
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Tim Drake, vigilante Cardinal and Batman's partner, is dead. Someone crawls out of Tim's grave. That person is not Tim, but he's going to make sure that they stay safe anyway.
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Ghost Timmy's adventures as Timothy gets thrown into the League of Assassins, then goes out to become Gotham's crime lord!Series
- Part 33 of MBMiS's writing ficlets
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Bruce wakes up in the middle of the night; one of the few nights he’s not out as the Bat, and sees the figure of a child in the corner of his room.
“Who are you?” Bruce says, deciding to be the one to end the staring contest with the shadow.
“…that is interesting…” the words sound like they’re slightly echoing.
“What is?” Bruce asks.
“…you’ve not noticed me like this before…Martha would be happy at this development…” Bruce feels his back straighten at the mention of his mother, hand flying to the switch of his bedside lamp. “What do you mean my mot—“ as he clicks on the light, the boy disappears, as if he was a part of the dark that was there.
OR; Tim is the ghost that Haunts Wayne Manor, Bruce and his kids are determined to uncover the boy’s identity and maybe even help him move on.
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It’s like he can feel the void Jason Todd has left behind, and it makes him unexpectedly ache. You’d think it wouldn’t, maybe, since Tim is in a rare position of absolutely knowing there at least can be something after death. But no, it doesn’t help at all. If anything, it almost makes it worse.
At least if he were a fellow Gotham ghost, even a weaker shade, he’d still, in some way, be here. Where he was born and bred, where he learned to fly, where he belongs. But from what Tim can tell, he isn’t.
He’s just… gone.
Tim Drake is a ghost; literally — he died like four years ago. However, he does not let this stop him from helping Batman. And in the wake of Jason Todd's death (and the aforementioned Batman's truly terrible lack of healthy coping mechanisms), he's not taking no for an answer.
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Damian Wayne came to Gotham expecting his father to be a greatly powerful man. Instead, he gets depressed, paranoid, sleep deprived Bruce Wayne, who tells him he's not allowed to be Robin.
Damian disagrees. He has the skill, and anyone else who held the mantle is dead.
At least, they’re supposed to be.
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Reed's Collection Of Various Mistakes Of Mild Importance by SpindleBats for deadly_kalopsia
Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types
27 Mar 2025
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A series of scenes I had written for fics that I never got around to using, or half-written fics that I never finished.
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Would You Still Remember Me by Araesson, Arlewena
Fandoms: Supernatural (TV 2005), Batman - All Media Types, DCU
08 Mar 2025
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Sam Winchester’s life falls apart shortly before his 10th birthday, when his older brother goes missing in Gotham. His life falls apart again two years later, when he learns Dean was murdered.
And Tim… Well, his life fell apart when he died.
At least they can have each other’s company for putting the pieces back together. And maybe they can become a decent Robin in Dean’s memory while they’re at it.
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- Part 2 of This Bird You Cannot Change
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Worth Fighting For by Scififan33
Fandoms: Danny Phantom, Batman - All Media Types, Red Robin (Comics), DCU
01 Feb 2025
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They should have seen it coming, but Ra's had been quiet for years. So when he grabbed Damian right from his school, they were scrambling to catch up. The rescue was going well, too well, they should never have split up. Ra's would have an heir, either would do.
Ra's al Ghul had escaped from death far too many times. But with the death of a hero came the chance for the High King himself to finally end him.
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"Rule number one," Tim said importantly. "Never ask Bruce about his parents. Rule number two: don't tell Jason he was a bad Robin."
"Wait, which one's Jason -"
"And rule number three," Tim concluded: "If you want to be Robin, never let Batman find out you're not a ghost."
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In which Carrie Kelley is determined to become Robin or die trying.
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His death isn’t an explosion. He is not murdered by a madman with no reason as to why. His mother does not sell him out (he wonders how she takes the news. He wonders if she’ll bury him in the family plot. He wonders if she’ll lay tulips on his grave). He does not bleed out screaming for a father that will never get there in time.
Tim isn’t like Jason.
He dies quietly, huddled into a corner behind a dumpster, hand pressing over a pulsing wound on his right torso.
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Tim dies about the same time Jason is resurrected, and the universe just kind of. Bonds their souls.
NOT BATCEST.
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- Part 1 of Bleeding Robins
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You Know Batman!? by EJ_Rambles
Fandoms: DCU, DCU (Comics), Batman - All Media Types, Superman - All Media Types
01 Jan 2025
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What do you mean you’ll just go to Gotham?” Green Arrow asked as soon as Clark let his solution slip.
“Well- that’s where Batman is?”
“Exactly. Why would you go to Gotham if Batman was there? How would getting yourself killed help us regain resources?”
At that Clark was confused. “Because he’d get us new stuff?”
The table tensed.
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Clark forgot to mention that he knows the mysterious Batman and takes the JL to meet him (and his family of cryptid creatures).Series
- Part 1 of Little Monsters